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Are You A Bad Person If You Want To Watch What Happened To Kevin Ware?
I caught one of CBS's two replays of Kevin Ware's horrific injury last night right after the play occurred. My brother-in-law watched it live and then called me over to the TV. He didn't mean anything malicious by it. He just saw it and his first impulse was to grab someone nearby and be like, "Holy...
"God Said Yes To Michigan": We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out What Happened In The Game
For the tournament, we're calling Applebee's franchises in different cities across the country immediately after the local institution has completed its game, win or lose. We'll pretend to be oblivious about what just happened in order to get a detailed game description from someone in the restauran...
"What They Must Not See": A Top Producer Weighs In On How To Cover A Catastrophic Injury
Earlier we examined some of the difficulties and choices faced by broadcasters when a live event is derailed by a gruesome injury, like Louisville's Kevin Ware's compound fracture. We asked Fred Gaudelli, lead producer of NBC's Sunday Night Football, how he's handled similar situations in the past—a...
Two Replays, No Warning: How Broadcasters Handle Gruesome Injuries
For 45 seconds after Louisville's Kevin Ware suffered a compound fracture, his tibia poking out from his shin, CBS kept its cameras off him. That 45 seconds was enough time for the production room to view the replays, realize how graphic they were, decide whether to show the play again, and decide h...
Here's Kevin Ware Holding His Team's Regional Championship Trophy While Recovering In The Hospital
After last night's victory, Kevin Ware's teammates went to visit him in the hospital, and they brought the regional championship trophy along with them. We hope Ware actually remembers the moment, given the amount of painkillers he was probably on....
Michigan Destroys Florida For Final Four Berth
This was an ugly one. Michigan beat Florida 79-59, dominating from cover to cover. Short of a mini-run at the end of the first half, Billy Donovan's squad was out of whack all game. The image above was grabbed from the end of the broadcast but, really, it could have been taken two minutes into the g...
Goodbye (For Now), Aaron Craft
Wichita State is going to the Final Four after dispatching with Ohio State last night. We thought we'd put together a goodbye for Aaron Craft but soon realized he's only a junior and surely not going to enter the NBA draft so, whatever, we're still doing it anyway. So long, Aaron. See you next year....
There's More To Dunk City Than Dunks: How FGCU's Offense Works
Florida Gulf Coast is this year's mid-major darling. The Eagles have upended the tournament, ruined your bracket, and sent Georgetown and San Diego State packing. They've advanced further than any 15-seed in the Dance's history, and they've done so with an offense that's hardly stretched its legs so...
Two Residents Of Dunk City Explain How Their Georgetown-Shattering Alley-Oop Came To Be
PHILADELPHIA—I’d like to take you back to a simpler time. Last Friday. Almost dinner. Standing outside the Wells Fargo Center in South Philly. Wondering if I should stick around to watch Georgetown blow out a tiny Florida nothing school....
![Doug Gottlieb Says He's On CBS's Pregame Show To Bring The "White Man's Perspective" [UPDATE: Gottlieb Apologizes]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
Doug Gottlieb Says He's On CBS's Pregame Show To Bring The "White Man's Perspective" [UPDATE: Gottlieb Apologizes]
Wow. That sure was awkward....
Your March Madness Open Thread
You've got four games to keep you busy tonight, but none are more important than La Salle versus Wichita St. Fight on, Explorers! ...
Can "Rimjob" Pull Off The Upset? Here's The Filthy Sixteen Of Your Curse Word Bracket
Second-round voting is over in the Deadspin Curse Word bracket, and boy, you people certainly like your rimjobs. Now it’s time for the regional semifinals. But before we get to the voting, a few notes on your Filthy Sixteen:...
Westboro Baptist Will Picket The Final Four
Westboro Baptist, that group of awful people with colorful signs who are really concerned about who you're having sex with, have announced on the "Picket Schedule" section of their website that they'll be heading to Atlanta for next weekend's Final Four. ...
How Ayn Rand Led FGCU To The Sweet Sixteen, Sort Of
Originally published in Bloomberg View...
Which College Basketball Analyst Has The Least Terrible Bracket So Far?
Republished with permission from PunditTracker.com...
Vote, Jagoffs: Second Round Of Our Curse Word Bracket Begins
BEWARE THE 13 SEEDS. While Florida Gulf Coast was busy trashing your NCAA bracket, some rather notable underdogs advanced in the first round of our curse word bracket, including 13 seeds "cameltoe" (which beat out "screw" by less than a thousand votes) and "buttfuck" (which staged an astonishing tr...
Are You Ready For FGCU To Dunk Its Way Into Your Heart? A Guide To March Madness's Most Entertaining Team
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are the best thing to happen to the NCAA tournament in a long time. Here's everything you need to know about them....
Thanks To The FGCU Basketball Team, Fort Myers Is Officially Dunk City
The picture above is a screencap from the official website of Fort Myers, Fla., the city that is home to everyone's favorite NCAA tournament team. As you can see in the top left corner, the city is celebrating the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles' Sweet 16 bid by officially branding itself as Dunk City for...
What Happened In The Game? We Called Every Tourney Team's Local Applebee's To Find Out: Part II
For the tournament, we're calling Applebee's franchises in different cities across the country immediately after the local institution has completed its game, win or lose. We'll pretend to be oblivious about what just happened in order to get a detailed game description from someone in the restauran...
Florida Gulf Coast University Beer Koozies Are Out Of Stock
Throwin' alleys. ...