Thursday Dump

Sweet 16 time, everyone. Hopefully your brackets aren’t as jacked up as mine. A few links to get you through the final 3 hour lull before the Madness resumes.

Up and coming blog Sparty & Friends comes strong with a full tournament bracket to determine the ultimate sports movie.

I’ve got Purdue in the Elite 8, so I for one really hope that this proves to be a major distraction for UConn. Tsk, Tsk, Coach Calhoun.

It’ll be tricky to fully work out, especially with the impending labor war in the NFL, but expanding the regular season to 18 games is long overdue. Lose 2 stupid pre-season games, give fans more of America’s most popular obsession, increase revenues and everybody wins.

In case you hadn’t heard, LeBron James is ridiculous, and the Cavs are now poised to win the East crown again. I feel like James is on the verge of winning the MVP, and then holding on to it for about 4 seasons straight-who the hell is going to take it away as he only gets better?

Cool story from ESPN about Villanova guard Corey Fisher. I love how the NCAA tournament brings about several great personal stories every year.

An analysis of what sort of drunken bar hookups various sports franchises would look like? Sweet.