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Findlay, Ohio Now The Nexus Of The Basketball Universe
Tyler Evans hits a 3-pointer at the buzzer, while falling down, to give Findlay a 56-53 win over Cal Poly Pomona for the Division II men's championship. Go Oilers!...

Novathers. Pittcats. DUAN.
Can the road to the Final Four be paved with a good tailor? Jay Wright's Villanova Wildcats find out tonight....

Mizzouskies. UConngers. Open Thread
Even MSNBC knows that Mizzou pride is something that needs to be televised regardless of what's going on in the world, even if a somber story about suicide bombings in Pakistan is taking place. [Rivals]...

Your Yankee Superfandom Is Not Welcome
Interesting story about the paranoid corporate buffoonery of the Yankees who decided that novelist Jane Heller's "Confessions of a She-Fan" was "too controversial" to be a part of the Yankees' Opening Day commemorative program....

Pele "Debuted" With A "Lad"
In response to attacks about his coaching ability, Argentine coach Diego Maradona says soccer legend Pele lost his virginity to a man. [Goal.com]...

Get Away From Me, Alan Cutler
There are still reverberations from yesterday's Billy Gillispie firing, but there's nothing more telling about the misguided lunacy that is UK basketball than watching a television reporter chase Gillispie through the Joe Craft center....

Jose Lima Returns For Another Go Around
Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to [email protected]. Subject: Morning crap...

Larry Johnson Pleads Guilty, Ordered To Stop Being So Angry With Women, Disturbing Peace
Part of his probation will also be to not "drink alcohol at Kansas City bars past 9 p.m." [ESPN]...

More Sweet Sixteen Duan: Discuss Your Brackets, Make Out With An Avatar, Type Insulting Things About Your Mothers
Louisville/Arizona are starting...now! For those of you with Friday night plans to watch the games, tipple, rip, and sniff here's the spot for you. And stop leering — she's 16, for god sakes!...

If Billy Donovan Can Be Believed, He's Not Leaving Florida
Despite a Fox Sports Orlando report that his hiring at Kentucky was imminent, Billy Donovan said in a statement today that he's staying at Florida. We think....

Jose Tabata: Wife 'Completely Falsified Her Pregnancy'
The story of Jose Tabata and his 43-year-old wife is the gift that keeps on giving. Today's episode: She apparently told the 20-year-old outfielder that the baby she (allegedly) abducted was his....

Dwight Howard Could Become The New Ally McBeal Dancing Baby If He's Not Careful
• Kerry Rhodes thinks Jay Cutler has a case of the big heads:" It's ok to be confident and talk if that's what you do, but you don't continuolsy do it at the point where it's already done…it's redundant, just let it go."[SRI]...

NCAA Sweet 16: (1) North Carolina vs. (4) Gonzaga
East Region: No. 1 North Carolina (30-4) vs. No. 4 Gonzaga (28-5) When: Thursday, 9:57 p.m., EDT Where: FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS 1) Make it Wayne Let's get this out of the way for those waking from comas: Tyler Hansbrough is the ACC's all-time leading scorer and Tywo...


MLB 2k9 Trivia Contest, Win the Game!
Answer this ridiculously easy question, and we'll send one lucky reader a copy of MLB 2k9 for whatever platform you'd like. The question is: Who is on the cover of MLB 2k9? Email your answer to [email protected] to enter. Standard contest rules apply, deadline is Monday at 6pm EST....

Billy Donovan...Headed To Kentucky?
Gillispie is gone. Now rumors have the Florida head coach considering a jump to Kentucky. [Sparty And Friends]...

The One Where The Yapping Hand Job Picks A Scab (Update)
We get a massive amount of tips in our inbox each week. Some are pretty interesting, but don't get published for one reason or another....

When Porn Meets Sports, Vol. II
They're calling this The Gailey Position, or, The Dade County Toothbrush. I find nothing funny about it, and wish people would just grow the hell up. (Hee hee). [Every Day Should Be Saturday]...

Sooner Recruits Are Quite Handy With Tools
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, unless what happens is punching your girlfriend, driving her to the middle of the desert and threatening to kill her with a screwdriver. That tends to get publicized....

The Comment Of The Week Is Not A Slave To Fashion
Welcome to Deadspin's famed Comment of the Week feature, wherein we recognize some of Deadspin's wittiest and best-written comments from the week that was, and give away valuable mystery prizes....