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King Jeremy The Wicked Needs His Chalice
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....

Heat Forget How To Score, And The Answer Was In Philly
The NBA Closer is written by Matt McHale, who's really looking forward to Easter, the day on which Larry Bird returns from the dead to lay multi-colored eggs under a Christmas tree. When he's not wondering whether Larry knows whether he's been naughty or nice, he can be found weaving his Easter bask...

About Last Night
The NCAA Tournament is here! It's just like Christmas morning! • NBA: Allen Iverson completes perfect homecoming by nailing game-winn ... wait, what? He missed the shot? Never mind. 76ers 115, Nuggets 113. • MLB: Problem solved; the Bad News Bears Boston Red Sox are going to Japan! • NHL: If you lef...

It's NCAA Tournament Eve. Get Some Rest.
OK, everyone, it's time to go to bed. Like, right now. Because the tournament's starting tomorrow, and the earlier you go to sleep, the earlier tomorrow will get here. Even if we pretty much already know what will happen. So night night, kids. Tomorrow all the fun starts. Again....

To Watch Tonight
What to watch while recovering from a horrible lap dancing injury ... • College basketball: National Invitation Tournament, first round, Alabama-Birmingham at Virginia Commonwealth (7 p.m., ET), San Diego State at Florida (9 p.m., ET), New Mexico at California (11 p.m., ET). Excuse me Cal, may we se...

NCAA Pants Party: Memphis Vs. Texas-Arlington
Memphis Tigers (33-1) vs. Texas-Arlington Mavericks (21-11) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Little Rock...

NCAA Pants Party: Clemson Vs. Villanova
Clemson Tigers (24-9) vs. Villanova Wildcats (20-12) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Tampa...

The Commercials That Will Be Destroying Your Soul Over The Next Few Days
Those of you with short memories are lucky, because you might not remember the Applebee's Guys from the NCAA Tournament two years ago. Those were the guys who sang a ditty about Applebee's shrimp platters to the tune of the Gilligan's Island them over ... and over ... and over ... and over. It made ...

NCAA Pants Party: Louisville Vs. Boise State
Louisville Cardinals (24-8) vs. Boise State Broncos (25-8). When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Birmingham...

Announcing The Next Book Tour Stop: Milwaukee!
Remember how we said that even though the first leg of the book tour was over, we'd be adding occasional dates throughout the summer? Well, we're announcing the first one: We're heading to Milwaukee! Thursday, May 8!...

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...