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The 1959 Home Run Derby
15 July 08
For the Birds: A Futile Trip Down Oriole Way
26 June 08
The Last Waltz
12 June 08
A Flyers Fan Is Finished
17 April 08
Jayhawks, Josh Dean Take the Spoils
9 April 08
NCAA Final: Fact vs Fiction
6 April 08
Number Ones Crush Defenseless Underdogs
31 March 08
Wildcats Best Badgers
29 March 08
Sweet 16: V for Villanova, V for Victory
23 March 08
NCAA Pool Round 1 Results
23 March 08
Join the 2008 NCAA Basketball Pool
17 March 08
Gambling Gurus: Take the Super Bowl Under
3 February 08
Gambling Gurus: Chargers to Beat the Spread, Lose
19 January 08
Reading Red Smith
15 January 08
Sun Spots
7 January 08
Gambling Gurus: Wildcard Weekend
4 January 08
Gambling Gurus: Play it Cool Until Playoffs
20 December 07
Gambling Gurus: Week 15 Picks
15 December 07
Gambling Gurus: Giants Smoke Philly
6 December 07
The New Yorker Draws Sports Angst
4 December 07
Gambling Gurus: Favre, Romo Go Over
29 November 07
Gambling Gurus Split on Lions' Turkey Bowl
20 November 07
The Other Football Roundup
19 November 07
Gambling Gurus: Can the Bills Cover?
17 November 07
Gambling Gurus: NFL Week 10 Picks
10 November 07
Gambling Gurus: NFL Week 9 Picks
4 November 07
A Student Athlete by Any Other Name
31 October 07
The Fandom of Fathers and Sons
28 October 07
Gambling Gurus: NFL Week 8 Picks
26 October 07
Our Guide to the World Series
24 October 07
Gambling Gurus: NFL Week 7 Picks
20 October 07
World Series: Aesthetics Vs. Politics
16 October 07
Gambling Gurus: NE Messes With Dallas
12 October 07
Gambling Gurus: NFL Week 5
6 October 07
Gambling Gurus: NFL Week 4
28 September 07
Sport Leverages Future
26 September 07
Gambling Gurus: Read the Signs, Pats Win
21 September 07
Gambling Guru: Falcons, Browns Suck
13 September 07
The Offerman Precedent
28 August 07
My Brunch With Landon
21 August 07
HBP: The new HR?
13 August 07
Remembrance of Soccer's Past
30 May 07
The Modern Spectator Lives! (Maybe)
18 April 07
The Sublimity of Scrabble
5 April 07
March Madness: The Pleasures of the Crowd
5 April 07
Squats, Curls, & Other Parenting Tricks
20 March 07
Going to Bat for Cricket (Almost)
13 March 07
The Spectator Thaw
4 March 07
Gambling Guru: Saints Are Money
16 January 07
My Mother, the Hooligan
15 January 07
NFL PLayoffs: One Man's Wagers
13 January 07
Gambling Guru: Cash in on Wild Cards
4 January 07
Stadium Notes: The Empty Bowl
3 January 07
Tooning In: A Newcastle Fan's Journey
21 December 06
The Poetry of Sport
29 November 06
Tackles, Chicken Wings, and the Quest for a New Cash Cow
8 November 06
Marathon Marketing
2 November 06
The World Series
21 October 06
Home Sour Home
6 October 06
Dear Mr. Fantasy
2 October 06
The Yankee Web
25 September 06
Mickey Mouse Fight Club
20 September 06
Spectating at YouTube
18 September 06
A Gambler's Glossary
13 September 06
The Contrade: Keeping the Feud Alive
12 September 06
The Pleasures of the Palio
8 September 06
Buddy Up
28 August 06
Ogling Sports Googlers
6 August 06
The Beautiful Calculations of Synchronized Swimming
28 July 06
History Lessons
20 July 06
Two Footballers in Search of an Author
20 July 06
World Cup-ology
20 July 06

Asked & Answered

Who was the first player to bat in a televised major league game?
20 June 08
Can a baseball player catch a ball while standing in the stands?
28 March 08
What country has produced the most overall World Cup skiing champions?
13 March 08
What was the biggest point spread in Super Bowl history?
23 January 08
Why do NFL QBs have green dots on the back of their helmets?
15 November 07
What NBA team won the most consecutive games to start a season?
31 October 07
What was the worst team to reach the playoffs in Major League history?
28 August 07
Which NBA team has the most losses in history?
16 July 07
What were the names of the racing teams in Hanna Barbera's The Wacky Races cartoon?
23 June 07
In golf, where did the term caddy come from?
31 May 07
Who is the youngest player ever to lead the NHL in goals?
10 April 07
How often does the top-ranked team in the polls win the NCAA basketball tournament?
