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Business magnate Warren Buffetts Berkshire Hathaway has teamed up with Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilberts Quicken Loans to offer a $1 billion cash prize for a perfect March Madness bracket. The prize would be paid out in 40 annual installments of $25 million. "Weve seen a lot of contests offering a million dollars for putting together a good bracket, which got us thinking, what is the perfect bracket worth? We decided a billion dollars seems right for such an impressive feat," said Jay Farner, President and Chief Marketing Officer of Quicken Loans in a statement. "It is our mission to create amazing experiences for our clients. This contest, with the possibility of creating a billionaire, definitely fits that bill." The "Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge" will also pay out $100K to the 20 closest "imperfect" brackets and donate $1 mill. to inner city charities in both Detroit and Cleveland. The annual NCAA March Madness tournament field will be announced on Sunday, March 16. Registration for the contest is open to Americans only. Ben Simmons Jersey . Stiverne stopped Chris Arreola in the sixth round Saturday night, claiming the WBC heavyweight title belt vacated by Vitali Klitschko. Shake Milton Jersey . The (11-11-4) Jets are seventh in the Central Division with 26 points. Fifth place Dallas and sixth-seeded Nashville also have 26 points, but the Stars have three games in hand on Winnipeg while Nashville has two. https://www.cheap76ers.com/596e-markelle...76ers.html . "Im not doing enough to help them," Durant told The Oklahoman on Monday of his 28-9 team. "Im shooting too much. Im shooting too many threes. Im not helping them out at all. Toni Kukoc Jersey . The Sioux Falls Canaries scored two in the seventh and three more in the eighth to come back from a 3-0 deficit and defeat the Winnipeg Goldeyes 5-3 in front of 6,769 at Shaw Park on Sunday afternoon. Clint Richardson Jersey . A spokeswoman for the NLRB says its "a very incremental move" and does not necessarily indicate the board is close to a finding in the case. NFL owners filed an unfair labour charge against the players union in February, arguing that the union was not negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement in good faith.FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - Sebastien Le Toux scored two goals to lead the Philadelphia Union to a 3-1 victory over the New England Revolution on Saturday, giving interim manager Jim Curtin a win in his Major League Soccer head coaching debut. Philadelphia (4-7-6) has scored three goals in four of its last five matches. The Union scored late in the first half. New England defender Jose Goncalves headed the ball back toward goalkeeper Brad Knighhton, but it was intercepted and poked into the back of the net by Le Toux in the 42nd minute for a 1-0 lead.dddddddddddd. Danny Cruz extended Philadelphias lead to 2-0 in the 69th minute with a long-range strike. New England (7-6-2) got on the board in the 73rd minute on Saer Senes goal, just three minutes after he entered. Le Toux capped the scoring by scooting a well-placed roller to the far post in the 78th minute. ' ' '