The NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis is shown in this Thursday, March 12, 2020, file photo. The Associated Press has learned that the NCAA has not tested players for performance-enhancing drugs while they’ve been at March Madness and other recent college championships. Three people familiar with testing protocols tell AP full-scale testing has not resumed since the coronavirus pandemic shut down college sports a year ago.
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Anytime there is a big sporting event, such as the NCAA Basketball Tournament, fans begin showing up to their local sports bars to experience the thrill of the games together.
The No. 2 seed Auburn Tigers are expected to do well in the tournament after defeating No. 15 seed Jacksonville State in the first round.
With only 192 brackets remaining intact after Thursday’s March Madness games, according to the NCAA, the Ledger-Enquirer wants to know where Columbus’ sports fans will be congregating for March Madness.
Vote in this poll for your favorite sports bar in Columbus.
Brittany McGee is the community issues reporter for the Ledger-Enquirer. She is a 2021 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Media and Journalism with a second degree in Economics. She began at the Ledger-Enquirer as a Report for America corps member covering the COVID-19 recovery in Columbus. Brittany also covered business for the Ledger-Enquirer.