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Even Geniuses Sometimes Forget To Put The Car In Park
So, you've just won your first non-earthquake-related World Series and are on top of the baseball world. You're preparing your team for a mostly unheard of (these days) title repeat. Everyone over the age of 40 thinks you're a genius, and everyone under 40 can't figure out why you still think it's c...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as your NCAA Tourney office pool brackets do the only decent thing and commit suicide ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, quarterfinals, Syracuse at Clemson; DePaul at Air Force. A Jedi's power flows from The Force. [ESPN2] • NBA: Dallas at Cleveland. I...
What Joe Lunardi Hath Wrought
It's March, which means that just about every site has to have some sort of bracket competition to find the champion band, hot girl, food item, or whatever. Everything that can be bracketed probably has been, including fish (32 fish: only one can be the toughest), so let's wrap it up here, with thes...
Leftovers: You Don't Say!
• Kerry Wood and Mark Prior are starting the season on the DL? Really? [Associated Press] • Jeff Garcia, gettin' hitched. [The Fanhouse] • Peter Angelos is awful. Probably time to get over it. [The Loss Column] • The definitive timeline of the A-Rod/Jeter "feud." [Armchair GM] • Family Circus, KSK s...
Tony Dungy Makes It Clear That Only Straights Should Have Unhappy Marriages
Much debate last month surrounded lovable Colts coach Tony Dungy's appearance at an event for an anti-gay-marriage group (among other things) and whether or not Dungy would come out (so to speak) and endorse the group's platform. Well, he has. He "embraces" a ban on same-sex marriage....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch after you get bored admiring your whale ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, quarterfinals, Florida State at Mississippi State; North Carolina State at West Virginia. They have to take you Kent, you're a legacy. [ESPN] • College women's basketball: NCAA ...
Come Out To The Ballpark ... And Die!
Talking your family to the ballpark can be a dangerous proposition. You could be hammered by a line drive. Lightning could strike the night you're honoring a great journalist. Milton Bradley could start pummeling you, just because it's a Tuesday....
Leftovers: What's The Natural's PECOTA?
• What Roy Hobbs' stats might have been. [Blogger] (via Rob Neyer's new blog) • It can't be easy being a baseball player named Joe DiMaggio. [Yahoo! Sports] • If you haven't seen The Dugout's take on Sidney Ponson, man, we feel sorry for you. [The Dugout] • Here's that excellent Klosterman essay eve...
Checking In On The Pants Party
On this tournament off-day, we thought we'd check in and see how our D—-spin Pants Party pool on ESPN was going....
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Baseball Season Preview: Houston Astros
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
To Watch Tonight
What to watch while lamenting the passing of Crazy Ray ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, second-round games, Mississippi at Clemson; DePaul at Kansas State. Shouldn't there be another tournament for teams that didn't make the NIT? [ESPN] • College women's basketbal...
Calipari Is Already Out There Recruiting
You know, it's one thing when puppies lick out of water bowls on a football field. That's cute, because they're puppies, and they won't grow up to resent their parents....
Leftovers: Is There Insulin In MGD?
• David Wells has diabetes. [Rumors And Rants] • The biggest Dolphins fan died over the weekend. [SI.com] • The Rangers like to have fun with Gerard Laird. [Babes Love Baseball] • No, you see, this means there IS parity in college basketball. [Chicago Sports Review] • We won't be the same without To...
Nothing But Fleabags For You, No. 15 Seed!
There's a clear caste system in college basketball, and it appears it is set up entirely by where you are seeded. Just take a look at Southern Illinois; as a No. 11 seed a few years ago, they were shacked up in a moldy, rundown hotel. Now, as a No. 4 seed?...
Bill Raftery And Verne Lundquist, Au Natural
Like most of you, we enjoyed the dulcet tones of Bill Raftery during the tournament this past weekend, and we can't wait for more of the "with the KISS!" this coming Sweet 16 slate. But those of you who braved the NCAA Tournament On Demand saw even more of Raftery, catching him and partner Verne Lun...
Iowa Stifles Online Dissent (Almost)
So here's a clever idea: To make sure that no enterprising and surly fan starts a campaign to take down the head coach at your program, the University of Iowa has bought the rights to FireKirkFerentz.com....
Baseball Season Preview: Toronto Blue Jays
You might remember, from back at the beginning of the NFL season, when we previewed each team by having a writer we liked write about their favorite team....
Wrapping Up The First Tourney Weekend
After a weekend's worth of games, what have we learned?...
Open Thread: The 5:00ish Games
After a solid, but not spectacular set of games, we get set to wind the weekend down with a block of three more. Purdue was able to give Florida a little bit of a scare before petering out down the stretch. UNLV upset Wisconsin, ending Alando Tucker's college career and capping a thoroughly poor tou...