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Why We Can't Take The White Sox Seriously
This might have something to do with the fact that they're not even the most popular team in their hometown, but we think it might be more simple than that. It might be hijinks like their stunt with TNA Wrestling, the video of which can be seen above. (TNA is also doing some sort of promotion with t...
Tracking The Barry Bonds "Revelations"
We know we've touched on this already, but after several conversations about it this weekend, we're still fired up about it, so we're bringing it up again....
Casting Call For Demons
More on our favorite 30-seconds of death advertisement: An eagle-eyed reader has found the actual casting all for the commercial, posted on Auditions And Casting back in December....
When The NCAA Tournament Destroys You
But there's a downside, of course, and anyone who was a fan of Kansas, Michigan State and, yes, Iowa can tell you how much pain this tournament can wreak. Above, via Extra Points, is a video of Iowa fans converging at a bar in Columbia, Mo., ready to cheer their Hawkeyes to an easy first-round victo...
Arroyo Ready To Take Cincinnati By Storm
After an brutal spring so far — OK, he didn't really get rocked by a Little League team — rockin' righthander Bronson Arroyo was traded this morning to the Cincinnati Reds for outfielder Wily Mo Pena. We support this trade, for three major reasons....
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The White Sox
We re only a couple of weeks from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at tips@deadspin....
Terrell Owens Can Rap Quicker Than You
In recent months, we have done everything in our power to institute a moratorium on Terrell Owens-related news, if just so that, if we were hit by a bus tomorrow, we would be able to talk to our maker with our pure heart, free of egregious sin....
Big Ten: We, Who Are About To Die, Salute You!
You began with nothing more than a crumpled $10 bill and a dream. You labored long and hard over your NCAA Tournament picks, scratching them out with a worn pencil nub while the frantic cries of friends and family went unanswered. Your strategy was clear — you would ride the six Big Ten teams to t...
Know Your Mid-Major Sweet Sixteen Qualifiers
The NCAA Basketball Tournament — fun, as well as educational! For once history teachers can get behind it, thanks to a couple of surprise winners over the weekend advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. Please welcome Bradley and George Mason, of which you already know something about thanks to our NCAA T...
NCAA Roundup: Packing Pittsnogle
A look back at the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. • We've come completely around on this Billy Packer thing; we now can't imagine college basketball without him. Sure, he's loathsome, stubborn and almost always wrong. We find these qualities to be what make up his charm. He's that crazy old...
About Last Night ...
What you missed after being propelled into the ceiling fan by your new EZ Shoes ... • NCAA Basketball Tournament: North Carolina forced to swallow pride, and Billy Packer to eat crow, as George Mason (!) advances to Sweet Sixteen. • NBA: Kobe who? LeBron who? Cavs stop Lakers behind Flip Murray. • N...
Rounding Out The Field...
Texas looks to be cruising towards the Sweet 16, leading N.C. State by 20 with about 2 minutes to play. The lead has been stretching gradually, bet steadily, and you can go ahead and write in your bracket in ink. Texas moves on to meet West Virginia, who they beat early this year by 1-point....
Another 2-Seed In Trouble
At halftime, the Hoyas lead the Buckeyes by 13. Ashanti Cook and Big Roy Hibbert have 11 each, and Jekel Foster has the same for the Buckeyes....
Cinderella Looks Like This Guy
George Mason has knocked off defending champion UNC to become the latest cinderella team to glide into the Sweet 16. Some later heroics from Bobby Frasor and David Noel weren't enough to get the job done, and Mason is advancing....
I Guess That Apology Isn't Coming From Billy Packer
A tipster writes in to tell us that Billy Packer has remained quite mum on the subject of the MVC during the UConn/Kentucky. Jim Nantz has mentioned it, of course, giving a little dap to the MVC. Packer just wallowed in awkward silence afterwards....
Women's Tournament Also Underway
Hey, just wanted to post a quick note saying that the NCAA women's tournament is also underway, and that I'm going to be completely ignoring it....
The NASCAR Revolution Begins Today
We interrupt today's basketball coverage to tell you about Bill Lester, the first black man to qualify for a NASCAR race in 20 years. He'll be in the field for today's prestigious Golden Corral 500, which is underway as we speak....
Billy Packer, Meet the MVC
The Missouri Valley Conference put their 2nd team into the Sweet 16 this afternoon when Bradley beat Pitt. Maybe now, as long as they're not on opposite of Duke, Billy Packer can find time to sit down and watch them....
Bradley/Pitt Going Down To The Wire
Bradley's up 7 right now with about 5 minutes to play. It should be a great finish, if Carl Krauser stops punching people. Krauser missed a lay-up, Aaron Gray put it back in, and Krauser got up and on his way back down the court, threw an elbow into a Bradley player's back. It's not the first time...
The Unique CBS Sunday Game Schedule
Tipping today at noon: 1 game. Tipping today between 2:15 and 2:40: 4 games. Tipping today between 4:45 and 5:00: 3 games....