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A Conservative Estimate Says That The Average Indiana University Basketball Player Is Owed Around $156,000 For This Season
People that want to preserve amateur athletics often say that student-athletes are compensated, contrary to appearances, because just about everyone on a top tier sports team is getting an education on an athletic scholarship (even the kids at Harvard, these days). If they get a free ride, isn't tha...

How To Grill Chicken Breasts: A Guide For Heretics
The boneless, skinless chicken breast is the totemic foodstuff of the health-obsessed, because of the nutritional potency of chicken, because of the relatively low fat content of the boneless, skinless breast relative to other nutrient-dense animal proteins, and because in 99 percent of its preparat...

Those Plucky FGCU Basketball Players Live On An Actual Beach
You may think "Hollywood Upstairs Medical College" or "Ponzi scheme" when you hear "Florida Gulf Coast University," but that's not fair: FGCU—which looks like what you see above—is very much a real place, with documented students, and classes, and dorms and stuff. Indeed, that picture, provided by C...

Supposedly Dead MMA Fighter Robs Gun Store From Beyond The Grave
Today in great ledes, this one courtesy of the Associated Press: ...

It's A Bit Chilly In Colorado Tonight
The World Cup qualifier between the U.S. Men's National Team and Costa Rica is about to get kicked off outside Denver, and my goodness it looks cold. So cold, in fact, that Alexi Lalas and Kasey Keller are wearing ridiculous hats. (Bob Ley is hatless, because Bob Ley's balls are nuclear reactors and...

FGCU Beats Georgetown: A Schadenfreude Gallery
For the third time in two years, a 15-seed has upset a 2-seed. As the world embraces the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles, it's important to remember that for every winner, there is a loser. Even when they are lovable, they are still losers....

Georgetown Fell Victim To The "Inbound The Ball Off A Defender's Butt" Play
Georgetown will likely have a cakewalk in tonight's game against 15 seed FGCU, but the Eagles showed the kind of ingenuity that led them to an early-season win over Miami in the opening minutes of their game against the Hoyas....

Bruce Weber Tried His Hardest To Call Timeout In The Final Seconds Of KSU's Loss, But Nobody Was Listening
La Salle upset Kansas State today, driving Deadspin writers into a frenzy and ruining brackets for those of you foolish enough to trust Bruce Weber to do anything right. He did, for what it's worth, try for a last-second strategy play. Too bad nobody noticed....

What Is Bill Snyder Eating?
Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder is in attendance for the Wildcats' bout in Kansas City against La Salle. What's he eating? Some people have suggested it's a hot dog, but that's one big-ass hot dog. I think it's a burrito....

Wanna Know What Happens In A March Madness Game Slightly Before It Airs On TV? Use This Password
Sure, it's the most boring way to watch the year's most exciting sporting event. But it might help you win money from dopes at the bar....

Eastern Illinois RB Accused Of Robbing A Jimmy John's Delivery Man At Knifepoint, Takes Great Mug Shot
Bobby Pettis hasn't played a game for FCS Eastern Illinois, sitting out the 2012 season after transferring from D-II. He might not suit up in 2013 either....

Former Dolphins Star Mark Duper Allegedly Beat The Shit Out Of His Teenage Son
Mark Duper, the best non-Mark-Clayton receiver of the Dan Marino era, was charged yesterday with a felony count of child abuse. He is accused of twice knocking out his 17-year-old son, in a drawn-out brawl that sounds like Roddy Piper's big fight in They Live....

Peter King Making Up To $1.5 Million A Year For "Kinglandia"
It's not exactly ridonkulous but it's good enough....






