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Oh, shit, there are Bob's Burgers and Archer Zen Pinball tables out! Also Family Guy and American Dad, but who gives a shit about those?

Pitino didn't know in a "I'm shocked to discover gambling going on here!" kinda way. And anyone with two brain cells to rub together would pay for it out of a booster slush fund instead of using university money, so I don't think the investigation will get much traction there. Jim Boeheim, Larry Brown, Roy Williams, John Calipari, Bruce Pearl, and Kelvin Sampson are all collection D-1 paychecks this year. Pitino's gonna be fine unless he loses 15 games or gets bounced in the first round of the tournament.

That's good, but I really like this one: https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/656606353536872449

Maybe they're waiting to do a long article with a lot of details? I feel like they should have at least blockquoted someone else's reporting and added some snarky commentary by now.

I'm sure he knew about it. Lord knows if he instigated it or not; it certainly wouldn't surprise me. But I think the AD falls on his sword for this before Pitino does.

It feels extremely weird that Deadspin hasn't touched the ESPN layoffs at all. Like, there's been one passing mention that was just a link to a Big Lead story. Strange.

Honestly, unless someone can dig up some documentation directly linking Pitino to this I think he skates. He seems to have quite the knack for deflecting blame.

Bucks/Wolves was pretty shit. Minnesota's shooting is just awful and they had no offensive flow. Muhammad and Wiggins were the only Wolves that showed much on offense, although Towns hit a couple of nice jumpers. Monroe looked like a beast, battling for offensive rebounds and at least sort of trying on defense. MCW was aggressively attacking the basket but kept turning the ball over. Copeland was a pleasant surprise; he was moving without the ball and hitting corner 3s, which is exactly what they need from him. The most entertaining part of the game was the crowd lustily booing Tyus Jones every single time he touched the ball. Garnett got a nice ovation during the pregame, then fouled Giannis twice in the first two minutes and got booed for the rest of the game.

Not really. They've had pro coaches in the past; D'Antoni preceded Coach K. The usual NBA anti-tampering rules would still apply so he couldn't be trying to recruit free agents or anything.

Those two things aren't really in opposition, though.

I think the first time Giannis went to dunk he would just fly off into the horizon, Team Rocket style.

GSW is out because it's hard to shoot 3s on a trampoline. Utah and Minnesota would be my picks; lots of big rangy guys that can jump.

Jimmy Butler doesn't like to dwell on the past, so he gets in a lot of fender benders in parking lots. Going to Bucks/Wolves tonight in Madison. Really looking forward to seeing the young dudes live.

Colangelo has said in the past that he wants a pro coach to succeed Coach K. I figure Kerr, Budenholzer, and maybe Hoiberg or Gentry will all get a look. I think Pop would be the dream, but I don't see that happening.

Rembert Browne is leaving Grantland at the end of the month. He hasn't announced his new gig, but James Miller is saying he won't be joining Simmons at HBO.

It's been a shit week for the both of us, so I surprised my girlfriend with tickets to Wicked. I don't like to brag, but I am boyfriending at a professional level.

LeBron got an injection in his back and will miss the remainder of the preseason.

My younger neighbor called me 'sir' in the elevator yesterday. I'm pretty sure that's the first time I've been called sir in a non-customer-service situation, so I'm just going to lay down and wait for death's cold embrace.

Greg Howard is done fucking around with Whitlock

Aww, that looks like a Very Good Dog.

So Jerian Grant and Zings might be for real, Derrick Williams is playing with tons of energy, and Melo doesn't look totally crippled. The Knicks could actually be fun this year.

Wait, really? I don't remember that at all.

DVDVR Forum alum K Thor Jensen does good working fucking with Chuck Johnson

Natural, you cannot tell us you got a new dog without posting cute pictures of the dog. Them's the rules.

I imagine it'll get some attention when Thabo sues the shit out of the NYPD.