Madness leads to Masters
April 8, 2024
March Madness always provides those crazy moments we all love. Highly seeded teams often get derailed by a low seed, an upstart, a Cinderella. That’s what makes this event so entertaining. It is unpredictable to a fault.
Some years the best…
Two Guys Gone Mad: Final Four Edition
April 5, 2024
Tim and Eric have one more round in them. They open with coaching hires talk, then shift to the good and the bad of this year’s tournament. A recap of the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight. Then a look at the Final Four. Alabama a long shot? NC State…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: April 4
April 5, 2024
Tim’s main musing is a hot Pirates start plus Phillies, Orioles, and other events from week one of MLB. Tim’s Time Machine goes back to 1902, 1938, 1962, 1976, and 1983. Why? The five times the Pirates started 5-0. The docket has some college football…
2024 Pittsburgh Pirates/MLB Preview
March 31, 2024
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 5-0 on the season, so this technically shouldn’t be considered a preview. But society and baseball can’t box me in. I am still calling this a season preview. Starting the season in March is nonsense anyway. However…
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Musings of a Sports Fanatic: Baseball Edition
March 29, 2024
Tim previews the MLB season complete with picking division winners, wildcards, and who will win it all. He has a couple surprises within his picks. Tim takes a closer look at the Orioles, Phillies, and Pirates outlooks. And, of course, Tim had some…
Two Guys Gone Mad: Sweet Sixteen Edition
March 27, 2024
Tim and Eric discuss their takeaways from the first week of March Madness. Who surprised? Who disappointed? Will chalk continue to dominate the day? Plus a look at all the coaching movement and a look ahead to the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight.
…Sweet then Elite
March 25, 2024
It certainly was a crazy first four days of the NCAA Tournament.
We had an overtime buzzer beater. We had a double overtime war of attrition. We had a furious comeback late Sunday night to send a number one seed to overtime. But Cinderella…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: March 22
March 22, 2024
Tim weighs in on the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal, and in Tim’s Time Machine he compares it to the Pete Rose situation of 1989. Does baseball need to rethink its gambling rules? Tim has Pirate, Phillies, Orioles, NHL, NBA, and golf snippets On The…
Two Guys Gone Mad: Bracket Busting Fools Edition
March 20, 2024
Tim and Eric have their brackets in place and share their picks region by region. Did they go with mostly chalk or do they predict mayhem? Who are their Cinderellas? Can anyone beat UConn? And what did the guys think of the selection process? Most…
How much bracket madness can we expect?
March 17, 2024
Do you want March Madness storylines?
You know you do.
Championship Week is the prelude to Madness, but it has plenty of Madness itself.
Let’s start with the near misses.
Brown University was a couple of missed free…