I still read just about everything he writes, so I think I would be a hypocrite not to approve, even as I find many of his columns starting to read like parodies of his older work.

Tiger will eventually pass Nicklaus' major record, so maybe it's good that he got another runner-up finish, since crusty old golf fans love to cite Nicklaus' high number of second-place finishes as a reason why he was still more dominant in his day than Woods is now.

Indiana also got a first-round playoff exit out of Eric Gordon. And they don't have Li'l Romeo on scholarship. Point, Indiana.

Could that article deal any more in abject cliché? I'm appalled that anyone was paid for writing it, even just at AOL.

That's "Rays," Will, not "Devil Rays." Please send a check for $1 to Matt Silverman.

I've always been kind of amazed how Barkley can be such a boor and yet totally beloved. He was an annoying player, too.

No comment on the Cubs and Pirates playing three games for the price of two so far this week?

@Al Czerviks Ride to Denver via Albany: Joe Morgan posts on Deadspin?

How could the Bulls lose to that Heat team? I mean, Blake Ahearn wasn't even playing!

It's funny how everyone started talking about how Memphis' supposed Achilles heel, the free throw issue, had miraculously vanished in the tournament. And then, lo and behold, it reared its ugly head at the worst possible time for them. Ouch.

I definitely hate the Rangers more than the Flyers. Mostly because of 1994 and 1997.

@McNutty: The hawk was angry because just seconds earlier, Alexa had slapped its egg out of its talons while running towards first base.

He's GOTTA be done now, right? If he ever plays football again, Pacman Jones has to be foaming at the mouth.

Cubs fans who hate on Bartman make me sick - regrettably, this includes many of them, including my own father. For God's sake, everyone around him is going for the ball too. If it wasn't him it would have been someone else. And anyone who says they would have known better than to go for the ball is, I think, lying to…

Wow, Will Leitch picking at a missing apostrophe? Good one.

I think Wood will rebound. Gagne looks finished, though. What were the Brewers thinking?

On November 27, Duke beat Wisconsin by 24.

The Devils are really, really upsetting me right now. On the other hand, if they'd delayed this a few weeks we could have been in for yet another first-round loss after winning the East. So at least that should be avoided.

Later, Ortiz and Manny were knocked into the water while trying to figure out how to pose like a giant red sock.

I think Will sabotaged the preview by giving it to this fraud. Go drink four more Old Styles, you hack.