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The Worst Lost Virginity Story Ever
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase four heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Tim Lincecum's Doppelgänger Will Give You The Ride Of Your Life For One Million Dollars
Your morning roundup for March 11, day two of "junta rules."...
Boom Goes The Student Sportscaster Didn't Much Appreciate All Of Yesterday's Attention
You saw the unfortunate University of Hartford student-run TV station's America East basketball report yesterday, right? If not, please do....
Maryland Fan Sets A High Bar For Memorable Tournament-Time Hair Styles
Maryland won more than their first-round ACC Tourney game against N.C. State 75-67 tonight. They also roared ahead in the "Fan With Most Totally Dope Hairstyle" rankings....
We Are All Dave McKenna XXXV
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 disappears like NCAA refs after a blown call....
Baseball Rivals Play Dueling Cameras
Kotaku may have kicked off a fad last year, with our post on how to make your video game baseball presentation conform to real life broadcasting angles. MLB 2K11 directly cited the work as an inspiration behind its new broadcast… [Kotaku] ...
Man We've Never Heard Of Scores On Bicycle Kick We'd Never Dream Of
In a match between Talleres de Cordoba and Alumni in Argentina's third division on Monday, Claudio Riano juggled a ball and then delivered a chilena, if you will, to even the score at 1-1. Talleres went on to win 3-2. Riano's finish is a contender for goal of the year, along with Wayne Rooney's bi...
Worst High School Baseball Drubbing Over Five Innings?
This might not be the biggest blowout in high school baseball history. But it's bad. It's real bad. On Tuesday in Dallas, Lake Highlands beat Samuell by a score of...a score of...well, shucks, everyone lost track after Lake Highlands put up 50 and the game was called by the mercy rule in the fifth....
If March Madness Were Only About Spending Money, Syracuse Would Be National Champion
Mike Dang at Bundle calculated March Madness's most tournament-obsessed colleges, using basketball program expense and revenue, game attendance, and school spending. Syracuse wins, but not in everything: George Mason students spend 257% more at bars during the tournament. [Bundle]...
How Virginia Choked Away A Statistically Unchokeable Lead
UVA was up 10 with 42 seconds left in their ACC tournament game with Miami. That's a lead that a Bill James formula defines as 100 percent safe. Then, this happened: Miami three, missed free throws, Miami three, turnover, Miami dunk, turnover, Miami layup....
Hiking The Appalachian Trail In 4 Minutes
Kevin "Fester" Gallagher took six months to hike the 2,181 miles from Georgia to Maine. Each day, he took 24 photos of successive steps. His film, Green Tunnel, consists of 4,000 physical slides scanned in and set to music, and provides the closest thing to physical exercise you're going to get to...
Watch Kemba Walker Shatter Multiple Ankles And Then Hit The Game-Winner Against Pitt
Kemba Walker came home to New York City to play every minute and record 24 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists in UConn's 76-74 win over Pittsburgh this afternoon. Here's a look at Walker's deadly step-back jumper. I'm willing to bet that Jim Calhoun has never before jumped so high....
Harvard-Princeton War Of SAT Words Escalates, Yale Joins The Fray
Big basketball game Saturday afternoon, folks: Harvard (23-5, 12-2 Ivy) and Princeton (24-6, 12-2 Ivy) fighting to the death on Yale's court, a neutral site, for the Ivy League's March Madness bid. Extra high stakes for Harvard, who hasn't appeared in the tourney since 1946, back when RFK was punchi...
You'll Never Hear An Announcer Less Excited Over A 60-Foot Buzzer Beater
Foxboro (Mass). nipped Canton on a three-quarters-court shot as time expired to advance in the playoffs, and whoever was calling the game could not have cared less. Guess he was too busy not holding the camera steady....
Big Alabama Fan Catfish Strother Thinks An Auburn Supporter Might Could've Poisoned His Oak Tree
Your morning roundup for March 10, the day that a big-and-wide guy gets called to task for playing fast-and-loose with his words....
TV Station Comps Lenny Dykstra $2,500 In Food And Jewels After He Compares Himself To Gandhi
Lenny Dykstra's coat-tailing of Charlie Sheen has almost become as annoying as everything else Sheen (after a very good run, though). But the aftermath of Nails's wholly impressive interview with the NBC affiliate in Philly the other night continues resonating beyond his choice words about winning ...
Jim Tressel's Profound Pauses Not As Profound As He Intends Them To Be: A Video Compilation
Jim Tressel, the recently/somewhat disgraced football coach at Ohio State, spoke to the press last night. Mostly, though, instead of saying actual words, he gazed out into the crowd during pregnant pauses in his speech. And Shatner he is not....
Boom Goes The Student Sportscast: America East Report Is Uncomfortable, Hilarious
There is a lot going on in this America East basketball report from the University of Hartford's student-run TV station — so much, even, that tipster Christopher declares it "the next boom goes the dynamite." There's no instant catchphrase in this 30-minute segment (we've cut it down to the real h...
A Million Dollars and No Change for a Perfectly Humble Gamer
You can do a lot of crazy stuff when you win a million bucks. When he did, Wade McGilberry was approached by a long-lost relative with a pitch for buying into a pineapple farm. No thanks, Wade said. What he really wanted was a Harley. And with the dough he won from MLB 2K10, you're damn right he bou...
Blake Griffin Shows Hint Of Personality, Channels Mars Blackmon To Hype USC's Jordan Cameron
Mars Blakeman, nee Blake Griffin, took the time to film this promotional video for NFL hopeful Jordan Cameron, who played both football and basketball at USC. I'll leave the commentary here to tipster Brian, who wrote in with the link (sic): "This is kind of an odd thing, Why does this exist?" I a...