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ESPN Goes Balls Deep With Tim Tebow During Softball Game

June 1, 2009 10 comments
What time is it? Tool Time!

What time is it? Tool Time!

How do you ruin an otherwise-great sporting event? Have a phone conversation with Tim Tebow, of course.

Demonstrating an incessant desire to get in the sack with the Gators QB, ESPN had their softball announcers conduct a phone interview with Tebow in the third inning of the Washington-Florida Women’s College World Series championship game.

Tebow, proving once again that he’s still the most unlikable likable guy in America, iterated and reiterated the fact that Florida’s softball players “love each other.” Not unlike the way Tim Tebow loves the cock.

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M’s Russell Branyan, Jason Vargas Have Traveled Long Roads To Success

June 1, 2009 Leave a comment

branyan1Ten years ago, Russell Branyan was one of the top prospects in all of professional baseball.

Blessed with prodigious power from the left-hand side, Branyan was a Bunyanesque slugger with annual 40-homer potential who was destined to become a fixture in the middle of some lucky team’s batting order for years to come.

He made his major league debut on September 26, 1998. Only 22 years of age at the time, Branyan went 0-4 with two strikeouts in his brief taste of the big leagues. Over the course of the next two seasons, Branyan would strike out 95 more times while playing in only 78 major league games.

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Lawrie leads Huskies into WCWS final

June 1, 2009 4 comments
Washington players celebrate after Danielle Lawrie's grand slam home run. (AP)

Washington players celebrate after Danielle Lawrie's grand slam home run. (AP)

The Washington Huskies softball team is damn good.

Behind the pitching of ace Danielle Lawrie, the Dawgs knocked off the University of Georgia 9-3 last night to advance to the final round of the Women’s College World Series.

The semifinal victory came on the heels of a 9-8 defeat earlier in the day at the hands of those same Georgia Bulldogs.

Lawrie’s heroics weren’t just relegated to the pitcher’s circle yesterday, either. The National College Softball Player of the Year did her part to ignite the offense with a grand slam home run in the first inning, as well. The four runs would be all the Huskies would need en route to the 9-3 win.

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