Once every three years or so — disrupted only by a labor dispute, a pandemic or MLB just kinda deciding to skip a year — we get one of the best crossovers in sports.
As our nominally Detroit Tigers-obsessed brains start to switch into “Bracket Mode,” in which all our decisions are organized around a cluster of 68 competing variables as we try to answer the most important question in sports — WHO WILL WIN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT? — we look everywhere for answers.
Yes, even to the scrolling ticker seemingly present on whatever sports channel — ESPN, FS1, CBS Sports Network or even Bally Sports Detroit — with every few seconds bringing a new event and a new abbreviation.