Today's blog goodness

1. Doping in the Tour de France? I'm totally shocked.
2. Brett Favre is everywhere, including a cornfield.
3. A review of NCAA '09.
4. Wait, so why aren't the Twins bringing Liriano up from Triple-A again?
5. Ashley Harkleroad gets nekkid.

Today's FanIQ site goodness

1. Sure we've got UFC this weekend, but we also have Affliction: Banned on Pay-Per-View as well. The biggest matchup is Fedor Emelianenko vs. Tim Sylvia. Who will win?
2. It's the Jose Canseco knockout...in Punch-Out form!
3. Take a crack at this NFL records quiz. It's amazing how many baseball records I know, and how few football records I know.

Tonight's TV goodness

Well, after a horrendous sports week, this Friday and weekend will seem like paradise. Nothing incredible tonight, but this weekend features the British Open, UFC on free TV, Affliction: Banned on Pay-Per-View, the Tour de Doping France, and baseball, baseball, baseball.

And of course, be sure to tune in for weekend pick 'em baseball games on the site.

Boxing: Middleweights, Yuriorkis Gamboa vs. Jose Rojas, Primm, Nev., 9 p.m., ESPN2

Major League Baseball: Chicago Cubs at Houston, 8 p.m., WGN

Motor sports: FIA Formula One World Championship, German Grand Prix, practice, at Hockenheim, 8 a.m., Speed. ARCA Re/Max Series, Kentucky ARCA 150, at Sparta, Ky., pole qualifying, 4:30 p.m., Speed; race, 8 p.m. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Built Ford Tough 225, practice, at Sparta, Ky., 6:30 p.m., Speed. NASCAR Nationwide Series, Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers 250,practice, at Madison, Ill., 7 p.m., ESPN2

Soccer: USSF Development Academy Championships, U-18 championship match, at Carson, Calif., 11 p.m., ESPN2

Track and field: IAAF Golden League, Meeting Gaz de France, at Paris, 4 p.m., ESPN2 (same-day tape)