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2010 NCAA Tournament: South (Where Rooting Against Duke Will Come Easily To All!)
We’ll thumb through each bracket today with links, videos, and randomness. We start in the South, where Duke will be the focus because it was handed the weakest No. 2 (Villanova), No. 3 (Baylor), and No. 4 (Purdue). Christmas in March for Coach K!What were they thinking?: Yes, we read this. But the question remains – if Kansas was the No. 1 overall seed, shouldn’...
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March 15, 2010
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NCAA Tournament Bracket Reaction: Duke Got Hooked Up, Kansas Has a Rough Road
Duke got hooked up. No way around it. The Blue Devils (the third No. 1 seed – laughable) are in the South with the weakest No. 2 seed (Villanova), and the weakest No. 4 seed (Purdue). Pat Forde’s taking Baylor here to reach the Final Four … we might have follow that. As Chad Ford pointed out, there isn’t a lottery pick in Duke’s region; the Midwest,...
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March 14, 2010
Projecting the NCAA Tournament Bracket: Consensus is Virginia Tech, Florida and Mississippi State Are Out
Here’s our projections of the field of 65, with the last few teams remaining unchanged from this morning. (no S-curve; in order) 1 Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, West Virginia 2 Duke, Ohio State, Kansas State, Georgetown 3 Villanova, Baylor, Tennessee, Temple 4 New Mexico, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, WisconsinLast five in: California, Utah State, UTEP, Minnesota and Illinois First...
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March 14, 2010
Brady Quinn Traded to Broncos
Brady Quinn is a Donkey: According to Jay Glazer, Brady Quinn has been traded to the Denver Broncos in exchange for Peyton Hillis and two conditional draft picks. Leaving Cleveland for a place like Denver is just what Quinn needed. Expect him to easily eclipse Elway’s legacy by 2017, but never be able to replicate Jake Plummer’s beard. [@Jay_Glazer]
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March 14, 2010
Rex Ryan Has a Smaller Stomach Today
Rex Ryan weighed 340 pounds at the beginning of last season. By the time he was preparing for Peyton Manning in the AFC Championship, the big fella had to be pushing four bills. Then, there was the unfortunate public wardrobe change at the Hurricanes game, which apparently was enough inspiration for him to address his weight issue and undergo a lap-band procedure.“I’m...
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March 14, 2010
Will the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee Reward Mid-Major Regular Season Champs (and Cal) With Weak Resumes?
Yesterday, our NCAA tournament bubble consisted of Florida and Rhode Island. Saturday, all hell broke loose, with three teams “stealing” bids – New Mexico State, Houston and to a lesser extent, Washington – and two bubble teams pulling upsets (Mississippi State and Minnesota) to stay alive. The repercussions were severe – teams that were thought to be...
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March 14, 2010
Andre Agassi: Pete Sampras is a Bad Tipper. Sampras Fires Back, “I’m Sorry, Barack Obama”
Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi probably have a better rivalry in retirement than anyone on the ATP. Awwwwwkward. Anyone want to explain the Obama line? [via the 78 people who weren't ensconced in college hoops yesterday]
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March 14, 2010
Toledo Coach Gene Cross Resigned Unexpectedly. Did He Leave 700k on the Table Because of a Woman’s Letter to the Athletic Director?
Gene Cross, the Toledo basketball coach, surprisingly resigned this week. It probably wasn’t because of his 11-53 record – the school’s athletic director said “it’s fair to say” Cross would still be the coach if he hadn’t resigned. By walking away, he left more than $700,000 on a 5-year deal. So why’d he do it?All signs point to an...
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March 14, 2010
A True Feel Good Moment With Johnny Bench
The first 45 seconds of this interview with Johnny Bench are well worth the watch. He recently had hip replacement surgery, so many are understandably assuming his loopy behavior was the result of the Hall of Famer getting a little too generous with his pain killer helping. Whatever it was, he momentarily broke into what sounded like a Harry Caray impression. We’d like more...
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March 13, 2010
Wes Welker Had a Torn Rotator Cuff Too
Wes Welker is Not Having Fun: “An NFL source told the Boston Globe that (Wes) Welker has a torn rotator cuff in addition to the torn knee ligaments he suffered in Week 17. The Globe reports Welker has already had surgery to repair the injured shoulder, marking his second procedure since the end of the regular season. A timetable for Welker’s recovery is not known.”...
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March 13, 2010
Ranking the ESPN College Basketball Analysts
With ESPN’s 2009-2010 college basketball season coming to a close this weekend, we decided to rank their college hoops analysts. (Here’s the list of the 11 announcers who were analysts on ESPN games this season). Factors that played a part in the rankings: Insight, entertainment value (sports is entertainment!), chemistry with play-by-play guy, lack of fear in going after...
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March 13, 2010
Mark Sanchez Channels Urkel With Latest Look
This is Mark Sanchez and Andy Samberg a couple days ago at the Time Warner Center in New York for a Samsung product launch party.Somewhere in this photograph, you might be able to locate Sanchez’s Joe Namath tribute ’stache, but it’s quite difficult to navigate, as his powerful glasses seem to have a stranglehold on everyone’s eyeballs.Mark Sanchez Grows Joe...
