Stephen Colbert has the Colbert Bump, granted to anyone appearing on his show. The subsequent positive publicity brings happiness to the recipient.

Now we can see the effects of an even greater bump: the Erin Andrews Bump. When she accepted the roses and hug from a Kansas cheerleader, she gifted them with the success […]

(Athleticism in action)
The Larry Brown Invitational continues with Kansas against North Carolina. Both Bill Self and Roy Williams have ordered their players to have fun tonight in a vain attempt to get them to relax. Tyler Hansbrough’s anus probably hasn’t unclenched since the third grade. No wonder he always looks like he […]

From Brooks at the half:
“We wonder if our efforts tonight will net us the annual Stephen A. Smith Blackberry blogger of the year award.
We’re really trying to figure out why they built the Alamodome. Besides arena football and one Final Four every 8 years, what was the point?
It’s a non-descript building that has no personality. […]

THEDIRTY.COM, recently making headlines with its photos of Matt Leinart in flagrante blotto, provides the video of recently suspended Univ. of Arizona defensive end Josh Lewis.

The clip shows the Wildcats DE getting a little graphically grabby with a drunk girl, despite her and her’s friend’s (one assumes) protestations.
(Video after the jump, possibly NSFW.)

Welcome to the First Annual Sports by Brooks Final Four Liveblog Marathon and Fish Fry! I’ll be your Fry Guy, Tuffy. Please take a plate, move through the buffet line, and have a seat where you’re comfortable. I’ll be by later to take your drink orders, though we only have orange […]

If, say, hours before tip-off of the Final Four, you felt compelled to try to get a seat at the Alamodome tonight, prepare to pony up some dough, as the SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS discovers tickets are going for as much as $6,000 apiece.

“As of Thursday morning, the average Final Four transaction on StubHub was $770, […]

MISTER IRRELEVANT revisits the Wizards’ phenomenal swag from 2003-2004.

Critical of the home team? Not if you’re an announcer. NOLESPORTS.COM has the story on why P.T. Willis got canned.
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES’ shows John McCain and Barack Obama polling closely in college hoops acumen.

The Cowboys this past season gave Tank Johnson an opportunity for a comeback following suspension, they’re locked in negotiations with the Titans for the rights to Adam “Pacman” Jones and it appears their latest prized prospect of the Goodell School of Wayward Players is recently released former Bengals receiver Chris Henry, so indicates Matt Moseley […]

Tonight Tuffy will be live-blogging on SbB during the Final Four games in San Antonio. We will be at the game (got our tickets this morning, woo-hoo!). We will also provide in-game observos on the thread - from inside the Alamodome.
We’re also pleased to announce that we will be filing a piece from San Antonio […]

Eli Manning will be a spring bride, according to THE NEW YORK POST, which yesterday confirmed that Manning The Younger will wed longtime girlfriend Abby McGrew “sometime in the next few weeks.” Eli proposed to her a year ago, but she wanted to wait out the obviously inevitable Super Bowl victory before tying the knot.

“There […]