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Coach Goes Through Handshake Line Alone After Wild Brawl At The End Of Siena-Rider Game
Sportsmanship is about putting aside petty differences, respecting your opponents, and, sometimes, shaking hands with a bunch of ghosts. Siena beat Rider tonight in some hot MAAC action, and at the end of the game, things got real feisty real quick. Rider guard Anthony Durham landed a nasty jab and ...
NASA Is Recruiting New Astronauts, But Don't Even Think About It
Guess what? NASA is recruiting a class of new astronauts, and anybody can apply starting in December. Sorry to dash any of your remaining childhood dreams, but it won’t be any of you. ...
Sorachi Ace Is The Most Brooklyn Of Beers
I have very little interest in the concept of Brooklyn as a lifestyle brand or cultural signifier. For one thing, to call something "very Brooklyn" is woefully imprecise: Do you mean that little part of Brooklyn with the expensive strollers and the yogurt and the kale and all that other shit we ta...
Natty Light: The Choice Of A New, And Every, Generation
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Jimmy Patsos: A True Student Of Gary Williams
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Your Best Rocket Frog Photoshop Contest Submissions
The Rocket Frog Photoshop contest went about as well as we could have hoped. You all did right by Rocket Frog, the 21st century's most important icon. Here are the best of your submissions, as well as your winner....
Crazy Picture Captures Frog Being Blasted Into Sky By NASA Rocket
This amazing image—captured by NASA cameras during a launch last week and flagged by Universe Today—has not been altered in any way, and it is my new favorite thing. Just look at how high that goddamn frog is! ...
Shirtless Kid Shoots A Chicken Through A Basketball Hoop
I don't know, man. I'm just as flummoxed as you are....
Dan Marino Fathered A Love Child With A CBS Production Assistant
Today's New York Post features a story about former NFL quarterback and current CBS football analyst Dan Marino impregnating a former CBS Sports production assistant. Marino, who has been a CBS pregame analyst since 2003, had an affair with Donna Savattere at some point in 2004, which led to Savatte...
It Looks Like Kyrie Irving Had Himself A Nice Christmas (As Did The Two Ladies On His Lap)
Judging from the picture at the right, Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving had himself a pretty great Christmas. Irving tweeted the photo on Christmas day before deleting it and going into a totally inept mode of damage control:...
A Siena College Baseball Player Is Failing Drawing Class, According To An Academic Advisor Who Emailed The Wrong Person
We got the following email from a reader this afternoon:...
How A Career Ends: I Was Tired Of The Grind Overseas
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: Marc "Showbiz" Brown, likely the greatest basketball player ever to wear a Siena uniform....
Canonized Tuscans Want To Play A Jesus Lizard Single: Siena-Purdue Open Thread
Four players averaging double figures, a coach named Fran, and they beat Ohio State last year — Siena's good. Purdue's missing Robbie Hummel, but Chris Kramer has the gumption to become a hated March Madness figure. Don't sleep on them....
The Case Of Thad Matta's Imaginary Son
You may have heard the shocking story of Thad Matta's trash-talking son, accused of slandering most of the greater Albany area last week. There's just one problem with this tale—Thad Matta doesn't have a son....
You Have No One To Blame But Yourself, Young Man
Deadspin Albany operative Daniel reports that these signs were hanging all over town yesterday. No wonder Siena was so fired up against OSU; they had had ENOUGH of Thad Matta's son badmouthing upstate New York....
Hugs For Some, Crushing Defeat For Others
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap...
They Saved The Goofy Games For Friday Night
I had this well-thought out screed about how the first round was about as scintillating as a Mennonite snuff film. I had to tear it up and deposit it in a UNICEF box....
NCAA Tournament Live Blog: (8) Ohio State vs (9) Siena
Your live blogger for this game will be young Kevin Whitaker, who blogs high school sports at the Albany Times-Union and said he wanted "an opportunity to swear more." Here's your fucking opportunity....
NCAA First Round: (8) Ohio State vs. (9) Siena
Midwest Region: No. 8 Ohio State (22-10) vs. No. 9 Siena (26-7) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m., EDT Where: University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio OHIO STATE BUCKEYES 1) They don't reload; it's an automatic Few programs have been as affected by the NBA age limit rule as Ohio State's, perhaps because few coach...