40 Days of Nothing: Booze, Sex and Sweets

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In honor of Lent, Jamie Reidy pledges to give up the same thing he does every year: Nada.

Screw Tradition, Grab the Cash

Photo by Kevin Coles

As conference realignment changes the face of the NCAA, Robert Steven Williams wonders, “But what about the children?”

Boise State Is Your Favorite Football Team

Kellen Moore

If you watch college football, or just care about the concept of fairness, you’ll root for the Boise State Broncos this season.

Why Do Men Love Football So Much?

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A weekly discussion about the crazy sport.

ESPN: Man’s Necessary Evil

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How much of a role does ESPN play in the sports scandals it frequently covers?

You Should Be Watching ‘Frontline’

The Silence

“The Silence” airs at 9 p.m. on PBS tonight.

The NCAA Can’t Have It All

Kemba Walker

The NCAA wants miracles, and it wants NBA-quality talent. As the National Championship showed, it can’t have both.

Should the MLB Ban Chewing Tobacco?

Chewing tobacco

The argument of keeping chewing tobacco for the sake of tradition is a selfish one, especially when you see what’s happened to guys like Tony Gwynn.

The 10 at 10

George Clooney

Clooney hangs out with Berlusconi, Denny’s puts bacon on ice cream, and the greatest rivalry in sports.

Are Younger Brothers Better Athletes?

Blake Griffin

There seems to be some sort of connection between being ridiculously good at basketball and having an older brother who played the sport.

Obama Is Better Than Sheen and Other March Madness Thoughts

Deniz Kilicli, Brandon Knight, Terrence Jones

In case you’re just back from a trip to outer space or a family vacation to a local nuclear bomb shelter, we’ll catch you up on some of the biggest storylines thus far.

NBA Analyst and Former Player Kenny Smith Talks to Good Sports

Kenny Smith

We talked to Smith about making the switch from the NBA to the NCAA, March Madness, and being a good man.

The Dark Side of the Student Section

Harvard-Princeton

The inherent drama, marked unpredictability, and heavy emotional investment that come natural to college basketball give the sport its unique sense of zeal, but that zeal can take a malicious turn.

How to Fill Out Your Bracket Perfectly

Jared Sullinger

The chances of picking a perfect bracket are one in 147,573,952,589,676,412,928.

Sex Kills BYU’s National Title Hopes

Brandon Davies

The third-ranked BYU men’s basketball team might’ve just lost a shot at the national championship because one of their starting forwards had sex with his girlfriend.

Scalping the Scalpers

Ticket Scalping

Jeremy Herrig sold his tickets to the BCS Championship Game for $7,000, but still managed to get into the stadium to watch his alma mater come back and lose a heartbreaker.