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In College Basketball, The Rich Are Just Getting Richer—And Smarter
Hey, SportVU motion-tracking cameras are coming to college basketball. In fact, they're already there, the New York Times explains, in arenas at Duke, Louisville, and Marquette this season. This is good news for any number of nerdy, obsessive reasons, and laughable news because, once the technology ...
Shaka Smart Not Actually Marquette's New Coach, Despite TV Reports
Here's a sampling of Milwaukee newscasts from this evening. They all assert that current VCU head basketball coach Shaka Smart is taking over for Buzz Williams at Marquette. One problem: that's not true. ...
Mark Cuban: "Greedy" NFL Is 10 Years From Implosion
In the worlds of both sports and television, the NFL is a behemoth. But is there something uniquely and grossly profitable about pro football that it can continue to grow indefinitely, or has it hit its ceiling? Mavericks owner Mark Cuban thinks the end is nigh....
Doomsday Prepper Sells Heavy Metal Bed & Breakfast To Fund Marijuana Biz
My neighbor is a reality TV star. Brent Bruns II, who with his family appeared on such intelligent National Geographic Channel programs as Doomsday Preppers and Doomsday Castle, decided to settle down in our neighborhood and open a rock & roll-themed bed and breakfast. Alas, he's now selling it to g...
Cool Site Lets You Explore The IMDB Ratings Of Your Favorite TV Shows
For lovers of television and charts, Graph TV—a clever interactive tool built by Kevin Wu—let's you visually explore the ratings of TV shows in the IMDB database. Over on the site itself, you can scroll over the dots for the titles and scores of individual episodes; the regression lines show the tre...
These Beautiful Charts Show How Well Your NBA Team Spreads The Ball
In another cool application of SportVU technology, Andrew Bergmann of the Hangtime blog on NBA.com has put together some beautiful charts showing how often different NBA starters pass to each other....
How Not To Tease An Article About The Missing Malaysian Airplane
Noooo! Why would you do this, KETV? Combining a fake disaster with a real disaster was a terrible idea!...
"I GAVE YOU A THUMB'S UP!" Providence Live TV Report Goes Poorly
Here you have WJAR sports guy Frank Carpano trying to deliver a live report on the Big East championship game for Providence's NBC affiliate. Yeah, there are some technical difficulties, but it's Frank's enraged thumb's up that we're laughing hardest about....
High School Basketball Coach Quits Due To Student Racism
The Mahopac (N.Y.) High School boys basketball coach resigned yesterday, two weeks after students and players at his school were accused of using racist language towards an opposing team during a playoff game....
SEC Tourney Media Row Bros Are Spaced-Out, Probably Not Media Members
Who wouldn't be excited for a big SEC tournament matchup between Ole Miss and Georgia? These guys, apparently, who scored access to the media section but appear to be catatonic. The SEC: always and forever the home of the bro....
Barry Booker Brings Flipping The Bird To The SEC TV Table
SEC basketball legend and longtime ESPN/SEC analyst Barry Booker had beef with somebody off-camera during halftime of last night's Alabama-LSU bout at the Georgia Dome, and rather emphatically gave that person the middle finger as Dari Nowkhah attempted to bring viewers back live. It seems not many ...
America Hates Male Nipples: FCC Viewer Complaints About The Super Bowl
As we do every year, we submitted a FOIA request to the FCC for all viewer complaints about the Super Bowl. What would this year bring? Anti-Coke bigots? Richard Sherman haters? Nah. But some folks were really upset about the Red Hot Chili Peppers' nipples....
Some Gorgeous Visualizations Of All Movement In An NBA Game
SportVU data is the key to the next wave of useful, incisive analytics the NBA, and also some of the most stupid and pointless. This probably splits the difference. Here's what it would look like if every player on an NBA court had an Etch A Sketch pixel taped to his back. ...
WVU Upsets Kansas; Fans Storm Court With Giant Richie Incognito Face
The Mountaineers upset No. 8 Kansas this afternoon 92-86 and the students stormed the court in celebration. One fan also brought along an enormous Richie Incognito face. What is the rule for storming the court with a giant Richie Incognito face? ...
Report: Georgia Lawyer Jamie Casino Is Getting A Reality Show
Jamie Casino, the Georgia lawyer who made a glorious/insane local Super Bowl commercial, will reportedly be getting a reality show, because yeah, it really is that easy....
Reporter Talking Sports Has Best Reaction When He Realizes He's Live
Tom Yazwinski of Q13 FOX in Seattle clearly didn't know that the newscast had sent it over to him for a preview of his report on mudslides. He was talking about the Rangers—Texas or New York?—with someone off-camera....
Man On ATV Accused Of Assaulting Police Officer Wears Sweet Helmet
One skull on the helmet? Nah, don't be stingy. FIVE skulls, man....
Fake Chef Fools Midwest Morning Shows, Makes Reporters Eat Gross Food
Over the holidays, Keith Guerke appeared on five morning shows in Wisconsin and Illinois to promote his new cookbook and prepare some meals made from leftovers. One little problem: Chef Keith doesn't know how to cook....
One Person In America Was Offended By Richard Sherman
Those post-NFC Championship days were heady times, a nation torn apart by Seahawks corner Richard Sherman being loud on television. But how many Americans were so upset, so scandalized by Sherman's actions that they actually took the time to complain? One person from Arkansas....