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Horrible Bosses

Rutgers men's basketball coach Mike Rice abused his players. He called them nasty names, hit them, threw balls at their heads, and was a generally awful human being. Now he's fired, and for good reason, but that he was more or less allowed to do these things to teenagers is part of what's wrong with college sports. Full story

The Mercy Rule

Neon Waters Run Deep

adidas's new college basketball uniforms are just a dumb thing to look at and crack some jokes about. But the only compensation the athletes wearing them get is the enjoyment of the enhanced comfort provided by the breakthrough wicking polymers. Full story

OSU Isn't Playing Today and That Is BS

Ohio State just wrapped up a perfect season, but aren't playing for a bowl because the NCAA is just as perfect as being straight evil. TattooGate and a history of the NCAA's scholar-athlete exploitation. Full story

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Someone's Super Bowl

This is how we wind up with something like Saturday's SEC Championship Game, which is an orgy of crass bloat and khaki-clad excess to some, something much more important than the Super Bowl to a great many others, and objectively a good deal stranger a thing than we're supposed t… Full story

Wide World of Balls

Canadian Man Delivers Whupping to Non-Canadian

Georges St. Pierre won, the Marlins gutted their team again, and there are now 14 teams in the Big Ten. Also, college basketball began while the NHL continues to not begin. Sports? Sports. Again. Full story

Twenty-Four Straight Hours of College Basketball Destroyed My Mind

An endless parade of crimson-lipped cheerleaders and reptilian coaches began to bleed together, and all the games merged into a single, massive, all-consuming monstrosity of competition whose sole purpose was to wear me down. Here, in the cruel light of day, the spectacle of 24 s… Full story

Jim Mora Is an Insane Maniac, Just Like His Dad

On Tuesday, when the Western world was focused on the results of the electoral college, Jim Lawrence Mora, head coach of the UCLA football Bruins, was focused on getting even with the internet. And by "getting even," I mean that he went nuts and challenged some guy he didn't know… Full story

Wide World of Balls

Talkin' Bout Playoffs

In this week in ball news, the Knicks get even older, baseball playoffs get played, a dude resigns from a lifetime contract, and Drew Brees breaks a record no one cares about. Full story

Wide World of Balls

Saturday Night, No Cover

The NFL finally gets underway on Wednesday, college football is back in earnest, the Red Sox have had a rough 162 games, no more hockey, and other ball business. Full story

I Can't Stop Rooting for Lousy Sports Teams and I Love It

The way the world works is the Padres lose to the Yankees in the playoffs. San Diego sports teams don’t exactly have a tradition of dominance, or even competitiveness; they’re charmingly, irrelevantly mediocre, except for the rare seasons of overachiement—and even those mostly en… Full story