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Fictional Hooper Bracket: The Round of 16Bugs is the best bunny left in our Sweet 16...

Fictional Hooper Bracket: Hickory Region - Round 2An overweight out-of-work actor who didn’t make a bucket on screen, a cartoon grade school kid, and Urkel all prevailed in the Hickory Region, meaning the 11, 13, and 14 seeds came up Milhouse in an upset-riddled round. Now, Urkel and Recess’ Vince LaSalle face off to go to the Sweet 16....

Fictional Hooper Bracket: Hickory RegionWelcome to the old-head section of the bracket. There’s a lot of striped socks and short shorts in this region, so it’s only right that these games are played in the dusty gym in Hickory, Ind. JImmy Chitwood catches a break getting to play at home, but he’s not the upset that is looming in this regi...

Remembering Eddie Murphy’s Coming to America and the scene that made ‘In Da Face’ a thing

Frustrated by many erroneous foul calls on his star player Rik Smits, Dave Magarity found himself pacing up and down the sidelines at Madison Square Garden. It was another game, one of many for the Marist head coach. At the time, there was nothing remarkable about it. But what Magarity didn’t know w...

Towson's Solomon Uyaelunmo Throws Down Two-Handed Slam Into Wrong Basket

About halfway through the first half of Towson’s game against La Salle on Saturday, freshman forward Solomon Uyaelunmo saw an open lane to the basket, dribbled once and (kind of) dunked the ball with both hands. Unfortunately, the reason the basket in question was so open was because it belonged to ...

Monday Night’s Best Football Game Was Between Mascots

Philadelphia has a lot of new mascots. This year alone we’ve met Gritty, Phang, Wingston. Franklin is only three years old. Last night at halftime, the Eagles had a pro vs. college mascots football game and it was great. You can watch the whole thing here, or follow down below as I break down some o...

Streamers Return To The Palestra For The First Time In Years

Fans of Temple and La Salle's basketball teams renewed a Palestra tradition today, as they threw streamers onto the court after each team's first made basket. ...

This Whole Report For A H.S. Football Title Game Is A Local News Gem

You probably don't care about Michigan high school football, but FOX 2's Charlie Langton's report about a title game between Warren De La Salle and Muskegon Mona Shores should entertain you anyway. It's perfect. The damn thing starts out with Langton yelling as he's walking across the field, and...

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GET YOUR FACE OUTTA THERE, KID....

by Timothy Burke|

|Fri Mar 29 2013

An Encounter With La Salle's Lionel Simmons, Last Of The Local Gods

He was still the coolest guy in the building. Stylish sneakers, dark jeans, a navy-colored vest puffing out from a navy-colored sweatshirt. He was a little heavier now, and his close-cropped goatee had gone salt-and-pepper, but behind his black-rimmed eyeglasses he still wore that familiar sleepy lo...

by Dom Cosentino|

|Sun Apr 14 2013

Newsworks caught up with the La Salle glitter bros, one of whom happens to be a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel for the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a guy I knew back in my own days at La Salle. [Newsworks]...

by Dom Cosentino|

|Wed Mar 27 2013

Tyrone Garland's "Southwest Philly Floater" Sends La Salle To Sweet 16

La Salle's Tyrone Garland sank a floater high off the glass with 2.5 seconds remaining to seize a 76-74 win for the Explorers over Marshall Henderson and the Ole Miss Rebels....

by Timothy Burke|

|Thu Jul 18 2013

Report: Nation's Top High School Football Coach May Step Down

If you're looking for a legendary coach amid today's high school football landscape, it's hard to top Bob Ladouceur's credentials. But after 399 wins over 34 seasons at De La Salle High School in the Bay Area and throughout a tenure that has produced more than a few NFL players (read: Amani Toomer a...

by Erik Malinowski|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

A Disgruntled Ex-Coach May Have Sent Scouting Reports And Injury Histories To All Of His Former Team's Opponents

Oh look, it's the worst person in the world! (Allegedly.) Say hi, everyone!...

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Necking In A Car Can Ruin Your Transfer

Yesterday afternoon, La Salle University announced that Nebraska sophomore Christian Standhardinger would be transferring. A couple hours later, they said "you know what, never mind." All because of a shirtless, pantsless romp in the park after dark....

by Barry Petchesky|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Please Let Ryan Howard Drink In Peace

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Book Excerpts That Don't Suck: "Fading Echoes"

Put on your long-reading glasses.Today's selection is "Fading Echoes" an amazing true story about football and suburban America and sadness and life written by my fellow La Salle University alum, Mike Sielski. Buy it here. Talk to him below....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

And Here's The Place Where Home Run Derbies (And DUAN!) Go To Die....And Other Things Of Note

Sportsnation really wants you to watch their show. Yeah, you in the undershirt eating the bowl of Fruity Pebbles commenting here. They won't stop posting cryptic names on their message board unless you watch....

by A.J. Daulerio|

|Mon Jun 17 2013

Delirious About La Salle? Lemme Know

The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor....

by Storming the Floor|

|Tue Jun 18 2013

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