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Final Hour For Deadspin Pants Party Pool
All right, kids, we're just more than an hour from the beginning of this whole NCAA tournament business — Who has Maryland-Davidson fever? We do, we do! — and this is pretty much your last chance to Join The Deadspin Pants Party tournament pool. As of this typing, there are 3,315 people in the pool,...
That's Not Quite What Pete Said, Actually
With all the hullabaloo around Pete Rose's "admission" yesterday that he "bet on the Reds every night" — a story so overblown that even Katie Couric was talking about it, chatting with beer pong specialist Armen Keteyian — Keith Olbermann, who did the Rose interview along with Dan Patrick on ESPN Ra...
Hey, This Game Wasn't Bad At All
Who would have thought that on the day of the NCAA Basketball Tournament's Grand Opening we'd all be talking about the NBA? Weird. But thank the Suns and Mavericks, who put on quite a show on Wednesday, proving that the NBA is going to be relevant from here on out. At least if there's a championship...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while taking the kids to Hooters ... • NBA: One Suns-Mavericks game was pretty great. Now imagine seven in a row for all the marbles. • College basketball: Well, we're not sure about those pants, but Syracuse is on its way in the NIT. • NHL: Red Wing Nation ... Detroit 4, Nashville 2...
It's A Great Night To Go To Bed Early
All right, kids, 'twas the night before the NCAA Tournament kicks off and everything goes right plum crazy for four days, then takes three days off, then goes slightly less nuts for four more days. We can't wait, and we suspect you can't either....
NCAA Pants Party: Florida Vs. Jackson State
Florida Gators (29-5) vs. Jackson State Tigers (21-13) When: Friday Where: New Orleans...
NCAA Pants Party: Kentucky Vs. Villanova
Kentucky Wildcats (21-11) vs. Villanova Wildcats (22-10 When: Friday Where: Chicago...
We Don't Have To Use "Mr." On Second Reference
As you might know, we occasionally write for places other than our little baby Deadspin, but this week, we're taking on way too much work. In addition to running matters over here as usual, we will be writing a daily column for TimesSelect, the paid-content arm of The New York Times. We're not reall...
Bob Knight Would Like To Help CCSU Motivate The Troops
One More Dying Quail has some suggestions for motivational speeches that coaches can use to fire up their underdog teams in the tournament tomorrow. They bring up The Gene Hackman, The John Belushi (cocaine optional), The Dwight Schrute Podium Hammer and, our personal favorite, the infamous Bob Knig...
NCAA Pants Party: Southern Illinois Vs. Holy Cross
Southern Illinois Salukis (27-6) vs. Holy Cross Crusaders (25-8) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Columbus...
Baseball Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
NCAA Pants Party: USC Vs. Arkansas
USC Trojans (23-11) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (21-13) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Spokane...
NCAA Pants Party: Kansas Vs. Niagara
Kansas Jayhawks (30-4) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (23-11) When: Friday, 7: 10 p.m. Where: Chicago...
Ben Affleck Wants To Brainwash Your Baby
Anyone who has seen Daredevil — or anything, really — knows that a new Ben Affleck video is cause for genuine concern. But this news is even more terrible than you might imagine; it seems that the rabid Red Sox enthusiast is after your baby....
NCAA Pants Party: Texas Vs. New Mexico State
Texas Longhorns (24-9) vs. New Mexico State Aggies (25-8) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Spokane...
The Big Deadspin PDF Preview Is Here
For those of you who like to have a handy, printed-out guide to bring with to the bar for the start of the tournament tomorrow, hey, you're in luck. Like last year, we have compiled all our NCAA tournament capsules into an easy-to-handle, digestible, HAPPY FUN TIME pretty PDF file for all your NCAA ...
NCAA Pants Party: Arizona Vs. Purdue
Arizona Wildcats (20-10) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (21-11) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: New Orleans...
Mariotti Is Tired Of These Mother****ing Snakes In This Mother****ing Press Box!
Here's one thing we love about baseball: It doesn't matter how old you are; Little League, college, majors ... everything completely and utterly stops when someone sees a snake. You could be making millions of bucks; jaded, aloof, lawyered up and possibly juiced, and it doesn't matter. "Hey man, che...
NCAA Pants Party: Virginia Tech Vs. Illinois
Virginia Tech Hokies (20-11) vs. Illinois Fighting Illini (23-11) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Columbus...
John McCain Is Conservative With His Brackets
We're not going to make any political statements on the presidential race — not only do we not do that here, but jeez, it's still a year and a half until the election — but we will say this: Of all the candidates in both parties, we suspect John McCain would be the most fun to watch the NCAA tournam...