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Deadspin HOF Nominee: JJ Redick
Former Duke popped collar shooting guard J.J. Redick has been a consistent source of amusement around here for a while now, from the typical bashing of Duke to his crying during the NCAA Tournament to his weird video game experiences...
Texas Sold A Lot Of Stuff
The Texas longhorns have set a new NCAA record for merchandise sales. A football national title, a baseball national title, a very good basketball team, and Vince Young can do that for you, I guess. The school made $8.2 million in royalties last year....
New Mexico State Basketball Player May Have D'd Up A Pizza Guy
It seems like the only time that pizza guys get any attention are in plot attempts in porno (did you order the extra sausage?) and criminal activity. File this one into the latter category....
Yeah, We Want To Simulate THIS Guy
A couple of weeks ago, we told you about JJ Redick's appearance on the cover of NCAA College Hoops 2K7. Well, it turns out, it's much worse than you thought: They're actually doing the whole mo-cap suit thing to simulate his movements....
Ain't No Party Like A Rock Chalk Party 'Cause A Rock Chalk Party Don't Stop
This is Tim Flattery. He is a freshman at the University of Kansas. He just tried out for the Rock Chalk Dance Team. And he made it....
Already Some Trouble At Kansas State
OK, OK, we know that new Kansas State coach Bob Huggins just got to campus, and he can't be blamed for any players who might have been around before he showed up. (As for those who inevitably show up in the news over the next few years, hey, maybe the Bengals can draft them as a tight end.)...
It's Never Too Early For College Hoops (OK, Maybe A Little)
So we know that college basketball is months away, and we're not even to football yet, and you all have better, more pressing things to worry about. But nevertheless, we love college basketball, so we're excited to point you to College Hoops.net's already-begun preview of the upcoming season....
That Confused Guy You See, That's Matt Doherty
Anybody wondering what former North Carolina men's basketball coach Matt Doherty has been up to? Anyone? Well, you might know he's coaching at SMU (and apparently already dealing with some NCAA violations). But did you know he was also embracing "new" "technology?"...
Next Up: Gran Turismo!
We are not, as of this writing, professional marketers. We are confused by what people use to sell their products. We skipped class a lot: Sorry....
Bobby Knight Wants YOU
From We Are The Postmen, the fine people who brought you the profane Bobby Knight golf instructional video from a few months back, here's another great one, with Coach doing a recruiting video for the Marines....
Look! A Funny Gary Williams Photo!
Apropos of absolutely nothing, here's a rather silly photo of Maryland head basketball coach Gary Williams. Careful with those wings, Coach....
One Of The Few Lists Where Bob Golic Tops John Elway
Sports Illustrated put out a list of the 15 greatest college athletes of all-time, and I had no idea that some of the people on the list were as versatile as they were. We know about Bo Jackson and Charlie Ward, of course. But I had no idea that sprinter Marion Jones was on a UNC basketball team tha...
Louis Gossett Jr., Hoops Savior
So at Siena University College, there's a basketball player who's trying to be let out of his scholarship so he can transfer; if the University doesn't let him out, he'll have to pay his own tuition for the first year, wherever he goes. The player, Kojo Mensah, is running out of options and time, so...
Teddy Dupay, Keeping Himself Busy
Remember Teddy Dupay? The scrappy, easily hateable Florida guard who left for the NBA early because of a gambling probe and ultimately went undrafted? He bounced around some overseas leagues and then pretty much left basketball for good at the age of 25....
Expanding The NCAA's Grip On Your Life
The men's NCAA basketball tournament is the one major postseason event that seems perfect. It's not possible for it to fail. It will be exciting. There will not be controversy about the champion. It is the single greatest gambling event that has ever existed. And there are coaches out there who want...
Coach K Speaks!
Our long national nightmare is over. We can all rest a bit easier now, because Coach K is finally weighing in on the Duke lacrosse case. Our parents tell us stories of how they feared world events in the 1960s would overwhelm them, and how they would tune in to the CBS news every evening, and things...
The Direction Recruiting's Obviously Going
For a little Monday morning pick-me-up, here's a famous Mr. Show sketch about college basketball recruiting. It always makes us laugh, mainly because we imagine Billy Donovan and, say, Mike Davis having conversations like this all the time....
The Return Of The Cultural Oddsmaker
One of our favorite features of the late Oddjack was the Cultural Oddsmaker, editor A.J. Daulerio's strange odds on everything you wish you could bet on but can't. (We loved them so much, we even wrote one.) So we are very honored to return them to a wanting nation here at Deadspin, starting today....
Does Redick Have Bigger Worries Than The DUI?
This image, put together lovingly by our friends at Bad Idea Blue Jeans, pretty much sums up reaction to Day 2 of the JJ Redick story: Yep, it's still unbridled glee, all around....
Revisiting The Day's Top Story ... Redick!
So, drinking and driving causes thousands of deaths a year, is extremely dangerous, completely irresponsible and potentially destructive. Drunken driving costs lives, and therefore isn't funny. OK? We're covered here, yes? Good....