12:30 Report: Your News Update
Time to attempt to follow the game from your desk: For those who didn’t have the foresight to call in sick for work today, Jonathan Tannewald comes to the rescue. The Inky blogger is handed the dubious task of live-blogging an NCAA game in the first round. Hardly an easy thing to do when CBS skips around so much. But, off he goes anyway. [Soft Pretzel Logic]
And if you have no idea what he’s talking about …: Just read this preview instead. Mike “The Kernal” Kern, DN Temple beat writer, lays out what the Owls can expect this afternoon in Denver. [DN]
Philadelphia schools elect new CEO: The schools commission voted to appoint Arlene Ackerman, the former San Francisco superintendent, to the position, with a starting salary of $325,000 per year. [CBS 3]
Flyers coach John Stevens officially placed on national chopping block: “For much of the season, the Flyers were the model of how to turn it around quickly in the salary-cap environment. Philadelphia underwent a massive personnel turnover during the offseason and under Stevens, in his first full season behind the Flyers bench, the season started off well enough to become a challenger for first place in the competitive Atlantic Division.” [CBS Sportsline]