10 March 07
How many college basketball teams have gone undefeated?
26 February 07
Is the purchase of Liverpool FC the most expensive purchase of a sports franchise?
6 February 07
Besides David Beckham, who is the highest-paid soccer player in the MLS?
11 January 07
How many teams has Vinny Testaverde played for since he turned 40?
28 November 06
Rutgers?
13 November 06
Is Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, the most anyone has ever scored in one basketball game?
5 November 06
Why would you pitch to Albert Pujols in the World Series when runners are in scoring position and first base is open?
22 October 06
Did the hockey season start?
12 October 06
Has there even been a switch pitcher?
4 October 06
In American football, why do QBs wear low numbers, while linemen wear higher ones?
19 September 06
What N.F.L. franchise is the most valuable?
12 September 06
During the U.S. Open how many balls are used?
5 September 06
Besides the Yankees, what franchise has won the most World Series?
29 August 06
Where does “love” come from -- in tennis?
22 August 06
How big is the largest stadium in the U.S. and world these days?
15 August 06
Has a transgendered Pole ever won an Olympic medal?
8 August 06
Cue the Aged
1 August 06
Who caught the highest pop up ever?
26 July 06
Why do American footballers need protection when rugby types go pad free?
20 July 06

Quote, Unquote

"The path to globalization now apparently travels in both directions."
24 July 08
"After the Olympic Games, the fight for human rights must go on."
14 July 08
“It looked like a cow udder.”
10 July 08
"In Euro 2008, something like a third of the goals were scored by people who had not been born citizens of the country for which they were playing..."
8 July 08
“I’m sure you guys are going to eat this up a lot more than I am."
30 June 08
"After the game is before the game."
26 June 08
"Soccer is like chess, only without the dice."
23 June 08
“It’s like taking a fighter jet down to tree level, popping the canopy, turning upside down, then going down to road level and touching your helmet on the pavement.”
23 June 08
"Schweinsteiger comes in like a rat off a drainpipe."
20 June 08
"As the Prime Minister I have to be balanced and collected but on Thursday night I wanted to kill."
19 June 08
"We get to 3km to go. This is where the final hill starts. The other guys know I will beat them in the sprint, so it is up to them to attack me.... This is where I switch into rage mode."
3 June 08
"I've had a couple of meetings with the Glazers.... They've got balls, I can tell you."
2 June 08
"I know you're going to say, Well betting's all about pitching and stuff like that -- I didn't care who was pitching for me or who was pitching for the opposition."
28 May 08
"[Paolo] Bettini pulled off one of his typical defying-the-laws-of-physics moments...
22 May 08
"Cricket, like every sport, is an activity and the dream of an activity, badged with random ideals, aspirations, and memories."
20 May 08
“My mistake.”
15 May 08
"Sorry, Pats"
14 May 08
"That’s a sign of a misspent youth."
13 May 08
"I think it is very unfortunate that the NFL has already started its 'nothing new' spin before watching the tapes... Let's see where the evidence leads."
9 May 08
"The seeded model looked like a playoff, and we don't think a playoff is in the best interest of college football."
1 May 08
"Ronaldo said he is not good in the head and that he is going through psychological problems because of his recent [knee] surgery."
29 April 08
"We know he is fertile, but he has no interest in mares."
28 April 08
"You can't blame Lincoln for having a beard. This gets out, his career's over."
25 April 08
"The sports agent business has become so corrupt -- I would not encourage anyone to try to become an agent right now."
23 April 08
"I'm a Colts player, I'm a Colts player."
21 April 08
"We didn’t buy the team to keep it in Seattle."
18 April 08
"If Donaghy's picks won, he was paid for his information."
17 April 08
"I would not go near Yankee Stadium, not for all the hot dogs in the world."
14 April 08
"One would almost think oneself in Lhasa... It snowed last night, now the sky is blue — and police are everywhere."
7 April 08
Mourinho: "Congratulations on your 100th cap. Vindicated?" Beckham: "No, no injuries at the moment."
2 April 08
"The people in the magazine, they’re going to be your Cartiers, your Rolexes... Nothing against Dockers, but there’ll be no Dockers in there, bro."
24 March 08
“I woke up in a cold sweat... And then I remembered: Oh yeah. We won.”
18 March 08
"I've never been to Wembley."
10 March 08
"The bottom line is that this is a family business."
4 March 08
"Healthy Lifestyle, Exercise Program, Diet & Fitness Tips from Debbie Clemens"
15 February 08
"With no soccer, there would be no school, and no hope."
11 February 08
"Your gloves are disgusting. If there’s an annoying player you want to get back at, you just stick your glove in there with that stench and let him smell it a little bit."
8 February 08
"Hey, Belichick, I hope you’re taping this."
