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It's Your Opening Day Open Thread
Here we go. At 1 p.m., It's fat guys versus beer and chicken, as the Detroit Tigers meet the Boston Red Sox. Discuss that and all the rest of today's baseball action in the comments....
Your NCAA Championship Game Open Thread
Basketball tips off at 9:23 p.m., Kansas-Kentucky, "One Shining Moment," on CBS, all that. Bill Self and John Calipari, Anthony Davis and Thomas Robinson, Tyshawn Taylor and Darius Miller, Jeff Withey and Kyle Wiltjer. Talk about it all down here....
Your Sunday NBA Open Thread
Miami at Boston is on ABC right now and Denver at Orlando is on NBA TV at 6:00 p.m. with Minnesota at Portland following at 9:00 p.m. Feel free to talk it out, down below....
Your Final Four Open Thread: Ohio State vs. Kansas
Ohio State and Kansas battle for a chance to play Kentucky for the national championship on Monday. It's a rematch with much more on the line and this time Jared Sullinger is playing. You know the drill. Have at it in the comments....
Final Four Open Thread: Louisville vs. Kentucky
Hello, friends.™ This one is for the chance to play for all the Tostitos. Winner goes on, loser goes back to Kentucky—a double whammy. Pop in down below to talk hoops with your internet brethren....
Your NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, Day Two Open Thread
Baylor and Kentucky start the day off at 2:20 p.m. and then Roy Williams and UNC take on the still-special Kansas Jayhawks at 5:05 p.m. All the action is on CBS and in the comments below. Enjoy....
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Sweet Sixteen
Right right right. The NCAA field is down to 12 teams, what with half of the regional semifinals having been played last night. But it's still the Sweet Sixteen round for the eight teams slated to play tonight out of the Midwest and South regions. There's Xavier-Baylor at 7:15, Ohio-North Carolina a...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Sweet Sixteen
There are two games each from the East and West regions on tap tonight: Wisconsin-Syracuse at 7:15, Louisville-Michigan State at 7:47, Cincinnati-Ohio State at 9:45, and Florida-Marquette at 10:17. Floor's yours. Discuss them in the comments....
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread Day Four: The Night Games
2012 Tourney darlings Norfolk State take on Florida at 6:10 p.m. on TNT, Ohio and South Florida tip off on TBS at 7:10 p.m., Lehigh and Xavier start on TruTV at 7:45 p.m., Purdue and Kansas follow at 8:40 p.m. on TNT and Cincinnati and Florida cap the evening at 9:40 on TBS....
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread Day Four: The Daytime Games
Well, here we go again. Today's action begins with everyone's favorite upset for the day, N.C. State taking on Georgetown at 12:15 p.m. The fighting Rick Majeruses of Saint Louis take on Michigan State at 2:45 p.m. and, finally—for the afternoon—Creighton and North Carolina tip off at 5:15 p.m. All...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread Day Three: The Daytime Games
Day three. Here we go. Kansas State and Syracuse kick things off at 12:15 (CBS). Then it's Zags-Buckeyes at 2:45 p.m. (CBS) followed by Murray State and Marquette at 5:45 p.m., also on CBS. Comment below....
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread, Day Two: The Night Games
St. Louis! Memphis! 6:50! Then Lehigh-Duke at 7:15, Ohio-Michigan at 7:20, and Purdue-St. Mary's at 7:27. Followed by LIU Brooklyn and Michigan State at 9:20, Xavier and Notre Dame at 9:45, South Florida and Temple at 9:50, and Detroit vs. Kansas at 9:57. Comment away, please....
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread, Day Two: The Daytime Games
Time to do it all over again. Here come Texas and Cincinnati at 12:15, followed by N.C. State and San Diego State at 12:40, Alabama and Creighton at 1:40, and Virginia and Florida at 2:10. Then teatime starts with St. Bonaventure against Florida State at 2:45, Belmont and Georgetown at 3:10, Vermont...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Feeling-A-Little-Sleepy-And-Bored-Honestly Games
Congratulations! You've now spent more than an eight-hour workday watching basketball. The final stretch begins with UConn and Iowa State, tipping at 9:20. Then it's New Mexico State and Indiana at 9:45, Loyola (Maryland) and Ohio State at 9:50, and Colorado-UNLV, the last plate on the dessert cart,...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Finish-Bolting-Dinner Games
No more slack in the brackets; the staggered start times are clumping together now. At 6:50, you get Western Kentucky against Kentucky. Then it's VCU and Wichita State at 7:15, quickly followed by West Virginia and Gonzaga at 7:20, with South Dakota State and Baylor at 7:27. Keep the comments flowin...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Sneak-Out-Of-Work Games
Here comes the second batch of the first round, starting at 2:45 with BYU-Marquette. As national productivity dwindles on toward zero, we get UNC-Asheville against Syracuse at 3:10, Long Beach State and New Mexico at 4:10, and Harvard-Vanderbilt at 4:40. To the comments, while you're still sober eno...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Pretend-To-Still-Be-Working Games
Here come the Murray State Racers and the rest of your early-early games, starting with the 12:15 Murray State-Colorado State tipoff. At 12:40 Southern Miss meets Kansas State, at 1:40 it's Davidson and Louisville, and at 2:10 your college basketbinge is fully underway, with Montana against Wisconsi...
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Weekend: Your College Basketball Open Thread
I had this whole great thing written breaking down each game with the most mind-blowing analysis the world had ever seen, but internet connectivity issues ruined it all. Just know that it would have made Dick Vitale look like a gimmicky old man—it was that good. Anyway, here you go, chat down below ...
NBA Open Thread
Jeremy Lin and the Knicks take on the Celtics at 1:00 p.m. followed by the peerless Kobe Bryant taking on LeBron and the Miami Heat. Chat it up....
College Basketball Open Thread
Conference tournament play is upon us with the various tournaments either decided, in progress or about to begin. Highlights are listed, continue to feel the madness below in the comments....