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Wouldn't Be A Final Flour Without Florida
The wheels were very very slow to come off for Oregon. They fought and they battled, and they were in the game with under a minute left ... but it always sort of felt like a slow death march for the Ducks, as you knew that foul trouble and Florida's advantage in the paint would kill them at some poi...

LeftoverDome...
• Ron Artest might retire. Ron Artest might also eat a light bulb. I don't know what to tell you. [ESPN] • You know who Tim Floyd's sissy fit really hurt? People who bet on USC. [Just Call me Juice] • Maybe the Texans didn't handle the David Carr situation very well. [Signal to Noise] • So, Jonathan...

Florida Overcomes Some Ugliness
Florida spent the first ten minutes of the game handling the ball like the handsome gentleman who spent so much time attempting to fix the net. They looked extremely uncomfortable to start the game, turning the ball over and being totally out of sync....

Gators vs. Ducks, Coming At You
The tournament's lowest-remaining seed is about to take the court against the defending national champions ... though it's not quite the underdog story that those two facts might lead you to believe. Florida is favored by 7, though....

But Who Will Exchange Witty Banter With Jim Belushi?
You may have seen the last of Joe "Norman Einstein" Theismann in the Monday Night Football booth. Pro Football Talk is reporting that Theismann is out, and will be replaced by the great Ron Jaworski....

It's Too Bad They Won't Let Him Play Basketball Wearing One Glove
I don't know if this is Anthony Atkinson making a statement that no one really cared about Barton, or if it's just a man in his dorm room celebrating Michael Jackson's entire catalog. All I know is that I'd trust Anthony Atkinson, hero of the D-II national champion Barton College Bulldogs, to select...

Your SNL MVP, Peyton Manning
For a variety of reasons, I hadn't watched Saturday Night Live in a while. I considered giving it a go after Justin Timberlake cut a hole in a box, but I never got around to it. Of course, there was no way I was going to miss Peyton Manning hosting, and I was hoping that while I watched, I'd pick up...

Joey Dorsey Still Not In The Running For the Naismith Award
It's only fair, really, to check back in with Memphis's Joey Dorsey, who called out Greg Oden before the Ohio State/Memphis game, and then spent the game treating Oden like Morgan Freeman treated Miss Daisy....

For Your Sunday Afternoon Viewing Pleasure...
12:00, ESPN. Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Marist vs. Tennessee. 12:00, ESPN2. Soccer. Ecuador vs. U.S. National Team. 12:30, NBC. NHL. Regional Coverage. 1:30, ESPNU. College Hockey. NCAA Tournament. Boston College vs. St. Lawrence. 1:30, FOX. NASCAR Racing. Nextel Cup, Food City 500...

About Last Night...
• Women's College Basketball. Rutgers 53, Duke 52. .1 on the clock, down 1 point, shooting two free throws ... and neither of them even get close to going in. That can't feel good. I'm sorry, Lindsay Harding. • College Hockey. Maine 3, UMass 1. The Black Bears are in the Frozen Four. I am happy for ...

The Kansas/UCLA Open Thread
Kansas vs. UCLA will be tipping any time now. Hopefully, that one will make this one look like the JV game. There's no shortage of history and tradition there, of course, as will be mentioned during the obligatory shot of Bill Walton in the stands with his tiny Asian wife....

Memphis vs. Ohio State Liveblog, 2nd Half
• We're back underway, and the second half starts just like the first... with Greg Oden abusing Joey Dorsey....

To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Kansas vs. UCLA. Rock, Chalk, Something or Other. 7:00, CBS. • Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Connecticut vs. North Carolina State. Life only presents you so many opportunities to watch and admire Geno Auriemma. 9:00, ESPN. • IndyCar Racing. XM Sa...

Memphis vs. Ohio State Liveblog, 1st Half
Slight adjustment of plans with the liveblog, as you may have noticed. We're getting a little bit of a late start because of some technical issues. It's still a liveblog, but sort of... delayed. Sorry....

Let's Just Quit
Nothing that can happen the rest of the day is going to top that. I'm done. No more basketball for me. I'm quitting while I'm ahead....

LeftoverDome...
• Joey Porter went at Levi Jones first (no!) and video will eventually surface. Christmas comes early. [Chicks Dig the Long Ball] • Randolph Morris quickly makes the transition from Tubby Smith to Isiah Thomas. [Money Players] • Bobby Crosby has a man-crush of Bob Barker. [The FanHouse] • An All-Sta...

Mock Drafts Are Of No Interest To Joey Dorsey
Memphis forward Joey Dorsey does not share the popular view that Greg Oden is very good at basketball. Dorsey intends to show the world tonight that Greg Oden is, for lack of a better word, his bitch....

Johnnie Morton Is Some Kind of Bad-Ass
The Fighting Entertainment Group announced a press conference yesterday for some kind of a Mixed Martian Arts pay-per-view thing. I'm not very big into the MMA/Ultimate Fighting scene, so I was surprised to learn that they're now employing WWF guys and retired NFL wide receivers....

You Know What Michael Vick Needs? Jeff George
With Matt Schaub having been traded to Houston, the Atlanta Falcons are in need of a backup quarterback. With Jeff George not having been good enough to break through the deep and talented Raiders QB depth chart last year, Jeff George needs a job. Sometimes, in situations like these, karma has a way...

Craig Biggio And His Selfish Support Of Cancer Patients
Between yanking the Extra Innings package away from millions of people and this beauty of a public relations move, it seems like Major League Baseball is hellbent on making itself as loathsome as possible these days....