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St. Joseph's Coach Phil Martelli Wants To Know Where The Weed's At

St. Joseph’s took down Cincinnati 78-76 after the Bearcats had a game-tying dunk wiped out at the end of regulation. Coach Phil Martelli was understandably pretty relaxed and happy after the game, and interrupted a question from an apparently very chill reporter to ask if they sold the devil’s lettu...

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High School Basketball Team's Bus Flips Over On The Way To State Championship Semifinal [UPDATES]

Scary news out of Indiana this afternoon, as the Griffith Panthers’ boys basketball team was on their way to the state semifinal game against Marion, when their bus flipped over near DeMotte....

How Many Plumlee Siblings Can You Name?

The thing about the Plumlees is that there are so many of them, and the other thing about them is that all their names start with the letter “M.” A Plumlee who will remain unnamed right now is taking on Yale today, so, to get you ready, we prepared a quiz. How many of these M names are true Plumlee ...

An Ultrarunner's Long Journey Back To Running

British ultrarunning legend Lizzy Hawker recently ran somewhat more than 125 miles including more than 15,000 meters of elevation gain on trails encircling Nepal’s capitol, Kathmandu, in 35 hours, 39 minutes and 22 seconds. In one go. Without sleeping, or lying down. With a headlamp, and some sandwi...

So, Exactly How Historic Was Middle Tennessee State's Upset?

After Denzel Valentine collapsed, Michael Jordan cried, and Middle Tennessee State was done celebrating their 90-81 win over Michigan State, people started to contextualize the historic upset. Michigan State was a two-seed, sure, but they were among the favorites to win the whole shit. The NCAA said...

Both Sides Of A Buzzer-Beater

Isaiah Taylor of the Texas Longhorns reacts after being defeated by Paul Jesperson’s half-court buzzer-beater....

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St. Joe's Survives As Game-Tying Cincinnati Dunk Waved Off

Referees waved off Octavius Ellis’s would-be buzzer-beating dunk for Cincinnati after video replay showed the Bearcats senior still had the ball as the horn sounded....

Northern Iowa Advances On Half-Court Buzzer-Beater

Paul Jesperson’s half-court desperation heave found the bucket and delivered the Northern Iowa Panthers to the NCAA tournament’s second round, erasing a game-tying basket with two seconds remaining by Texas’s Isaiah Taylor and eliminating the Longhorns....

14-Seed Stephen F. Austin Shocks WVU

The upsets continued tonight at the NCAA tournament as 14-seeded Stephen F. Austin rocked the West Virginia Mountaineers, with the final minutes being a blowout as WVU melted down and the Lumberjacks made the most of the opportunities....

Iowa Beats Temple With Overtime Buzzer-Beater

Adam Woodbury’s tip in as time expired in overtime delivered the Iowa Hawkeyes to a 72-70 win over Temple in a 7-10 first round matchup. Iowa overcame a lousy 34.8% shooting percentage on the day to down the Owls....

Tyler Seguin Shows His Gross Achilles Injury To Everyone

Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin will be out for three to four weeks after partially slicing his Achilles tendon in Thursday’s game against the Lightning. If you ever wanted to know what a sliced Achilles tendon looks like from the outside, Seguin’s got you covered. (It’s below, and it might be a li...

MTSU Knocks Off Michigan State For Eighth 15-Over-2 Upset Ever

The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders entered college basketball immortality after a wire-to-wire upset of second-seeded Michigan State, becoming just the eighth 15-seed to win in the NCAA tournament’s round of 64....

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Someone Please Save Kristaps Porzingis From Kurt Rambis

If you’ve been watching Knicks games lately, you’ve no doubt noticed a depressing development: Rookie Kristaps Porzingis, once the boy king of New York, has been playing very poorly. This downturn in production surely has something to do with the young player hitting a rookie wall, but it also has a...

Report: Chip Kelly's Eagles Offered The Titans A Shit-Ton For Marcus Mariota

Around this time last year, every insider and their mother was reporting that the Eagles and Chip Kelly were going hard after the Titans’ No. 2 draft pick so Kelly could reunite with Marcus Mariota in Philadelphia. Kelly strenuously denied the rumored trade packages that included Sam Bradford and a ...

Providence Knocks Off USC With Last-Second Layup

Rodney Bullock’s layup with one second remaining proved the difference as Providence beat USC 70-69 for the Friars’ first win in the NCAA tournament since reaching the regional finals in 1997....