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Deadspin Wayback Machine: On this date, Cardiac Kemba is born and DeAndre Jordan makes Brandon Knight rethink ever stepping onto a court
Today is the anniversary of two of the most iconic basketball moments in the 21st century....
Here are some buzzer beaters from last night for you
Thereâs no such thing as buzzer beater season. But if there was, it would start around championship week (now) and wrap up in early April. You and I have seen plenty of game-winning shots in our time. Do buzzer beaters ever get old? You know the answer. (They do not.)...
NCAA engages in legal circle-jerk over VASECTOMY MAYHEM
Itâs only fitting that the NCAA is very concerned with dicks. The NCAA is petitioning to cancel a urology centerâs trademark for âVASECTOMY MAYHEMâ â which is a phrase that honestly shouldnât exist and especially shouldnât exist around the word âvasectomyââ because theyâre concerned that people will...
Les Milesâ creepy ass got fired on International Womenâs Day, which is poetic
Late Monday night, the University of Kansas announced it had âmutually agreed to part waysâ with head football coach Les Miles. The fact that Miles is out as head coach on International Womenâs Day is truly a delightful display of life imitating art....
Itâs not like the NHL to make a reasoned argument
Iâm not usually so happy to be wrong as I was on Saturday night, when the NHL announced that Tom Wilson is suspended seven games for his Friday night hit on Brandon Carlo....
Deadspin Wayback Machine: A look back at some of sportsâ great relics
One of the great things about sports is the comfort that they provide. While the world is always changing, sometimes at a pace thatâs hard to process, sports are largely static. If you watch a football game from 50 years ago, there certainly are differences in strategy and the size and speed of the ...
We donât need conference tournaments this year
What exactly are we doing here?...
It looks like a bunch of confused former college athletes signed an NCAA brief supporting the opposite of their beliefs on paying current college athletes
Hilariously, some former college athletes decided to chime in to say that current college athletes shouldnât get paid, but also apparently didnât really know what they were signing. In a âfriend-of-the-courtâ brief filed last month to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the ongoing saga of NCAA amateur...
Popovich rightly calls Texasâ â100 percentâ opening and mask-mandate removal âmystifyingâ âignorantâ and âridiculousâ
Texas is open. All of it. 100 percent. The whole shebang. In true Texas fashion. And in a global pandemic thatâs still going on, by the way. Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott made that announcement, and removed the stateâs mask mandate....
The Greg McDermotts of the world keep holding society back
Honestly, Iâm tired of talking about this....
NCAA Tournament or NIT: Where will Duke, Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas & Michigan State end up?
Depending on when you read this, itâs been at least 712 days since the last menâs NCAA Tournament began and at least 692 days since a tournament game has been played. We understand if youâre a little rusty, have forgotten how to fill out a bracket, or if you donât even remember that Virginia is stil...
After Duke loss, predictable silence from the Jalen Johnson critics
Duke came back from a 12-point deficit on Saturday to take Louisville to overtime, but Cardinals senior Carlik Jones scored seven of his 25 points in the extra session, and the Cardinals went on to an 80-73 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium, snapping the Blue Devilsâ four-game winning streak and dea...
Jim Boeheim could have just retired instead of taking shots at Jalen Johnson
You may remember 2015, when Syracuse announced that Jim Boeheim would âretire in three years.â...
Nick Saban and Alabamaâs medical staff should have never let Jaylen Waddle touch the field last night
There was nothing to be proud of when watching Alabama receiver Jaylen Waddle limp around the field last night in the National Championship game....
College basketball is screwed when Rick Pitino is the only one with a plan
When it comes to college basketball, the month of March has always been associated with madness....
Alabama hit with 3 years' probation, fines for hoops bribery & corruption
Alabama menâs basketball team has now joined the list of college programs thrown on probation for bribery or corruption scandals....
Les Miles contracts COVID, could coach next week. What?
College athletes are safer in the hands of their coaches, right?...
Football is the Perfect Reflection of America â Thatâs Not a Good Thing
They told us that sports were a reward for a functioning society. ...
Why Are Conferences Straight-Up Ignoring the NCAA's Chief Doctor?
The Big 12, ACC, and SEC remain adamant on playing sports this fall, despite the NCAAâs own top doctor suggesting otherwise....