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Go Stetson, Nathan writes!

State of play: The men's NCAA Tournament kicks into high gear today — and my goal is to get zero picks right in my bracket.

• That's because I entered DraftKings' free Zero Right Bracket Challenge, where the goal is to get every pick wrong for a chance at $100,000.

I thought this would be easy. After all, I get so many picks wrong in a regular year, how hard could it be to do it on purpose?

• It's actually pretty tough. Those 8-9 seed matchups are just as hard when you're trying to pick who WON'T win.

The bottom line: If No. 16 seed Stetson wins the title, I'm in big trouble.

The Dodgers fired Shohei Ohtani's interpreter Wednesday following allegations of "massive theft."

Why it matters: Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter who has been alongside Ohtani since his Major League Baseball debut in 2018, is accused of using funds from the two-way player's bank account to cover gambling debts incurred with an illegal bookmaker.

Safer sex is back at the Olympics.

Why it matters: The COVID-era "intimacy ban" instituted during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 is officially lifted.