2026 March Sadness Championship Round
It all comes down to this, who shall be crowned the worst local mediot between these two 98.5 The Sports Hub call screeners/third bananas? Polls will close at 9 PM EDT.
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04/01/26 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
There’s nothing wrong with our Sox that can’t be fixed by a few games at America’s Most Beloved Ballpark.
Ah. That’s how Tiger’s hitting ’em.
Mut pretending that reaction video was live is hilarious. Have you ever yelled “Trap, Trap!” at a TV screen?
I like NESN’s new score bug.
Duke fans watching the final seconds of that game must have felt a level of horror usually reserved for a manned spaceflight disaster.
If you think about it, every night should be Women In Sports Night.
Can you really get fired from a job when you worked three hours a week?
The creator of Severance definitely got the idea after listening to his wife recap her workday for two hours a night.
Will Italy take part in the Soccer NIT?
Cakes are cooking for Ali MacGraw, Robin Scott, Simon Crow, Billy Currie, Annette O’Toole, Barry Sonnenfeld, Mark White, Scott Stevens, Jumbo Elliott, Mark Jackson, Mike McCoy, Richard Christy, Magdalena Maleeva, David Gilliland, Jon Gosselin, Tangela Smith, Jean-Pierre Dumont, Bijou Phillips, Randy Orton, Hillary Scott, Mackenzie Davis, Brook Lopez, Logan Paul, and Álex Palou.
WTF happened to Lenny Dinardo? Vernon used to think he was dreamy, now he looks like an evil head of security for a nefarious corporation on a TV show.
Is there a media outlet that Andrew Raycroft doesn’t work for?
Colonoscopy went great. No polyps and don’t have to get another one for 10 years.
Just know people are staring at my weird-ass tan line at the gym right now.
Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “He’s without shame or competence.”
Ullmark with five goals against in the first after being mentally “unavailable” in the last game, but Sweeney got robbed getting Letourneau, Kastelic and Korpisalo with salary retained.
Every Grant Hill comment sounds like a generic sound bite in a video game.
Cassidy out, Torts in? Weird.
Blue Line: Delays of about 10 minutes due to an earlier signal problem at State.
Kid pulled up from the Lincoln Memorial. What a friggin’ shot!
Congratulations to Chris Boomer Berman on being named to the Disney Legends. I first met him watching Red Sox Batting Practice back in the late 80’s.
NBC does sports broadcasting the best and it isn’t even close.
Project Hail Mary renewed my faith in movies. And not just because Gosling’s character is Ryland Grace and his ship is Hail Mary. So it’s literally “Hail Mary, full of Grace.”
Why are there people clamoring to hear a Jared Carrabis podcast?
It’s not in the words that you told me, girl
It’s not in the way you say you’re mine
It’s not in the way that you came back to me
It’s not in the way that your love set me free
It’s not in the way you look or the things that you say that you do
Hold the line
Love isn’t always on time, whoa-whoa-whoa
Hold the line
Love isn’t always on time, whoa-whoa-whoa.
Is Perdue basketball legally obligated to have an ogre on their team every year?
UConn hero Braylon Mullins looks like someone who lied about being older than they are just so they could serve their country in World War I.
A: Dental dams.
TreVeyon could spend less time interpreting the Bible and more time watching defensive formations on film. Just sayin’.
Our Lady Peace still got it.
Tiger would have been fine if those stupid truck people hadn’t “slowed down” to “turn into a driveway,” Who does that!?
Honk if you remember The Great Blue Hill Volcano.
Just wait until someone reads the news to Ted Johnson!
Dual Cams. Nice for engines, less so for Twitter.
Is there a bin of discarded outfits from Dirty Water TV that Lucy changes into for Boston Has Entered the Chat?
Skenes got roughed up on Opening Day? Women weaken legs.
The Rooney Rule is really more of a Rooney Suggestion.
Triston Casas shut down? That never happens.
Best bet for the weekend: a humdinger of a game between Michigan and Arizona.
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. F-f-f-foolin’.
2026 – The Four You Deplore Results & March Sadness Consolation Match
And so the Championship Round is set with the closest Four You Deplore vote margin in Tournament history, with a stunning rally from Team JStew to keep Greg Bedard from possibly repeating as champ, and a Ted Johnson comeback coming up one vote short against Large Gymnasium.
Championship will be Thursday, but today is the consolation match. Who do you like? Or dislike?
Update: Oh yes, the polls will close, RIGHT NOW! (Jerod Mayo idiotic laugh) No, they will close at 8PM EDT. Thank you.
2026 March Sadness – The Four You Deplore
And now, there are four. The Four you Deplore. The Four you abhor. The Four you can’t stand no more. You get it. Polls will close at 8 PM EDT.
