Posted: Tuesday March 18, 2008 10:43AM; Updated: Tuesday March 18, 2008 1:20PM
By Jimmy Traina
The Links
A Stunning Split
Lauren Conrad :: Peter
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We've seen many shocking and sad breakups: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, Brad Pitt
and Jennifer Aniston, Paul McCartney and Heather Mills and LC and
Heidi from The Hills. But this story about a blogger
breaking up with his bracket just might be the most shocking and saddest.
Fine Nines
Only in the sports blogosphere
would someone be creative enough to use Eliot Spitzer's title as "Client No. 9" as a way to "check out the other pros
who've worn No. 9 when it came time to score."
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Vegas Watch explains just how impossible it
is for someone to pick a perfect bracket.
Shocker! Bob Costas Is Smug!
So, last week, Bob Costas called bloggers "pathetic, get-a-life losers." We weren't surprised at all because Costas
always came off as the type of guy who thinks he's a much better human being than the viewer he talks down to. But then Costas called Deadspin to clarify his
comments, which showed just how out of touch he is because he thinks The Onion is a blog.
If you're a Republican who admires John McCain or if you're a Democrat who would like to beat some Republicans (or if
you just like to gamble), you might want to join the official John McCain Bracket
Challenge.
Celebrating the Baylor Bears
... College Hoops' Newest Rivalry ... 10 longest tenured coaches without a BCS bid ... Video: When Trampoline Basketball Goes Wrong ... more.
A reader named Joe Bob, who provided no hometown, sends us this highly amusing video compilation of a very animated
high school basketball coach from West Va. What makes the clip even better is Kung Foo Fighting as the background music.
Dane Cook = Not funny in any way, shape or form. Dane Cook's gyrations (while you can't hear his "jokes") set to the tune
of Vogue = funny. (Thanks to Matt in Boston for sending us the link.)