Ep.3 - Press Box Chronicles - March Madness Heartbreak
Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
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Sports, Talk Show, 24-Mar-2025
It's 1992, and it's my first time covering March Madness. But not just any March Madness, I'm covering MY University of Delaware Blue Hens, who went 27-3 and won the North Atlantic Conference. I'm 19 years old, sitting courtside at the opening round game in Dayton, OH, as my Delaware Blue Hens - a 13-seed - take on Cincinnati, a 4-seed led by Nick Van Exel. What happened next is pure heartbreak.
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