Sports By Brooks points us to this story that was featured in the Greensboro News & Record, detailing the ACC's reluctance to openly embrace its gay female fan base. The story, written by Robert Bell, ran Sunday (even though the women's ACC tournament was held March 5-8th — Maryland won, btw) ...

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap Cleveland State upset 16th-ranked Butler 57-54 for the Horizon League title. Cleveland State hasn't appeared in the tournament since 1986, so they're just bursting with Viking pride...

Es ist die Endphase der Conference-Spiele im College Basketball. Bevor am nächsten Sonntag die NCAA (US-Hochschulsport-Verband) die 65 Teilnehmer der March Madness festlegt, stehen in 30 der 31 Conferences die Playoffs an. Die großen, wichtigen Conferences fangen erst in dieser Woche an, mit den F...

Selection Sunday is ... Sunday! That means we must begin the time-honored tradition of Deadspin's patent-pending NCAA Tournament Preview Capsules. Once again, we would like to showcase three interesting tidbits about each school participating in the men's basketball tournament that begins ... holy c...

Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Reality-Free, The Mentalist Here we are in the middle of the March sweeps period (March this year instead of February, because we were supposed to switch to digital TV on February 17 and Nielsen was worried that would screw up the numbers) and The Mentalist is a repea...

Attention ladies: if you ever want to know how to make your sport interesting, this is how it’s done. Oklahoma women’s college basketball player Courtney Paris went out and made pretty much the guarantee of the century. Simply said, she put her money where her mouth is: Last week during ...

Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson said he wouldn't be above using President Obama for recruiting purposes. Presumably he was kidding. Or considering how competitive Div. I basketball recruiting is, maybe not. Robinson, who is Obama's brother-in-law, was on Mason and Ireland's ESPN LA show...

Even after 35 minutes of work went for naught, it's not hard to see what's happening at Maryland. Gary Williams is falling hard for a team he has suddenly coaxed into overachievers....

Yes, Duke beat Maryland in a key ACC men's basketball matchup on Wednesday, but sometimes the most important victories are not won on the court, but in the stands. Behold: Operation Scheyerface, v2.0. Operation Scheyerface was conceived as a Facebook group by Maryland student Jimmy Johnston, who qui...

Despite a long sleepless night of running refrigerator jokes, Duke somehow managed to get some rest in during their 18-hour wait for tipoff and were able to outlast Maryland. Yes, it's hard to believe that the assault on the Blue Devils' hotel didn't produce more disastrous results, but their game l...