Baseball: Season is here! Not the best start for some. Angels Rendon altercation with a fan.
Basketball-NBA: Blazers biggest upset in 30 years. Standings. HoF Class.
Basketball-NCAA: Final Four games. One was close and one was not. Final tonight! LSU takes the women’s.
Football – NCAA: KSU Snyder son goes to KU.
Golf: Conners wins Valero for the 2nd time. Brooks first multi-winner on LIV.
Olympic Sports: Pistorius denied parole. Demus upgraded to gold. McIntosh sets 2 WRs.
Soccer: Messi scores 200th international goal.
Coming up this month:
NCAAM National Championship April 3, Masters April 6-9, NBA season ends April 9, Play in games begin April 11 but true playoffs start April 15, NCAA Gymnastics April 13-15, NHL season ends April 13, Stanley Cup Playoffs begin 17, NFL draft April 27-29, XFL Division championship games April 29 & 30
Baseball:
- It was opening week and we only have 3 undefeated teams left and all in the American. The Rays, Twins and Rangers have not lost. On the flip side the Tigers and Phillies have not won. Reigning champs Houston Astros started 2-2.
- Angels 3B Anthony Rendon has been suspend for five games after an altercation with a fan. That altercation was that Rendon grabbed the fan by the shirt when he was exiting the 1B dugout. Allegedly the fan called him a B. This was after the Angels 2-1 loss to Oakland on opening night. Couldn’t tell who took a swipe at the other by the writing. Rendon was also fined but the amount as not been disclosed.
Basketball – NBA:
- The recently eliminated Trail Blazers bounced back from that this week to upset the Timberwolves. That 19.5 point deficit was the largest upset in 30 years. The Blazers were missing 4 of 5 starters and had lost 11 of the last 12 games going into that game last night.
- The Bucks have taken the Atlantic and the Knicks and Raptors (play-in) have also qualified for playoffs in the East. We only added the Kings in the West. The Kings had the longest playoff drought in the NBA since 2005/2006 season.
- Eliminated: (W) Trail Blazers*, Spurs and Rockets / (E) Wizards*, Pacers*, Hornets and Pistons
- We have a new class being entered into the Hall of Fame including San Antonio HC Gregg Popovitch, Dwayne Wade and Dirk Nowitzki.
Basketball-NCAA:
- Final Four and final is set for tonight. It was a tale of two games.
- The first one was not close with #4 UConn leading by 13 at half and they never gave up that lead over #5 Miami. Miami’s top scorer only had 11 points and that pretty much sums up how that game went for the Canes. UConn wins 72-59.
- The 2nd one was very close and had an exciting comeback and literally had a buzzer beater for the W. #9 FAU came out hot in the 1H scoring 40 points but #5 San Diego St surged back in the 2H. All of it came down to the final seconds when SDSt was down by 1 but had the ball in the paint when Lamont Butler threw it up and sinks it as the final buzzer rang.
- The women’s tournament ended last night with the LSU Tiger claiming their first national championship in school history. They beat Iowa even with MVP Caitlin Clark 102-85. Only 2.9% of brackets filled to had LSU winning the whole thing.
Football – NCAA:
- Kansas has hired Sean Snyder to be a special assistant to the HC. You might recognize that last name from the great HC of Kansas ST Bill Snyder (also the stadium is named after him). Snyder has done time at Kansas St (with his dad), Illinois and USC.
Golf:
- Corey Conners wins the Valero Texas Open this weekend in San Antonio and secures the last spot in the masters. Conners led at different points in the weekend but went bogey free in the final round. He also won the Valero in 2019. Although this was his second Valero Texas open title it is also only his second PGA title.
- It has been a while since we have seen Brooks Koepka on top of the leaderboard but he took home the title in Orlando this weekend to become the first 2x winner on LIV. Brooks might be a nice pick for the Masters this week. We all know what Brooks is like on a major week.
