A Look At the Big Dance’s Best First Round Matchups, Part 2: South and West Regions

After taking a look at the Midwest and the East regions, it’s time to look at the tough first round matchups in the West and South regions. WEST REGION #8 Gonzaga – #9 Florida State. The Seminoles love to play defense and the Bulldogs love to get up and down the floor. It is interesting that the first two rounds of the [read more...]

A Look At the Big Dance’s Best First Round Matchups

The Big 12 champs Kansas Jayhawks are the overall #1 seed. Finally, March Madness officially begins. It’s time to fill out your brackets and hope to win whatever pool or pools you’re entering. What I’m going to do right now is pick out the most intriguing first round matchups in each region. First though, a complaint. How did West Virginia, who [read more...]

A Look At the Big Dance’s Best First Round Matchups

The Big 12 champs Kansas Jayhawks are the overall #1 seed. Finally, March Madness officially begins. It’s time to fill out your brackets and hope to win whatever pool or pools you’re entering. What I’m going to do right now is pick out the most intriguing first round matchups in each region. MIDWEST REGION Overall number one seed Kansas resides in the Midwest [read more...]

Ed Hightower, Big Ten Streal Conference Tourney Game from Michigan (with Video)

After Michigan’s Manny Harris scored his 22nd point in the second half to put the Wolverines ahead, 68-66, only 2.2 seconds remained between John Beilien’s team and a monumental upset of number seven Ohio State. However, the Buckeye’s Evan Turner took the inbounds pass and turned to dribble. Nearly 3.2 seconds later he hit a game-winning three-pointer to give the Buckeyes [read more...]

Ben Roethlisberger: And Then There’s This…

Ben in his environment: in a basement and drunk, surrounded by co-eds who may give him what he wants. Well, well, well, isn’t this something. Finally someone in the press speaks the reality of Ben Roethlisberger. My suspicions, if this is true (and I have no reson to believe it is not), have now been confirmed. The following is the blog [read more...]

If Ben Roethlisberger or Carl Edwards Looked Like Brittney Griner…

Brittany Griner grabs a rebound over Jordan Barncastle. Earlier his season I openly wondered two things about NCAA basketball: 1) Why the game officials were allowing so much physical play to occur and 2) Musing that, because of the referees refusal to put an end to the constant banging and bumping, it was a miracle there were no major fights in [read more...]

Notes: Jake Delhomme Finally Done with Carolina; Finley Signed by Boston; Peppers, Taylor to Bears? Cromartie Now with Revis

Jake Delhomme, who began his career as an NFL starting quarterback by leading the Carolina Panthers to the Super Bowl, was released Thursday by the Carolina Panthers. Delhomme, 35, who quarterbacked the Panthers to a Super Bowl berth and two NFC Championship Games, fell off precipitously from his previous level of play in 2009. His demise began with a disastrous six-turnover performance [read more...]

Notes: ESPN’s and the Press’ Silence Following Greenberg’s “Martin Luther Coon King” Statement Can Now Be Understood (and more)

Danica Patrick's #7 car after her crash in Las Vegas. First up a couple of more acrcane sporting mentions… The Danica Patrick-NASCAR experiment is over for the next four months. After three NASCAR Nationwide Series races, Ms. Patrick is headed back to Indy cars for the next four months. How did she do in her first foray into the 21st century version [read more...]

Notes: Tony K. Suspended Over Hannah; WADA (& the USADA) – Presaging a Surveillance State, Tomlinson for Westbrook?

Hannah and her sausage casing. The hardest working man in sports business, Tony Kornheiser, was suspended by ESPN Monday for two weeks his remarks about an outfit worn by ESPN SportsCenter anchor, Hannah Storm. Pardon the Interruption co-host, Washington Post columnist, WaPo podcaster, and radio show host, Kornheiser made his remarks on his radio show last week. Of Storm’s red knee-high [read more...]

Tiger Woods, the Aftermath

The 12-step program for Co-Dependents of Sexual Addicts reads: 1. We admitted we were powerless over compulsive sexual behavior — that our lives had become unmanageable. 2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God. 4. Made [read more...]

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