March Sadness 2026 Schedule Update
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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2026 March Sadness Round One Day One
In either a stinging rebuke of the Selection Committee’s choices, or a positive affirmation of their Wild Card selections, the voters have swept all four wild cards to victory over their normally seeded opponents. What a moment! Polls for the first full day of the Tournament will remain open until 9 PM EDT tonight, March 10th. Please enjoy.
2026 March Sadness Tournament Bracket Reveal
Play -in Games Region C 10 Seed Dave O’Brien (NESN) vs wild card Brian “Rear Admiral” McGonagle (Barstool), Region V 16 Seed Travis Thomas (NESN) vs wild card James “Scaz” Scaramozzino (98.5), Region N 12 Seed Mark Daniels (MassLive) vs wild card Stanley “Stiz Grimey” Bruno (WEEI), and Region T 15 Seed Chris Forsberg (NBCSB) vs wild card Eric Rueb (ProJo).
The play-in games will be on Monday, March 9th. The rest of the field will begin on Tuesday March 10th, then Thursday and Friday of that week.
2026 March Sadness Tournament Field of 68
Oyez, oyez! All those having business before the Tournament Selection Collaborative Committee of The15net dot com division of The Local Collaborative, take care and know the following will comprise the Field of 68 in the 6th Annual Mediot Madness/March Sadness Tournament:
Radio – Christian Arcand (WEEI) Marc Bertrand (98.5) Mike Felger (98.5) Andy Hart (WEEI) Greg Hill (WEEI) Ted Johnson (WEEI) Adam Jones (WEEI) Rich Keefe (WEEI) Joe Murray (98.5) Rob “Hardy” Poole (98.5) Nick “Fitzy” Stevens (WEEI) Fred Toucher (98.5) Scott Zolak (98.5)
Print – Peter Abraham (Globe) Andrew Callahan (Herald) Mark Daniels (MassLive) Kevin Paul Dupont (Globe) Chad Finn (Globe) Chris Gasper (Globe/98.5) John Karalis (SI) Doug Kyed (Herald) Sean McAdam (MassLive) Dan Shaughnessy (Globe) Christopher Smith (MassLive) Gabrielle Starr (Herald) Gary Washburn (Globe)
Television – Albert Breer (NBCSB) Lucille Burdge (NESN) Tom Caron (NESN) Jared Carrabis (NESN/98.5/Underdog) Drew Carter (NBCSB) Trenni Casey (NBCSB) Chris Forsberg (NBCSB) Lou Merloni (NESN) Kevin Millar (NESN) Dave O’Brien (NESN) Phil Perry (NBCSB) Brian Scalabrine (NBCSB) Travis Thomas (NESN)
Digital – Brian Barrett (The Ringer) Greg Bedard (BSJ) Rob Bradford (Audacy/WEEI) Mike Giardi (BSJ) Joe Haggerty (BSJ) Grant “Hogdale” Huckdale (Barstool) Jeff Howe (The Athletic) Mike Kadlick (CLNS) Taylor Kyles (CLNS) Evan Lazar (Patriots) Bob Ryan (CLNS/Globe) Jerry Thornton (Barstool) John Zannis (CLNS)
At large – Cerrone Battle (98.5) Tom “Freeze Pops” Carroll (WEEI) Courtney Cox (WEEI) Chris Curtis (WEEI) Mark Dondero (98.5) Michael Hurley (???) Kendra Middleton (98.5) Matt McCarthy (98.5) Jim Murray (98.5) Meghan Ottolini (WEEI/Celtics) Jimmy Stewart (98.5) Matt Vautour (MassLive)
This years Wild Card play-in contestants- Stanley “Stiz Grimey” Bruno (WEEI) Brian “Rear Admiral” McGonagle (Barstool) Eric Rueb (ProJo), James “Scaz” Scaramozzino (98.5). They will participate in the 4 play-in games in advance of Round One.
Brackets will be announced on Sunday, March 8th, Wild Cards go on Monday, then the First-Round matchups begin in earnest on Tuesday, March 10th.
03/04/26 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
Swayman apologized, can we get his daily account back please?
If there’s one consistent through line of fan behavior I’ve observed over the course of attending hundreds of games, it’s that women seem to think the request to remove your caps for the anthem doesn’t apply to them. Very strange.
