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April 07, 2009
Bracketstravaganza Winners and Losers

Thank goodness for baseball's opening day, because otherwise there'd be a lot of inconsolable sports fans right now.

However, the man I know as T-$ (that's T-money to you), is probably not one of them.
He's the winner of the NXT Bracketstravaganza.

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March 26, 2009
Bracketstravaganza Update: Return of the King?

With week 2 of the NCAA Men's hoops tournament about to get underway again, I though we should take a quick look at the standings.

The outlook? More of the same.

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March 19, 2009
The NXT Bracketstravaganza: The Audacity of Hoops

We're just hours away from the beginning of what I hope will some day be recognized as a national holiday.

Yes, the NCAA men's basketball tournament is about to start. And there's still time to enter the NXT Bracketstravaganza!

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March 17, 2009
March Madness: The NXT Bracketstravaganza Returns

Just because a guy is away in Texas drowning in internet trends, BBQ and general geekery doesn't mean he's forgotten about what really matters in this world:

College Basketball.

It's time to fill out the brackets again.

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June 05, 2008
Red Auerbach and the flopping menace

Any observer of this blog knows that from time to time we'll take a few diversions into sports, because, well, just because we can.

In this case with the Celtics about to square off against the Lakers in the NBA Finals for the first time in over 20 years (I was seven the last time they clashed) it seemed fitting to offer up some video love.

Here's Celtics legend and championship architect Red Auerbach taking on one of the biggest threats to the NBA: Flopping. That's right, even back in the 1970s flopping began to rear its ugly head, even before European players came to the shores of the U.S. in large numbers.

Not only is this educational, but if the classic NBA unis (when men wore short shorts with pride) aren't worth a little entertainment, then you have no soul.

Red breaks down just what is a foul, and what's not, and has a few words for all you would be floppers out there. You know who you are.

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Hat tip: AOL Fan House

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April 10, 2008
What was that? (Hoops & Party Edition)

I've been remiss in updating the NXT Hoops Challenge and Bracketstravaganza this week, mostly out of the sickness I felt after watching Monday night's NCAA final.

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March 27, 2008
Sweet Sixteen Bracket-stravaganza Update

Coming to you live from the NXT College Basketball Studios here at Press Herald Plaza, I'm Justin Ellis here with analysts former Duke standout Christian Laettner and frequent "where are they now" question God Shammgod, of Providence College to take a look at the Hoops Challenge standings going into this week's round of NCAA games.

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March 21, 2008
Bracket-stravaganza Update

Wanted to start off the morning with a quick bracket-stravaganza update after the first day of games.

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March 20, 2008
Last chance to dance

Just another reminder - last chance to sign up for the NXT Hoops Challenge and Bracket-stravaganza today.

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March 18, 2008
Call your resident bracketologist

We're only days away from the beginning of the NCAA tournament...and I think you all know what that means.

Pseudo-gambling and college drama!

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March 13, 2008
Bracket Busters and the NXT Hoops Challenge

We cover a lot of ground on the NXT Desk, from pop culture and technology to local art, music, politics, cuisine, personal grooming, relationship advice...the list goes on. So far I don't think we've gotten to auto repair.

But today we're adding something new: sports.

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Justin is a former newspaper intern and has the scar tissue to prove it. Justin has been a staff writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram since 2003, and in 2004 began writing a weekly column in the Monday Magazine.

If he had to pick a label, the column would fall under "youth culture," covering everything from high school dance etiquette, dealing with college debt, the resurgence of Roller Derby and Portland's one-of-a-kind music scene. This of course has not stopped him from answering letters to Santa Claus or writing about his experience riding shotgun in a drift car.

Justin is an export from the Midwest. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri and is originally from Minnesota. He enjoys bacon, cheap beer, redheads, Burt Reynolds jokes and wondering what the soundtrack to his life would sound like.

When he grows up he wants to be an international art thief. Or Captain America.

Until then he'll be bringing you dispatches about "the young people" and what they do.






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