6 February 08
"The leaders don’t like him... He has never kissed the leaders' asses."
31 January 08
"Clemens was far from being in the 'twilight of his career' or 'washed up' in 1996, as some have speculated."
28 January 08
"I've created a monster that I need to win every tournament — still the semifinals isn't bad."
25 January 08
"Imagine when you get to work, they don’t talk to you. They had security people standing close to me in press conferences, and spies throughout the arena."
24 January 08
"We're shocked... The city of Duluth kind of adopted him, and he kind of adopted the city of Duluth."
23 January 08
"Do I need to cheat in this game to get better? This is nothing for me. Baseball is just a hobby, man."
22 January 08
"I just wanted to get out of the cold."
21 January 08
"I want to make something clear. In my whole entire life of living 30 years, I've never put my hand on one woman, physically or in an angry manner."
18 January 08
"After looking at the tape, I feel like the best team lost the game."
15 January 08
"They hyper-inflate the ice skating scene. Every fart is on TV."
15 January 08
"I've always had a good relationship with quarterbacks."
14 January 08
"If I got on this show and said I wanted to put some Jewish-American in a gas chamber, I don't care what context I said it in, the entire Jewish community would have the right to say I should be put off this show."
9 January 08
"I think David's book is a good example of how not to do it.... Run a war based on public opinion."
8 January 08
"People criticize me for the way that I live.... But it’s my life and I alone bear the consequences."
4 January 08
"With a lot of use, your camo gets washed out and deer can see that, so you need to replace it."
22 December 07
"Somebody like the Big Tuna, regardless of who’s in the front office or who’s not, brings a lot of respect and a lot of credibility with him."
20 December 07
"If what I did was an error in judgment on my part, I apologize. I accept responsibility for those two days."
18 December 07
"I’d rather hang myself than talk about sports."
17 December 07
“Unless you were born an Eskimo or something, you really don’t have a chance.”
16 December 07
"Sometimes when you play like that, it's the feeling of paradise."
10 December 07
"The Nutty Buddy: It's mean, it's tough, and it's right there for ya, every time."
10 December 07
"The best stadium I’ve been in so far has been Celtic’s stadium in Glasgow. Oh my goodness, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it."
5 December 07
"It wasn't always easy to go some places as a team from the United States the last few years."
3 December 07
"I'm amazed that he's walking at this point."
29 November 07
"If we don’t take care about the invaders from Brazil... then the next World Cups in 2014 and 2018 out of the 32 teams... we will have 16 full of Brazilian players."
27 November 07
"My dear, my penis is a mountain."
23 November 07
"I know how black kids feel about baseball... They don't think it's street-credible... It would be a sad day if one day we are -- quote, unquote -- extinct from this game."
20 November 07
"I love my body and I like what I have, so let everybody share it."
20 November 07
"There's never anything that's good enough. After a while you just get sick of it. You say 'enough, coach.'"
19 November 07
"Q: So, I guess I got to ask the question again, I mean, did you take steroids?... A: No"
16 November 07
"Isiah has to start me... I've got so much (stuff) on Isiah and he knows it. He thinks he can (get) me. But I'll (get) him first. You have no idea what I know."
14 November 07
"I hope you’re a Giants fan... If not, I appreciate you faking it with all the Giants paraphernalia."
14 November 07
"Yesterday a disgusting bastard killed my son. May you be cursed forever."
12 November 07
"Everybody perked up like little kids. It was like seeing your Pops when he came through the door."
11 November 07
Philadelphia: "The Eric Lindros of sports towns"
9 November 07
"As of November 2007, [Delonte West] still hasn't graduated from St. Joseph's (PA) nor has a command of the English language."
8 November 07
"It’s said that behind every great man is a great woman. Well in the case of a quarterback, his receivers assume that role."
7 November 07
"We've got the loudest stadium in the league, with the fans naturally providing that sound.''
6 November 07
"Football players and wrestlers… are significantly more likely than nonathletic males to be involved in a serious fight."
1 November 07
"Having the ball in my hands and the responsibility makes me feel calm and open. Not to have that, not to get to that point in a game, would feel really... really confining."
31 October 07
"The players are human beings, and it’s not machinery here. Even though they get paid a lot of money, it’s still blood that runs through their veins."
29 October 07
"The first one was such a grind to get through New York... Then to get that piano off our back. This is a totally different work in progress."
29 October 07
"It's a sports event, pure and simple."
26 October 07
"Breaking your arm is never fun. But for 7-year-old Daniel Brockman, it couldn't have come at a better time."
24 October 07
"Judge Edward Redd ordered that [they]... write a five-page essay detailing what they have each learned from the experience of getting arrested."
23 October 07
"I was so excited and had so much adrenaline going on, I don't even remember running around the bases to tell you the truth."
