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Leftovers: That Would Explain The Back Pain, Yes
• Mike Venafro has been wearing the wrong kind of shoe for years. Uh, keep us from his doctors, OK? [Baseball Musings] • We're legitimately horrified by Matt Trannon. We hope he doesn't eat our Illini tonight. [Critical Fanatic] • Kendra Davis ... felon? [The Herald News] • The definitive video game...
Oh, Forget It, We Just Won't Show Up
So here's something we'd never seen before: The Oregon softball team cancelled an appearance in a tournament this weekend because ... they were out of pitchers....
Even Comic Strip Characters Have Had Enough
You know that weird Gil Thorp comic strip, the one that appears to constantly be following a game that never begins or ends and always leaves you anticipating a punch line that doesn't come?...
The NFL Network's Brilliant Idea
On the list of entertaining moves by a network, The NFL Network's decision to pursue Ryan Leaf as an analyst for this year's NFL Draft is a rather brilliant one. We love this idea; bringing back old athletes to provide commentary at the site of their biggest failures/embarrassments....
Inside The SEC Tournament
Deadspin Mole Dominic Bonvissuto is sitting courtside at the SEC Men s Basketball Tournament at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tenn. Here's a notebook of what's happening over there....
Jacking Yourself UP!
One of the excerpts from Game Of Shadows involves the authors claiming that because Bonds put on 15 pounds of muscle in three months, he must have been on steroids. (To be fair, this is one sentence in the book, and the only one we've seen so far that even slightly overreaches.) Baseball Musings t...
Blogdome: Fire Team USA's Manager
• Buck Martinez wasn't a very good manager in the majors, and he isn't a very good manager now. [Talking Baseball] • A tragic story about a former women's basketball coach. [Sports. Music. Blog.] • Should Barry Bonds be forced to melt down his MVP trophies and then eat them as soup? [The FYC] • Is t...
Your Guide To Being A Cameron Crazy
We knew the Cameron Crazies, the famed Duke Blue Devils cheering section, was well-organized ... but we had no idea it was this organized....
Deadspin Tourney Sign Up Sheet
Teams OFFICIALLY in the tournament are in bold. Teams listed not in bold are considered "close to lock" status. Any team without a name next to it is available. Teams will obviously be added as they become locks and/or win their conference tournaments. If you want to write a school's Three Tiny Tidb...
We Weren't The Only Ones With Tech Problems Yesterday
Via Fark comes a rather hilarious series of technical difficulties on ESPN News that end up causing anchor Danyelle Sargent to ... well ... forget that when you're a news anchor doing live television, it's important to remember that people can hear you, even when you don't think you're on the air...
You Got To Blog Just To Make It Today
We know what you're thinking: What does MC Hammer think about this Barry Bonds business?...
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
1. Bill Self Was There Back When He Had Real Hair. Kansas' toupeed head coach started his coaching career at Oral Roberts in the mid '90s, a mere 10 years ago. He turned the team around, raising their record from 6-21 in 1995 to 21-6 in 1997, after which he went to Tulsa, Illinois and finally Kansas...
North Carolina State Wolfpack
1. State's Backup Big Man Can Strike Your Ass Out. Reserve forward Andrew Brackman is a decent college basketball player, but he's an outstanding pitching prospect. At 6'10", Brackman is a mullet-less Randy Johnson. 2. Mascot Love. State has both male and female mascots, creatively named Mr. and Mr...
West Virginia Mountaineers
1. They Have Horny Wives. Heather Pittsnogle, wife of handsome Kevin, has been spotted at games and on campus wearing a t-shirt that says, "I Got Pittsnogled" and features an arrow pointing downwards at her girl genitals. Beat that, Jackie Christie....
George Mason Patriots
1. Exercising David s Demons. Mason cracked the Top 25 on February 20 for the first time in school history after winning at Wichita State. It marked the first time a CAA team has been ranked since a 1987 David Robinson-led Navy team was No. 18 in the polls, and a Beastie Boys-led "Licence to Ill" al...
UCLA Bruins
1. Beware Of The S and H. Against teams with an S and an H in their school name (Memphis, Washington, Washington St., Southern California), UCLA is 3-4. Against everyone else, UCLA is 21-2. Don t say I didn t warn you....
Albany Great Danes
1. You Never Forget Your First Time. Saturday, the nation was treated to a tremendous performance from the Godfather of SUNY Albany basketball, Jamar Wilson, who dropped 29 on the hopeless Vermont Catamounts in the America East title game. Wilson has been the central figure in Albany s climb to the ...
Utah State Aggies
1. Their Starting Point Guard Spent Eight Years in the Big House. David Pak served eight years in prison, convicted of rape at age 17. Now 28, it's safe to say he's the oldest player in the NCAA Tournament. Pak was released from prison on Christmas Eve 2001, with no background in organized basketbal...
Northern Iowa Panthers
1. They Sell More Books Than That OTHER Iowa Writing School. Who's the most famous and influential alumnus of Northern Iowa? Kurt Warner, you say? Guess again. Without question, the UNI grad that has received the most press and undobutedly wasted the most trees is Robert James Waller, best known for...
Montana Grizzlies
1. Duke has "Coach K;" Montana has "Coach Special K." Talk about a golden boy. Grizzlies coach Larry Krystkowiak (pronounced kriss-koe-vee-ack) has come home, and Montana fans adore this guy. Born in Shelby, Mont., he s still UM's all-time scoring and rebounding leader. He was the 28th pick in the 1...