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Published Tuesday, March 07, 2006 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

MARCH MADNESS, NOW ONLINE!!!

This is a startling, yet brilliant development, as reported this afternoon in the Los Angeles Times...CBS will offer online viewers access to any of the early-round games of this month's NCAA basketball tourney...LIVE...AND FREE. You'll only be able to watch one game at a time. But still. Any sports fan (and any workplace employee who takes part in a March Madness office pool) can attest to the crazy, fun-filled first four days of the NCAA tourney, and also can attest to the frustration at having to keep up with the games that aren't televised from moment to moment. This. Changes. Everything. It almost makes up for the ongoing YouTube battle. Almost. Now I have to start doing research for my brackets...