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George Mason's Win, From The Nosebleeds
From the guy who brought you that gruesome video of Iowa fans reacting to Northwestern State's victory over them in the first round comes an even better video: Footage from the George Mason student section as the final seconds ticked off the clock yesterday....

NCAA Roundup:All GMU, All The Time
• As exciting as the LSU-Texas and George Mason-Connecticut games were, the Florida-Villanova and UCLA-Memphis games were dogs. Particularly that last one; it had been a long time since we'd seen a team back into the Final Four. Not supposed to work that way. • One of the more underpublicized fact...

George Mason Makes The World A Better Place
Obviously, we'll be talking about this all week, but we'd just like to start off by saying a world in which George Mason can beat Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut in the span of a week is a world we feel newly invigorated about living in....

Week In Deadspin: They Got The Blues, So Bad
• We weep for the little people, we weep for injustice, we weep for lost souls ... oh, how we weep! • Run, run, for the hills! Save yourself! The blogs, they are a-comin'! • Ozzie Guillen will hit you with a chair. • Colin Cowherd is a goddamned pirate! Yar! • Sorry, but murdering the Applebee's g...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Connecticut Vs. Washington
Connecticut Huskies (29-3) vs. Washington Huskies (26-6) When: Tonight, 9:57 p.m. ET Where: Washington, D.C....

Leftovers: Crazy Day In Cincinnati
• A big merry-go-round of Bob Huggins and his pals. [Yahoo] • St. Louis Blues are finally sold ... to Dave Checketts! [SportsBiz] • Louis Orr out on his can at Seton Hall. [Big East Basketball Report] • The mid-majors aren't much better at the whole student-athlete thing than the big schools are. [S...

Kobe Bryant: Future Member Of The Tribe?
A while back, we mistakenly referred to then-Chicago White Sox third baseman Geoff Blum as Jewish. Within seconds, we received dozens of emails saying that wasn't true. Point is, as Jews In Sports can attest: People take this stuff seriously....

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Florida Vs. Georgetown
Florida Gators (29-6) vs. Georgetown Hoyas (23-9) When: Tonight, 9:40 p.m. ET Where: Minneapolis....

Reggie Jackson And Those Vultures
We have to say, if this site — or the Internet, for that matter — had existed during Reggie Jackson's heyday as a player, we think maybe 30 percent of the posts would have been about him. As a Hall of Fame player, he was fascinating, but now that he's retired, he's becoming one of our favorite cra...

We Know. And Such Small Portions.
Hey, sponsors: Don't you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we're left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? We think of us that way sometimes and we live here....

Blogdome: Does Barry Have A Case?
• Curious of the legal merits of Barry Bonds' lawsuit? This will explain it all. [Sports Law Blog] • Jayson Stark's unfortunate choice of words. [Gheorghe: The Blog] • A sad, wistful post-mortem on J.J. Redick and the rest of the Dukies. [My All Time Top Five] • A Bill Simmons riff/homage, using Bea...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Wichita State Vs. George Mason
Wichita State Shockers (26-8) vs. George Mason Patriots (25-7). When: Tonight, 7:27 p.m. ET Where: Washington, D.C....

Live Report From The Atlanta Regional
William Hocutt, whom you've read about in these parts before, was in Atlanta for both the Duke-LSU and West Virginia-Texas games last night, and, even though he's a Duke fan, he pulled himself together to file a report from the scene for us....

Join Reggie's Paper Puppet Playground!
Here's something you might have heard about, but we haven't: It's Sumiko's Playground, a Japanese NBA blog with that unique sensibility that the Japanese tend to bring to our favorite sports....

John Clayton Gets His Bill Self On
We like John Clayton. We're glad they finally got rid of those "Look how different they are!" combat sections with Sean Salisbury and let Clayton get back to what he does best: Provide incredibly dorky updates on NFL minutiae you didn't even know that you cared about....

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Villanova Vs. Boston College
Villanova Wildcats (27-4) vs. Boston College Eagles (28-7) When: Tonight, 7:10 p.m. Where: Minneapolis...

NCAA Roundup: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
More news and notes from an amazing night of college basketball. • Most common email we've received today: What's with the shrieking lady at the Gonzaga/UCLA game? We don't know; if anyone does, please let us know. This seems to be a trend in tourney games; inexplicable screaming people in the sta...

It Gets The Feelings Out
The question has been asked by sports fans for a while now, and it's tough to get a straight answer: Is it all right to cry? Howard Stern's old radio show once ran a montage of celebrities crying in public, and though the sentiments were sincere enough, it was difficult to hear the clips without h...

Duke Says Bye-Bye
See? This is what happens when you eat babies....

Coach K Will Eat Your Child
We want to make this clear: We have no problem, inherent, with Duke University, coach Mike Krzyzewski, the state of North Carolina, blue-colored demons or anyone who is not a dog but might still have the unfortunate nickname of "Duke."...