all-encompassingly

We all know that Bonds used steroids arthritic rubbing balm and flaxseed oil.

Now, take a look at this fascinating article exploring the giant protective gear that Bonds uses.

For years, sportswriters remarked that his massive “protective” gear – unequaled in all of baseball — permits Bonds to lean over the plate without fear of [...]

ted miller has written a great article putting MLS doubters in their place. the money quote is about halfway down, where he engages in a fun little hypothetical involving frontline.

Whether Beckham makes his Major League Soccer debut Sunday in Toronto or not, you can count on many so-called pundits trashing the [...]

as an animal lover, i cannot believe anyone could do this to a dog:

In or about April of 2007, Peace, Phillips and [atlanta falcons star quarterback, michael] Vick executed approximately eight dogs that did not perform well in ‘testing’ sessions at 1915 Moonlight Road by various methods, including hanging, drowning and slamming at least one [...]

we’re just ‘gringos’ to them.

i wrote this post last football season, but never published it because he had a passer rating of zero a few weeks later, and so 1.3 wasn’t even uniquely bad for him anymore. anyway, since i’m cleaning out the old posts, here it is — travis

the QB scores a 1.3 passer rating, but the [...]

Imparable.

Boca Juniors, campeón otra vez de la Copa Libertadores.

¡¡Cantá con La 12!!

Señores yo soy de boca desde la cuna
que vamo a salir campeones no tengo duda
con un poco más de huevo la vuelta vamos a dar
y todos de la cabeza vamo a festejar
dale dale Bo dale dale Bo y dale dale Bo dale dale Bo

Lionel Messi is really becoming Diego Maradona. First the amazing goal against Getafe and now Mano de Dios II.

After reading about this goal on La Nacion on Saturday, I checked YouTube but there weren’t any videos available. Now there are. Thanks to Briant for the reminder!

Boca 3 - Cúcuta 0 

An interesting idea from Mark Cuban.

Replace the lottery with a simple better team record or coin flip based on conference standings. In other words, for the last two teams in each conference , the team with the better record gets the first pick. If its a tie, there is a coinflip. The next to last [...]

the way amare stoudemire has been booed in san antonio this week, youda thunk he called their fans nappy headed hos or something.

he didn’t say that. what stoudemire did say after game two, however, is that the spurs are a dirty team.

as if on cue, robert horry set out to prove him [...]

i also think very highly of the golden state warriors.

lee jenkins of the nytimes has written a great article on the team’s improbable last two months, in which they have gone from 26-35 to just squeaking into the playoffs to knocking off the team with the 6th best regular season record in NBA history. [...]

after the pittsburgh penguins were eliminated in the first round of the NHL playoffs by the ottawa senators, sidney crosby revealed he played the last 2.5 weeks of the season and the playoffs with a broken foot.

this month, several of the MLB’s new york yankees have been placed on the 15-day disabled list. [...]

Que golazo de Lionel Messi! Aguante el nuevo Maradona!

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Impresionante.

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let me add: i don’t really care for don imus. his radio show airs during my drive to school, but i rarely listen. i just don’t find his show that interesting. now that i think about it, i find his voice to be kind of soothing, but [...]

102 años.