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Craig Biggio And His Selfish Support Of Cancer Patients
Between yanking the Extra Innings package away from millions of people and this beauty of a public relations move, it seems like Major League Baseball is hellbent on making itself as loathsome as possible these days....
Is It So Hard To Believe That Misty Mounds Is Also A Bereavement Counselor?
Portland Trailblazers forward Zach Randolph is away from the team on "bereavement leave." His girlfriend's cousin was shot to death, and Randolph was granted some time away from the team to grieve, be there for his girlfriend, attend a funeral, ogle glitter-covered jubblies ... you know, typical thi...
Cinderella Is A 3-Seed
Maybe the lack of an underdog isn't such a bad thing. The lowest-seeded team left is Oregon, who's battled to the Elite Eight from the lowly ranks of the 3-seed. But ultimately, this is about finding the best team, right? Crowning the most deserving champion? At the end of the day, aren't Cinderella...
For Your Saturday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:00, ESPN. Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Arizona State vs. Bowling Green. 1:00, CBS. College Basketball. NCAA Division II Tournament, Final. Barton vs. Winona State. 1:00, ESPNU. College Lacrosse. Virginia @ Johns Hopkins. 2:00, NBC. PGA Golf. WGC CA Championship, Third Round. 2:30,...
About Last Night...
• College Basketball. Florida 65, Butler 57. If Billy Donovan keeps this up, he might be considered for that awesome Kentucky job. • NBA. Lakers 111, Hornets 105. The Hornets were able to hold Kobe to 50. • College Basketball. Georgetown 66, Vanderbilt 65. And the Hoyas travel on....
Week In Deadspin: Live Forever
• Barbaro ... the Chee-to! • Ahhhhhhh! • Iowa wants to control exactly who wants to fire their coaches. • Boy, the NIT sure is exciting. • Don't worry, you're not weird for reading more ESPN than FoxSports. • If you have a low seed, you will take your rat hotel and you will LIKE it. • Tony LaRussa s...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you discover a previously unknown super power ... • Boxing: Delvin Rodriguez vs. Jesse Feliciano, for vacant USBA light middleweight championship, at Ledyard, Conn. You do not want to be walking alone at night on the mean streets of Ledyard. [ESPN2] • College basketball: NCAA Divisi...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: North Carolina Vs. USC
North Carolina Tar Heels (30-6) vs. Southern California Trojans (25-11) When: 9:57 p.m. ET Where: East Rutherford, N.J....
Leftovers: Child Abuse
• Someone in Alabama named their child "Saban." Sigh. [Every Day Should Be Saturday] • Desmond Mason shoots free throws all weird. [Information Leafblower] • Goodnight, Marshall Faulk. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] • Don't forget: Peyton Manning is hosting "Saturday Night Live" this weekend. [Chicks Dig...
Go Heels! MIMI! MIMI!
This is from a North Carolina fanboard — and from Matt Viser's upcoming North Carolina Sweet 16 preview — but we absolutely cannot stop laughing at it. Tyler Hansbrough ... MIMI!!...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Oregon Vs. UNLV
Oregon Ducks (28-7) vs. UNLV Runnin' Rebels (30-6) When: 9:40 p.m. ET Where: St. Louis...
Welcome To The House of Pain, Bitches
The Miami-Dade Community College chess team — as seen above — has steamrolled several Ivy League schools to reach the Intercollegiate Chess Final Four. Naturally, we demand a steroids investigation....
The Monastic Butler Pep Rally Video
We're not sure why this video affected us so much when we watched it last night — it's actually quite silly. But in a tournament that has offered us so few upsets, and little opportunity for the little guy smacking it to the big guy, we couldn't help but find ourselves a little inspired to see a But...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who'll Be The Next Women's Coach To Be Ousted For An Inappropriate Relationship?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
You More Or Less Walk With A Limp
Who should we sleep with, Terry? Women like you? Your age? Our age? We don't. You know why? 'Cause younger women are nice. You take them out, and they're actually grateful. "Oh look, a steak. Yummy." You go for a walk after dinner, the air smells nice, they say, "Thank you. This was nice. This was f...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Georgetown Vs. Vanderbilt
Georgetown Hoyas (29-7) vs. Vanderbilt Commodores (22-11) When: 7:27 p.m. ET Where: East Rutherford, N.J....
Blogdome: Resisting O.J.
• Is USC better off without O.J. Mayo? [Lion In Oil] • Jay Mariotti knows his quarterbacks. [Jay The Joke] • Urban Meyer has recruiting down to a science. [Loser With Socks] • Remembering the greatness of John Tesh. [The Incredible Mr. Limpet] • What is Josh McRoberts thinking? [Rich Kotite Banged Y...
Baseball Season Preview: Boston Red Sox
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Time To Open The Big Can Of Monkey Whupass
Thankfully, late-night monkey zoo abductions have been virtually stamped out here in the U.S. But in Great Britain, where they are common, monkeys must be ever vigilant. Still smarting from the owl fiasco at the Moscow Zoo, the same gang of thugs apparently decided on a monkey heist for their next c...
Michael Vick, Police Can't Agree On Whether Weed Is Classified As "Jewelry"
Ron Mexico would like to make it clear to you that the whole water bottle at the airport incident ... he wasn't hiding weed, he was hiding bling....