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Hail, Hail, The Duke Is Dead, Long Live The Duke
We don't mean to imply that Virginia Commonwealth — the school where the band G.W.A.R. was founded, by the way — is extremely popular this morning, but The Truth About Duke Web site has VCU's logo as its background and we received six emails overnight simply with the phrase "GO RAMS!" in the subject...
The Day The Music Died
You know, it already just doesn't feel right without Duke in the NCAA tournament. It's just wrong. Wrong!...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as grampa mourns the death of Captain America ... • College basketball: NCAA Tournament. East Region, Marquette (24-9) vs. Michigan State (22-11), 7:20 p.m., North Carolina (28-6) vs. Eastern Kentucky (21-11), 30 minutes after previous game; South Region, Ohio State (30-3) vs. Central ...
To Watch Tonight
What to watch as the Gashouse Gorillas form a conga line around the bases ... • College basketball: MasterCard National Invitation Tournament, first round, South Alabama at Syracuse [ESPN]; Fresno State at Georgia; Austin Peay at Air Force. You start the season 17-1, and end up playing Austin Peay i...
NCAA Pants Party: Florida Vs. Jackson State
Florida Gators (29-5) vs. Jackson State Tigers (21-13) When: Friday Where: New Orleans...
NCAA Pants Party: Kentucky Vs. Villanova
Kentucky Wildcats (21-11) vs. Villanova Wildcats (22-10 When: Friday Where: Chicago...
We Don't Have To Use "Mr." On Second Reference
As you might know, we occasionally write for places other than our little baby Deadspin, but this week, we're taking on way too much work. In addition to running matters over here as usual, we will be writing a daily column for TimesSelect, the paid-content arm of The New York Times. We're not reall...
NCAA Pants Party: Southern Illinois Vs. Holy Cross
Southern Illinois Salukis (27-6) vs. Holy Cross Crusaders (25-8) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Columbus...
Baseball Season Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
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....
NCAA Pants Party: USC Vs. Arkansas
USC Trojans (23-11) vs. Arkansas Razorbacks (21-13) When: Friday, 9:40 p.m. Where: Spokane...
NCAA Pants Party: Kansas Vs. Niagara
Kansas Jayhawks (30-4) vs. Niagara Purple Eagles (23-11) When: Friday, 7: 10 p.m. Where: Chicago...
NCAA Pants Party: Texas Vs. New Mexico State
Texas Longhorns (24-9) vs. New Mexico State Aggies (25-8) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Spokane...
The Big Deadspin PDF Preview Is Here
For those of you who like to have a handy, printed-out guide to bring with to the bar for the start of the tournament tomorrow, hey, you're in luck. Like last year, we have compiled all our NCAA tournament capsules into an easy-to-handle, digestible, HAPPY FUN TIME pretty PDF file for all your NCAA ...
NCAA Pants Party: Arizona Vs. Purdue
Arizona Wildcats (20-10) vs. Purdue Boilermakers (21-11) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: New Orleans...
NCAA Pants Party: Virginia Tech Vs. Illinois
Virginia Tech Hokies (20-11) vs. Illinois Fighting Illini (23-11) When: Friday, 7:10 p.m. Where: Columbus...
NCAA Pants Party: Oregon Vs. Miami Of Ohio
Oregon Ducks (26-7) vs. Miami Of Ohio Red Hawks (18-14) When: Friday, 5:05 p.m. Where: Spokane...
Jerramy Stevens Is A Man On The Move
All told, we think if you're going to get busted for a DUI — with weed in your car — it's probably the best time to do it is not when you're trying to snatch a new free agent contract. But hey, Jerramy Stevens has always marched to the drum of his own beater;...
NCAA Pants Party: Nevada Vs. Creighton
Nevada Wolf Pack (26-3) vs. Creighton Blue Jays (22-10) When: Friday, 2:35 p.m. Where: New Orleans...
NCAA Pants Party: Wisconsin Vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Wisconsin Badgers (28-5) vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders (26-6) When: Friday, 2:35 p.m. Where: Chicago...