To no one’s great surprise, North Carolina won the men’s NCAA basketball championship, spanking upstart Michigan State 89-72 in a game that, from the opening tipoff, had fans across the country thinking about more onion dip.
All the ESPN sports pundits, including President Obama, had picked North Carolina to win, and the Tar Heels had been at or near the top of the polls all season.
The secret to North Carolina’s success is that star player Tyler Hansbrough is an alien life form. As evidence, I present the accompanying photo. That is not a natural Earthling.
- April is National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month, and Shasta County will hold several events during April to raise awareness. Contact Lorie Harris @ 241-5816 for more info. Or click here.
- Bad earthquake over in Italy, with more than 200 dead. Click here to read more.
- Headline of the Day
- From today’s local paper, beneath a mesmerizing photo of a ranger staring at snow:
March snow doesn’t thaw drought
At first, it seems to make sense, if kinda cute. Then you go, wait, what? Droughts don’t thaw, couldn’t possibly “thaw.” Then the whole headline starts to look like random words and before long you’re thinking, do they mean “March” like the month or “march” like hup-two-three, and then you have to go lie down.
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