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Watch Xavier Miss Two Wide-Open Layups And Make Charles Smith Feel Better About Himself
Dash mentioned this earlier, and now here's the video: Xavier's Dee Dee Jernigan blows two layups, and Stanford's Jeanette Pohlen goes coast-to-coast and hits a circus layup to put Stanford in the Final Four. It's brutal. H/T Gamboa Constrictor....
Whites-Only Basketball Promoter Still Not A Racist (But Really Is)
The Daily Show does its Daily Show thing on Don "Moose" Lewis, who proves that his "No Black Guys" basketball league isn't racist by accusing the one black guy in the room of not respecting authority and stealing things....
New York Mets: The Undulating Curve Of Shifting Expectations
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The New York Mets....
Last Night's Winner: Layup Drills
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like people who say sound fundamentals are just as exciting as dunks. They're right....sometimes! Then again, sometimes lousy fundamentals can be exciting too....
The Least Desirable Gig In College Basketball
Another day, another report that St. John's has struck out with another candidate for its vacant coaching position. Doesn't anybody want this job? It's actually getting kind of pathetic....
Lacrosse Players Beat The Crap Out Of Each Other; Crowd Rejoices
The Boston Blazers and the Philadelphia Wings had a little lacrosse brawl Saturday, doing to each other what everyone has wanted to do to a lacrosse player at some point. Kudos to the quick-thinking music coordinator (Mötley Crüe!). [The700Level.com]...
"He's In Shape": The Best Of Gus Johnson This Weekend
There was a lot of exciting basketball action this weekend, and no one was as psyched as Gus Johnson, who was reduced to moaning and yelling "pure!" over and over. Enjoy this compilation of Gus losing his shit....
The Five Most Enjoyable Phony Voices To Speak In While Alone
Yes, sometimes I try out foreign accents and voices when alone in the car or the shower. It's how I prepare myself in case I'm plucked from obscurity to play a Bond villain....
West Virginia Players Celebrate Kentucky Win, Rip Off Dance Moves
Da'Sean Butler and John Flowers, no strangers to the art of dance, celebrated West Virginia's win by doing the John Wall Dance. Alert the Lexington Intellectual Property Society of this egregious clownin' immediately! [Via The Big Lead]...
Minnesota Twins: R.I.P. Baseball Anomaly, And Competitive Advantage
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Minnesota Twins....
Who Are Those Handsome Devils?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Pistol Pete In Love
Maravich's high school girlfriend shares the mash notes he sent her. His greatest expression of love? Telling her he missed free throws because he was thinking of her. [Charlotte Observer]...
Wide Open Final Four Vs. Keeping Sponsors Happy: Your Baylor-Duke Open Thread
The last top seed standing takes on a team that is mentioned as underrated so often, they're probably overrated by now. Follow along below, and for the love of god, don't take sides....
Volunteers Vs. Conscripted From Birth: Your Tennessee-MSU Open Thread
The winner becomes the highest (lowest?) seed, yet the most boring team in the Final Four. We don't like our Cinderellas to be huge programs on a down year. Still, fun coaches. Follow along in the comments....
There's No Going Back For Urban Meyer
Yesterday, Meyer apologized to the reporter who he confronted on Wednesday. Both say the meeting was productive and they're ready to move on. So it's all in the past now, right? Not so fast....
Cousins Love Fest: Your West Virginia-Kentucky Open Thread
John Calipari goes for his first Final Four trip, Huggybear and the Mountaineers try to stick it to John Beilein one more time for good measure. Predictions on DeMarcus Cousins' weight in seven years below....
The Bulldogs Are <em>Pullen</em> For An Upset: Your Butler-Kansas State Open Thread
No one is saying that Butler is a mid-major darling anymore. Expect that to stop if Kansas State wins. Who do you think Frank Martin looks like?...
Taxpayers Fail To Unsoil Bowden's Legacy
The legal costs for FSU's fruitless fight to overturn those 12 forfeited games? $102,000 in tax dollars, and $70,000 from the boosters' fund. [Florida Times-Union]...
Great Moments In Drunken Spring Break Failure!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Spring Break Failure, where we showcase heartwarming true stories of spring break gone horribly awry. Off we go....
High School Players' Late Father Honored — For All Of Three Months
Due to budget cuts, a Baltimore Catholic school is closing down the court that in December was renamed in memory of the father of two sophomore players. Better than selling the naming rights, I suppose. [Baltimore Sun]...