Bro, sorry if I somehow unfollowed. I would never. I don’t trust this place.
The funniest thing about being a southern transplant in New England is guessing whether something labeled “spicy” on a menu is white people spicy or actually spicy.
Anytime you can bring in a headcase receivah, you gotta do it!
Does anyone else get slightly confused when the Globe Pitchbot pitch isn’t written by Felger and Mazz?
Some important news: New New Scrubs is a 10 out of 10.
Rob Bradford has such a wet voice. When he says Kutter Crawford, I almost feel the spittle on me.
It must be difficult being bisexual when you’re always on vacation.
Cakes are cooking for Adrian Lyne, James Ellroy, Emilio Estefan, Mykelti Williamson, Rick Mast, Patricia Heaton, John Mugabe, Ray Mancini, Steven Weber, Jason Newsted, Khaled Hosseini, Paul W. S. Anderson, Dav Pilkey, Kevin Johnson, Evan Dando, Patsy Kensit, Chaz Bono, Jos Verstappen, Robert Smith, Hawksley Workman, Jason Marsalis, Landon Donovan, Draymond Green, Nick Castellanos, Obi Toppin, and Brooklyn Beckham.
Rewatch both Gold Medal games in full with my 4th of July Playlist playing? Don’t mind if I do.
It’s always a great sign when middle aged broads smile and don’t show their teeth.
Hedy gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “I’m sorry Aerin Frankel – autocorrect is the worst.”
Neil Sedaka’s got some jams. RIP.
I like when people say “Now I wish Canada won.” Oh yeah, rich white guys from Ontario are totally different from rich white guys from Minnesota!
Quarter zip fleece? Not my scene. I prefer the 3/8th zip.
Orange Line: Through March 8. Shuttle buses are replacing service between Back Bay and Forest Hills for signal work. Commuter Rail is fare-free between Forest Hills and South Station.
Imagine telling a chick you’re taking her to “Cream City” and then ending up in Milwaukee.
I know a place where I can go when I’m alone
Into your arms, whoa, into your arms I can go
I know a place that’s safe and warm from the crowd
Into your arms, whoa, into your arms I can go.
And if I should fall
I know, I won’t be alone
Be alone anymore.
I’m with Hurley on this one. Sumo oranges are the best. So I guess those three weeks on the Rich Shertenlieb Show weren’t entirely, fruitless?
Puerto Ricans fucking love ‘the wave.’
Steroid abuse is known to damage ligaments and tendons.
The Patriots literally didn’t think Alec Pierce could be available.
We have a Scaz AND a Stiz!?
Oh, like the Celtics never had a ‘The Naked I Night’, back during Princess Cheyenne’s heyday.
Khusnutdinov. He’s like a mini-Marchand.
Every woman thinks she’s a badass until it’s time to turn on the AC at Christian Barmore’s house.
Honk if you remember Comet Hale-Bopp.
The entertainment industry having awards shows every other week; what do they think they are, sportswriters?
I might pass on canoeing the Saco next year.
Steve Kerr declared POTS is a fake disease again. These hockey broads are having a terrible week.
I just need Hugo to say, “basketball is life.”
Pajamas at the airport? No. I wear an off the rack suit from Kohl’s when I fly. People think I’m an Air Marshal.
Seems like the deficiencies in the Patriots NFLPA report card could be easily fixed by throwing money at the problems. Oh. Right.
Ah, the famously complex flavors of Duval County, Florida.
Alex Guerrero being Brady’s snitch on the Raiders is glorious. There’s only man who can fix this: Jack Easterby.
Best bet for the weekend: World Baseball Classic Fever Grips Hub.
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. God’s Great banana skin. Gonna get ya.
02/11/26 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
A Super Bowl loss that doesn’t involve Mike Ditka, Buddy Ryan, Fridge Perry, the Foxboro Stadium WATS line, good ole Brett Favre, Desmond Howard, any and all New York Football Giants, or Beta testing legal formation, possession and scoring rules? I’m okay with that.
Lindsey Vonn thinks Will Campbell shouldn’t have been out there if he was less than 100%.
Scal found Cooper Flagg in an abandoned potato field in Aroostook County.
How far along has cloning technology come and if far enough can Dante Scarnecchia donate some DNA?
If Drake Maye and New England’s offense looked like that all season, maybe Sam Monson would have voted him MVP.
