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NYC: Come To Our WNBA Comedy Show On May 16

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Live Event

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Samer Kalaf

Matt Corral #2 of the Mississippi Rebels looks on from the sideline after he was injured during the first quarter against the Baylor Bears in the Allstate Sugar Bowl at Caesars Superdome on January 01, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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College Football

Football Doesn’t Love You Back


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Dan McQuade

Ron Harper Jr. celebrates after his buzzer beater lifted Rutgers

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College Basketball

Rutgers Finally Hit Some Threes, Including One Really Big One, To Beat Purdue

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Behold The Glory Of The La Salle University Smoke Machine

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Luis Paez-Pumar

Manny Diaz of the Miami Hurricanes addresses the media during his introductory press conference in the Mann Auditorium at the Schwartz Center on January 2, 2019 in Coral Gables, Florida.

University of Miami Introduces Manny Diaz

Manny Diaz Is A Fitting Casualty Of College Football’s Grinder

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The Fake Slide Is A Logical Result Of The QB Slide Rule

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Albert Burneko

Some Baylor guys stand on the Final Four logo at midcourt after beating Gonzaga in the NCAA championship

Final Four

Bob Huggins Wants To Eliminate The Wrong Part Of March Madness

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Kelsey McKinney

Arizona State v Bigham Young

I Must Admit That This BYU Touchdown Play Is Fun As H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks

Kalyn Kahler

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Death To The NCAA

Create Your Own Fake Football School!

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Maitreyi Anantharaman

Destiny Littleton #11 of the South Carolina Gamecocks controls the ball during the second half against the Texas Longhorns in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at the Alamodome on March 30, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas.

Texas v South Carolina

Report: The NCAA Can’t Be Bothered To Make Money Off Women’s Basketball

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Ray Ratto

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - DECEMBER 29: DeMarvion Overshown #0 and D'Shawn Jamison #5 of the Texas Longhorns react after a turnover in the fourth quarter against the Colorado Buffaloes during the Valero Alamo Bowl at the Alamodome on December 29, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)

Valero Alamo Bowl – Texas v Colorado

There’s Room In The Future For A Big Fat SEC And Not Much Else

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Tom Ley

Media Meltdowns

Perhaps We Have Run Out Of Sports Documentary Subjects

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A Big Day For Bellyachers

NORMAN, OK - APRIL 24: Quarterback Spencer Rattler #7 of the Oklahoma Sooners pulls on his helmet before the team's spring game at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on April 24, 2021 in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

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NIL Is Transforming The NFL Agent Business, Too

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NCAA president Mark Emmert listens during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on “NCAA Athlete NIL (name, image, and likeness) Rights” on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress hopes to pass legislation on NIL compensation at the federal level before it takes effect in several states across the country on July 1.

NCAA Decides That Someone Else Can Pay Its Unpaid Athletes

Supreme Court Releases Opinions

Awesome! Supreme Court Rules That Exploited College Athletes Can Have Free Laptops

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The Women’s College World Series Is Worth Caring About, Even If The NCAA Doesn’t

Baylor v Gonzaga

At Long Last, The Real Gonzaga Showed Up

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Supreme Court Rules Nebraska A Top-Tier Program

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David Roth

Three Oral Roberts Golden Eagles players dance after their second-round NCAA Tournament win against Florida.

USA Today Opinion Writer: Booing Oral Roberts Is Cancel Culture


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Ex-LSU President Resigns His Job At Oregon State Due To LSU Scandal

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo argues with his player Gabe Brown at halftime of Thursday's game against UCLA.

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Tom Izzo Manhandles His Own Player Then Chokes Away Lead, Presented By Some Mortgage Company

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Here Is Your Open Thread For The First Weekend Of The NCAA Men’s Tournament

The Stanford Cardinal celebrate on the court after their 75-55 victory over the UCLA Bruins to win the championship game of the Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament at Michelob ULTRA Arena on March 7, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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They’ve Seen This Before

Former head coach Les Miles of the Kansas Jayhawks watches from the sidelines during the game against the Indiana State Sycamores at Memorial Stadium on August 31, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas.

Les Miles at Kansas

The Problem Was That Les Miles Stopped Winning

A Covid-19 restriction signs hang outside of H-E-B supermarket on March 3, 2021 in Austin, Texas. The popular Texas supermarket chain will not require customers to wear masks when the statewide mask mandate ends on March 10, 2021.

Texas Governor Abbott Lifts Statewide Mask Mandate

Texas Lifts Its Mask Mandate Just In Time To Host Some Basketball Tournaments