We already have upsets, plus MLB’s questionable gambling push

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Good morning! There’s a first time for everything. Coming up: 

🏀 Major upsets already
⛹️‍♀️ Can anyone beat UConn?
🎰 MLB pulls Polymarket lever

I woke up yesterday slightly worried. Spending an entire week crowing about the coming greatness of the NCAA Tournament left me exposed a bit, if the first day of men’s tourney action was a dud. There goes Branch writing some meaningless fluff. 
Instead, the sport — nay, the basketball…