Thank Merciful God, Name Of The Year Returns

In the relatively small world of the sports blogosphere, in the largely moribund spring, only one non-basketball bracket sparks enough arguments and discussion to rival interest in March Madness. That’s right -- it’s Name of the Year time again. Think last year’s campaign for LSU’s Barkevious Mingo can’t be rivaled? Think again: This year’s bracket is absolutely without peer, and pairs a Stalin and a Hitler in the Bulltron region. Football fans will be familiar with such luminaries as X’Zavier Bloodsaw, Foxy Foxworth, and Mister Cobble. But this year, for the record, my money’s on Chinook Bacon and Coke Wisdom O’Neal. It’s March and once basketball’s over we’ll be completely miserable until baseball really grinds into gear, so rest assured you’ll be hearing much more about NOTY in this space in the coming weeks. The full bracket is available here.