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UConn's Season Encapsulated: Jeremy Lamb Blows A Dunk At The Buzzer With The Huskies Down 13
UConn operated with a certain air of jack-assery this season, and there's really no better example than how that season ended, as UConn stole the ball from Iowa State (which was just running out the clock in the accepted manner of sportsmanship) and Jeremy Lamb botched a windmill dunk. Your reigni...
Roscoe Smith's Attempt At A Buzzer-Beater Was The Worst Since Roscoe Smith
UConn's Roscoe Smith, famed for this ludicrously early buzzer-beater last season, let another ball go near the end—but not at the end—of the first half in the Huskies' 8-9 matchup against Iowa State in Louisville. It wasn't as ridiculous as his attempt against Texas, but it was close. [TBS]...
Deadspin Does March Madness
The two greatest days on the sports calendar are finally here. With several games still on tap tonight and 16 more tomorrow, there's absolutely no reason to do anything except watch basketball. Join us, as the 2012 NCAA Tournament continues. Your fourth-set-of-games open thread » | Your third-set-of...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Feeling-A-Little-Sleepy-And-Bored-Honestly Games
Congratulations! You've now spent more than an eight-hour workday watching basketball. The final stretch begins with UConn and Iowa State, tipping at 9:20. Then it's New Mexico State and Indiana at 9:45, Loyola (Maryland) and Ohio State at 9:50, and Colorado-UNLV, the last plate on the dessert cart,...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Finish-Bolting-Dinner Games
No more slack in the brackets; the staggered start times are clumping together now. At 6:50, you get Western Kentucky against Kentucky. Then it's VCU and Wichita State at 7:15, quickly followed by West Virginia and Gonzaga at 7:20, with South Dakota State and Baylor at 7:27. Keep the comments flowin...
Syracuse Avoided Being The First 1 Seed To Lose To A 16, Thanks In Part To The Referees
While the much-debated late line violation was the correct call, there were a number of times UNC-Asheville found themselves playing eight-on-five during the top-seeded Syracuse Orange this afternoon. Here's a sampling of some of the blunders that kept this game from being the first-ever 16-over-...
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....
Jim Boeheim And Syracuse Are Losing To A 16 Seed At Halftime
His team being down at the half to a 16-seed for only the seventh time in the tournament's history has left Syracuse Jim Boeheim with some serious lower-intestinal distress....
How A Career Ends: Physically, I Just Didn't Have It Anymore
Tell Me When It's Over is an interview series in which we ask former athletes about the moment they knew their playing days were over. Today: former basketball player Rick Robey. Robey was a fourth-year senior when Kentucky beat Duke 94-88 on March 27, 1978, to win its first national championship in...
Chien-Ming Wang Injures Himself Attempting The Always-Tricky "Step On First Base" Play
Wang left in the third inning of today's spring training start after breaking down while attempting to beat a runner to the bag. It's funny, but it's not funny, because it was another non-pitching related activity—running the bases in interleague play—that turned Wang from a 19-game winner into a ...
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]...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Sneak-Out-Of-Work Games
Here comes the second batch of the first round, starting at 2:45 with BYU-Marquette. As national productivity dwindles on toward zero, we get UNC-Asheville against Syracuse at 3:10, Long Beach State and New Mexico at 4:10, and Harvard-Vanderbilt at 4:40. To the comments, while you're still sober eno...
Go Away Now, Pat Knight, You Loser, Bully, And Pathetic Rage-Case
Who are you going to yell at today, Pat Knight? Who is going to get humiliated in public now that your Lamar basketball team got destroyed in the NCAA play-in game last night?...
Police Pointed A Gun At Zach Randolph While He Was In Bed With A Woman
No charges were filed relating to a mansion party hosted by Zach Randolph outside of Portland last year, where a marijuana dealer alleged he was assaulted by Randolph's entourage after a "disagreement in price" over the weed he was selling. This week, police have released a trove of documents relati...
Your NCAA Tournament Open Thread: The Pretend-To-Still-Be-Working Games
Here come the Murray State Racers and the rest of your early-early games, starting with the 12:15 Murray State-Colorado State tipoff. At 12:40 Southern Miss meets Kansas State, at 1:40 it's Davidson and Louisville, and at 2:10 your college basketbinge is fully underway, with Montana against Wisconsi...
We Will Never Be Rid Of Tony La Russa
La Russa "retired" after winning another World Series in St. Louis, but he may not be done. Like many retirees, he's seeking the warm weather and easygoing lifestyle of Southern California: La Russa could be a big part of the new Dodgers regime, if that team ever gets sold....
Just Another Spinning, Jumping, Behind-The-Back Pass From Rajon Rondo
Ho hum, just your run-of-the-mill no-look, mid-air, behind-the-back assist from Rajon Rondo, one of 14 on the night in a Boston win at Golden State. He doesn't care if you're not in his field of vision, or if he's double-covered, Rondo will get you the ball....
If You're Gambling On March Madness With Your PayPal Account, You Might Want To Stop Now
If you're a tech-savvy gambler of a certain ilk, then you may already be using PayPal to make your payments and transfers convenient and easier to track (illicit or otherwise). The thing is, that's not kosher as far as PayPal is concerned, and eBay's in-house payment subsidiary has started actively ...
Jawanza Poland's Play-In Game Tip Slam Was Final Four Quality
Jawanza Poland's USF team is making as much a case to warrant their inclusion in the NCAA tournament as they are for the committee being completely out of their minds when offering a bid to Cal. It's been a thorough thrashing all game, and there's no better example of USF's dominance than Poland'...
Barack Obama Is The Kentucky Of World Leader March Madness
Barack Obama may have pulled off a stunning victory over Vladimir Putin in the finals of last year's inaugural World Leader March Madness (orchestrated by the folks at Foreign Policy magazine), but his road to a second title will be decidedly tougher this year....