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Duke Blue Devils
1. The Crazies Are Slipping. Real purists will say they haven't been the same since Terry Sanford's "Avuncular Letter", which stopped the days of say, coating a court in panties to greet sexual-assault accused Herman Veal. But campus debate about the Crazies' role has intensified in recent years, wi...

Oklahoma Sooners
1. Longar Longar: Future Cult Hero? I love this guy, and you have to love anyone with the same name twice. Forget the fact that he should shorten it to one name like "Cher" or "Yao"; a 6'11 Sudanese import at a school filled with what Nebraska coach Bill Callahan called "[expletive] hillbillies" is ...

Perhaps Not What MLB Licensing Had In Mind
When you head out to join your friends in a pro-life protest, it's important to make sure that you accessorize properly. "You're all baby killers ... and Cubs suck! WOOOO PUJOLS!!!!!"...

To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your family says their final goodbyes until you resurface from watching basketball in early April ... • College Basketball: Big East quarterfinals, at New York, Villanova vs. Rutgers; Big 12 Conference first round, Missouri vs. Nebraska at Dallas. Quincy Douby will lead the Scarlet ...

A Live Report From The World Baseball Classic
Another reason Deadspin readers are the best readers in the world: They file video reports from major events....

Leftovers: Down With The Colonials!
• George Washington loses to Temple, making life extremely more hairy for all bubble teams. [Associated Press] • Bonds is in the lineup for exhibition game. Careful of the needle in his butt. [USA Today] • Lil Jon likes hockey? Eh? [AtlantaThrashers.com] • Patriots say goodbye to Willie McGinest. [E...

The Dreary Life Of An NFL Prospect
We find the process of scouting for the NFL Draft completely creepy, just a bunch of balding white men with stopwatches, eyeing 21-year-olds in their underwear....

Jim Boeheim Hates Your Guts
In the type of game that gets us so freaking excited for the tournament next week we almost wet ourselves, Syracuse pretty much just clinched a NCAA tournament big by beating No. 1 Connecticut 86-84. The key, not surprisingly, was guard Gerry McNamara, who had 13 assists and hit a huge 3-pointer t...

The Sponsors Abide
Nihilists! Sponsors! Fuck me. We mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. Let us tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, we'll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull t...

Four Tiny Tidbits On: The Athletics
We re less than a month from Opening Day, so it s time to start previewing the season. Inspired by an old feature on The Black Table, we re going team-by-team and distributing Four Things You Don t Know about them. If you have suggested oddities on your team, send them to us at [email protected]. ...

Blogdome: Enough With The Barry, People
• Honestly, would everyone just shut up about Barry Bonds? Please? [Sportszilla] • You know ... Dwyane Wade is pretty awesome. [True Hoop] • An open letter to the producers of ESPN's Bonds reality show. [Microbano] • Yawn, yawn, another collegiate athletes admits he's (gasp!) gay. [mostproper] • You...

David Wells: More Fun Than Should Be Allowed
How great is it, honestly, to have David Wells around? We're almost sorry to see the Red Sox pitcher come back from that knee injury, because it means he'll be busy again. And we've learned that an idle David Wells is an entertaining David Wells — it's kind of like if Gary Busey all of a sudden sh...

Uh, Today Obviously Kind Of Sucks
Obviously, our massive tech issues from yesterday have been anything but resolved; in fact, they're decidedly worse today. We're told this is happening to all the Gawker Media sites, so we're not alone in theis wilderness....

Runaway Enthusiasm For Minor League Hockey
If you weren't one of the lucky ones who got their Runaway Bride bobblehead doll on Sunday, good news — they're available on eBay. The Gwinnett Gladiators, a minor league hockey team in Georgia, had a, um, unique idea for a promotion last week: They gave away bobbleheads depicting Jennifer Wilbank...

Do Not Taunt Old Southern Men
There's little more fun than a good, old-fashioned Old Guy Beats The Crap Out Of Younger Guy story, you know?...

We Have To Ask ...
Suggested questions for today's ESPN SportsNation chatters ... • 1 p.m. College Hoops with Rece Davis: It's March 9 — how can I already be eliminated from my NCAA Basketball pool? • 2 p.m. NFL Labor with Rick Spielman: Aren't you the one who said "There may or may not be NFL football in 2007, but I ...

Ah, Duke Girls
We've been enjoying Sports Illustrated On Campus' new section that features college students — including our own Jenn Sterger — writing columns, but, frankly, we're really glad they didn't have this feature when we were in college. We would have assuredly tried to write something for it, and had w...

The Barry Bonds Creationism Argument
We've been keeping an eye on the fallout, two days later, of the big Barry Bonds expose in Sports Illustrated, and we've noticed the debate being framed thusly: Do you believe in Barry or do you believe the book?...

Nice Seats, Hey Buddy?
You know, that has to really suck. You skip work to head to a baseball game — no, a World Baseball Classic game — and you're ready to cheer on all your favorite stars. Derek Jeter. Ken Griffey. Dontrelle Willis. Even, if you have enough beers, Alex Rodriguez. It's a great day at the ballpark....

About Last Night ...
What you missed while apologizing for all the tech issues yesterday ... • World Baseball Classic: Canada wins over the United States 8-6. Even long after the Winter Olympics, U.S. still on thin ice. • NBA: Hornets return to New Orleans, but Kobe spoils the party, as he is wont to do. • NHL: Another ...