Olympic Sports:
- Let’s do some throwback stories…
- Remember Oscar Pistorius, who was the hero of Paralympics by competing in the Olympics on his artificial legs to then murder his gf on Valentines day after she was in the bathroom and he shot her through the door? Well he was denied parole this week 7 years after he was convicted. He is able to apply for another try in Aug 2024. He has been serving a 13 year sentence.
- USA Lashina Demus originally got Silver the London Olympics in the 400h. Demus finished 0.07 seconds behind RUS Natalya Antyukh however Natalya was found to be one of the RUS athletes doping. She now is an Olympic Champion at the age of 40.
- Summer McIntosh has broken 2 WRs in 5 days. It started Tuesday the opening night of the trials in Canada, breaking the 400m Free WR by .36 which was set earlier this year by AUS Ariane Titmus. She then broke the 400m IM record on Saturday by .49 seconds over HUN Katinka Hosszu from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. She also won the 200m Fly (but not in WR time). This meet was to qualify for Worlds in July.
Soccer:
- ARG Lionel Messi became the 3rd player in history to score 100 goals internationally. The only others to reach that feat is Cristiano Ronaldo and IRN Ali Daei. This also added Curacao to the list of nations he has scored against and he managed a hattrick in the game.
What to watch this week
Baseball – MLB:
- Tues 4/4
- Phillies at Yankees @ 6:05pm on TBS
- Strahm vs German
- Phillies at Yankees @ 6:05pm on TBS
- Sat 4/8
- Rangers at Cubs @ 3:05pm on FS1
- Perez vs Taillon
- Rangers at Cubs @ 3:05pm on FS1
- Sun 4/9
- Padres at Braves @ 6pm on ESPN
Baseball/Softball – NCAA:
- Mon 4/3
- Baseball: Alabama vs 6. Arkansas @ 11am on SEC
- Softball: Texas Tech vs 9. Texas @ 6pm on LGHN
- Softball: 16. Kentucky at 10. Georgia @ 6pm on SEC
- Baseball: 14. Texas Tech vs Texas @ 8pm on LGHN
- Tues 4/4
- Baseball: 11. Louisville vs NC St @ 11am on ACC
- Softball: 16. Kentucky at 10. Georgia @ 12pm on SEC
- Baseball: NC St vs 8. East Carolina @ 4:30pm on ESPNU
- Softball: Longwood vs 16. VTech @ 5pm on ACC
- Wed 4/5
- Baseball: Florida St vs 23. Miami @ 11:30am on ACC
- Baseball: 14. Texas Tech vs Texas @ 2pm on LGHN
- Softball: Furman vs 4. Clemson @ 6pm on ACC
- Thurs 4/6
- Baseball: Air Force vs 21. Texas @ 12:30pm on LGHN
- Softball: 6. Florida St vs 4. Clemson @ 5pm on ACC
- Softball: Mizzou vs 10. LSU @ 5pm on SEC
- Baseball: Kansas St vs 21. Texas @ 6:30pm on LGHN
- Baseball: 3. Florida vs 10. Tennessee @ 7pm on ESPNU
- Fri 4/7
- Baseball: Air Force vs 21. Texas @ 1:30pm on LGHN
- Baseball: 3. Florida vs 10. Tennessee @ 6pm on SEC
- Softball: 6. Florida St vs 4. Clemson @ 6pm on ESPN2
- Baseball: Kansas St vs 21. Texas @ 6:30pm on LGHN
- Baseball: 17. Oklahoma St vs TCU @ 8pm on ESPNU
- Sat 4/8