22 October 07
"If it doesn’t happen, so who cares? It’s always next year. It’s not like the end of the world."
18 October 07
"We have to finish it up. We don't want to be part of their history."
17 October 07
"Hopefully with better security, Afghanistan will improve and golf will improve."
15 October 07
"Dear Reporters, Due to the magnitude of this week's game and high volume of questions for the Original 81 about the other 81. I will be taking all questions immediately following Sunday's game."
11 October 07
"But I guess when you don’t feel good and you still get hits, that’s when you know you are a bad man."
9 October 07
"Last I checked it was our job to build the best race car."
7 October 07
"My father used to apologize to us for bringing us up as Mets fans and making our life so difficult."
28 September 07
"There’s no godfather of steroids."
25 September 07
"I don't like that stream-of-consciousness stuff."
21 September 07
"Dude, it's like they're trying to find any way to take fun out of the game."
19 September 07
"Too many people in this town see politics as a game... Then you start evaluating your candidates to see who can play the game best."
18 September 07
"I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures."
15 September 07
"Money makes you do crazy things, man."
13 September 07
"I think the Patriots actually live by the saying, 'If you're not cheating, you're not trying.'"
12 September 07
"Yeah! I want to see the spit on your mouth! Yeah!"
9 September 07
"It's kind of disappointing to see how America hasn't taken to us."
7 September 07
"If I had a dollar for every time someone's asked, I could retire."
5 September 07
"I wanted to say something with the tool I had, which was a horse. I wanted it to be pro-peace, and about loving your neighbor."
3 September 07
"It would be like me going to a restaurant and punching the chef in the face because I didn't like the meal. And I don't do that."
31 August 07
"The first thing I did when I got back here was hug every one of my teammates and tell them that I love them because you never know what's going to happen."
30 August 07
"The chants made me want to score more goals. I was delighted to score and I wanted another."
29 August 07
"What the fuck is the fucking point of even striving, and being human, erring in the process, if nothing is accomplished by doing so?"
27 August 07
"I was thinking I might post my résumé on Monster.com... 'Cause maybe someone else can figure out what to do with me."
26 August 07
"Man, did I do a nice job of acting... I had to fool the coaches and the team's medical department into thinking the injury had occurred on that play."
23 August 07
"I haven't been involved in a game like that since I was 9 or 10 years old."
19 August 07
"Luckily for Matt Beech, he was agile enough to dodge a bat."
16 August 07
"It is further part of the conspiracy that DONAGHY used a telephone to contact his coconspirators to provide his picks for certain NBA games. These communications were sometimes made in coded language."
16 August 07
"The rejoicing here... is for less piety, a shift in the altogether mystifying popular notion that the lifetime home-run mark is somehow sacrosanct."
15 August 07
"He truly exemplifies America at its best, our aspirations to be a better nation, and to help build a better world."
14 August 07
“If I was not a golfer, a fan on the couch.... I’d be putting my house on him.”
12 August 07
"If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying."
9 August 07
"I used to dream about stuff like this when I was a kid. Unfortunately, when I dreamed about it, I was the one hitting the home run."
8 August 07
"He wants to prove he's the best team sport athlete. You can take that for what it's worth."
7 August 07
"I had rashes on my head; I felt like I was getting sick at times."
5 August 07
"I'm not touching no Barry questions."
2 August 07
"I am making a comment by not making a comment."
31 July 07
"I wish they would come and take over the Parliament, for they are the ones who really represent us.”
30 July 07
"This is a system which can't last."
25 July 07
"There was always a bull's-eye on us... Some people feel like we're spoiled. Some people feel that because we are rich, we think we are above the law."
23 July 07
“I’m sure he’s hit more than the seven hundred and whatever homers off me.”
22 July 07
“During the two hours of game time, I live in another world.... I forget about the car bombs and feel human again."
21 July 07
"He worked very hard at it. He was nice. He spoke French—he never speaks French. He spoke English—he never speaks English."
19 July 07
"He walked into the locker room, and I was like, damn."
16 July 07
"I’ll get used to that at some point. I’m sorry.”
15 July 07
“When he saw the earring, it was like his whole body relaxed.”
13 July 07
"Now is the time for Mr. Leitch to extend his hand to us. To extend his soft, uncalloused snow white hand to those of us that are due never ending links."
3 July 07
"Hell, doc, I don't hold on with my nose."
29 June 07
"I don't think what I did was very noteworthy."
28 June 07
“wash u ass."
26 June 07
"But the rage over competitions like "Dancing With the Stars", “American Idol” and “America’s Got Talent” isn’t a rationalized phase but a social shift that, in part, reflects a quantifiable disillusionment with mainstream sports."
24 June 07
"If I wasn't playing, I would probably chase the money, too."
