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NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (3) Missouri Vs. (14) Cornell
Your live blogger for this game will be Jess Faneuf, who once guest wrote on NY Times' Fifth Down blog....
NCAA First Round: (3) Missouri vs. (14) Cornell
West Region: No. 3 Missouri (28-6) vs. No. 14 Cornell (21-9) When: Friday, 3:00 p.m., EDT Where: Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho MISSOURI TIGERS 1) Forty Minutes of...well, something. Here's what's so awesome about this year's Missouri team: you really, reeeeally don't know what you're going to see ...
The NCAA Tournament Is Already Underway
One of the great things about college basketball is that no matter how bad your season was, every single team gets another chance to redeem themselves with one glorious run in the last week....
Naked Nebraska Wrestler Doing Just Fine At New School
Remember those Nebraska wrestlers who occasionally liked to take their clothes off for gay porn sites? It turns out that they also like to wrestle! One of them is pretty good at it, too....
Kings Rookie Hazings Tend To Be Delicious
Maybe next time Sacramento Kings rookie Jason Thompson will bring the bagels. Or at least some hot butter. [Sactown Royalty]...
Exit, Thunder Collins
Big things were expected of running back Thunder Collins when he arrived at Nebraska in 2000 from East Los Angeles Junior College, where he was an All-American. But things never turned out the way he had hoped, either on the football field or in his personal life. As a runner he turned out to be one...
I Can Think Of No Better Metaphor For The Favre Situation Than This
How to say goodbye to the Wisconsin legend that is Brett Favre? Well, other than a life-sized statue made entirely of cheese, this giant corn maze will have to do. (Or would it be giant maize maze?). It's fitting, too; because visitors will take a confusing, roundabout journey where each new turn le...
Cornhole Tournament Comes to Soldier Field
It's been my experience that the only thing more popular in Cincinnati than playing cornhole is going to Kentucky for the night life. For the uninitiated cornhole is an intensely complicated game where you toss bean bags into holes. It's impossible to go to any sporting event in the Midwest or the S...
Cornell Big Red
1. Cornell is so fucking nerdy. The actual Mission Statement for Cornell Athletics is: "We offer a diverse program of physical and outdoor education, recreational services, and intercollegiate athletic competition, equitably administered with special attention to the needs of women and members of un...
When ESPN Says "Leap," You Say "How High A Cliff?"
We had an old friend who worked at a local television station in Illinois, and he always said the worst part of his job was when something important enough happened locally that the national network affiliate took notice. They would be demanding and gruff and generally unreasonable, acting like the ...
To Watch Tonight
If you've got an ass, a sofa, a TV and two eyes, you know what to do ... • College basketball: Purdue at Ohio State (7 p.m., ET); Arkansas at Mississippi (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; Miami, Ohio at Kent State (7 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]. We all have a case of the Golden Flashes. • NHL: Buffalo at Philadelphia (7 p...
The Madness Begins Tonight
The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as ... Gahhh! Where moon? ... • College basketball: Purdue at Indiana (7 p.m., ET); Georgia at Kentucky (9 p.m., ET) [ESPN]; N.C.-Greensboro at Davidson (7 p.m., ET) [ESPN2]. The Belk Arena Faithful make Cameron Crazies look like nuns. • Cycling: Tour of California, stage 2, Santa Rosa...
Fake Tats Are An Excellent Recruiting Tool
In today's smash-mouth world of college football recruiting, desperate times call for desperate measures, and desperate measures call for temporary tattoos. That's just the way it is....
Nebraska's New Coach Is Quite Handsome
A reader who went to the BCS Championship Game sends in this photo of former LSU defensive coordinator and new Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, rocking the French Quarter at 3 a.m....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you enjoy your free lifetime's supply of beer ... • MLB: American League Championship Series, game 5, Boston at Cleveland. Manny is very sorry, and says he cares a great deal. [Fox] • College football: South Florida at Rutgers. The Oklahoma-Nebraska of the 21st century. [ESPN] • Col...
Competitive Eating Anyone Can Love
As we've gotten older, we've attempted to eat a little healthier; we're turning 32 next week, and the body doesn't quite bounce back the way it used to. But we remain a sucker for the corndog. It's a hot dog dipped in lard; what's not to like? (In Mattoon, we call them "pronto pups," by the way. It'...
Steve Nash, Immortalized
Our obsession with corn is well documented, which is why this cornfield image of Steve Nash made us so happy....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you scrape together some cash to buy the Magna Carta ... • MLB: Atlanta at Philadelphia. The Braves continue to entertain notions that they are still in the playoff hunt. (Just play along). [ESPN] • MLB: Padres at Giants. Help say goodbye to Barry. (No spitting). [Channel 4 Padres] ...