This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Baseball’s quasi-Opening Day is happening right now. How many times have you filled out your brackets already?

Madness is here, and our printable bracket will help you keep track of all the action. Here is a .pdf bracket for the men's NCAA Tournament.

The madness of March is finally here, as the NCAA Tournament gets rolling on Tuesday with the First Four. Meaning, of course, the time to fill out those brackets is running down. Trying to pick that perfect bracket can be one of the more stressful items of business when it comes to the NCAA Tournament,