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Someone recently wrote (I can't for the life of me remember who) that there's nothing quite like the sound of an entire stadium sure they just watched someone die. More »
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Your live blogger for this game will be the vivacious University of Maryland scholar Rob Gindes from Blazin' With Phelps. More »
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West Region: No. 7 California (22-10) vs. No. 10 Maryland (20-13)
When: Thursday, 2:55 p.m., EDT
Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri

CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS

1) Lowered Expectations Projected to finish eighth in the pre-season PAC-10 poll, I had all but written the Bears off this year. With the announcement of Mike Montgomery as head coach, there was reason for both hope and skepticism: he had turned hated rival Stanford into a perennial contender, but had done nothing to rejuvenate the Warriors during his brief stint in the NBA. Nevertheless, he had been handed a couple of fantastic-yet-raw talents in point guard Jerome Randle and swingman Patrick Christopher, so there was reason for some cautious optimism. However, 22-9 and 11-7 in conference, including road wins at UNLV, Utah, Arizona and Washington. (Actually a sweep of Washington, yet Romar gets PAC-10 Coach of the Year?) Well played, Montie. More »
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Once again, University of California pole vaulter Allison Stokke is being hunted by the wandering trolls of the internet, thanks to the emergence of new photos featuring the athletic teenager wearing her required sporting uniform and holding a giant pole .Her dad, the chronically annoyed and litigious Allan Stokke, is most likely taking this latest outbreak with the same degree of fatherly aghast which compelled him to try to figure out some way he could file suit against every single person who used the internet the last time. (It's understandable, but be reasonable, old man.) More »
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1. The Bears would dominate the Big East. I no longer live in California, so my chances to watch Pac 10 ball are few. However, living in DC has exposed me to a large number of Big East games, and I have come to the conclusion that the Bears' formula of allowing their opponent to run up a huge lead, fighting back to the brink of having a legitimate shot at winning and then becoming deathly afraid of the basket for the final five minutes is exactly the type of ball that wins games in the conference that looks to be sending more teams to the Tourney than any other. More »
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This has been brought up before, but in the wake of this whole Barry Bonds business, it's worth mentioning: The San Francisco bay area is going through the worst stretch of sports news in recent memory. They're like the anti-Boston. More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=323672&view=rss&microfeed=true This is a couple of weeks old, but we just saw it, and jeez, it's awfully entertaining. It's the California band's tribute to video games, and even though it's a reminder of just how geeky band folks are, it's still well, well worth it. More »
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You might remember the comedic goodness we unearthed when making fun of the Berkeley tree-sitters who were about to be overrun by rabid SEC football fans. Well, we figured we'd check in and see how those tree-sitters were doing. Turns out, not well. More »
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Ah, the classic liberal enclave of Berkeley. Aging hippies, still listening to Workingman's Dead on 33 rpm, railing against the capitalist system and eating all kinds of food that tastes terrible. Where would we be without them? They remind us of what college campuses used to be like, before everybody was just angling for a job with Bear Stearns. (Note: We have no idea what we're talking about.) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=295066&view=rss&microfeed=true We did not see this over the weekend, but apparently, after California's win over Washington on Saturday, Golden Bears running back Marshawn Lynch got a hold of the motorized stretcher cart and went to town. This is yet another reason, as we all know, we need the bullpen car back. More »
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California Golden Bears (20-10) vs. North Carolina State Wolfpack (21-9) More »
]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=159995&view=rss&microfeed=true 1. Powe Just Turned 22, Wondering What to Do. Power forward Leon Powe, en route to leading the Pac-10 in scoring and rebounding, often looked like a man among boys. That's because, as a mere sophomore, he's 22 years old, something he accomplished without a Mormon mission. At that age, most Cal fans think Powe is less likely to return to Berkeley than Pat Robertson is to get tenure there. More »
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We did a very brief bit on this a couple of days ago, but we didn't give it nearly enough of a heads-up, since, frankly, it's one of the best examples of fan subterfuge we've ever seen. More »
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