We have them, your 2025 Hateable Eight. Several have been here before, others in uncharted territory.
The Hateable Eight round will start Thursday, March 27th, then The Four You Deplore will battle it out Monday March 31st. Consolation Match Tuesday April 1st, and the Championship on Thursday, April 3rd.
Happy Monday! Welcome to the Salty Sixteen! Tough decisions will need to be made. Polls will close at 9 PM EDT.
The Salty Sixteen
Region C
1 Mark Daniels vs 5 Andy Hart
Rabbit eared, thin skinned Dumbo Hart loves his daily management dictated polls, but he won’t love this one. Daniels stomps on that little cockroach.
2 Ted Johnson vs 3 Jim Murray
Smooth brained Ted pummels chrome domed Big Jim.
Region V
1 Chris Gasper vs 4 Adam Jones
Kid Gas wins the “Hypogonadism Showdown” over Bonesy.
2 Andrew Callahan vs 3 Albert Breer
Breer sends Soyjak to the showers
Region N
1 Gabrielle Starr vs 5 Nick “Fitzy” Stevens
The Fake Ivy Leaguer eliminates the Fake Bostonian.
2 Michael Felger vs 6 Nick Cattles
Every year Felger gets taken out by one of his acolytes, but shiny headed Nickeless won’t be the one.
Region T
1 Marc Bertrand vs 4 Tony Massarrotti
Felger’s fool pulls off the upset
3 Cerrone Battle Ackerman vs 15 Trenni Casey
Jerod Mayo would have dubbed this the “Imposter Syndrome” showdown, with both of these pretenders claiming to have insight into the hearts and minds of local sports fans, with neither actually having a clue. The Raleigh resident fends off the Farm Bred Wisconsinite.
Patrick is from Andover del Norte.
The remainder of the Round of 32 went as predicted, save for the Andy Hart upset of Zolak, of whom the local meathead-American community views as one of their own and won’t vote for. Ponderous.
The Salty Sixteen Round will take place Monday, March 24th, the Hateable Eight later that same week. Thank you to all the voters and spectators.
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Scheierman has the game of his life and gets Jackie Mac instead of Abby in the walk off interview.
The Pitino Redemption Arc is my favorite sports store in many a year.
Love Abby, but her doing play-by-play was a little ambitious considering she sounded scared to death to chime in occasionally during last season’s clamcast. Maybe shoulda had her sub in for a quarter or two earlier in the season.
I’ve just had delivery of 3 pizzas I did not order. I have called the police.
It’s like fucking Mardi Gras over here. Boston is a St. Patty’s destination now. 20 years ago, you wouldn’t come w/o chaperone.
Bregman is a fun little new toy.
What was the over/under on Karen Read trial related fistfights on and along the parade route?
Anthony Pepe has tried to get on Entitled Town on multiple occasions.
You ever been to Dealey Plaza?
I’m unbothered by Coach Bill fobbing off his social media emails to Jordon. When you have a philosopher/entrepreneur right there you’d have to be an idiot not to use them.
Bruins dead cub bounce seems to be over.
A league source tells The15 that the team will be sold to William Chisholm, managing director of Symphony Technology Group. Chisholm grew up on the North Shore and is a lifelong Cs fan.
Cakes are cooking for Carl Palmer, Robert Gordon Orr, John de Lancie, Jimmie Vaughan, Holly Hunter, Sting(wrestler), Kathy Ireland, Manny Alexander, Jane March, Christy Carlson Romano, Ruby Rose, and Allisen Corpuz. (No cakes for Pat Riley or Spike Lee.)
The longer I spend on this earth the more easily I am convinced Warren Zevon is the greatest songwriter of all time.
Italians! In Providence! That’s just crazy!
Hey gang of Granite State roundtrippers! This week’s Phrase that Pays is, “It looks like a post-apocalyptic child’s party.”
Mattapan Trolley Update: This delay has cleared. Shuttle buses are being phased out.
Tracy Morgan shitfaced and playing it off as a medical issue to avoid the embarrassment? That’s Drew Magary’s move!
RFK banning food additives and ingredients is not going to save you from the fact that you eat in a massive caloric surplus and refuse to do ANY type of exercise. Your children pick up on the habits you have, so it’s not going to save them either. Do better.
Citizen surveillance isn’t free, playboy.
MBTA heat is on in the 2nd red line car from the front, train is heading southbound to South Station.
Hypnotize on a Saturday night at MSG. Enough said.
Kay Adams….elite mouth. But ultra-premium vodka thinks that’s too much filtering.
Xavier has a fat cheerleader.
Does my Buffalo Wild Wings account REALLY need to have two-factor authorization?
Rotillo is a huge St. John’s fan now? Nice.
Know this: Peter Gammons loves two things: rocking out and stroking out. Also, baseball.
Bipolar Bravado is my early Kentucky Derby pick.
I gotta say, on the list of ballsiest demands, URI telling media to pay $20 for professional parking is up there. Fix your shitty WiFi first, then you can start doing stuff like that.