22 June 07
"The amount of drunk people on the climb was awesome! You can't really concentrate going up the hill because there are so many girls hanging over the barriers drunk! Every lap getting bigger and bigger!"
19 June 07
"I am the victim in this... I just married the wrong woman."
15 June 07
"I did my part... I'm telling you, man. It was surreal."
13 June 07
"People in Denmark hate me, but I have no feeling yet what the reaction in Sweden is, other than they of course believe I am an idiot."
9 June 07
"I love Gary Sheffield. We have a great relationship. I don't agree with everything he says."
8 June 07
"It's sad."
7 June 07
"It's about being able to tell (Latin players) what to do. ... Being able to control them... Where I'm from, you can't control us."
5 June 07
"Effective immediately..."
4 June 07
"I'm banged up. I'm winded. I'm fatigued."
1 June 07
"If Rafa [Benitez] said he wanted to buy 'Snoogy Doogy', we would back him."
31 May 07
"Sam is an idiot. I-D-O-U-T. Idiot."
28 May 07
"If you don't have a line, how many passes can Peyton Manning complete? Greatest quarterback, maybe, in NFL history."
25 May 07
"It didn't hurt at all, I'm pretty happy with that. To see it actually snap, I can't believe it, it didn't feel that hard."
24 May 07
"We have shown once again that we are the strongest... Now let's party."
22 May 07
"He was all skin. I never saw anything like that in my life. The guy is crazy. He either won some money or was very intoxicated."
21 May 07
"He said, 'I'll be there tomorrow and we can talk about how we used to hide your weenie.'"
18 May 07
“It’s not a matter of fairness, it’s a matter of correctness."
16 May 07
“It affects the purity of sport. Next will be another device where people can fly with something on their back.”
15 May 07
"Guys try to put their ass in your face or say something. I'm not intimidated by that stuff."
14 May 07
"I have admitted attempted doping only."
9 May 07
"To hit the frickin’ ball, [Barry Bonds] makes it look easy, but it ain’t... I don’t know how steroids can do that."
8 May 07
"Baseball is 90 percent mental; the other half is physical."
7 May 07
“That ain’t nothing ... Whoop-de-do.”
4 May 07
"The Lakers got knocked out, so what's the next best thing? I gotta come out and support Northern California."
4 May 07
"They had in their minds... the historic and slightly paranoid dream of revenge over Liverpool... It is the final which the heavens and the people wanted."
3 May 07
"Baseball is getting beat up on this. But it's really supply and demand that dictates a lot of this."
1 May 07
"Wash it or toss it?"
29 April 07
"I am a transsexual sportswriter."
28 April 07
"Things were so easy at the beginning. Human nature took over. Kobe down the stretch was too much to handle."
27 April 07
"I don't know if they outplayed us, but they outperformed us."
26 April 07
"I don’t keep track of the balls... I don’t keep track of the strikes, either, until I got two."
23 April 07
“Drogbacite is about me and my success."
22 April 07
"I can't believe I did it. Perfect game would have been nice, too."
19 April 07
"I don’t think I was breathing for the five minutes of overtime and the shootout.”
10 April 07
"He's told me that his interest in eastern philosophy has overcome his desire for mind-altering substances and has given him another outlet."
9 April 07
"There are so many people I want to thank-- especially Yannick Noah, for his freaky genetics and stylish hats."
5 April 07
"I liken it somewhat to when the NFC and AFC came together to create the NFL."
27 March 07
"To understand me is to understand a fan. To understand a fan is to love the sport you’re watching."
26 March 07
"I got lucky."
24 March 07
"Clearly he let somebody into his hotel room and it may be that he knew who that person was."
23 March 07
“No one wants to set the table anymore... Everyone wants to eat.”
22 March 07
"Pass interference -- it's not a reflection of the severity of the crime. It's like getting the death penalty for going 75 mph in a 55 zone."
21 March 07
"It's kind of like allowance"
20 March 07
"It just didn't work out."
19 March 07
"I didn't have the fire this season, and I will try to find it this summer, maybe while I'm grilling."
18 March 07
"I said to myself, 'Man, I just hit the game-winner on Duke University.'"
16 March 07
"I'm the best ambassador baseball has."
15 March 07
"Either New York is going to kick me out of New York this year, say, 'I've had enough of this guy'... Or New York is going to say, 'Hey, we won a world championship... and we want you back."
14 March 07
"This is something we did not need after taking an ass-kicking in the lockout."
13 March 07
"I'm like President Bush. You may not like me, you may not respect me, but you voted me in."
9 March 07
"A neutral-site win at the beginning of the year could have some relative importance."
9 March 07
"I’ve been called everything from outspoken to blowhard to much, much worse."
8 March 07
''We had a real good air about us... a good personality about the game, a good attitude and approach, a chemistry, a togetherness, a comfort level."
