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The Great Duke Attendance Scam
It's not really a scam; that's a sensationalist headline. Just jumping the gun on what will spend all day being a very dumb story. Because it is about Duke, and every story about Duke eventually breaks down to the lowest common denominators of the pro-Duke and anti-Dook factions flinging feces at ea...
"Cundiff" Is Already Being Used As A Verb
Kansas Jayhawks fans adapted their free throw distraction techniques to fit current events, as Billy Cundiff's name appeared behind the basket during last night's tilt against Texas A&M....
John Calipari Told His Team They "Need To Get Beat"
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Coach Cal isn't sure his Cats are tough enough yet....
Has Rece Davis Driven Digger Phelps To The Depths Of Depression?
Maybe Digger Phelps spends the time before ESPN goes to air with its basketball version of College GameDay in quiet meditation. And maybe he uses an orange highlighter as his focus object, I don't know. But just as Notre Dame was polishing off an upset of undefeated and top-ranked Syracuse, the f...
Duke's 45-Game Home Winning Streak Is Over Thanks To This Florida State Buzzer-Beater
It's about the craziest (sorry, Cameronians) 15 seconds of basketball you'll get in the ACC, as Florida State's Michael Snaer connected with a buzzer-beating three-pointer to down Duke 76-73 just five seconds after the Blue Devils tied it up on an Austin Rivers layup. Credit Luke Loucks for the m...
Indiana Pacers Mascot Shatters Backboard At High School Basketball Game
It's hard to top the New Palestine-Triton Central rivalry in Indiana high school hoops but Boomer, the Indiana Pacers mascot, just upped the ante. While the Pacers were on the road against the Warriors last night, Boomer paid a visit and put on a show those in attendance would not soon forget. Boo...
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Another One Of Bernie Fine's Accusers Now Says He Lied [UPDATE]
First, it was prison inmate Floyd VanHooser, the alleged fourth victim. Now, it's Zach Tomaselli, who had been the third man to come forward. Tomaselli told the Daily Orange, the Syracuse student newspaper, that he had doctored emails to bolster his claim that Fine, the former Syracuse basketball a...
J.R. Smith Shattered Three Pairs Of Ankles (Including Stephon Marbury's) In A Single CBA Game
Here is video evidence that J.R. Smith's extended stay in China has, statistically speaking, involved more broken ankles than brawls spearheaded by his sister. Heart of Beijing has dutifully compiled video of three incidents: The first you see here actually caused an injury, and the final step-bac...
The Western Carolina Catamounts Beat A Northern Georgia Bible College By 102 Points Last Night
Oh, you didn't think you'd ever read about Toccoa Falls College basketball on Deadspin, did you? Since there's no Wikipedia today, I'll tell you that Toccoa Falls bills itself as a "Christ-centered educational institution that prepares men and women for vocational and professional occupations." It h...
Marshall Coach Tom Herrion Flops On Sideline To Draw A Foul, Helps Seal Win Over UCF
Marshall head coach Tom Herrion appeared to have survived "The Big One" toward the end of the second half against UCF on Saturday, when he was allegedly elbowed by Knights guard Isaiah Sykes and collapsed in pain. Repeatedly. And rather dramatically. ...
There's A Hidden Message In The Names Of These Ole Miss Basketball Players
Your morning roundup for Jan. 16, the day we learned Rice Krispies can be dangerous. Photo via @tonyagolini. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Play-By-Play Man Loses His Mind On Three-Quarter-Court Buzzer Beater
Everyone loves a good game-winning buzzer beater, especially when it travels almost the entirety of the court and catches nothing but net. Here then, is Lindsey Wilson College senior guard Chase Spreen putting a fork in Georgetown (not that Georgetown) College as the Lindsey Wilson Sports Network ...
Florida State Upset North Carolina, But What We Really Learned Is That Walk-Ons Are Expendable
When the clock hit zero at the end of Florida State's shocking 90-57 upset of #3 North Carolina, none of the Tar Heels' star players were on the floor. In fact, they were already in the locker room, as they'd been pulled out of the arena along with the rest of UNC's scholarship players—leaving fi...
UCF Basketball Team Can't Believe The Sorry State Of West Virginia Hotels Before Big Game Against Marshall
Tonight, at 7:00 p.m. inside the Cam Henderson Center, these two storied basketball programs will renew their rivalry on the court. Off the court, however, things got a 24-hour head start when several UCF player tweets sparked some spirited back-and-forth....
Indiana Basketball Coach Tom Crean Makes Funny Faces When He's Angry
Your morning roundup for Jan. 13, the day we learned YouTube started at the zoo. Photo via Christopher G. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Donovan McNabb Makes Triumphant Minnesota Rec League Hoops Debut
Donovan McNabb: always keeping in shape....
J.R. Smith's Sister Choked A Woman During A Brawl In China Involving The Same Team That Beat Up Georgetown
Former Nuggets guard J.R. Smith is currently playing in China for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls, having been unable to escape his Chinese Basketball Association contract when the NBA lockout ended. Zhejiang faced the Bayi Rockets (you remember them as the Chinese military team who brawled with Georgeto...
Of All The Great NBA Uniforms To Steal, Kuwaiti Pro Team Chooses The Wizards
If you were going to pattern your club after an NBA team, it'd have to be the Wiz, right, right? Al Kuwait, which plays in, yes, Kuwait, is getting some press after photos of their jerseys made the rounds. It's nearly identical to the Wizards' new jerseys, right down to the red white and blue repres...
Iowa Basketball Coach Fran McCaffery Loses His Shit, Berates Refs And Players, Slams A Chair
Your morning roundup for Jan. 11, the day we learned Siberia saved the animals. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....
Todd Bozeman Is In Trouble Again, This Time For (Maybe) Hitting One Of His Players
That would be the same Todd Bozeman whose once-promising coaching career hit a snag when he was at Cal in the mid-1990s because he admitted he had paid a recruit's family $30,000. The affair kept Bozeman away from the college game for 10 years after the NCAA slapped him with a show-cause penalty, b...