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Creighton lost a top recruit after coach’s ‘plantation’ plea — now he’s at Kentucky with an NIL Porsche deal!

Greg McDermott was “this close” to signing TyTy Washington — arguably the highest-ranked recruit in the history of Creighton basketball — last season in a year in which he was coaching a Top-25 team. But then, he just had to mess it all up by saying something super racist: Read more…

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Brian Cashman was ‘heartbroken’ about Masahiro Tanaka’s experiences with racism, but such reactions insult people of color

The ability to feign disbelief can be more harmful than the act that caused the initial shock. It’s a skill that some white people are either born with or have acquired over time. It’s a classic argument of nature vs. nurture, and Brian Cashman is the latest example. Read more…

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Deadspin reseeds this senseless men’s Sweet 16

A week into the NCAA Tournament, and madness is the perfect word to describe what has taken place so far in March. The only logical explanation for how things have gone is based on just how nuts this season has been from the jump — given all the pauses and disruptions that have occurred due […]

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The Women’s Tournament has fitness gear now, and the NCAA would like you to forget all about this

The NCAA finally got some fitness equipment to its tournament bubble in San Antonio, which doesn’t excuse the organization’s failure to provide it in the first place or explain the difference in COVID testing protocols between women’s basketball and men’s basketball, or any of the other differences in the way that… Read more…

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Trendy favorites will fall like whimpering squirrels before the mighty ursine

If you’re at all serious about it, you’ve probably taken your first stab at filling out a bracket by now. If you were as serious ludicrous as I am about it, you’d have done it in real time as it was announced. I’d hear Greg Gumbel say, “Now … the 15 seed in the West…” […]

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Upsets, trendy faves, arguments against Gonzaga, and your champ will be…

If you’re at all serious about it, you’ve probably taken your first stab at filling out a bracket by now. If you were as serious ludicrous as I am about it, you’d have done it in real time as it was announced. I’d hear Greg Gumbel say, “Now … the 15 seed in the West…” […]

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The antediluvian, boring-ass Big East logo is a crime against humanity and the arts

As we hurtle toward tonight’s Big East Championship, I need to get something stupid off my chest. It’s been bugging me for years. And the mashup-matchup title tilt of the conference I grew up with — repped by Coach Paaaaatrick Ewing and Georgetown — and the more new-school, reshuffled conference squad — repped by Greg… […]

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Unreal old-school Georgetown title is perfect way to usher out antediluvian, boring-ass Big East logo

Updated, March 13, 2021 at 8:40 p.m.: I need to get something stupid off my chest. It’s been bugging me for years. And the unlikely title won tonight by Coach Paaaaatrick Ewing and No. 8 seed Georgetown, repping the old school Big East, over the more new-school, reshuffled conference squad Creighton, seems the… Read more…

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Creighton has failed every black player and coach that’s ever been in Greg McDermott’s program

If you read the “Mission Statement” on Creighton University’s website, it’s easy to see that it serves as propaganda, falsely claiming that the university is a place that’s “dedicated to the pursuit of truth in all its forms and is guided by the living tradition of the Catholic Church.” Read more…