7 March 07
"If the club decides to sack me because of bad results... I'll be a millionaire and I will get another club a couple of months later."
6 March 07
"I won't feel right until I get all my name changed to Manchester United."
3 March 07
“It’s only downhill from there."
2 March 07
“Go back to the kitchen.... Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?”
1 March 07
"What? Seriously? For real?"
28 February 07
“I thought, this is not possible.... This kind of thing doesn’t happen twice.”
27 February 07
“We cannot organize anything unless it is [5°].”
26 February 07
"I feel like a serious criminal although I have nothing to reproach myself."
26 February 07
"Go out and run 'em."
23 February 07
"The key is to hit the cup."
22 February 07
"I can’t fight him.... I’m just a goalie."
21 February 07
"You go from sleeping over at somebody's house five days a week, and now you don't sleep over."
20 February 07
"If I paid my hard-earned money to see KG and Kobe and Wade, I want to see them really play. You know what I'm saying?"
19 February 07
"I don't like gay people and I don't like to be around gay people. I am homophobic. I don't like it."
16 February 07
"Our focus is to re-establish rugby league and women."
9 February 07
"They're dumping on this guy, Rex Grossman, for one reason, folks, and that's because he is a white quarterback."
8 February 07
“I’m just going to go out there, get my check and call it a day.... I’ll just do whatever when I get out there.”
7 February 07
“It’s a kid that could have made millions of dollars and been a success that is in a grave right now.”
7 February 07
“The ship be sinking.”
6 February 07
"I can afford to gamble. I didn't kill myself when I lost two and half million dollars... I like to gamble and I'm not going to quit.''
6 February 07
"We were on two different pages where he was going to throw the ball and where I was going to run."
5 February 07
"I don't recognise myself in this world anymore. I have loved football intensely but after this right now it seems absurd."
2 February 07
"It's the Super Bowl of pizza, actually."
1 February 07
"Guys hit him late, guys hit him high, guys hook his hands... The referees just seem to have a different set of rules about the way people get to play against him."
1 February 07
"Did you guys get hit up by the Mexican hand puppet? That was weird. I told the guy I was really uncomfortable with this."
31 January 07
"You can talk without saying a thing. I don't ever want to be that type of person."
29 January 07
"They were all good ... I love all my children."
26 January 07
"I've not met him but I might put him in Rambo and chase him around the jungle for a couple of months."
25 January 07
“Not bad but mine was better.”
24 January 07
“We don’t like to talk about the death.”
22 January 07
"To those who said this front four could not get pressure without Harris, eat it."
22 January 07
“There will be nothing but baseball and football down there as long as I am mayor.”
20 January 07
"A small amount of dark particulate and a pungent aroma closely associated with marijuana."
18 January 07
"David Beckham is going to be some sort of film actor living in Hollywood."
17 January 07
"Before the game... I told DeShawn [Stevenson]: 'I feel like 37 and the game-winner tonight.'"
16 January 07
"The intention was to be very aggressive."
15 January 07
"I'm not in control of what happens -- I was in control of hitting the ball."
14 January 07
"We knew, players knew, owners knew, everybody knew, and we didn't say anything about it."
10 January 07
"I know why I didn't try to be a field-goal kicker, because I would have peed myself."
9 January 07
"Everybody get drunk and make bad decisions."
8 January 07
"My left [arm] has four working fingers. My legs are fine so I can still logroll!"
7 January 07
"Win or lose, I never walked off a professional football field without first thinking of something boring to say."
6 January 07
"I like to listen to the land like a Native American listening to hoof beats."
4 January 07
"I saw [Tiger Woods] and... I said, 'You're Napoleon. I guess I have to be Wellington.'"
20 December 06
"If you go back into the history of people punching people, no one's got 15 games."
20 December 06
"Jesus saves, but Lemieux scores on the rebound."
17 December 06
"My team is sabotaging me a little bit by not letting me sleep in my motor home anymore."
16 December 06
"Golenbock's [book] pleads for readers to believe that only fiction can fully convey the Boschian life of Mantle, who emerges as a baseball Caligula, guided happily into group sex by a predatory Billy Martin."
15 December 06
"Even in Japan, Ichiro was kind of a maverick baseball player... People with Type B are individuals, and they find their own way in life.”
14 December 06
"He stays behind those walls and that's it. No one ever sees him. He just completely dropped out. I don't know if he talks to anybody."
13 December 06
"I just know you're not going to get equal value for a little monster that good."
12 December 06
“There wasn’t much of a point since sport was already the new gay porn.”
10 December 06
"I'm moving up in the world of hockey, and it's hard to think about all these big names I'm surpassing."
9 December 06
"We can go home and turn on Classic NBA. It will be on there already."
