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Can Real-Time Gambling Odds Tell Us Which Games Are Most Exciting?
The best part of the best sports tournament in the world starts in half an hour, as a field of 64 gets pared down to just 16 teams over the course of four days. That's a lot of games, so how do you know which ones you should be watching?...
Quit Bitchin', Start Voting: Round 1 Of The Bitchy Bracket Continues
Read the intro here and start voting below. You have until 11 a.m. EDT tomorrow. Vote for the other half of Round 1 here....
Josh Smith Gets Mozgov'd By Mozgov, Wants To Quit Life
For once, Timofey Mozgov was the one throwing a forearm into some poor schmuck's face before cramming one on his head, and it was good. As for Josh Smith, well, that's the unmistakable reaction of a man who is on a 25-win team and has just about had it with this bullshit....
Australian Child Freaks The Hell Out Over Baseball
Ahead of this weekend's series against the Diamondbacks, the Dodgers took on a team of Australian all-stars yesterday. (Today? Tomorrow? Time zones are confusing.) One young fan proved that the incoherent desire for a baseball is something that can bring us all together. ...
Everything You Need To Know About Getting A Vasectomy For March Madness
There's a widespread (if unverified) belief that vasectomies increase substantially during March Madness. If you're going to be stuck at home icing your testicles, the thinking goes, why not schedule it around a week you're already blowing off work for the tournament? ...
Zenit Player's Face Was A River Of Blood After Getting Kneed In Head
Unlike Antonio Valencia yesterday, Zenit's Tomas Hubocan was looking more Jake LaMotta than Rocky after Robert Lewandowski opened a vein with an unfortunately well-timed knee to the side of the head. Soccer is a blood sport....
Aroldis Chapman "Doing Better" After Taking 110 MPH Liner To Face
Salvador Perez was crying as he left the field, hugged by Eric Hosmer. It was a line drive off the bat of the 23-year-old Royals catcher that struck Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman flush, basically breaking his face....
The Giants (Stole) The Pennant
I was toolin' around Longform the other day because it's one of my favorite places on the web and found a link to Joshua Prager's 2001 Wall Street Journal article about the Giants in 1951. The piece was the basis for Prager's book The Echoing Green....
Hitting The Note With The Allman Brothers Band
Last weekend I ran Grover Lewis' famous profile of the Allman brothers over at the Daily Beast....
Jalen Rose Actually Got Gregg Popovich To Smile
Gregg Popovich doesn't usually have time for this shit, but last night ESPN threw a bit of a curveball at Pop by having Jalen Rose interview him between quarters. Rose discovered the key to Pop's heart: talking shit about Avery Johnson....
Encyclopedia Brown Is On The Case
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Phil Kessel Vs. The Water Bottle, Water Bottle Wins
It was that kind of night for the Leafs, one that started with James Reimer giving up a goal on the first shot he faced, saw a scary injury to Paul Ranger, Kessel's inability to properly hydrate, and ended 5-3 Lightning, more fodder for the Reimer discussion....
Ben Roethlisberger Spawned Again
Tony Romo wasn't the only NFL quarterback to spawn this week. Steelers signal-caller Ben Roethlisberger and his wife Ashley had a girl named Baylee early Wednesday morning....
Reds-Royals Canceled After Liner Hits Aroldis Chapman In Face [UPDATE]
Reds flamethrower Aroldis Chapman lay on the field for several minutes after the Royals' Salvador Perez hit a liner off the Cincinnati hurler's head, prompting the immediate response of emergency personnel and the eventual canceling of the rest of the game in Surprise, Ariz. tonight. The above video...
About 40 Fed-Up Knicks Fans Showed Up For Tonight's Protest
Angry Knicks fans held a protest outside Madison Square Garden before tonight's game against the Pacers. The crowd was small, but furious....
Michael Carter-Williams Travels, Remembers He's On The 76ers
The 76ers were down two possessions with 16 seconds left against the Bulls. Barring a huge screwup, Philadelphia wasn't pulling out the win. Regardless, Michael Carter-Williams still tried to score quickly, until he was called for traveling. After the turnover, his body language said fuck everything...
Idiot Invades Ice At Air Canada Centre, Gets Pummeled By Security
We're still seeking good video of this, but late in Tampa Bay's 5-3 win over the Leafs a Toronto fan somehow managed to scale the glass and make his way onto the ice during a timeout. The fan, we're told, ran around on the ice, squatted in a faceoff circle, then got pummeled by security. Send us vid...
How Not To Tease An Article About The Missing Malaysian Airplane
Noooo! Why would you do this, KETV? Combining a fake disaster with a real disaster was a terrible idea!...