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NCAA Pants Party: Indiana Vs. Arkansas
Indiana Hoosiers (25-7) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (22-11) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Raleigh, N.C....

NCAA Pants Party: North Carolina Vs. Mount St. Mary's
North Carolina Tar Heels (32-2) vs. Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers (19-14) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Raleigh, N.C....

NCAA Pants Party: Mississippi State Vs. Oregon
Mississippi State Bulldogs (22-10) vs. Oregon Ducks (18-13) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Little Rock...

Storming The Floor's West Region Preview
After our cheap, quick-hit, easy looks at each bracket, the gang at Storming The Floor take considerably closer looks, game-by-game. Here's the West Regional preview, the last of the four....

NCAA Pants Party: Vanderbilt Vs. Siena
Vanderbilt Commodores (26-7) vs. Siena Saints (22-10) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Tampa...

Meet Your Announcers, And Your Historic 1-16 Near Upsets
Awful Announcing has helpfully listed the announcing teams for each NCAA tournament venue, and we were gonna say you gotta feel bad when your game is being broadcast by Craig Bolerjack, but then we see he's doing the Duke game and therefore pass the last-announcing-team award to Ian Eagle and Jim Sp...

ESPN Has An Northeast Coast Bias? What?
OK, I suppose one could say that we've been guilty of trotting out more than a fair share of Yankees, Mets and Red Sox posts over any given season (although we also have some Rick Ankiel and Barry Bonds posts we'd like you to meet). But ESPN takes its Northeast favoritism to an entire new level (lik...

NCAA Pants Party: Oklahoma Vs. St. Joseph's
Oklahoma Sooners (22-11). vs. St. Joseph's Hawks (21-12). When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Birmingham...

Frank Caliendo, Dish Network To Be Sued Back To The Stone Age?
Of course just about everyone loves Frank TV: Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews … our admiration for the voice stylings of Frank Caliendo is the only thing on which we can all agree.* Two notable exceptions, however, are John Madden and Charles Barkley, who do not take kindly to Caliendo using thei...

Don't Mess With A Man's Hand Moisturizer
• Johnny Weir is still pretty awesome. [OutSports] • The history of push-up records. [SportsWrap] • The Pirates love the environment. [Bugs And Cranks] • Defending Kevin Garnett. [Empty The Bench] • Not the best year for college hoops in the Northeast. [Dan's Take] • The Celtics look better right no...

NCAA Pants Party: Connecticut Vs. San Diego
Connecticut Huskies (24-8) vs. San Diego Toreros (21-13) When: Friday, 3 p.m. Where: Tampa...

Baseball Season Preview: New York Yankees
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all....

Media Approval Ratings: Mike Tirico
By now, most people know the old stories about Mike Tirico. (If you don't know them, they're right here.) Tirico appears to have gotten help for an obvious problem, and is apparently doing better. Good for him, because he doesn't seem to have time for a scandal now: The guy is everywhere....

NCAA Pants Party: Texas Vs. Austin Peay
Texas Longhorns (28-6) vs. Austin Peay Governors (24-10) When: Friday, 2:45 p.m. Where: Little Rock...

Mail Randy Moss To All Your Friends
It turns out that Randy Moss is getting his own postage in the state of West Virginia. That man sure does know how to merchandise....


ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......

Your Live Report From The Play-In Game
Yes, that play-in game was last night. Mount St. Mary's won, and we're sure you didn't watch it. But the guys at Flyers Fieldhouse were there, like they always are for the annual play-in game in Dayton. Here's their report from the event....

NCAA Pants Party: Georgetown Vs. Maryland-Baltimore County
Georgetown Hoyas (27-5) vs. Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers When: Friday, 2:45 Where: Raleigh, N.C....

It's Those 190-Foot Goals That Always Getcha
The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of FanHouse and The Fourth Period. He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer....