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Should Kansas's Seed Be Dropped Because Of Joel Embiid's Injury?
After getting a second opinion from a spinal specialist, Kansas coach Bill Self confirmed that Joel Embiid has a stress fracture and will miss the Big 12 tournament, and most likely—at the very least—the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. This could—and maybe should—have major implications for Se...
Chris "Birdman" Andersen Should Be A Guest On Every Postgame Show
Birdman was a guest on the Miami Heat postgame show after last night's victory over the Wizards, and he turned what could have been a very boring interview segment into a beautiful piece of performance art. ...
Down The Drain With Roger Angell
Over at the Nieman Storyboard Elon Green talks to Roger Angell about Angell's 1975 profile of Steve Blass:...
On The Anniversary Of His Death By DeAndre, Brandon Knight Dunks
One year ago last night, Brandon Knight got in the way of a DeAndre Jordan dunk and basically died. We haven't seen much of Knight since that fateful evening, but last night he marked the anniversary of the dunkpocalypse with a half-decent throwdown of his own. For that, we feel like he deserves a ...
This Division III Basketball Team Has The Best Bench Celebrations
The Colby College basketball team is probably not a thing that the residents of Waterville, Maine, need to go out of their way to see in action. It's Division III basketball, after all. The team's bench, on the other hand, is worth the price of admission....
P.J. Tucker Ejected For Punching Blake Griffin
Blake Griffin had a dominant 37-point performance in LA's 112-105 win over the Suns, shooting 14-16 from the field, but midway through the fourth quarter he and P.J. Tucker had themselves a wrestling match in the paint. Griffin and Tucker were a mess of limbs rolling around and it definitely looked...
The Bucs Are Shopping Darrelle Revis
Alex Marvez of Fox Sports has the news and he says Tampa Bay is "really trying hard to trade Darrelle Revis. Hoping to strike a deal pretty quickly." Well, it should be super easy now that everyone knows....
Giancarlo Stanton Crushed A Big-Ass Home Run Today
This happened in the seventh inning of today's spring training game between the Marlins and the Mets. Can anybody mash a tater as hard as Giancarlo Stanton can? No, nobody can mash a tater as hard as Giancarlo Stanton can....
James Harden's Tomahawk Dunk Gets Animated
James Harden had himself a nice weekend. Yesterday, he went for 41 in an overtime victory against the Blazers, and on Friday he threw down this outstanding tomahawk dunk against the Pacers. His reaction was the icing on the cake. Enjoy the whole sequence, animated....
This Model Has Predicted 73 Of 74 NCAA Tournament At-Large Bids
Part of the fun of March Madness is obsessively guessing who'll fall on either side of the bubble, but a model known as the "dance card"—which has predicted 73 out of 74 at-large bids over the last two seasons—might be spoiling the surprise....
Finnish Women's Basketball Game Features Brutal Sucker Punch
Keep an eye on the woman in the No. 33 white jersey, who gets knocked down by her defender near the free-throw line at the start of the video. After getting up and running down to the other end of the court, she calmly turns toward her opponent and unleashes a vicious sucker punch....
Pit Stop Perfecto
Via Dave Pellwho got this from Kottke (both are essential daily reading), dig this F1 pit stop ballet. ...
Money Earnin' Air Jordans
People still love their Jordans. ...
31 Buddy-Cop Clichés On <em>True Detective</em>
I really liked True Detective, and by the end of last night's wildly entertaining (and fucking terrifying) season finale, it became clear that the show is, at heart, your standard buddy-cop movie. It just happened to be brilliantly crafted, impeccably acted, stretched out to eight hours, and riddle...
Canucks Goalie Gives Up Score On Shot From Center Ice
The Vancouver Canucks are still capable of giving up bizarre goals, even with Roberto Luongo out of town....
Don't Try To Understand This Rugby Vine, Just Enjoy It
That smiling mug amid Italian thighs and groins belongs to Rob Kearney, a rugby player for Ireland's national team. That song is "A Whole New World," from Aladdin. It's inexplicable and lovely all at once. ...
Andrew Wiggins Turned A Blowout Into Something Spectacular
Andrew Wiggins scored 41 points in a furious comeback for Kansas that came up just short. He also had eight rebounds, five steals, four blocks and two assists. The Jayhawks freshman was pretty much unstoppable against the Mountaineers, who watched a 25 point lead dissolve into a 92-86 nailbiter win...
Montrezl Harrell Dunks All Over UConn
Montrezl Harrell was dominant in Louisville's 81-48 stomping of UConn today. He finished with 20 points, half of which came off dunks. According to Verne Lundquist he's got 83 dunks on the year. This is a nice one. So is this:...
Medics Tend To Injured Rugby Player As Match Continues Around Them
This is a bizarre scene from the Ireland-Italy match in the Six Nations Championship. Ireland's inside centre, Gordon D'Arcy, went down with an apparent leg injury and play continued around him as he remained on the ground. Eventually medics showed up to tend to him, but the action never really lef...
The Pleasures Of Watching The Most Versatile Big Man In The Country
He doesn't look like anyone's idea of a superstar, which is perhaps one reason Jerrelle Benimon is among the most underrated college basketball players in America. He's 6-foot-8, 245 pounds, built big and a little on the soft side, more along the lines of a tight end than a power forward. When he br...