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Your NCAA Tournament Bracket is Better Than the Associated Press Says

Posted March 15, 2012, 11:15 am by (86 Comments)

At the top, things are almost as predictable: about three-quarters of 1-seeds advance all the way to the Elite Eight. And no team worse than a 4-seed has won the championship since Danny and the Miracles carried #6 seed Kansas in ’88.

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Kenny Powers of “Eastbound & Down” Isn’t Real, Except When He Is

Posted February 17, 2012, 6:00 pm by (15 Comments)

The appeal of “Eastbound” is ogling a jock so self-centered and unaware that he seems to justify our most cynical suspicions about athletes in the ESPN era.

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Yahoo!, Sirius Revive Memphis Sports Talk Host Chris Vernon

Posted February 14, 2012, 4:19 pm by (41 Comments)

A triumphant story.

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2012 Lingerie Bowl

Lingerie Football League Heading to Canadian Bible Belt

Posted February 13, 2012, 2:10 pm by (65 Comments)

This sleepy, diverse Vancouver exurb heretofore has been known for its Benedictine monastery, its Roman Catholic mission founders, its big annual Soap Box Derby championship and its agricultural fertility — the Raspberry Capital of Canada, it’s called.

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ARKANSAS V UCLA

Nolan Richardson’s Ferocity Carries Nostalgic “40 Minutes of Hell”

Posted February 12, 2012, 3:45 pm by (10 Comments)

The Arkansas Razorbacks got rid of the best thing that ever happened to their basketball program.

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New York Giants v New England Patriots

Movepresidentsday.org Wants You to Have Super Bowl Monday Off

Posted February 4, 2012, 12:45 pm by (2 Comments)

What would Lincoln Kennedy do?

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Penn State v Minnesota

When Joe Paterno Died, He Took College Football Sentimentalism With Him

Posted January 23, 2012, 11:30 am by (60 Comments)

When writers talk about the conflicted legacy Paterno left, they’re speaking as the arbiters of legacy, and the conflict they feel when the last Santa Claus they still believed in turns out to abet the raping of children.

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