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But Who Will Exchange Witty Banter With Jim Belushi?
You may have seen the last of Joe "Norman Einstein" Theismann in the Monday Night Football booth. Pro Football Talk is reporting that Theismann is out, and will be replaced by the great Ron Jaworski....
The Kansas/UCLA Open Thread
Kansas vs. UCLA will be tipping any time now. Hopefully, that one will make this one look like the JV game. There's no shortage of history and tradition there, of course, as will be mentioned during the obligatory shot of Bill Walton in the stands with his tiny Asian wife....
To Watch Tonight...
• College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Kansas vs. UCLA. Rock, Chalk, Something or Other. 7:00, CBS. • Women's College Basketball. NCAA Tournament. Connecticut vs. North Carolina State. Life only presents you so many opportunities to watch and admire Geno Auriemma. 9:00, ESPN. • IndyCar Racing. XM Sa...
Week In Deadspin: Live Forever
• Barbaro ... the Chee-to! • Ahhhhhhh! • Iowa wants to control exactly who wants to fire their coaches. • Boy, the NIT sure is exciting. • Don't worry, you're not weird for reading more ESPN than FoxSports. • If you have a low seed, you will take your rat hotel and you will LIKE it. • Tony LaRussa s...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you discover a previously unknown super power ... • Boxing: Delvin Rodriguez vs. Jesse Feliciano, for vacant USBA light middleweight championship, at Ledyard, Conn. You do not want to be walking alone at night on the mean streets of Ledyard. [ESPN2] • College basketball: NCAA Divisi...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: North Carolina Vs. USC
North Carolina Tar Heels (30-6) vs. Southern California Trojans (25-11) When: 9:57 p.m. ET Where: East Rutherford, N.J....
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Oregon Vs. UNLV
Oregon Ducks (28-7) vs. UNLV Runnin' Rebels (30-6) When: 9:40 p.m. ET Where: St. Louis...
Cultural Oddsmaker: Who'll Be The Next Women's Coach To Be Ousted For An Inappropriate Relationship?
AJ Daulerio's Cultural Oddsmaker runs every Friday. Email him to let him know what you think....
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Georgetown Vs. Vanderbilt
Georgetown Hoyas (29-7) vs. Vanderbilt Commodores (22-11) When: 7:27 p.m. ET Where: East Rutherford, N.J....
Baseball Season Preview: Boston Red Sox
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....
Time To Open The Big Can Of Monkey Whupass
Thankfully, late-night monkey zoo abductions have been virtually stamped out here in the U.S. But in Great Britain, where they are common, monkeys must be ever vigilant. Still smarting from the owl fiasco at the Moscow Zoo, the same gang of thugs apparently decided on a monkey heist for their next c...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Florida Vs. Butler
Florida Gators (31-5) vs. Butler Bulldogs (29-6) When: 7:10 p.m. ET Where: St. Louis...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as you replace your Duke slippers with North Carolina slippers ... • Arena Football: Colorado at Philadelphia. We saw a possession once where no one scored. [ESPN2] • College basketball: NCAA Division I tournament, South Regional and West Regional semifinals. We would have died at the ...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Kansas Vs. Southern Illinois
Kansas Jayhawks (32-4) vs. Southern Illinois Salukis (29-6) When: 7:10 p.m. ET Where: San Jose...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: Ohio State Vs. Tennessee
Ohio State Buckeyes (31-3) vs. Tennessee Volunteers (24-10) When: 9:57 p.m. ET Where: San Antonio...
Lexington's Long National Nightmare Now Over
This just in: We'll try not to go all Politico / John Edwards on you here — for the record, we love that site, occasional big error aside — but we've received word from a TV station in Louisville and from another source that Kentucky fans desperate to rid themselves of Tubby Smith have had their wis...
Hoot, There It Is
Look, you may say this has nothing to do with sports, but we don't care. Sometimes a story transcends compartmentalization ... You do not come into the owl's house talkin' trash!...
Sweet 16 Pants Party: UCLA Vs. Pittsburgh
UCLA Bruins (27-5) vs. Pittsburgh Panthers (29-6) When: 9:40 p.m. ET Where: San Jose...
Baseball Season Preview: Florida Marlins
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....
Introducing Tony Dungy's Least Favorite Sports Mascot
If the March Gayness blog pool at the Malcontent needs a costumed mascot, well, Flamy is available at very reasonable rates. Come to think of it, if he has the time, he could also be a fine representative of Manny Ramirez's grill-hawking efforts, or the next phallic-shaped object for golf's Christie...