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Back to "hardball." this is the "sideshow." when politics shows up in unlikely places. first, espn. there's buzz in the sports world about john l. smith, the head coach of the university of arkansas. in addition to a dismal start for his fifth football team, smith's racked up $25 million in debt, personal debt, and recently filed for bankruptcy. so let's go to espn's outside the lines where the panel weighed in on smith's troubles and found a certain prominent political figure to compare him with. >> sitting down with john l. smith and saying, cut out the circus act, i mean, that's impossible....

This is the pursuit of perfection. back to "hardball." this is the "sideshow." when politics shows up in unlikely places. first, espn. there's buzz in the sports world about john l. smith, the head coach of the university of arkansas. in addition to a dismal start for his fifth football team, smith's racked up $25 million in debt, personal debt, and recently filed for bankruptcy. so let's go to espn's outside the lines where the panel weighed in on smith's troubles and found a certain prominent political figure to compare him with. >> sitting down with john l. smith and saying, cut out the c...

>> absolutely circus act. >> so romney's the new tackling dummy on espn. anyone else had a worse circus act than mitt romney? anyway "the washington post" reports that smith, the coach, is trying to win over critics with his, quote, engaging personality, and infectious smile. not exactly qualities people have been tossing around for mitt romney. homer votes for mitt romney but there's more to this story in this online promo. >> oh, man, not another election. why do we have to choose our leaders? isn't that what we have the supreme court for? >> you're going to vote, we'll need some photo i.d...

They were blown out of their home stadium, 52-0. john l. smith in little rock felt the need to deliver a rousing pep talk to the press. >> let's go! you guys act like it. pick it up a little bit. get your chin up. smile. smile! okay? dang, you guy -- all right. >> oh, boy, i think they are losing it down there. >> steve sabol, the man who shaped profootball died yesterday at age 69 after a battle with brain cancer. his father ed founded nfl films. he won 40 emmys for cinematography.

>> tied for the lead once again. 18 innings. >> so the orioles always win. what are the stats? >> i got them for you. ready for this? their 14th consecutive extra-inning victory, the most since the indians in 1949. the yankees play the blue jays this afternoon. the orioles rest up to play again. they just don't lose. the orioles have not lost a walkoff game this season. the only team in baseball not to lose. and they just keep coming, mike. >> they just keep winning. how about that buck showalter? >> meanwhile, the yankees tied for the lead. they make the playoffs, they back into it. we don't ...