And now we'd like to turn your attention to a new, wicked-ass feat in the world of sports television science: golf's answer to the Skycam, but 1,736 times cooler. Meet the the HoverFly Erista.

Essentially, we're talking about a remote-controlled helicopter -- officially called a quadcoptor -- that will purportedly allow viewers at home to get a birds-eye view of a golfer while he takes a shot. Straight out of a futuristic film like Blade Runner, it's the kind of thing that would scare the living hell out of you while walking down the street, but will likely become commonplace at PGA Tour events before you know it. 

Now, watch the video below from Callaway and Odyssey social media maven Chad Coleman and you begin to realize that there might be one tiny problem with the current version of the device: It's freakin' loud. Do you really think Tiger Woods would be cool with something like this lingering above his head during his backswing?

AA is launching a roundtable discussion each week on one of the most significant topics we've covered throughout the previous seven days.  Our collection of sports media gurus will take part in a free flowing, often times snarky, often times sardonic e-mail thread and we'll publish the results for you.  Read the entire roundtable after the jump.  This week's topic: is this the best sports day of the year?

Question: It's roundtable time once again!  With the real first round of the NCAA Tournament taking place, it's often referred to as the best two days of the sporting calendar.  You're are all pretty big sports fans (which is why I assume you're here), so is this an assessment you agree with?  Are Thursday and Friday of the first round the best days of the sports year, or would you rather choose something else?  (Super Bowl, New Year's Day, Opening Day, etc.)

Andrew Bucholtz: I always enjoy the NCAA tournament, but for me, the last weekend in October (or whatever weekend happens to coincide with the World Series) marks the best days on the sporting calendar. World Series baseball, regular-season NFL, NCAA and CFL action, regular-season soccer (MLS and international leagues), regular-season NHL (when there isn't a lockout!) and late pre-season or early regular-season NBA represents a pretty compelling slate. For a sports omnivore like me, that trumps any single event, and it makes for an excellent weekend spent in front of the TV.

All Times Eastern

College Basketball
Men's
NCAA Tournament, 2nd Round
East Region
Dayton, OH
Temple vs. North Carolina State -- TBS, 1:40 p.m.
Indiana vs. James Madison -- TBS, 4:10 p.m.

Austin, TX
Pacific vs. Miami (FL) -- TNT, 2:10 p.m.
Illinois vs. Colorado -- TNT, 4:40 p.m.

Midwest Region
Philadelphia, PA
Albany vs. Duke -- CBS, 12:10 p.m.
Cincinnati vs. Creighton -- CBS, 2:40 p.m.

South Region
Philadelphia, PA
Georgetown vs. Florida Gulf Coast -- TBS, 6:50 p.m.
Oklahoma vs. San Diego State -- TBS, 9:20 p.m.

Kansas City, MO
North Carolina vs. Villanova -- TNT, 7:20 p.m.
Western Kentucky vs. Kansas -- TNT, 9:50 p.m.

Austin, TX
Northwestern State vs. Florida -- truTV, 7:27 p.m.
UCLA vs. Minnesota -- truTV, 9:57 p.m.

West Region
Kansas City, MO
Mississippi vs. Wisconsin -- truTV, 12:40 p.m.
Kansas State vs. LaSalle -- truTV, 3:10 p.m.

Dayton, OH
Iona vs. Ohio State -- CBS, 7:15 p.m.
Iowa State vs. Notre Dame -- CBS, 9:45 p.m.

NCAA Tip-Off -- truTV, 11 a.m.
Tournament Countdown : ESPNU College Basketball Whiparound -- ESPNU, 2 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 -- CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
College GameDay -- ESPN, 4 p.m.
NCAA Press Conferences -- truTV, 6:30 p.m.
NCAA Tip-Off -- truTV, 7 p.m.
Inside March Madness -- truTV, 12:30 a.m. (Saturday)
NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown -- CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)
College GameDay Scoreboard -- ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

National Invitation Tournament
2nd Round
Arizona State at Baylor -- ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Stony Brook at Iowa -- ESPNU, 9:30 p.m.

College Hockey
ECAC Championship, Atlantic City, NJ
Semifinals
Brown vs. Quinnipiac -- Fox College Sports Atlantic, 4 p.m.
Union vs. Yale -- Fox College Sports Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.

Hockey East Championship, Boston, MA
Semifinals
UMass-Lowell vs. Providence -- NBC Sports Network, 5 p.m.
Boston College vs. Boston University -- NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.

College Lacrosse
Yale at Princeton -- ESPNU, 5 p.m.

College Wrestling
NCAA Division I Championship, Des Moines, IA
Quarterfinals -- ESPNU, 11 a.m.
Semifinals -- ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Golf
Champions Tour
Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic, Biloxi, MS
First Round -- Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

European PGA Tour
Malaysian Open, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
Second Round -- Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

LPGA Tour
Kia Classic, Carlsbad, CA
Second Round -- Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

PGA Tour
Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, FL
Second Round -- Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

19th Hole -- Golf Channel, midnight

MLB Spring Training
Detroit vs. Washington -- MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee -- WGN America, 4 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Anaheim Angels -- MLB Network, 4 p.m.
Atlanta vs. Philadelphia -- MLB Network, 9 p.m. (same day coverage)
Chicago White Sox vs. Oakland -- MLB Network, midnight (same night coverage)

Baseball Tonight -- ESPN2, 3:30 p.m.
MLB Tonight -- MLB Network, 8 p.m.

