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For The Second Week In A Row, Wisconsin Lost On A Ridiculous Last-Second Pass
People across the country might be celebrating Halloween tonight, but for the Wisconsin Badgers it feels more like Groundhog Day. While it wasn't technically a Hail Mary (it was first down and there were 30 seconds left) the details don't much matter as Ohio State—after giving up the lead late the...

BREAKING: NBA TO ANNOUNCE MORE CANCELED GAMES, ACCORDING TO HIGHEST-LEVEL LEAGUE EMPLOYEE
DATELINE—TWITTERSPACE After this afternoon's collapse in negotiations, commissioner David Stern is planning to announce more cancellations beyond the first two weeks of the season. Opening night was to be Tuesday; now there won't be November basketball. We're told that low-level team employees with ...

BREAKING: LOCKOUT TALKS BREAK DOWN, ACCORDING TO HIGH-LEVEL EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS
DATELINE—A NICE HOTEL Negotiations between the players and the league broke off without an agreement this afternoon. Neither side is willing to budge on the BRI split: the players are firm at 52 percent, the owners at 50. No talks are scheduled, though both sides hope to meet again this weekend. We ...

BREAKING: NBA LOCKOUT JUST ABOUT OVER, ACCORDING TO LOW-LEVEL TEAM EMPLOYEES WITH EMAIL ACCESS
After four months, the NBA lockout is in its dying throes, according to multiple team employees who have been informed by the league that business as usual will resume as early as Monday....

23-Year-Old NBA Player With One Losing Season Under His Belt Says He "Can Be Better Than Michael Jordan"
Jordan Crawford, the 23-year-old guard who has played in a single, 23-59 NBA season: "'I don't tell nobody, but I feel like I can be better than Michael Jordan,' Crawford said, without the slightest hint of sarcasm. 'When I'm done playing, I don't want people to say, Michael Jordan is the best playe...

NBPA Economist Kevin Murphy Provides Some Intellectual Capital On The Lockout
NBA.com has published an interview with Kevin Murphy, the noted genius and economist who's been working with the Players' Assocation since June. This is the first time the University of Chicago professor has talked publicly since the lockout began. Go read it to gain some bonafide intellectual capit...

SprtsCntr: Stephen A. Smith Is Emphatic About Cautious Optimism
What is ESPN prattling on about right now? We condense your morning SportsCenter to its essence....

Danny Granger Is Confused By His Admirers
Lockout times are lean times, y'all. NBA players aren't flush with cash like they normally are. They're not the catches they would otherwise be. Who wants 'em anymore? (Not Kim Kardashian.)...

<em>SportsCenter</em> Wants You To Know What Douche B. Wilson Thinks Of LeBron Barnstorming
Just in case you were wondering. [via @LBSports]...

Sherri Shepherd And Elisabeth Hasselbeck Unite To Protest The NBA Lockout On <i>The View</i>
Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck have been staging an on-air protest against the NBA lockout for the past week or so. How did we miss this? Perhaps because we are more familiar with Saturday Night Live's version of The View than we are with the actual The View....

The Monster.com For Locked-Out Basketball Players
Lots of hoopsters will spend the lockout overseas—we told you about six-foot-nine human cannoli Brian Scalabrine, who is wrecking the Italian league, and Nets guard Deron Williams, who'll be hanging in Turkey. But there are others who don't have the immediate name recognition of Scal and Deron, and ...

Dr. J Selling His Championship Rings. Possibly Related: Dr. J Sued For Defaulting On A Loan
For the Julius Erving completist, there's some neat stuff available at auction later this week. Besides his NBA and two ABA championship rings, there's also his class rings from high school and college. Or maybe his gameworn Pythons uniform from The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. Or the watch he receiv...

Rajon Rondo Delivers The Realest Analysis Of The NBA Lockout Yet
"It's just boring." [Kentucky Kernel]...

This Evening: Mark Cuban On Karaoke, Singing "Purple Rain"
Your p.m. roundup for Oct. 25, the day we learned how to bullshit our way through anything. H/T to Adam for video of Cuban singing, which can also be seen at Sweater Punch. Got any stories or photos for us? Tip your editors....

Brian Scalabrine Is His Team's Second-Leading Scorer In Italy
Brian Scalabrine is one of those NBA players that we all delight in calling a "role player," even if his role was never particularly valuable. In Boston, his role was to occasionally come in to fall on a loose ball and get praised for his hustle, but mostly it was to delight all of the white kids ...

A Call For The Abolition Of The Tomato Slice In Sandwiches
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Former Sixers President Pat Croce Is Now A Pirate Hunting Bro
Pat Croce has worn many hats: physical therapist, entrepreneur, owner and president of the Philadelphia 76ers, motivational speaker, Jim Croce hanger-on, philanthropist, and, of late, "pirate aficionado."...

How Would Isiah Thomas Solve The Lockout? He's Glad You Asked
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: Isiah, who's driven into the ground everything he's ever touched, has advice for both owner ...

Breaking: Delonte West Is Currently Pushing His Broken-Down Ford Bronco To The Gas Station
May the resumption of basketball never trouble the childlike glee with which Delonte West goes about his business. After spending $3,000 on a 1994 white Ford Bronco ("OJ Style"), West's new purchase broke down before he could even get it inspected. He's now pushing it down the road, and it looks lik...

Brandon Jennings Needs A Refresher In Oblate Spheroids And Lockout Logic
If there was one thing that my high school science teachers taught me, it was that I should immediately lose any delusions about ever becoming a doctor, or doing anything related to memorization or numbers or earth science ever—and I thank them for that. But I think somewhere along the way, I did le...