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Larry Brown Interested In Job
For the 13th time in the last 40 years, Larry Brown is between head coaching jobs. He's been unemployed since he left the Charlotte Bobcats in December 2010, after a 9-19 start. Lately, the college-ABA-NBA-college-NBA-college-NBA legend has been traveling with the Kansas basketball team and telling ...
An Ohio State Superfan Was Hospitalized By A Flying Turkey
If all you know about Ohio is from watching WKRP, you might think that turkeys can't fly. Not so, claims Ohio State superfan John Chubb—better known as "Buck-I-Guy"—who claims one of the birds smashed through his windshield as he returned from the Buckeyes' 3rd-round win over Gonzaga last weekend....
Rhode Island Basketball Player Accused Of Filming His Sexual Encounters, Which Ended Up On Facebook
Two women at the University of Rhode Island say they had consensual sex last fall with freshman forward Jonathan Holton, who earlier this month was named to the Atlantic 10's all-rookie team. But Holton allegedly made videos of those encounters. And some of those videos, according to a Providence TV...
Louisville Fan Punches Kentucky Fan Hooked Up To Dialysis Machine
Remember how John Calipari said fans take the UK-UL rivalry more seriously than the players? This is exactly what he's talking about....
John Calipari Reminds You That You Care More About The Kentucky-Louisville Rivalry Than His Players Do
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: Not only aren't they from the Bluegrass State, but they don't stay there long enough to care...
How A Career Ends: I Blew Out My ACL In A Pre-Draft Tournament And Was Never The Same
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Ricky Blanton, undersized postseason hero for the 1986 LSU Tigers. ...
Kansas State Has Some Bullshit Excuse For How They Learned About Jamar Samuels's Ineligibility
So I'm going to tell you a story, and you tell me if it sounds made-up, because Kansas State is sticking to it and saying it's definitely not made up....
How A Career Ends: Uwe Blab Tried And Failed To Price Himself Out Of Basketball
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Uwe Blab, the 7-foot German import who manned the pivot for the Indiana Hoosiers in the early 1980s....
How A Career Ends: I Ditched Basketball For The Decathlon
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Rick Wanamaker, a center for the Drake Bulldogs, who in 1969 provided one of college basketball's great "holy shit!" moments when he blocked Lew Alcindor's sh...
Baylor's Quincy Acy Delivered The Highlight Of The NCAA Tournament Thus Far With An Inbound Dunk
After three and a half rounds without anything breathtaking, the payoff finally came tonight when Baylor's Quincy Acy slammed home this inbound pass and helped hold off a surging Xavier team that was down big early to the Bears. [CBS]...
Bo Ryan Can't Wait To Tell You Where His Finger's Been
Wisconsin's season may be over—the Badgers being 64-63 losers to Syracuse last night in Boston—but head coach Bo Ryan left us all at least one memory that will last the whole summer....
Deadspin Does March Madness: The Sweet Sixteen
It's Syracuse-Wisconsin, Michigan State-Louisville, Cincinnati-Ohio State, and Marquette-Florida as the first night of the Sweet Sixteen gets underway. Come talk about them! Open thread » | Pat Jordan on Geno Auriemma, egomaniac and genius »| When the heroes of March Madness knew it was all over »...
How A Career Ends: The State Of Iowa Begged Me Not To Go Pro
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Dolph Pulliam, defensive leader and emotional catalyst for the 1969 Drake Bulldogs....
Geno Auriemma, Mr. Women's Basketball
"Does this look like the office of a fucking egomaniac?" He makes a sweeping gesture with his arm. A coach's office. Small, cluttered. Papers strewn across his desk, the papers inked with symbols in odd patterns, like ancient hieroglyphics, waiting for future generations to decode them. X's and O's,...
Old Dominion Basketball Player Arrested In Uniform, Minutes Before Tip-Off
Kent Bazemore was all set for ODU's quarterfinal against Mercer last night in the Collegeinsider.com tournament. Bazemore came into the game averaging a team-best 15.4 points per game. He was listed as a starter and even warmed up with his teammates. And then he was gone....
Jim Boeheim Calls Charles Barkley An Idiot
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: Boeheim comes to the defense of the refs....
Here's Bob Knight Saying "Kentucky" No Fewer Than Five Times This Morning
Bob Knight said the word "Kentucky" five times this morning on ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike In the Morning. Since this is, apparently, important, here's all five of his utterances. A full transcript of the relevant conversation appears below. [ESPN2]...
UMass Fans Celebrate NIT Road Win At Drexel With Middle Fingers, Surprise No One
Last night's NIT clash in Philadelphia between UMass and host Drexel turned out to be the proverbial barnburner, with the Minutemen pulling out a 72-70 victory over the Dragons. Fans who made the trip from Amherst had an especially unique way of celebrating UMass taking the lead late in the game....
How A Career Ends: George Gervin Blew By Me, And I Knew That Was It
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Willie Wise of the 1969 national semifinalist Drake Bulldogs and the 1971 ABA champion Utah Stars....
Before He Became Kareem, Lew Had Trouble Finding Pants That Fit
As a sophomore at UCLA in 1967, young Lew Alcindor already had one of the highest verticals in the game, and an inseam to match. (Fifty-one inches, to be precise.) Tailored clothes were the solution to that, but the rest of college basketball had no answer for Alcindor's and UCLA's dominance. The ne...