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"What They Must Not See": A Top Producer Weighs In On How To Cover A Catastrophic Injury

Earlier we examined some of the difficulties and choices faced by broadcasters when a live event is derailed by a gruesome injury, like Louisville's Kevin Ware's compound fracture. We asked Fred Gaudelli, lead producer of NBC's Sunday Night Football, how he's handled similar situations in the past—a...

Your Opening Day Open Thread

Rejoice, baseball has returned! The first slate of games will be getting started in about ten minutes, so park yourself here and spend the day yakking with your fellow enthusiasts. You have the floor....

Two Replays, No Warning: How Broadcasters Handle Gruesome Injuries

For 45 seconds after Louisville's Kevin Ware suffered a compound fracture, his tibia poking out from his shin, CBS kept its cameras off him. That 45 seconds was enough time for the production room to view the replays, realize how graphic they were, decide whether to show the play again, and decide h...

Here's Kevin Ware Holding His Team's Regional Championship Trophy While Recovering In The Hospital

After last night's victory, Kevin Ware's teammates went to visit him in the hospital, and they brought the regional championship trophy along with them. We hope Ware actually remembers the moment, given the amount of painkillers he was probably on....

Michigan Destroys Florida For Final Four Berth

This was an ugly one. Michigan beat Florida 79-59, dominating from cover to cover. Short of a mini-run at the end of the first half, Billy Donovan's squad was out of whack all game. The image above was grabbed from the end of the broadcast but, really, it could have been taken two minutes into the g...

Your Michigan-Florida Open Thread

Billy Donovan and John Beilein go at it today—right now, even—for a spot in the Final Four. Here's your spot to talk about all things Michigan and Florida, including the wackiness of the two coaches' sons living as roommates this summer. What a world!...

Goodbye (For Now), Aaron Craft

Wichita State is going to the Final Four after dispatching with Ohio State last night. We thought we'd put together a goodbye for Aaron Craft but soon realized he's only a junior and surely not going to enter the NBA draft so, whatever, we're still doing it anyway. So long, Aaron. See you next year....

Where's The Beef?

(By beef we mean Ohio State's offense.)...

Get it? Because they're the Shockers....

Deadspin Up All Night: Tournament Edition

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. There's an open thread for Buckeyes-Shockers down here, or you can yak here, or wherever you want—even out loud. We'll be around tonight, and Sean will take the wheel tomorrow. ...

"Shit...My Spine, Bro": Here's The Isolated Audio Picked Up From The Court Mics After Junior Cadougan's Nasty Fall

Cadougan, amazingly, came back from this during the first half, so we can watch and listen without too much queasiness. There's a lot going on here, most of which you can hear for yourself, but a couple interesting moments:...

Your Marquette-Syracuse Open Thread [UPDATE: Now it's a Wichita State-Ohio State Open Thread]

If you're watching at home, feel free to participate however you want—we put a big yelling Baye Keita Cleanthony Early picture up there in case you'd rather annotate something, or just yak about whatever in the discussion—and enjoy this last and pleasantly coincidental gasp of the Big East as we kn...

How To Make Baked Ziti: A Guide For Heroes Willing To Eat All That Cheese

There come those times in each person's life when you really just want to eat All The Cheese. When you're drinking wine, or when you've had a dreary day and are stressed out and could use something indulgent to liven things up a little bit—or, really, any other time you happen not to be dead—man, e...

Deadspin Up All Night: A Working Class Hero

Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the holiday weekend; usual crew's around for the games and all the rest....

2012 Deadspin Hall Of Fame Inductees: Virgil And Oddibe McDowell's Water Bill

We are proud to present your 2012 (yeah, we know) Deadspin Hall of Fame class:...

Roundup: Your Best Sad Jason Dufner Photoshop Contest Submissions

The Sad Jason Dufner Photoshop contest did not disappoint. It was almost impossible to pick a winner, so be sure to check out all of the submissions here. On to the roundup:...

Donovan McNabb Is Mad About Tony Romo's New Contract

Donovan McNabb, for the record, has nine career playoff wins. But seven losses. And the last of those losses, in January 2010, happened to come against the Dallas Cowboys. It was Tony Romo's only playoff win....

There's More To Dunk City Than Dunks: How FGCU's Offense Works

Florida Gulf Coast is this year's mid-major darling. The Eagles have upended the tournament, ruined your bracket, and sent Georgetown and San Diego State packing. They've advanced further than any 15-seed in the Dance's history, and they've done so with an offense that's hardly stretched its legs so...

Report: Ric Flair's Son Found Dead In Charlotte Hotel Room

The news had been bouncing around the internet this afternoon, but it's now been confirmed by WCNC in Charlotte: Richard Reid Fliehr, the youngest son of WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, was found dead in a hotel room there around 10:30 a.m. today, according to police. He was 25....

Two Residents Of Dunk City Explain How Their Georgetown-Shattering Alley-Oop Came To Be

PHILADELPHIA—I’d like to take you back to a simpler time. Last Friday. Almost dinner. Standing outside the Wells Fargo Center in South Philly. Wondering if I should stick around to watch Georgetown blow out a tiny Florida nothing school....