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NCAA Blogdome: Hurts So Good
Every NCAA Basketball Tournament seems to produce one classic coaching photo, and this may be the one. Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan is now resting comfortably and doing fine. His pain is over. But for others, it's just the beginning. Here's what some of the blogs are saying after the first two rounds....
Wrapping Up The First Tourney Weekend
After a weekend's worth of games, what have we learned?...
NBA Roundup: Welcome To Kobeland
Notes on Sunday's games in the National Basketball Association ......
About Last Night ...
What you missed while being questioned by Columbo ... • College basketball: There it is, we hear it somewhere in the distance ... Conquest. USC 87, Texas 68. • NBA: Kobe's been rather active lately. Lakers 109, Timberwolves 102. • NHL: And so the Jarkko Ruutu Era begins. Penguins 4, Senators 3....
Open Thread: The 5:00ish Games
After a solid, but not spectacular set of games, we get set to wind the weekend down with a block of three more. Purdue was able to give Florida a little bit of a scare before petering out down the stretch. UNLV upset Wisconsin, ending Alando Tucker's college career and capping a thoroughly poor tou...
To Watch Tonight...
• Women's College Basketball. Drake vs. Tennessee. I'm intrigued. Tell me more, Trey Wingo. 7:00, ESPNU. • NBA. Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Los Angeles Lakers. Like you could watch this with Drake/Tennessee going on. 8:00, ESPN. • Women's College Basketball. East Carolina vs. Rutgers. An ECU loss wou...
They Should Let This Guy Kick The Ball More Often
That's Tottenham goalie Paul Robinson, wondering why it's so damn hard for anyone else to score a goal. He buried this one from 75 yards out against Ben Foster, who I believe had a bit of a smile on his face there before turning around and fishing the ball out of his own goal....
Dodge Chargers Are Not Free, Gabe Watson
The Arizona Cardinals are loaded with nefarious characters these days. They've got womanizing quarterbacks, prostitute-soliciting assistant coaches, and now, a defensive lineman who sticks his old high school coach with his car payments....
LeftoverDome...
• Peter King, in SI.com's Expert Fantasy Baseball Draft, on selecting Craig Biggio in the 17th round: "Met him in Florida. Said to self: 'Pick this man on every team you own.'" Yeah, that sounds like Peter King. [MVN] • You can own a plastic replica of the meat that Rocky beat. [Our Book of Scrap] •...
Tank Johnson Needs The Squirrel Master
Tank Johnson, the troubled Chicago Bears defensive lineman who was recently sentenced to 120 days in prison, is having problems making new friends in his new home. He's in protective custody, which means he's not having any contact with other inmates. When he first came into booking, though, Tank wa...
Open Thread: The 2:30ish Games
Tennessee and Virginia are still going at it, with the Vols hanging onto a small lead, as they have for most of the game. I'm sure you know this, though, it's not like it's possible for you to be watching a different game....
The Violent Side Of Greg Oden
While Tennessee and Virginia look to be going down to the wire, I thought we'd take a second and look back at yesterday's man-sized non-flagrant foul by Greg Oden. He always looks like a man amongst boys out there, but yesterday, with Ohio State needing to take a quick foul, he looked like Godzilla ...
That'll Teach You To Be Nice, Boo
There's no reason to get into a lot of the details, but there's a golfer named Tom Johnson, and yesterday, he had this long shot that he had to play from on the green, off the green, and then back on. He hit the shot, and he hit it well, but he didn't tell his caddy to remove the pin, which is somet...
Open Thread: Tennessee vs. Virginia
Once again, the first batch of games of the day is a batch of 1. Later in the day, VaTech/Southern Illinois and Winthrop/Oregon will be on at the same time (along with two other games), and I'll have to choose... but in about ten minutes, my undivided attention is forced to Tennessee/Virginia, wheth...
Thank You, Tournament
That's more like it. Yesterday was the NCAA Tournament as God intended it. Eight games, every single one of them close, with the possible exception of North Carolina/Michigan State, which was still up in the air with about 5:00 to play....
Open Thread: The Rest Of The Day
We've already had a pretty solid day of basketball, and we're only about 3/8th of the way through it. The set of three including Vanderbilt/Washington State, Boston College/Georgetown, and Virginia Commonwealth/Pitt should be tipping off, oh, any time now. Consider this your open thread for Indiana/...
To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball: NCAA Tournament, Indiana vs. UCLA. Nice clown pants. 8:10, CBS. • College Wrestling: NCAA Championships. Just be sure to lube up, gentlemen. There'll be a lot of friction out there. 8:00, ESPN. • Women's College Basketball: NCAA Tournament, first round. You know who loves the w...
For Some Reason, Its Not Cool To Punch Fans In The Face
If you're looking for a way to make a quick $6,650, you might want to consider hanging out at rugby games, pouring beer on players and insulting their mothers. It worked for the idiot pictured above in the Santa hat....
LeftoverDome...
• A plea to CBS to make Bill Raftery and Verne Lundquist the top tournament announcing team. I could not agree more. [Complete Sports] • Gustavo Chacin smells terrific. [CBS Sportsline] • Even in prison. [SI] • Checking in with the KSK vs. Ladies... bracket challenge. [Ladies...] • Some unique thoug...