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- August 2008 (42)
- 01: Lebron James, Darfur, and Michael Wilbon’s Perspective Lapse (21)
- 02: Did David Stern Threaten Howard Schultz? (3)
- 03: Nadal Get Drubbed by Djokavic but Becomes the New #1 (6)
- 04: Erin Andrews Blasts Women Back to the Stone Age (40)
- 04: Smearing Manny (with a Mike and Mike in the Morning and a David Ortiz update) (27)
- 04: Weekend Think Links: Manny Being Slammied; Olympic Swimmers (19)
- 05: Jerry Colangelo Can’t See Darfur for the Trees while Silencing Kobe, Lebron, & Team USA (27)
- 06: NBA Linkin’ Park: 5 Players You Forgot About (40)
- 06: My US Open Predictions: the Women (8)
- 07: Darfur, Team USA and More: Okay, My Turn (64)
- 07: Favre Traded to Jets (5)
- 09: Olympics 2008: Relatives of U.S. Volleyball Team Coach Killed, Injured (5)
- 10: Notes: Matt Jones Returns to the Field (105)
- 10: Notes: And Tampa Bay Didn’t Pursue Brett Favre Because…? (13)
- 12: Why Marvin Lewis Can Smile (while the NFL press freaks out) (24)
- 13: The Whiteballing of Daunte Culpepper and Byron Leftwich (30)
- 13: “I’m not Dead Yet”: Why are Stars Past their Prime Treated so Badly? (2)
- 13: Notes: Spanish Olympic Men’s Hoops Squad Ups the Racist Ante (Disney-ESPN-ABC says “Ho-hum”)… Update - J. Kidd Responds; Pau’s Rebuttal Weak (40)
- 14: “GOOK!”: Pau Gasol Has Nothing on John McCain (14)
- 14: Notes: The Greening of Chad Johnson Thanks to ESPN (21)
- 15: 2008 Olympics: Update - Bolt Shatters 100-meter Dash Record and the Accusations Begin (What You Haven’t Heard So Far During the Games) (35)
- 17: It Might Not Be the Most Eloquent Piece, but It’s True… (22)
- 18: Michael Vick and His Act of Bankruptcy (17)
- 18: Beijing Olympics: U.S. Men’s Hoops Squad Rolls Into Medal Round but Is Haunted by the Past; NBA Odds and Ends (9)
- 18: Under the NBC Radar: Men’s Olympic Soccer (10)
- 19: 2008 Olympics: Triathlete Snowsill Demans the Games with Her Showboating Finish (44)
- 20: Time For a Little NCAA Football Talk (10)
- 20: The Sports Writing Blues: Confessions of an Angry White Fan (15)
- 21: Time for a Little NCAA Football Talk: Teams 6-10 (3)
- 21: Gene Upshaw Dead at 63 (5)
- 21: Tiki Busted Using the “C” Word On National TV (15)
- 23: Barack Obama Picks Joe Biden as Vice President (13)
- 23: Hoping A Shoe Drops (38)
- 24: 2008 Olympics: Redeem What Exactly? (69)
- 24: Men’s Olympic Basketball Gold Medal Game–WOW! (33)
- 25: 2008 Olympics: Racism 101 in Black and White (16)
- 25: Dem Convention Day 1: Michelle Obama Saves Day (13)
- 26: Dem Convention Day 2: Hillary Asks - “Were You In This for Me?” (1)
- 26: U.S. Open Tennis: Days 1 and 2 (1)
- 27: Interview with Kathryn Bertine, Olympic Hopeful (0)
- 27: Why Jericho Scott Can’t Pitch for Your Son’s BaseballTeam (10)
- 27: Question for the Day… (27)
- July 2008 (39)
- 01: ESPN Games: Dressing Up Bonnie While Stripping Jemele (27)
- 01: What Cleveland Must Do to Reach the 2009 Finals (10)
- 02: Racism-by-Omission: The Boston Herald Loses Its Religion (18)
- 03: Notes: Tyson Homosexual; Sonics Move Despised by Most; Adios Upshaw? (7)
- 04: Happy 4th: History’s Hit Job on Thomas Paine (8)
- 06: THINK LINKS: Len Bias, OJ, Imus, & Buzz (0)
- 07: Is HBO Boxing, Larry Merchant, Racially Biased? (40)
- 07: The Black Sportswriter – A Shameful Story: (On Bonnie Bernstein and Much More) (21)
- 08: How the Courts of Wimbledon Stole Immortality from Roger Federer (and Made Rafael Nadal Appear Great) (35)
- 08: Gunning For That #1 Spot (6)
- 09: Brandon Jennings, Heading To Europe (33)
- 11: (Matt Jones Update)… White Boys Gone Wild: It’s a Racist, Racist World (56)
- 14: Notes: On the Obamas New Yorker Cover; Raffa, Manuel Beltran, Lance and Dr. Fuentes; Matt Jones’ Daddy Gets in the Act; Brett Favre; Lute Olson on 1-and-Done’s; Mauricia Grant Mention (27)
