Region C 1 Greg Bedard vs 5 Dan Shaughnessy It took overtime for Shank to sneak into the Sour Sorry Sixteen by the skin of his McTeeth. Look for Bedard to kick his balls up around his head.
The sun will come out tomorrow, but only for one of these two
2 Fred Toucher vs 3 Adam Jones Fred Toucher spent a lot of time last week defending himself against accusation of racism. You know who doesn’t spend a lot of time defending themselves against accusations of racism? Non-racists. He doth protest too much advances.
Region V 1 Jim Murray vs 12 Chris Curtis Advancing to the Sour Sixteen may be the second most shocking thing Curtis has ever done, but Large Gymnasium wins the battle of the bald middle aged dimwitted overconfident flash boys.
Curtis, in happier times, with the most shocking thing he’s done.
2 Marc Bertrand vs 3 Andy Hart The Far Side kid burns lil’ Andy with his magnifying glass
Region N 1 Gabrielle Starr vs 4 Kevin F Paul Dupont The woman in sports snips KPD’s sports manhood
2 James Stewart vs 3 Michael Felger Jimmy Stewart gives Felger the Lavanchy treatment.
Gentleman, hide your ladies… and your cats
Region T 1 Ted Johnson vs 5 Scott Zolak We will finally get an answer to a question that has been confounding medical experts for decades: Which causes more long term cognitive issues, head trauma or substance abuse? We’ve got good news, you can keep doing drugs kids, CTEd snowplows Zo.
2 Chris Gasper vs 3 Albert Breer Breer sends Kid Gas to the golden showers.
Schedule for the remainder of the 2026 Tournament! Monday 3/23 Sorry Sixteen Preview Tuesday 3/24 – The Sorry Sixteen Thursday 3/26 – The Hateable 8 Monday 3/30- The Four You Deplore Tuesday 3/31 – Consolation Match Thursday 4/2- Championship Match Friday 4/3 – Winner Announced!
With the right-hand side of our bracket set, we now move to the left, Regions C and N! Fun! Polls will stay open until 10 PM EDT today. Vote your heart.
I love how Jim Nantz every year has to go from March Madness to The Masters two days later.
The Red Sox players performing well in the WBC is a positive sign for the season to come, right?
Upton Bell’s Father Bert Bell who founded the Philadelphia Eagles wanted Green from the very beginning.
Would totally watch a “Swingers”-style comedy starring Andy Wong, JStew, Sarge, and that other charmless slob.
Alex Caruso would be a beloved Celtic. I really believe that.
I’ve deleted a post incorrectly identifying who was suspended today. It was Johan Rojas of the Philadelphia Phillies who was suspended.
News Item: Bryce Huff announced that he is starting a company called Neighborstone, which will build safety infrastructure to help with fire risk on lithium-ion batteries.
I guess I’ll root for whichever team from a Massachusetts college or university made it into the Tournament.
Cakes are cooking for Carl Gottlieb, Drew Struzan, Brad Dourif, Rick Martel, Irene Cara, Luc Besson, James McMurtry, Bonnie Blair, Jerry Cantrell, Queen Latifah, Adam Levine, Chad Cordero, Lily Collins, and J.T. Realmuto.
Good to have an old-school Twitter night on tap (hopefully). #Oscars
I’m so damn proud of our gold medal winning sled hockey team. I hope someday to learn what their names are.
Åberg? Å no!
Meal prep, bro. Nothing like planning to essentially eat leftovers every day.
Sorry if I missed your tags today. I’m a little laid up w my back.
AI coach already telling me to tone down my weightlifting 10 days out from 20-mile race. This is the robot trying to weaken the man in order to take over the world. Cannot be fooled.
The winner of the WBC should face the winner of the NBA Cup.
Food cleanse includes booze? WTF.
I’m pretty sure there were entire months where the Revs didn’t score 6 total goals. Good job.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s good practice to keep your cream out of the refrigerator during coffee drinking hours; they don’t call it “table cream” for nothin’.
Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Playing in the NFL is pretty cool, but ya know what’s *really* cool? Preventing lithium battery fires.”
I watched “Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare” last night on HBO and I can’t remember the last time a documentary brought me to tears that much.
Blue Line: Delays of about 10 minutes while a maintenance train inspects the overhead wires between Airport and Wonderland. Trains may stand by at stations.
The black dog and the wandering boy Come around every night. The wandering boy never gets any older The black dog doesn’t bite. He just sits on the floor at the corner of the bed Watching for the things that haunt. They oughta both go away when I take my meds: But they don’t.
Hey, somebody lie to me Hey, somebody lie to me.
