The Wide Wide World of Sports, Tuesday Morning Edition – Opinion

Here at the sports desk located somewhere below decks of the Good Pirate Ship RedState, we’ve been keeping tabs on assorted and occasionally sordid happenings in sports across the globe. It’s been busy.

The NCAA basketball tournaments are in full swing, with the men’s side providing thrill, chills, and not a few upsets as we’ve already seen a #1 and two #2 seed fall by the wayside plus one terrific Cinderella story. This is the play-by-play of this tournament so far.

The Indiana cheerleader has become a legendary figure.😭 pic.twitter.com/qP3X5ZHBex

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 18, 2022

Meanwhile, in the We Can’t Take You Seriously When You Can’t Be Serious department, there’s the women’s tournament. We had first the round-robin game between South Carolina’s #1 seed and Howard’s #16 seed. South Carolina led at halftime by a mere 0.0 40 points. The Gamecocks managed to win the game. Meanwhile, ESPN’s desperate effort to make the women’s tournament relevant hit a “minor” roadblock in the form of its own woke stupidity. Between stunts such as this and the inane insanity that is Lia Thomas, women’s sport succeeds solely in shooting itself in the foot.

Now, let’s move on to football. If you’re looking to score some overtime, the best job in China right now is one at whichever sweatshop … er, factory makes Nike’s football jerseys, as business is booming even aside from reopening the Tom Brady line. To get Deshaun Watson from the Texans, the biggest deal so far has been the Cleveland Browns opening their piggy bank. It doesn’t matter that Watson was not charged with any criminal offenses, but he might still be suspended from the league. Baker Mayfield is now a quarterback without a team. Evidently, Baker Mayfield wanted to move to another state to play for the Colts. This dream was probably squashed when Matt Ryan got out of Atlanta by Indianapolis. Meanwhile, Jameis Winston went back to New Orleans, Marcus Mariota took Ryan’s place in Atlanta, and in the most mind-blowing deal of all Matthew Stafford signed a contract extension with the Rams. Okay, so we might have been joking about the amazing aspect. Von Miller switched to the Bills after he was unable to face Los Angeles’ brutal winters.

A few notable deals were made at the hockey trading deadline. By acquiring Marc-Andre Fleury, the Minnesota Wild significantly increased their title ambitions. Meanwhile, the Florida Panthers are determined to show that they remain in the NHL with the addition of Claude Giroux (from the Philadelphia Flyers). Meanwhile, the San Jose Sharks broke a lot of teams’ hearts by signing Tomas Hertl to an extension in lieu of trading him. The best job right now in sports if you love to travel is being a Seattle Kraken Scot. After a few trades and new ones, they have an amazing 34 draft picks for the next three seasons.

The spring is here, along with the pollen. Baseballs will also be in the air now that spring has officially sprung. Certain things are constant. The Dodgers are packing free agents’ bank accounts with big bucks, the A’s are most likely packing their bags to leave Oakland, and Fernando Tatis Jr. is hurt. Some things have changed. In reality, the Minnesota Twins have spent money on an elite-flight agent. Whoa, whoa.

NBA’s playoffs are soon. ‘Nuff said.

Let me offer you a thought. A mainstream media labeling Tom Brady as the G.O.A.T. does not invalidate the statement’s truth, correct? Asking is enough.