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Random YouTube Finding Of The Week
As our brother at Defamer noted yesterday, if you can't find something fascinating on YouTube, you're just not trying. Henceforth, we're starting a new feature here at Deadspin: Random entertainment you can find on YouTube in, like, five seconds. It'll run every Wednesday, because Wednesdays are tra...
About Last Night ...
What you missed while making damn sure that your morning footwear is secure ... • NHL: Duck Soup — Brunette leads Colorado past Anaheim and into first in the Northwest Division. • Women's College Basketball: Duke beats UConn; a sentence that would have made your men's bracket make sense. • Soccer: A...
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What you missed while searching for your car ... • NBA: All Hail Nenad Krstic! His 21 points and 10 rebounds help Nets to ninth straight win, 110-72 over Suns. Bow, you dogs! • MLB: We are shocked to learn that it was mild-mannered Red Sox pitcher Julian Tavarez who touched off a benches-clearing br...
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What you missed while giving your office pool bracket sheet a viking's funeral ... • NCAA Tournament: Holy crap! Father of the Bill of Rights knocks off UConn in overtime, mercifiully silencing Jim Calhoun's whining. • NBA: Vince Carter — remember him? — leads Nets over Pistons for eighth straight w...
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• World Figure Skating Championships. After finishing sixth in Torino, American teen Kimmie Meissner pulls the huge upset and wins the World Championships. Sounds awesome. Next year, I'm going, and I'm tailgating....
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• College Basketball: Boston College 59, Villanova 60. Randy Foye had 29 of 'Nova's 60 points. Not what you'd call balanced, but nonetheless effective....
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What you missed while wondering if you look like Homer Simpson ... • NCAA Tournament: Reddick 3-of-18 vs. LSU as Duke bows out in regional semis for third time in four years. Somewhere, Dale Brown is smiling. • NBA: Warriors overcome Nowitzki's 51 points to win in Dallas. Wait ... what? • NHL: Thras...
USC Still Can't Believe It Lost Either
Boi From Troy has dug up an interesting little nugget: The schedule poster for the upcoming Southern California football team contains the word "ENCORE!" as its theme....
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What you missed while spelunking in the dark corners of your own mind ... • NBA: Cavs' James hits game-winning shot, surprising even himself. But before you get too excited, it was against the Bobcats. • MLB: Johnny Damon helps Yankees beat Red Sox in spring game, tries to downplay it, but nobody's ...
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What you missed while practicing with your coconuts ... • NBA: Knicks encounter some rare bad luck as Frye injures knee in loss to Raptors. • MLB: Devils win! Ortiz homers in spring debut, but Red Sox still fall to Devil Rays. • NHL: Devils lose! Gagne's 40th goal helps lift Flyers....
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What you missed while setting your phaser on "love" ... • World Baseball Classic: Ichiro Suzuki, Kosuke Fukudome lead Japan over Cuba for title. Hey, we think we saw a game at the Fukudome once. • NBA: St. Patrick's Day is over, so Kobe lights up Celtics for 43 as Lakers avoid slipping under .500. •...
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What you missed after being propelled into the ceiling fan by your new EZ Shoes ... • NCAA Basketball Tournament: North Carolina forced to swallow pride, and Billy Packer to eat crow, as George Mason (!) advances to Sweet Sixteen. • NBA: Kobe who? LeBron who? Cavs stop Lakers behind Flip Murray. • N...
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• Boxing: Hasim Rahman and James Toney: Draw. Rahman and Toney pounded on each others faces for 12 rounds and decided absolutely nothing. I think when this happens, the two fighters should be forced to fight to the death....
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• College Basketball: Bradley 77, Kansas 73. Next year, when Kansas wins the Big 12 and locks up a 1-seed, they may want to decline it and opt for the NIT, just to save themselves the embarrassment. (Of course, if you read The FYC, you already knew it was going to happen.)...
NCAA First Day Roundup: Give Us Some Upsets
News And Notes From An Excellent First Day Of NCAA B-B-B-B-B-Basketball ... • The main reason everyone was so befuddled by Billy Packer's demented rant on the NCAA Selection Show last Sunday was because he was railing against exactly what fans like the most about the tournament; small-school teams...
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What you missed because you can't chance seeing that Applebee's shrimp commercial one more time ... • NCAA Basketball Tournament: Where to begin? Let's just say that the end of regulation of the UNC-Wilmington vs. George Washington game was the most exciting we've seen in many a moon phase. • World ...
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What you missed while playing with your Albert Einstein action figure ... • World Baseball Classic: Chan Ho Park helps matters for a change — Korea beats Japan to keep U.S. alive. • MLB: Bonds homers in spring win over Brewers, is 7-for-9 with three dings. Enjoy it while you can, Giants fans. • NBA:...
NCAA Pants Party: Villanova Vs. Monmouth
Villanova Wildcats (25-4) vs. Monmouth Hawks (19-14). When: Friday, 2:50 p.m. Where: Philadelphia...
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What you missed while stockpiling beer and deli meats for the long days of basketball ahead ... • NBA: This round goes to Artest — Kings stop Kobe, Lakers, for 13th straight home win. • College Basketball: "Bunch mad ... Bunch smash!" John Bunch (7-foot-2, 320) leads Monmouth over Hampton in NCAA To...
NCAA Pants Party: West Virginia Vs. Southern Illinois
West Virginia Mountaineers (20-10) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (22-10). When: Friday, 2:45 p.m. Where: Auburn Hills, Mich....