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Behold, The "Ya Jeets" License Plate
This was inevitable. As soon as that Derek Jeter groupie gossip that we desperately want to believe hit the internet, we all knew some proud Yankees fan was going to get this license plate....

Happy Opening Day (III of IV)
Welcome to opening day, that magical day when 30 hopeful fanbases celebrate the end of winter and the return of baseball for everyone. Except for those games in Australia last week. And the teams that played last night. And the teams that don't play until tomorrow....

Ten <em>Mid-Majority</em> Posts You Must Read Before The Site Dies In 7 Hours
Mid-major basketball maven Kyle Whelliston is shuttering The Mid-Majority tonight after ten years of operation, and deleting the site's entire content. It's been the home of some of the best college basketball writing around, and if you haven't had the chance to ever check it out, the clock is ticki...

The Homecoming Of Willie Mays
Slide on over to the Daily Beast and check out this terrific 1972 Esquire story on Willie Mays by Murray Kempton:...

Did Tucson Police Go Too Far In Putting Down Arizona Riot?
Despite Tucson police praising their handling of an unruly UA crowd following Saturday night's Wildcat loss to Wisconsin in the Elite Eight, its department of internal affairs will investigate video showing one officer violently blindsiding a female student who was reportedly just trying to get out ...

Kentucky Heads To The Final Four On Aaron Harrison's Game-Winning Three
Kentucky's Aaron Harrison sank the game-winning three with 2.6 seconds remaining to take down Michigan, 75-72 and send the Wildcats to the Final Four. Holy crap....

UConn Tumbles Into The Final Four
[Ryan Boatright takes a spill after scoring as UConn edged Michigan State 60-54 in a sloppy Elite Eight match. The Huskies are the first No. 7 seed to make the Final Four since tournament expansion in 1985. Photo by Frank Franklin II/AP]...

Gainesville TV Station Recreates NCAA Highlights To Beat Restrictions
Broadcast rules stipulate that non-CBS stations can't show March Madness highlights until the day after the game, so ABC affiliate WCJB in Gainesville recapped the Gators' win over Dayton with its own recreated footage. It does not disappoint....

Arizona Police Sketch Looks Exactly Like Dan Snyder
According to AZ Central, Tempe police are looking for the person depicted in this police sketch who is alleged to have broken into a 19-year-old woman's home and sexually assaulted her while she was asleep. He bears an uncanny resemblance to Dan Snyder....

Mark Sanchez Photobombed By Incredibly Appropriate Reggie White Photo
Who knew that a photo photobomb even existed? Thanks to Mark Sanchez and the Eagles website we all do, now....

"They're Try'na Burn Down The House At The Corner Of State & Crescent"
Listening to the Lexington police scanner after a big Kentucky basketball win can be great fun....


Gooks Don't Get Redskins Joke
Wednesday's episode of the Colbert Report, a satirical television program in which Stephen Colbert satirically plays a conservative buffoon, featured a segment on actual buffoon Dan Snyder's Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation, which was announced this week amid renewed protest against...

Watch Michelle Obama Feed Some Adorable Pandas
Michelle Obama recently stopped by the Chengdu Panda Base to check out some pandas and feed them little apple slices. The First Lady seemed to enjoy feeding the pandas, because, I mean, who wouldn't? Pandas are great....

Spoonerized Baseball Cards Are A Delight
Over at The Classical, SYH has photoshopped some spoonerized baseball cards for your viewing pleasure. Check them all out here, and make sure to take a look at his first batch from September....

Tuffy Rhodes Catches Olajuwon-Signed Ball, Gives It To Little Kid
Remember Tuffy Rhodes? You probably don't remember Tuffy Rhodes. He's the former Cubs center fielder who hit three home runs off Doc Gooden on Opening Day in 1994 before flaming out and heading off to play baseball in Japan, where he became one of the best power hitters in the league and tied Sadah...

Best Ever: The Making Of "What Do You Think Of Ted Williams Now?"
This piece originally appeared in the eighth issue of The Classical Magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. ...

Okay, So Miguel Cabrera's Contract Is Bad. Just How Bad Is it?
The only thing more predictable than ballplayers signing enormous deals is people complaining about them, so when news of Miguel Cabrera's new eight-year, $248 million contract extension broke, you knew that this sort of thing—it amounts to saying that $248 million is a lot of money—was coming....

CEO Of Redskins' Foundation Has History Of Swindling Native Americans
The Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation—with which Dan Snyder promises to end Native poverty just to make sure he can keep using a racial epithet as a team name—is off a poor start. The foundation's CEO's is accused of bilking Native Americans out of $1 million in federal funds. ...
