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Former NBA player and Duke standout Christian Laettner will be inducted into the The National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame on June 12th.
Wait, so Laettner’s Polish? All this time I thought he was gay.
No more candy & ice cream for the Yankees? Aw, nuts (& dried fruit & granola)!
• CBS might finally be telling college analyst Billy Packer to pack it in.
• Carmelo Anthony gets treated to special chants at Staples Center.
• An NBA D-Leaguer expresses his desire for “The Office” actress Jenna Fischer through the power of poetry.
• Massive Colorado mascot Ralphie buffalOWNS one of his trainers.
• Quite a weekend for the Manning boys - Eli hits the altar, while Peyton hits the bar.
• FAN IQ finds Joey Gathright leaping at the opportunity to secure a spot on the Royals’ roster:
• WITH LEATHER passes the tissues, as a jilted guy turns to the Cubs to mend his broken heart.
• BALLHYPE charts the most loved and most loathed in DEADSPIN’s Media Approval Ratings.
The first weekend of the NCAA tournament is almost over, but we still have today through Wednesday to point and laugh at the Blue Devils.
For the second straight year, Duke has failed to make the Sweet Sixteen, and those who have grown tired of the Mike Krzyzewski pedigree are enjoying it, and are attacking the program from all sides.
NBC Raleigh affiliate sports anchor Penn Holderness is not the guy from the popular comedy duo “Penn and Teller.”
After seeing this, we feel obligated to make the distinction.
If there is one team in college basketball that most fans probably want to see suffer an early defeat, it’s Duke. There’s never anything wrong with watching the Blue Devils go down, even when it means a stand-up guy like Bob Huggins advances.
The first team to officially advance into the Sweet 16 is the West Virginia Mountaineers by way of their 73-67 victory over Coach K and his Dukies. Read more…
The 2008 NCAA Tourney opening round is starting to look familiar to the 2007 Tourney - no big upsets, but plenty of blowouts.
The closest excitement fans were treated to on Thursday was Belmont’s close call against Duke. The 15th-seed Bruins had the 2nd-seed Blue Devils on the ropes, but a bad inbounds pass and a missed last-second half-court shot allowed the Dookies to escape with a 71-70 win, and Belmont was banished back to Nashville.
But apart from those D.C. follies, it was a day of very little drama.