It’s the Olympics for Mediviac flight helicopter crews, too. Probably.
Tatum cleared to practice? How exciting!
Bad Bunny is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.
Adam Vinatieri getting into Canton is well deserved. There: I said it.
So when pitchers and catchers report, is there a set location at the Spring Training facilities, or does it vary team-to-team?
Curling is just less greasy bocce.
Cakes are cooking for Tina Louise, Lynn Goldsmith, Vangelis Kordompoulis, Jeb Bush, David Uosikkinen, Richard Mastracchio, Becky LeBeau, Carey Lowell, Sheryl Crow, Ken Shamrock, Sarah Palin, Mo Willems, Jennifer Aniston, Damian Lewis, Alex Jones, Jaroslav Špaček, Andy Lally, Brice Beckham, Peter Hayes, Brandy Norwood, Matthew Lawrence, Natasha Bobo, Kelly Rowland, Natalie Dormer, Aubrey O’Day, Mike Richards, Beat Feuz, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, Rosé, and Khaled.
Czechia is the Czech Republic’s snappy nickname, like calling Tom Caron ‘TC.’
Blue Line Update: Delays of about 30 minutes while personnel address a track problem at Suffolk Downs. Riders can use Rt SL3 bus for alternate service between Airport and South Station.
Never could understand the lack of personal hygiene among the Fourth Estate.
I just watched Ron Harper Jr thoroughly out play Kevin Durant. They might have to ban Brad Stevens, man.
Charlie Puth? what is that, Comanche Indian?
Kraft setting up a war room at Gillette to track antisemitism is hilarious. Meanwhile the team is forced to choke down powdered eggs in the cafeteria.
Hey gang of AP stringers! this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Your new name is Irridium Shafafa.”
Bad Bunny’s Halftime performance? I loved it. it was much better than ‘Cats.’ I’m going to see it again and again.
Jamie Jaquez looks like an extra in Black Sails.
The irony of a guy named Walker winning Super Bowl MVP – because he’s good at running.
Boston College’s decade-long regional Beanpot drought nightmare is finally over.
If you’re a woman who’s never taken a self-defense class, now would be a good time to start.
Mike Reiss Mailbag – “That’s a very thoughtful question BigDogSaladTosser69.”
The Maine Red Claws changing their name to the Maine Celtics is like reverse of all the minor league baseball teams that went from being the ‘Podunk (MLB affiliate name)’, to, say, The ‘Cobalt City Electric Armadillos,’
Hey Peacock, can you get us Olympic feeds without announcers? This curling pair knows less about curling than a stray dog knows about The Kuiper Belt.
I’m nails
I’m a knife
I’m a preacher with a gun
I’m a one man lie
I’m a king
I’m a ruse
I’m born again with no life to lose
Cause it don’t mean all that much, does it?
But we never really had a choice
No, it don’t mean all that much to us
But we never really had a choice
We’re conscience killers
Don’t want no conscience at all.
I asked a normie what they thought about lobster-adjacent AI programs that soon will be frame mogging and jestergooning at greater than moid levels and they had no idea what I was talking about. I thought I would cry.
Green Day gets better with time. Great set.
I hope Drake Maye at least gets the benefit of the bargain that comes with the Kendall Jenner curse. If you know what I mean.
Honk if you remember Toots Shor.
The last Monday game Kansas basketball lost in their own building came on Feb. 5, 2001: 79-77 against Iowa State.
I really should have eaten an early lunch today when I had the chance.
Guyanese sounds like some men’s rights thing.
A: Benny the Ball, Choo-Choo, Brain, Spook, and Fancy-Fancy.
Finally saw Sinners and really liked it. I made a conscious effort to not learn anything about it beforehand. It was nice having no expectations.
Woodward, Bernstein, Farinella.
Tom Brady doesn’t have a dog in the fight for the Super Bowl but he does have a dog in a cloning facility which is objectively way worse.
The Globe is bringing everyone back they sent to Santa Clara? Why?
My suggestion for the Super Bowl halftime next year: Oasis. They’re the biggest band in the world again, and they’re perfect for it. Liam Gallagher would be a bit of a wild card, but oh well.
Any other ex-Celtics that can’t play more than 15 minutes a week available? Asking for a friend.
Mike Tirico went from covering a sporting event, to then covering a sporting event. He didn’t cure polio.
Pspspsps. PSPSPSPS!
Best bet for the weekend: Olympics, or Spring Training batting practice. Pick em.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Joe Giza, Dakota Randall, and the members of #the15 were used in this column. I beat the Devil’s tattoo.
02/04/26 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
I hope when BB does get in he sends Jordon to accept for him like Sacheen Littlefeather.
Stadium Series Bag Job.
No one likes a salary dump more than the Boston Red Sox.
The Cool Kids table once more eludes Mister Kraft.
Mike Conley Jr. would fill the ‘defensive guard with a white wife’ spot on the C’s roster.
Gronk really white-knuckles his ad reads with Edelman, doesn’t he?
Vučević brings a lot of Montenegrin delicacies like priganice and palacinke. Culinarily speaking it really opens up the dessert spacing.
After 35 years of eligibility, it’s finally Ken Anderson’s turn!
Cakes are cooking for Gary Conway, John Schuck, John Steel, Florence LaRue, Johnny Gamble, Dan Quayle,Jeannie Wilson, Alice Cooper, Michael Beck, James Dunn, Robert Jan Stips, Patrick Bergin, Jerry Shirley, Lisa Eichhorn, Kitarō, Lawrence Taylor, Denis Savard, Clint Black, Dan Plesac, Kevin Wasserman, Brandy Ledford, Joe Sacco, Gabrielle Anwar, Rob Corddry, Oscar De La Hoya, Natalie Imbruglia, Cam’ron, Gavin DeGraw, Kimberly Wyatt, Carly Patterson, and Charlie Barnett.
I prefer my jerseys the way Bob Kraft likes his handjobs – cheap and from Asia.
Dave Portnoy runs like he tore both groin muscles. WTF.
NBA season doesn’t technically start until Dennis Schroder gets traded.
Lindsay Vonn must have been a hockey player in a past life.
Gosling always gets lumped in with Reynolds because of the first name. But Gosling is 100 times the actor that Reynolds is. Obviously chicks and gay men like him but he can actually act.
No news story involving an au pair has ever ended well.
Blue Line: Delays of about 15 minutes due to a maintenance train inspecting the overhead wires on the main line. Trains may stand by at stations.
Sean McDonough loves to talk about anything other than what’s going on the ice at that time.
Veronica’s Dad > Steve Burton’s daughter
News Item: Jeffrey Epstein scouted women for New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch. Turns out the girls couldn’t play football so they then panicked and drafted Evan Neal.
Things that only happen flying out of Providence: Seeing your car in the long-term parking lot from the plane.
Hey gang of middle school sweethearts, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “I like Ann Michael. Kinda cute and she’s not a psychotic Brazilian.”
Max Shulga has a monk haircut.
I predict that Bad Bunny will be the Star of the Super Bowl. It will be the ICING on The Cake.
Was kinda hoping the Cs would start all the white guys for the inaugural Pioneers Classic. For the Lol’s!
What’s less believable? That Robin Leach killed somebody in front of a bunch of witnesses, or that someone actually enjoyed a Bill Speros column?
Goalie fights are fun, but also gay.
You know it’s healthy when you describe the flavor by color and not an actual flavor.
Just wait until someone reads the news to Ted Johnson!
Mike Conley Jr. looks like he was designed in a lab for the sole purpose of being called ‘Unc’ by other black people.
McKone’s hair on Terri Schiavo-style life support.
How does one go about watching more overtime hockey than most people? Sounds like a Zamboni driver’s lament.
Oh, mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun.
Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain.
Even for a radio guy, Jon Wallach is shockingly untalented.
Could a senile old man list the rosters of the 1954 and 1955 Fort Wayne Pistons? I think not!
Honk if you remember the original Floramo’s.
Imagine the poor Ukrainian sex-trafficking victim who had to listen to Kraft slur on about his RKK Air Force 1s.
These “in sports” people never fail to see the hypocrisy of them smirking and snarking their way through Black Monday (and mixed Thursday) and then crying about the Washington Post closing down its Sports Page.
Jordon Hudson has been 24 years old longer than Melanie Wilkes was pregnant with Beau in Gone With the Wind.
One confusing thing is that Super Bowl LX is pronounced the same as Super Bowl LIX.
No nights off in the Big East except for most of them.
Best bet for the weekend: Hype, hype, and then, even more hype.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Brother John Irons, Joe Giza, Old Friends Directional Brian and Moe’s Tavern and the members of #the15 were used in this column. No more Mister Nice Guy.
01/28/26 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
Well, at least the NFL Network won’t be airing irrefutable evidence of Bill’s first-ballot career over the next ten days. Wait…
it’s clear there’s a QB controversy in Denver. How can they keep a superstar like Jarrett Stidham on the bench???
When they say that Diggs has had four kids this year, do they mean in the last 28 days?
Was the Pro Football Hall of Fame going to have Dylan Mulvaney announce the 2026 inductees? What a self-own.
Wow. Terry Pegula throwing McDermott directly under the Zubaz-themed bus and driving over multiple times. He says “the coaching staff” wanted Keon Coleman and Brandon Beane was just “being a team player.” Woah.
Vance Joseph looks like he manages a McDowell’s.
Imagine how good Joe Mazulla’s coaching record would be if he knew to call a timeout every time the opposing team goes on a 4-0 run.
Not taking the points with your backup QB and your defense playing great is spitting in the face of the Football Gods!
Ryan Leaf seems to hate a lot of the right people.
Even after a long bus ride back to Boston, Pasta is a good kid and Geekie is a scoring machine.
I don’t feel bad about making dated references to 90’s Seinfeld now that people are quoting The Warriors from 1979.
Cakes are cooking for Bill White, Alan Alda, John M. Fabian, Paul Henderson, Rick Allen, Jeanne Shaheen, Gregg Popovich, Barbi Benton, David Carl Hilmers, William “Billy Bass” Nelson Jr, Dan Higgins, Peter Schilling, Nick Price, Dave Sharp, Sam Phillips, DJ Muggs, Rakim, Sarah McLachlan, Jermaine Dye, Magglio Ordóñez, Tony Delk, Jarrod Montague, Mark Madsen, Rick Ross, Joey Fatone, Takuma Sato, Nick Carter, Elijah Wood, Andre Iguodala, Katie Nolan, and Whitney Peak.
Doesn’t happen often but the Bruins and the Celtics don’t often play on the same night BUT they do tonight.
Just wait until someone reads the news to Ted Johnson.
Speaking of The Warriors, Lou Merloni would have made the perfect Baseball Fury.
Red Line Update: Regular service between JFK/UMass and Ashmont has resumed. Trains continue to experience residual delays of about 20 minutes.
Is there really a Perkins School for the Blind hockey squad?
Happy for the biggest Patriots fan I know, the Big Cat.
Hey gang of Emerald Isle autists, this week’s Phrase that Pays is, “No one expects the Irish Inquisition!”
I love that fat shaming commercial, reminds me of being at a Minifan live show.
We’re on the brink of the verge of the Beanpot Tournament.
Bill needs to finally accept that medal of freedom to put the universe back in balance.
There’s just not enough college basketball on tv nowadays.
They’re going to ask all the committee voters how they voted and it’s going to total up to 55 ‘yes’ votes for Bill.
‘Looks like a still from The Jenny Jones Show. “Help! My Boyfriend Keeps Eating the Couch!”‘
‘Sexual Dimorphism Has Entered the Chat.‘
‘Any escape might help to smooth the unattractive truth’ – I had to look up the lyrics for Subdivisions, and I always heard ‘to smooth’ as ‘disprove’. This has been The Sports Junk Drawer’s Mondegreen Minute.
These names are annoyingly close. Mike MacDonald, Mike McCarthy, Mike McDaniel, Josh McDaniels.
Barmore hit Stidhsy like he messed with the thermostat.
Anyone catch the newest episode of “Stugotz & Company LIVE”? Yeah, me neither.
I’m going to let it slide because it’s his first one, but Coach Vrabes has to remember to immediately hand off the Lamar Hunt Trophy to Jonathan like it’s covered in broken glass and AIDS.
‘Belichick doesn’t deserve credit for drafting Christian Gonzalez’ people deserve a special place in Hell.
You think Planet Fitness was ever close to going with Fitness Planet? Or was Planet Fitness always the move?
Hell of a win by Seattle and congratulations to Sam Darnell.
The Little Debbie’s Valentine’s Day heart snack cakes are good, but nowhere near as good as the Christmas Tree snack cakes.
And it’s hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
Oh, beautiful release
Memories seep from my veins
Let me be empty
Oh, and weightless and maybe
I’ll find some peace tonight
In the arms of the angel
Fly away from here
From this dark cold hotel room
And the endlessness that you fear
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You’re in the arms of the angel
May you find some comfort here.
Are we really acting like Jerod Mayo wouldn’t have this team in the exact same spot? Pats cut bait too soon.
All blizzards are snowstorms, but not all snowstorms are blizzards.
Out of the 7 NFC teams that made the playoffs, only the 49ers wouldn’t have been a Super Bowl rematch for the Patriots.
You let us get Snoopy’d, Rifkin!!
Every time I learn something new about Brazil, I feel that it’s just India with fatter ass-ed women.
News Item: Josh Allen will have significant say on the next coach of the Buffalo Bills. What if he said Sean McDermott?
Imagine getting angry about lobsters.
What is missing during this blizzard is Dan Rather strapped to a tree & the immortal Shelby Scott reporting knee deep in snow and howling wind.
Fist bumping Kraft must feel like dapping up the Cryptkeeper.
“Da’Jury Foreman” is a great defensive tackle name.
Apple watch fitness app needs snow shoveling category.
Honk if you remember 1971 NFL Draft first overall pick Jim Plunkett.
While appreciated, I don’t think Jonas Gray needed to have an official statement citing his departure from the team.
Mike McCarthy has corrupt Mayor physiognomy.
The Supreme Court thinks it’s weird the NFL Hall of Fame voters have lifetime appointments.
UConn may still also be a basketball school.
I would very much like to have seen Mayor Menino take a whack at saying ‘Jaxon Smith-Njigba.’
I think that fat shaming commercial was paid for by the LA Rams kicking unit.
So if Spygate and Deflategate were big problems for Belichick with the Pro Football Hall of Fame voters, will Tom Brady not make it in on the first ballot either?
Best bet for the weekend: more unasked-for trailers for Super Bowl commercials.
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. We all we got. We all we need.
01/21/26 Cleaning Out the Sports Junk Drawer
Lotta sports. Good thing I have 3 TVs.
Patriots win Sunday the ‘who people are rooting for in Super Bowl LX’ graphic is going to look like the 1972 presidential electoral map.
One minute your quarterback is spiking the ball backwards at midfield for no reason, the next minute you’re fired.
But I hear McDermott’s interviewing to be the number 2 guy at Al-Qaeda.
Khyiris Tonga joins the NFL “All Island” team along with James Cook, Xavier Rhodes, Howie Long, Matt Cassel, Taiwan Jones, and Jeff Ireland.
Fenway Park is officially the ‘Ranger Zone.’
I have to wonder that if the Patriots had to play Josh Dobbs this weekend if all the Boston mediots would tell Denver hosts how surprisingly good he is.
Being the new fattest guy at Barstool is like being the world’s oldest person.
Sure, Cardi B has sleep paralysis demon physiognomy, but she probably has a lovely singing voice.
When there’s something worth celebrating, Dondero is a breath of fresh air on the postgame show. At least he’s happy.
Cakes are cooking for Jack Nicklaus, Placido Domingo, Chris Britton, Jill Eikenberry, Billy Ocean, Marty Walsh, Mike Krukow, Jeff Koons, Peter Fleming, Bob Brill, Robby Benson, Detlef Schrempf, Hakeen Olajuwan, Charlotte Ross, Cat Power, Shelley Looney, Emma Bunton, Jerry Trainor, David F. Sandberg, and Luke Grimes.
If the Patriots lost Maye on a designed roll out that meant nothing I would drive McDaniels to T.F. Green myself.
Tuesday’s Wordle, yaaaaa…!!!
Here’s the thing: the sports media, they all hate their jobs. Which is why it’s so funny that they resort to “you hate me because I have your dream job” when they get criticized.
The Dedham Grant was known for its rich assortment of prized hardwoods.
The local TV news person can’t have a sports rooting interest? I’m surprised KPD would lump that riff-raff in with real journalism!
Jet fuel can’t melt pass interference.
I’ve yet to find a non-terrible person making ‘the Dodgers are not ruining baseball’ argument.
I’m convinced Sean Payton would call a pass play in victory formation.
