The Sorry Sixteen – 2026 Mediot Madness Tournament

You read the preview, now cast your vote! Polls to remain open until 8:00 PM EDT.


You read the preview, now cast your vote! Polls to remain open until 8:00 PM EDT.

Welcome to Round 3 of March Sadness 2026, when the true pieces of shit separate themselves from the turds.

If you were expecting a “Sour Sixteen” preview, then we have one word for you… SORRRRRREY! It’s now the “Sorry Sixteen” © ℠ ® ™ Patent Pending. And a very sorry preview it is…

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.

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.

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.

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.

Vote early and often!


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!
Thank you for your interest in mediot mockery.



Well, we were close to putting this Round in the books, but the vote came out even, so we will have a tiebreaker. Polls will close at 4:30 PM EDT.




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.


Hockey jerseys no contain magic?
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?

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.


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

What does Round 2 have in store? Let’s consult the Oracles and find out…

Region C
1 Greg Bedard vs 8 Mike Kadlick
The former champ is coming to reclaim his crown.

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.

2 Fred Toucher vs 7 Nick “Fitzy” Stevens
The Detroit drunk takes the carpetbagger crown from the Greek New Yorker.

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

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.

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

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!
Vote early and vote often!


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.


And the thrilling conclusion to the March Sadness first round commences today! Polls will close at 11:00 PM EDT.
