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Appalachians And Some More Bears Clash In Buffalo: Morgan State-West Virginia Open Thread
Reggie Holmes and the MEAC champs are playing for coach Todd Bozeman. Playing to help him get a better job that is. Will Huggy Bear and Da'Sean Butler prove too much to handle? Will an announcer say "Pittsnogle?"...
I Was There: Yesterday. In New Orleans
For our next #iwasthere, we hear from Alejandro de los Rios, who spent 12 hours in New Orleans Arena during yesterday's first round, when Notre Dame went down and Kentucky brought Steve Zahn for moral support....
I Was There: A Classic In The Chocolate-Dipped Garden
Alan Siegel, whom you've met around these parts before, attended last year's Elite Eight matchup between Pittsburgh and Villanova. His story:...
Last Night's Winner: The Unemployed
In sports, everyone is a winner—some people just win better than others. Like anyone who had a few free hours to skip and/or slack off work yesterday, because they were richly rewarded for their non-efforts. (Unless they weren't.)...
Bode Miller? Never Heard Of Him
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Indigenous Warriors Take On Mountain Folk: San Diego State-Tennessee Open Thread (CINDERELLA WATCH)
Bruce Pearl's team got stomped last weekend against Kentucky. Are they in for a repeat performance? Is Marshall Faulk going to get interviewed by Armen Keteyian courtside? Join in on the fun....
Rebels Try To Poach Panthers: Nothern Iowa-UNLV Open Thread (UPDATE)
Senior big man Jordan Egsleder leads his band of other people who look like they're from Iowa against Lon Kruger's Runnin' Rebels. Illinois and Atlanta Hawks fans, let your vitriol fly....
I Was There: The UCONN Gutpunches
Andrew Porter, editor of TheUConnBlog has two #iwasthere games, though one of them didn't take place in the NCAA's....
Meth Dealer/High School Chemistry Teacher Breaks Badder than Blago
Walt White (pictured, amid piles of cabbage) makes Vick, Tyson, Rose, and Tiger seem like life coaches. He was once a successful, healthy, relatively happy guy, but now he's taking career advice from a former student/slacker and cooking up meth in an RV. Wha happen?...
One Guess As To Whom Lionel Richie's Rooting For: Murray State-Vanderbilt Open Thread (UPDATE With Video)
Vandy is on upset alert as they take on the Ohio Valley Conference champion Murray State Racers. Comments addressing the matter of which school has the superior psychology program are welcome....
Milwaukee Brewers: Ascot Justice
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Milwaukee Brewers....
Wildcats Scratch At Colonials: Robert Morris-Villanova Open Thread (UPDATE With Video)
Villanova tries to return to the Final Four and you try to figure out where Robert Morris is. Comment, comment, comment....
I Was There: Dwyane Wade's Shining Moment
Reader Michael P was there the night a relatively unknown Dwyane Wade of Marquette University went off on Kentucky in the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Here's his recap....
Fruitless Attempts At Ditching Final Exams To Watch The NCAA Tournament, Part I
Here's poor James, a University Of Washington Law student, who attempted to move his Taxation LL.M. final to March 22 so he could watch the tournament. He did not succeed....
I Was There: Duke Vs. Kentucky, Philadelphia, 1992
Here's one of our first submission to #Iwasthere (here for explanation) courtesy of Brett Hoover, who was on press row at The Spectrum the night Christian Laettner ripped the heart out of Lexington....
Tiger's Porn Star Lady To Reveal Filthy Text Messages Today
We apologize again for giving this awful woman a platform. Joslyn James AKA Veronica Siwik-Daniels will begin her own March Madness and unleash sextingjoslynjames.com at 11 a.m. to prove to the world that Tiger used to bone her. [NYPOST]...
Bills Entice Potential Ticket Buyers With "Punt From Own End Zone" Shining Moment
Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day....
Chicago White Sox: Non-Performance Is No Indicator Of Future Results
Will Leitch will be previewing/musing on every baseball team each weekday until the start of the season. You can pre-order his book and follow him on Twitter. Today: The Chicago White Sox....
Crotch Punch Fulfills Every Crotch Punch's Destiny, Gets Immortalized On Videotape
Here's the video of Seton Hall's Herb Pope doing to Texas Tech's Darko Cohadarevic what a thousand youth baseball bats have done to two thousand youth-coach testicles. [YouTube, via TBL]...
This Passes For Athlete Thuggery At A Northeast Private School
At Oregon, football players steal laptops from frat houses. At tiny (but expensive) Drew University, a lacrosse player is accused of stealing and re-selling priceless historical artifacts....