Ladies and Gentlemen, the Weekend

By Kevin Schroeder
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Updated: March 19, 2021

It’s Friday and you know what that means!

Welcome to the weekend, ladies and gentlemen! March Madness is officially underway and already we’ve seen not only the obligatory 12-5 upset with Oregon State knocking off Tennessee, but also a 15-2 with Oral Roberts dropping Ohio State. The action continues all weekend. We sleep in May. (Hi, Jon Rothstein, how ya doin’?

What happened this week

What’s Going On covered the NFL’s new TV deal and Pete Weber’s retirement from the PBA Tour.

JuJu took less to stay in Pittsburgh.

The Patriots started spending.

Marvin Hagler passed away. R.I.P. to Marvelous Marvin.

What to watch

(All times Eastern)

Saturday

CBB: #12E Georgetown vs. #5E Colorado, 12:15 P.M., CBS

CBB: #9E St. Bonaventure vs. #8E LSU, 1:45 P.M., TNT

BOXING: Artur Beterbiev (c) vs. Adam Deines for the WBC and IBF light heavyweight titles, 3 P.M., ESPN

BOXING: Lawrence Okolie vs. Krzysztof Glowacki for the vacant WBO cruiserweight title, 3 P.M., DAZN

CBB: #11W Drake vs. #6W USC, 4:30 P.M., TNT

CBB: #10E Maryland vs. #7E Connecticut, 7:10 P.M., CBS

CBB: #9W Missouri vs. #8W Oklahoma, 7:25 P.M., TNT

BOXING: Vergil Ortiz, Jr. vs. Maurice Hooker, 12 rounds in the welterweight division, 9 P.M., DAZN

CBB: #10W VCU vs. #7W Oregon, 9:57 P.M., TNT

Sunday

CBB: #8MW Loyola Chicago vs. #1MW Illinois, Time and network TBD

CBB: #6S Texas Tech vs. #3S Arkansas, Time and network TBD

More games TBD

NBA: Washington Wizards at Brooklyn Nets, 7 P.M., NBATV

NBA: Los Angeles Lakers at Phoenix Suns, 10 P.M., NBATV

Best of the ‘Net

Happy #StPatricksDay

Not Pat or Patty, PATRICK! pic.twitter.com/eDW95nOKMq

— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) March 17, 2021

When you don’t have time for this crap. pic.twitter.com/JzfWuh8dEz

— 𝖠𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗇 𝖶𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖾𝗋 (@Wieneraaron) March 13, 2021

And, this was last week, but after the time of writing, a thread on the greatest Simpsons episode ever.

#OnThisDay #OTD March 11, 1993, “Last Exit to Springfield” (S04E17) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @markk1914. Wr: @JayKogen & Wallace Wolodarsky. EP: @AlJean & @MikeReissWriter. Featuring Dr. Joyce Brothers as herself. #DentalPlan #LisaNeedsBraces #TheSimpsons pic.twitter.com/BX1wrrrUG6

— On This Day in Simpsons History (@dailysimpsons) March 11, 2021