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Seton Hall Boned By Terrible Flagrant Foul Ruling
Seton Hall was down 72-71 in the final 22 seconds of today’s game against Arkansas and had to foul to try and avoid losing, so Desi Rodriguez put his hands on Jaylen Barford to extend the game. Barford hit the floor hard, but given the situation, it didn’t seem malicious—and looked as if Barford sol...

Oklahoma State Covers Thanks To Last-Second Three
Michigan beat Oklahoma State in what was one of the more entertaining games of the NCAA tournament’s first round. The Cowboys fought to the very end, getting quick buckets in the final minute and forcing Michigan to hit their free throws. Even after Michigan grabbed a four-point lead, Oklahoma State...

The Red Sox Have Chris Sale And That's Really All That Matters
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Coach K Says He Doesn't Want To Get Political, Proceeds To Call North Carolina's HB2 A "Stupid Thing"
Ahead of Duke’s first NCAA tournament game on Friday, coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked about the game being moved out of North Carolina due to the state’s House Bill 2, known as the “bathroom bill,” which discriminates against transgender people. At first, he deflected, saying he didn’t want to “get ...

Northwestern Wins Undeservedly Thanks To Huge Vandy Boner<em></em><em></em>
After trailing Northwestern for much of the afternoon, Vanderbilt looked as if they were going to do the nation a favor by coming from behind to knock the Wildcats out of their first-ever tournament in the first round. But, alas, it wasn’t to be. Vanderbilt went up by one point with just 17 seconds ...

The Dodgers Somehow Pull Off The Trick Of Being Rich And Charming
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The NCAA Tournament Teams That Can Actually Pull Off Some Upsets
This is the second of three posts that will preview the NCAA tournament. This one is for people who want to know which sleeper teams have the best shot at making some noise. ...

Some Things To Know About The Best NCAA Tournament Teams
This is the first of three posts that will preview the NCAA tournament. This one is for people who just want to know which teams have the best shot at winning it all....

Dominican Republic Advances To Next Round Of WBC With Extra-Innings Win Over Colombia
The Dominican Republic and Colombia battled through eleven innings of competitive, engaging baseball this afternoon that ended with the cheap artificiality of the World Baseball Classic’s extra-innings rules. ...

Yadier Molina Criticizes WBC Security After Team Puerto Rico Clears Dugout To Investigate Fight In Stands
After Team Puerto Rico cleared its dugout and bullpen to investigate a fan fight the stands of their World Baseball Classic game last night, catcher Yadier Molina has been pointed with his criticism of security. ...

Salvador Pérez Injured In WBC Home-Plate Collision
The Royals’ backup catcher crushed the Royals’ starting catcher in a play at the plate tonight. In the bottom of the ninth of the World Baseball Classic game in Mexico, Drew Butera, playing for Team Italy, collided with Salvador Pérez, guarding home for Team Venezuela, as he tried to score the winni...

Italy Gets Walk-Off Win Versus Mexico With Five Runs In The Bottom Of The Ninth
Losing to Mexico by four runs in the bottom of the ninth, Italy didn’t come to mess around. In their first game of the World Baseball Classic, the Italians roughed up Toronto Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna by opening their half of the final inning with two runs off of three straight doubles. Then ca...

Ryan Dempster Performs Act Of Valor By Facing Fearsome Dominican Republic Lineup In Return To Baseball
Ryan Dempster last pitched in a professional baseball game in 2013. He then decided to walk away and leave money on the table rather than keep playing, wrapping up a very respectable career at age 36 after 16 years in the majors. But now, nearing his 40th birthday, he decided to give the game a try ...

The San Francisco Giants Just Need To Stop Yakking Up Wins
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Israel Keeps Rolling Through The World Baseball Classic
Team Israel busted out of Pool A in the World Baseball Classic with a 4-2 win over the Netherlands last night in Seoul. So far, Israel is undefeated after playing Korea, Chinese Taipei, and the Netherlands, two of them pretty darn good teams....

Nick Diaz Explains That Getting Your Ass Beat By Nick Diaz Is A Good Way To Make Money
It’s been more than two years since culture hero Nick Diaz last fought, and more than five since he last won, but he remains Nick Diaz. While there’s not much to this quick interview with TMZ, note the highly Diaz-esque logic behind his argument that middleweight champion Michael Bisping should figh...

The First Team To Advance At The WBC Will Be...Israel?!
Barely more than 24 hours into the World Baseball Classic and we’ve got our first team set to advance, and it’s one no one would have expected: Team Israel, which upset South Korea yesterday, walloped Chinese Taipei 15-7 today and is sitting pretty....

Look, Baseball!
I know I’m warmer than most on the World Baseball Classic, but I think it can only be a good thing that there’s actual, competitive baseball being played right now, after a long cold winter. (My enthusiasm will wane by May, when I’ll be wishing they could just skip ahead to September already. But le...

UFC 209's Best Fight Derailed As Khabib Nurmagomedov Mysteriously Hospitalized<em></em>
Top UFC lightweight contenders Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson have twice been scheduled to fight each other, and both fights fell apart due to last-second injuries. Back in Dec. 2015, Nurmagomedov had to scrap the fight due to a rib injury, while Ferguson was forced to pull out of an April 20...
