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The Bulldogs Are <em>Pullen</em> For An Upset: Your Butler-Kansas State Open Thread
No one is saying that Butler is a mid-major darling anymore. Expect that to stop if Kansas State wins. Who do you think Frank Martin looks like?...
Appalachia! F-Yeah! Your 7ish Open Thread
Butler takes on Syracuse (in Salt Lake City), and Washington takes on West Virginia (in Syracuse). Will the Big East's reputation be saved tonight, or will it be taunted and booed until throats are sore?...
So, Here's A Dog Show Judge Playing With A Bulldog's Nutsack
Tickling a dog's scrotum apparently gives it a facial expression closer to the breed's standard, thereby pleasing judges. Also pleasing the dog, obviously....
Canine Vs. Citrus: Your Gonzaga-Syracuse Open Thread
A sole early game again, as 'Cuse tries to avoid getting Jayhawked, and Gonzaga tests our patience with its "Cinderella" label for the 20th consecutive year. Follow along in the comments, won't you?...
Set The Lower Midwest Aflame: Your 3:00 Open Thread (VIDEO UPDATE)
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. If you're flying over these states today, the bonfires will light your way to whatever godless coastal sinhole you've sold your soul to live in. Butler-Murray State; Ohio-Tennessee. Get some....
Andrew Jackson's Least Favorite Team Vs. Everyone Else's: Florida State-Gonzaga
The days of Casey Calvary and Matt Santangelo are gone; Gonzaga has become a West Coast Duke. Solomon Alabi has the name of an extra from Angel Heart but is also a defensive force. Will we see Matt Bouldin cry?...
Hardworking Underagers Take On Scrappy Bulldogs: UTEP-Butler Open Thread
Another upset special? UTEP coach Tony Barbee is familiar with the Butler program, has the C-USA POY in Randy Culpepper and a talented Pitino cast-off in Derrick Caracter. Butler hasn't lost in 2010. [Unstoppable force, immovable object boilerplate], comments there....
Nerds, Catholics And State Schools Vie For Meaningless Honorific
Here's a pretty fascinating look at which programs can lay claim to being the "winningest" of all time. Rich Rodriguez has a good shot at literally ruining UM's legacy. [Detroit Free Press]...
What's Black And White And Read All Over?
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Heartstring Plucking Jamaican Dogsled Movie Inevitably Coming To Theaters Near You
Move over, The Blind Side, the story of Newton Marshall is here to make your mother cry. Newton, an adversity overcoming Jamaican dogsled racer, begins the Iditarod today. But how good will the movie adaptation be?...
Former Bulldog Returns To School To Beat Up Freshman
Knowshon Moreno, now with the Broncos, is being questioned by police regarding a bar fight in Athens this weekend. But the accuser's story is a little sketchy, because Moreno allegedly punched him so hard he can't remember him doing it....
Royals Mascot Accused Of Assault With A Deadly Frankfurter
Perhaps we know why the Royals need a new Sluggerrr. The last one nearly blinded a guy with a hot dog and got the team sued. He'd get more damages if he'd actually seen the Royals play. [TMZ; photo via]...
Squash Players Are Just The Worst
Have you seen the trash-talking squash player video? It so matches the intensity of football or basketball that I almost wish those sports had never been invented so I wouldn't have to see squash players acting like such goons....
Great Spirit, Wrong Olympics
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Braving A Blizzard Now The Only Way To Watch Olympics Live
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Dog Day Afternoon Redux
For the fourth(!) year in a row, I'm honored to serve as an embedded photojournalist on the front lines of the dog show circuit. Here's my dispatch from day two....
Dogging It At Westminster
For the fourth(!) year in a row, I'm honored to serve as an embedded photojournalist on the front lines of the dog show circuit. Here's my dispatch from day one....
Aggravated Assault? Needs More Cowbell
Mississippi State students can rest easy tonight, because police have finally located the man who brutally beat a fellow student at the Egg Bowl with, yes, a cowbell....
This February, Hines Ward Screws The Pooch
How is Hines Ward spending his Super Bowl week? As a celebrity judge for the Dog Bowl, picking which performed the best football-related trick. How is it so far, Hines? "Oh, man, it definitely stinks, to be honest." [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]...
The Ballad Of Peanut Butter Kid: A Firsthand Account
Some fans cover themselves in body paint. Others just spill food on themselves over the course of the game. Then there's UGA's Peanut Butter Kid, who made yesterday's upset over Tennessee just about as unpleasant as possible for everyone involved....