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Okay, Let's Dive Into This Incredibly Stupid Warriors-Thunder Beef

The Golden State Warriors visit Oklahoma City for a nationally televised game against the Thunder tonight, but more than the actual game, the story is about how they are apparently still smarting from February’s emotionally-charged matchup, Kevin Durant’s first in OKC since leaving the Thunder. ESPN...

NCAA Forces Writer To Delete Video Of Wichita State Coach's Rowdy Wife [Update]

Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall isn’t the only one in the family that can cause a scene, apparently....

Kentucky Staves Off Upset, Squeaks By Wichita State 

No. 2 Kentucky just barely held on to thwart an upset attempt from No. 10 Wichita State with a 65-62 win Sunday afternoon. ...

Yes, "OHHHH!"

Brad Underwood Heads To Illinois After One Year With Oklahoma State

Brad Underwood has left Oklahoma State after just one season, jumping ship for Illinois. The university announced the hiring just one day after Underwood’s Cowboys lost to Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament....

Oklahoma State Covers Thanks To Last-Second Three

Michigan beat Oklahoma State in what was one of the more entertaining games of the NCAA tournament’s first round. The Cowboys fought to the very end, getting quick buckets in the final minute and forcing Michigan to hit their free throws. Even after Michigan grabbed a four-point lead, Oklahoma State...

Plies Infiltrated The Florida Gulf Coast Band Last Night

Deadspin’s favorite life guru Plies took a break from dispensing wisdom on Instagram to take in yesterday’s NCAA tournament game between Florida State and Florida Gulf Coast. Fittingly, the musician found himself drawn to his fellow musicians and wound up in the center of the FGCU band:...

This Half-Court Draymond Green Lob For An Andre Iguodala Dunk Is Gorgeous

The Warriors didn’t have to try very hard to waltz all over the Magic tonight, but they still put in some effort to look cool while doing it. As evidenced by this nifty half-court lob from Draymond Green leading to an Andre Iguodala dunk:...

Draymond Green Remains The Beating Heart Of The Warriors

The malaise gripping the Warriors lately is a bit strange. It is understandable if they’re playing worse without the injured Kevin Durant—any team would play worse without Kevin Durant—and some sloppiness during a long road trip makes sense too. But there is no good explanation for why a team that h...

Should The Warriors And Cavs Be Getting Worried?

Here is a fun stat, courtesy of ESPN’s Marc Stein: In March the Warriors are 28th in the NBA offensive efficiency, and the Cavaliers are 29th in defensive efficiency....

Two Former Penn State Officials Plead Guilty To Child Endangerment 

Former Penn State senior vice president Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley have both pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child....

Tonight's Nationally Televised Spurs-Warriors Match-Up Might Be The Worst NBA Game Of The Season

The 52-13 Golden State Warriors, who have struggled lately, but nonetheless have the best record in the NBA and are favored to win the title! The San Antonio Spurs, just 1.5 games back in the standings, and the team mostly likely to prevent the Warriors from returning to the Finals! Tonight on ABC, ...

Six Months Later, Michigan State Notifies Female Athletes About Its Sexual Assault Scandal

Six months after the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal broke, and after hearing from current and former female athletes, Michigan State announced on Tuesday that the school sent a mass email from athletic director Mark Hollis to all female athletes that played for the Spartans over the past 20 yea...

Steph Curry Spoke Too Soon

At the end of the third quarter of last night’s Celtics-Warriors game, Steph Curry did some very rude things to Celtics rookie Jaylen Brown. After shaking and faking Brown out of his airspace, Curry rose up for a buzzer-beating three that put the Warriors up 74-71. And then he got sassy, turning tow...

Mark Gottfried Knew What He Was Signing Up For At N.C. State

The Mark Gottfried era came to an end for N.C. State on Tuesday in appropriately unruly fashion, and for the first time since 1996, the final year of Les Robinson’s run, N.C. State will finish sub-.500 in consecutive seasons....

MSG Went Silent For A Half, And Draymond Green Despised It

The Knicks tried something a little different for their game against the Warriors on Sunday afternoon. (They still lost, so some things remained comfortingly stable.) For the entirety of warm-ups and the first half, there was no in-arena entertainment, no music blaring during timeouts, no organ play...

Judge Agrees To Postpone Matt Barnes's Assault Trial Until After The NBA Finals

Matt Barnes’s trial in his misdemeanor assault case has been postponed until June 27 to accommodate a possible trip to the NBA Finals....

The Warriors Aren't Invincible

The last time that the Golden State Warriors lost back-to-back games in regulation was almost exactly two years ago, back in early April of 2015. That 2014-15 Warriors team got blown out by San Antonio on the road, then lost a close one in New Orleans. After that loss, they won an NBA championship a...

Jose Calderon Had A Great Two Hours At The Office

A play, in three acts:...

Kevin Durant Out At Least One Month With MCL Sprain, Bone Bruise

The results of Kevin Durant’s MRI are reportedly in, and the news is about as good as Warriors fans could have hoped for....