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NCAA Pants Party: Final Four
All right, well, the games finally tip back off tomorrow, and it's about time: Without any major storyline — The Chalk Bracket just doesn't tend to inspire people — it's been a bit of a slog this week....
Perhaps The Duke Hatred Has Gone Too Far
Buried in a fun interview with Slate sports editor Josh Levin was this amazing tidbit about the Washington Wizards' promotional team:...
Rick Reilly's Borscht Belt Hilarity Now Targeting Bloggers
We have a hard time getting fired up about this stuff anymore, but if you're looking for more enlightening commentary on new media from an "established" sportswriter — and a screenwriter (kind of) — let's take a listen to impending omnipresent ESPN commentator Rick Reilly....
We Cannot Defend Freedom Abroad By Deserting It At Home
There's no news, boys, so go out there and make some news. Rob a bank, mug an old lady, whatever - just do something....
Tiger Sure Has Been Roaring A Lot
• Tiger Woods has been awfully angry lately. [Food Court Lunch] • Can Kevin Durant and Celtics fans still be friends? [The Bleacher Report] • A look at the top seven quarterback prospects. [The Grand National Championships] • Soccer guys, throwin' games. [Deuce Of Davenport] • See, now the producers...
Actual message sent inside ESPN yesterday: "In our ongoing effort to discourage geese from nesting on campus three decoy coyotes will be placed in areas near the ponds by the Ronzo Road Main Gate and at the Pavilion. For maximum effectiveness we will move the decoys to different locations from time ...
Media Approval Ratings: Paul Zimmerman
It's rare that an NFL column makes us feel like we just drank a bottle of wine, but that's what Paul Zimmerman — Dr. Z, if you're down with the hip parlance — does for us....
Don't Even THINK About It, Brett
You know, this is gonna come as a shock to you — and we do hope you are sitting down — but apparently Brett Favre (seriously!) turns out (you ready?) to be (here it comes!) thinking of unretiring. We know, right?!...
Kansas Fans Have Every Right To Hate Roy Williams
The general consensus concerning Roy Williams' "return" against Kansas at the Final Four this week is that it just broke his heart to leave Lawrence, and that any Jayhawks fan who is still angry with him is just being bitter. But on Phog.net, a Kansas fan message board, a poster named "pgalichia" su...
Ron Mexico's Prison Pen Pal
Considering how much Falcons owner Arthur Blank stuck by Ron Mexico for years, before that dog-fighting business, it should perhaps be little surprise that he's still corresponding with Vick while he's in the slammer. How's he doing, anyway? Has he organized a team to beat the prison guards yet?...
All Hail The Sword Of Rathgar!
A confession: We love Medieval Times. We went there for a friend's birthday a couple of years ago, and when we went out drinking afterwards, we ran into the Red Knight. He was surly, even for a knight; he wouldn't even sign our plastic axe. Dick. Anyway, Rashard Lewis is apparently quite the Medieva...
Davidson And The Fragile Nature Of Sexual Momentum
This is BALLS DEEP With Big Daddy Drew (Balls® is a registered trademark and has been used with the expressed written consent of AJ Daulerio). It's gonna be like an SI Point After column, only with dick jokes. Enjoy....
Iron With The Fishes
• An underwater ironing world record. [On 205th] • Some helpful marathon tips for Tanzanians. [Lion In Oil] • Ovechkin, pretty good. [The Angry T] • Remembering the 2003 Knicks. [Stet Sports] • The Rays are off and running. [The Sports Scribbler] • The guys from The Dirty talk. Kind of. [LA Times Bl...
Media Approval Ratings: Craig Sager
By now, the factoid that Craig Sager was one of the guys who followed Hank Aaron around the bases on his record-breaking home run has been considered unknown for so long that it's now known by everybody. (If that makes sense.) Here's something we didn't know about Sager, though: He's six-foot-four. ...