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To Watch Tonight
What to watch while you're confused as to why your copy of Sports Illustrated has a picture of you in it ... • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament, quarterfinals, Old Dominion at Hofstra; Missouri State at Louisville. The way we look at it, every NIT game just delays lacrosse season t...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after no one will play you in tetherball ... • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament, second round, South Carolina at Florida State; Minnesota at Cincinnati. Boy, if the Bearcats don't win this thing after all the complaining they did on Selection Sunday ... [ESPN] • NBA: ...
Get Your T.O. Slice Of Funk
The official Terrell Owens Web site has been playing an odd game of hide-and-seek with its T.O. Cowboys rap. One minute it's on the site, the next minute it's off. We don't know what its deal is....
Why We Can't Take The White Sox Seriously
This might have something to do with the fact that they're not even the most popular team in their hometown, but we think it might be more simple than that. It might be hijinks like their stunt with TNA Wrestling, the video of which can be seen above. (TNA is also doing some sort of promotion with t...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the dog takes itself for a walk ... • World Baseball Classic: Final, Cuba vs. Japan, at San Diego. All the taste of real baseball with only half the calories. [ESPN] • College Basketball: National Invitation Tournament, second round, Notre Dame at Michigan. And so we find that Michi...
When The NCAA Tournament Destroys You
But there's a downside, of course, and anyone who was a fan of Kansas, Michigan State and, yes, Iowa can tell you how much pain this tournament can wreak. Above, via Extra Points, is a video of Iowa fans converging at a bar in Columbia, Mo., ready to cheer their Hawkeyes to an easy first-round victo...
Four Tiny Tidbits On: The White Sox
We re only a couple of weeks 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 tips@deadspin....
Terrell Owens Can Rap Quicker Than You
In recent months, we have done everything in our power to institute a moratorium on Terrell Owens-related news, if just so that, if we were hit by a bus tomorrow, we would be able to talk to our maker with our pure heart, free of egregious sin....
To Watch Tonight...
• Women's College Basketball: (16) Southern @ (1) Duke. In case you feel like the Southern vs. Duke rivalry was not adequately settled by the men's contest, here you go....
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• College Basketball: (6) Indiana @ (3) Gonzaga. Good news: It's a tremendous basketball match-up. Bad news: Indiana's clown pants and Adam Morrison's moustache are both just ridiculous....
Cowboys Finally Find A Suitable Replacement For Michael Irvin
As was mentioned briefly here yesterday, The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Terrell Owens has reached an agreement in principle with the Dallas Cowboys. A formal announcement is expected within a few days....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you arrange your various NCAA office pool brackets in front of you like bingo cards ... • Baseball: World Baseball Classic, second round, Mexico vs. USA, at Anaheim, Calif. Ah, Mexico, our old adversary. So we meet again ... [ESPN] • College Basketball: NCAA Tournament, first round ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as someone brings you a delicious bass ... • National Invitation Tournament, first round: Wake Forest at Minnesota. Even if you win this thing, you're not as good as Monmouth. [ESPN2] • Major League Baseball: Preseason, New York Yankees vs. Houston, at Kissimmee, Fla. In which we disco...
Bracket Breakdown: Oakland Regional
The question was raised by Dan Shanoff in the Daily Quickie this morning, and echoed in today's Sports Illustrated: Is this the year a No. 16 seed finally beats a No. 1? Oral Roberts is a No. 16 seed that's much better than your usual No. 16 seed, and you could certainly argue that Memphis is a li...
Bracket Breakdown: Minneapolis Regional
For some reason, the Minneapolis Regional is the one that inspires us the least. We're not sure why; we love Villanova and think the college basketball world is a better place when the Wildcats are good....
Bracket Breakdown: Washington, D.C. Regional
Remember last year, when Bill Murray suddenly showed up in Chicago to root on the Illini in their run for the Final Four? As Illini fans, this made us extremely happy. It's nice when it turns out that the celebrity fan bandwagon jumpers for your team are actually cool....
Bracket Breakdown: Atlanta Regional
Ah, the Atlanta regional. J.J. Redick's shocker. Daniel Gibson's optical illusion penis. A bunch of Ivy League dorks. The memories, we tell you. We're hoping Cal plays Duke in the regional final, so we can see the Cal fans play a prank on Redick....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you realize Barney Fife is no longer there to protect the city from jaywalkers ... • College Basketball: NCAA Tournament Play-in Game, Monmouth Hawks (18-14) vs. Hampton Pirates (16-15). Winner gets the right to be thrown under the Villanova bus. [ESPN] • NHL: Sabres at Capitals; Co...
NCAA Pants Party: Georgetown Vs. Northern Iowa
Georgetown Hoyas (21-9) vs. Northern Iowa Panthers (23-9). When: Friday, 2:45 p.m. ET Where: Dayton, Ohio....