- 14: One More Note: Elton and the Branding of Black Athletes (12)
- 16: ESPN: Don’t Hate the Journalist, Hate the Machine (53)
- 16: Notes: Gang Signin’ in the NFL; Camby was a Chess Piece; More Goods on Roger the Rapin’ Roider; Jennings Signs with Italian Team (30)
- 18: Notes: Netroots Conference Post - White as, White Is…. (10)
- 19: Netroots Nation, Saturday: Walls Held Up, Points Missed, Problems Glossed Over (and they all shot 72) (7)
- 20: Comment of the Week - White Boys Gone Wild: It’s a Racist, Racist World (18)
- 21: Josh Childress to Greece? (9)
- 22: ESPN-ing Blackness (37)
- 23: LA Sparks-Detroit Shock Game Ends in Skirmish (28)
- 23: Federer Upset at Rogers Cup (2)
- 24: Notes: LeBron Guarantees Gold (I Get Sorta Sappy) (5)
- 24: Notes: Let the Brett Favre Story Lie (13)
- 25: Miguel Cotto vs. Antonio Margarito: 10 Reasons Why You MUST Watch This Fight! (18)
- 26: ESPN White Pass: Stephen A. Smith Challenges Brett Favre Love Affair (30)
- 27: BODY SHOT: Antonio Margarito Outsmarts Miguel Cotto — and the Rest of Us (17)
- 27: Delonte West to Russia?… NBA Players Beware of the Euro-ball Move (16)
- 28: What’s a Summer Without the US Open Series? (5)
- 29: Notes: AOL FanHouse Adds Another Hue to Its True Colors (23)
- 29: Nenad Krstic Latest NBA Player to Hop the Pond (13)
- 30: Notes: Brett Meets Mark Murphy “On the Porch”; Artest Traded to Houston (21)
- 30: Josh Childress on the Dan Patrick show (4)
- 30: *Breaking* Ivan Rodriguez Traded to Yankees! (plus the reactions from the New York press) (21)
- 30: ThinkLinks: Lebron Backs Obama; Brad Miller; AOL FanHouse; and New Female Sports Blog (2)
- 31: Ron-Ron Comes Strong at Yao and the Rockets (with an update) (14)
- 31: Man-Ram Gone to LA - Red Sox Postseason Hopes Might Be Gone with Him (9)
- 31: Rick Reilly Insults the World, One Country at a Time (14)
- June 2008 (50)
- 01: EXPOSED!: Kimbo Slice, CBS, ESPN, & MMA (61)
- 02: It Called MMA, Him Name Kimbo – You Love Both (17)
- 02: Notes: Jemele Hill Loves What?; Pac Is Back; Au Revoir Maria (35)
- 04: A Pause From Sports… Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton: An Agent of Change Versus the Powers That Be (51)
- 05: Monfils Upsets #5 Ferrer, to Meet Federer and Join Djokovic and Nadal in French Semis (1)
- 05: The NBA Finals: And the Winner Is… (34)
- 05: *Breaking* Convicted Steroids Dealer and Friend Found Shot Dead… One of the Largest Steroids Makers in the U.S. (19)
- 05: LA at Boston: Ahhh Yes, To Get the Calls in Beantown (34)
- 06: Kelvin Sampson: Recruit Found to Have Lied to Investigators, but NCAA Continues with All Charges (3)
- 06: Jacobs’ Death Ruled a Suicide (6)
- 07: The NBA Finals: Where Ubuntu Confronts Zen Buddhism, Part 1 (14)
- 07: Tainted Legacy: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Quits Boxing (88)
- 09: Rafael Nadal, Big Brown, Memes and Us (14)
- 09: LA-Boston, Game 2: The Writing Is on the Wall (36)
- 10: Cedric Benson - Guilty, NFL Style (38)
- 10: *Breaking* Tim Donaghy Blows Whistle on NBA (53)
- 10: LA-Boston: Game 3 Live Blog… LA Cuts Lead to 2-1 with 87-81 Win (72)
- 11: Lakers-Celtics Game 3 Postgame Quotes and Notes (4)
- 12: Donaghy’s Allegations Threaten Stern, the NBA and Beyond (12)
- 12: Celtics-Lakers Videos (0)
- 12: Lakers-Celtics: Live Blogging Game 4, Boston Comes Back to Win 97-91 (43)
- 13: Lakers Game 4 Collapse More a Beginning Than an End (19)
- 14: Media Reform Hits Ball Hard, But Not to All Fields (8)
- 15: Terrorism in Sports?: A Tale of Two Fists (9)
- 16: Mauricia Grant and the Disdainful Sound of One Hand Clapping (16)
- 16: ThinkLinks: Blackballed… Beyond Barry Bonds (4)
- 16: The NBA Finals: Where Zen Buddhism Confronts Ubuntu, Part 2 (16)
