DigitalSports.com has this amusing video of Virginia high school running back T.J. Peeler thinking he scored a touchdown, only to realize he stopped at the five-yard-line.

Cheer up, T.J., you did actually score with one guy.

Have you voted yet? Why haven’t you voted yet? Why do you hate democracy so much? You know who loves democracy and elections? Chris Berman. That’s why we had Barack “And A Hard Place” Obama and John “Raising” McCain being interviewed by The Swami at halftime of Monday Night Football, answering the hard-hitting questions on [...]

Paul Farhi of the WASHINGTON POST reports Washington Nationals’ radio broadcasts this season featuring Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler, “attracted a cumulative weekly audience of about 26,500 from May through July, the most recent period measured by Arbitron.”

(We now join a Nationals Radio Broadcast, already in progress)
That means the Nats have the “unusual [...]

President George W. Bush has to be loving these Olympic Games, because for the first time since the 1996 games in Atlanta, he’s not running for President, so he can actually take the time to enjoy them. While Barack Obama and John McCain are busy hitting the campaign trail, Dubya has been spending [...]

Mark McGuire of the ALBANY TIMES-UNION has this line today about the curious celebrity of Anna Kournikova: “Kournikova’s career remains a prominent example of how sports, sex and celebrity congeal into the oleo that is entertainment in Deadspin Nation.”

(Forget cheese, in Deadspin Nation, it’s all about free government mustard)
I know, there’s nothing more scintillating [...]

Reply to: usa4eva@whitehouse.gov
Date: 07-09-2008, 20:08 AM
Need Four – U.S.-China Basketball – Beijing Olympics
Leader of free world needs 4 for the U.S. – China basketball game in Beijing. I asked my boy Hu-y, President of China, for ‘em since he knows the place and all, but he said he’d have to see what he had [...]

Newsmakers have a tradition of dumping news they don’t want you to know on the evening before a weekend. If they can line it up with a three-day holiday, even better. However, for your morning cup of red-white-and-blue coffee with a little “hangover cure” splashed in, we provide just what they would prefer [...]

Our friend from the North, Canada, is celebrating birthday #141 today. In honor of that, watch this very cool, brand-new video celebrating the CFL.
[youtube:http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=BS1jCfg7Qxc]
I know, “very cool” and “CFL” don’t usually go together, but that vid is an exception. It’s part of an ad campaign llaunched today called “This is Our League.” Interesting slogan. Wonder [...]

Our geopolitical funny bone has been tickled to find out the United States shooting team had to receive a special note from their father (aka President George W. Bush) to Congress to take their weapons to China due to the Foreign Relations Authorization Act. We don’t understand; we were led to believe that everyone [...]

SbB is back on the beach, enjoying the calm, cool waters of the Caribbean.
• Does the SI Jinx also cover couples who appeared in the swimsuit issue?

• Justine Henin pulls an Annika Sorenstam, but does it much quicker.
• Funny how one innocent cheerleaders-in-undies photo can destroy an entire athletic department.
• A San Francisco Giants [...]