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25 Mar 2009 23:13

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Sports: LeBron and the Cavs set a new high watermark for wins

  • 58 wins for Cleveland; they topped the previous high mark of 57 source

25 Mar 2009 22:33

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Sports: The NFL wants more games to make money off of

  • 18 games a season? That’s what Roger Goodell wants. source

24 Mar 2009 10:09

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Sports: Stan Van Gundy tries starting Patrick Ewing drama with the Knicks

  • They honor him, but while they’ve got a lot of ex-players in their organization, they’ve never made any move to try to hire him. That to me is amazing.
  • Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy • On his assistant Patrick Ewing, a major star for the New York Knicks in the 80s and 90s. Despite this (and a pretty pathetic recent history), the Knicks have made no attempt to make Ewing a part of the team’s staff or management. Well, at least he’s big-upping a big man instead of tearing one down. • source

21 Mar 2009 22:18

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Sports: Ty Lawson’s toe isn’t holding him back from rockin’ with UNC

The pain may be at a 7 out of 10, but Lawson still helped UNC easily get to the Sweet 16. source

21 Mar 2009 08:40

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Sports: The NCAA Tourney’s biggest buster? Cleveland St. over Wake Forest.

  • We understand what the ’86 team did was important for our school. But now it’s time for a new chapter.
  • Cleveland State’s Norris Cole • On his No. 13 team’s upset win over No. 3 Wake Forest last night, and the school’s only other tourney run in 1986, when they toppled Bob Knight and Indiana in the first round. Thanks for ruining our brackets, jerks! • source

20 Mar 2009 11:49

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Sports: If only our brackets were as good as Obama’s.

  • 11 of Obama’s 16 NCAA tourney picks yesterday won source

19 Mar 2009 21:56

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Sports, U.S.: Here’s some attempted NCAA tourney bracket-busters (so far)

  • No. 15 Cal State Northridge actually gave highly-regarded No. 2 Memphis a bit of a fight.
  • close
  • close
  • upset!
 

19 Mar 2009 21:42

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Sports: No. 16 Chattanooga should’ve skipped No. 1 U. Conn, too

  • 103-47 proof Connecticut is full of meanies source

19 Mar 2009 21:36

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Sports: No. 16 Radford should’ve stayed home instead of taking on No. 1 UNC

  • 101-58 proof UNC’s players are really cyborgs source

19 Mar 2009 20:57

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Offbeat, Sports: Breaking news: Shaq wanted Dairy Queen. Then he got it.

  • Can I plaese cheat on my diet and go to dairy. Queen pls pls pls
  • Shaquille O’Neal • On his always-entertaining Twitter account. An hour later, he posted this. He somehow made the process of getting ice cream seem like a life-or-death endeavor. He really is the coolest sports celebrity ever. See, this is why they say Twitter is the future of news. Because now we know when Shaq breaks his diet to eat Dairy Queen. • source