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Eight Photos Of Coach K Sitting On A Lil' Stool

Not nearly enough has been made of the fact that for the Elite Eight game between Duke and Gonzaga, held on the raised court at Houston's NRG Stadium, they gave the coaches adorable little stools to sit on. So, here, via Getty Images and AP Images, are pics of Mike Krzyzewski sitting on his stool. (...

Members of the 1976 Indiana team, the last to go undefeated, are rooting for Kentucky to finish out 40-0. Says one Hoosier: "I think for me and my teammates, it's hard to pull against young people."...

Small Child: Cam Newton Is Not Elite

Out of the mouths of babes come blistering takes....

This might sound crazy, but hear Joe Girardi out. If we want to make games faster, why not get rid of physical mound conferences altogether? "I'm a big fan of Bluetooth," Girardi said....

Browns Fined And GM Suspended For Being Supremely Dysfunctional

Because it's only like the 16th most interesting thing to happen to the Browns in the last year, and because the Falcons are being punished—more harshly—at the exact same time, this latest Cleveland mini-fiasco threatens to fly under the radar. Do not let it. It's a perfect example of the team bein...

Death. Taxes. A college basketball reporter tweeting the same things over and over and over....

NFL Considers That Maybe It Was Wrong And Bill Belichick Was Right

Bill Belichick was grumpily baffled by the NFL owners' unwillingness to even consider his plan to install permanent cameras aimed at the sidelines and goal lines in every stadium. And he was even more upset they claimed it wasn't a possibility because it would have been too expensive. Well, I guess ...

Report: This Is How The NFL Could Fix PATs

Extra points are broken, and nearly everyone in football agrees. Last year, according to Peter King in today's MMQB, 30 of 32 NFL teams polled agreed that the PAT has to change. And per King, a framework for changes appears to have emerged during last week's league meetings....

Craig Sager's leukemia has returned, his son announced. Sager appeared on TV earlier this month, after nearly a year away for treatment....

Deadspin Up All Night: Take Your Silver Spoon And Dig Your Grave

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Jets owner Woody Johnson sold his Fifth Avenue apartment for $77.5 million. But don't worry: the Daily News reports that Johnson "never actually lived there, instead opting to stay in another of his homes at One Central Park West."...

David Ortiz claims he's been drug tested "more than 80" times since 2004. Hardball Talk notes that this means one of two things: Either Ortiz is lying about how often he's been tested, or that Ortiz is tested so frequently because he has tested positive before....

<i>AP Stylebook</i> Says No More "Dingers" [Updates]

At the American Copy Editors Society's annual meeting in Pittsburgh today, updates to and new entries in the 2015 Associated Press Stylebook are being revealed. This news will not affect you at all. But I think it's interesting, so go to hell....

A food safety manager who blew the whistle on health violations at Kauffman and Arrowhead Stadiums says he's been fired for going to the media....

NCAA Issues Statement Over Indiana Anti-Gay Law, NFL Says Nothing [Update]

Yesterday, in a private ceremony in his office, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed into law the state's "religious freedom" bill, which would allow businesses to refuse service to LGBT customers. Numerous local companies and institutions have wasted no time in condemning the law, and that includes the N...

In "A Whole New Low," Buffalo Fans Cheer Sabres' Loss

Above is video of Sam Gagner's overtime goal to put the Coyotes over the Sabres. The game was in Buffalo, yet the crowd cheered the Arizona winner. Cheered loudly, and spontaneously, to the point where if you're not a hockey fan, you might wonder if Coyotes fans travel particularly well. (They do ...

Report: Falcons And Browns Told Of "Severe" Penalties

According to Adam Schefter, the Atlanta Falcons and Cleveland Browns were informed of their pending punishments for pumping in crowd noise and illegally texting coaches in-game, respectively. The penalties will be announced next week, Schefter says, and they will reportedly be "severe."...

Alex Rodriguez Talking Baseball Is Great

Ken Rosenthal has a story on Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius wowing his new teammates with his defensive prowess, which is especially impressive considering they've had a pylon at short for the last two decades. But the real gold comes from Alex Rodriguez, who gives his impressions of Gregorius in ...

Bill Belichick Is Pissed The NFL Won't Adopt His Great Idea

This seems as uncontroversial as it comes: everyone, from fans to bookmakers to players and coaches and officials alike, just wants the NFL to get calls right. So why is there so much resistance to Bill Belichick's long-fought attempts to have cameras permanently installed on every field's boundar...

Deadspin Up All Night: I Plead And I Pray

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