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Science! Picks Your NCAA Champion
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: running the tournament through a simulator, then doing it again 50,000 times....
Thad Matta Testified Under Oath That The Fab Five Were Not The Best Recruiting Class Of All Time
Today, Grant Hill responded to Jalen Rose's "Uncle Tom" comment in the New York Times college sports blog. The piece, which is thoughtful and compelling and worth a read, ended with the kicker, "I am proud I never lost a game against the Fab Five." Fire....
The Hater’s Guide To The Field Of 68, Part I
It’s that time of year again. Time to break out the roasting jacket and say horrible, awful, incredibly mean-spirited things about every school participating in the NCAA tournament. And while I fucking hate the new 68-team bracket, that does give us a chance to hate on three extra schools this go r...
CBS Runs A Misguided "Eye On Baseball" Story About Luis Salazar's Lost Left Eye
Luis Salazar, the single-A manager for the Atlanta Braves who was struck by a foul ball and airlifted from the field a week ago, lost his left eye in surgery after the injury. And instead of running this story on the CBS Sports main page, which tactfully does not include the word "eye" in large capi...
We Are All Dave McKenna XL
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 banished to the Phantom Zone like General Zod....
Donovan McNabb Is A College Basketball Analyst, Maybe Still A Redskin?
CSN announced that Redskins QB Donovan McNabb will join their ranks as a college basketball analyst during the first round of the NCAA tournament. McNabb was a football star at Syracuse, but also walked on to the basketball team and played two seasons as a reserve. According to Dan Steinberg of th...
Shit-Stirring Writer, Coach's Mom Both Pick Temple For The Final Four
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: a couple of folks have high hopes for Fran Dunphy's team....
This Is What It Feels Like To Be Almost Killed By A Baseball. Twice.
Freak accidents like the one Gunnar Sandberg experienced last year are a terrifying part of the game. I've been hit in the head with a baseball twice — once as a pitcher and once as a hitter, which is in the video you see here. These incidents occurred within 18 months of each other. The first tim...
"I Want My Wife To Stick Her Finger Up My Butt"
No time for tiddlywinks. Your letters:...
Watch The Entire "Fab Five" Documentary
A kind soul has gone to the trouble of uploading ESPN's entire "Fab Five" documentary for those poor souls without cable or DVR. Watch Jalen Rose talk about his impressions of Duke as an 18-year-old before it gets pulled. [Vimeo]...
FIFA Gets It Wrong On Getting It Right
Goal-line technology could be getting its first major test in the Premier League next season, and be on its way to FIFA-wide use. It's long overdue, and yet they're even screwing this step up....
High School Player Nails Off-Balance, One-Handed Game-Winner From 60 Feet, Acts Like It's No Big Thing
Jerrbryon Graves, a senior at Metropolitan High School in Indianapolis, hit this game-winning shot from behind half court on Saturday to win the regional finals, 64-61. It wasn't even a heave. Apparently, Graves takes these shots in practice all the time — which is only the kind of thing a coach h...
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....
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.)...
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 ...
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...
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....
<em>MLB 11 The Show</em> is Still The Finest in the Field
I've seen the big leagues, son. I've squinted at the lights at Fenway as the sun makes a cotton candy sky behind the Citgo sign in left. But I ain't there right now. I'm down here chewing on grass, pitching… [Kotaku] ...