- 17: Danilo Gallinari Loves NY… (5)
- 18: Smart Sports: Obama Basketball Videos and More (4)
- 18: CELTICS WIN… and Expose “The Winner Myth” (103)
- 18: Euro2008 Tournament Update (7)
- 19: What Detroit Must Do to Reach the 2009 Finals (15)
- 19: NBA League Pass: Does David Stern Own ESPN? …A Look Back at the OTHER Ref Scandal (15)
- 20: Know The Prospect: Anthony Randolph (5)
- 23: Euro2008: The SemiFinals (5)
- 23: Bissenleitch For The Final Time; or, So You’re Saying I Was Right? (5)
- 23: The Most Awesome Sports Blog Of All Time Would Have… (2)
- 24: Don Imus in 2047: Precedents and Presidents (12)
- 24: Mitch Kupchak’s Revenge (11)
- 24: Yeah, I Stopped In… and to Imus, Deadspin, Shaq and the Rest - Fuck ‘Em All (37)
- 25: The Big Lead Is Now The Big Boss? (5)
- 26: Jesus Plays Sports: Analyzing the Redemption of Josh Hamilton (7)
- 26: Steve Nash, Baron Davis, and Jason Kidd in “The Showdown In Chinatown”. (5)
- 26: Kim Couture vs. Kim Rose, MMA and American Bloodlust (42)
- 26: The NBA: Now With 30% Less Euros (10)
- 27: A Good-Bye Letter to Deadspin’s Will Leitch (16)
- 28: Justin Gimelstob’s Sexist Remarks Provide Peek Into Pro Tennis’ Problems (31)
- 28: Hall-of-Fame Hypocrisy: Jackie Robinson and Kenesaw Mountain Landis (29)
- 30: Sports & Hitler Pt. 1: Media Hit-Job on Jemele Hill (28)
- 30: Class Dismissed: Barack Obama on Patriotism (12)
- May 2008 (84)
- 01: BlogTalk: A Template for Blogger-Media Interactions, Plus Bissinger-Leitch Links (7)
- 01: Why Bissinger Had A Point. (10)
- 01: Another Day with Roger Clemens: Let’s Hope It’s the Last (12)
- 02: NBA Play-off Chatter 5.2.08: Red or Dead? (16)
- 03: Pistons-Magic Recap, Game 1 (1)
- 04: Spurs-Hornets Game 1 Notes (0)
- 04: Pistons-Magic: “Where Kryptonite Happens” (3)
- 04: Playoff Chatter: Hawks-Celtics Game 7 (6)
- 04: Will Oscar De La Hoya Do The Right Thing? (10)
- 04: Toronto Fails to Pick Up Bonds; Tom Verducci’s Very Happy (23)
- 04: Lake Travis Is Unkind to Cedric Benson (21)
- 05: Live Blogging the Cavaliers-Celtics (0)
- 05: Cedric Benson Update: Ced Says It Ain’t So (6)
- 05: “Good Will Hunting”: Deadspin’s Debt to Blogciety (25)
- 06: Deconstructing Will Leitch, His Dead Spin - and His Private Joke on Us All (31)
- 06: D’Antoni Wants Bulls Opening (9)
- 06: Detroit Pistons-Orlando Magic Recap, Game 2 (0)
- 07: Mitch Kupchak Wins NBA MVP in Landslide; CP3 & Lebron Dismissed (33)
- 07: Barry Bonds Blackballed? MLBPA Seeks Info - ESPN.com Disseminates the Lie (26)
- 08: The Cedric Benson Case: Not So Cut, Not So Dried (27)
- 08: Best Round Ever? R.I.P. Diego Corrales (2)
- 08: MVP Kobe Does What the Greatest Do (9)
- 09: Can 0-2 Cavs Pull a Hawks on Celts? (3)
- 09: Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds: Notes on the Media-Speak Disparity Between the Two (7)
- 09: Pistons-Magic Recap Game 3 and Preview Game 4 (5)
- 10: Lakers Fumble, Utah Gets One at Home (2)
- 10: The LA Lakers’ Yellow Brick Road (0)
- 10: Breaking News: Knicks Hire Mike D’Antoni (22)
- 10: Pistons-Magic Recap Game 4 Plus Tayshaun Coverage (1)
- 11: Notes… ESPN, John Saunders, Barry Bonds: A Peek Inside the Mechanism of “The Big Lie” (16)
- 11: Utah Outscores LA By 23 at the Line to Tie Series at Two (10)
- 12: Donnie Walsh’s First Blunder or Future Knicks Media War with New York Daily News? (6)
- 12: O. J. Mayo: A First Report on the Money Trailing Behind the Collegiate Star (20)
- 13: “Lebron James With No Regard for Human Life!” (4)
- 13: O. J. Mayo Report 2: Investigation, the ESPN Way (22)
- 13: NCAA - Myles Brand - Adds Race to Mayo Mix (12)
- 13: *Breaking News* Barry Bonds Charged in New Indictment (3)
- 13: Playoff Chatter: Game 5 Spurs-Hornets (1)
- 14: Barry Bonds’ “New” Indictment: Same As the Old Indictment (6)
