It's bracket week baby.  Regardless of whether you play one $5 entry or fill out 20 and dole out hundreds of dollars in entry fees like me ... we're all hunkering down this week and filling out our brackets for March Madness.  And no Bracket Week would be complete without some words of wisdom from TCF resident handicapper Lead Pipe.  This football season, he elevated all of our lifestyles by rattling off winning week after winning week.  And now ... he tells us how to win our bracket pools.

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Happy St. Patty's Day!  Doesn't get much better than eating corned beef, drinking beer, and filling out brackets.  And that's what my To Do List has on it once I'm able to get out of the office today.  In our Monday morning staple, The Weekend Wrap, Peeker hits on the Buckeyes missing the big dance, gives us his pick to win it all, talks about the Cavs consistent inconsistency, and also addresses Andy Marte's big weekend down in spring training.

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The draw is out. And if there’s a drawback to the kind of pedigree Kent State basketball has built in the last decade it’s this: getting to the NCAA Tournament is seen more as a beginning than as a culmination. When a program has won four times in the Big Dance in the previous seven years, it’s expected to do a little more than just show up. The question is; does this Kent team have what it takes to make a run? Jesse opines.

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Gary checks in with us again this afternoon, and this time, to readdress the lingering aftermath of the "Spygate" scandal. Several national talking heads have suggested that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell should open up for full public view the league's continuing investigation into the Patriots. And Arlen Specter, with apparently nothing better to do, wants the Pats Super Bowl win over his home state Eagles overturned. Gary has his own thoughts on the matter, and shares them in his latest.

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