2026 March Sadness – The Hateable 8
It’s all building up to something. Eight very hateable media members soon will be reduced to four. By your votes. Polls will close at 9 PM EDT.
Update: Polls will close temporarily at 12:30 PM EDT to deal with voting irregularity issues. Thank you in advance.
2nd Update: Done.
03/25/26 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
Does NESN really need to have a 40-man roster?
Schools should teach people how to hit a baseball like Shohei Ohtani. And pitch a baseball like Shohei Ohtani.
Imagine being snubbed by “Sarge?”
Losing at cornhole to an armless guy must be humiliating.
A post about former #Patriots running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis popped up on my timeline. It looked familiar because I posted it 6 months ago. Stealing posts and taking credit for other people’s work/research stinks. Be original or give credit. Simple.
James Hagens Watch < Butch Coolidge’s Watch.
If I didn’t want to be recognized I’d probably not dress myself up like a Lewis Carroll-themed episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Musicals in the right creative hands are good movies.
News Item: New food items to be sold at Fenway Park this season. I should hope so: the stuff left over from 2025 must have spoiled by now, or else have freezer burn.
Cakes are coking for Paul Michael Glaser, Bonnie Bedelia, Elton John, Jean Potvin, Robert O’Reilly, Maisie Williams, Mary Gross, John McDermott, Lee Mazzilli, Hugo Burnham, Haywood Nelson, Mark Brooks, Marcia Cross, Alex Solis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Glavine, Cathy Dennis, Dan Wilson, Travis Fryman, Magnus Larssen, Cammi Granato, Sheryl Swoopes, Lark Voorhies, Wladimir Klitschko, Nathanael Bargatze, Joe King, Katharine McPhee, Kyle Lowry, Alyson Michalka, Mikey Madison, and Sha’Carri Richardson.
There is also some leftover cake in a Herb Chambers dealership breakroom, if you want something not from a vending machine.
Holy fargin’ leg, Vasy!!!!
I love when the Boston Radio Watch guy tells me who was topping the charts 37 years ago. It’s like he’s reading my mind!
Hey gang of allegedly sapphic sisters, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “They never considered me.”
The Saturday night “oohs” and “aahs” in Montreal just hit different. @hockeynight
Hey guys, it’s flag football. Settle down.
No Beanpot teams in the NCAA Hockey Tournament this year, that hasn’t happened since 1981.
Just wait until someone reads the news to Ted Johnson!
I can’t imagine being a born rich white girl and needing so badly to feel oppressed that I pretend to be half-gay.
UConn fans rooting for St. John’s are the worst.
Stoughton MBTA Commuter Rail Passengers: Train 972 (the 7:18 PM train from Stoughton to South Station) will operate via the Fairmount Line making all stops between Fairmount and South Station.
No man’s a jester playing Shakespeare
‘Round your throne room floor.
While the juggler’s act is danced upon
The crown that you once wore.
And sooner or later
Everybody’s kingdom must end.
And I’m so afraid your courtiers
Cannot be called best friends.
Caesar’s had your troubles
Widows had to cry.
While mercenaries in cloisters sing
And the king must die.
Stop the presses! I just saw Michigan’s Aday Mara attempt an (awkward) old- fashioned hook shot! And then Mara amazingly guided in a backward alley-oop finish!
Shaddup, you fake loser account with your idiotic bullshit takes. Beat it, bitch.
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’.
Jim Rice talks like an anthropomorphic cat from a lesser known ‘70s Disney movie.
Honk if you remember Tom Dempsey.
People have strong feelings about the black jelly beans.
The Red Sox, they could surprise you!
“Rooster”, the new Steve Carell show on HBO, is pretty good so far. Has a sitcom vibe to it.
A: miniature rubber ducks.
To be fair I wouldn’t want to do my taxes either if i only got paid with several dozen 1099s because I didn’t have any real jobs.
Is James Hagens’ hockey nickname Hagesy or Haigy?
If Voltaire had been a basketball fan, I’m sure he would have said, “Si Victor Wembanyama n’existait pas, il faudrait l’inventer.”
I don’t hate Rick Pitino. Sorry, comrade.
What do you call a professional cornhole player with no arms and legs in the ocean?
Bob!
Overpay for a Kelce more. You can’t!
Best bet for the weekend: the college basketball women’s favorites covering the spread.
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. Natural’s not in it.
The Sorry Sixteen – 2026 Mediot Madness Tournament
You read the preview, now cast your vote! Polls to remain open until 8:00 PM EDT.
Tournament Schedule Update 2026
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.
March Sadness 2026 Round of 32 Tiebreaker Special
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.
March Sadness – Round of 32 – Day Two 2026
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.
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