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How the Greatest Announcing Call Ever (Onions, by Bill Raftery) Was Born

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: Once upon a time at a now defunct fantasy Web site, I penned a piece that more or less proclaimed Bill Raftery the greatest announcer of all time (he had just won the...

Posted: January 12, 2009 2:00 PM
Onion Peels: The ACC and Big East, Not Home to Road Warriors

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: Onion Peels is a recap of last night's action and an unofficial Bill Raftery blog. Wake Forest 70, Duke 68Two things stand out about Wake Forest from this game....

Posted: January 29, 2009 11:15 AM
Zip It in Reynolds Wrap: Villanova Wins Big East Classic

Fanhouse - Jay Mariotti: BOSTON -- If you felt a shiver or tingle Saturday night, a quaking in your solar plexus, it's because you witnessed an epic basketball game, one of the virtuoso classics of...

Posted: March 29, 2009 1:50 AM
After Crushing Purdue, Is Michigan in?

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: Bill Raftery sounded the call early and often during Thursday night's ESPN broadcast: If Michigan could pull off a home upset of No. 16 Purdue, it would essentially...

Posted: February 26, 2009 11:54 PM
It's a Reynolds Wrap

Fanhouse NCAA Tournament: BOSTON -- If you felt a shiver or tingle Saturday night, a quaking in your solar plexus, it's because you witnessed an epic basketball game, one of the virtuoso classics...

Posted: March 29, 2009 1:50 AM
"Paul Harris Needs His Shoes Back"

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: That was the message from the Syracuse PA announcer at Midnight Madness for the Orange basketball team. How did it come to that? Well he got extremely excited and...

Posted: October 21, 2007 2:07 PM
Onion Peels: Duke, Carolina Have Similar Sunday Games, Different Endings

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: Onion Peels is a recap of last night's action and an unofficial Bill Raftery blog. Duke and North Carolina were separated by a single game in the ACC standings...

Posted: February 16, 2009 11:00 AM
'Send it in Jerome!' Turns Twenty

Fanhouse NCAA Football Blog: Long before we had to hear Bill Raftery talk about player's onions or that the team was playing man-to-man or that someone's puppies where moving as he hit a shot with...

Posted: January 25, 2008 12:01 AM
Postgame Thoughts -- Pitt 60, Xavier 55

Fanhouse NCAA Tournament: DeJuan Blair made this possible, of course. After a quiet, four-rebound first half, Pitt's monster in the middle went off and hauled in 13 boards in the second half as the...

Posted: March 26, 2009 9:35 PM
CBS' Broadcast Teams for the NCAA Tournament

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: (Hat tip: Awful Announcing)Here are CBS's broadcast teams for each of the eight pod sites for the first and second round of the NCAA tournament. Anaheim: Dick...

Posted: March 19, 2008 8:15 PM
Gerald Green Takes It to the Hoop ... Cupcakes!

Fanhouse NBA Blog: Perhaps "Cupcakes!" could be the new "Onions!", Mr. Raftery? Gerald Green -- and the following dunk -- make me think it's a pretty good idea. (Quality's a touch grainy but it's a...

Posted: July 12, 2008 4:00 PM
If CBS is Looking For a Reason to Fire Billy Packer, Here They Go

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: Billy Packer has provided commentary on the last 33 Final Fours ... he might not see a 34th. From Bill Simmons' latest column at ESPN.com comes this YouTube video of...

Posted: April 3, 2007 8:04 PM
Dunks from the Day: Jerome Lane

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: Dunks from the Day, which, if you can't tell by the title, will highlight some amazing dunks from, um, back in the day. None of this new-fangled, fancy-pants stuff...

Posted: February 17, 2007 12:53 PM
I Am Enraged About the Lack of Gus Johnson

Fanhouse NCAA Basketball Blog: Here are the very sad broadcast pairs for the upcoming regional semifinals and finals: East Region: Jim Nantz, Billy Packer North Carolina vs. USC Vanderbilt vs....

Posted: March 20, 2007 1:42 AM
Buffalo Bills Fire Dick Jauron

Fanhouse NFL Blog: The Buffalo Bills have fired head coach Dick Jauron, the team announced on Tuesday, bringing to an end a coaching tenure in Buffalo that yielded nothing but losing seasons. The...

Posted: November 17, 2009 2:40 PM
Chris Johnson, Titans Throttle Bills

Fanhouse NFL Blog: The Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans entered the fourth quarter Sunday knotted at 17-all. Considering what happened in the last 15 minutes of the game, Bills head coach Dick...

Posted: November 15, 2009 5:35 PM
Bill Laimbeer Climbs the Coaching Ladder

Fanhouse NBA Blog: MINNEAPOLIS -- A look of disbelief crosses Bill Laimbeer's face. After all, he spent years perfecting such expressions for NBA referees. "I don't know what you're talking...

Posted: October 31, 2009 2:00 PM
Bill Simmons Appears on Colbert Report

Fanhouse Backporch: Bill Simmons is becoming like Brett Favre in the sense that ESPN is shoving him down our throats. (Except in Simmons' case, it's for his new book, not for his annual...

Posted: October 30, 2009 11:00 AM
Blue Devils, Calhoun Among Losers

Fanhouse NCAA Tournament: The Losers | Back to Winners Duke -- If ever there was a time that a Sweet 16 was enough for the Blue Devils, it was well before the coach with bevy of consonants in his...

Posted: April 9, 2009 7:49 AM
Brian Brohm: Your Newest Buffalo Bill

Fanhouse NFL Blog: Brian Brohm has left the Packers' practice squad and joined the Buffalo Bills active roster, in a move that seems pretty good for both Brohm and the Bills' organization.According...

Posted: November 19, 2009 9:15 AM