- 14: The Line-Up Theory: How Mike D’Antoni Can Save Knicks Roster, Future… & Isiah’s Legacy (15)
- 14: Pistons-Magic Recap Game 5 (13)
- 14: Update: Justine Henin’s Retirement Final (5)
- 14: Mike D’Antoni Introduced As Knicks Head Coach (5)
- 15: Graduation Day: The Wrath of Rajon Rondo (5)
- 15: Reserves Ease Bryant’s Pain, Key Lakers Win Over Jazz (6)
- 16: Danica Patrick Breaks Sports Illustrated Cover Barrier! (14)
- 17: Lakers-Jazz Game 6 Live Blog Notes: Lakers Hold Off Utah, 108-105 (9)
- 18: Candace Parker Has “Magic-al” WNBA Debut (14)
- 18: Cavs-Celtics Game 7: Live-Rant (63)
- 18: Lottery Countdown For Knicks Fans (21)
- 19: Game 7: Lebron James Discovers “The Truth” (11)
- 19: Game 7: Mike Breen Has a Problem (10)
- 19: The Sports Blogosphere and Today’s Latest News (59)
- 19: Live Blog Here, Game 7 Spurs-Hornets (0)
- 20: Interview with Need4Sheed.com on the Pistons-Celtics Series (12)
- 20: Barack Obama, Chris Paul, and the “Lucky Black Man Delusion” (10)
- 20: Big Tuna Gets Scaled Down to Size (4)
- 20: Donaghy’s New Allegations Have A Very Real Past (14)
- 21: Tucker Carlson: Entrenched Racism is Obama’s Fault (31)
- 21: How the Lakers Will Fare in the Western Conference Finals (10)
- 21: David Stern Saves John Paxson’s Job; No Fix, Knicks Picks Sixth (7)
- 21: When the “Little Guy” (or Little Girl) Gets Greedy (3)
- 21: Your Mediocre Preview of The San Antonio Spurs (8)
- 22: OJ Mayo #3: U.S. Culture and the One-and-Done Rule (17)
- 22: Notes: Will Leitch v. Chris Carter; Greenie Hearts Kobe?; Melo to the Nets?; Trevor Graham’s Lies; Mary Tillman Interview (10)
- 22: Will Leitch on Costas on the Radio (1)
- 23: Willie Randolph and The Death of the Race Card (29)
- 23: Why Trevor Graham Now? (5)
- 24: Lakers Go Up 2-0 (1)
- 25: Yao Ming and 62,664 Reasons to Search My Soul (4)
- 26: Ginobili, San Antonio Close in on LA (7)
- 26: Know The Prospect: Danilo Gallinari (5)
- 27: Kobe Bryant: The Jaundiced View of a Superstar (18)
- 27: Live Look-in on Lakers-Spurs Game 4: The Striped Shirts Rule the Day But LA Pulls It Out in the End (33)
- 28: The Corruption of a Sports Dynasty (8)
- 28: Leave Brett Favre’s Locker Alone (28)
- 28: Sports Blogs Are Accountable to No One*! (11)
- 29: O.J. Mayo #4: Recruiting Wars Ain’t Nothin’ But a Modern-Day Slavery Thang (21)
- 29: LA-San Antonio: Live Bloggin’ Game 5… Lakers Win, 100-92 and Take Series (35)
- 30: How To Get From The Wu-Tang To Amy Winehouse? Use The Funk. (6)
- 31: Gael Monfils, Novak Djokovic and the Point of Divergence (62)
- 31: Podcast: DZ Does Mary Tillman (1)
- 31: Podcast: DZ Does DWil (4)
- 31: NPR: Tony Cox Sports Round Table Interview (0)
- April 2008 (77)
- 01: Recapping March: Articles and Commentaries Chronicling the Month (0)
- 01: Searching - Unapologetically - for Larry Bird (45)
- 02: Random Thoughts: Tyler Hansbrough and Straws; Donnie Takes Over the Knicks; On Philly Sports; Mike Woodson?; Kelvin Likes the Pros; Spygate, Hairgate (26)
- 03: “Playing Ball” Major League Baseball’s Way (37)
- 04: Why White People Tend to Pout (Sports Version) (50)
- 14: Masters Thoughts: Tiger Was Tiger Once Again (0)
- 14: NBA Mondays: Ron Artest the Businessman…and Singer? (0)
- 14: Boxing’s Big Night: Cotto & Tarver Win, but Undercards & Controversy Steal the Show (7)
- 14: Ron Artest: I want these mutha-effing snakes off the mutha-effing garden… (0)
- 15: No Playoffs for Golden State (0)
- 15: Mark Heisler on Pau (1)
- 15: What’d I Write About Tiger Woods? (0)
- 16: This Season’s NBA in Many Ways Resembles Another in the Distant Past (29)
- 16: NBA Playoffs: Eight Questions from Hoops Addict’s Ryan McNeill Get Answers (5)
- 17: *Breaking* Steve McNair Retires (3)
- 17: Steve McNair: A Warrior with a Capital “W” Goes Out to a “Standing O” (13)
