{"id":9062,"date":"2008-03-17T17:20:13","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T22:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/17\/sportswise-this-is-as-about-mad-as"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:30","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:30","slug":"sportswise-this-is-about-as-mad-as-i-get-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/17\/sportswise-this-is-about-as-mad-as-i-get-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"sportswise, this is about as mad<\/i> as i get in march"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"GUJackMugG\" . . . . . Jackadoggi &<\/em> Giacalone<\/em> . . . . . . . . . <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Y<\/em><\/strong>ep, that’s Jack the Bulldog<\/a>, the sports mascot of my college alma mater<\/em> Georgetown University. And, his human doppelganger is the editor of this weblog, in my one and only “baseball cap,” which just happens to depict Jack alongside the Georgetown Hoyas<\/a> logo. Donning that cap (and looking only mildly skeptical) is about as much March Madness as I am willing (or likely) to ever show — even if the Hoyas make it to the Elite Eight, the Final Four or the Last Dance\/Championship Game. As I confessed<\/a> this time last year: “Frankly, I\u2019m not much of a sports fan (except for good basketball and baseball haiku<\/a>).” So, you better go to Wikipedia, if you want an explanation of brackets or berths, seeds or rounds, and any other aspects of the NCAA collegiate basketball championship<\/a>, which has been dubbed — and which inspires so much — March Madness.<\/p>\n

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one on one\u2026
\nshe dares me to show her
\nmy vertical leap<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

…….. by <\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>ed markowski<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> \"bballGuys\"<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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march madness
\nhe tells me his fantasy
\nteams<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

march madness
\nhe fits me in
\npre-game<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\"sunglassesG\"<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> . . by roberta beary<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As the Washington Post<\/em> reports today, the “Hoyas Are Ready, and Open for Business<\/a>: Experienced Georgetown, No. 2 Seed in the Midwest, Will Get Started Against No. 15 UMBC” (March 17, 2008). Should the Hoyas make it to the regional final or beyond, I’ll surely watch the last few minutes of their games, and report about their victories here at f\/k\/a<\/em>. However, barring a hot date with a serious college basketball fan (I knew a couple of women lawyers who were big<\/em> Hoya fans, and a few Tarheel fanatics, when I was an FTC staffer in DC), you won’t catch me on a sofa or bar stool with my eyes glued for hours to a large screen filled with baskeball jerseys. Nor will I be filling out a Brackets<\/a> Sheet. If you desire more info about Georgetown basketball, I suggest clicking HoyaSaxa.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>Although we don’t suffer from March Madness here at f\/k\/a,<\/em> our bench-warmer do<\/em>gosan is not immune from related Senryu Silliness<\/em>:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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cheering for
\nhis blind date’s team –
\narch cadness<\/p>\n

march sadness:
\nnana wants
\nher soap operas back<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"BBallGuysN\"<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font> my nephew lets me
\nbeat him to H-O-R-S-E –
\nmarch gladness<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

again she hides
\nhis brackets sheet —
\nspouse badness<\/p>\n

two hours alone
\nwith his teenage son –
\nmarch dadness<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

branch managers
\nplay bookie –
\nmarch madness ends<\/p>\n

………………………. dogosan<\/a><\/em> .. \"GUJackMugG\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

W<\/em><\/strong>ant some real march madness senryu? Here’s more from the all-star team of Markowski and Beary:<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

march madness
\nhis team slam dunks
\nour date<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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march madness \"bballGuys\"
\nhe enters my bedroom
\nto check the score<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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. ……………………….. by Roberta Beary<\/font><\/a> \"BearyRoberta\"<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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calligraphy class
\nthe point guard
\npens a nike swoosh<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

city moon <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>\"ballHoopF\"<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font>
\n my basketball flattened
\nby a shard of glass<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

game winning shot
\nthe big man
\npalms my head<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

long rebound
\ncrossing mid-court
\nshe crosses my mind<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. by ed markowski<\/font><\/a> <\/font><\/span> \"BBallGuysN\"<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

– afterthought<\/strong><\/em>: don’t miss Ed’s new poems in this comment<\/a> –<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. . . . . Jackadoggi & Giacalone . . . . . . . . . Yep, that’s Jack the Bulldog, the sports mascot of my college alma mater Georgetown University. And, his human doppelganger is the editor of this weblog, in my one and only “baseball cap,” which just happens to depict Jack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[555,1414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu","category-qs-quickies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-2ma","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12321,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9062\/revisions\/12321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}