The Wednesday Lineup thinks this is the perfect day to do crazy stuff. A year from now, the day won't even exist. There has to be some way to capitalize on this freak occurrence. Maybe Mark Cuban knows.
Must Reads Of The Day
The Angels' offseason moves have them poised as title contenders, but there's a bit of a mess in the outfield, and Tim Brown chronicles how two players, years apart, have to prove themselves this season to push the team over the top. Yahoo! Sports >>
UCLA and head basketball coach Ben Howland are under fire from the public for underperforming, and now George Dohrmann has a pretty epic piece about what's going on behind the scenes with the Bruins. Sports Illustrated >>
Michael Jordan is selling Chicago mansion for a cool $29 million. So, you know, get your friends together and see what kind of bid you can arrange. Curbed >>
Former Georgetown basketball head coach John Thompson is calling it a radio career and signing off from his daily show. Washington Post >>
Is viewer education the only thing holding back soccer as a major player in the US sports market? Martin Rogers tackles the question as it's currently up for debate. Yahoo! Sports >>
This oral history on the "Malice at the Palace" is pretty incredible. Lots of different angles, opinions and memories from an infamous NBA night. Grantland >>
The New York Times is running an awesome contest to pick the best "Linsanity" t-shirt and there are some pretty thoughtful, smart options. New York Times >>
Grant Wahl with a one-on-one with Clint Dempsey in Italy as the star American forward prepares to take on the Azzurri in the midst of the best professional season of his career. Sports Illustrated >>
Bobby Knight is blatantly biased against Kentucky as an analyst, and takes it to absurd levels. Gregg Doyel's seen and heard enough. CBS Sports >>
Coincidence or not: the Mets' payroll cuts are equal to their Citi Field payments. Just when you thought the Mets couldn't get more ridiculous. More stuff pops up. Forbes >>
Top Tweets
1) "Of all the things we have come to find about T.Woods, "He almost became a Navy Seal" wasn't exactly the bombshell I expected." Joe Posnanski, Sports Illustrated
2) "HEY HEY GET THIS MY CALENDAR SAYS IT'S FEBRUARY 29TH HA HA HOW STUPID IS THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THERE'S NO MONTH CALLED FEBRUARY" Eight Ball The Tiger
3) "Rob Parker and Skip Bayless actually just found a way to debate the friendship of two grown men. I'm amazed and appalled all in one." Awful Announcing
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