- 17: Your Eastern Conference Playoff Preview (5)
- 17: NBA Playoffs: Detroit (2) vs. Philadelphia (7) (1)
- 18: NBA Play-off Preview: Cleveland (4) vs. Washington (5) (0)
- 18: NBA Play-off Preview: Spurs (3) vs Suns (6) (6)
- 18: BlogTalk: Let On-line Bygones be Bygones (6)
- 18: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets: A Repeat of Last Year’s #1 vs. #8? (14)
- 18: NBA Play-offs: Final Predictions (5)
- 18: NBA Play-off Chatter: Friday 4/18 (10)
- 18: Two Guys and a Mic Show (0)
- 18: Notes: Call Girls and Melo?; Isiah’s Gone - Kind of; Prep Ballers Speak; Black Athletes, White Agents (5)
- 18: Point Guard Paradise: Hornets vs. Mavs Preview (3)
- 19: NBA Playoff Chatter: Clev.-Wash. LeBron Comes Through in the End (15)
- 19: NBA Playoff Chatter: Spurs-Suns —- WOW! (5)
- 19: Western Conference Preview (0)
- 19: NBA Playoff Chatter: Hornets-Mavs, Muggings Allowed (18)
- 19: Chris Paul Makes Playoff Debeautiful as Hornets top Mavs (3)
- 20: Utah at Houston: Where Was T-Mac? (0)
- 20: NBA Play-offs Recap: Game 1 Suns-Spurs & Wizards-Cavs (4)
- 20: Joe Calzaghe Beats Hopkins or Did Bernard Beat Himself? (32)
- 20: NBA Playoff Chatter Sunday: Raps-Magic, LA-Nuggs, Pistons-76ers, Cees-Hawks (19)
- 20: Hawks-Celtic Game 1 Notes (3)
- 20: Magic-Raps Gm 1: Superman & PGs Dominate (3)
- 21: NBA Play-off Chatter Monday 4.21 (12)
- 21: Weekend Recap: The Big Hurt Gets Cut… (16)
- 21: Detroit’s Season Already on the Brink of Disaster (7)
- 21: Wizards vs. Cavaliers Game 2 Recap (2)
- 22: Miguel Tejada Gets “The Business” from ESPN (28)
- 22: Notes: Hanging Chad (16)
- 22: Pacman Jones: More Questions Arise with Extortion Demands (9)
- 22: In-Game Comments, Suns vs. Spurs (1)
- 23: Chris Paul, the NBA and the Flop Factor (50)
- 23: Hornets-Mavs & Magic-Raptors Reloaded: CP3 & Superman Flex Again (3)
- 23: Adam “Pacman” Jones Traded to Cowboys (6)
- 23: NBA Chatter (and Notes) 4.23.08 (2)
- 24: The NBA’s Best Point Guard: If Not Chris Paul, Then Who?… (21)
- 24: NBA Play-off Chatter: 4.24 (3)
- 24: BlogTalk: Why I Write (8)
- 25: NBA Play-off Chatter 4.25 (17)
- 25: DARFUR: WATCH THIS MOVIE TONITE! (0)
- 26: Josh Howard’s Near-Fatal Faux Pas (5)
- 26: Dirk & Mavs Top Hornets & Josh Howard’s REAL MJ Problem (9)
- 26: 2008 NFL Draft: The Michael Vick Era Has Officially Ended in Atlanta (26)
- 26: Magic Outcoach Raps for 3-1 Lead (18)
- 26: Johnny Dawkins Hired to Replace Trent Johnson at Stanford (5)
- 26: NBA Play-off Chatter 4.27 (3)
- 27: Does Detroit Really “Know What It Takes?” (4)
- 28: What’s Wrong with Josh Howard? (3)
- 28: Roger Clemens… Statutory Rapist? (25)
- 28: Kenny Smith to Interview with Knicks This Week (2)
- 28: Riley to Step Down as Heat Coach (2)
- 28: NBA Play-off Chatter 4.28 (1)
- 28: Superman Beats Bryan Colangelo in 5 Games (6)
- 29: The Roger Clemens-Mindy McCready Affair: Just another Meaningless Incident, Right? (18)
- 29: Boston-Atlanta: Where Head-Butting and Not Getting Tossed Happens (16)
- 29: Hawks Step To Celtics… (11)
- 29: NBA Play-off Chatter 4.29 (9)
- 29: Live Chatter: Bob Costas Town Hall Meeting On Sports Media (1)
- 30: *Breaking News* D’Antoni Gone as Suns Head Coach (23)
- 30: “COSTAS NOW”, Sports Media, & Racial Minefields (13)
- 30: Costas Now Town Hall Meeting Notes: Mitch Albom on Ethics; Will Leitch’s Spin Left for Dead (47)
- 30: BlogTalk: Will Leitch, Bob Costas, and the Blog Revolution that Never Was (13)
- March 2008 (45)
- 01: More Barry Bonds News (22)
- 02: Tennessee-Kentucky: The First Important Late-Season Game (3)
- 03: A Real Cockfight: Theo Epstein vs. Mike Mussina (2006 ESPN) (0)
- 03: Steroids Rules: Revisionist History, Revising the Present as It Passes and Revising the Future Before It Comes (15)
