
The NCAA Tournament is back today, so it's safe to get out of bed again. Seriously, even though we had other sports going on, is there anything like the three-day lag between the second round and the Sweet 16? We go from games on all day, to no games. It's like taking meth away from an addict, not offering any form of rehabilitation, and saying, "we'll give this back to you in three days."
But I'm going to make you wait a little longer for NCAA news, because I read three stories this morning that made me think, "was this really necessary? Didn't we already know this?"
First up, Terry Foster of the Detroit News, who tell us the Heat aren't going win the NBA title because they don't have a big man or a point guard. He apparently took the 1950s-esque, "I'll just wait to watch this team until it comes to my town," approach with the Heat. I just googled "Heat won't win the NBA title" and had more than 13,000 results. "Heat need a point guard" returns 8,580 results. "Heat need a big man" brought me 6,010 results. What I'm saying is, Terry Foster wasted the entire second half of his column telling us something we've been told, literally, thousands of times. In his defense, he also called the Heat "the sexy choice" to win it all, which means he probably had no idea anyone was saying such things about the Heat. I don't know which is worse. (DetNews)
Let's stay local with Pat Caputo, another 97.1 The Ticket radio host, who tells us the playoffs are going to be tough from the beginning for the Red Wings this year. Apparently Caputo hasn't watched the first round of the NHL Playoffs since, well, maybe never. Unlike any other sport, the first round of the NHL Playoffs offer up best-of-seven upsets. The Red Wings have been a team upset by lesser seeds. But that's not really what upset me the most about this waste of Internet space. Caputo tells us the pressure is on the Red Wings, who are only two points ahead of the Sharks for second in the West. They're under pressure because the Kings and Predators are six and seven, both tough matchups for the Wings. So the Wings are under pressure, but apparently it doesn't matter because both of their potential opponents are bad matchups. Oh, and it's going to depend on how Jimmy Howard plays. A team relying on its goaltender in the playoffs? That's a novel idea. (Oakland Press)
Which segues us into a Craig Custance article, which was surprisingly useless. I like Custance, but apparently somewhere along the way somebody informed him that the Red Wings were counting on Chris Osgood in the playoffs, and now that he's injured, it's Jimmy Howard or bust. It's been Jimmy or bust for the last two years. We know that. The Red Wings know that. Henrik Zetterberg's answer to Custance's question seems to imply he thought Custance should know that. (Sporting News)
Here's your NCAA Tournament schedule for the next two days. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it) you won't have to take time off of work to watch. My picks: SDSU, Duke, Florida, Butler, Carolina, Ohio State, Florida State, Kansas. (SB Nation)
Everybody, you can breathe again. Chris Brown has apologized for his outburst on Good Morning America. Brown is good at apologizing, probably because he's had so much practice. In fact, I believe his skill list goes, in order, as such: Apologizing, beating defenseless women, beating defenseless windows, bleaching his hair, getting shitty tattoos, singing. (Huffington Post)
Here's your daily Libya update: Gadhafi was all like, "Fuck your no-fly zone" and the French -- the FRENCH! -- were all like, "No, fuck you," and they shot it down. This has been your daily Libya update. (ABC News)
Today's Amazingness is something from the Pistons. I know, right?