- Baseball: 1. LSU vs 9. South Carolina @ 11am on SEC
- Baseball: Kansas St vs 21. Texas @ 12pm on LGHN
- Baseball: 3. Florida vs 10. Tennessee @ 1pm on ESPN2
- Baseball: 6. Arkansas vs Ole Miss @ 2pm on SEC
- Baseball: NC St vs 2. Wake Forest @ 3pm on ACC
- Softball: 17. Georgia vs 12. Arkansas @ 5pm on SEC
- Softball: Mississippi St vs 21. Texas A&M @ 7pm on SEC
- Baseball: Kansas St vs 21. Texas @ 7:30pm on LGHN
- Baseball: 17. OSU vs TCU @ 8pm on ESPNU
- Sun 4/9
- Baseball: 18. Kentucky vs Georgia @ 11am on SEC
- Softball: Mississippi St vs 21. Texas A&M @ 2pm on SEC
- Baseball: Kansas vs 24. West Virginia @ 2pm on ESPNU
- Softball: 14. Kentucky vs Ole Miss @ 3pm on ESPN2
Basketball – NBA:
- Tues 4/4
- Celtics at 76ers @ 7pm on TNT
- Wed 4/5
- Bulls at Bucks @ 6:30pm on ESPN
- Lakers at Clippers @ 9pm on ESPN
- Thurs 4/6
- Heat at 76ers @ 6:30pm on TNT
- Nuggets at Suns @ 9pm on TNT
Basketball – NCAA:
- Mon 4/3
- National Championship: #5 San Diego St vs #4UConn @ 8:20pm on CBS
Football – XFL:
- Sat 4/8
- Vipers at Battlehawks @ 12pm on ESPN
- Renegades at Guardians @ 3pm on ESPN
- Sun 4/9
- Roughnecks at Brahmas @ 2pm on ABC
- Defenders at Sea Dragons @ 6pm on ESPN2
Golf:
- Wed 4/5
- The Masters – Par 3 Contest @ 2pm on ESPN
- Thurs 4/6
- The Masters – Round 1 @ 2pm on ESPN
- highlights @ 10:35pm on CBS
- The Masters – Round 1 @ 2pm on ESPN
- Fri 4/7
- The Masters – Round 2 @ 2pm on ESPN
- highlights @ 10:35pm on CBS
- The Masters – Round 2 @ 2pm on ESPN
- Sat 4/8
- The Masters– Round 3 @ 2pm on CBS
- Sun 4/9
- The Masters – Final Round @ 1pm on CBS
Hockey:
- Tues 4/4
- Golden Knights at Predators @ 7pm on ESPN
- Oilers at Kings @ 9:30pm on ESPN
- Wed 4/5
- Lightning at Rangers @ 6:30pm on TNT
- Oilers at Ducks @ 9pm on TNT
- Thurs 4/6
- Hurricanes at Predators @ 7pm on hulu
- Coyotes at Kraken @ 9:30pm on hulu
- Sat 4/8
- Penguins at Red Wings @ 12pm on ABC
- Golden Knights at Stars @ 2:30pm on ABC
- Devils at Bruins @ 7pm on ABC
- Sun 4/9
- Bruins at Flyers @ 5pm on TNT
- Avalanche at Ducks @ 7:30pm on TNT
Olympic Sports:
- Tues 4/4
- Figure Skating – Worlds Recap @ 11am on USA
- Sun 4/9
- Figure Skating – Worlds @ 2pm on NBC
Soccer:
- Mon 4/3
- Premier League: Everton vs Tottenham @ 2pm on USA
- Tues 4/4
- Premier League: LeedsU vs Nottingham Forest @ 1:45pm on USA
- CONCACAF: Phili Union vs Atlas @ 7pm on FS1
- CONCACAF: Leon vs Violette @ 9pm on FS1
- Wed 4/5
- Premier League: West Ham vs NewcastleU @ 2pm on USA
- CONCACAF: Motagua vs Tigres UANL @ 7pm on FS1
- CONCACAF: Vancouver Whitecaps vs LAFC @ 9pm on FS1
- Sat 4/8
- Premier League: ManU vs Everton @ 6:30am on USA
- Premier League: Wolves vs Chelsea @ 9am on USA
- Premier League: Teams TBA @ 11:30am on NBC
- Sun 4/9
- Premier League: LeedsU vs Crystal Palace @ 8am on USA
- La Liga: Santos Laguna vs Pachuca @ 7pm on FS1
- La Liga: Juarez vs Atlas @ 9pm on FS1