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March 13, 2010
Longest NCAA Hockey Game of All-Time
Quinnipiac 3, Union 2 F/5 OT: “Only two games in NCAA history have gone to five overtimes. Union has played in them both, and hosted them both. And now lost in them both. The 150:32 total time featured 130 shots, including a school-record 75 by the Dutchmen. Quinnipiac goalie Dan Clarke made an ECAC Tournament-record 73 saves; he allowed two goals in the first 10 minutes...
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March 13, 2010
Chad Ocho Cinco Declares War Against ESPN
Chad Ocho Cinco, presumably perturbed by something that was said about him this week by ESPN talking heads Erik Kuselias, John Clayton and Colin Cowherd, fought back against all of them via twitter.
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March 13, 2010
This Media Member Hates Ben Roethlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger: “A couple of years ago I heard from a woman who said that Roethlisberger blew off a Make-A-Wish kid. When KDKA-TVs News Director, John Verrilli, was shown the email, he made it clear that it was a story that his news department would not be pursuing. I eventually got in contact with the parents of the little girl who the ******* snubbed. They said the story...
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March 13, 2010
Alvin Gentry Will Not Stand for Louis Amundson Getting Clobbered by Pau Gasol
Alvin Gentry had reason to be irate – wait for the replay of the Gasol foul. All face and no ball. The referee was right on top of it and should have called it a flagrant. The Lakers won, 102-96.
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March 13, 2010
Culture Bracket: Punches, Naked Oden, and Tiger vs. Steve Phillips in the Sex Addiction Showdown
The first round is nearly complete. Dwight Shrute has pulled away from Kramer in the closest first-round match; voting for that one ends tonight. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. Note: There...
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March 12, 2010
Ranking the Best College Sports Towns
Best College Sports Towns: According to the list-happy editors at Forbes – 10) State College, 9) College Park, 8 ) Lexington, 7) Fayetteville, 6) Austin, 5) College Station, 4) Palo Alto, 3) Norman, 2) Chapel Hill, 1) Ann Arbor. Pretty weak list. Apologies in advance to Michigan grads but there’s no way Ann Arbor cracks the top five. How do you have a cold weather town...
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March 12, 2010
Oregon Football: The Mess Continues
Oregon Football: Weeks after he was alleged to have burglarized a frat house, Oregon QB Jeremiah Masoli was formally charged with second-degree burglary yesterday. He’ll be in court Friday. And LaMichael James, who was arrested last month for doing a lot of not nice things to his girlfriend, is reportedly changing his plea from “not guilty” to “no contest...
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March 11, 2010
Joe Mauer Deal Still Not Done, Which Leads to Trade Talk and Inevitably, the Need for a Salary Cap
The Twins reportedly are offering the most popular player in franchise history, Joe Mauer, about $20 million a year. His agent may or may not be holding out for $25 million a year, which would put Mauer only below Alex Rodriguez ($33 million last year) and ahead of just about everyone else in baseball. Since Mauer is one of the three best hitters in the sport and he’s only 26 and...
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March 11, 2010
LeBron’s Rookie Season vs. Tyreke Evans’ Rookie Season
LeBron James vs. Tyreke Evans: An interesting statistical analysis of their rookie seasons (please don’t read anything further into it – that’s for the John Hollinger’s of the world). LeBron: 20.9 pts, 5.5 rebs, 5.9 assists, 1.6 steals, 3.5 turnovers, 41.7 FG percentage, .754 free-throw shooting. Tyreke: 20.3 pts, 4.9 rebs 5.4 assists, 1.5 steals, 2.9 turnovers...
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March 11, 2010
NCAA Tournament Bubble Report: Thursday
We’ll try to have one of these each of the next four days. Right now the “last four in, last four out” is silly because … nothing’s really happened. Yet. Today is massive, though, with 47 games, and plenty of bubble teams playing games they cannot lose. For instance – Seton Hall lost to Notre Dame last night but the Pirates aren’t “...
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March 11, 2010
The Roundup: Ripping Donald Sterling, Antonio Bryant to Cincy, & Montana’s Anthony Johnson Dominates
Anna Kournikova … “Naked man refuses to leave bar” so he’s tasered; singing in his mugshot? … see the third photo of Reggie Bush’s girl … lady robs 11 people and collects $6 … NSFWish but terrific photo of Megan Fox … amazing story of the 7-year-old who called the cops and saved his family from robbers … where’s the...
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March 11, 2010
Sources Say Roethlisberger Admits to Consensual Contact With Alleged Victim, No Intercourse
According to KDKA in Pittsburgh, sources close to Ben Roethlisberger say he admits to “contact” with the alleged victim that was consensual, but not sexual intercourse that was “consummated.” He maintains the woman’s head injury came when she “slipped and fell” afterward. The woman travelled to the hospital to report the incident straightaway. It would logically...
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March 10, 2010
Culture Tournament: Mediocre Athletes, Mike Leach’s Great Quote, & Ladies Round Out the Bracket
A night of hoops awaits. Notre Dame vs. Seton Hall, for a bid! (We like Notre Dame to win, but we’re staying away from this game because we have no faith in Mike Brey.) Now go vote in the Culture Tourney. Previous days’ results here, here and here. Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.Note: There...
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March 10, 2010
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