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Adam Morrison is a hero
"Major onions" was how Bill Raftery described it. The play-by-play guy ended the telecast by calling Morrison "the best college basketball player in the country." He may be that, I don't know, but I think JJ Redick's 41 points against the #2 team in the nation at least leaves the issue open for deba...
About Last Night...
While I was trying to figure out a way to not feel like Carson Daly to Will's Conan O'Brien......
About Last Night ...
What you missed when raccoons locked you in the cellar ... • College Basketball: UConn avoids repeat of last season's embarrassing upset (and by the way, you still owe us $20 on that one) by beating UMass 78-60. • NHL: Dissension reigns as Flightless Sea Fowl lose sixth straight, 5-0 to Minnesota. •...
"Really, Really Need Tickets"
If you've been on eBay at all, you know how expensive Rose Bowl tickets are getting. (They're running about $1,000-$1,200 a piece.)...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while reading a book (don't let it happen again) ... • College Basketball: No. 1 Duke prepares for No. 2 Texas by beating Penn 72-59. You prepare by eating three helpings of nachos. • NBA: Suns beat Warriors for eighth straight win, a fact that would have slipped under your radar we'...
Blogdom's Best: Dallas Cowboys
It's a melancholic yet festive time here at Deadspin Studios as we say goodbye to one of our regular features, the NFL Edition of Blogdom's Best. To celebrate our 32nd and final entry — the Dallas Cowboys — we've decided to throw a wrap party and invite Cowboys past, present and recently deceased ...
Some Folks Call It A Slider, Mmm-Hmm
Imagine, say, Michael Brown getting another job in disaster relief, or, maybe, Harriet Miers being renominated to the Supreme Court. Pretty much the real-world equivalents of Grady Little being hired as manager of the Dodgers yesterday....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while Googling yourself ... • College Basketball: Michigan State gives Dan Shaughnessy something to complain about today. (Actually: It was Bob Ryan.) • NBA: Jamal Crawford returns to hometown, helps Knicks beat SuperSonics. Well, his usefulness is at an end. • NHL: The Power of One:...
Give Us Your Best Skip Bayless Stories
We've received a lot of feedback about our selection of The Boston Globe's Bob Ryan as today's bad hometown columnist, which can be broken down into the following percentages:...
Why Your Hometown Columnist Sucks: Bob Ryan
By all accounts, Bob Ryan was once a good writer. But then something happened. The molten lava, burning his features. The painful reconstruction. The cryptic words: "Rise, Lord Vader." Yes, Bob Ryan's journey to the dark side is now complete. With his ubiquitous presence on Around the Horn and Par...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while wrapping Christmas pres ... hey, where's the cat? • Monday Night Football: Seahawks stomp Eagles 42-0. If this is parity, we'd like to see the alternative. • NBA: Brand's 37 points lead first-place Clippers over Heat. Yes, we said "first-place Clippers." We know. Odd. Now let's...
Gotta Support The Team
When we were a kid, we would always stay in the stadium hours after Illinois football games ended so we could watch the players and press meet by the tunnel to the locker rooms; something about balding paunchy men interviewing people 30 years their junior fascinated us even then. We never quite ha...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while proposing ... • NFL: Giants beat Cowboys 17-10, unrealistically rasing your expectations once again. • NBA: Kobe clinches win with free throws as Lakers beat adorably named Bobcats. • College Basketball: It's in the hole! Dockery's 40-foot heave cleans Virginia Tech's clock....
About Last Night ...
What you missed while watching Dave and Oprah make out ... • NBA: Kobe fouls out, Lakers still beat Jazz in OT. There's a new sheriff in town. Say it with us: Sasha Vujacic. • College Basketball: Nick Fazekas leads Nevada over Kansas. The sentence you thought you might go your whole life without rea...
Beleaguered "NFL Countdown" Closed Captioning Typists Get One-Week Reprieve
We were on a very slow-moving piece of public transportation and therefore are just hitting the late news: Michael Irvin has been suspended for one week following his arrest last Friday for having a "pipe" in his car. This is only two days after handsomely named ESPN exec Norby Williamson said "Ri...
Bret Boone's Dangerous Golf Cart Exploits
We love the Las Vegas Review-Journal's gossip column, because it's excellent about disproving that whole what-happens-in-Vegas-stays-in-Vegas bunk. Their big get today is totally-not-a-guy-whose-career-collapsed-once-he-got-off-steroids former All-Star Bret Boone, who went a little crazy at the Wy...
Holyfield Eager To Be Pummeled Again
If you were thinking that "Dancing With The Stars" hoofer Evander Holyfield was actually retiring, like, seriously this time, well, you're wrong again. Holyfield, who is 43 years old, has said as soon as he gets out of his contract with Don King, he will continue his quixotic attempt to regain his...
Solich Party Photos!
In case you were wondering if Ohio coach Frank Solich's drunk driving arrest incident was an entirely isolated incident, here's some photos of the coach chilling at an Ohio bar with some students, posing, having some fun. Anyone, of course, should feel free to go out and have some drinks. But som...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while assembling the plastic tree (it'll be the merriest Christmas ever!) ... • Killingsworth Softly With His Song: Duke barely survives against Indiana in college hoops. • NBA: Knicks beat Bulls by nine — those 45 free throws they made may have played a role. • NHL: Sharks suffer 10...
Buy Manny's Apartment!
As speculation continues that Manny Ramirez will be long gone from Boston by the end of the season, it's now official that he's selling his condo at the primo Ritz Carlton Penthouse building....