- 03: Mixed Messages Through a Clearly Muddied Lens (13)
- 04: Spotes Notes, 3.04.08: Sam’s New Club; Bye Warrick Dunn; Moss Grows in New England (more to come) (12)
- 04: Brett Favre Is Done - More; Peter King Speaks! (47)
- 05: Sports Brief: Return of the Birdman (4)
- 05: Brett Favre (35)
- 05: Stop the Clemens Investigation? Anthony, You Weiner!; Uncle Terrence Moore Speaks (20)
- 06: Time for a Station Break (33)
- 07: The Pac 10 Big Game: Stanford at UCLA: Bruins Win in OT, 77-67; Plus, How the Game is Reported Today (20)
- 09: Sal Pal Comes Correct on Favre (23)
- 09: Remaking Kelli White in ESPN’s Image (4)
- 10: Spygate: What Arlen Specter Really Wants from NFL Owners and Roger Goodell (27)
- 11: Tommy Amaker, Harvard and the Conundrum of 21st Century NCAA Hoops (23)
- 12: The Saga of Ray Ray and Fahmarr McElrathbey to Continue - Just Not at Clemson (42)
- 12: Notes, Notes, and More Notes: Harmon Leaves Daly in the Drink; Theismann vs. Buck on Spygate; To Kill (Vick’s Dogs) or Not to Kill (more to come) (16)
- 13: Eve Carson and Jamiel Shaw: We Now Interrupt This Program…; (31)
- 14: A Day Away (12)
- 16: March Madness: Here We Go! (0)
- 16: My 37 At-Large Teams (That means three have to go!) (10)
- 16: The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: The Bracket - First Thoughts, Gut Feelings (2)
- 16: SOMM March Madness Contest via Yahoo! (0)
- 17: LenDale White Update (6)
- 17: March Madness: Key First Round Matchups, The East Bracket - #5 ND vs. #12 GMU; #8 Indiana vs. #9 Arkansas; #6 Oklahoma Sooners vs. #11 St. Joseph’s; #7 Butler vs. #10 South Alabama (5)
- 18: Tyler Hansbrough: The Revolution Will Be Televised (58)
- 18: Briefly: U. of Michigan Series on Athletics and Academics; SI’s Steroids in America; McCallum on the Lakers (4)
- 18: LeBron James and the Vogue Cover: More “King Kong” than “King James” (92)
- 19: SOMM NCAA Predictions From Round One to the Championship Game (10)
- 20: Yahoo! Sports March Madness Pool Info (Repost) (0)
- 21: Duke’s March to Madness (12)
- 22: SOMM Big Dance Pick ‘Em Round One Results: Signal to Noise, Hoops Addict Lead the Way (5)
- 23: A Sunday, March Madness Recruiting Tale: Geno Auriemma and UConn - Pat Summit and the University of Tennessee (9)
- 24: Georgetown-Davidson: A Lot More Than “Home Cookin” (64)
- 25: Race and Sports: Maybe If the Cards Are Laid Out on the Table…? (38)
- 25: An Intro to What Was Written Before: Isiah Cannot Be Larry (Donnie Walsh Goes to the Knicks?); Cut Your Hair; Hibbert, Neither Athletic nor Smart (41)
- 26: Invalidating Jemele Hill: When You Cause a Stir, Face Slaps Follow (21)
- 27: Pacman Jones and “Limited Hangout” (20)
- 27: SOMM March Madness Bracket Contest (3)
- 27: NPR: LeBron and Vogue; Bonds Blackballed?; C-Webb Retires (3)
- 28: Wiping Barry Bonds from AT&T: Peter Magowan’s and MLB’s Master Plan (12)
- 28: Lebron James: Beyond Kong (46)
- 31: The Final Four - UCLA-Memphis, Kansas-North Carolina: What’s In a Name? (17)
- 31: NFL Owner’s Meetings Notes: Herm Edwards, Carl Peterson and Short Hair; Byron Leftwich Being Blackballed?; Darren McFadden and the NFL’s All-Seeing Eyes (24)
- February 2008 (51)
- 01: Destruction of Patriots Tapes Set for Congress: Goodell to Testify (34)
- 01: Spygate Update; Andrew Bogut Had a Point, After All; LA Gets Pau (45)
- 02: Spygate: There’s Something Fishy Going On (14)
- 02: 2008 Hall of Fame Selections Announced - Tagliabue, Carter Snubbed (9)
- 03: Super Bowl XLII: And the Winner Is… (6)
- 03: Super Bowl XLII: Giants Win 17-14 on Final Drive By Manning and Company (55)
- 04: Super Bowl XLII: Separating Fact from Fiction (87)
- 05: Spotes Notes, 2.05.08: Lewis Hamilton Faces Racism in Spain; David Stern the Imperialist; Vick Might Retrieve His Bonus Dollars; NFL Player Stabbed; Bob Knight Resigns (76)
