March Madness

The NCAA tournament kicks off Thursday, March 15, and millions of people are still readying their perfect March Madness bracket. A Brief History Of The Bracket The NCAA tournament has been around since 1939. Its popularity really began to explode during the 1978-1979 season. That year's...

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After all the drama, star performances, incredible comebacks, heartbreaking defeats and, of course, plenty of bracket busting, the NCAA Tournament is finally down to its Final Four competitors. South Carolina Vs. Gonzaga On Saturday, seventh seed South Carolina takes on one seed Gonzaga. Few...

You may have heard, but the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament starts today. CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is the official rightsholder of the tournament. These next few weeks will be a big deal for them, as ad revenue from March Madness topped $1 billion in 2016. With the tournament comes the...

Thousands of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) employees are hoping 2017 is the year they become millionaires. But they aren’t buying up shares of Berkshire stock to get there. Instead, they are filling out a March Madness brackets. Warren Buffett joined The Dan Patrick Show...

With the NCAA basketball tournament commencing, this could be a “big week” for both CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) and Time Warner Inc’s (NYSE: TWX) Turner Networks, Loop Capital Markets’ David Miller said in a report. “Based on recent conversations within the media...

The NCAA tournament is staying put – for a long (long) time to come. Just over a week after Villanova was crowned this year's winner of March Madness, the network that aired the game and its partner have extended their deal for broadcast rights to the tournament through 2032. Turner Networks...

The NCAA tournament is set to kick off on Thursday afternoon. As the excitement heats up, millions of people are readying their perfect March Madness bracket. In 2016, there are multiple ways you can track how your teams are doing. Fat Bracket The newest way to track your bracket is brought...

Maybe the only place more excited about March Madness than the campuses of the schools that made the tournament is Las Vegas. Around $9 billion in legal and illegal bets were placed on the tournament last year, and Vegas casino operators Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS), Wynn Resorts, Limited (...

It’s that time of year again when everyone with any level of knowledge (or no knowledge whatsoever) sits down and spends anywhere between a few minutes and a few sleepless nights agonizing over their NCAA March Madness bracket. Certainly there’s a lot of variables involved, but how...