Basketball Page 966 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Caltech Basketball Win Raises Record To 1-310 In Last 311 Conference Games
Your morning roundup for Feb. 23, the day Rahm Emanuel starts cursing at the phrase "staggering unfunded pension liabilities."...
Your Riverdanced College Basketball Open Thread
In tonight's premier Top 25 showdown, Utah State travels to Saint Mary's in a game that will settle, once and for all, who's truly the No. 23 team....
Tennessee's Scotty Hopson Disregards Human, Dunks
This would make a nice poster, what with the flat top and all. Hopson led the Vols with 23 points in a 73-67 win over South Carolina last night....
Hofstra's Charles Jenkins Hit A Game-Tying Three And A Game-Winning Three Last Night
Last night against William & Mary, Hofstra's Charles Jenkins knocked down a three to send the game into overtime, and then launched a game-winning 35-footer at the buzzer for the win. And you thought you'd never see a bona fide highlight from ye olde Colonial Athletic Association....
The NHL Doesn't Seem To Think The Islanders Can Control Their Players
Your morning roundup for Feb. 13, a day in which a Supreme Court justice prepares to celebrate five years of playing mum at work....
Here's A College Basketball Open Thread
Yes, Syracuse/Louisville and Kentucky/Vanderbilt are already underway. Good Top 25 matchups, for sure. But Ohio State/Wisconsin and Pittsburgh/Villianova are coming up (2 p.m. and 9 p.m., respectively), and since they're Top 14 matchups, they get open-thread timing priority....
Here's The Crazy 4-Point Play That Ended The Villanova-Rutgers Game
After trading threes in the final minute, Rutgers senior Jonathan Mitchell converted a four-point play and the unranked Scarlet Knights knocked off No. 10 Villanova, 77-76. Impressive, but worthy of the storming of the court? I always lose track of the rules....
Zurich Soccer Fans Are Enthralled By Gene Simmons's Tongue
Your morning roundup for Feb. 10, the day we regretted the harm our actions have caused our family, our staff, and our constituents....
"Dear Pathetic, Ignorant Twats": The Duke/UNC War Of Words Heats Up
It's an annual tradition for the editors of the Duke Chronicle and the Daily Tar Heel to exchange trash talk letters in advance of their schools' first matchup of the season. We got them both, and boy, do the young minds of Tobacco Road have a way with words....
The Man In The Orange Suit Could Not Believe His Eyes
Your morning roundup for Feb. 9, the day we realized we'd developed a dangerous addiction to Hint Of Lime Tostito chips....
There Is An Army Of Senior Citizens Spying On Kansas Athletes
A volunteer army, with code names like "Red Dog," roams the halls of KU, making sure the athletes actually attend class. Don't fuck with them. They lived through The Big One....
The Rare Vomit-Inclusive Quadruple-Double
Niagara's Anthony Nelson puked his guts out in the first minute of play, then promptly went out and put up the first triple-double in school history. Oh, and this posterization. [Niagara Gazette]...
Your College Basketball Open Thread
Twenty of the top 25 teams play at various times today. But, there's only one Top 25 match-up: No. 11 Kentucky at No. 23 Florida. And that's not until 9 p.m....
Here's A Video Of Someone Dunking Who Is Not Blake Griffin
Last night, unranked Indiana defeated No. 20 Minnesota, 60-57. More importantly, though, Tom Pritchard, a 6'9" junior forward and also a white person, threw down what teammate Verdell Jones III called a "Space Jam Michael Jordan reach-back" dunk....
Large Man Dressed As Little Teapot Successfully Distracts Free Throw Shooter
"Wild Bill" Sproat, a man committed to Utah State basketball and revealing Disney-themed outfits, was responsible for the freshest style of fan heckling in college basketball last night: a "Mrs. Potts" costume and a nursery rhyme. Top that, Cameron....
Why The Syracuse Point-Shaving Rumor Was Inevitable
After starting the season 18-0, Syracuse lost four straight. Almost immediately, rumors began circulating of a point-shaving scandal involving a number of players, including Scoop Jardine. These two facts are not unrelated....
Here's Video Of Manhattan's Game-Winning Buzzer Beater Over Marist
While you were watching St. John's drag Duke's ass all over MSG, the Manhattan Jaspers beat the Marist Red Foxes by one in Poughkeepsie. On a more-than-halfcourt shot. At the buzzer. Here's the boxscore. (H/T Iracane)...
Your Day Of Basketball Open Thread
The Miami Heat visit(s) Oklahoma City at 1 p.m. while the Celtics face the Lakers, around 3:30 p.m. At the college level, a nation lines up in support of the St. John's Red Storm....
Your 1985 College Basketball Open Thread
There are four Top 25 showdowns today: Louisville at UConn, Georgetown at Villanova, Minnesota at Purdue and Missouri at Texas....
Jimmer Fredette Contains Multitudes
A brief list of comparisons people on the Internet have made in regard to America's new boyfriend, Jimmer Fredette....