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Hall Of Fame NCAA Basketball Coach Jerry Tarkanian Has Died
According to his son, legendary college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian has passed away today in a Las Vegas hospital. The 84-year-old had been battling a respiratory infection for the past few days, and various health problems for months....
The Relentless Scrimmage In Dean Smith
This piece originally appeared in the March 1982 issue of Inside Sports. It is reprinted here with the author's permission....
Cardale Jones Has An Important Update About Crushing Kids At Video Games
Back in January, Ohio State quarterback Cardale Jones visited some kids at the hospital. One of the kids unwisely hopped on the sticks like Jones was going to take it easy on him in the NCAA football video game. Jones did not take it easy, and beat the kid by a reported score of 91-35. Now, more tha...
Virginia Fan Turns Into Furious Dancing Machine, Somehow Loses Dance-Off
There was a dance-off at a Virginia basketball game last week, and it was a travesty. The fan who gave it her all lost to some shuffling guy. Grammys voters just keep sucking....
FSU's Phil Cofer Posterizes Jahlil Okafor
Duke's Jahlil Okafor may be a candidate for player of the year, but Florida State's Phil Cofer just made him look ridiculous. The Blue Devils have come our poorly so far tonight in Tallahassee, for sure....
A Credible Saint: How Dean Smith Became North Carolina's Moral Compass
The following is excerpted from To Hate Like This is to Be Happy Forever, by Will Blythe. ...
Don't You Dare Ask Fran McCaffery About His Eye-Poking Player
Iowa's Adam Woodbury poked another guy in the eye yesterday, a thing that he's been doing far too often this season. After the game, a few reporters tried to ask Iowa head coach Fran McCaffery about all the eye poking. He was not having it....
Iowa's Adam Woodbury Can't Stop Poking People In The Eye
Okay, man, this is starting to get a little ridiculous....
Somebody Spoiled The <i>50 Shades</i> Ending For Billy Donovan
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ESPN's Dan Dakich Gets In Twitter Fight With Mayor Of Champaign
During yesterday's win over Michigan State, Illinois guard Jaylon Tate received a technical foul for aggressively boxing out Travis Trice right after Trice had shot a free-throw. ESPN broadcaster and talking head Dan Dakich tweeted his thoughts about the play:...
Dean Smith Dead At Age 83
University of North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith died at his home on Saturday night at the age of 83. According to a statement released by his family, Smith died peacefully while surrounded by his wife and five children....
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John Brown Throws Down One Of The Biggest Dunks Of The Season
Unless you've been watching a lot of Big South basketball this season, you might have missed High Point's John Brown. Let us introduce you to him with this alley-oop featuring great elevation thrown down tonight against Coastal Carolina....
Cam Newton Goes Back To School, Appears To Remember Why He Left
Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is apparently taking classes at Auburn this semester, and in this particular photo, he didn't look excited about sitting through lectures....
Louisville's Strength And Conditioning Coach Is Uncomfortably Intense
This is Ray Ganong, the strength and conditioning coach for the Louisville men's basketball team, and he a goddamn maniac....
WMU Booster's Wife Sues Message Board Posters Over Fuck Rumors
There once was a time when anonymously spreading rumors about which booster's wife your local college football coach was banging was the birthright of every college football message board user, but times are changing. Now, that stuff can get you sued for defamation....
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Report: Rece Davis To Replace Chris Fowler On <i>College GameDay </i>[Updated]
Chris Fowler, host of ESPN's immensely popular College GameDay for the last 25 years, is out, according to James Andrew Miller:...
An Actual Video Of 6-Foot-7, 410-Pound Motekiai Langi Playing "Football"
Yesterday I wrote that there was no video available of BYU’s newest recruit, Motekiai Langi, from the island nation of Tonga. As it turns out there is a very short video of Langi playing something resembling football at a Tuhulu football camp. It doesn’t show much, but the “light on his feet” com...
Bobby Petrino Is Still Scum
Bobby Petrino's coaching career has been a series of escapes. Not even one year after signing a 10-year extension with Louisville, he jumped to the Atlanta Falcons; bailed on the NFL after 13 games; went to Arkansas, where got the boot after wrecking his motorcycle with his mistress on the back; hop...