Sports Guesspert

I finally figured out who's behind the push to expand the NCAA men's basketball tournament field to 96 teams. It has to be paper companies that are trying to boost sales of 11-inch by 18-inch paper. Because that's the size sheets we'll all need if we ever intend to enter another office bracket pool in our lifetimes.

DEAR MICHAEL JORDAN, I'm sure you're sick of getting "Open Letters to Michael Jordan" from me. But this is the first time I've been able to address you as the owner of an NBA franchise.

This story begins a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Or, Oxford, Miss. Close enough.

Every serious sport journalist dreamed of scoring the scoop of the first Tiger Woods confessional interview. And after watching the non-fireworks of his ask-me-no-questions "press opportunity" Friday, I took a nap and fantasized about being part of that hand-picked group that was allowed access to that room.

OK, I'M OFFICIALLY freaking out now. And I'm blaming some rich guy's fancy TV for this.

You're not going to believe this: Someone from the future e-mailed me today all the Twitter updates I made (scratch that: will make) during the Super Bowl. Ready, set, tweet!

IN HONOR OF the upcoming movie "Hot Tub Time Machine" - if you haven't seen a commercial for it yet, I'm sure you'll see it about 5 trillion times before the film comes out in March - let's skip ahead a good five or six or seven years in the future.

IF YOU GAVE me a Prince CD as a present, I'd be happy.

PEOPLE TALK ABOUT newspapers being a dying medium. Well, I've got a communication platform that's about to be deader than our forests of dead trees.

If you're a fantasy football nut like me, odds are you dabble in more than one league each season. And odds are that every few weeks, there arises a case where a player that you're starting for your team in one league is being played against you in another.

REMEMBER LAST WEEK when I complained about Thursday night NFL games? Here's a follow-up:

THERE ARE VERY few things I'm completely dead-set against when it comes to the NFL.

I PICKED UP my phone this morning and heard this message on my voice mail:

QUESTION: WHO WILL play the next Super Bowl halftime? Answer: The Who. Follow-up question: Why?