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Young Man Cries Like The Heat Locker Room When He's Showered With Plexiglass
You have to assume this young man was bragging pretty hard about having rinkside tickets for the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles's Quebec Major Junior Hockey League game in Nova Scotia last weekend. You also have to assume that classmates who sat in the second level, if they even got in, are still ha...
Kentucky Fan Enters The Memorable Tournament-Time Hairstyle Fray
Tipster Jeffrey G. was kind enough to send in that screenshot from today's Kentucky/West Virginia game. He also asked, "When did George Washington become a Kentucky basketball fan"? A better question is, "Why do both haircentric-tip targets from the past nine days have a ginger boy next to them"?...
Your Late Round-Of-32 Games Open Thread
Today's second batch of games starts around 6:10 p.m. eastern with Temple vs. San Diego State. About an hour later, Butler goes up against Pittsburgh. Then, it's Gonzaga vs. BYU and Kansas State against Wisconsin....
Here's Video Of A Greek Goalkeeper Getting Hit By A Flare
This week's Greek Cup semifinal match between PAOK Thessaloniki and AEK Athens was interrupted when a fan of the former hit the goalkeeper for the latter, Sebastian Saja, with a flare (1:06 into the video)....
Taking a Punch Like a Man — Just Not From One
Felice Herrig has taken a punch from a man before. Many. She's also hit back. Hard. She's a mixed martial arts fighter, in a comparatively small population of women professionals, and, like it or not, in many gyms her only… [Kotaku] ...
Someone Brought A Knife To Today's Cavs/Clippers Game (Updated)
The AP is reporting that "police engaged in a roughly 20-minute standoff Saturday with a knife-wielding man on the floor of Los Angeles' Staples Center, where the Los Angeles Clippers and Cleveland Cavaliers were set to play later in the day....
Bernard Hopkins Reminds You To Have Your Pit Bulls Spayed Or Neutered
Everlasting boxer Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins and fellow Philly pugilist Mike Jones will lend their mugs to a non-profit's campaign urging the people of Camden, NJ to get their pit bulls fixed. For context, Camden is often voted the nation's most dangerous city, and one that laid off 83 cops ...
Weather Screwed Lindsey Vonn Out Of A Chance To Win Skiing's World Cup
When Lindsey Vonn woke up this morning in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, she trailed Germany's Maria Riesch by three points in skiing's overall World Cup title race. She had a chance to take the lead on the final day of the season's giant slalom event....
Your Early Round-Of-32 Games Open Thread
In the early game, a Kentucky team that barely beat Princeton faces a West Virginia team with a coach who's 8-1 against the head Wildcat....
We Are All Dave McKenna XLIV
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit is, well, you all know....
LeBron James Turned The Atlanta Hawks Into The Cleveland Cavaliers For 12 Minutes
Your morning roundup for March 19, the day after it became wise to snatch a few domain names ending in ".xxx"....
It's All Green Beer And Puke Until Smirking Billy Baldwin Shows Up To St. Patrick's Day In Philly
A faithful reader was guzzling beer at Mac's Tavern in Philadelphia, chilling, singing songs about shamrocks and potatoes when he spotted Billy Baldwin greasing his way through the crowd, making all the Philly gals in "Kiss Me I'm Shitfaced" T-shirts swoon....
Your Night Games Open Thread
This one's your open thread for the rest of the evening. First up we've got BU-Kansas, LIU-UNC, St. Peter's-Purdue, and Marquette-Xavier....
This Is How You Looked In 1990, America
This isn't sports, beyond a Mets kid and what I believe is a Randy White Cowboys shirtsey. But it is America, in the summer of 1990, as pictured at your local mall. As someone who wasn't old enough to be dressing myself in 1990, I can say: shame on you, past people. [How To Be A Retronaut]...
We Are All Dave McKenna XLIII
Here's your daily link to Dave McKenna's brilliant "Cranky Redskins Fan's Guide to Dan Snyder," which we'll be posting until Snyder's dumbass libel suit melts in this New York heat wave....
George Mason Welcomes Gus Johnson To The Tournament With A Go-Ahead Three-Pointer To Beat Villanova
George Mason advances, Gus Johnson erupts, fans smooch. It's that time of year....
ESPN, Jalen Rose, And The Manufactured "Uncle Tom" Controversy
Big ratings last weekend for ESPN's Fab Five film: Bill Simmons says it was the highest rated ESPN doc ever....
Of Tangled Bibs And The Human Condition
Man City's Mario Balotelli struggled with his bib before yesterday's Europa League win over Dynamo Kiev. It wasn't easy—Balotelli was red carded in the 36th minute. Not for the bib thing....
Barack Obama Is An Irresponsible Anti-American Frat Boy, According To Pro-American Internet Commenters
President Obama filled out a March Madness bracket earlier in the week. Soon after, Newt Gingrich told Sean Hannity that Obama had "this fixation with the Final Four" and Fox Nation posted a story with the headline "Japan Melts, Libya Burns, Deficit Grows ... and Obama Fills Out NCAA Bracket." All t...
Cats vs. Dogs: An Intense Double-Header
And we're back for more! Yesterday's gameplay was put on hold due to green beer being dumped all over our servers (or something), which means that today we've got double the drama. Grab your band-aids, because these match-ups will cut… [Jezebel] ...