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This Ridiculous NBA Season Can At Least Serve Up A Lot Of Hilariously Unwanted Final Scores
A fun thing to track, this time of year, is NBA games that produce outcomes that, purely from a standings perspective, are catastrophic for both teams. This season offers plenty of potential on this front: 18 of the NBA’s 30 teams are firmly in the playoff picture; all but the top two of each confer...
Amazing Conspiracy Theory Has Officials Screwing Kentucky By Granting Them Too Many Free Throws
This is wonderful: a forum thread on a Rupp Rafters, a Rivals.com page dedicated to Kentucky basketball, has produced a conspiracy theory that positions the Wildcats as the victims of a plot to undermine their success by granting them too many free throws in their Sweet 16 loss to 9-seed Kansas Stat...
Steph's Ankles Looked Great, And So The Universe Came For His Knee Instead
In the third quarter of Friday night’s Hawks-Warriors tilt in Oakland, JaVale McGee challenged a Mike Muscala shot at the rim and crashed to the floor. McGee’s momentum carried him directly into the lower legs of Steph Curry, who’d helped down into the paint on the play....
Duke Hit The Magic Number And Syracuse Is Going Home
It sure as hell wasn’t pretty but Duke did what it had to do by scoring more than 60 points, and the Blue Devils sent Syracuse packing as they secured their spot in the Elite Eight....
Bruce Weber Is The Happiest Lad
When we talk about college basketball coaching fashion, we are generally talking about one of two things. There are the true pioneers, the men who coach in fireproof pajamas or Clothes They Bought At The Airport; we can call these aficionados of moisture-wicking fabrics the Huggins Faction, and we s...
For His Birthday, Kyrie Irving Gets A Knee Surgery
Happy birthday to Kyrie Irving, who turns 26 today and hasn’t played since March 11. Let’s open up that leg....
Josh McCown Could Really Ball
In a new-to-us-but-actually-old BREAKING NEWS STORY similar to Nate McLouth speaking perfect Spanish, here’s current Jets quarterback Josh McCown, then with the Bucs in 2014, showing off his hoops skills when he played in Anquan Boldin’s charity basketball game....
A Used Condom, Screaming, And Porn: There's So Much More To How Bad Harassment Was At The Dallas Mavericks
For years, one guy in the Dallas Mavericks sales department would come into the office and watch porn at his desk. Former employees don’t remember exactly how often he did it—they were trying to avoid seeing it, after all—but it was often enough that multiple people who worked with him remembered se...
Sorry Coach K, But You <i>Are</i> The NCAA
Are you ready for some more Sweet 16 action? Well, too bad—it’s time to talk some good, ol’ fashioned amateurism....
The Sixers Are Going To Be Red-Hot Heading Into The Playoffs
The Philadelphia 76ers won their fifth straight game Thursday night, a 118-98 laugher over the Orlando Magic. It could’ve been much worse, as the Sixers rested their starters late in the third quarter. They’d done the same the night before in a 119-105 rout of the the Grizzlies. Joel Embiid played ...
Kemba Walker Scored 46 Points In Less Time Than It Took Me To Write A Stupid Blog About It
It’s okay if you did not happen to plan yesterday evening around watching the tanking Memphis Grizzlies visiting the not tanking but nevertheless shitty and irrelevant Charlotte Hornets. I didn’t either, and that’s too bad. Because while I was watching whatever stupid crap instead—Wheel of Fortune! ...
Kings Owner Vivek Ranadivé: "We At The Kings Recognize Your People's Ability To Protest Peacefully, And We Respect That"
After the Kings’ win tonight over the Hawks was delayed and ultimately played in front of a tiny crowd—with the arena shutting its doors before tip-off, due to the presence of protests over last weekend’s fatal police shooting of Sacramento man Stephon Clark—team owner Vivek Ranadivé discussed Clark...
Grizzlies Continue Remarkable Commitment To Tanking With 61-Point Loss
The Grizzlies’ magnificent losing streak may have come to a stop last week after 19 games, but never fear, the team is still in tip-top losing shape. Tonight against the Hornets, they pulled off the worst loss in franchise history: 140-79, the NBA’s first 60-point loss in two decades....
Kansas State Uses Late Heroics From Barry Brown To Knock Off Kentucky, Move On To Elite Eight
Kansas State needed a late layup from Barry Brown to hang on, but the Wildcats did just that to knock off Kentucky and secure their spot in the Elite Eight. ...
It Sure Sounds Like Isaac Haas Is Done At Purdue—No, For Real This Time
Last weekend, it was reported that Purdue center Isaac Haas had a broken elbow and would miss the remainder of the tournament. Then, just two days later, reports started trickling out that Haas was trying to play. Then, video appeared of Haas clearly in pain as he failed to lift the ball above his h...
Kings Game Delayed, Stadium Closed To Fans Due To Protests Over Fatal Police Shooting
Protestors responding to Sunday’s police shooting of Stephon Clark effectively shut down the arena before tonight’s Hawks-Kings game and forced a lengthy delay before the matchup finally tipped off in front of a sparse crowd of fans who made it in before the entrance gates were closed....
Michigan's Offense Just Showed Up, And Everyone Should Be Scared
They didn’t show it for the first 79 minutes and 57 seconds of this NCAA Tournament, but this year’s Michigan basketball team can be pure, unstoppable adrenaline when they’re at their best. And oh my god, that’s what the Wolverines were tonight in their 99-72 win over Texas A&M....
Loyola-Chicago Wins Third Straight Thriller To Advance To Elite Eight
For the third time in three games, Loyola used a last-second jumper to continue its miracle tournament run and advance to the Elite Eight, with Marques Townes providing the heroics this time around....
Gordon Hayward's Daughter Crashed His Big <i>Fortnite</i> Stream And Almost Made Him Lose
Gordon Hayward has long been a prolific gamer, and it seems he’s spent his recovery from that horrific leg injury playing Overwatch, Destiny 2, and, most recently, Fortnite. The free-to-play battle royale game has crossed over into the mainstream in a way that no video game has since Pokemon Go, wit...
If You're Down By Three With A Few Seconds Left To Play And You Get Fouled, Just Do This
Paulinho Boracini, who plays for Basquete Cearense in Brazil’s professional basketball league, has provided us with an answer to an age-old question. What do you do when you are down by three points late in the game and the opposing team intentionally fouls you, forcing you to shoot two free throws?...