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Protesters Fly Confederate Flag Outside Of South Carolina NCAA Tournament Arena
A group of protesters are flying the confederate flag above a parking garage next to the basketball arena in Greenville, S.C., that will host this evening’s Duke-South Carolina and UNC-Arkansas games....
Phil Kessel Flips Puck Over The Back Of The Net To Assist Extremely Cool Goal
There are five hockey games that have yet to begin today, but I feel confident in calling this the NHL highlight of the weekend. Behold Phil Kessel flipping the puck over the back of the net for teammate Patric Hornqvist to tap in:...
Michigan Upsets No. 2 Louisville For Sweet Sixteen Spot
Louisville coughed up an eight-point halftime lead in an upset loss to Michigan....
Wrestler Celebrates Title By Throwing Coach Down On The Mat
Iowa senior Cory Clark was understandably pretty pumped to win a national championship last night. So much so, apparently, that he threw one of the team coaches to the ground in his celebration:...
Boeheim Heir Apparent Mike Hopkins Leaves For Head Coaching Job At Washington
Long thought the heir for Jim Boeheim at Syracuse, Mike Hopkins has reportedly jumped ship to be head coach at Washington. ...
Jeff Van Gundy: Resting The Cavs' Big 3 Should Be "A Prosecutable Offense"
Before last night’s nationally televised game against the Clippers, the Cavaliers announced that they’d be resting their three best players. LeBron James, Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving took a seat while L.A. breezed to a predictably easy victory. The NBA was, just as predictably, not pleased. ...
Giancarlo Stanton Cranks Huge Dinger, Gives U.S. The Lead
Giancarlo Stanton broke a 2-2 deadlock by ripping a massive two-run homer off the Dominican Republic’s Ervin Santana. How massive?...
March Madness Refs Continue Run Of Stellar Accuracy In Late-Game Situations
Officials whistled Saint Mary’s Jordan Hunter for committing the foul of “being shoved in the back by an opponent.” It sealed a victory for Arizona, which moves on to face Xavier next week. The refs are really on a roll of excellence, folks....
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Brad Underwood Heads To Illinois After One Year With Oklahoma State
Brad Underwood has left Oklahoma State after just one season, jumping ship for Illinois. The university announced the hiring just one day after Underwood’s Cowboys lost to Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament....
Wisconsin Takes Down Overall No. 1 Villanova
No. 8 Wisconsin has knocked out overall No. 1 Villanova in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Trailing by four points at halftime, Villanova managed to take a lead in the second half but never stretched it to more than seven. Wisconsin went on a 15-5 run in the game’s final minutes—with key su...
Let's Make Some Crab Dip, The Most Decadent And Delicious Way To Eat Canned Crab
Generally speaking, crab dishes get less reputable the more ingredients they include that are not crab meat. Crab imperial and deviled crab might still show up on the menu at a semi-serious seafood restaurant. Crab puffs make a fine, if indulgent, hors d’oeuvre. I have a crab cookbook in my home, fu...
Verne Lundquist Taking A Basketball Square In The Face, In Extreme Slow Motion
Now that Vin Scully’s retired, Verne Lundquist reigns supreme as the patriarch of sports broadcasting. The CBS legend got a bit more into the game than usual, though, before today’s broadcast of the Notre Dame-WVU game in Buffalo. Ouch!...
Edwin Díaz's Slider Is So, So, So Ridiculous
Edwin Díaz’s ninth inning last night was the sort of performance that seems to stretch the reasonable connotation of striking out the side when correctly described with the technical definition of the term. All three outs came via strikeout, sure; in between those were two runs that nearly squander...
Cycling's Doping Rules Don't Help Anyone<em></em>
Team Sky is struggling. The Murdoch-funded cycling behemoth has won three of the past four Tours de France and will probably win this year’s edition of the race as well. The team has started this season well, with Colombian pipsqueak Sergio Henao winning an all-time Paris Nice by two seconds and do-...
Cricket Reporter Tries To Pass Off iOS Calculator App As A "Light Meter"
Is it too dark for them to continue the South Africa-New Zealand test match? Not yet, according to this guy with a “light meter.”...
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Soccer Guy's Arm Is All Types Of Fucked Up After Collision With Keeper
It’s No. 9 in blue, Fenerbahçe’s Fernandão, that you want to be watching here, even if both he and the keeper he ran into are writhing on the ground following their collision. It’s not exactly a gross injury, but the look of Fernandão’s arm just hanging there—it’s reportedly broken—is pretty disturb...
Nick Kyrgios Won't Play Roger Federer, Cites Food Poisoning
If you were looking forward to the heady mix of Nick Kyrgios, tennis’s Four Loko, and Roger Federer, aging like a fine wine, my condolences. Indian Wells will stay dry tonight, since Kyrgios just pulled out of this anticipated quarterfinal due to an unspecified illness....