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Tornadoes Don't Enjoy SEC Basketball
It's refreshing to hear that nobody got injured when the severe weather struck down on the Georgia Dome during the SEC tournament, which means we're allowed to have a little fun with this....
Gene Keady's Giant Head Is Rated TV-14
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor....
Pi Is The Loneliest Number
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....
Gus Johnson Doesn't Get Quite Enough Love
OK, now do you guys think it would be safe to say that few television personalities not named Erin Andrews are more popular among these here Intertubes than Gus Johnson? We're the ones pumping the guy, dammit! James Brown? Play-by-play? Over Gus Johnson? Come on! He's loved around here. So why, then...
Welcome To Isiah Thomas Stadium
Did you know that there was a Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball Club? They're the Iowan Class A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (man that's a lot of prepositions), and their nickname is the Kernels. Which means there's only one logical corporate sponsor. Ladies and gentlepeople, welcome t...
Dude, You Can Put Your WHIP In It
Baseball Musings reports that a technology conference — and hey, what's more fun than those? — has been giving out: baseball roach clips....
Baseball Season Preview: Atlanta Braves
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all....
The Big East Barbeque
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor....
In Defense Of Billy Crystal
If you were a rich, beloved celebrity, and had the opportunity to take one at-bat against a Major League pitcher — well, Paul Maholm, anyway — goddammit, wouldn't you have to do it? Why else would someone want to be rich and famous? Crystal looked like the happiest guy on earth yesterday, like he kn...
Losers Try Their Best. Guess What Winners Do?
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....
Get Ready For The Pomp And Pageantry Of Eliot Spitzer Night
Our first 2008 chapter of Minor Enterprise is still a few weeks away, but there's no reason we can't get a jump on the Minor League Baseball promotional season with this bit of news: The Macon Music of the South Coast League will hold Eliot Spitzer Night on June 13th. I already have my tickets....
Jawz The Jaguar Vs. Eli The Eagle: This Isn't Over!
What started off as a friendly dance-off between a jaguar and an eagle — which you see so often in the wild — turned grim and frightening on Wednesday during a break in this Summit League Championship basketball game. IUPUI's mascot, Jawz the Jaguar, grapples with Oral Roberts' Eli the Eagle, and i...
Live Blogs You'll Gleefully Skip: Illinois-Penn State
We know, we know: Nobody cares about a stupid liveblog of a pointless Big Ten tournament first round game. We're fully aware. As we mentioned yesterday, it's just, like, practice or something....
Balls Deep With Big Daddy Drew: The Power Of Atmosphere (With Breasts)
Okay, so the Deadspin Guest Lecture Series was a bit of a bust. In its place, we introduce a brand new column from Big Daddy Drew. This is BALLS DEEP With Big Daddy Drew (Balls® is a registered trademark and has been used with the expressed written consent of AJ Daulerio). It's gonna be like an SI P...
Baseball Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
For the third consecutive season, we are proud to introduce the Deadspin Baseball Season Previews. Yes, baseball is awfully close now; it's spring training, after all....
ESPN Visits Can Lead To Later Visits From The NCAA
We've never actually been to Bristol, Conn., but we'll confess to being somewhat curious about a tour of the offices. Heck, apparently mascots and professional athletes hang out there all the time; that sounds fun! But careful, young basketball recruit; visiting Bristol can put your eligibility in q...
Mt. St. Mary's Can Dance, But No Touching!
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor....
Just Three Weeks Until Selection Sunday
We are less than three weeks away from Selection Sunday, and you know what that means around these parts: Time for the NCAA Tournament Preview Capsules!...
"This Is My Last Shot At A Winner"
Each day this week, Storming The Floor will be previewing that night's important games. Enjoy....
Saying Goodbye To These Awful (And Unlucky) Illini
As part of our preparations for the lunacy that lands on our sports radars this Sunday, we've been digging around the irreplaceable Basketball Prospectus, trying to find those odd little tidbits on Oral Roberts and Siena. And we discovered something kind of amazing and oddly satisfying....