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Someone Went A Little Nuts With The Paint
I find this court design a bit disorienting, but perhaps the players in the women's Final Four in St. Louis have had no problem with it. Whoa, OK now I'm dizzy. [Yahoo Sports]...
Are You Ready To Welcome Your New Kansas City Overlords?
The New York Times has picked the Royals to win their division. Let that roll around on your tongue for a bit. Mmmm (cough). [New York Times]...
Tom Izzo: The Early Years
Here's a great find: Tom Izzo's first day as a coach at Ispheming High School in 1977. His jacket scored 12 points. [The Daily Drink]...
This Week On A Very Special 'Friday Night Lights' ...
So you've quit the high school football team, and now you want to come back. OK, well, this being Texas, you'll need to drop your pants for a rather brutal paddlin'....
No One Wants To Coach At Arizona (UPDATE)
Dan Wetzel is now reporting that Sean Miller changed his mind and will take the job. I guess this post convinced him....
Former Chicago Bull Receives Minor Accolade
The Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 2009 class today, which means that Michael Jordan is finally getting some kind of recognition for his basketball career....
Couches Will Burn Brightly In East Lansing If MSU Wins Tonight
It's interesting that the East Lansing police are characterizing 60 arrests and "three fires, believed to be ignited on couches," as a peaceful demonstration. What does it take to get classified as a riot?...
Geno Auriemma Is Not Afraid Of White Kids
When someone starts off a press conference answer with, "I know I'm going to get criticized for this," you know the rest of the answer is going to be something really super....
Egghead Scientists Will Teach You How To Catch A Fly Ball
You simply use Optical Acceleration Cancellation to keep the tangent of the vertical optical angle to the ball increasing at a constant rate and arrive at the optimal reception point with the projectile. Duh! [LiveScience]...
It's Not So Cold In The D
Oh, did something happen last night? Right ... the basketball games. I almost forgot about that!...
Lucky Teens Headed To Final Four On Mickey D's Dime
Here's a bit of pre-Final Four happiness. Remember Patrick Thibodeau, the Down Syndrome kid who played, and scored, for his high school basketball team? Well, he'll be at the Final Four and you won't....
Maybe They Shouldn't Have Torn Down The RCA Dome Just Yet
Now, I would never accuse a government official of being full of shit, but I'm having a hard time believing that Indianapolis will actually follow through with threats to close Lucas Oil Stadium....
It's Like Jezebel's "Snap Judgment", Only With Sports
There's something magical and wondrous located just out of the frame. What do you suppose it is? [KansasCity.com]...
The Scottish Football Association Will Not Abide Your Pantomimed Oral Sex
The Scottish Football Association has banned players Barry Ferguson and Allan McGregor for making the shocking (SHOCKING!) hand gesture seen to your left. Who would've guessed the Scottish Football Association were such pussies? [Guardian]...
Sometimes A Baseball Game Is Just A Baseball Game
Baseball as a metaphor for recession and these troubled times? Maybe, maybe not, but reading about baseball players attempting to wax philosophical on the matter is always entertaining. [Vanity Fair]...
Ty Lawson Shot Some Craps In Reno, Just To Watch Them ...Fly?
The NCAA seems to prohibit its "student-athletes" from doing, well, anything, but prominent North Carolina baller Ty Lawson shooting craps in a Reno casino over New Year's is apparently cool with them....
A Few Fun Facts About The Manatee CC Win Over The Pirates
First of all, they're calling it The Miracle On Grass; that's how big Manatee Junior College's 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates has become around Florida's Tampa-St. Pete area....
Last Blogdome Ever
• But keep sending links: We'll make our best efforts to find a place for it. [The Tainted Supplement]...
The Hoff Can't Get Enough Dwyane Wade
Prime 112 in Miami closed for Alonzo Mourning's private retirement party on Monday, but that doesn't stop David Hasselhoff from showing up, asking to hug Alonzo and Dwyane Wade. [Miami Herald]...
Remembering The Fab Five
"[T]wo decades after their high point, the Fab Five's legacy has gone from black socks to black marks, their swagger replaced by the shame of bequeathing the Michigan basketball program a generation of chaos." [NYT]...