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UMass Wins Conference Semifinal On Wild 35-Yard Buzzer-BeaterUMass upset No. 14 Hofstra in dramatic fashion in today’s conference tournament semifinals. With the clock ticking down to the final second, midfielder Dan Muller hurled a buzzer-beater from, uh, remarkably close to midfield:...

Sitting Courtside On Press Row Can Sometimes Be HazardousAt least it was yesterday at the Mullins Center, where UMass's Derrick Gordon and LSU's Johnny O'Bryant III took out a laptop, a couple of sodas, and some guy in a red shirt during their relentless pursuit of a loose ball. Be sure to watch Gordon completely launch himself during the slow-motion repl...

College ShameDay: Who Embarrassed Themselves On Saturday (Besides Sad, Sad Tennessee)?Our weekly college football shame index. ...

Finally, Massholes Have Something to Celebrate

As we wait for the Final Four to finally kick off on Saturday, the gang at Storming the Floor are amusing themselves with the championship-like substance contained in the NIT and CBI post-season tournaments....

Massachusetts Minutemen

1. So THAT'S what she meant! While vacationing in Boston one summer, I met a lovely girl. After spending a week with her, she told me she loved the Minutemen. Unfortunately for me, I was the wrong kind of "minuteman." The University of Massachusetts mascot comes from the Revolutionary War era where ...