March Radness 2008: Now Accepting Automatic Bids
Last year’s March Radness was a complete success. Its return is just around the corner, and this year, I’m accepting your recommendations to fill out the brackets. Last year’s champion, the L Train, is like the Duke of March Radness: the perennial champion that we all love to hate.
What is March Radness? Well, it’s a bracket that pits the things we love to hate and hate to love about New York against each other in a 64-team elimination tourney, and the results are decided by you, the readers.
After all the shit riders deal with, someone’s got to knock the L Train down a notch. So, make your suggestions in the comments now!
This entry was posted on Wednesday, February 13th, 2008 at 5:15 pm and is filed under March Radness. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
February 14th, 2008 at 12:52 am
StuyGirl says:People who lean up against/wrap themselves around the poles on crowded trains so that no one else has anything to hold on to.
February 14th, 2008 at 6:39 am
ExposedNYC says:Oooh, I like this game! Can I make multiple nominations?
Broken air conditioners at work in the dead of a humid summer.
Sharing a room past the age of ten to save money on rent.
The idiots who ask “Do you like comedy” when walking anywhere near a Comedy Club.
The lack of affordable, hassle-free options for getting to or from JFK airport.
February 14th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
LizM says:I nominate:
-Slow people
-Religious people forcing their flyers and beliefs on you
-People who spill drinks on the train
February 14th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
mjones says:-Congestion Pricing Plan
-The Construction of Citi-Field
-The Construction of the Yankee Stadium
-The NYG Superbowl Win (heehee)
I second the nomination for comedy hawkers. They are up there with hip-hop hawkers.
February 15th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
lj says:Let’s add:
- Joel Klein
- The salon hawkers: those guys that come up to you in the park and say things like “is that your natural hair color?” or “when was the last time *you* got a haircut?” i say “fuck off.”
- Landlord-controlled sauna-like heat and/or Greenland-like frigidity
- Buses.
- Taxi/livery cab drivers that hit on you.
February 16th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Spiegalion says:1. Yankees Tshirts with last names on the back
2. The fact that Italians in NY celebrate Columbus Day with an Italian heritage parade when in fact, Columbus sailed for Spain and didn’t land anywhere close to New York, and there are at least a dozen more influential Italians worthy of and more appropriate for a celebration of Italian-American Heritage. (The Columbus Day parade, for short)
3. Those stupid glasses they sell in Times Sq for New Year’s Eve
4. The Dolan Family
5. Weathermen
February 22nd, 2008 at 3:50 am
ExposedNYC says:One more to add-
“Smile, it won’t mess up your hair!”
Such a backhanded insult. Sure, I’m annoyed at your interrupting my ride, singing a song I didn’t ask to hear, and asking for money that I don’t have, but you’re right, it’s the fact that I’m a superficial bitch that’s keeping me from smiling. Thanks.