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Let The 'Texas Hold 'Em' Trial Begin!
Looking for something to watch when the NCAA Tournament is over? Hope your cable company offers Court TV, because the trial of the decade is about to begin; the case of the Oklahoma Sooners fan who ripped the scrotum of a Texas Longhorns fan in a bar fight. Nancy Grace is working herself into a lath...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Texas Vs. Stanford
Texas Longhorns (30-6) vs. Stanford Cardinal (28-7) When: 7:27 p.m. ET tonight Where: Houston...

Mark Cuban Leverages Lifting Of Blogger Ban Into Pissing Everyone Off
As many suspected would inevitably happen, the NBA had stepped in and ordered Mark Cuban to start allowing bloggers into the locker room. At last, those with Movable Type software can finally have the opportunity to see Devean George's penis. Cuban, of course, isn't taking this lying down....

Baseball Season Preview: San Francisco Giants
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; heck, they've even played real games in Japan....

Jay Mariotti Remains A Very Delicate Boy
You might remember back when Jay Mariotti, deeply hurt by critical remarks on Wikipedia, asking the site to take down those mean, mean words. You might have thought he had grown a thicker skin since then. You'd be wrong....

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Wisconsin Vs. Davidson
Wisconsin Badgers (31-4) vs. Davidson Wildcats (28-6) When: 7:10, tonight Where: Detroit...

Dolan And Isiah Are BFF, Got It?
So to get you up to speed, Chikezie is out on American Idol, but Isiah Thomas has avoided elimination with the Knicks. Of course it doesn't seem fair, but that's the world we live in. According to the New York Daily News, owner James Dolan and Thomas are inseparable pals, like Crockett and Tubbs on ...

Putting A Foot On WKU's Neck
Storming The Floor looks at last night's Sweet 16 action....

The One Lonely UCLA Fan
There's something we absolutely love about this picture. No matter how well your team's doing, no matter how much fun your friends are having at the game, no matter how young you are and no matter how full of possibilities the planet might seem ... sometimes, when you're having a bad day, you're ha...

About Last Night ...
What you missed while counting the spiritual wonders of the Jesus Cheeto ... • College basketball: OK, who had Louisville in the pool? Anyone? • NBA: Nene But The Brave ... Nuggets 118, Mavericks 105. • LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux off of double-secret probation, ready to spring forward (or is it...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Tennessee Vs. Louisville
Tennessee Volunteers (31-4) vs. Louisville Cardinals (26-8) When: 9:57 p.m. Where: Charlotte...

Your NL West "Preview"
Question: Anybody else buy the MLB Extra Innings package? They're eventually gonna update that schedule with games, right? Our cable system is still showing nothing ... and the season starts Monday, doggone it!...

Bundle Up When You Head To Comerica
We're a little late getting to this, but we need to make this clear as a public service announcement: It is extremely important that you always wear underwear to Comerica Park....

Sweet 16 Pants Party: UCLA Vs. Western Kentucky
UCLA Bruins (33-3) vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (29-6) When: 9:40 p.m. ET Where: Phoenix...

STF's South Regional Preview
Now that we are down to just sixteen teams, STF will profile each Regional lineup to see how we got here, what the Sweet 16 really means to each participating school, and who has the best chance to advance to San Antonio. The final here, the South Region....

Sweet 16 Pants Party: North Carolina Vs. Washington State
North Carolina Tar Heels (34-2) vs. Washington State Cougars (26-8) When: 7:27 p.m. ET Where: Charlotte...

Gee, Your New Rule Smells Terrific
There's now a proposal — by, surprisingly, the Kansas City Chiefs — to ban long hair in the NFL next season. The owners will consider it at their meetings in Palm Beach, Fla., next week, because, you know, all the major prblems with the league have been solved. The Steelers' Troy Polamalu is waiting...

Sweet 16 Pants Party: Xavier Vs. West Virginia
Xavier Musketeers (29-6) vs. West Virginia Mountaineers (26-10) When: Tonight, 7:10 p.m. Where: Phoenix...

ESPN's Featured Comment Of The Day
ESPN scoured its message boards this morning to find its cleverest, boldest, most enlightening comment, and chose this one above all others ......

Florida, Ohio State In The Final Four. Again.
Yep, a double take on that headline over here too. Following a Gator victory over Arizona State, and a Buckeye win over Dayton, these two proud programs are back in the Championship picture, albeit of the NIT. Come April 1, if Ohio State can beat Ole Miss and Florida does the same to UMass, we may s...