Well, I’m gonna treat you like the queen you are
Bring you sweet things from my candy jar
You’ve got tricks you ain’t never used
Give it, give it to me, it won’t be abused
I’ve been watching you for days now, baby
I just love your sexy ways now, baby
You know our love will never stop now, baby
Just put your loving in my box now, baby
Wrap it up, I’ll take it
Wrap it up, I’ll take it
I have to keep checking if it’s Morgan Moses or Moses Morgan. I know I’ll screw it up at least once.
Tom Wakefield made every day count.
I’d probably bang Red Panda if given the chance. But that may be the Flexeril talking.
Honk if you remember Bob & Ray.
Using “Green Teamers” as an insult is preposterous in 2025.
That Hilary Knight is a hockey player.
Jordon makes funbags-era Linda look like Garbo by comparison.
Derrick White is so good. Love that guy!
Nice hearing Andy Gresh on the national overnight radio.
Why would cough drops not be gluten free?
Happy National Doctor’s Day.
Did you ever try to calculate how many games Rico Carty missed in his career due to injuries?
I hope Bill Chisholm told his wife he was buying the Celtics.
Scoring goals in March is overrated.
Best bet for the weekend: Not St. John’s. Sorrey!
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Bill James, WikiFeet, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. And that’s powerful stuff.
Some fun was had yesterday, amirite? Now the two remaining Regions, C & T compete. Polls open until 9 PM EDT.
The Round of 32 got off to a roaring start yesterday, with Faux Fitzy and Nickeless Cattles pulling off minor upsets, and Adam Jones beating back Chris Curtis’s unwanted advances (Lucy take note).
What does today have in store? Well that’s entirely up to YOU!
Region C
1 Mark Daniels vs 8 Mark Dondero
After getting his ass handed to him by Daniels, expect to see Mr. Dondero pulling his hoodie closed a little tighter while monitoring the halls at Bellingham Memorial Middle School.
4 Scott Zolak vs 5 Andy Hart
Everyone’s dream dad puts lil’ Andy in timeout
3 Jim Murray vs 6 Brian Scalabrine
Scal is annoying but Large Gymnasium is vile.
2 Ted Johnson vs 7 Dan Shaughnessy
Mrs. Johnson’s PTSD is triggering at the thought of the beating Ted is going to unleash on Shank.
Region T
1 Marc Bertrand vs 8 Christian Arcand
There will be no trouble brewing for The Far Side kid in this matchup
4 Tony Mazz vs 5 Dan Lifshatz
Lifshatz’s best bet is Mazz advancing to the Sour Sixteen
3 Cerrone Battel Ackerman vs 11 Kendra Middleton
Hopefully Kendra finds her missing epi pen before her swollen face gets any worse. Raleigh beats Jacksonville
7 Pete Abraham vs 15 Trenni Casey
You people just do not like Trenni. Prove me wrong (you won’t)!
Patrick is from Andover del Norte.
It was another glorious Evacuation Day yesterday. Hopefully you too are feeling much lighter and refreshed this morning, because it’s time to separate the dingleberries from the actual turds.
This is the strongest Round of 32 field in the long storied March Sadness Tournament history. In three out of the four regions all of the top 8 seeds advanced. Only Region T had 2 lower seeds advancing. The selection committee and the voters were definitely vibing in Round 1. Will that continue in the Round of 32? That’s for YOU to decide.
Region V
1 Chris Gasper vs 8 Jerry Thornton
A man who enjoys cosplaying as a Marine won’t defeat a man who enjoys cosplaying as a sailor. Gasper will be absolutely cock-a-hoop tonight.
4 Adam Jones vs 5 Chris Curtis
WEEI has buried Jonesy at middays so he can play out his contract in obscurity. Meanwhile Chris Curtis, formerly only famous for numerous Human Resource violations, was busy roasting Coach Mayo every Monday morning. Curtis send Jones packing too.
3 Albert Breer vs 6 James Stewart
My sources are blowing up my phone, telling me that the Senior Fake Insider will be too much for the Wannabee Fake Insider to overcome.
2 Andrew Callahan vs 7 Bob Ryan
Soyjack should send Jurassic Bob floating out to sea on an iceberg
Region N
1 Gabby Starr vs 8 Chad Finn
The pretend Red Sox beat reporter could be on yet another vacation and she’d still easily out poll the pretend media critic.
4 Mike Giardi vs 5 Nick “Fitzy” Stevens
The Greek fake Irishman upsets the mopey Italian
3 Fred Toucher vs 6 Nick Cattles
Cattles tramples the Zoo Keeper and gets revenge for all the underemployed bald deniers in sportz (a very niche group)
2 Michael Felger vs 7 Karen Guregian
Historically Felger doesn’t under perform until the Final Four. Karen gets Guregian’d.
Patrick is from Andover del Norte.
Maybe next year we will come up with a catchy nickname for this round. Regions N and V compete today. Polls to remain open until 8 PM EDT.
So with Suffolk County having the “Evacuation Day” holiday today, the Tournament will start back up Tuesday and Wednesday, 8 match-ups per day, two full regions each. Tomorrow will feature Regions V and N. Leaving Regions C and T for midweek. This way we can make sure everyone can take part in the honored tradition of voting for their mediots in this tournament while at work. During lunch.
(I will reluctantly move the Sports Junk Drawer to Thursday, so March Sadness isn’t competing against the full might of March Madness.)
Glad everyone is enjoying this in the spirit it was intended.
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