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broke my self imposed baseball blackout when i saw that mets pitcher johan santana had a no-hitter through seven, now eight, innings. no met pitcher in their fifty year history has ever thrown a no-hitter. only tom seaver has taken a no-hitter into the ninth inning. unfortunatly for santana he has the heart of the cardinals order due up in the ninth and he was only a pitch or two from a career high 125 pitches.
having soccer withdrawal? yeah, me neither. but you may be suffering from nba playoff overkilll in which case tonights us v. brasil friendly may be the tonic. 8pm eastern on espn 2.
I don't always think he is funny but this is. And the reason I'm posting here is because of the href template.
LEBRON. 40 points. 18 rebounds. 9 assists. I don't really love the Heat, yet, but those stats are up there near awe inspiring.
if you were going to watch only one soccer game this season, you probably missed it. it was last weeks english premier league clincher for manchester city which was 1 billion dollars and 44 years in the making. in my first full season watching european football i may have peaked. another team is unlikely to score two goals in the final four minutes on the final day of the season to secure a title anytime soon.
but if you are lucky maybe the unlikely champions league final tomorrow between chelsea and bayern munich will be half as gripping. watch it tomorrow on fox at 245 est.
ive never liked kobe more than i do knowing he is anti-flop. also watching lebron and wade flop incessantly makes me think the heat need to swap names with the miami marlins.
In the holy fucking shit category
now, if you want a great name and an even greater goal, look no further than Papiss Cissé.
ran across fangsbites today which focuses on the intersection of sports and television. what caught my attention today were the numbers for espns coverage of the nfl draft. much to my dismay, the three day event averaged about 3 million viewers. by comparison, mad men averages about 2.5 million per episode these days. but what i found interesting that four of the top ten markets for the draft were in ohio. now cleveland did have the third pick in the draft and the first two picks were already announced prior to the draft so it makes sense to some degree but its still surprising that one state would be so football crazed. maybe thats just a function of having two teams whose losing ways have driven their fans to the brink of insanity.
The top 10 metered markets for the combined three days of ESPN coverage included: Cleveland (5.0 rating), Dayton, Ohio (4.3), Birmingham, Ala., (3.9), Milwaukee (3.6), Kansas City (3.6), New Orleans (3.4), Jacksonville, Fla., (3.3), Columbus, Ohio (3.3), Charlotte, N.C., (3.2) and Cincinnati (3.2).
just in case you were wondering, here are the top five cable programs of 2011.
Top cable shows - Average viewers (millions) Jersey Shore (MTV) 9.3 The Walking Dead (AMC) 8.9 Rizzoli & Isles (TNT) 8.1 The Closer (TNT) 8.1 Pawn Stars (History) 7.0