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Did Tiger Woods Shred His ACL Training With The Navy SEALs?
If Tiger Woods' old swing coach, Hank Haney, is to be believed, Yes. He did. Haney, you may recall has a book, The Big Miss, coming out just in time for the Masters. Excerpts were leaked in Golf Digest a few weeks ago, but The New York Times reviewed the book yesterday and noted an interesting asse...

Shock & Awe: Faces Of March Madness, Day Three
Underdogs are on crisis alert, as only five teams from non-money conferences remain in the tournament: Lehigh, Ohio, Creighton, Norfolk State, and Xavier. (Xavier would prefer you not include them amongst those other so-called "mid-majors," so we'll call it four.) The past two years have overshadow...

Big Wins And Ugly Losses: Faces Of March Madness, Day Two
Yesterday's upset-filled schedule of NCAA tournament action provided plenty of must-see moments as well as those that made you want to cover your eyes, like Truman the Missouri Tiger in the waning moments of their loss to Norfolk State. Here's the best and worst of Day Two....

Nicolas Cage, Dying (And Humping January Jones) Before Our Very Eyes
We have reached the point where the release of a new Nicolas Cage movie is less fodder for humor than it is an indignity upon everyone involved with its making. It is odd, actually, that movies like Seeking Justice, which will slink across 250 screens today, less a movie release than a walk of shame...

Winners, Losers, And Weirdos: The Faces Of The First Day Of March Madness
There will be no more gripping and/or sipping in the NCAA tournament, as WKU's miracle run has come to an end after a thrashing by Kentucky. But for every loser there is a winner, so here's a collection of both (as well as the indescribably bizarre) from yesterday's action. ...

Will Ferrell, King Of WTF
Will Ferrell has a movie coming out this Friday, and there's a chance you aren't even aware of it. That's probably fine with him—although that doesn't mean he's not really proud of this film....

One Of These Two Men Will Win Name Of The Year
Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson. Taco B.M. Monster. Two men enter. Two men leave, but one wins a funny name internet contest. Vote now. [NOTY]...

The Southern Miss Band Chanted "Where's Your Green Card?" At Kansas State's Angel Rodriguez
Kansas State guard Angel Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico, but don't tell the Southern Miss band that. (Maybe they don't know Puerto Rico is in the United States either, anyway.) Here's what it sounded like on the court late in the first half of their matchup today in Pittsburgh. [TruTV]...

Bulls Fans Never Did Much Care For The Presidency Of Lyndon Baines Johnson
The Summer of '68 still looms large in the memories of politically-minded Chicagoans....

Say Goodbye To Mumblecore: How The Duplass Brothers Rise Above The Ramble
It's really easy to hate mumblecore. Not the movies—just that name. A collection of like-minded low-budget indie films about 20-somethings (usually white and pasty) trying to find their way in the world, "mumblecore" calls to mind all the weakest tendencies in these movies—specifically, their ineffe...

March Madness Means Charles Barkley Fueling Your Future Night Terrors
The odd, temporary marriage between CBS and Turner during the NCAA tournament means occasional instances of one's chocolate being found in another's peanut butter, or vice-versa if you will. College basketball fans get a taste of TNT's Inside the NBA wackiness while NBA mavens let Jim Nantz singleh...

Channing Tatum Is Funny. Really. <em>21 Jump Street</em>, Reviewed.
1. It's surprising that it took this long for someone to mix the peanut butter of Apatowian bromance comedies with the chocolate of the buddy cop film. They're natural allies, with their undercurrents of false machismo, crippling fear of women and unmistakable male panic. It's tough not to lament th...

Onscreen Typos Don't Get Much More Unfortunate Than This
It's bad enough 10 seed Iowa State gets to play at home, but Iowa City market station KCRG-Cedar Rapids just had to play the stereotype card, didn't they? (Not to mention Green Bay dropped the UW part of their name some time ago.) We can only imagine what they called the Hawkeyes' first round oppon...

Even George Karl Has Jumped Aboard The Messi Bandwagon
As NBA players sent messages of support to Ricky Rubio upon news of his ACL tear, Nuggets head coach George Karl showed his softer side by sporting an FC Barcelona shirt while meeting with the press yesterday. Karl's son Coby played with Rubio on Joventut Badalona after fizzling out in the NBA and ...

Florida State, Vanderbilt, And Michigan State Are Going Dancing, But They Would Have Been Anyway
This brings to a close our series highlighting teams celebrating their conference championships, and like most televised entertainment, it comes to a somewhat anticlimactic end. Sure, FSU won the ACC for the first time ever, and Vanderbilt won the SEC tournament for the first time since 1951 (thou...

Bob Knight: Ice Cream Cone Enthusiast
Look at that man. Look at the smile on his face, the joy in his heart. A man enjoying one of life's simpler pleasures, everything in his countenance revealing the easy-going, pleasant personality of a man who has lived with love in his heart and every day without a stroke of anger....

Dogs Humping: Your Weekly Reminder That The Iditarod Is A Thing That Exists
Look at that face. What dog could resist it? That's General Thelma—an "all star" runner in the Iditarod—and she has been demoted from her lead position because she is in heat. It's spring and love the primal instinct to procreate is in the air, even in frigid Alaska....

Florida's Casey Prather Ruined Kentucky Forward Kyle Wiltjer's Day With This Massive Dunk
Florida's off to a quick start against Kentucky in their SEC tournament semifinal, and there's no better example than this posterizing dunk by Casey Prather over the Wildcats' Kyle Wiltjer. [ABC]...

Big Nut Has Finally Accumulated Enough Flair To Be Employable At T.G.I. Friday's
Jon Peters—known to those in Ohio State enthusiast circles as Big Nut—makes regular appearances on television during Buckeye games due mostly to his ridiculous appearance. His visage grows more absurd by season, and given he's a portly fellow it's astonishing he's even mobile carrying such extra ba...

The Name Of The Year Bracket Is Down To The Final Four
Yes, it's the 2011 bracket, and yes, it's taken a year. But life happens sometimes, you know? It's up to you, the voter, to decide whose name reigns supreme. Will it be Delorean Blow or Courvoisier Winetavius Richardson? Neptune Pringle III or Taco B.M. Monster? Vote now, because the 2012 tournament...