Comments on: Let the Madness Begin … March Madness That Is … http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/let-the-madness-begin-march-madness-that-is/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Eric http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/let-the-madness-begin-march-madness-that-is/#comment-394631 Eric Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:44:15 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1968#comment-394631 Villanova had a big comeback last night over Clemson.I don't know about making it to the finals tho. I know North Carolina is goin to make it to the big game.They're pretty much flawless! Villanova had a big comeback last night over Clemson.I don’t know about making it to the finals tho. I know North Carolina is goin to make it to the big game.They’re pretty much flawless!

]]> By: Callimachus http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/let-the-madness-begin-march-madness-that-is/#comment-8378 Callimachus Fri, 17 Mar 2006 07:49:14 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1968#comment-8378 I lived in a seedy old apartment house called Bryn Mawr Gables, full of Nova upperclassmen, in '85 when Villanova beat Georgetown and won it all. It was unforgettable. I'm rooting for them again. I lived in a seedy old apartment house called Bryn Mawr Gables, full of Nova upperclassmen, in ‘85 when Villanova beat Georgetown and won it all. It was unforgettable. I’m rooting for them again.

]]> By: Justin Gardner http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/let-the-madness-begin-march-madness-that-is/#comment-8369 Justin Gardner Fri, 17 Mar 2006 05:48:40 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1968#comment-8369 <blockquote>She was also the woman who discovered an amazing secret to journalism. When she’d call up some official or person in the news and they’d tell her, “no comment,� she’d reply with, “well, if you did have a comment, what would it be?� And half the time, I swear to God, they’d answer.</blockquote> Awesome. I'll try that in the future.

She was also the woman who discovered an amazing secret to journalism. When she’d call up some official or person in the news and they’d tell her, “no comment,� she’d reply with, “well, if you did have a comment, what would it be?� And half the time, I swear to God, they’d answer.

Awesome. I’ll try that in the future.

]]> By: Callimachus http://donklephant.com/2006/03/16/let-the-madness-begin-march-madness-that-is/#comment-8363 Callimachus Fri, 17 Mar 2006 03:50:47 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=1968#comment-8363 At one newsroom where I worked, when the annual pool came around, a little old Italian lady reporter who, as far as we could tell, had no interest whatsoever in sports, joined in. When it was all over, her picks were in the top three. Astonished, we asked her her secret: "It's easy," she said. "I looked at the team nicknames. Here's the Lions vs. the Owls. Well, a Lion would eat an owl, so I picked the lions," and so forth. She was also the woman who discovered an amazing secret to journalism. When she'd call up some official or person in the news and they'd tell her, "no comment," she'd reply with, "well, if you did have a comment, what would it be?" And half the time, I swear to God, they'd answer. At one newsroom where I worked, when the annual pool came around, a little old Italian lady reporter who, as far as we could tell, had no interest whatsoever in sports, joined in. When it was all over, her picks were in the top three. Astonished, we asked her her secret:

“It’s easy,” she said. “I looked at the team nicknames. Here’s the Lions vs. the Owls. Well, a Lion would eat an owl, so I picked the lions,” and so forth.

She was also the woman who discovered an amazing secret to journalism. When she’d call up some official or person in the news and they’d tell her, “no comment,” she’d reply with, “well, if you did have a comment, what would it be?” And half the time, I swear to God, they’d answer.

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