8 December 06
“They said the doctor gave me magical wrists, some magic in my hands. I want to say thank you to him.”
7 December 06
“I won’t make a spirited defense with respect to the ball.”
6 December 06
"I take it very seriously. I know it's important, because we're dealing with people's lives."
4 December 06
"They say the NBA stands for 'Nothing But Attorneys,' so we're going to be great at dealing with those issues."
2 December 06
"Sometimes you've just got to shut up and play."
1 December 06
"[World Cup organizers] have to consider playing the environment up front as one of the leading strikers... Otherwise they risk own goals and off-sides from domestic and international public opinion."
1 December 06
"Look a man in the eye before you try to kill him or make up something."
30 November 06
“I’d have to decline.”
29 November 06
“I don’t think people will call us the Dump.”
29 November 06
"[It's] obviously a historical number, but we are talking about a national living treasure and an exceptional baseball player."
28 November 06
"If you don't do your job, they run your ass off. Those guys better wake up and smell the coffee and start catching the damned football."
27 November 06
"You get your food poisoned. They don't want you out there on Sunday."
24 November 06
"To come out here and win the MVP of the National League is definitely at the top of the list as far as birthday gifts, except a car when I was 16."
21 November 06
"My opinion doesn’t have a vote."
19 November 06
"Use your passion tactfully, not criminally."
17 November 06
"Our trainer has been here over 30 years and said it was the highest-ranked team we've ever beat."
16 November 06
"O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened"
15 November 06
“They will come in handy. We’ve only got about eight for practice sessions.”
14 November 06
"Every time I score on him I was happy like a kid, like a kid getting candy on Halloween."
13 November 06
“This lawsuit is the equivalent of the Catholic Church suing Michelangelo for painting the Sistine Chapel.”
12 November 06
"There were a few in for Craig Bellamy and we got him."
11 November 06
“They claim that it’s a pipeline. Well, nobody came out the pipe.”
9 November 06
"From here on out, I'll be a different person."
9 November 06
"There will be no spiking the football, no dancing in the end zone."
8 November 06
"The environment has given the Democrats the ball on the Republicans' 5-yard line with four downs to score a touchdown... We're going to play the best possible defense we can play.
7 November 06
“Kim doesn't want to die.... He wants to watch NBA basketball.”
5 November 06
"Trent's OK. Trent's OK. He's OK."
4 November 06
"This team has always been on the right side of confidence, especially after winning our first 10 games."
3 November 06
"I was following a hobbit in a cotton-candy field, chasing chili dogs.”
2 November 06
“If something goes bad it could be a tragedy. It’s not like you blow out your knee. You could fall 50 feet.”
1 November 06
"The world thought he was tough and mean and gruff and all that -- and underneath he was really a pussycat."
1 November 06
“I wish I could play in front of fans like that week in and week out.”
31 October 06
"I don’t know what it’s like to sleep through the night without waking up a half-dozen times because something hurts."
29 October 06
"114 days until pitchers and catchers"
28 October 06
"It's a tragic situation for any family to go through."
27 October 06
“Amendment 2 claims it bans human cloning, but in the 2,000 words you don’t read, it makes cloning a constitutional right.”
25 October 06
"I thought I had it the whole way, he had nowhere to go, and he just stopped and went right around me."
25 October 06
“Someone might have climbed a peak or a crag or a cliff before, but never the way Todd Skinner did.”
25 October 06
"Good for him. Now you’ll have a thousand high school kids using pine tar, too.”
24 October 06
Dirtgate lives.
23 October 06
“I have to just make contact."
22 October 06
"We cannot tolerate this Internet version of yelling fire in a crowded theater in the post-9/11 era."
20 October 06
"I can't say I'm disappointed."
20 October 06
"As he goes, we go."
19 October 06
"Hunt clearly flexed his leg to catch Cech."
17 October 06
"Now, that's what I'm talking about."
17 October 06
"It's easy to start.... But it's impossible to stop.''
16 October 06
“Oh, I’m going to the World Series.... You better believe it. I believe it.”
15 October 06
"I spoke to Alex. He's fine."
13 October 06
"I didn't do nothing."
13 October 06
"Terrell Owens Blames Poor Game On Drew Bledsoe, Offensive Line, Hamid Karzai, NASA, Samsung"
13 October 06
"Are you all right?"
12 October 06
"I believe he is the right man for this job at this point in time."
11 October 06
“Tony does it every time he has an opportunity.... And David is the best guy you can do it with.”
10 October 06
"Who's the better team in New York now?"
9 October 06
“They've angered the ghost of the candy factory.”
6 October 06
"Little T Learns To Share"
6 October 06
"Third-base coaches are like air-traffic controllers. Nobody says anything until there's a wreck. Well, there was a wreck out there, and it was awful."
