March Madness 2011: Tips for Winning Brackets
It's national bracket day, and as usual, college basketball fans are busy choosing which of the now 68 teams will make it to the Final Four. It's estimated the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament will...
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President Obama's NCAA predictions
Here are President Obama's 2011 NCAA brackets. What do you think? Share your predictions for the men's and women's final four.
View ArticleNCAA Championship: First Week
The first week of college basketball's biggest tournament is drawing to a close. Who has fallen, and who has lived to battle another day? We check in with Takeaway sports contributor Ibrahim...
View ArticleMarch Madness: How's Your Bracket?
"Ok. Like much of the United States, I just crawled out of a sport's cave. I smell of Domino’s Pizza and Milwaukee's Best Ice. And for some reason, I really want to buy a Kia," writes Bradley Campbell....
View ArticleDuke Loses as March Madness Enters Sweet 16
The sweet sixteen round of the NCAA tournament got underway last night, and we’re down to two games in each region of the tournament bracket. Takeaway Sports Contributor Ibrahim Adbul-Matin was in...
View ArticleFinal Four: Virginia Commonwealth University?!
Virginia Commonwealth University, ranked number 11, turned the college basketball world upside down yesterday, with an upset win over the number one Kansas Jayhawks, earning a trip to the Final Four of...
View ArticleMarch Madness: From Butler to VCU
"The Butler-VCU match-up in the final four is the highest seeded final four match-up since they started seeding teams back in 1979... This will be a great match-up," writes Tobias J. Moscowitz. We're...
View Article'One Shining Moment': When Bad Music Happens to Good Sports
One shining moment, you reached for the sky.... When you hear the song "One Shining Moment," how do you feel? Loved by some and hated by others, the emotional anthem has wrapped up the NCAA basketball...
View ArticleMarch Madness: A Sleepy Victory for the Big East
We've been following the NCAA tournament all month with pre-game predictions and post-game analysis from our contributors:Celeste Headlee, Takeaway HostIbrahim Abdul-Matin, Takeaway sports contributor...
View ArticleA March Madness Primer
Sports Illustrated called it the greatest college basketball ever played. It took place in the NCAA basketball tournament 20 years ago. With just moments left in the game Duke was trailing Kentucky by...
View ArticleMarch Madness: Power Conferences Dominate the Sweet 16
March Madness is turning out to be not that mad. Not too many bracket busting upsets this year. In fact, all but two of the Sweet 16 teams are from power conferences. The NCAA championship has become a...
View ArticleMarch Madness Economics
There's a lot of money to be made off March Madness. At $122 billion, the amount of spending the NCAA's annual basketball tournament generates is equal to Iceland's GDP. That total includes $614...
View ArticleFriday Follow: Trayvon Martin, Shooting in France, March Madness, "Etch A...
Every Friday, The Takeaway assembles a panel of cultural and political experts to chew over the past week's stories. This week Illinois held a primary, a Romney aide committed an unforgettable...
View ArticleMarch Madness Down to Kentucky and Kansas
Tonight, Kansas and Kentucky face off in New Orleans for the NCAA Championship. Over the weekend, Kentucky beat Louisville in an intra-state match while Kansas rallied against Ohio State to win 64-62....
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In the midst of the NCAA Championships, Frontline's film "Money and March Madness," looks into the business of the NCAA and college sports. Lowell Bergman, Frontline correspondent, producer, and...
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Bracket | Most Memorable GOP Debate Moments (Round 1, Day 1)
March Madness is upon us and no one is safe, not even political junkies.We're getting in on the action with a bracket of our own. Who—or what—will compete The most memorable moments of the 2012 GOP...
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Bracket | Most Memorable GOP Debate Moments (Round 1, Day 2)
The madness marches on with Day 2 of first round match-ups in our GOP debate moments bracket.In the first round so far, Rick Perry has a unanimous win in the Gaffes division with his "Oops" moment over...
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Bracket | Most Memorable GOP Debate Moments (Round 1, Day 3)
Halfway through the first round of our Memorable Debate Moments bracket, Mitt Romney's $10,000 bet squares off against Jon Huntsman's Chinese showboating, and it's a battle of the boos in the Audience...
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Bracket | Most Memorable GOP Debate Moments (Round 1, Day 4)
On the last day of Round 1, Newt Gingrich goes toe-to-toe with himself in the Dust-Ups Division, then faces off with Rick Perry in a sound bite battle.Yesterday saw Mitt Romney's $10,000 bet advance...
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Bracket | Most Memorable GOP Debate Moments (Round 2, Day 1)
Round 2 begins with match-ups in the Audience Participation and Gaffe divisions, and the winners will go on to represent their categories in the Final Four.Rick Perry's "Oops" and Mitt Romney's $10,000...
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