There's A First Time For Everything
The Final Four is set, Ron Burgundy takes the field and a dino disaster.
The first Monday of the month is an ideal time to drum up a conversation.
Starting off on the right foot,
The Last Night’s Game Team
College Basketball
The Final Four teams in the NCAA College Basketball March Madness tournament are set. Both Auburn and Texas Tech are heading to their first Final Four in school history. The head coach of Virginia is making his first trip to the Final Four and Michigan State, well…welcome back. The games will take place on Saturday. YOU’LL NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST
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San Diego is the home of the Padres (MLB – Major League Baseball) and of course, Ron Burgundy. The Padres paid tribute to the Channel 4 news team from the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in their new mascot race. Yes, the large headed versions of Ron Burgundy, Champ Kind, Brian Fantana and Brick Tamland raced around the track with Mr, Burgundy taking home the win in the inaugural race. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE TIME, IT WORKS EVERY TIME
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Olympian Michael Phelps and his wife, Nicole, announced they're expecting their third child. Baby No. 3 will join siblings Boomer, 2 and Beckett, 1. MAKE YOUR OWN SWIM TEAM
Coaches’ corner
A dinosaur throwing out the first pitch at a Texas Rangers (MLB) game went exactly as you’d imagine. Short arms aren’t exactly ideal for throwing a strike across the plate either, although a dino can dream. THAT’S EMBARRASSING
Sneaky Little Devil
Even LeBron can't save L.A., the NFL's party boy calls it quits and a good guy alert.
Monday, how’d you get here so fast?
Where’d the weekend go?
The Last Night’s Game Team
NBA (National Basketball Association)
LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers will not make the playoffs this season. This is nothing new for the Lakers as this is the sixth year in a row they’ve missed the playoffs. On the other hand, the last time LeBron missed the playoffs was in 2005 and the world was a little different. For the record, the iPhone wasn’t around (and wouldn’t be for two more years), Twitter didn’t exist and Carrie Underwood was a contestant on “American Idol.” EONS AGO
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Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz (NBA) is paying it forward. His mom always stressed the importance of education and his fourth grade teacher had a huge impact on his life. He returned the fourth-grade favor by awarding her daughter with a $25,000 scholarship. GOOD GUY ALERT
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And then there was one. Out of the tens of millions of NCAA March Madness brackets submitted, only one perfect bracket remains. For the first time, one person has a perfect bracket going into the Sweet 16. (Not your awkward middle school party, but the games featuring the final 16 teams). THERE'S A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING
Coaches’ corner
The New England Patriots’ (NFL - National Football League) original party boy Rob Gronkowski (no not owner Robert Kraft) announced he is retiring. At the ripe old age of 29, he’s racked up a whole host of career accomplishments and enough cash to ride off into the sunset. PARTY’S OVER
Let’s Get Ready To Rumble
The madness of March is here, baseball is the new football and one coach’s glimmer of hope.
This week starts one of the least productive weeks of the year in the office. It’s time for March Madness.
Hold all my calls,
The Last Night’s Game Team
College Basketball
The madness of March is upon us. The teams that make up this year’s NCAA March Madness tournament were revealed last night and you have until Thursday morning to fill out your bracket.
Want to give it a shot and pick a bracket? It certainly makes the tourney more fun and since everyone is doing it, it gives you another foray into the conversation. Don’t care about basketball? Don’t worry. You can pick your bracket based on team colors or mascot and you have an equal chance of beating those who know a lot. Of course, there are prizes for the best and worst brackets. NOTHING TO LOSE - SIGN UP FOR OUR BRACKET HERE
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Is baseball the new football? It appears so with two NFL (National Football League) quarterbacks visiting spring training. Both Baker Mayfield (Cleveland Browns) and Russell Wilson (Seattle Seahawks and aka Mr. Ciara) played alongside their favorite baseball teams (MLB – Major League Baseball) in spring training this week. DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB
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All NASCAR’s (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) Kyle Busch does is win, win, win. The Las Vegas native earned his 200th career win yesterday in California. CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP
Coaches’ corner
If your team didn’t make the NCAA tournament, consider cheering for Old Dominion. The Monarchs are making their first trip to the big dance since 2011 and this year it’s extra emotional. Their head coach has spent the season battling other teams but his biggest fight has been against prostate cancer. A fight that he’s still fighting. A GLIMMER OF HOPE
What to watch
Play-in games start on Tuesday. These are teams that are almost into the March Madness tournament but have to win one more game to make it in. They’re listed on the bracket on the line with two school names.
Keep an eye on the true comeback kids, the Panthers from Prairie View A&M. The play-in team from South Texas started their season 1-11 and turned it around with 11 straight wins. Now they’re one win out from advancing to their first NCAA basketball tournament in school history.