5 October 06
"I'm starting to think [Frank Thomas] might be a warlock."
4 October 06
"Where it's going to take a serious turn, for me, is if one of my sponsors pulls out."
3 October 06
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2 October 06
“Every year, the abuse we take from those animals in Philadelphia gets worse and worse. I’m seriously considering having two armed guards sit with us next year.”
1 October 06
"Just the other day, John E. showed me a grip that added 70 feet to my drive."
29 September 06
"Terrell has 25 million reasons why he should be alive."
27 September 06
"Yes."
27 September 06
"I had a goal... buying a tractor, or a cow. It gave me incentive."
27 September 06
"Let's go slider, fastball, curve, beanball, fight, ejection, shower, beer."
25 September 06
“There is nothing sweeter than beating the Americans.”
25 September 06
“It’s OK.”
21 September 06
“Not only can you have a good time visiting these places, you could send out a message that Boston College is a good economic bet.”
20 September 06
“Besides the birth of my daughter, this is the best feeling I’ve ever had."
19 September 06
"I feel like I'm a quick healer."
18 September 06
"Take that, Notre Dame."
16 September 06
"We need to have a certain amount of sex, drugs and rock and roll."
16 September 06
“It doesn’t feel quick to me.”
15 September 06
“Some of us are born with 4 cylinders, and some of us are born with 12."
14 September 06
"It's September and there was some sort of misunderstanding."
13 September 06
“There are two levels of guys.... You got the guys that cheat and guys that are just trying to survive."
12 September 06
"This happens on big games, so we were prepared for it."
11 September 06
"I believe at the end of the day, personally, my life is not about a banana..."
10 September 06
"The richest and most over-hyped sports league in the world kicks into action this evening..."
9 September 06
"This city kind of relies on this team to pull it through... They lean on us in hard times."
8 September 06
"I don't leave my house on Sundays."
7 September 06
"I swear, before all this mess I didn't even know Zidane had a sister."
5 September 06
''Tiger played unbelievable."
4 September 06
"Three homers in a game... That's in the upper middle echelon or whatever."
4 September 06
"The national team showed it is so strong that it made the unbeatable Americans bow to them in respect today."
1 September 06
"I can tell you that [my wife] Patti and I are both really thankful for the research and development that Dodge puts into the safety of their vehicles."
31 August 06
“Those guys from the Big Ten are out there thinking about the N.F.L. and worrying about their knees.... In the MAC, we don’t worry about our knees.”
30 August 06
"Is the Cuban missile crisis today?"
29 August 06
"As a footballer, if you're prone to injury it can mean the end of your career, so having your stem cells - a repair kit if you like - on hand makes sense."
28 August 06
"Before he cleans out his office, have Paul Tagliabue show you where he keeps Gene Upshaw's leash."
27 August 06
"No batting gloves, helmets, wristbands, elbow pads, shin guards, sunglasses. No arguing with the umpire. No stepping out of the batter's box. No charging the pitcher... No curtain-calling, chest-thumping or high-fiving. Just baseball."
25 August 06
''I was charmed by his character and his fastball.''
24 August 06
"This is pure sports terrorism."
23 August 06
"Hair is one of those characters, when he wears the white umpire's coat, he metamorphoses into a mini-Hitler."
21 August 06
"I've got to go, it's Shabbos."
21 August 06
I love you as the center fielder ranges far to his left and catches the ball that would otherwise cost his team the game, and he falls but holds onto the ball, and the resulting injury is minor."
18 August 06
''I was just along for the ride. I had the best seat in the house.''
17 August 06
"Obviously I want my stuff back, but I want Mac back more than anything."
15 August 06
"I've had guys choke on their food before, but I've never had anyone get their throat scoped."
14 August 06
“We’re not turning out super bulls who can do a back flip, swerve and toss these cowboys around like nothing.”
13 August 06
“It is going to be more and more unpleasant to direct tournaments.”
12 August 06
"The only thing that saddens me about it is that there won't be a public trial, during which MLB's incredible greed would have been on public display."
11 August 06
"Blessings upon all that hate contention, and love quietnesse, and vertue, and Angling."
9 August 06
Supporters to the end
8 August 06
The cutting edge defense
7 August 06
I did not give up during the Tour and I won't give up now...
5 August 06
Hall lessons
4 August 06
(Don't) follow the instructions
3 August 06
Labor Relations
2 August 06
Out of Right Field
31 July 06
Tour de Rx
31 July 06
Cooperstown Coup
30 July 06
Performance Enhancer
28 July 06
Clippers o' war
27 July 06
Godly golf
26 July 06
Headline therapy
25 July 06
Boloney on Rye
24 July 06
Soccer politic
23 July 06
"Welcome in France Asshole!"
20 July 06