Absence of Madness

Turner Sports and CBS Sports the corights holders to the Menamp8217s Division 1 Basketball Tournament through 2032 perhaps 2033 now had sold out this yearamp8217s inventory more than a month before things were slated to tip with the First Four in Dayton on March 17 and had to go their benchesTNT with the three Star Wars prequels and TBS with movies including 50 First Dates and Central Intelligence filled their bracket with features leaving it to truTV to evidence a sense of Madness courtesy of the Impractical Jokersamp160 Joe Quinn Sal and Murr matched up some of their best moments in the NCAA March Madness Bracket Attack amp160Hard to believe though that in the episode that debuted on March 12 2017 Murr oiled up stripped down to an American flag Speedoamp160and showing off bodybuilding poses during a failed interview with Danica McKellar fell to Sal who merely had Will Smithamp8217s kid Jaydenamp8217s face temporarily tattooed on his thighCBS visited the ghosts of tournaments past with a tripleheader of title games tipping with a reprise of the 2008 contest amp160John Calapariamp8217s Memphis Tigers including Derick Rose missed a ton of free throws down the stretch allowing Mario Chalmersamp8217 three to send matters into overtime amp160Once again the Jayhawks prevailed easily in the extra sessionTurned out the game marked the end of legendary broadcaster Billy Packeramp8217s 34year Final Four coverage runNew York City Mayor Bill DeBlasioamp8217s expansive press conference and urgent call for supplies bumped the second half of last yearamp8217s championship Virginiaamp8217s win over Texas Tech and the start of the 2016 final on WCBSTVamp160 Earlier in the day New York Governor Andrew Cuomo provided his own lengthy update including info that 18to49yearolds accounted for 53 of almost 15 200 cases in the Empire State amp160In the time of coronavirus thatamp8217s not the target demoThe sporting news of the day though came courtesy of ESPNamp8217s Bottom Line graphic The International Olympic Committee said it will make aamp160decision within four weeks on whether to postpone the Summer Games in Tokyo amp160That decision seems inevitable USA Swimming and USA Track ampamp Field have both requested that the Games be delayed relative to the health concerns and lack of access to facilities for proper training and preparation amid the COVID19 shutdownamp160Congrats to those who cashed in on SportsBettingagamp8217s 121 odds about which nation would be the first to decline the IOCamp8217s invitation to Japan from July 24 through August 9 amp160The Canadian Olympic Committee said its athletes will not compete in Tokyo this summer calling for a oneyear postponementBack in CBSamp8217 time portal the 2016 VillanovaUNC matchup did not disappoint amp160Down three with 45 ticks to go Tarheels southpaw guard Marcus Paige went airborne leaned forward legs splayed amp160His doublepump found nothing but twine to tie it eliciting analyst Bill Rafteryamp8217s signature amp8220onionsamp8221 sobriquet Coach Jay Wrightamp8217s call during the subsequent timeout was perfectly executed amp160Ryan Arcidiacono dribbled the length toward the top of the arch drawing two defenders amp160Kris Jenkinsamp160pictured at top trailed the play and nailed the 30footer as time expired to give the Wildcats the championshipESPN Incamp8217s vast programming empire sported appropriate reruns like amp8220LSU Dayamp8221 on the SEC Network where Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow and the Bayou Bengals slashed Georgia in the 2019 conference championship gameamp160amp160ESPN2 morphed into ESPN 8 The Ocho presented by State Farm showcasing a smorgasbord of odditiesamp160 pro arm wrestling from Mohegan Sun circa 2006 the same year Kobayashi outscarfed Joey Chestnut 58 brats to 45 in 10 minutes during the Johnsonvillesponsored eventFor those who prefer the mechanical there was the Stupid Robot Fighting League amp160During tram racing Brussels became the first city to win the championship in its home city over Moscow and OradeaThat proved far more exciting than the 46th annual cherry pit spitting international championship from the TreeMendus Fruit Farm in Eau Claire Wisc despite an upset for the agesThe rules were prominently displayed swallowing results in the forfeiture of one of the contestantsamp8217 three expectorant attempts while hands must remain below the shoulders when propelling the objectamp160 But this is a sport in serious need of a production upgradeamp160Unless the spitted pit took a significant roll like a punt itamp8217s the total distance not the landing spot that counts it was hard to detect the pit against the gray asphalt amp160How about an oncourt footage designation or better still channeling David Hill here a glowing pit amp160Kevin amp8220Bulldogamp8221 Bartz with a delivery of just over 58feet 3inches relegated Rick amp8220Pellet Gunamp8221 Krause who had won the event 18 years running and whose training regimen includes lead sinkers and 357 magnum shells to thirdESPNamp8217s flagship via a licensing deal if not the one some had expected that would bring Wrestlemania 36 and other key payperview events to ESPN capped its night with a replay of Wrestlemania 30 from 2014Earlier ESPN went all TB12 seven hours of the best and brightest of the career of Tom Brady now the QB of the Buccaneers amp160But isnamp8217t ESPN supposed to be a national service amp160Perhaps viewers in Massachusetts except for one William Hoodie Belichick Maine Rhode Island Vermont New Hampshire and parts of Connecticut found this compelling not to mention those in the Tampa Bay DMA amp160For the rest of us that was sheer programming MadnessClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or 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