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Real Madness

Dave Granlund Mar 24, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

March Madness

Christopher Weyant Mar 27, 2023 Dig deeper

March Madness Will Go On Without the Crowds

RALPH D. RUSSO / The Associated Press Mar 11, 2020 NCAA restricts attendance at basketball tournament games to only essential staff and limited family members due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The NCAA’s Shameless Exploitation of ‘Student-Athletes’

Brian Wakamo / OtherWords Mar 21, 2019 Not allowing these athletes to be paid is an extension of a broken economy, in which unions are busted and inequality reigns. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Betting Big on the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament

Allen Barra / Truthdig Mar 18, 2017 March Madness and its accompanying betting-pool tradition go directly against the NCAA’s staunch anti-gambling policy, but "bracketology" accounts for billions of dollars changing hands. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

March Madness

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Mar 18, 2015 Dig deeper

Comedian John Oliver on How the NCAA Takes Advantage of Student Athletes to Make Billions

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 17, 2015 Just in time for March Madness, the "Last Week Tonight" host reveals just how much bullshit the National Collegiate Athletic Association makes student athletes go through. The organization exercises enormous control over their lives -- and rakes in billions from corporate sponsors -- without paying the athletes a penny. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

College Sports Has Its First Openly Gay Male Star

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Apr 10, 2014 Derrick Gordon is young, talented and gay. He tells Outsports' Cyd Zeigler that life in the closet and teasing from his teammates almost caused him to quit basketball. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Let Them Eat NCAA Brackets

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 28, 2014 There are many modern-day analogies to Marie Antoinette's attitude toward the proles during the 18th century, but nothing quite like Warren Buffett's billion-dollar giveaway. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ruling: Student Athletes Are Employees, Can Join Union

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Mar 27, 2014 Northwestern University football players have asked for the right to join a union, and Wednesday the Chicago region of the National Labor Relations Board decided they could. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sweet Sistine

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Mar 9, 2013 Dig deeper

Apple Products Are Core for Economy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2012 Throughout the recession, Apple's growth has brought hope to many; China's creative class and human capital cannot catch up to the U.S.'; meanwhile, Western intervention in Afghanistan has obviously failed, but by how much? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )