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This Is Your March Madness Day One Open Thread
We're off and running—with a few stumbles. Welcome to your new Bleacher Report-branded NCAA broadcasting regime. Talk about it down here....

There Was An Actual LIU Blackbird At Last Night's First Four Game Against James Madison
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Fan Rushes Onto Court During Heat-Cavs Game, Shakes LeBron's Hand
A weird night in Cleveland (delayed start due to condensation followed by the Cavs jumping out to a 20-point lead on Miami) got stranger when a fan rushed onto the court and managed to shake LeBron James's hand....

Picking Your Nose On Television Is Not A Violation Of BYU's Honor Code
Hot on the heels of a fervent nationally-broadcast nosepicker, a BYU fan is running with the nostril-spelunking baton. Last night's NIT bout in Provo between the Cougars and Washington turned out to be a snoozer, but even early on this gentleman was more interested in his own sneezer....

FA Decides Not To Punish Callum McManaman For Inflicting Serious Knee Injury On Massadio Haïdara
Wigan's match with Newcastle United turned ugly this weekend when Latics forward Callum McManaman's reckless tackle on Newcastle's Massadio Haïdara left the latter with a season-ending knee injury. Things got even uglier in the aftermath....

Joe Morgan And Family Find NIT Basketball Enthralling
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Kentucky, Like Its Players, Is One-And-Done
In the NIT! To an NEC team!...

Classic Screencap: Love Is In The Air (March 18, 2011)
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JaVale McGee Throws Down Over Joakim Noah
This happens so fast, I'm not even sure JaVale knows what he did. I am sure that Noah clearly wants nothing to do with McGee and just tries to forearm him out of the way....

The Andrew Bynum Era In Philadelphia Is Over
It was announced Monday night that Andrew Bynum would be undergoing season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his knees Tuesday to "clean out loose debris in the knees."...

Miami Withstands Jeff Green, Continues To Roll
The Heat won Monday night for the 23rd straight time, leaving only the 71-72 Lakers with a longer streak at 33....

Atlanta Cheerleader Carted Off Court After Bizarre Injury
Between the third and fourth quarters of tonight's Hawks-Mavericks game in Atlanta, a Hawks cheerleader slipped and appeared to hit her head on the court....

Les Miles Dancing To Epic Sax Guy Is Perversely Hypnotic
So, LSU did one of those Harlem Shake videos and Les Miles danced in it. Some genius took a small portion of Les's role and looped it for 10 minutes and added Epic Sax Guy tunes. It's quite the cocktail. You will watch all 10 minutes of this and you will have no idea why. ...

Here Is A Perfect LeBron James Dunk
The Heat are in Boston this evening attempting to extend their winning streak to 23 games. The Celtics lead 59-53 at the half after jumping out to a big early lead....

Suburban Mayor Willing To Give The Chicago Cubs 25 Acres Of Land To Build A New Stadium
Brad Stephens is the mayor of Rosemont, a village less than 20 miles outside Chicago, and he's making a run at the Cubs. While the Cubs continue to fight with the city of Chicago over various restrictions in place, preventing the team from optimizing its cashflow, Mayor Stephens has said the Rickets...

Welcome, "Kinglandia"! <em>Sports Illustrated</em> Is Giving Peter King His Own Website
Peter King and Sports Illustrated are taking a crack at the Grantland model....

Cayce Pollard's Career As An ESPN Graphics Operator Didn't Last Long
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Nick Diaz Doesn't Pay His Taxes, Is A Crazy Person
Nick Diaz was soundly beaten by Georges St-Pierre in UFC-158 Saturday night. When it was over, someone apparently gave him his hat and he just started talking....

