Friday, August 29, 2008
treak for the Cash
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Jeff Pearlman
The members of the band Von Hayes don't need money or fame. They just want to meet their namesake. Story
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Jim Baker
Jason Bergmann of the Washington Nationals is on the verge of going where no batter has gone before. Story
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Mark Kreidler
Nine-year-old flamethrower Jericho Scott has the sports world roaring. Here's a simple solution. Story
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Scoop Jackson
Yes, the U.S. hoops team recaptured the gold. But did it accomplish its mission? Story
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Dave Dameshek Podcast
Dave and Page 2's very own Paul Lukas review the best and worst in college football uniforms.
Podcast
AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill/Donna McWilliam/Tom Mihalek
TMQ: CUPCAKES & THE NFC
TMQ offers up his team-by-team NFC preview and opines on college teams' scheduling easy opponents.Gregg Easterbrook
FULL-PAGE FRENZY
UCLA tweaked USC in a full-page ad in the L.A. Times. Page 2 discovered some ads other programs have taken out. Full-page frenzy
DOWN WITH JERICHO SCOTT!
In all this hoopla over Connecticut Little Leaguer Jericho Scott, no one has mentioned one obvious truth: HE'S NOT THAT GOOD! Forty miles per hour? Come on, kid. That's nothing.
When I played Little League, our big rival had a pitcher who could throw 71 mph. (It had to be true! He registered 71 mph on the speed-pitch machine at the local minor league stadium!) The first time I ever faced him -- I was 10 years old, he was 12 -- he hit me square in the neck with a fastball.
Was I scared stepping in the box to face him? Most definitely. Was I even more scared to face him the next time, a hematoma still marking my scrawny neck? Very much so.
But that's because he threw 71 miles per hour -- 31 mph more than Scott. I would have laughed at a Jericho Scott neck pitch. Or maybe not. It still would have freaking hurt. But by approximately 44 percent less.
Jericho Scott: You, young man, could not play for my Little League team. You simply aren't good enough.
(Unless you also have a knee-buckling curveball or a deceptive 21 mph changeup no one is talking about. Then we can talk.)--DJ Gallo
HOUSTON, NO PROBLEM
It appears the Texans made the right move, picking Mario Williams over Reggie Bush. Here's a peek at Williams' ESPN The Mag photo shoot. Video• Debate: College football vs. pro football
• Q&A: Playboy All-American selector
• ESPN The Mag Daily
Kurt Snibbe
DJ'S FANTASY PRIMER
With fantasy football drafts heating up, Page 2 offers up some awe-inspiring feats that might make you adjust your draft board. DJ Gallo• Sign up: Free fantasy football
KICKOFF CLASSIC
DJ Gallo gets us in the right mindset for the kickoff of college football 2008. Gallo's season preview
BACK TO SCHOOL UNIS
College football is back, and so is Paul Lukas' full-blown uniform preview where no detail goes unnoticed.
Uni Watch
PINBALL WIZARD
Remember pinball? The game is still alive, as we found out at the most recent world championship tournament.
Kieran Darcy
B.S. REPORT
Bill continues to analyze the upcoming fantasy football season with Cousin Sal. Plus, Sal describes his wrestling debut. B.S. Report• B.S. Report with Matthew
Berry (8/26)
• B.S. Report with JackO (8/24)
• B.S. Report with Chris "Mad Dog" Russo (8/22)
FLEM FILE RETURNS
The Flem File is back with a trip to Ocho Cinco's house and a lengthy list of tales. David Fleming
GRIDIRON GIRL
In 2003, 11-year-old Jasmine Plummer became the first female QB in the Pop Warner Super Bowl. Now her story is a movie. Sam Alipour
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THIS WEEK ON PAGE2 (August 25 - August 29)
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