Hey gang of opera lovers, this week’s Phrase that Pays is,”Fran Rogers gets tons of pelt.”
Fun fact: the heaters in Hondas are most efficient when set to blow hot medium.
Buffalo didn’t Stand Up for Sean McDermott.
Please remember, they’re not ‘sports betting whores’, they’re ‘clamdicappers’.
Blue Line Update: Delays of about 15 minutes while a maintenance train inspects the overhead wires between Airport and Wonderland. Trains may stand by at stations
I never understand throwing the jacket on the QB for 10 seconds during a stoppage in play. Doesn’t it make him want to stay under there?
Indiana was recruiting my older brother wayyyy back in the mid 2000s before they were the football program we see before us today. For that reason alone I’ve always hoped they’d find success. What an amazing story.
Harrison Meavis is an all-time terrible name.
I want Maria Taylor to toss me around with her gigantic hands.
Does Sports Illustrated know that Karalis is a real person? Because they don’t hire many of those.
Well, the brother of Carson Palmer thinks Stidham is good so that settles it: game on.
How do you have an entire organization whose mission is to combat Jewish stereotypes and then publicly bitch about paying out 0.1 % of your net worth?
I’m always team whatever TV drug is advertised. Doubly so when it affects my genitals.
Already annoyed with all the Conformity Gate BS that’s gonna come out of this SNL Episode.
You think Dart Adams ever messed around and made a Willie Bennett NBA Live player?
I just realized that candles with 2 wicks are just a scam by Big Candle to make your candles burn more quickly so you need to buy more candles.
What does Mina Kimes got to do to get a head coaching or GM interview?
Girl you’re gettin’ that look in your eyes
And it’s startin’ to worry me
I ain’t ready for no family ties
Nobody’s gonna hurry me
Just keep it friendly girl
’cause I don’t wanna leave
Don’t start clingin’ to me girl
‘Cause I can’t breathe
Baby, baby, don’t get hooked on me
Baby, baby, don’t get hooked on me
’cause I’ll just use you then I’ll set you free
Baby, baby, don’t get hooked on me.
Using ‘The Ville’, for Louisville sounds like ‘Beantown’ or ‘Frisco’ in that nobody from there refers to it as such.
Here’s hoping the new Commanders stadium gets called the ‘RFK Jr.’
There’s never been a poor person named Tad.
I bet Rich Little does a great Frank Caliendo impression.
As an early adopter of AI, let me say this: It is far less advanced and sophisticated than normies perceive. You’re basically talking to the world’s most advanced screwdriver. Practical when you need to drive a screw. But you wouldn’t ask a screwdriver for life advice.
Honk if you remember John McEnroe getting expelled from the Australian Open.
Any college basketball games being fixed today?
Jarrett Stidham’s Arapaho name is ‘Wears Two Wristwatches’.
Think they’ll be some bad blood when the Habs visit the ol’ barn this weekend, Brick?
Nice to win the Jack Easterby Bowl.
Them Bosa brothers are about to apply for ICE TONIGHT.
Kendra is Temu Charlotte Wilder.
When did we start calling curveballs “sweepers”?
Best bet for the weekend: Flawless officiating in both Conference Championship games.
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. Wild thing, I think I love you. But I wanna know for sure. So come on, hold me tight. I love you.
Football Cat’s Divisional Round Picks
It’s been a fun week basking in the glory of the first Patriots playoff win since Super Bowl LIII, but now it’s time to focus on the next opponent, the Houston Texans. What better way to break it all down, than a Dan Shaughnessy style look at how each team’s respective home town matches up with the other.
Houston has the Johnson Space Center.
Foxborough has the Gillette Stadium Lighthouse.
Advantage: Patriots
Well there you have it, bet your kid’s college tuition on the home team and thank us later
Saturday Dinner Time
Bills at Broncos (-1.5)
Buffalo sauces Nix
Saturday Prowl Time
49ers at Seahawks (-7)
Fake Seabirds rain on Purrrdy’s parade
Sunday Early Dinner Time
Texans at Patriots (-3)
As that great Patriot, Patrick Star once opined: “The stars at night are dull and dim whenever they have to be over dumb old stupid Texas! “
Sunday Late Dinner Time
Rams (-3.5) at Bears
Horny sheep bang da’ Bears
Football Cat lives in New Hampshire, enjoys watching football, and is a cat.
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