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About Last Night ...
What you missed while constructing your oats-and-alfalfa wreath for Barbaro ... • NBA: Another buzzer-beater, as Nets beat Jazz. Exciting, ain't it? • College basketball: Pitt stops Villanova behind ... hey wait. Pitt has 20 wins already? Holy crap. • NHL: Canadiens beat Senators 3-1. Check their pa...
NBA Roundup: Raising Arizona
Notes from Sunday's games in the National Baskteball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while readjusting ... • College basketball: Iona gets a scare before finally losing as usual, preserving perfect record. • NBA: Steve Nash will not let you jinx this streak, dammit! • NHL: Not tonight, I have a Hasek ... Red Wings top Avalanche 3-1. • College basketball: Cardinal Rul...
Broken Glass! WooHoo!
Continuing with the theme of "Dunk Attempts Gone Awry," I'm happy to bring you this three-man high school effort....
In Hindsight, a Lay Up Might Have Been A Better Idea
Kansas forward Julian Wright has it all. The quick hands and anticipation on defense, the speed to get a breakaway dunk, and then, unfortunately, the spontaneous onset of quadriplegia during said dunk attempt....
College Hoops Compendium: I Hate It When UNC Is This Good
• (4) North Carolina 92, Arizona 64. Lute Olson vows to burn the game tape of this one, and if that's all he burns, it's an accomplishment, because no one would blame him if he engulfed himself in flames right about now. Arizona had lost three of their last four, but still had this date to look at ....
About Last Night...
• College Basketball. Ohio State 66, Michigan State 64. Twenty-four second half points from Drew Neitzel end up being completely inconsequential. "Neitzel" actually means "inconsequential" in Burmese. • College Football. Senior Bowl. North 27, South 0. And you still can't secede from the union. • NB...
This One's For The Cranks and Birds
Conan O'Brien, on top of his game ... and a little bit of baseball history for you, too. Pitchers and catchers report in 18 days....
Be Careful When Shaking Jason Kidd's Hand
For years, every time he went to the free throw line, Jason Kidd has blown a kiss into the air as a symbol of his love for his wife. Now that the marriage is over, though, Kidd is apparently sending the kisses somewhere that he feels needs the love a little more ... his own asshole....
ACC Admits Clock Error; Does Absolutely Nothing Else
Just to follow up quickly on the Duke/Clemson clock controversy on Thursday night, ACC officials have reviewed the tape (and here it is again, if they need any help) and after much careful consideration, have decided, "fuck it."...
Serena Rampages Through Australia
Playing like a slightly more masculine version of Roger Federer, Serena Williams spanked Maria Sharapova in the finals of the Australian Open yesterday, winning 6-1, 6-2. It is the third biggest upset in Australian Open history, sort of. Serena came into the tournament ranked 81st in the world. Turn...
About Last Night...
• NBA. Knicks 116, Heat 96. Shaq just lost to a team that started Jerome James at center. • College Basketball. Yale 88, Harvard 78. The tournament selection committee kept a close eye on this one. • NBA. Cavaliers 105, Sixers 97. LeBron was out with a big toe problem. I take it this was Wise LeBron...
MLB.com Knows Who Its True Fans Are
Far be it from us to tell MLB.com how to maximize its revenue streams — certainly they're doing a fine enough job on that themselves, hardcore baseball fans be damned — but we found it rather surprising, all told, about this newest synergistic connection....
That's All We Need: ANOTHER Blowhard In DC
So here's a scary thought. If you thought Curt Schilling had a tendency to opine, uninvited, on subjects that don't inherently concern him now, wait until he runs for Senate....
Agent Zero Revenge Tour Makes Imaginary Stop At Duke
We must report that our new favorite place to visit on the Internet is Gilbert Arenas' NBA.com blog (sorry, Fleshbot). This is because A). He actually writes it himself, unlike some people; B). There are posts with headlines such as "ESPN The Magazine Took Me Off the Cover" and "I Was Fouled Against...
Finally, Duke Catches A Break!
One of the joys of this here Internets is the rapidity with which campaigns can be organized, complaints filed and irrefutable evidence presented to a starving public. Therefore, if you watched any of that thrilling but frustrating Clemson-Duke game last night, you know that Duke won on a shot with ...
NBA Roundup: Ben Gordon Asks How Ya Hoofing, Mavericks?
Notes on Thursday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while fighting with shrubbery ... • College basketball: "Duke beats Clemson" has now become mankind's most oft-repeated phrase, replacing "You're fired." • NBA: P.J. Brown (!) leads Bulls past Mavericks, 96-85. • Golf: The Brandt Snedeker Era dawns throughout the land, as rooting for...
If He's Not Playing, Ain't Nobody Playing
Say what you will about Carmelo Anthony, but he handled his suspension considerably better than this guy....
You Probably Won't Hear Billy Packer Breaking Down Iona's Offense This Season
New word to be added to the English lexicon, 21st century edition, right after "Truthiness" and before "eBays." Introducing "Fruscinating." That's the only word to describe Iona, which remained Division I's only winless men's basketball team on Wednesday after a 70-67 overtime loss to Fairfield, dro...