More new SIRIUS programming announcements, with NASCAR driver joining the network in January. Tony Stewart Live will air exclusively on SIRIUS' upcoming 24/7 NASCAR channel, providing listeners with an insider's perspective on auto racing. The weekly, two-hour show will feature Stewart, who has never been shy, taking calls from listeners, talking with prominent guests and covering the spectrum of motorsports.

Matt Yocum, who is a pit reporter for the NASCAR broadcasts on FOX/FX and NBC/TNT, will be Stewart's co-host on Tony Stewart Live.

"It's an honor to be a part of SIRIUS and its commitment to NASCAR," said Stewart. "Our show will allow us to speak with the fans on our terms, where we're free to talk about anything and everything, from racing and rock-and- roll to our travels across America. It's a unique opportunity, and we plan to make the most of it."

Preview editions of Tony Stewart Live, hosted by Stewart, will begin airing exclusively on SIRIUS in October 2006. Stewart will also be featured in SIRIUS' NASCAR related marketing and advertising.

Beginning next year, SIRIUS will be the Official Satellite Radio Partner of NASCAR, broadcasting all NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races live on a specially created, 24/7 NASCAR channel.

How is everyone doing in their pools? Hope you got the 12-5 upset, there is (almost) always at least one 12 seed upset against a 5 seed. I would have got one of them right if I had had time to fill mine out before the deadline. I always go against the Syracuse Orangemen so that one I would have got right.

I was getting ready to write about Georgetown losing and getting that game wrong as I always go for them in the first round, as they were losing when I saw part of the game while at lunch Friday. But to my happiness I just checked and the Hoyas actually won.

And the other 12th seed upsetting a 5th seed was Montana over Nevada. So there were two of them this year.

So did any of our readers listen to the games on SIRIUS? What teams are your dark horses?

SIRIUS is broadcasting the entire NCAA Men's basketball championship for the second year. They are carrying uninterrupted play by play coverage of all 64 games. After the break is the schedule for the first round, which is played on Thursday and Friday March 16-17. Are you planning to listen to any of the games on satellite radio or is it just not the same as watching "March Madness" on television?

With the NBA All-Star game being on Sunday, and the NHL off for the Olympics, the big sport for Saturday is Mens College Basketball. There is the Olympic coverage still which is The SIRIUS Sports Olympic Desk @ 6 pm EST on 123 and Updates through out the day on Faction 28.

There is also an Arena Football game on 123 is the L.A. Avengers (Broadcast) at the Chicago Rush at 10:30pm EST

Anyways the Mens College Basketball Schedule is after the break.

All Times Eastern, adjust accordingly

From the release:

"XM's coverage of The Indianapolis 500 will give a national radio audience the opportunity to enjoy minute-by-minute action, color and analysis of America's most revered annual motorsports spectacle," said Hugh Panero, president and CEO of XM Satellite Radio. "With our unmatched motorsports programming, XM subscribers with a need for speed have the widest possible menu of sports entertainment options."

Okay, okay, I get it, long-term deal with the IRL, cornering the market on things with brake pedals. But I am really tired of claims like 'FIRST SATELLITE BROADCAST of SOMETHING.' Mr. Panero, you've been on the air since November of 2001. Stop sending out press releases with lead lines that seem to indicate you have people walking on the damn moon.