NASCAR
Nationwide Series, Fontana, CA
Final Practice -- Speed, 4:30 p.m.

Sprint Cup Series, Fontana, CA
Practice -- Speed, 2:30 p.m.
Qualifying -- Speed, 7 p.m.

NBA
Detroit at Miami -- NBA TV, 7:30 p.m.

NBA GameTime -- NBA TV, 10:30 p.m.

NFL
Path to the Draft -- NFL Network, 6 p.m.
NFL Live -- ESPN2, 7 p.m.

NHL
Pittsburgh at New York Islanders -- NHL Network, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Anaheim -- NHL Network, 10 p.m.

NHL Live -- NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Overtime -- NBC Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.
NHL Tonight -- NHL Network, 1 a.m. (Saturday)

Soccer
2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Barranquilla, Colombia
Colombia vs. Bolivia -- beIN Sport, 3:55 p.m.

Gijon, Spain
Spain vs. Finland -- ESPN2, 3:55 p.m.

Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguay vs. Paraguay -- beIN Sport, 5:55 p.m.

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina vs. Venezuela -- beIN Sport, 7:55 p.m.

Commerce City, CO
United States vs. Costa Rica -- ESPN, 9:45 p.m.

Lima, Peru
Peru vs. Chile -- beIN Sport, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM -- NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The 'Lights -- NBC Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive -- Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show -- Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show -- CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.
The Box Score -- Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, noon
SVP & Russillo -- ESPNews, 2:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines -- ESPN2, 3 p.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show -- NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.
SportsNation -- ESPN2, 6 p.m.
The Artie Lange Show -- Audience Network (DirecTV), 10 p.m.

Tennis
ATP/WTA Tour
Sony Open, Miami, FL
Second Round -- Tennis Channel, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

This awkward exchange between Greg Gumbel and Ernie Johnson is what CBS and Turner's NCAA Tournament partnership is all about.  Two media behemoths coming together as one.  The network guy goes in for the pleasant corporate handshake.  The cable guy comes flying in with his "hip" fist bump.  Ultimatel, it's the fist bump that prevails.  

Gumbel should have gone for more of a power play, giving in to EJ's fist bump is just handing him "lead studio anchor" status for the tournament's early days.  You can't give in that easy Greg!

(via GIFULMINATION)

UFC head honcho Dana White recently revealed that WWE head honcho Vince McMahon actually wanted to bring the two companies together for a megafight of epic proportions.  No, not CM Punk vs Georges St. Pierre or The Undertaker vs Cain Velasquez.  No, a fight between... McMahon and White.

Thankfully, the McMahon-White showdown doesn't look like it's going to happen in the squared circle or the squared, err, octagon.  However, that didn't stop UFC on Fuel from having some fun at the expense of McMahon's proposed challenge.  Particularly, UFC star Chael Sonnen, who rips McMahon after this tale of the tape (beware Vinny Mac's power strut!).  My favorite line from Sonnen - "Kamala the Ugandan Giant will win an Olympic gold medal in pole vault before you step into the boss' wheelhouse."

While it's easy to dismiss McMahon challenging White, don't underestimate him.  Anyone who can win the Royal Rumble, the WWE Championship, and defeat The Undertaker in a Buried Alive match should be taken seriously.

(H/T With Leather)

Wonder why Rick Reilly looks so happy?  After leaving SI for ESPN in 2007 and then signing a huge contract with ESPN worth about $3 million dollars a year, Reilly has been a bust of Akili Smith like proportions.  Or Tim Couch.  Or JaMarcus Russell.... or insert whatever infamous bust you choose.  His most memorable moments have been bizarre columns in which he's duped by satire, goofy TV segments, and of course his epic Twitter reporting skillz.

Under no metric can Rick Reilly's ESPN tenure be viewed as a success.  That's not to say Reilly can't still deliver a good column or a funny joke on Twitter every now and then.  That's not to say he's not talented and doesn't deserve some of the awards he's won in his career as SI's back page columnist.  But he hasn't come close to justifying his massive contract as his form has slipped and ESPN has struggled to find the right spot for him.

So what's ESPN going to do?

Re-sign Rick Reilly of course, according to Richard Deitsch of SI...

Kings center DeMarcus Cousins is now taking his infamous volatility to the team's broadcasters.  After Tuesday night's home victory over the Clippers, Cousins ran over to the announce table and appeared to say something to Kings play by play man Grant Napear, pounding his fist on the desk. (Via Sactown Royalty)

ESPN doesn't have rights to the NCAA Tournament, bu tthey are getting creative when it comes to finding ways around covering events they don't have television rights to.  First it was syndicating Spanish language ESPN Deportes on ESPN for the World Baseball Classic.  Now, for the NCAA Tournament, ESPN is offering a new way to take in March Madness... well, at least Grantland is...

