My favorite cartoons to do are ones like this that deal with sports in our culture and how it effects our families. These usually aren’t necessarily readers favorites. They don’t have the same emotional impact as, say, Broncos cartoons do. But they still resonate and the Syndicate likes them. Any way I hope you enjoy this one. I’m a bit pooped from all of the March Madness, Opening Day hoopla. I might sneak in a day away from the blog sometime soon. Not sure though. It depends on my workload. The first week of the month is always so busy.

Hey, I wanted to know how you guys liked the video stuff I put up last week. Should I do more of that, or do you just like to take in the cartoons? Just asking. Always want to know what’s on your mind.

Drew

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So a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Or should I say deadline. I had to redraw my NCAA title game cartoon this morning after a very late night of drawing a cartoon last night ( I actually finished the first one about 3:30 am) Seems I missed the mark completely on the first one. I had what I refer to as a “Far Side” moment. That’s when you draw a very odd cartoon that no one understands but the guy who drew it. Which, last night, happened to be me. Gary Larson, the genius behind “the Far Side” had a few of those. Head scratchers, you know. One’s that you don’t quite “get”. Like this one…

© 1982 Gary Larson Universal Press Syndicate

So I decided to post both of mine here. You will only see the top one on ESPN.com. It’s so much better than the one below which had my editor rousing me out of bed at 7 with the words “I don’t get it”. The four most feared words in the English language for any cartoonist. Unless of course, you happen to be Gary Larson. So you tell me. What do YOU think the cartoon below means? This should be fun…

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Now it’s down to two. I’ll be rooting for Butler in the final game of a very strange NCAA tournament. The weekends games were great and I’m really hoping the final will be as good. This cartoon is featured on ESPN.com for Monday morning. A few thoughts about the weekend of sports and this coming week…

* Carmelo Anthony got what he wanted after all. His appearance on Saturday Night Live spoke volumes about him and his sense of priorities. He wants the limelight in the big city. He’ll find out soon enough that if you don’t win in New York, the limelight eventually burns you. Bad.
* Madden football is going to include concussions in it’s 2012 edition of the successful video game. Really? I actually think an option to play the owners vs. the players with both sides dressed like clowns would be much more fun.
* The Avalanche season will be over soon. Thank the good Lord in the Great Heaven above.
*VCU actually rioted Saturday night after losing their semi-final game against Butler. Thank goodness they didn’t win. Imagine THAT mess.
* The Nuggets are the scariest team in the NBA right now. No one wants to face them in the playoffs with the way they are playing right now. Who would have thought?

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I’m not quite sure why mankind insists on torturing itself. Golf is bad enough. But then along came the heinous and cruel tournament brackets. Like lemmings the entire population of the United States has followed this annual ritual right off the proverbial cliff. Along the way we are ridiculed, humiliated and embarrassed. Oh, sure. Some really lucky sap eventually wins the office pool. Someone has to. Mostly because everybody else crashes and burns along the way, because of teams like Virginia Commonwealth who turn the entire process into total turmoil and chaos and render the whole thing an exercise in complete futility. Why do we do this? For fun. Personally, I’d rather agonize trying to swat a stupid little white ball 7000 yards into a little bitty hole the size of a dime. At least the walk is nice.

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I fell into a bracket burning fire…It’s been a Crazy tournament so far. My favorite Cinderella story…Virginia Commonwealth! I Loved seeing Arizona beat Texas. Having spent several trips to spring training in Tucson you quickly learn how vital their basketball program is to the community. So how about you? How did your brackets turn out?

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