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Hirshey: England, Or Israel?
David Hirshey writes regularly for Deadspin about soccer....
Fun With Misprinted T-Shirts
This seems to happen every year, but we still get a kick out of it: It's the Final Four T-shirt that gets put together a wee bit too early. Forgive Hoyas fans who buy this as a taunting joke and Tar Heels fans who grab it just to imagine what might have been, had they remembered the basic tenet of p...
From A Rote Tourney Comes A Thrilling Final Four
Of all the little traditions of college basketball, our favorite might be the cutting down of the nets. It's something unique to the game of basketball; in other sports, it's the fans who cause the on-field destruction after a victory. (And we're damn good at it too.) We do always worry a little abo...
Week In Deadspin: Live Forever
• Barbaro ... the Chee-to! • Ahhhhhhh! • Iowa wants to control exactly who wants to fire their coaches. • Boy, the NIT sure is exciting. • Don't worry, you're not weird for reading more ESPN than FoxSports. • If you have a low seed, you will take your rat hotel and you will LIKE it. • Tony LaRussa s...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: North Carolina Vs. USC
North Carolina Tar Heels (30-6) vs. Southern California Trojans (25-11) When: 9:57 p.m. ET Where: East Rutherford, N.J....
Leftovers: Child Abuse
• Someone in Alabama named their child "Saban." Sigh. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • Desmond Mason shoots free throws all weird. [Information Leafblower] • Goodnight, Marshall Faulk. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • Don't forget: Peyton Manning is hosting "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. [Chicks Dig...
Go Heels! MIMI! MIMI!
This is from a North Carolina fanboard — and from Matt Viser's upcoming North Carolina Sweet 16 preview — but we absolutely cannot stop laughing at it. Tyler Hansbrough ... MIMI!!...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Oregon Vs. UNLV
Oregon Ducks (28-7) vs. UNLV Runnin' Rebels (30-6) When: 9:40 p.m. ET Where: St. Louis...
The Monastic Butler Pep Rally Video
We're not sure why this video affected us so much when we watched it last night — it's actually quite silly. But in a tournament that has offered us so few upsets, and little opportunity for the little guy smacking it to the big guy, we couldn't help but find ourselves a little inspired to see a But...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who'll Be The Next Women's Coach To Be Ousted For An Inappropriate Relationship?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
You More Or Less Walk With A Limp
Who should we sleep with, Terry? Women like you? Your age? Our age? We don't. You know why? 'Cause younger women are nice. You take them out, and they're actually grateful. "Oh look, a steak. Yummy." You go for a walk after dinner, the air smells nice, they say, "Thank you. This was nice. This was f...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Georgetown Vs. Vanderbilt
Georgetown Hoyas (29-7) vs. Vanderbilt Commodores (22-11) When: 7:27 p.m. ET Where: East Rutherford, N.J....
Blogdome: Resisting O.J.
• Is USC better off without O.J. Mayo? [Lion In Oil] • Jay Mariotti knows his quarterbacks. [Jay The Joke] • Urban Meyer has recruiting down to a science. [Loser With Socks] • Remembering the greatness of John Tesh. [The Incredible Mr. Limpet] • What is Josh McRoberts thinking? [Rich Kotite Banged Y...
Baseball Season Preview: Boston Red Sox
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Michael Vick, Police Can't Agree On Whether Weed Is Classified As "Jewelry"
Ron Mexico would like to make it clear to you that the whole water bottle at the airport incident ... he wasn't hiding weed, he was hiding bling....
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Florida Vs. Butler
Florida Gators (31-5) vs. Butler Bulldogs (29-6) When: 7:10 p.m. ET Where: St. Louis...
This Is Probably Why We Don't Pay That Much Attention To Cricket
In a story that, shockingly, was the lede story on CNN.com last night, Bob Woolmer, the head coach of the Pakistani cricket team, appears to have been strangled in his hotel room after his team's shocking loss to Ireland in the Cricket World Cup....
Man, These Games Run LATE
Before we delve into last night's games, a legitimate question: Why doesn't the NCAA receive the complaints about the late endings of their most important games the way Major League Baseball does for scheduling the World Series so late? We know that they have to fit in two games, but the Ohio State-...
Time To Spark This Puppy Up Again
OK, these games are actually tipping back off tonight; SIU-Kansas kicks us off, and we'll be on far into the night. We've said just about everything that can be said about this business, so now we just pass the mic to you through tonight's games. Our fingers are still crossed for a Jayhawks bench co...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Kansas Vs. Southern Illinois
Kansas Jayhawks (32-4) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (29-6) When: 7:10 p.m. ET Where: San Jose...