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Jubilant Nets Fan Does Not Know What To Do With His Hands
The Nets beat the Celtics in Newark last night, 88-79. Deron Williams had 16 points and 9 assists and was 4-for-6 from three-point range as New Jersey won its fifth straight game, and no fan was more enthusiastic about it than this young Polo-shirted man....
Wilson Chandler Is Making A (Misspelled) Name For Himself
Your morning roundup for March 15, the day our preschools no longer adequately prepared our children for Princeton....
Ryan Kesler Makes A Habit Of The Interview Bomb In Various States Of Undress
Last week we posted a video of Kesler's first interview bomb, when he wandered behind Raffi Torres shirtless and eating a slice of pizza. Turns out he's been doing it a lot lately, with various props. Kesler told the Vancouver Sun that it started as "a joke with my buddies back home" that he calls...
Keeping "Keeping Things In Perspective" In Perspective: Hacky Sportswriting In Response To The Japanese Disaster
Every time some awful tragedy happens—natural disaster, terrorist attack, swine flu—a handful of idea-starved sports hacks sprint to their keyboards or their microphones and unfurl some drivel about how "this really puts sports in perspective."...
A Roundup Of Alternative NCAA Brackets For The Obsessed And The Clueless
The men's bracket is out, and we can now look forward to three weeks of dealing with the smug assholes who were right about everything or of being the smug asshole was right about everything ("I just can't believe you didn't have the Wofford Terriers advancing to at least the Sweet 16. That's all I'...
We Are All Dave McKenna XXXIX
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit gets Willie Stark-ed in a government building....
Healthy Scratch Sean Avery Thinks You Would Look Great In A $5,450 (Now $1,499) Suit
On Friday, Gilt Groupe, which sells your rich friends discounted designer clothes, listed a special sale—"Avery's Rules: Hockey Star Sean Avery Dresses the Modern Power Player." On Saturday, Avery was a healthy scratch against the Sharks. Coincidence? Almost certainly....
Deadspin's Coverage Of March Madness
They Ruined The Goddamn Bracket | I was ready for the 68-team field to fuck with the process of filling out a bracket for your NCAA office pool. But I didn't quite realize the extent of it until yesterday, when they unveiled just how this retarded new format will work. (Drew Magary)...
Do Not Adjust The Orange Balance On Your Monitor: The Faces Of Harvard-Princeton
On Saturday, Harvard and Princeton faced one another in a one-game playoff for the Ivy League title. The game ended with a splendid buzzer-beater, and now Princeton, a 13 seed, has the honor of losing to Kentucky on Thursday. (Harvard's in the NIT—the Cornell of tournaments. How fun.)...
It's Good For MLS When You Boo Landon Donovan
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: American fans are catching up to their European brethren when it comes to vitriol....
Bob Knight Double-Booked His Afternoon Siesta With Mike Francesa's Show Today
Or: the cranky toddler takes his nap. Video via Jimmy Traina's Twitter....
Swansea’s Ashley Williams Gives The Worst Back Pass Ever
Swansea City, or "The Welsh Barcelona" as nobody in their right mind calls them, have been doing rather well this season. Despite losing their second dapper manager in as many years after Paulo Sousa left for Leicester, they are currently second in the Championship and playing some proper tidy foo...
Jezebel’s March Madness 2011: Cats Vs. Dogs
It's that time of year again, when we face the ugliest rivalries and seek resolution through honest competition. After the success of 2010's Pie vs. Cake tournament, we realized that with just one short season of war, we may find peace. And if pies and cakes sparked the passions of hungry stomachs, ...
Sports Network Snubbed By NCAA Tournament Especially Vocal About Teams Snubbed By NCAA Tournament
Just over a year ago, ESPN lost out on the rights to broadcast the NCAA college basketball tournament after CBS and Turner Sports teamed up with $10.8 billion to secure the big dance for the next 14 years. It was a bit of a snub to the Worldwide Leader, which ultimately couldn't match the bill. A ...
Watch Drunk Frat Boys At The University Of Albany Destroy A Car
As part of some ridiculous drinking holiday at SUNY Albany this weekend called "Kegs n' Eggs", we're treated to video of idiotic frat-boys destroying cars, two girls wrestling drenched in baby oil, and a kid getting stomped in the face. [Jalopnik]...
A Love Song For Kane And Toews That May Have You Questioning Your Own Masculinity
Via Crossing Broad comes this video mash note to the Blackhawks' two dreamboats. Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews exchange long, knowing glances with each other and...you. All set to the dulcet strains of Katy Perry....
Look, WNBA Players Can Be Just As Horribly Insensitive As Male Athletes!
Cappie Pondexter knows God has a plan. And that his plan involved punishing Japan for Pearl Harbor, with an earthquake and tsunami 70 years later....
Three Arrested, Six Ejected At FA Youth Cup; Remaining Man U Fans Chant About Terrible Disasters
Liverpool and Manchester United played in the annual FA Youth Cup on Sunday. United came back from two goals down to win, 3-2. The other final count at Anfield: three fans arrested for drunkenness, six ejected for what was likely more controlled drunkenness, and reports that a section of United fa...
Sergio Martinez, The Celtic War, And An Evening In Foxwoods With The Boxing Scumbags
MASHANTUCKET, Conn. — The Foxwoods Resort and Casino is an abomination that rises incongruously from the empty woods in Connecticut as if to challenge all accepted notions of urban planning, and, indeed, logic. It also has good fights....
They Ruined The Goddamn Bracket
I was ready for the 68-team field to fuck with the process of filling out a bracket for your NCAA office pool. But I didn't quite realize the extent of it until yesterday, when they unveiled just how this retarded new format will work....