There is no greater Lenten sacrifice than choosing a hot buttered lobster roll as your meatless Friday meal.
My lawyer laughed at “dipshit”.
Just so everyone knows: true NCAA tournament “upsets” begin at 4-13. And don’t even think about 9 over 8.
Honk if you remember the Gardner Museum heist.
Do you guys ever think about how epic Anya Taylor-Joy’s peripheral vision must be?
“Dubai Chocolate” is the weirdest psyop I’ve ever encountered.
You can tell I’m a weather enthusiast because I measure rainfall to the hundredth of an inch.
That wasn’t quite the St. Crispin’s Day speech, Aaron.
The clump of confiscated gallon containers of booze is a welcome addition to St. Patrick’s Day Parade B-roll footage.
Welcome Boston Legacy FC.
Maybe should have boiled the corned beef for another hour.
I wonder if any former Patriots player and a current Celtics player were ever guests on the Tonight Show before. Probably not.
Can’t put all your hopes into a Zacha hat trick every game.
Best bet for the weekend: Flag Football, what else?
It’s nice not having to defend Tom anymore when he’s like this.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. Let’s dance.
And happy birthday to producer/actress/singer/model and Miss America 1984 (resigned, for reasons) Vanessa Williams.
Today we will look to the right-hand side of the bracket, with Region V and Region T. It’s a shame half of them have to lose. Polls will close at 9 PM EDT.
Round 1 had everything you could hope for in a media tournament… everyone had a reason to be upset about something. There were a few mild upsets, some close fought one-vote victories, our first ever shutout win, plus a voting scandal! A veritable charcuterie board of results. #yummy
Giant. Pretzel. Charcuterie.
What does Round 2 have in store? Let’s consult the Oracles and find out…
Poor Cesar with the chicken.
Region C 1 Greg Bedard vs 8 Mike Kadlick The former champ is coming to reclaim his crown.
A crown, a toque, a cap, something.
4 Matt McCarthy vs 5 Dan Shaughnessy Shank may be irrelevant, but still not as irrelevant as one of the myriad of doofus interchangeable bearded call screeners polluting the airwaves.
3 Adam Jones vs 6 Jarred Carrabis Adam Jones will get exponentially more votes than he has listeners, and take out Carrubish.
Car rubbish!
2 Fred Toucher vs 7 Nick “Fitzy” Stevens The Detroit drunk takes the carpetbagger crown from the Greek New Yorker.
Old Jazz recordings, or sports radio? Choose wisely.
Region V 1 Jim Murray vs 8 Christian Arcand Large Gymnasium mops the floor with Ahhhhhhhcand
4 Pete Abraham vs 12 Chris Curtis What’s the opposite of easy on the eyes? The tortoise will nip the sentient garden gnome in the bud.
3 Andy Hart vs 6 Brian Scalabrine In this neurologically divergent version of “David and Goliath”, Goliath knocks himself out while David drools in the corner.
2 Marc Bertrand vs 7 Mark Dondero The Far Side kid rolls on to the Sour Sixteen
Never not funny
Region N 1 Gabrielle Starr vs 9 Jerry Thornton A Rabbi’s daughter and an elderly born-again Catholic man walk into a bar, and each leaves with a greater respect for the other and a deeper understanding of the world. Gabby wins this battle in the never-ending Holy War.
4 Kevin Paul Dupont vs 5 John Zannis John’s Anus runs away with this one.
3 Michael Felger vs 6 Kenni Middleton Unfortunately Kendra is away on yet another “business” trip. Felger waltzes on.
Excellent? Not so sure about that, Tone.
2 James Stewart vs 10 Andrew Callahan It’s every caricature artist’s dream matchup. The Sports Hub’s Hunchback rings Wojak’s bell.
Region T 1 Ted Johnson vs 8 Trenni Casey CTEd is going to beat Trenni so bad you’ll think she is his wife
Pot roast burnt? Ted angry!
4 Rich Keefe vs 5 Scott Zolak Zo kicks Dick Teeth’s dick and teeth in.
3 Albert Breer vs 6 Rob Bradford New TikTok lifehack: Using fresh urine to get wrinkles out of your t-shirts! Breer whizzes past Mushmouth.
2 Chris Gasper vs 7 Rob “Hardy” Poole Eric Rueb supporters will know exactly how Buffalo Bills fans feel after Kid Gas prances past Poole. Oh what might have been!
Round One is in the books, and we have the Round of 32 coming next week. Regions V and T will go on Tuesday, March 17th, then on Thursday March 19th Regions C and N will compete.
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