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NCAA Pants Party: Ohio State Vs. Central Connecticut State
Ohio State Buckeyes (29-3) vs. Central Connecticut State (22-11) When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Lexington...

Bad Tar Heels, Bad!
Anyone who's married or in serious relationship can vouch for the difficulty of mixed allegiances; when you're a Cardinals girl, it's gonna be difficult sometimes for you to deal with a Cubs boy. (And not just because of all the crying.) Yankees fans and Red Sox fans can't mate; it's against the law...

NCAA Pants Party: Duke Vs. Virginia Commonwealth
Duke Blue Devils (22-10) vs. Virginia Commonwealth Rams (27-6) When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Buffalo...

NCAA Pants Party: Marquette Vs. Michigan State
Marquette Golden Eagles (24-9) vs. Michigan State Spartans (22-11) When: Thursday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Winston-Salem, NC...

NCAA Pants Party: Vanderbilt Vs. George Washington
Vanderbilt Commodores (20-11) vs. George Washington Colonials (23-8) When: Thursday, 5:10 p.m. Where: Sacramento...

NCAA Pants Party: Washington State Vs. Oral Roberts
Washington State Cougars (25-7) vs. Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (23-10) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Sacramento...

NCAA Pants Party: Georgetown Vs. Belmont
Georgetown Hoyas (27-7) vs. Belmont Bruins (22-9) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Winston-Salem, N.C....

NCAA Pants Party: Butler Vs. Old Dominion
Butler Bulldogs (27-6) vs. Old Dominion Monarchs (24-8) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Buffalo...

NCAA Pants Party: Texas A&M Vs. Pennsylvania
Texas A&M Aggies (25-6) vs. Pennsylvania Quakers (21-8) When: Thursday, 2:40 p.m. Where: Lexington...

NCAA Pants Party: Louisville Vs. Stanford
Louisville Cardinals (23-9) vs. Stanford Cardinal (18-12) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m. Where: Lexington...

What Tommy Lasorda Dreams ...
This is Tommy Lasorda during a Dodgers spring training game yesterday, dozing off during a spare moment and having visions, of course, of "swirly moves."...

NCAA Pants Party: Boston College Vs. Texas Tech
Boston College Eagles (20-11) vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders (21-12) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m. Where: Winston-Salem, NC...

Leftovers: Jake, Keeping Busy
• Jake Plummer is spending his newfound free time playing handball. [Chicks Dig The Long Ball] • Not so salacious, those BYU cheerleaders. [With Leather] • Tubby Smith ... not in danger of being fired before the tournament! Good, Tubby, good. [ESPN] • If you didn't see, Federer lost yesterday. [SI.c...

The Caveman Guy Is Getting His Own Show ... With Phil Simms?
So here's a show we would watch: It turns out that the GEICO Caveman commercials are getting their own television show. We have no problem with this idea; we find the Caveman skits hilarious, particularly the one where he's on the cable news show....

NCAA Pants Party: Maryland Vs. Davidson
Maryland Terrapins (24-8) vs. Davidson Wildcats (29-4) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m. Where: Buffalo...

ESPN Gets Its Richard Nixon On
We've always wondered if some of the head honchos at ESPN sit in a back room somewhere, with a slug of Scotch and babbling paranoid fantasies to a painting of Tom Mees, railing against those who dare to question its authority. And now we have proof: In an interview with The Big Lead, Mike Freeman, a...

NCAA Pants Party: Florida A&M Vs. Niagara
Florida A&M Rattlers (21-13) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (22-11) When: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. ET Where: Chicago Dayton...

Baseball Season Preview: Cincinnati Reds
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....

Join The D—-spin Pants Party Pool!
All right, it wouldn't be the NCAA tournament if we weren't overkilling the entire thing with endless previews, discussions, tidbits and, of course ... our yearly tournament pool....

Blogdome: Dungy's Moment Of Truth
• So Tony Dungy really is speaking at that anti-gay-marriage event. [OutSports • It's more difficult to make the NIT than you think. [The Big Picture] • The Badgers aren't looking so good. [Breaking The Press] • Drexel, robbed! [WBRS Sports Blog] • Talk to the Babes, Roger. [Babes Love Baseball] • S...