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College Basketball

Cue The Smoke Machine! La Salle Has Hired A 73-Year-Old Basketball Coach

This Is So Stupid

Losing Teams In The NCAA Tournament Should Get To Deface The Coca-Cola Logo

Lauren Theisen

Virginia Tech's Storm Murphy celebrates after beating Duke

Here’s The Bracket For The Men’s NCAA Tournament

Ray Ratto

Death To The NCAA

Will Wade Just Couldn’t Help Himself

Laura Wagner

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

College Baseball

Stephen Schoch Is Everyone’s Favorite College Baseball Dude

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - MARCH 30: NCAA president Mark Emmert attends the game between the Texas Longhorns and the South Carolina Gamecocks during the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Alamodome on March 30, 2021 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Funbag

We’ll Never Kill The NCAA

Maitreyi Anantharaman

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

Head coach Nick Saban of the Alabama Crimson Tide gestures to fans

All That For Just Another Alabama Title

College Football

The People Least Suited To Run College Football Already Do

The Washington Huskies and the Baylor Bears play in the first half of their game during the #VegasBubble basketball tournament in an empty T-Mobile Arena

College Basketball Is Such A Bummer Right Now

Patrick Redford

SPOKANE, WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 12: The Gonzaga Bulldogs scrimmage during the Numerica Kraziness in The Kennel at McCarthy Athletic Center on November 12, 2020 in Spokane, Washington. (Photo by William Mancebo/Getty Images)

College Basketball Isn’t Going To Handle This Any Better

Texas A&M attempts a field goal against Florida in front of a crowd of 24,709

A Willingness To Risk A Superspreader Event Is Now A Competitive Advantage

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Chris Thompson

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) wears a COVID mask incorrectly, like a moron.