BRACKET MADNESS
How to play in Gow Media's free bracket challenge for great prizes
SportsMap Staff
Mar 14, 2018, 7:52 am
Gow Media is offering a free March Madness bracket challenge for listeners with an opportunity to win all kinds of terrific prizes courtesy of sponsors of Gow Media. Join us for this year’s Bracket Challenge presented by BetDSI!
To sign up, go to this link.
The top 16 brackets in the challenge with receive prizes. First prize is a two-night staycation at the Hyatt Regency Houston Galleria with $100 gift cards to Tango and Malbec, Demeris BBQ and a chance to sit in on the last hour of The Blitz in studio.
Other prizes for top finishers include gift cards to Revelry on Richmond, Cowboys and Indians, General Public, Uberrito plus tickets to Sabercats and Skeeters games and more.
One entry per person, and your bracket must be filled out before games start.
(Studio visit must be made before Aug. 31. All other prizing they can be redeemed as you see fit before Dec. 31).
First baseman Jon Singleton was released Tuesday by the Houston Astros.
Singleton had hit .171 with a .239 on-base percentage, no homers and two RBIs in 17 spring training games. The 33-year-old batted .234 with a .321 on-base percentage, 13 homers and 42 RBIs while playing 119 games last season.
The Astros signed Singleton to a $10 million, five-year contract in 2014 just before he made his major league debut, and after he had served two suspensions in the minor leagues for positive marijuana tests.
He batted below .200 in 2014 and 2015 before getting sent to the minors. He spent the entire 2016 and 2017 seasons in the minors and then tested positive for marijuana a third time.
Singleton requested his release from the Astros after receiving a 100-game suspension for that third positive test. He left the game before returning to organized baseball in the Mexican League.
He got back into the majors in 2023, first with the Milwaukee Brewers and later with the Astros.
Singleton agreed on March 8 to a contract paying $850,000 while in the major leagues and $425,000 while in the minors.
Jon Singleton cleared waivers and will be released by the Astros, source tells @TheAthletic. There is still a chance he re-signs with the Astros, but Singleton will explore his options.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) March 25, 2025