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John Calipari Is Having A Really Great Spring Break In The Big Apple
Earlier this week, after failing to get a nod for the Big Dance, the Kentucky Wildcats–the winningest team in the history of the men's NCAA tournament—lost to Robert Morris in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament. It was a low point. But you know who's cruising right along, content ...
JaMarcus Russell Cashed A Personal Check At A Grocery Store In San Diego Yesterday
JaMarcus Russell is now out on the streets of San Diego doing his thing, according to a reader, who, evidently, would like to be identified as "Sleazy Wink." He writes:...
All The Angry Emails Sent To UCLA By Fans Who Hated The Ugly New Zubaz-Style Uniforms
Three weeks ago, Adidas rolled out special basketball uniforms for Cincinnati, Kansas, Baylor, UCLA, Louisville, and Notre Dame, to be worn in the teams’ conference tournaments. Each uniform featured Zubaz-like camo shorts, camo shoes, and three of the uniforms—UCLA, Louisville and Baylor—came with ...
FIU Is Getting A New Court, And It Could Go Horribly Wrong
Florida International hired a new coach this season, a Pitino, and is joining Conference USA in the fall. To go along with the program overhaul, their court will be getting a makeover. These are two of the prospective designs. Maybe Tommy Bahama can get in on a sponsorship deal....
Vote, Dipshits: The First Round Of The Curse Word Bracket Continues
We're opening up the Potpourri and Compound Swear Word Regionals for voting now, so go ahead and choose your favorite curse word down below. The first two regions have seen their voting go pretty much according to plan, with a handful of exceptions (like 11-seed "rimjob" beating out 6-seed "clit")....
D.J. Stephens Threw Down A Lob, Drove Verne Lundquist And Bill Raftery To Gus Johnson-Levels Of Excitement
We haven't heard a scream like that since Howard Dean was running for office. [CBS]...
Mike Woodson's Shirt Is The Worst Shirt
I mean, damn. I have so many questions....
Holy Crap, New Mexico State's Center Is Enormous
If you're watching the New Mexico State-Saint Louis game, surely you've noticed Sim Bhullar, the Aggies' man-mountain of a center. He's listed at 7'5", 360 pounds. That's five pounds more than the combined weight of St. Louis's starting backcourt this afternoon. He's a big boy....
Tim Tebow Insists On Being Protected From Questions And Flash Photography
This handy sheet of dos and dont's was handed out to media members who were covering the Miracle League of Corpus Christi’s “Celebration of Collaborations” event on Wednesday. ...
London's Olympic Stadium Finally Finds A Tenant
Premier League side West Ham has reportedly agreed to a 99-year lease to play at Olympic Stadium in East London, a deal that brings an end to a long, contentious bidding process and the question of what to do with an empty $700 million venue....
Here's How To Avoid Commercials When Watching The Games Online
Ugh—never say those bastards at the NCAA aren't canny. The otherwise useful March Madness Live website, which allows you to watch every game, so long as you have a proper cable or satellite subscriber login, bans the viewer from switching games during commercials. More than once already today, I hav...
OK, What The Hell Channel Is TruTv?
TruTV, formerly Court TV, is part of the Turner family of networks, and as such is hosting eight games of the NCAA Tournament today and tomorrow. But what goddamned channel is it on? We've annotated the above map with the TruTV channel numbers on major cable providers for the 10 largest television m...
Cyclist Hits Antelope, Antelope Wins
This week sees the Cape Epic, a 433-mile trek through western South Africa. During Monday's stage, Austrian Robert Mennen had a close encounter with a stupid, stupid antelope that darted out from the bush. His GoPro camera captured the carnage....
This Is Your March Madness Day One Open Thread
We're off and running—with a few stumbles. Welcome to your new Bleacher Report-branded NCAA broadcasting regime. Talk about it down here....
Soccer Ref Awards A Goal On What's Pretty Freaking Clearly Not A Goal
This botch comes to us from Tercera División, which, confusingly, is the fourth tier of Spanish soccer. Quintanar del Rey was awarded a phantom goal on this shot, which everyone on the pitch besides the ref saw bounce off the crossbar....