While Kentucky was busy winning a national championship, the world kept turning.
And the planet Mars has come for a visit.
In fact, last night around 8:30pm ET, the moon, Mars, and the bright star Regulus formed a ‘cosmic triangle’ in the night sky.
Isosceles, from the look of it.
This is the closest Mars has been to the Earth in a month, and when it returns next month, it will only appear half as bright (something to do with its current retrograde motion, blah blah). So this is a good time to take a look-see.
In the triangle , Mars is the reddish object, Regulus the blue. And the moon…well, I think you can figure that one out for yourself.
Hmmm. Red and blue ‘stars’ appear in the sky…right after the NCAA Finals? I’m sure astronomers will simply point to the celestial calendar. But I think this is proof positive:
There are college basketball fans on other planets.
Blowing bubbles and picking fights
Have you ever heard of Jeff Goodman?
Me either…until about 15 minutes ago.
It’s the spirit of college sports.
Sure, we start with a Number 1 seed for the tournament, and Number 1 seeds for each of the regions. But the games that truly inspire us — that have made this championship the tradition it is today — are those David-and-Goliath victories.
The Cinderella teams. The lower-seed overachievers. The bubble teams who prove they belong.
Which brings me back to Jeff Goodman, a CBS sportswriter based in Boston who seems to have forgotten all that. If it is that difficult for you to watch, Mr. Goodman, simply look the other way.
The rest of us enjoy the view.
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