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NFL General Managers Make It Rain
The first twenty-four hours of the NFL's free agency period have come and gone. There was a flurry of activity last evening ... let's get ourselves caught up....

We Have Dancing Quakers
You can start filling out your tournament bracket ... at least one tiny little inconsequential part of it. The Pennsylvania Quakers have let their Inner Light guide them into the NCAA tournament. With their 86-58 win last night over Yale, Penn becomes the Ivy League champ, and thus, the first team t...

For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
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About Last Night...
• College Basketball: (11) Southern Illinois 71, Drake 59. The Salukis have an RPI ranking of 5. Hm. Did not know that. • NBA: Sixers 117, Grizzlies 112. Three game win-streak for the Sixers... look out for these guys. • NHL: Hurricanes 3, Penguins 2. Sidney Crosby's the youngest player in NHL histo...

Excuse Me While I Kiss The Rim
That's what Michael Jordan helped to rob you of during the NBA's Slam Dunk contest. It's nice to see it on YouTube, but it would have been far nicer to see it in primetime on TNT, in place of Nate Robinson missing dunks for two straight minutes....

To Watch Tonight...
• NBA. Sacramento Kings @ Indiana Pacers. There might even be a few guys left in Indiana who Ron Artest will recognize. 8:00, ESPN. • The 79th Annual Academy Awards. Best Supporting Actor: Sean Salisbury, Benchwarmers. 8:30, ABC. • Drag Racing. NHRA Checker Schuck's Kragen Nationals, Final Eliminati...

Sure, Coach, I'll Take Some
University of Central Florida basketball head coach has some to give, and he doesn't quite know who to share it with. So he asks. And then, oh, does he give it out....

Ohio State Helps Billy Packer Celebrate His Birthday
The Buckeyes just downed the Badgers 49-48 after Ron Lewis rejected a last second 12-foot attempt by Wisconsin. This was immediately followed by the fans of the #1 team in the country rushing the court....

LeftoverDome...
• Tragedy hits Zydrunas Ilgauskas. [WANE-TV] • Columnist Clay Travis takes the Wonderlic test. Mel Kiper's going to drop him a few rounds. [SPiN on Sports] • Tiger Woods must be really frustrated with losing yesterday... that poor little girl. [Seal Clubbers] • This is not 'Nam, Smokey, there are ru...

Craig Gower Also Has Time For Rugby
The Australian sporting landscape seems to have a different breed of derelicts than our own. When our athletes misbehave, someone ends up getting shot in a Vegas strip club. When Australian athletes misbehave, they walk naked around a resort and proposition the daughter of a sporting legend....

They Must Have An Interesting Logo
This is extremely juvenile, even for me... but when Butt Daredevils invade the sports world, I feel like you have a right to know. What you see above is a brief CBA game recap from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, with either an unfortunate typo (which has since been fixed), or a copy editor who's lashi...

Unbagged Heads Prevail
Will told you earlier in the week about the struggles of the East Carolina basketball team, and their fans' plan to show up at the final home game of the year with bags on their heads. As far as I can tell, last night against UTEP, there were no bags (I can find no mention of them)... and the ECU Pi...

The First Rule Of The Super Bowl Is, You Do Not Talk About The Super Bowl... Or The Big Game
The NFL, of course, has the term "Super Bowl" trademarked, so you can't use those particular words to promote any kind of a party or gathering for the event. Not only is it illegal, but if you close your eyes and say "Super Bowl" three times, Ed Hochuli will appear in front of you and rip your godda...

Smoot Isn't The Only One Who Misbehaves On Boats
Gerald Swindle is known as the G-Man, and he likes rock 'n roll music (I'm guessing from his website) and catchin' fish. That's him crying in the picture. He's crying because he's a huge dick....

College Hoops Compendium: Noah Disappoints
• LSU 66, (3) Florida 56. Joakim Noah: 4 points, 3 rebounds, 0 swipes at cheerleaders, 0 sissy arguments with opposing coaches about who gets to hold the basketball. We expect a higher level of production all around, Joakim. See that it doesn't happen again. Florida was never really close past three...

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:00, CBS. College Basketball. Louisville @ UConn. 12:00, NFL Network. 2007 NFL Scouting Combine: Running Back, Quarterback, Wide Receiver. 12:30, ESPN. PBA Bowling. Bayer Classic. 1:00, ESPN2. Billiards. Zo & Magic's 8-Ball Challenge. 1:00, ABC. NBA. Chicago Bulls @ Detroit Pistons. 2:00, CBS. Col...

About Last Night...
• NBA. San Antonio 102, Seattle 71. 11 Top 25 teams outscored the Sonics yesterday, and they all did it in 8 fewer minutes. • NHL. Ottawa 6, Buffalo 5. Just two fights? Come on, where's your commitment? • College Basketball. Michigan State 66, Indiana 58. Drew Neitzel does his best work after halfti...

Broncos RB Damien Nash Is Dead At 24
Nash collapsed after a charity basketball game he was hosting, and was pronounced dead at 6:41 p.m. No details or cause of death are available as of the time of this post....

What Would It Take To Get You To Blog About The Devil Rays For A Year?
Fans have auctioned their team allegiances on eBay before, but to my knowledge, no one has ever auctioned their services as a blogger for a particular team. But one blogger (and a good one, at that) would like to be the first... for the right price, he'll spend the entire baseball season blogging ab...

To Watch Tonight...
• NASCAR. Busch Series. Stater Brothers 300. Or, as they say in NASCAR... three-hunderrd. 7:30, ESPN2. • College Hockey. Clarkson @ Quinnipiac. Do all hockey games have huge brawls like that one the other night? If they do, I might watch this. 8:00, ESPNU. • Indiana @ Michigan State. I think all the...