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Will Cuban Ban The Almighty ESPN?
The Dallas Mavericks have a huge game tonight with the Los Angeles Lakers, and, whether Mark Cuban lets any bloggers in or not, we'll certainly be reading all about it on about 1,000 blogs. (OK, maybe 100.) Throwing down his gauntlet, Henry Abbott from ESPN's True Hoop is making the trip. He seems t...
NCAA Pants Party: Stanford Vs. Cornell
Stanford Cardinal (26-7) vs. Cornell Big Red (22-5) When: Thursday, 5 p.m. Where: Anaheim...
You Can Dine With Kige Ramsey For $4,000
In the words of Sean Salisbury, "cancer blows." We couldn't possibly agree more, and, thankfully, someone's finally attacking cancer with the strongest weapon available: Kige Ramsey....
NCAA Pants Party: Pittsburgh Vs. Oral Roberts
Pittsburgh Panthers (26-9) vs. Oral Roberts Golden Eagles (24-8) When: Thursday, 2:30 p.m. Where: Denver...
NCAA Pants Party: UNLV Vs. Kent State
UNLV Runnin' Rebels (26-7) vs. Kent State Golden Flashes (28-6) When: Thursday, 2:30 p.m. Where: Omaha...
Bill James Wants To Help You Relax
We've noticed the sabermetric Baseball Prospectus-type guys doing a lot of work in the world of college basketball lately. It seems to fit. There's plenty of statistics to play with, but unlike the NBA, college basketball can still be painted with the same brush of blissful, presumed philosophic "in...
NCAA Pants Party: Purdue Vs. Baylor
Purdue Boilermakers (24-8) vs. Baylor Bears (21-10) When: Thursday, 2:30 p.m. Where: Washington, D.C....
People Are Frustrated With ESPN? Really?
Lost in all this tournament hubbub today has been the cover story in the new Sports Business Journal, which asks the (presumably) rhetorical question: Why is everybody all up in ESPN's grill of late? Yep, the world of sports business has finally noticed that people always aren't happy with ESPN. Wel...
Bracket Breakdown: West Region
We wrap up our look at each region (before ceding the floor to Storming The Floor for more in-depth looks. Here's the West region. We're so glad they're calling it "Wet" again, instead of "Phoenix," though "Phoenix" is a beautiful place full of happy people and cacti....
NCAA Pants Party: Marquette Vs. Kentucky
Marquette Golden Eagles (24-9) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (18-12) When: Thursday Where: Denver...
Bob Costas Ain't Lyin', Y'all Are Losers
To keep the comments as fresh and outstanding as they've been up to this point, we've commissioned Commenting Guru Rob Iracane, co-editor of Walk Off Walk, to write a bi-weekly Comment Ombudsman column. It runs every other week. This is that week....
Bracket Breakdown: Midwest Region
We continue our look at each region. Here's the Midwest region. We're so glad they're calling it "Midwest" again, instead of "Detroit," though "Detroit" would make us think the White Stripes are gonna be there or something....
NCAA Pants Party: Kansas Vs. Portland State
Kansas Jayhawks (31-3) vs. Portland State Vikings (23-9) When: Thursday, 12:20 p.m. Where: Omaha...
Bob Costas Addresses Last Week's Comments
Last night, while preparing for today's tournament lunacy and trying to find a picture of Mississippi Valley State's logo (he is Ming, and he is merciless), our phone rang. We didn't have time to answer it, so 20 minutes later, we checked our messages. It was Bob Costas. He wanted to discuss, on rec...
Kings Of The Hardwood
• OutSports presents its top 64 hottest male athletes bracket. Brad Ausmus is a No. 1 seed? There's no accounting for taste, we guess. [OutSports] • Smush Parker, handsy. [You Been Blinded] • Seriously, Sonics: 162 points? [Enjoy The Enjoyment] • Poor Maryland has to deal with double the play-in gam...
Baseball Season Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all....
NCAA Pants Party: Xavier Vs. Georgia
Xavier Musketeers (27-6) vs. Georgia Bulldogs (17-16) When: Thursday, 12:25 p.m. Where: Washington, D.C....