As you possibly know, I DON'T GIVE TWO SQUIRTS ABOUT SPORTS. Especially basketball, which I consider to be "the sport of fools." That being said, I simply roll my eyes and go about my business whenever Ezra tells me he wants to cover the local basketball team, or devise something called a "final four bracket" in which he and Blogtown readers are supposed to rate teams or something? Whatever. It's a colossal waste of time—but, whatever blows your dress up, ya know?
That being said, I think I need to watch this Ezra person a bit more closely, because SOMETHING STINKS OF SHENANIGANS. Why do I suspect this?

1) Ezra is currently and mysteriously traveling in Europe—which, as you know, is teeming with devious people such as jewel thieves and the French.
And 2) EZRA ACTUALLY WON THE BRACKET THINGY!

What follows is an explanatory quote from Ezra's email (supposedly sent from the penal colony known as Budapest): "I got lucky and had 40 of 63 teams right for 115 points, plus Connecticut as the eventual winner."

I have no idea what he's talking about, and do not care to know. HOWEVER! I SHALL NOT ABIDE BY ANY SHENANIGANISMS IN MY BLOGTOWN! Therefore, the grand prize of a $20 gift certificate to Blitz Sports Pub (good at their Pearl District location), will go to THE SECOND PLACE WINNER—whoever that is, and which Ezra will grudgingly award whenever he decides to return from his European pick-pocketing adventure.

Congratulations, second place winner, whoever you are, like I give a shit.