2023 TABLOID COVER DERBY: YEAR NINE

[Benjamin Grimm]

We've now seen all of the polls for the second round. Voting will wrap up next week and we'll have established our Sweet Sixteen. The Tabloid Cover Derby will take a break for the holidays and third-round voting will begin in early January.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The second round of this year's Tabloid Cover Derby is now "in the books" and our Sweet Sixteen has been established. Newsday currently has the advantage, with nine remaining covers. The Daily News has six and the Post, as in most years, trails the pack. Alexander Hamilton's paper has only one cover still in the running.



We'll now take a holiday hiatus, with third round voting beginning early in January.



Round 3.01 THEY DON'T GOT IT (Daily News) vs FARM AID (Newsday)

Round 3.02 THE FRIENDLY "GHOST" (Daily News) vs REDEMPTION (Newsday)

Round 3.03 COOKIE MONSTERS (Daily News) vs THIS MUCH! (Newsday)

Round 3.04 FORCE OF JULY (New York Post) vs EVERYTHING MUST GO SALE (Newsday)

Round 3.05 BUCK STOPS HERE (Newsday) vs WOETOWN (Newsday)

Round 3.06 DIDDLY SQUAT! (Daily News) vs PUT 'EM IN THE BOOKS! (Daily News)

Round 3.07 RE-PETE OFFENSE (Newsday) vs FUNDING NIMMO (Newsday)

Round 3.08 CLUELESS (Newsday) vs STOP THE MUSIC (Daily News)





SWEET SIXTEEN

[TABLE]

[th]Year[/th]	[th]Daily News[/th]	[th]New York Post[/th]	[th]Newsday[/th]
	2015		5		8		3
	2016		9		2		5
	2017		6		4		6
	2018		10		2		4
	2019		10		1		5
	2020		6		7		3
	2021		6		1		9
	2022		12		1		3
	2023		6		1		9
[th]Totals[/th]		70		27		47

[Centerfield]

I usually don't like those gimmicky covers, but I can see myself getting behind "Everything Must Go" the rest of the way.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Tabloid Cover Derby will resume on Monday! Be there, or be elsewhere!

[Benjamin Grimm]

We're going to take a little break now. The third round will resume for its second half on Monday, January 8.

[bmfc1]

Too many breaks! What is going on at TCD HQ during these breaks? Deep-cleans? Orgies?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, but not in that order.



The breaks are because there's less traffic here on the weekends.

[bmfc1]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yes, but not in that order.

That makes sense.

[whippoorwill]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yes, but not in that order.

Lol

[Benjamin Grimm]

We've now seen all eight polls from the third round. Once these polls close, next week, we'll be down to eight remaining covers. Voting for the fourth round, which will establish our Final Four, will begin the following week, on January 22.



Meanwhile, we have two active polls that are currently deadlocked. Anyone who hasn't voted in on or both of these polls is invited to do so:

• https://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=330072023 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.06 DIDDLY SQUAT! vs PUT 'EM IN THE BOOKS!

• https://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=330142023 Tabloid Cover Derby Round 3.07 RE-PETE OFFENSE vs FUNDING NIMMO

[Benjamin Grimm]

We have now finished the third round of this year's Tabloid Cover Derby. Eight covers remain: Four from Newsday, three from the Daily News, and one from the New York Post. We're evenly split among "good news" covers (FORCE OF JULY, REDEMPTION, RE-PETE OFFENSE and THIS MUCH!) and "bad news" covers: (DIDDLY SQUAT!, STOP THE MUSIC, THEY DON'T GOT IT, and WOETOWN).



Voting for the fourth round, in which we'll establish our Final Four, will begin on Monday, January 22.



Round 4.01 FORCE OF JULY vs WOETOWN

Round 4.02 DIDDLY SQUAT! vs THIS MUCH!

Round 4.03 RE-PETE OFFENSE vs REDEMPTION

Round 4.04 THEY DON'T GOT IT vs STOP THE MUSIC







ELITE EIGHT

[TABLE]

[th]Year[/th]	[th]Daily News[/th]	[th]New York Post[/th]	[th]Newsday[/th]
	2015		4		4		0
	2016		5		1		2
	2017		3		1		4
	2018		4		2		2
	2019		4		0		4
	2020		4		2		2
	2021		3		0		5
	2022		7		0		1
	2023		3		1		4
[th]Totals[/th]		37		11		24

[Benjamin Grimm]

All polls from the fourth round are now open for voting. By this time next week, we will have established our Final Four.



Fifth-round voting, our semi-finals, will commence on Monday, February 5.

[Benjamin Grimm]

We have our Final Four! This is the first year that the Daily News has fewer than two remaining covers at this stage of the competition. The New York Post returns to the Final Four for the first time since 2020. Newsday holds the current advantage, with two covers, but they'll be facing off against each other, guaranteeing that the final battle will be between Newsday and either the News or the Post. Although Newsday has won the last four Derbies, following four straight wins from the News, there has never been a final round that didn't feature at least one Daily News cover. Will that streak end this year? We'll soon find out!



Voting for both polls in our semi-final round will start on Monday, February 5.



Round 5.01 REDEMPTION vs THIS MUCH!

Round 5.02 FORCE OF JULY vs THEY DON'T GOT IT





FINAL FOUR

[TABLE]

[th]Year[/th]	[th]Daily News[/th]	[th]New York Post[/th]	[th]Newsday[/th]
	2015		3		1		0
	2016		2		1		1
	2017		2		1		1
	2018		2		1		1
	2019		2		0		2
	2020		2		1		1
	2021		2		0		2
	2022		3		0		1
	2023		1		1		2
[th]Totals[/th]		19		6		11

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Super Bowl is over, and now America's attention turns to an even more heralded event... the final round of the Tabloid Cover Derby! This year's final battle will, for the sixth consecutive year, be a faceoff between a Daily News cover (THEY DON'T GOT IT) and a cover from Newsday (REDEMPTION). Tabloid Cover Derby I, from 2015, featured two Daily News covers in the final round. TCDs II and III, in 2016 and 2017, ended with the Daily News defeating the New York Post. The Daily News was victorious over Newsday in TCD IV in 2018, but Newsday then topped the News in TCD V, VI, VII, and VII (2019 through 2022).



Enough history lessons! The Big Event is tomorrow! THEY DON'T GOT IT vs REDEMPTION! A trip to Stockholm and tabloid cover immortality is on the line! Don't dare miss it!





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[kcmets]

I think I forgot to vote, I also think those are the two I woulda went with....