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Posted 11/24/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Donnie Walsh’s Trades So Good They May Even Benefit the Yankees

Would CC Sabathia sign with the Yankees, knowing that his pal LeBron could very well sign with the Knicks?

Posted 11/21/08 in Daily Intel

Press-Box Confidential

Is It Really This Hard to Select Award Winners in Baseball?

Plus: Sports execs discover the Internet, in this week’s look at the sporting press.

Posted 11/21/08 in Vulture

Beef

Billy Corgan: Eddie Vedder Exclusively to Blame for Cubs’ Crappy Season

Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan has called out Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder for, of all things, the Cubs' disappointing season.

Posted 11/20/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Hal Steinbrenner Triumphs Over Brother Hank!

Prince Hal wins! The cool and calculating younger son seizes control of the Yankees from his blustering brother Hank!

Posted 11/19/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Mike Mussina to Retire

Let the Hall of Fame debate now officially begin.

Posted 11/19/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Leitch: The Unfortunate Legacy of Pedro Martinez

Pedro no longer has any symbolic value to the Mets. But did he ever?

Posted 11/17/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Yankees Pick Up Nick Swisher, Who Is Horrible

His performance last season would normally get him marched out of town, preferably trailed by pitchforks and torches.

Posted 11/13/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Can Somebody Get Carl Pavano a Dictionary?

We're not sure he knows what the word 'exhausting' means.

Posted 11/12/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Lenny Dykstra Really Is a Stock-Picking Genius, Apparently

Yes, that Lenny Dykstra.

Posted 10/30/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Wherein We Find the Reason You Might Be Depressed by the Phillies’ Championship

Philly's got its first title in 25 years. But depending on your allegiances, New York's teams haven't exactly been having a great quarter-century, either.

Posted 10/27/08 in Grub Street

Free Food

Free Tacos for Everyone!

Jason Bartlett's stolen base in game one of the World Series prompts a Taco Bell giveaway.

Posted 10/20/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Hank Steinbrenner ‘100 Percent Behind’ Joba Chamberlain

After Joba's drunk-driving arrest and subsequent apology, Steinbrenner stands behind him and calls the young pitcher ‘family.’

Posted 10/16/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Mr. Met Decapitated at Last Night’s Debate

As if watching the Phillies win the pennant wasn't traumatic enough.

Posted 10/13/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Hockey Fans Boo Sarah Palin, But She Shouldn’t Take It the Wrong Way

Partisans may make something out of this, but the audience just wanted to watch their game in peace.

Posted 10/09/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

You Can Own Shea Stadium’s AIG Sign!

Bidding’s up to $1,420, or roughly what AIG itself is worth these days.

Posted 10/08/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Leitch: Why the Heads of Our Team’s Managers No Longer Roll

What's it take for New York sports-team leaders to get fired anymore?

Posted 10/02/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

This Would Be a Good Time to Lower Your Expectations for the Mets and Yankees

Brian Cashman doesn't want you to get your hopes up, and Omar Minaya wants you to pin yours to Luis Castillo.

Posted 10/01/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Leitch: Mike Mussina, a Stand-Up Guy Likely Retiring Just Short of Great

Nothing the Mets did Sunday, or perhaps all season, will be remembered as fondly as Mussina's twentieth win.

Posted 09/28/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Leitch: A Crushing End for Shea Stadium and the 2008 Mets

I was legitimately worried that someone in the SNY broadcast booth was going to jump out of the booth and kill himself.

Posted 09/26/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Mets’ Win Sets Up Another Bonkers Final Weekend

They were thisclose to breaking, but the Mets' luck changed on one bananas slide into home.