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Marcus Hall Is Selling Signed Photos Of His Double-Bird Exit
Marcus Hall, the former Ohio State offensive lineman whose double-bird storm-off at the Big House was the most triumphant moment of the college football season, is looking to cash in on his iconic moment, just as he damn well should....

OK State Buzzer-Beater Forces OT After Steal With Three Seconds Left
Leyton Hammonds stole an inbound pass and heaved up a buzzer-beating three to tie his Oklahoma State Cowboys with Baylor in Waco....

Iowa AD: Paying Players Is Too Complicated For Me And My $450K Salary
From a piece on the Iowa and Iowa State ADs' opposition to athlete unionization comes this doozy from Iowa's Gary Barta:...

T.J. Oshie Beats Russia In 4-3 Shootout
T.J. Oshie's four shootout goals proved the difference as the United States beat Russia 3-2 (4-3). It took eight rounds of penalty shots before the right combination of Jonathan Quick save and Oshie goal could be properly paired up....

Falling Chunk Of Disco Ball Delays Warriors Game
Did you know there is a big disco ball hanging from the ceiling at Oracle Arena? I did not know about this big disco ball. ...

LeBron James Ruins The Warriors With A Last-Second, Game-Winning Shot
In retrospect, not doubling LeBron James seems unwise. But would it have really helped?...

He Doesn't Give A Damn
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Marreese Speights Dominates: The Spectacle Of The Fattish NBA Gunner
About halfway through the second quarter last night, Marreese Speights missed a step-back three. It was the first shot he'd missed all night, and it seemed to be off more because Speights got tired from bludgeoning the 76ers with their own dismembered arms and legs than because of anything Philadel...

This Is Some Quality Side-Eying
Kansas State outlasted Kansas in overtime tonight and everyone on the Wildcats bench was having a good time, including Shane Southwell who left the game with an injured ankle. ...

Holly Rowe Conducts Postgame Interview From Atop Scorer's Table
Kansas State upset rival Kansas in overtime tonight, leading to a court-storming at Bramlage Coliseum that left ESPN reporter Holly Rowe with nowhere to go—so she joined the Wildcats atop the scorer's table, and conducted her postgame interview there....

Grambling State Finally Won A Division I Game
Grambling State had finally broken its seasons-long losing streak in December, but it was against something called Central Baptist State of the NAIA, the same division the Mustangs and the rest of the SWAC moved up from in the late 70s. Tonight, Grambling beat Alcorn State 95-80 and finally broke th...

Kung Fu Fight Breaks Out In Iowa State-West Virginia Blowout
Eleventh-ranked Iowa State suffered its worst loss of the year tonight in Morgantown, as WVU trounced the Cyclones 102-77. But it's a wild sequence of events late that left both teams charged with flagrant fouls after ISU's Dustin Hogue delivered a flying kick to an opponent while the Mountaineers' ...

Smart Suspended Three Games; TTU Claims Fan Called Him "Piece Of Crap"
Marcus Smart will sit three games as punishment for his shoving a Texas Tech fan last night in Lubbock. The Red Raiders athletic department released the above video, alongside a statement from "superfan" Jeff Orr in which he claims he only called Smart "a piece of crap."...

Oregon Basketball Coach Says He's Victim Of ASU Student Saliva Attack
Oregon assistant basketball coach Brian Fish and athletic trainer Clay Jamieson were reportedly spit on by an Arizona State student after the Ducks' loss to the Sun Devils Saturday night, prompting the Oregon basketball staff to call out Arizona State's unique court layout....

"Go Back To Africa" Twitter Rumor Becomes Marcus Smart Story Canon
In the overnight hours after Marcus Smart shoved a fan in Lubbock at the end of Saturday's Oklahoma State-Texas Tech game, speculation ran wild about what might have provoked the Cowboys superstar guard to react in such a way. By morning, the narrative had been forged: Red Raiders superfan Jeff Or...

Oklahoma State Star Marcus Smart Shoves Opposing Fan In Texas Tech Loss
One of college basketball's top players is in hot water after shoving a Texas Tech superfan late in Oklahoma State's loss to Texas Tech in Lubbock....

The Reason To Love Joakim Noah, In One Meaningless Play
Here's a play from the end of of last night's Bulls-Warriors game that's really nothing special at all. The game itself wasn't all that interesting—the ever-overmatched Bulls hung around for as long as they could, scrapping out points like a mid-major college team, before eventually being overwhelm...

The End Of Weber State-Sacramento State Was Just Absurd
College basketball already had a hell of a showing Saturday with top-ranked Arizona losing on a last-second shot and Duke forcing overtime against Syracuse with a buzzer-beater, but there was another crazy finish yesterday that didn't feature two perennial programs....

Mississippi State Coach Is Not Happy With Marshall Henderson
Did he say "fuck you"? It looks like he said "fuck you." Ole Miss soundly beat intra-state rival Mississippi State by 19 today and Marshall Henderson did what Marshall Henderson does: pissed the shit out of everyone. It looks like he even got under the skin of Miss. St. head coach Rick Ray at the ve...

Markel Brown Makes Steal, Unleashes 360 Dunk On West Virginia
We featured Oklahoma State's Markel Brown in these parts a week ago, but here's a more positive highlight. Here's the senior Cowboys wing man executing the turnover on West Virginia today in Stillwater and then bringing a Gallagher-Iba Arena crowd to its feet with a 360 dunk to top it off....