- 05: Shaq to be Traded to Phoenix for Marion, Banks? It Appears to Be Done; Lakers Handle Nets in Pau’s Debut (20)
- 06: Quick Notes: Terrelle Pryor Update; Stay Classy, NYG; Seahawks and the Rooney Rule; UConn Upset; Nat’l Signing Day; Pinstripes for Clemens?; Shaq Fact; Vegas Loses on SB XLII (42)
- 06: Bill Belichick: The Mystery of The Hoodie (33)
- 07: The Shaquille O’Neal Trade: the Heart of the Matter (31)
- 08: Why Brian McNamee’s “Evidence” Might Spell Doom for Roger Clemens (58)
- 09: A Black History Month Conversation with a White Friend (30)
- 10: Shaquille O’Neal Trapped in a Double-Team of His Own Making (16)
- 11: Pedro Martinez, Cockfighting and America (30)
- 11: Jeff Novitzky-Barry Bonds News You Likely Won’t Hear; On Roger Clemens: Rusty Hardin Said, Henry Waxman Said (24)
- 12: Georgetown-Villanova, Tennessee-Rutgers: Two Scenarios (15)
- 12: Spotes Notes, 2.12.08: John Rocker Rocks the Boat; Clemens, Radomski to Testify Only; Shaq, The Big Disinterested,” Gets a Pass (71)
- 12: The NBA - Not! - Game of the Night: Memphis Grizzlies, 107 - Sacramento Kings, 94 (5)
- 13: Black History Month: Hoops is Jazz – and Jazz is Hoops (19)
- 13: Quick Thoughts: Roger on Blast; Kelvin on Blast, too - But Why? (And Goodell Meets with Specter - Shhhhh!) (37)
- 13: Updates on Roger Clemens, Brian McNamee in Congress (30)
- 13: New Jersey Trades Kidd to Dallas (22)
- 14: Spotes Notes, 2.14.08: Barry, Roger, Congress, BALCO; Kelvin; KG, Big Baby; LeBron, J-Kidd; Kobe, Pau; Shaq, Amare, Boris, Matrix Nash (26)
- 14: The Mighty Wurlitzer Says… Roger Clemens Out, Barry Bonds In (A Steroid Test “Typo”) and Dan Burton’s Big Lie (42)
- 15: NBA All-Star Weekend: NOLA Needs the NBA and the NBA Needs NOLA (46)
- 16: Spotes Notes, 2.16.08: Mark Cuban Is a Trickster; Blackface, UNC Style; Goodell Faces Himself; Rams Player Wants Pats’ Money (37)
- 17: NBA Dunk Contest; VCU, UAB Gets Jobbed; IU Rolls MSU, Bibby to Atlanta (10)
- 18: Long Day Comin’: More Pressure for Goodell; Belichick, Pioli Speak Out on “Spygate,” Walsh; Kidd to Dallas Is Taking Shape - Again (13)
- 19: Guilty Pettitte Walks Away an Innocent Hero - for Now (38)
- 20: Pettitte, Clemens, Bonds, McNamee, Congress - We Have Ourselves a Fine Mess Here (22)
- 21: For Phoenix, 30 Games Until the Truth Is Told (44)
- 21: Breaking News: TV Station Says Kelvin Sampson Gone; Cavs Trade Hughes, Gooden (3)
- 22: Rating the Latest Flurry of NBA Trades (18)
- 22: Quick Notes: IU pushing Sampson out of the door; Photo of Clemens at Canseco’s (15)
- 23: Kelvin Sampson’s World Today (5)
- 24: Thoughts on the Indiana-Northwestern Game: White, the Talented Freshmen, and Dakich Keep Their Cool (10)
- 25: Spotes Notes, 2.25.08: First Your Rights, Then Your Children; Speaking of the NFL Combine; A Clemens “Misremembered” Quickie; IU-Kelvin Sampson Affair - Bob Knight Lurks?; How ‘Bout Those Phoenix Suns?! (28)
- 26: A New Way to Kill a Community?: Nets’ Ratner, Jay-Z, Barclay’s Bank in a $5Billion Hip-Hop Lawsuit (32)
- 26: Spotes Notes, 2.26.08: Keeping Up with Clemens (3)
- 26: *Breaking* Yao Out for the Year (16)
- 26: More Clemens!: Did Roger Joke With Teammate About Wife’s Chat With Jessica Canseco? (12)
- 27: On Kurt Thomas: Don’t Dare Question My Au-thor-i-tie! (9)
- 27: P.R. and the News Game: This is How ESPN Does You; Andy Katz - Pushin the ACC (down our throats) (17)
- 27: A Little Taste of Playoff Ball for the Lakers (12)
- 28: Of Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds and Falls From Grace (20)
- 29: Thank Goodness for Leap Year (11)
- 29: Jocks and Call Girls in Denver; Avery Freezes Kidd; Isiah Is Done; A Little NFL Free Agency News (29)
- 29: *Breaking* Barry Bonds: More BALCO Steroids Tests (1)
