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Doug Gottlieb Makes Positive Contribution To Society
If you were looking for a new derisive term for the Duke Blue Devils and were growing tired of "Dookies," Doug Gottlieb may have improved your life last night. He referred to the Duke fellas as "Floorslappers," and it already appears to be a hit....

Kirby Puckett Suffers Stroke
I've gotta bring you some sad news to bring you this afternoon. The Minnesota Twins have announced that hall of fame centerfielder Kirby Puckett has suffered a stroke and is undergoing surgery in Arizona....

Eagles, Bruins, Racers Do The Dance Of Joy
Congratulations go out to Winthrop, Belmont, and Murray State for becoming the second, third, and fourth teams to get themselves into the NCAA Tournament. We won't know until next week if any of them are getting #1 seeds, though....

The Cold-Blooded World of Competitive Kickball
Our nation's courts have recently been home to some vicious legal battles about the sport of kickball. The WAKA (World Adult Kickball Association) has beef with DCKickball about... well, I have no idea what it's about. The news here is that there are adults out there who play kickball....

College Basketball Games Worthy Of Just One Network
Observe as I attempt to do this without using the b-word that rhymes with "stubble."...

I Think It's Time Eddie Sutton Had A Reality Show
Police in Stillwater have obtained video footage of Eddie Sutton urinating in public. On a middle school. With a bottle in his hand. Oh dear....

The Best Day Of Dick Vitale's Life
ESPN is dedicating nearly all of their resources today to finally giving some publicity to little-known basketball personalities Mike Krzyzewski and J.J. Redick. You've probably never heard of them, but I think this attention is long overdue. Why has ESPN ignored them for so long? This little bask...

Week In Deadspin: Talkin' 'Bout B-B-B-B-B-Basketball
• Man, can they ever lay down a dope beat in Kentucky. • If all soccer referees were like this, we'd watch games all the time. • Boobs! • We're previewing the crap out of the baseball season. • You don't have to be born to have Roger Clemens throw at you. • The NCAA's mascot is destroying everythi...

Steinbrenner Has Officially Lost It
At first we thought it was a joke, but no, they're serious — batting practice is now being televised. On April 3, the YES Network trots out Batting Practice Today, a show that features, well, New York Yankees batting practice. To begin one half hour before the start of their regular pre-game show (h...

Authors With Pure Hearts: Will Blythe
We've taken some time off from the Authors With Pure Hearts series, but we gleefully return with Will Blythe's To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever, a hysterical, slightly crazed book about what it means to hate so much that it becomes purifying. In the case of Blythe, born and bred in North Car...

Pity The Poor Derek Lowe
A couple of days ago, the Los Angeles Times' Bill Plaschke wrote a story about the emotional difficulties of Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe, who last year famously left his wife for Fox Sports broadcaster Carolyn Hughes. (You thought we were gonna say "Fox Sports broadcaster Tom Arnold." Admit it.)...

The New New Mexico?
Perhaps the quarterback position at Virginia Tech is merely cursed....

Oh, If Only They Wore Cups In Basketball
If you're one of the lucky ones who opened your morning Bryan-College Station Eagle on Thursday and found a large penis staring back at you, well, congratulations. No, it wasn't one of the paper's newer promotions (find the wiener, win a Mexican cruise!), just a goof by an editor who didn't scruti...

The Sex Boat Story Will Never Go Away. Awesome.
Is it possible to ever get tired of the Vikings sex boat story? We think it's not. We're pretty sure, actually....

Kirilenko's Wife Lets Him Sleep With Other Women; Other Women Say, "Uh, Thanks, But No Thanks"
Meet the anti-Mrs. Doug Christie, ladies and gentlemen....

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • Noon. NBA draft with Chad Ford: While the rest of the teams will be drafting live, we hear that the Knicks' choices will be on a seven-second delay. Your thoughts? • 3 p.m. NHL with Barry Melrose: So what's the NHL's policy with Olympi...

Get Along, Little Aggie
On the heels of Texas A&M's upset of Texas last night for its biggest win of the year, the Texas bloggers are getting revenge....

Jalen Rose Could Be Your Little Work Buddy
Is your daily work life more empty for its lack of constant updates on Knicks swingman Jalen Rose? Yeah, us too!...

Just Another Way To Celebrate A Duke Loss
All kinds of glee around college basketball this morning, because ding dong, Duke has lost. We always notice a bit of a buzz around this here Web world the morning after a Duke loss; the sun's a little brighter, the grass is a little greener, so on....

Ah, White People
Remember that post from earlier today, about the sports bra Bounce-O-Meter? This is the opposite of that post....