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2023 TABLOID COVER DERBY: YEAR NINE

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I just put the number for SAS on my phone. As the time gets nearer, I'll book a flight to attend the award ceremonies.



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Yikes!

I just checked my tickets.

They booked me for Sverdlofsk.

Thank goodness I have time to correct it.

Thanks for the reminders.

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Wasn't there a proverbial shoe-in cover that's a can't miss?



I checked PointsBet, there's no action this year. It's nice that

the home office hasn't sold out to the online gambling advertisers.

I heard late September that FanDuel and DraftKings were pitching

their hearts out to get some sponsorship this year.


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I don't know... I scanned over the batch of covers (214 so far, which is not many; see chart below) and none really jumped out at me.



Two years ago, Newsday's THAT'S ALMORA! was an early favorite that went on to win the title. I'm not seeing anything like that this year.




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[th]Year[/th][th]Daily News[/th][th]New York

Post[/th]		[th]Newsday[/th][th]Total Number

of Covers[/th]
2015135124110369
2016150117114381
2017835867208
20181148481279
201911411193318
2020728349204
20211047092266
20221037795275
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I saw that postcard on eBay last week. $75!



Little rich my for collecting budget.


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PREVIOUSLY, ON THE TABLOID COVER DERBY...



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This year's Tabloid Cover Derby will have 22 first-round polls, down from 26 in 2022 and 24 in 2021.



To get to a field of 16, ten covers will get a bye in the second round while the other twelve will compete in six head-to-head polls to see which ones will advance to the third round.



With thirteen rounds now complete, the field is starting to shape up. Covers are ranked based on the percentage of votes they've received in the first round. Two covers have already clinched that second-round bye (STOP THE MUSIC and FUNDING NIMMO) while three (BREAKING OPEN, HOUSE OF HORRORS, and COOKIE MONSTERS) no longer have a chance at the bye and are already preparing for second-round competition.



The final poll of the first round will be posted on Wednesday of this week. We'll then take a break to wait for all first-round polls to end, with the second round beginning on Monday, December 4.





1. STOP THE MUSIC (Daily News)

2. FUNDING NIMMO (Newsday)

3. PUT-EM IN THE BOOKS (Daily News)

4. WOETOWN (Newsday)

5. THIS MUCH! (Newsday)

6. REDEMPTION (Newsday)

7. THEY DON'T GOT IT (Daily News)

8. THE FRIENDLY "GHOST" (Daily News)

9. REGIFTED! (Daily News)

10. LIKE WE NEVER MET (Daily News)

=#FF8000]11. BREAKING OPEN (Daily News)

12. HOUSE OF HORRORS (Newsday)

13. COOKIE MONSTERS (Daily News)


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Today's poll is the final poll of the first round. We have now seen all of the covers for this year's tournament. There were 222 covers this time around, with 81 from Newsday, 77 from the Daily News, and 64 from the New York Post. This is the first year that Newsday has submitted the most covers; the Post had the most submissions in 2020, but every other year it's been the Daily News.



We'll now wait for the seven polls that are still in progress to close, and then we'll start the second round on December 4.




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[th]Year[/th][th]Daily News[/th][th]New York

Post[/th]		[th]Newsday[/th][th]Total Number

of Covers[/th]
2015135124110369
2016150117114381
2017835867208
20181148481279
201911411193318
2020728349204
20211047092266
20221037795275
2023776481222
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The final poll of the first round has closed, and we are down to 22 remaining contenders. The top ten ranked covers (based on percentage of votes received) will get a bye and will advance directly to the third round. The remaining twelve covers will compete in six head-to-head rounds starting on Monday, December 4.



1 STOP THE MUSIC (Daily News)

2 FUNDING NIMMO (Newsday)

3 PUT-EM IN THE BOOKS (Daily News)

4 WOETOWN (Newsday)

5 EVERYTHING MUST GO SALE (Newsday)

6 THIS MUCH! (Newsday)

7 REDEMPTION (Newsday)

8 FARM AID (Newsday)

9 THEY DON'T GOT IT (Daily News)

10 THE FRIENDLY "GHOST" (Daily News)



11 REGIFTED! (Daily News)

12 FORCE OF JULY (New York Post)

13 BUCK STOPS HERE (Newsday)

14 DIDDLY SQUAT! (Daily News)

15 RE-PETE OFFENSE (Newsday)

16 MEET THE Mess (New York Post)

17 CLUELESS (Newsday)

18 IT COULD BE YOU! (Daily News)

19 LIKE WE NEVER MET (Daily News)

20 BREAKING OPEN (Daily News)

21 HOUSE OF HORRORS (Newsday)

22 COOKIE MONSTERS (Daily News)





December 4: REGIFTED (Daily News) vs COOKIE MONSTERS (Daily News)

December 5: FORCE OF JULY (New York Post) vs HOUSE OF HORRORS (Newsday)

December 6: BUCK STOPS HERE (Newsday) vs BREAKING OPEN (Daily News)

December 11: DIDDLY SQUAT (Daily News) vs LIKE WE NEVER MET (Daily News)

December 12: RE-PETE OFFENSE (Newsday) vs IT COULD BE YOU! (Daily News)

December 13: MEET THE Mess (New York Post) vs CLUELESS (Newsday)







FIRST-ROUND WINS

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[th]Year[/th][th]Daily News[/th][th]New York

Post[/th]		[th]Newsday[/th][th]Total[/th]
20151312732
2016177832
201764616
2018142622
2019152825
202067316
20211211124
2022182626
20231021022
[th]Totals[/th]1113965215
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We've now seen the first three polls of the second round, which will have a total of six. We'll take a break now, and the remaining three polls from this round will be presented next week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.



That will be followed by a holiday break, and third-round voting will begin in January.


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