Man, I got a ton of work to do this afternoon. It’s almost like I’m turning into…into one of you people. It’s almost like Philadelphia’s only true man of leisure has…a REAL JOB! Then again, part of my job consists of eating pizza. So not really. Speaking of pizza, I am heading off to Mama Palma’s. When I return, I will have a review of Mama’s and NYPD Pizza, where I ate yesterday. Plus I’ll be doing the stories of this week’s winners. And recovering from this nasty hangover.

Wow, what an amazing night of basketball. First, me and pretty much every guy at Good Dog quizzo ran upstairs after round three to see the end of the Duke game, a game that was enjoyable because those dirty dogs didn’t just lose. They quit. My boys from West Virginia did not quit, however, making a stirring comeback in the final 20 seconds that concluded with my main man Pittsnogle, bloodied but unbowed, hitting a three with 5 seconds left. The crowd at the Bards went wild, and I jumped into the air and then took off running with my fist pumped. I turned and looked back at the screen, however, in time to see that kid from Texas hit that ridiculous three pointer at the buzzer to dash my hopes and my bracket. It reminded me so much of Lucas hitting that three against St. Joes. I was trying to regain my emotional equilibrium, trying to come to grips with the fact that I would never see Pittsnogle in a West Virginia uniform again, when all of a sudden the Gonzaga game got interesting. UCLA made a miraculous comeback (actually, a more apt description would be total choke by Gonzaga). UCLA with the steal and layup, the Bulldogs getting off a last shot that would have won it. No good. Adam Morrisson falling to the ground in tears. Man, this is the best month of the year.

Johnny is going to be hosting sports quizzo on Sunday, March 26th at Barristers (1823 Sansom) at 8 p.m. All questions will be sports related, with a $40 gift certificate going to the winner and $20 for 2nd place. There will be $4 Victory Hop Devils and 25 cent wings. Barrister’s also has drink specials and five flat screen TVs to watch the NCAA tourney games in the next few days. Hope to see you on Sunday.

Hey gang, got to head off to Spanish class. But I’ll be back later today with pizza reviews of Joe’s and Lorenzo’s. In the meantime, click here to watch Celebrity Jeopardy.

The website will return to it’s normal revelry in a little while, but first off today I wanted to note the passing of one of my favorite players. Ken Schober is doing one of two things in the above photo, I’m quite sure. He is either laughing his loud, wonderful laugh or he is preparing to chastise me for not asking any opera questions. Of course, once he was done chastising me, he would make a flippant remark to let me know he wasn’t serious and then, of course, begin laughing again. I don’t remember any encounters with Ken that didn’t include that deep, loud laugh. I am going to miss it. A couple of his teammates on Duane’s World supply their memories of Ken (who, depite his jovial demeanor, took quizzo very seriously) below.

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I almost forgot to mention that my dawg (K-Fed in the hizzouse, yo!) is turning 28 today. That new album is gonna drop next munf, and den we’ll see where all y’all haterz is at, boyyyyyyyyy! Word to ya Mutha.

Played quizzo at the Dark Horse last night with Palestra Jon, the lovely Ginger, and her boyfriend. A sad performance, as I missed, “Who said that religion is the opiate of the masses?”, a question I’ve probably asked ten freaking times (I wrote Nietsche, the answer is Marx.) Our team name was Dick Cheney: The Fat Montgomery Burns. After a little research this morning, I found out that I wasn’t the first one to come up with the striking resemblance between the two. Here’s a photoshop done in Cheney’s debate with John Edwards.

As stated previously, I am currently in 25th place in the bracket contest. Are you brackets screwed? Here is a really funny music video called “Bracket Man”, that will make you feel better for doing your research and still sucking. Also, it should make you feel better to know that Sports Illustrated had Kansas in the Final Four (they lost in their first game). Thanks to Todd for sending in Bracket Man. Oh, and finally, congrats to DJ Chris R for having the best set list. He wins the $40 gift certificate to the Devil’s Alley.

JGT, employing a strategy that entailed trailing early and then coming back in dramatic fashion, is in 25th place out of 37 teams after the first week of action. He had dropped to 35th on Saturday, but still has 7 of his Elite 8 still in play. Here are the top ten.
Niederdeppe 50
Last Place was Last Year 47
Pittisin2006 46
Boobies 45
Odabashian 45
Knicks are an 11 Seed* 45
Artist Philosopher Engineer 45
Team LBI 44
Peep my Pittsack 44
6 teams tied for 10th.
*My favorite team name in the tourney.

Johnny is fuming with jealousy as his quizzo understudy, Jam Master Sean, continues his rise to the top of the national stage. Jam Master, who hosts quizzo on Tuesdays at the Dive, was recently featured in a story on the Fox News website. This comes only weeks after he was on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Which leads to the obvious question: Why is he only being featured in conservative circles? Where will we hear from Jam Master next? On the Rush Limbaugh Show?

Yo peeps, heading outta the crib to grab some pizza. Think I’m heading to Joe’s. Will be back with a full report either today or tommorrow. I’ve got a lot of pizza to eat in the next few weeks. But don’t worry ladies. I’ll be spending even more time at the gym to make sure that I don’t lose this girlish figure with all that pizza.
(P.S. About the bod-yeah, it is steroid free.)