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5, 4, 3... Wheee! Uh Oh...
If you slept at all, chances are, you slept more peacefully than Michael Ruffin last night. Between the guilt, the "Dear God, what have I done" thoughts, and the endless "Thanks a lot, dickhead" phone calls from teammates, Michael Ruffin probably didn't sleep well....
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:00, Fox Soccer. Premiership. Chelsea vs. Watford. 12:00, Speed. Barrett-Jackson Automobile Auction: Palm Beach. 12:00, CBS. Tennis. Sony Ericsson Open, Women's Final. 1:00, ESPN Classic. American Gladiators. 1:00, ESPNU. College Lacrosse: Syracuse @ Loyola (Md.) 2:00, NBC. Triathlon. Ford Ironman...
About Last Night...
• NBA. Rockets 107, Lakers 104. The Lakers lost, but Kobe just averaged 40 points for the month of March. He should at least get a little plaque or something. • NHL. Devils 3, Flyers 1. It ties New Jersey for the lead in the Atlantic Division. How about that? • NBA. Heat 92, Timberwolves 77. 22 and ...
We've Got Our Four
I asked for a game that would be close at the end, and technically, I didn't really get it. Overtime, as it turned out, was a time for beating some Tarheel ass. Georgetown trailed the entire game, managed to tie it up on a late Jonathan Wallace three, and then Carolina just decided they didn't feel...
To Watch Tonight...
• NBA. Denver Nuggets @ Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron vs. Darko never gets the same amount of hype as LeBron vs. Carmelo. It's not fair. 8:00, ESPN. • Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. George Washington vs. North Carolina. I think I've had about enough Tarheel blue for the day. 9:30, ESPN2....
That's A Whole Lot Of Points
That was a lively little half of basketball. The pace, you'd have to think, favors North Carolina. There are 94 points on the board already, a total that has to be as uncomfortable for Georgetown as the 27 dogtags that Patrick Ewing Sr. is wearing....
Sergio Garcia Treats The Cup Like Pacman Jones Treats The Ladies
That's just gross. And I'm sorry, Sergio, the velocity at which the spit propelled from your now disgusting-to-me face does not excuse your filth....
Wouldn't Be A Final Flour Without Florida
The wheels were very very slow to come off for Oregon. They fought and they battled, and they were in the game with under a minute left ... but it always sort of felt like a slow death march for the Ducks, as you knew that foul trouble and Florida's advantage in the paint would kill them at some poi...
LeftoverDome...
• Ron Artest might retire. Ron Artest might also eat a light bulb. I don't know what to tell you. [ESPN] • You know who Tim Floyd's sissy fit really hurt? People who bet on USC. [Just Call me Juice] • Maybe the Texans didn't handle the David Carr situation very well. [Signal to Noise] • So, Jonathan...
Florida Overcomes Some Ugliness
Florida spent the first ten minutes of the game handling the ball like the handsome gentleman who spent so much time attempting to fix the net. They looked extremely uncomfortable to start the game, turning the ball over and being totally out of sync....
Gators vs. Ducks, Coming At You
The tournament's lowest-remaining seed is about to take the court against the defending national champions ... though it's not quite the underdog story that those two facts might lead you to believe. Florida is favored by 7, though....
But Who Will Exchange Witty Banter With Jim Belushi?
You may have seen the last of Joe "Norman Einstein" Theismann in the Monday Night Football booth. Pro Football Talk is reporting that Theismann is out, and will be replaced by the great Ron Jaworski....
It's Too Bad They Won't Let Him Play Basketball Wearing One Glove
I don't know if this is Anthony Atkinson making a statement that no one really cared about Barton, or if it's just a man in his dorm room celebrating Michael Jackson's entire catalog. All I know is that I'd trust Anthony Atkinson, hero of the D-II national champion Barton College Bulldogs, to select...
Your SNL MVP, Peyton Manning
For a variety of reasons, I hadn't watched Saturday Night Live in a while. I considered giving it a go after Justin Timberlake cut a hole in a box, but I never got around to it. Of course, there was no way I was going to miss Peyton Manning hosting, and I was hoping that while I watched, I'd pick up...
Joey Dorsey Still Not In The Running For the Naismith Award
It's only fair, really, to check back in with Memphis's Joey Dorsey, who called out Greg Oden before the Ohio State/Memphis game, and then spent the game treating Oden like Morgan Freeman treated Miss Daisy....
For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:00, ESPN. Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Marist vs. Tennessee. 12:00, ESPN2. Soccer. Ecuador vs. U.S. National Team. 12:30, NBC. NHL. Regional Coverage. 1:30, ESPNU. College Hockey. NCAA Tournament. Boston College vs. St. Lawrence. 1:30, FOX. NASCAR Racing. Nextel Cup, Food City 500...
About Last Night...
• Women's College Basketball. Rutgers 53, Duke 52. .1 on the clock, down 1 point, shooting two free throws ... and neither of them even get close to going in. That can't feel good. I'm sorry, Lindsay Harding. • College Hockey. Maine 3, UMass 1. The Black Bears are in the Frozen Four. I am happy for ...
The Kansas/UCLA Open Thread
Kansas vs. UCLA will be tipping any time now. Hopefully, that one will make this one look like the JV game. There's no shortage of history and tradition there, of course, as will be mentioned during the obligatory shot of Bill Walton in the stands with his tiny Asian wife....
Memphis vs. Ohio State Liveblog, 2nd Half
• We're back underway, and the second half starts just like the first... with Greg Oden abusing Joey Dorsey....
To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Kansas vs. UCLA. Rock, Chalk, Something or Other. 7:00, CBS. • Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Connecticut vs. North Carolina State. Life only presents you so many opportunities to watch and admire Geno Auriemma. 9:00, ESPN. • IndyCar Racing. XM Sa...