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March Madness - Season Finale Tonight

 You know you have March Madness when you refer to your youngest child as a "fourth seed".  Now that # 4 seed Michigan is in NCAA championship, what's the over-under on the number of times we'll see Chris Webber's 1993 attempted timeout before Monday?  We'll take the over ... Translation - show it all you want: UNC - 77, Michigan - 71.

Survive and Advance (the VCR past the endless commercials) - Best Places to Watch the Game

Your bracket's busted ... No ACC team is left (it's too early to claim Louisville) ... And your taxes are still not done (started).  Those are lame excuses for not watching tonight's NCAA championship game.  So join the legions of fans at the following  sports venues across the Triangle and enjoy the food and libations during the TV time outs.  Trust us, you will have plenty of opportunities to order!

NC State Fan favorites:  Sammy's Tap and Grill, Mitch's Tavern, Village Draft House

Carolina Fan Favorites:  Top of the Hill, The Grille at Four Corners, Time Out Sports Bar & Grill Carolina Brewery, and Pantana Bob's

Duke Favorites: Any "Jersey" Bar, Satisfaction, Devine's Restaurant & Sports Bar 

Other Favorites:  Tobacco Road Sports Cafe, Blinco's Restaurant, Backyard Bistro, Crabtree Tavern, Overtime Sports Pub, Fox & Hound, Raleigh

V'sy Money - Host of ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning Donates Book Proceeds to V-Foundation for Cancer - Book Signing at Quail Ridge Books and Music on April 13

Survive and Advance:  April 4 marked the 30th anniversary of NC State's improbable run though the ACC and NCAA Tournaments, capped by their shocking National Championship victory over Houston.  Ten years later Coach Jim Valvano died of cancer but left a legacy of "Don' t Give Up, Don't Ever Give Up" and The V Foundation for Cancer Research.

On Saturday, April 13 from 9am-11am at Quail Ridge Books and Music (Raleigh), ESPN's Mike Greenberg  with a debut his first novel "All you Could Ask For ".   It is a tender and insightful story of  friendship, love, heartbreak, and renewal, played out in the lives of three unforgettable women.  The author's proceeds will be donated to The V Foundation for Cancer Research.  More Information

Greenberg Bets Against Duke and Loses:  Those of you who follow Mike and Mike in the Morning (Mike "Greeny" Greenberg and Mike ("ND") Golic) already know that Greeny's NCAA bracket competition with his co-host was blown when he took Michigan State over Duke.  Needless to say, he regrets that decision ... but that's no reason not to rub it in when you see him.  Another ACC tidbit ... Greeny is very close to Michael Jordan, a friendship spawned during his Chicago sports casting days.  Ask him to share some insider stories.

Quail Ridge Books and Music: 3522 Wade Avenue, Ridgewood Shopping Center, Raleigh; (919) 828-1588; Website

Git-R-Fun! - Larry The Cable Guy & Bill Engvall play DPAC on April 13

Half is Way Better than None:  In 2000, Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall launched the first of six Blue Collar Comedy Tours.  The tours featured Foxworthy, Engvall, Ron White, and newcomer, Larry the Cable Guy.  The six tours were hugely successful and spawned three movies, a satellite radio show, and a television show, Blue Collar TV on the WB Network.  The careers of all four comedians exploded.  On April 13, two of them (Larry The Cable Guy & Bill Engvall) will be at the DPAC for 2 shows (5 and 8pm).  Tickets

 "I used to be a lifeguard until some blue kid got me fired":  Larry the Cable Guy (Daniel    Lawrence Whitney) is a multiplatinum recording artist, Grammy� nominee, Billboard award winner and one of the top comedians in the country. He has his own line of merchandise and continues to sell out theaters and arenas across the United States. Larry has created The Git-R-Done Foundation, and is currently the host of Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy for History, which has been ordered for a third season.  After seeing him live, you'll declare, "I'm happier than a tornado in a trailer park!"

"Here's Your Sign!":  Bill Engvall is another top comedian today and among the busiest. Bill was the host on the game show LINGO for GSN, which premiered on June 6, 2011 and was the highest rated show in GSN network history. He had a 3-episode arc on the TNT show Hawthorne, narrated a documentary for  the Speed Channel on Darrell Waltrip and starred in the Hallmark Channel movie Kiss at Pine Lake.  Hint: watch out for the Dorkfish!

More Information:  Larry and Bill just completed Them Idiots Whirled Tour, with Jeff Foxworthy. The three Blue Collar Comedy Tour vets reunited for the tour which was filmed as a special for CMT.  Larry, Jeff and Bill will also star in a new animated show for CMT called Bounty Hunters, which is set to premiere in the spring of 2013.  

So come out to DPAC on April 13 and catch them live.  If you miss it, you'll be "madder than a hunch back in a limbo contest ... Git-R-Done!"

Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC): 123 Vivian Street, Durham; Website

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Bailey's Fine Jewelry Fights Local Hunger with Share the Love Campaign - Bailey's Fine Jewelry starting a movement to "fight hunger right here at home," through the introduction of its Share the Love campaign. For every ring purchased from the Bailey's Signature Collection of engagement and wedding jewelry, Bailey's will donate funds to purchase 360 meals to feed a local North Carolina family. The meal donations will be made through the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina via Feeding America. The Food Bank will distribute the meals to various food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, day care centers and elderly care programs around the area.

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Core Results: 1330 St. Mary's Street, Suite A00, Raleigh, 27605, Phone: (919) 946-1737, Email:info@coreresults.net, Website. 

Kenna Custom Painting is available to tackle your residential painting needs.  With their great crews that perform very professional jobs on residential homes, you won't believe how quiet and unobtrusive they are.  So if you have that "itch" to freshen up your home, interior or exterior before springtime, contact them now.  Call 919-855-0082 or Email: kennapaint@bellsouth.net.  Website.

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