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Mason Doesn't Know It's A Show, They Think It's A Damn Fight
Actually, UConn leads by 9, which doesn't make it sound like it's that close of a game. But it was just a couple of minutes ago that Mason did briefly hold the lead, before UConn started burying three-balls like Larry Bird on All-Star Saturday Night. After that, the Huskies responded to close the ...
One Shining Moment... Of Pooh Sticking
In case you missed it on SportsCenter, today continues the 23rd annual World Pooh-Sticks Championship Race in Oxfordshire, England. The Japanese have returned to defend their title against... a lot of people with nothing better to do....
IRL Driver Paul Dana Killed In Practice Crash
Paul Dana, 30, died just before noon today after a crash at a pre-race practice for today's IRL IndyCar Series race. Another car had spun and hit a wall in front of him, and Dana slammed into it at full speed, over 216 miles per hour. The other driver, Ed Carpenter, is awake and alert at the hospi...
You Can Help Injure Terrell Owens. Please, Give All You Can.
Howard Eskin, a sports radio host in Philadelphia, is raising money in order to pay the fine for any Philadelphia Eagle who "takes out" Terrell Owens. The guy who sent in the tip didn't give a definition for "take out," but given the nature of the Philadelphia sports fan, I have to assume that a s...
About Last Night...
• World Figure Skating Championships. After finishing sixth in Torino, American teen Kimmie Meissner pulls the huge upset and wins the World Championships. Sounds awesome. Next year, I'm going, and I'm tailgating....
UCLA To Meet The Tapeworms
This one was the college basketball equivalent of a 6-3 Browns/Bengals game in a freezing rain. For a while there, it didn't look like either team would get to 50 points. Much like Ben Howland, this game was not pretty....
UCLA Refusing To Be Whooped
The Bruins have taken a 28-21 lead with them into halftime after sweating Memphis into their worst shooting performance of the year. They're 0-for-10 from behind the line, and 10-of-37 overall. Most tricks are not impressed by 21-point halves....
Indianapolis Buffet Restaurants, Prepare For The Arrival Of Glen Davis
"We still not satisfied yet. We got TAPEWORMS in our belly. We wanna still eat." - LSU forward Glen Davis, with some interesting imagery...
To Watch Tonight...
• Women's College Basketball: (3) Baylor @ (2) Maryland. It's the Lady Bears against the Terrapins, and I don't think that's fair. Maryland should have to use female turtles, too....
Doing The Right Thing. Eventually.
A quick update on the Colin Cowherd situation: Gelf Magazine is reporting that ESPN Radio' Colin Cowherd plans to give credit to the M Zone for jacking their material on his radio show last week. ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz told the magazine that the credit will be given on Monday's show....
All About The Big Men
LSU and Texas are tied at 26 at the half after Darrell Mitchell pulled a little pickpocket job and scored a quick two on an easy lay-up at the buzzer....
Today In The Premiership...
• Leicester 1-1 Reading. Reading has clinched promotion into the Premier League next season, for the first time in club history. See, Reading is cool....
Memphis Looks To Whoop That Trick
This kinda makes me wish I was a Memphis fan. The good people at The Realests noticed the Memphis dance team doing the "Whoop that Trick" dance from the movie Hustle and Flow, which takes place in Memphis. And then they dug up this video of Memphis fans taunting some UAB fans with the same song an...
The Top Hoops Programs Of All Time
Here's a little something to argue about before we get started with the actual basketball today. TenMojo.com has attempted to rank the Top 10 college basketball programs of all time. And it's not some half-ass list based on foggy notions, which is how I'd prefer to do it. They actually have reason...
Because Of Winn-Dixie
A tipster writes in to tell us about New Orleans Saints defensive end Jimmy Verdon's weekend. Evidently, he got hammered and ended up passed out on a bench in front of a Winn-Dixie and then brawled with the cops who tried to wake him up. Police spokesman Capt. James Gallagher explains....
Poor UConn Just Can't Catch A Break
UConn head coach Jim Calhoun certainly was at his whiny best last night, which is odd, considering that Washington was hit with 33 fouls, while UConn had just 20. I'd go so far as to say that he was behaving like Jim Boeheim... if Jim Boeheim was a 10-year-old Girl Scout who couldn't sell any of h...
George Mason Has Your Shocker Right Here
No matter who won that Shockers/Patriots tilt last night, I suppose I would've been spending some time today giving it up for the little guy. As it turns out, it's the 11th-seeded George Mason Patriots, who didn't just get to the Elite 8, but destroyed Wichita State last night, never trailing alon...
About Last Night...
• College Basketball: Boston College 59, Villanova 60. Randy Foye had 29 of 'Nova's 60 points. Not what you'd call balanced, but nonetheless effective....
Rounding Out The Field...
Texas looks to be cruising towards the Sweet 16, leading N.C. State by 20 with about 2 minutes to play. The lead has been stretching gradually, bet steadily, and you can go ahead and write in your bracket in ink. Texas moves on to meet West Virginia, who they beat early this year by 1-point....
To Watch Tonight...
• Women's College Basketball: (16) Southern @ (1) Duke. In case you feel like the Southern vs. Duke rivalry was not adequately settled by the men's contest, here you go....