Brian Kenny will be making his return to radio as part of NBC Sports Radio's all day sports talk format, launching on April 1st the network will announce. The Brian Kenny Show will run from 9 AM to noon from Monday through Friday, and be preceded by The Erik Kuselias Show from 6 to 9 AM. Kenny's show will serve as the lead-in to Voices of the Game with Newy Scruggs, featuring Chipper Jones as a regular guest host among others.

All Tmes Eastern

College Basketball
Men's
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
East Region
Lexington, KY
Bucknell vs. Butler -- truTV, 12:30 p.m.
Marquette vs. Davidson -- truTV, 3 p.m.

San Jose, CA
Cal vs. UNLV -- truTV, 7:15 p.m.
Montana vs. Syracuse - tru TV, 9:45 p.m.

Midwest Region
Auburn Hills, MI
Valparaiso vs. Michigan State -- CBS, noon
St. Mary's vs. Memphis -- CBS, 2:30 p.m.

San Jose, CA
New Mexico vs. Saint Louis -- TNT, 2 p.m.
Oregon vs. Oklahoma State -- TNT, 4:30 p.m.

Lexington, KY
Louisville vs. North Carolina A&T -- TBS, 6:45 p.m.
Missouri vs. Colorado State -- TBS, 9:15 p.m.

South Region
Auburn Hills, MI
Michigan vs. South Dakota State -- CBS, 7:10 p.m.
Akron vs. Virginia Commonwealth -- CBS, 9:40 p.m.

West Region
Salt Lake City, UT
Wichita State vs. Pittsburgh -- TBS, 1:30 p.m.
Southern vs. Gonzaga -- TBS, 4 p.m.
Belmont vs. Arizona -- TNT, 7:15 p.m.
New Mexico vs. Harvard -- TNT, 9:45 p.m.

NCAA Tip-Off -- truTV, 11 a.m.
Tournament Countdown: ESPNU College Basketball Whiparound -- ESPNU, 1 p.m.
NCAA March Madness 360 -- CBS Sports Network, 2:30 p.m.
College GameDay -- ESPN, 4 p.m.
NCAA Press Conferences -- truTV, 6:30 p.m.
NCAA Tip-Off -- truTV, 7 p.m.
Inside March Madness -- truTV, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)
NCAA March Madness Bracket Breakdown -- CBS Sports Network, 1 a.m. (Friday)
College GameDay Scoreboard -- ESPN2, 1 a.m. (Friday)

National Invitation Tournament
Second Round
Denver at Maryland -- ESPNU, 7 p.m.

Cycling
Volta a Catalunya, Stage 4 -- Universal Sports, 8 p.m. (same day coverage)

Golf
European PGA Tour
Malaysian Open, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
First Round -- Golf Channel, 9 a.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour
Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, FL
First Round -- Golf Channel, 3 p.m.

LPGA Tour
Kia Classic, Carlsbad, CA
First Round -- Golf Channel, 6:30 p.m.

19th Hole -- Golf Channel, midnight

Mixed Martial Arts
Bellator MMA Live: Marcin Held vs. Dave Jansen; Ryan Martinez vs. Travis Wiuff; Waachiim Spiritwolf vs. Marcus Davis -- Spike, 10 p.m.

MLB Spring Training
St. Louis vs. New York Mets -- MLB Network, 1 p.m.
Washington vs. Atlanta -- MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Anaheim Angels vs. Texas -- MLB Network/KTXA, 9 p.m.

Baseball Tonight: Preview Show -- ESPN2, 10 p.m.
MLB Tonight -- MLB Network, midnight

NBA
NBA GameTime -- NBA TV, 11 p.m.

NFL
NFL LIve -- ESPN, 4 p.m.
Path to the Draft -- NFL Network, 6 p.m.

NHL
New Jersey at Carolina -- NHL Network, 7 p.m.

NHL Live -- NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight -- NHL Network, 10 p.m.
NHL Overtime -- NBC Sports Network, 11:30 p.m.

Soccer
International Friendly
Brazil vs. Italy -- beIN Sport, 3:25 p.m.
Ecuador vs. El Salvador -- beIN Sport, 5:25 p.m.

U-21
England vs. Romania -- Fox Soccer, 2:55 p.m.

Sports Talk
NFL AM -- NFL Network, 6 a.m.
The 'Lights -- NBC Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive -- Golf Channel, 7 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show -- Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, 9 a.m.
Tim Brando Show -- CBS Sports Network, 9 a.m.
The Box Score -- Audience Network (DirecTV)/NBC Sports Network, noon
SVP & Russillo -- ESPNews, 2:30 p.m.
Outside the Lines -- ESPN, 3 p.m.
The Best of the Dan Patrick Show -- NBC Sports Network, 4 p.m.
The Crossover -- NBC Sports Network, 6 p.m.
SportsNation -- ESPN2, 6 p.m.
SportsNation: 50 Craziest College Basketball Plays -- ESPNU, 6:30 p.m.
UNITE -- ESPNU, midnight