- 29: A NOTE TO ALL (0)
- January 2008 (37)
- 01: 2007: The Year In Retrospect; March-April (19)
- 03: AFC Playoff Primer: Who’s Afraid of the Tennessee Titans? Everyone (14)
- 03: From Jerry Rice to Randy Moss and Beyond: Perceiving “Yesterday’s” Athlete and Today’s (85)
- 04: 2007: The Year In Retrospect; May-June (9)
- 06: Spotes Notes, 1.06.08: Tomlin’s Errors Cost His Team; New Orleans is What I Said They Are; June Jones Leaves Rainbows (19)
- 06: Efficient Manning and Giants Dust Off Bucs; Tennessee gives away game to Chargers (6)
- 07: Spotes Notes, 1.07.08: More Intrigue from Roger Clemens; UNC Defeats BFU in OT, 90-88 (22)
- 08: Spotes Notes, 1.08.08: Joe Gibbs Retires; LSU Crushes OSU; Clemens in a Corner; to Lynch a Tiger? (65)
- 10: From Bonds to Clemens, from Ankiel to Taylor to Tilghman: We Missed the Moment and Now We Must Pay (52)
- 11: Spotes Notes, 1.11.08: NFL Divisional Playoffs; Marion Jones Update; New Chad Johnson News; Ovechkin Breaks the Caps’; Chuck Knoblauch Speaks, sort of; Burning Bush; NPR Radio Show Appearance (48)
- 11: OJ’s Bond Revoked (5)
- 12: Patriot Games: New England-Jacksonville Thoughts (9)
- 13: 17-0; Seattle Gets Snowed In; Clemens, McNamee Lawyers on OTL: McNamee Says He Has Much More to Reveal (3)
- 13: Dallas Chokes Away One to New York; Indy Gets All the Calls, Still Loses (29)
- 14: San Diego-Indy, New York-Dallas: Strategy Breakers, the Stat (27)
- 14: Bynum Out At Least Eight Weeks (3)
- 15: Spotes Notes, 1.15.08: Roger Still Dodging; LT Loves the Pats; Favre vs. Elway vs. PEDs; ESP —- WTF?! (10)
- 15: The Black Quarterback: Running from the Devil (65)
- 16: Spotes Notes, 1.16.08: Sporano Named Dolphins Head Coach, Chow Fired; Pacman Set Up?; Grandstand-ing in Congress; Igor the Ego; The Real PED Conversation Yesterday (24)
- 17: Kelly Tilghman: In Plain View, My Response to Comments (through the first 16) - Tiger Woods is a Victim? (45)
- 18: Spotes Notes, 1.18.08: NFL Takes BALCO Hit; Golfweek Fires Editor; Venus’ Eclipse Down Under; Roddick Upset; Ernie Holmes Dies (23)
- 19: Federer Wins a Classic Over Tipsarevic (2)
- 19: NFC, AFC Championship Games: Tough Sledding for the Road Teams (24)
- 20: AFC Championship: Three “Tynes” is the Charm; Cotrell Dials Up a Gem, But New England Goes Super Bowling (32)
- 21: Spotes Notes, 1.21.08: MLK Day; Dungy to Coach Colts Next Season; Racism at WVU; Norm Chow Signs With the Devil; More Lakers Injury Drama; A Correction; Dan Naulty; More Damaging Clemens Info? (21)
- 22: Brady’s Foot Injured…. Update - Do We Now Have “Bootgate?” (14)
- 23: Houston, We Have a Problem: Kelly Tilghman, Golfweek and More (29)
- 24: The NASCARification of America: 2008 (38)
- 25: Spotes Notes, 1.24-25.08: Kelly Tilghman’s Apology; Something New-Old from MLB’s Steroid Frontier; Dirty, Dirty Seymour; Tilghman Speaks - from the 18th at the Buick; Knoblauch Disappears; Jo-Wilfred, Jo-Wilfred (more to come) (19)
- 25: Three Thoughts for Friday: Deron Washington and Duke; The Australian Open and the State of Tennis; Mantan Finally Hits the Airwaves (48)
- 27: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga-Novak Djokavic Show Us the Future of Men’s Tennis (10)
- 28: Spotes Notes, 1.28.08: New Clemens Site - by Clemens, for Clemens, of Clemens; SOMM Vid Widget; Last Words on Tiger-Tilghman, et al.; It’s a Nelson-Webber Reunion; the Writers of His-Story; George Martin Is Walking; Cavs Benefit from NBA Largesse (19)
- 28: *Breaking News* Michael Wilbon Suffers Heart Attack (15)
- 29: Seven Reasons Why the New England Patriots Will Win Super Bowl XLII (27)
- 30: The Death of Keith Ryan: More Condolences and a Mystery (22)
- 30: Michael Wilbon Update (8)
- 31: Spotes Notes, 1.31.08: Super Bowl XLII Edition (31)
- December 2007 (1)
