Sports

No longer must the AL and NL be the girls and boys standing awkwardly on opposite ends of the gym at the eighth-grade dance. This weekend, they shall dance and perhaps make out a little, until AL’s dad picks her up at 9:00 and the NL is left alone, sad and confused. There’s Yanks/Mets, Cubs/White Sox, Braves/Red Sox, Angels/Dodgers, A’s/Giants and some more good interleague baseball this weekend. (I’ll be at Brewers/Twins on Sunday. I haven’t seen the Twins in person since Kirby Puckett was in the lineup.) Here’s what’s on the TV this weekend: Tonight Major League Baseball: Atlanta […]

ESPN had its annual upfront presentation for advertisers in New York and unveiled a few new original programs for the second half of 2007 and beyond: This Is SportsCenter 300 (Tuesdays in September) “A series of original specials will celebrate the 300th commercial in the award-winning ‘This is SportsCenter’ promo campaign. Now in its 14th year, the humorous and memorable spots have grown to embody the spirit of SportsCenter and the ESPN brand at large. The programs will look back to the early days of the campaign; showcase the most memorable spots; and hear from top sports stars about their […]

An interesting side note to The Players Championship (or as we call it, “Tha Playas”) golf tournament this weekend. It turns out that GOLF CHANNEL’s Inga Hammond had a personal interest in the tournament’s outcome: The winner of THE PLAYERS Championship will receive over $1.4 million, a five-year PGA TOUR exemption and the honor of being the namesake of GOLF CHANNEL’s Inga Hammond’s newest dog. Hammond said last week on The Approach by Callaway Golf – the GOLF CHANNEL’s point-counterpoint show she hosts with PGA TOUR professional Andrew Magee and journalist Alex Miceli – that she would name her dog […]

ESPN Classic knows every mother’s wish this Mothers’ Day is to enjoy a champagne brunch while watching seven hours of American Gladiators. (That’s how we roll at my mom’s house.) From ESPN: ESPN Classic will feature the final seven episodes from Season 1 of the American Gladiators, culminating in the first ever champions. The seven-hour marathon will begin Sunday at 1 p.m. and will be hosted by former Gladiator Dan Clark, aka “Nitro.” The in-your-face Nitro was a Gladiator on the show from 1989 to 1992 and from 1994 to 1995, and was also a co-host of the show from […]

Having the Queen of England attend any U.S. sports event should automatically invoke thousands of references to The Naked Gun. If it doesn’t, then I feel sorry for you. British royalty aside, the Kentucky Derby was attended by an assemblage of oddly dressed celebrities who couldn’t get a hookup for De La Hoya vs. Mayweather. Peyton Manning signs an autograph for the one fan who carries his Indianapolis Colts mini helmet everywhere he goes, “just in case.” Jeez, even the TV reporters don’t get spared from heinous couture. Jenny McCarthy takes time out from boring you with her books on […]

Awesome series win for the Golden State Warriors over the Dallas Mavericks last night. The NBA playoffs aren’t disappointing (uh, unless you’re a Heat fan or Dirk Nowitzki). It’s going to be a huge sports weekend, so let’s hit it: Tonight NHL Playoffs: N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo Sabres, Game 5 (Versus). Rangers have tied the series after being down 2-0. NBA Playoffs: Toronto at New Jersey, Game 6 (ESPN/ESPN HD). Series heads back to New Jersey with Raptors facing extinction. Saturday NHL Playoffs: San Jose at Detroit, Game 5. Wings and Sharks are tied at 2 apiece. The Anaheim Ducks […]

The Kentucky Derby is Saturday on NBC, and the field includes horses like Curlin (7-2 odds), Street Sense (4-1), Nobiz Like Shobiz (8-1), Circular Quay (8-1) and my favorite Imawildandcrazyguy (50-1). But this thing is still going to be all about Barbaro. The horse that wins on Saturday is going to have sing “My Old Kentucky Home” or cure cancer to get out of Barbaro’s shadow. ESPN’s E-Ticket has an interesting article on BarbaroMania for both good and ill. For as much freaky equine worship as the Fans of Barbaro (FOBs) are doing, they’re also raising a lot of money […]