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Thanks To The FGCU Basketball Team, Fort Myers Is Officially Dunk City
The picture above is a screencap from the official website of Fort Myers, Fla., the city that is home to everyone's favorite NCAA tournament team. As you can see in the top left corner, the city is celebrating the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles' Sweet 16 bid by officially branding itself as Dunk City for...
An Empty White Castle And Two Bored Children: Former NFLer Anthony Adams Had The Best Retirement Announcement
After nine years in the NFL, DT Anthony "Spice" Adams didn't catch on with a team for 2012. Instead, he chronicled the life of a free agent: boredom, desperation, lots of Capri Sun. Now he's calling it a career, in the most Anthony Adams way imaginable....
What Happened In The Game? We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out: Part II
For the tournament, we're calling Applebee's franchises in different cities across the country immediately after the local institution has completed its game, win or lose. We'll pretend to be oblivious about what just happened in order to get a detailed game description from someone in the restauran...
Marlins Attendance Is Going To Be A Disaster
Planning to go to the Marlins' home opener on April 8, as Miami kicks off yet another rebuilding year? The odds are: you're probably not. But the Marlins are doing whatever they can to get you in the ballpark: Half-off tickets through Groupon! Two-for-one deals! A free all-you-can-eat buffet! How ab...
Florida Gulf Coast University Beer Koozies Are Out Of Stock
Throwin' alleys. ...
Deadspin Up All Night: All These Things Into Position
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the rest of the games, we've got your covered if anything batty happens....
Aaron Craft Drove Everyone Crazy Today
The shot was the shot, but what really made every person associated with college basketball go temporarily insane, was the charge Craft took with 1:41 left in the game. ...
The Selection Committee Really Boned This Tournament
Gonzaga, the first top seed: gone. Oregon a ridiculous No. 12 seed "upset" Saint Louis. Perennial-choke-artist Georgetown a No. 2 seed: out. Perennial-choke-artist Pitt even in the field of 60-whatever. The selection committee is totally screwing up the the bracket. ...
This Is The Face Of A Man Stricken With March Madness
Update! It's now a Photoshop contest. PNG below:...
Deadspin Up All Night: Keep On Coming Back
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We're around for tonight's steadily intensifying tournament schedule, and Sean's here tomorrow for more of the same. Go 'Zona. ...
Costa Rica Is Not Happy About This
Last night it was very cold in Colorado, and there also may have been some precipitation. Despite the inclement weather, Costa Rica played its World Cup qualifier against the U.S. Men's National Team, and lost (fair and square) 1-0. For some reason, they are piqued. From Reuters:...
How To Grill Chicken Breasts: A Guide For Heretics
The boneless, skinless chicken breast is the totemic foodstuff of the health-obsessed, because of the nutritional potency of chicken, because of the relatively low fat content of the boneless, skinless breast relative to other nutrient-dense animal proteins, and because in 99 percent of its preparat...
Here Are Some Photos Of Marshall Henderson Out Drinking After Yesterday's Win
Marshall Henderson had an exceedingly Marshall Henderson day yesterday. As you probably know by now, he started off Mississippi's upset win over Wisconsin one of 13, a ratio that would shatter the confidence of even the steadiest shooters. Of course, Henderson isn't "steady" so much as "cartoonishly...
Your March Madness Schedule And Open Thread
How's your bracket doing? I had New Mexico and Kansas State in the Sweet Sixteen, and Georgetown in the Elite Eight, and am nevertheless leading the Deadspin office pool due to the flawed bracketology philosophies of my coworkers. (Here's a tip, dingbats: Get lucky.) What's on tap today: ...
Those Plucky FGCU Basketball Players Live On An Actual Beach
You may think "Hollywood Upstairs Medical College" or "Ponzi scheme" when you hear "Florida Gulf Coast University," but that's not fair: FGCU—which looks like what you see above—is very much a real place, with documented students, and classes, and dorms and stuff. Indeed, that picture, provided by C...
Shabazz Muhammad Is Exactly One Year Older Than We All Thought
Yesterday, as UCLA was gearing up for its first tournament game (an upset loss to Minnesota), the Los Angeles Times published a profile of the father of Pac-12 freshman of the year Shabazz Muhammad. The piece revealed, among other odd things, that he had been lying about his son's age for some time—...
FGCU Beats Georgetown: A Schadenfreude Gallery
For the third time in two years, a 15-seed has upset a 2-seed. As the world embraces the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, it's important to remember that for every winner, there is a loser. Even when they are lovable, they are still losers....
Deadspin Up All Night: Celebrate With Dom
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. La Salle upset Kansas State in the second round this afternoon, and we wanted to share Dom's excitement with you. Enjoy the games....
A New Mexico Beat Writer Actually Quit His Job Because Of The Harvard Loss
Dennis Latta is the editor of Loboland.com, a site in the Rivals.com network that is dedicated to covering University of New Mexico athletics. He has been covering the men's basketball team for 33 years. Somehow, during all that time, he never learned how to handle his favorite team losing like a gr...