[DOC] [TLE] March 7 - Game Show NewsNet - Jeopardy! Ultimate Tournament of ... [PAR] Mar 7, 2005 ... Category: Sports Phrase Origins. Answer: In 1939, an Illinois sports official wrote, 
"A little" of this alliterative phrase may "contribute to sanity". [DOC] [TLE] Sports Questions from Jeopardy! - Sporting Events and Fantasy ... [PAR] ... 2005-03-07 SPORTS PHRASE ORIGINS: In 1939 an Illinois sports official 
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... A little March madness may complement and contribute to sanity and ... a 
sports anchor in Chicago, utters the words March Madness during CBS's... [DOC] [TLE] Lent and March Madness - News - intervarsity.org [PAR] Mar 19, 2007 ... According to legend, the phrase March Madness was first used in 1939, when 
an official with the Illinois High School Association wrote in an article, A little 
march madness may complement and contribute to sanity and help keep ... thirty-
five percent of male college students bet on sports, and seven of ten... [DOC] [TLE] Sports of The Times - The March Madness Has Already Begun ... [PAR] Mar 5, 1995 ... In fact, the Illinois tournament began in 1908, and in March 1939, ... A little March 
madness may complement and contribute to sanity ... the Johnny Appleseed of 
alliteration, using the phrase he had known as ... which does indeed use "Official 
N.C.A.A. Final Four" on the cover of its tournament records book. [DOC] [TLE] Morning Buzz, March 8, 2005 - SportsBusiness Daily ... [PAR] Mar 8, 2005 ... The Octagon/Street & Smith's World Congress of Sports begins today at the 
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alliterative banners and a snappy catch-phrase for headline writers ... Fry's game 
plan includes a 1939 article in Illinois Interscholastic ... "A little March madness 
may complement and contribute to sanity and help keep society on an even keel.
". [DOC] [TLE] Why is the NCAA Tournament called 'March Madness?' | The ... [PAR] Mar 17, 2014 ... In 1939, an official with the Illinois High School Association, Henry V. Porter, 
penned an article ... A little March madness may complement and contribute to 
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state high school basketball tournaments, .... What is alliteration for the word mad
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Question: In 1939 an Illinois sports official wrote "A little" of this alliterative phrase may "contribute to sanity"
Answer: March Madness