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What It Was Like Photographing March Madness During COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot about the national sports scene, and the 2021 NCAA Tournament -- AKA March Madness -- was no exception. According to the NCAA basketball's official photographer Jamie Schwaberow, the experience was filled with firsts both on and off the court.

Photographer Rich Clarkson Has Covered the Final Four for 60 Straight Years

The two "Final Four" basketball games of the 2015 men's NCAA basketball tournament were held yesterday. One of the photographers sitting on the sideline was 82-year-old Rich Clarkson, a man who has been photographing the tournament for 60 straight years. The video above is a 5-minute segment CBS recently aired that looks into Clarkson's life and work as he "hangs up his camera" after this year's tournament.

Photographing March Madness 2015: Kentucky Beats Notre Dame

I was in Cleveland photographing the Sweet 16 and the Elite 8 March Madness Rounds for USA Today. This was my 3rd basketball game I covered all season. I am not much of a fan of shooting basketball, but when it’s crunch time and the game is on the line, I love the hustle and determination players put in to try to win the game and move onto the next round.

Underwater Volcano Photo Wins NASA’s March Madness-style Photo Tourney

March Madness 2013 came to a thrilling end yesterday with Louisville beating Michigan in the college men's basketball national championship game. Another (less publicized) tournament selected a winner as well: NASA's first ever photo tournament. No, it wasn't a contest in which photographers submit their best image. Instead, Earth 2013 was a tourney that pitted 32 of NASA's photos of Earth against each other in a March Madness-style tourney.