Final Four almost complete, Baseball upon us
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Sunday, April 5, 2015
With Opening Night of the MLB upon us, and the first session of the Men’s Basketball Final Four in the rearview mirror, it is time to look ahead to all that the spring and summer has to offer us sports fans. Before we do that, however, let’s take a look back at the sporting world’s top-stories of last week.
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Broadcaster Craig Sager received news his leukemia has returned. Sadly, he will be forced from the sidelines once again.
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WrestleMania 31 earned incredible ratings. Brings me back.
A Michigan State fan offered a ‘boob flash’ for Final Four tickets. Basically 2015 in a nutshell.
Former college star, and Hall of Famer, Chris Mullin agreed to a deal to head back to his alma mater and coach St. Johns in NYC. Mullin was a transcendent player during his time spent at SJU, lifting the Johnnies to heights they had never reached – the Final Four.
The MLB Players Association lashed out at the Chicago Cubs over keeping their prized prospect Kris Byant off the major league roster in order to secure control over his rights for extended time down the road. Ironically the Cubs were able, and forced, to do so due to the language in the most-recent CBA – which the MLBPA agreed to.
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Kyle Krover scored 11 points in just over a minute for the Atlanta Hawks. Quietly, Korver has been one of the top perimeter threats in the NBA over the past 5+ seasons.
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People thought Jameis Winston was looking a bit husky at his pro day. Perhaps too much shellfish?
Jamies and Marcus Mariota will reportedly stay home and decline to attend the NFL Draft. Odd.
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Former Syracuse football player, and NFL standout, Dwight Freeney is currently involved in a legal battle with Bank of America. He is suing BOA for ‘aiding and embedding’ an elaborate fraud scheme that caused Freeney to lose more than 20 million dollars.
Steph Curry absolutely crushed Chris Paul’s ankles. Mercy.
Seahwawks DL Bruce Irvin made a terrible April Fools joke about a DUI. Shockingly, it didn’t go over well.
ESPN’s Sage Steele chose to pull the classic toothpaste in the Oreo April Fools gag. Maybe Bruce would have been better-off taking a similar route.
UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma commented on a conference call that the men’s college game is a joke. Meanwhile, he beat his Elite 8 opponent by over 25 points in the NCAA women’s tourney – but I’m sure, in his mind, thats not a complete travesty.
(TheBigLead.com)
The Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk is a boxer. “ADRIANNNNN!!”
The Mets’ old bullpen car sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. When does the Yankees’ car go up for sale?
The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight will reportedly cost $90 on PPV. I’d rather watch WWE Payback.
Gronk said that after he scores touchdowns, Tom Brady tells him he is “gonna get some b-tches”. Tom is growing on me.
Deion Sanders called-out his son on Twitter after he referred to his doughnuts as ‘hood doughnuts’. Parenting at its highest level.
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Golf Digest has pretty much turned into a soft-core porn magazine. Two words: Target Audience.
Shaka Smart agreed to become Texas’ new head coach. Leaving VCU for one of the top schools in the country was a no-brainer.
Josh Hamilton ridiculously avoided suspension for cocaine use. Plenty were stunned at the decision. The Angels were angry. So was I.
Tiger Woods announced that he will return to play the Masters. The entire golfing world rejoices.
A Jay Cutler-signed football was recently donated to a charity auction. It received no bids.
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Andrew Harrison when asked about Frank Kaminsky – “F____ that N____”. That’ll hurt your draft stock.
Kevin Durant is bored. And like the rest of us when we have nothing to do, he can’t get off of Twitter.
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Sports are crazy, man.
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