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A Clearly Bored Steve Smith Tried (And Failed) To Touch Virtual Graphics On-Air Today
Former Michigan State basketball star Steve Smith is part of the revolving door of Turner basketball analysts feeding the NCAA tournament frenzy on TNT, TBS, and TruTV—and it seems he's already grown bored, given his wandering off-set and into the augmented reality graphics onscreen. It's only mad...
Dick Vitale Couldn't Hear The People Interviewing Him, But That Made The Segment No Less Informative
They're talking a lot of college basketball on the television now. Dick Vitale's the only man in the country who understands it. He knows what's up, and you don't. Certainly the overcaffeinated hosts on WGN's morning show don't. So that's why they're consulting Dickie V. Of course, he can't hear t...
Cockblocked On St. Patrick's Day!
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase three heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
A Reminder That You Are Not Allowed To Blow A Ball Foul
Apparently, everything happened in that Dodgers-Royals game yesterday. With a KC bunt slowly rolling down the line and stubbornly refusing to go foul, Jerry Hairston dropped to all fours and blew....
Andy Pettitte Is Un-Retiring To Join The Yankees, Because Why The Hell Not
YES Network man Jack Curry tweets that the Yanks signed Pettitte to a one-year, $2.5-million minor league contract (which is really something that only the Yankees could do). Pettitte, who retired after the 2010 season, apparently had dreamed of a comeback in recent weeks....
Kentucky Fans Are Convinced That UPS Is Out To Get Them
Perhaps you've seen this UPS ad, which has aired since conference tournaments began. Seizing on their new tagline of "logistics," it features the famous 1992 regional final between Kentucky and Duke that ended on Christian Laettner's buzzer-beater. A dark moment for UK, but a legendary ending to o...
Deadspin Does March Madness, Day Two
We have our first big upset of March Madness—15-seed Norfolk State over No. 2 seed Missouri, a result predicted by Alex Ovechkin and a hairless cat. Lots more on tap for tonight. Join us in the comments, won't you? Open thread II »...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread, Day Two: The Daytime Games
Time to do it all over again. Here come Texas and Cincinnati at 12:15, followed by N.C. State and San Diego State at 12:40, Alabama and Creighton at 1:40, and Virginia and Florida at 2:10. Then teatime starts with St. Bonaventure against Florida State at 2:45, Belmont and Georgetown at 3:10, Vermont...
Tragically, The Best Mascot In March Madness Has Been Eliminated
On this week's video excerpt from Slate's Hang Up and Listen podcast, Mike Pesca of NPR tells you everything you might want to know about WuShock, the wheaty Wichita State Shockers mascot. The real Shockers fell to VCU, 62-59, last night, but WuShock lives on with all of us....
It's True: Two Royals Pitchers Can Fit Into One Pair Of Jonathan Broxton's Pants
Jonathan Broxton last pitched on May 3, and he had to have elbow surgery in September. After spending seven seasons with the Dodgers, he signed on with Kansas City during the offseason. It already looks like he fits right in. Fellow pitchers Everett Teaford and Tim Collins prove it. [Twitter]...
What Is Going On With All The Doping In Wheelchair Curling?
Stop reading right now if you'd like to believe that curling, or the Paralympics, or frigging Paralympic Curling is the last bastion of drug-free sports in the world today. Nothing is pure anymore. Jim Armstrong, a member of the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame and skip of Canada's 2010 Paralympic gold...
Dee Gordon Walks, Keeps On Going To Second
Dodgers speedster Dee Gordon takes advantage of a Royals' lapse in concentration, and after drawing a walk, takes off for second before the next batter steps in. On one hand, that move relies on the element of surprise and can only be pulled off once in a blue moon, so why waste it in spring train...
Winners, Losers, And Weirdos: The Faces Of The First Day Of March Madness
There will be no more gripping and/or sipping in the NCAA tournament, as WKU's miracle run has come to an end after a thrashing by Kentucky. But for every loser there is a winner, so here's a collection of both (as well as the indescribably bizarre) from yesterday's action. ...
UConn's Season Encapsulated: Jeremy Lamb Blows A Dunk At The Buzzer With The Huskies Down 13
UConn operated with a certain air of jack-assery this season, and there's really no better example than how that season ended, as UConn stole the ball from Iowa State (which was just running out the clock in the accepted manner of sportsmanship) and Jeremy Lamb botched a windmill dunk. Your reigni...
Roscoe Smith's Attempt At A Buzzer-Beater Was The Worst Since Roscoe Smith
UConn's Roscoe Smith, famed for this ludicrously early buzzer-beater last season, let another ball go near the end—but not at the end—of the first half in the Huskies' 8-9 matchup against Iowa State in Louisville. It wasn't as ridiculous as his attempt against Texas, but it was close. [TBS]...
Deadspin Does March Madness
The two greatest days on the sports calendar are finally here. With several games still on tap tonight and 16 more tomorrow, there's absolutely no reason to do anything except watch basketball. Join us, as the 2012 NCAA Tournament continues. Your fourth-set-of-games open thread » | Your third-set-of...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Feeling-A-Little-Sleepy-And-Bored-Honestly Games
Congratulations! You've now spent more than an eight-hour workday watching basketball. The final stretch begins with UConn and Iowa State, tipping at 9:20. Then it's New Mexico State and Indiana at 9:45, Loyola (Maryland) and Ohio State at 9:50, and Colorado-UNLV, the last plate on the dessert cart,...
Deadspin Up All Night: Ride It Out
Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Tim's around for any March Madness stuff you might miss, or hope to just watch again and again. Till tomorrow....
The Blazers Have Cut Greg Oden
It was only a matter of time, really, once word got out last month that Greg Oden would again need knee surgery, and this time on the knee that hadn't been bothering him in the last two-plus years. But now that Portland has committed to building up by tearing down—the Blazers sent Marcus Camby to Ho...
Snowmobiling Across A Body Of Water Looks Just As Thrilling As It Seems Like It Would Be
It's called snowmobile skipping, and apparently it's a thing. The idea is to develop enough speed to hydroplane across the water's surface. The person armed with a camera while doing it here, on Stoney Lake in Ontario, Canada, succeeds brilliantly. That said, YouTube's got plenty of other videos th...