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Knight 2.0
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Missing The Terrible (And Amazing) Authoritarianism Of Bob Knight
When we first began studying to be a journalist at the University of Illinois — as much as one ever "studies" to be a journalist — one of our professors told us that you're not really a journalist until you've done the worst, but necessary, job in the journ world: You've called up the family of some...
Goodnight, Knight
As you've probably heard by now, Bob Knight has resigned as coach of Texas Tech because he's "tired of coaching. Obviously, much more about this tomorrow, but for now, we'll say this: Growing up, there was no more fierce Leitch family villain that Bobby Knight. He served as a stand-in for all that ...
Eddie Sutton Awakened from Nap, Informed Of 800th Victory
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In Case You Missed It, Duke Is Awesome Again
Don't know if you've noticed, by while you were looking away, Duke became awesome again....
The Doctor Is In
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Kentucky Fans Are Having Anger Displacement Issues
In the "holy cow, fans can be scary" file, the frustrated fans at Kentucky, suffering through a 9-9 season, have taken a lot of their ire out on recent transfer (to Illinois! Woo!) Alex Legion. (He of the soothsaying mother.)...
Hibachi!
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You Had Me At "Hello," Julius Hodge.
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We Crown Thee King Of The Suttons!
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Is There Room In Dayton For Chief Kickingstallionsims?
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Dick Questions For Coach Bob Huggins, Press *1 On Your Telephone Please
On Wednesday, Will told you about a group of pranksters who had successfully crashed some SEC women's basketball coaches' teleconference. On Thursday, Steinz informed the masses that the Big East men's coaches had been hit. On Friday, The Big Lead posted the audio. God, I love the Internets!...
The Greatest College Basketball Chant - Ever
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Money For Nothing
We are sad to say that Jonah Keri has discontinued his College Basketball Closer; we will miss him. But that's not all for the Closer; we'd like to hand the mic to the gang at Storming The Floor to fill in....
Hey, At Least SOMEONE Was Calling In
We remember the old days, back when we were dorfing around at the Daily Illini, of media conference calls with Big Ten coaches. Gene Keady would ramble on too long, Lou Henson would drone that earnest whine of his and Bob Knight, of course, would never show up. It was strange, really, to have a phon...
It's Got To Be The Shoes, Money
We are sad to say that Jonah Keri has discontinued his College Basketball Closer; we will miss him. But that's not all for the Closer; we'd like to hand the mic to the gang at Storming The Floor to fill in....
Rick Majerus Should Probably Just Stop Referring To The Groin Area
You thought Rick Majerus was just in trouble for pulling out his penis in front of his players. Nope! He made the tiny mistake of expressing his views on abortion....
Remembering MLK, Now Owned By Nike
As we, like a lot of you we suspect, spend the Martin Luther King holiday, you know, working, we remind of the sports tie-in to MLK's famous "I Have A Dream" speech....
Jim Calhoun Has A Knack For Agate Type
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