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Tampa Bay's Dwayne Roloson Makes Incredible Save, Compelling Case That Hockey Is Also Still Going On
Here's a great save from Dwayne Roloson in the Tampa Bay-Montreal game that somehow found a channel to exist on last night. The Canadians won in a shootout, 3-2, so Habs fans will not get the chance to protest the NHL's overtime rules....
Today's Viewing Guide For March Madness: Office Tricks, Game Schedules, And Gus Johnson
Day One of the 2011 NCAA tournament was The Best Day One Anyone Can Remember, which no one ever says! But there were four buzzer-beaters and a sad bird, which is a pretty damn good day. Here's your guide to watching in the workplace, along with an updated broadcast-announcer schedule for today's act...
Morehead State's Demonte Harper Just Knew He'd Send Rick Pitino Home As A Loser
Your morning roundup for March 18, the day the world braces for the biggest, brightest full moon in a while....
Homey D. Clown Will Play TV Colin Cowherd
Cowherd, out of Cow-text: "I always give people credit just for getting a job. If you interview with 300 people and get the job, you beat 300 people out for a job, you've got to have some skill-set."...
Here Are The Four Buzzer-Beaters From The First Five Games
Matt Howard's putback at the horn to put Butler over Old Dominion. Great whistle-swallowing by the refs....
An Advanced Statistical Analysis Of Jimmy Chitwood's Basketball Performance In <em>Hoosiers</em>
This is Regressing, a numbers-minded column by our clever friends at the Harvard College Sports Analysis Collective. Over the next few days, they'll be applying rigorous statistical analysis to some of the finest basketball movies in the history of cinema (and also Hoosiers). Today: Calculating Ji...
Playtime: The Animals Shooting Baskets Megamix, Set To "One Shining Moment"
Animals play basketball, too....
Dead Wrestler Of The Week: Captain Lou Albano
An occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. Today: Captain Lou Albano, who died of a heart attack in 2009....
The Officeworker's Viewing Guide To March Madness
Since we did our very best to ignore the play-in games, the NCAA men's tournament officially kicks off with Clemson-West Virginia today just after noon EDT on CBS. In the olden times, watching the opening game required a 3D television (and by that I mean, of course, one that was more than three inch...
Four Shining Moments Reenacted By Lego Basketball Players
Your morning roundup for March 17, the day when the Apostle of Ireland's deathiversary contributes to many facets of the American economy. Act as responsibly as you see fit, folks....
It's About Time Michael Jackson Got A Statue At A Premier League Stadium
Fulham seems safe from relegation for now, but that doesn't mean they can't be a laughingstock. The club has announced it will unveil a statue of Michael Jackson at Craven Cottage, all because he was good friends with their Chairman....
Mystery Solved: Middle-Aged Canucks Fans Threw Fish On Saddledome Ice
From the "NHL is not a minor league" Dept.: some mystery folks at Pengrowth Scotiabank Saddledome threw a big-ass salmon on the ice during Saturday night's game. Nearly ruined Hockey Night in Canada....
Really, Montreal Fans? A Protest Against Head Shots <em>Now</em>?
Tonight, before the Habs' game against the Capitals, a couple thousand fans will rally outside the Bell Centre to demand that something be done about head shots in hockey. Except it's a lot more likely they're really agitating for something to be done about the head shot on Max Pacioretty....
Costumed Man Gets Publicly Shamed For Messing With Canadian Dance Team
Your morning roundup for March 13, the day Villanova probably gets the tournament bid it in no way deserves....
Montreal Sportstalker Wields Profanity At An Impressive Pace
Someone who has been identified as Marco Campagna of Montreal's sports-talk radio was none too happy with the performance of equipment in 990 AM The Team's studios on Thursday. To remedy the situation, he dropped 11 F-bombs in 48 seconds, not knowing the mic was live....
Headline Of The Day Award Goes To "Cris Collinsworth Rescued From Runaway Floating Restaurant"
Tipster Lindsay H. was kind enough to send the link to a USA Today story about Sunday Night Football analyst Cris Collingsworth being plucked from a restaurant "that tore loose from its moorings along the flood-swollen Ohio River and floated downstream" last night....
Here's Video Of Men Dressed As Women Fighting Inside A San Diego Taco Shop
Your morning roundup for March 12, a day of nuclear-plant explosions, talk of Supermoons vs. the Pacific Plate, recovery efforts and aftershocks....
Diamond DeShields Is A Six-Foot 16-Year-Old Who Can Dunk And Be Female At The Same Time
It's true that men and boys who are younger and shorter than Diamond DeShields dunk a lot, and that they don't automatically get national attention for it. We're promise we're aware of that. This isn't a Stern call for league integration, this is a basic call for appreciation of the fact that DeSh...
The Worst Lost Virginity Story Ever
Welcome to Great Moments in Drunken Hookup Failure, where we showcase four heartwarming true stories of drunken love gone horribly awry. Off we go....
Dolan Decides One Year At .500 Atones For Past Decade, Knicks Prices Up 49 Percent Next Year
So, you probably hear a lot of grousing from Phil Mushnick, et. al about how expensive it is to take a family of four to a game, buy some frankfurters and not hear the gangster hip hop music. But high prices happen when you have a popular product with limited supply in a big, wealthy market. We get ...