NCAA Women’s Tourney; Tony Pena; A Blessed Bet; Tim Kurkjian; Life After Hockey; Letters; Mighty Marquette and More with Charlie Pierce; Unofficial Marathon

In these days of basketball excitement that can perhaps only be adequately described as Vitalian, it may be hard for some to recall that college isn’t just running, jumping, shooting, and blocking shots while a coach roars.

The NCAA Tourney Continues On; Women’s Hoops in the Land of Lombardi; Rebounding Renegade; Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports; National Women’s Hockey League; Commentary

Professor Alan Klein of Northeastern University e-mailed “Only A Game” to let us know that Stealing Lives was perhaps not all it appeared to be.

If language like this obscures the reality of war — a reality that involves hideous deprivation among civilians in addition to bloody and violent death, so much the better for Mr. Bush.

NCAA Tourney Update; Boston University; Cael Sanderson; Info Break; Native Pride; Turin Olympics; Letters; Charlie Pierce; Paralympics Update; Non-cheerleaders

March Madness; Creighton; Corporate Arm Wrestling; Montreal Expos; Stealing Lives; Iditarod Update; Big Dance and More with Charlie Pierce; Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey

Whether the men’s big dance will be diminished by the absence of the team from the University of Georgia depends on your point of view.

The sad, unsurprising truth at the center of “Stealing Lives” is that the baseball business differs little from lots of other businesses. Owners seek profits, frequently at the expense of employees, especially the employees at the lowest levels of the operation.

Atlanta Hawks; Indiana Pacers; The Marathon of Marathons; The Iditarod; Basketball Blowout; The Philadelphia Phillies; NCAA Hoops Controversy and More with Charlie Pierce; Cup of Coffee