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Missouri Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Missouri Tigers, who in beating Baylor 90-75 won the Big 12 tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN]...
Colorado Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Colorado Buffaloes, who in beating Arizona 53-51 won the PAC-12 tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS]...
Lamar Is Going Dancing, Despite Having "Awful Seniors"
Congratulations to the Lamar Cardinals, who in beating McNeese State 70-49 won the Southland Conference tournament and punched their ticket to the dance....
Norfolk State Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Norfolk State Spartans, who in beating Bethune-Cookman 73-70 won the MEAC tournament and punched their (first-ever!) ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
Memphis Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Memphis Tigers, who in beating Marshall 83-57 won the Conference USA tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [CBS]...
Florida's Casey Prather Ruined Kentucky Forward Kyle Wiltjer's Day With This Massive Dunk
Florida's off to a quick start against Kentucky in their SEC tournament semifinal, and there's no better example than this posterizing dunk by Casey Prather over the Wildcats' Kyle Wiltjer. [ABC]...
Vermont Is Going Dancing
Congratulations to the Vermont Catamounts, who in beating Stony Brook 51-43 won the America East tournament and punched their ticket to the dance. [ESPN2]...
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Weekend: Your College Basketball Open Thread
I had this whole great thing written breaking down each game with the most mind-blowing analysis the world had ever seen, but internet connectivity issues ruined it all. Just know that it would have made Dick Vitale look like a gimmicky old man—it was that good. Anyway, here you go, chat down below ...
Last Night's Arena Football Season-Opener Was A Farce
Arena Football's 25th season kicked off last night, but it would be a stretch to call what was played in Orlando "football." A players' strike hours before kickoff meant both teams mostly used replacement players selected in a draft before the game, leaving NFL Network announcers without rosters a...
Big Nut Has Finally Accumulated Enough Flair To Be Employable At T.G.I. Friday's
Jon Peters—known to those in Ohio State enthusiast circles as Big Nut—makes regular appearances on television during Buckeye games due mostly to his ridiculous appearance. His visage grows more absurd by season, and given he's a portly fellow it's astonishing he's even mobile carrying such extra ba...
Glory Days: I Knocked Out Randy Moss In The High School State Championship Game
An occasional series featuring our readers' tales of momentary sports glory. If you've got a video of your own brush with athletic greatness, send it to [email protected], subject: Glory Days....
Here's An All-Time Great Hockey Coach Freakout
The gentleman in the suit throwing equipment on the ice is Marlin Murray, coach of the Dauphin Kings. Sort of a contradictory city/team name combination, but that doesn't change the fact that the Manitoba Junior Hockey League is serious business. Perhaps upset with the fact that his opponents rece...
Is There Anyone Who's NOT Suing Christian Laettner And Brian Davis?
Christian Laettner and Brian Davis were excellent college basketball players. But they appear to be terrible businessmen. After winning two national championships at Duke, Laettner and Davis started a real estate company called Blue Devil Ventures. Things went well at first. By 2006, however, Laettn...
David Ortiz, You Are NOT The Father
"According to a report in the Dominican newspaper Hoy by veteran baseball reporter Dionisio Soldevila, a DNA test showed that David Ortiz was not the father of a 17-year-old in the Dominican Republic. Ortiz was the subject of a paternity claim by a woman whom Ortiz said he had never met." [Boston He...
If You Weren't Hanging Out With Joe Buck And Dave Coulier Last Night, You're Nobody
So Joe Buck, Dave Coulier, Darren Pang, and radio guy Kelly Chase got together for last night's Blues game. And you still think the Illuminati aren't real? Wake up, sheeple. [Twitter]...
David Price Has Now Hurt His Neck Three Times By Wiping His Head With A Towel
Rays lefty David Price had to leave yesterday's split-squad start after just two innings, but he later owned up to what had happened:...
What If Dirk Nowitzki Was Missing A Chromosome And Lived In Phoenix?
Then he'd be like a lot of people living in Phoenix. (h/t Tom)...
In A Shocking Development, Jerry Tarkanian Has Switched From Towels To WonderPretzels
Legendary Runnin' Rebels coach Jerry Tarkanian watched his old charges dispatch Wyoming in the Mountain West tournament last night, and in doing so revealed the source of his recently-increased girth. May we recommend he return to a diet of fiber-rich Egyptian cotton?...
David Beckham Has Beer Thrown At Him, Freaks Out, Sets Up Late Game-Tying Goal Anyway
L.A. Galaxy star and future action hero David Beckham found himself perturbed late in last night's CONCACAF Champions League tie at Rogers Centre when Toronto fans greeted him for a late corner kick with streamers and, eventually, a can of Heineken Alexander Keith's....
Division III Basketball Team's Leading Scorer Chooses Spring Break In Cancun Over Sweet 16 Game
The King's College Lady Monarchs booked their tickets to a women's NCAA Division III Sweet 16 game this weekend against Emmanuel in Amherst, Mass. But senior forward Paige Carlin, the team's leading scorer (11.4 ppg), already had tickets—to Cancun for Spring Break. This is going dancing in the origi...