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Your Omnipresent Sweet Sixteen Starter Open Thread
Tourney games is comin', yo. UConn/San Diego State at 7:15 p.m. BYU/Florida a dozen minutes later. Arizona/Duke at 9:45 p.m.-ish. Finally, Butler and Wisconsin close out the Sweet Sixteen's first night starting at three minutes before 10 or thereabouts....
The Man Born Without A Right Leg Is America's Best 125-Pound Wrestler
Your morning roundup for March 20, the day Haitian frustrations still have a Fugee in hand pain....
Here's The Crazy Ending To Butler-Pitt, Featuring Two Of The Stupidest Fouls In March Madness History
Butler somehow escaped this one, 71-70, and will advance to the Sweet 16, while Pitt became the first one seed to get knocked out of this year's tournament in the worst way imaginable. Tim Brando and Mike Gminski declared that they'd never seen "an ending like this" before Gilbert Brown missed his...
Your Late Round-Of-32 Games Open Thread
Today's second batch of games starts around 6:10 p.m. eastern with Temple vs. San Diego State. About an hour later, Butler goes up against Pittsburgh. Then, it's Gonzaga vs. BYU and Kansas State against Wisconsin....
What It Feels Like To Hit A Buzzer-Beater
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: Butler's Matt Howard on making the "One Shining Moment" montage....
Here Are The Four Buzzer-Beaters From The First Five Games
Matt Howard's putback at the horn to put Butler over Old Dominion. Great whistle-swallowing by the refs....
Your Duke/Butler And Other College Basketball Games Open Thread
Butler gets a rematch with Duke. Any person with a shred of dignity wants Duke to lose. On the court (which they most certainly won't today) and in every facet of life. Fact....
Rasual Butler Desperately Tries To Erase A Tweeted Penis
Someone posted a series of dong shots to Butler's Twitter feed (VERY NSFW). He's currently panicking as he alternately claims he was hacked and wonders how to delete the shots. [@RasualButler45]...
Gerard Butler's Michigan State Weekend
Movie Spartan Gerard Butler was once in a great trailer that became an OK movie called 300. So it makes perfect sense for him—while not in character—to pump up various Michigan State crowds like he did this weekend....
Look At This Fucking Hoopster: "Kelly Tripucka" Hangs Out With San Antonio Spurs, Is Lead Singer Of Arcade Fire
An occasional feature in which we spotlight the ridiculous trend of recontextualized basketball jerseys. Today: everyone's favorite Polish-American Knicks color commentator Kelly Tripucka....
Da'Sean Butler's Very Disturbing Children's Story Has Been Illustrated
Those of you who were too lazy to read "A Short Story" by Da'Sean Butler 140 characters at a time (or even fully transcribed in this post) are in luck. It's been animated!...
Da'Sean Butler's Children's Story Is Very Disturbing
The WVU star and Heat second round pick wrote a children's story yesterday, about dinosaur poop, GameStop and "whoopie cakes." It's beyond bizarre, and he posted it on Twitter, 140 characters at a time....
Mark Sanchez Is Poised ... To Be A Whiffenpoof
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Last Night's Winner: Butler Haters
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like the Duke Blue Devils, who captured the hearts of basketball fans world-wide by finally stopping the merciless hoops juggernaut known as Butler....
Indy Newspaper, Butler Cheerleader Botch Their "Victory" Celebrations
The Indianapolis Star website may have jumped the gun slightly on their Final Four recap. At least they had the excuse of not yet knowing the outcome. One confused Butler cheerleader was not as fortunate....
If Duke Loses, Will Jim Nantz Say, "The Butler Did It"? Your National Championship Game Open Thread
At the end of the season, Duke and Butler were ranked #3 and #8, respectively, in the ESPN/USA Today coaches poll. This is not Hoosiers. It's not David vs. Goliath. Tomorrow: I eat my words after Duke wins by 30....
Enough With The John Wooden Crap
OK, Butler's a great story, and I realize that a certain amount of, "Hey, it's like that one movie where Gene Hackman gets to hump Barbara Hershey!" is inevitable here, but can we please leave John Wooden out of this?...
Coach K, Summed Up In One Smarmy Quote
You know what Mike Krzyzewski loves about a Butler-Duke national championship? I mean, besides that it's fetish porn for the Playing Basketball The Right Way crowd? What Mike Krzyzewski really loves about Butler-Duke is the game's delicious elitism....
Some Losses Are More Painful Than Others
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Chitwood Vs. Jemele Hill: Your Butler vs. Michigan State Open Thread
Can those streetwise Butler ballers continue their mid-major march to glory? Or is beach-combing Tom Izzo, Greatest Coach In The History Of HIstory, powerful? Settle it in the comments. (Photo:MLive)...