Wow, that was some national championship game, wasn’t it?
• The best part of last night’s title tilt - spotting Greg Ostertag afterwards.

• With March Madness finally over, will Bill Self & John Calipari be seeking employment elsewhere?
• Overall, the Final Four rocked - even if it really didn’t hip-hop.
• And who better to ease […]

Two World Series titles in four years is apparently enough to allow Bill Buckner to make a safe return to Boston.

(Wonder what country this is taking place in?)
The scourge of the ‘86 Series against the Mets was on hand Tuesday to throw out the first pitch in the Red Sox’s home opener. It was reportedly […]

Peter King takes a moment between sips to let the world know he’s still in love with U2 after attending a 3-D IMAX show recently. (Tuffy to King: Don’t tell us how it feels like Bono is in your lap while using the word “bouncing” in the previous and subsequent sentences. Thanks.)

After the […]

WILDCAT BLITZ comes across an awesome clip of Dick Vitale getting so emotional, baby! (Yeah, sort of like that Whitney Houston song.)

(Image on loan from the 100% INJURY RATE collection)
Dickie V’s tears came on his recent nomination into the Basketball Hall of Fame. After an eloquent introduction by Jim Nantz, Vitale was given his own […]

• JOE SPORTS FAN gives a toast to this clever Tony La Russa jersey.

• DEADSPIN wants to know if you approve of Rachel Nichols.
• LARRY BROWN SPORTS notes the 3rd time’s the charm for Brandon Rush declaring for the NBA draft.

If you just lost a national championship in OT after being up by nine with two minutes left in regulation, who’s the first person you’d want to see?

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, of course!
The SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS reports that the good reverend gave “hugs and encouragement” to Memphis players Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts, minutes after […]

SPORTAPHILE reports confirmation that 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather recently had a slap fight street brawl during a celebrity basketball game held by Mayweather. (”I’m beatin’ your #*%#$ for the children, Fitty.”)

(The cheeky young boys in better times)
Apparently, someone reneged on a prop bet (first to immolate their career with ridiculous choices?) and these […]

The Boston Red Sox didn’t complete the turnaround from national joke to World Champions by simply spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new players and an enhanced farm system. (That helped though. A lot. Like, 90%.)

(We assume Clay has sent this man in his stead to protest the working conditions of […]

Reports about the new Nationals Park in D.C. have happily parroted the company line about the $611m cost of the project. We will be terribly surprised if the final price tag remotely resembles that number except in its use of Arabic numerals and U.S. dollars previously belonging to D.C. taxpayers.

And what has the city […]

The NCAA lined up plenty of things for us to see and do at the Final Four. Among the NCAA off-court events in San Antonio were free concerts featuring the likes of Kid Rock, Fall Out Boy and The All-American Rejects.

(Whitey McWhitefish Kid Rock performs at Final Four)
And there were dozens-more musical acts featured […]