the mad sports man

a final four full of ones and a homestate native wins for the first time ever, the final four will feature all #1 seeds.ucla, the #1 seed from the west will face memphis #1 from the south. the other matchup is kansas, #1 in the midwest vs north carolina, #1 in the east. the semis are saturday and the final is april 7th. meanwhile in martinsville, denny hamlin wins the goodys cool orange 500 beating out jeff gordon. i got lazy and didnt tape the race.

baseball season underway the boston red sox and oakland athletics began their regular season yesterday in japan and finished the two game series this morning. boston won yesterday 6-5 in 10 innings and oakland won this morning 5-1. the rest of the teams begin monday and tuesday.

ncaa tourney underway its day 2 of march madness and there been a couple of upsets and close calls. like duke winning by one. 2- time champion florida gators didnt make it so we'll have a new champion this year

food city 500 and a little green on sunday jeff burton blew past denny hamlin and won the food city 500. hamlin got passed like he was standing still - well figuratively. this after kevin harvick and tony stewart bumped into each other causing stewart to spin out. i think harvick kinda slid into him. yesterday was st. patricks day. the one day of the year where people can drink green beer and wear green. there was celtic music played on bourbon street at the mall to celebrate the day. a good day to be irish, even if youre not.

andrew cogliano sets nhl record andrew cogliano set an nhl record last night by scoring 3 straight overtime winners in three straight overtime games. he set the record with 4.9 seconds left in overtime against st. louis. he also scored against columbus on the 7th and chicago on the 9th.

kobalt tools 500 kyle busch ran away this one. led the most laps and at the same time toyota became the first foreign plate to win since al kellar took a jaguar to victory lane in 1954. kyle busch also became the youngest winner in atlanta. he now has the points lead.

springing forward yep, that time to move our clockes forward one hour. 2am tomorrow morning makes it official. it would be a wise idea to adjust your clocks before you go to bed.

end of an era in green bay brett favre officially announced his retimrement at a press conference today. a wonderful 17 years as a packer, 3 mvps, and a whole mess of records. even a super bowl victory in 1997. he will definitely be going to the hall of fame in canton ohio. im guaranteeing first ballot. im proud to have cheered for him and because of him that i am a packers fan.

uaw dodge 400 carl edwards won his second in a row and did his back flip again. ran away with it with two laps to go. he is now the new points leader as well. jimmie johnson finished 29. dale jr finished 2nd and jeff gordon had a nasty crash with four to go and finished 35.

a chilly beginning to march it sure is on the chilly side today. snow was forecast within the next couple of days. got some hockey on at the moment, montreal and n ew jersey tied at 1 after two periods. thinking about the month ahead, theres the ncaa basketball tournament, more baseball - boston and oakland start their season in japan on the 25th, more car races and the playoff drive in hockey and the nba. hopefully these events warm up march. some big puddles already and more to pop up.