Baseball – MLB: 5 players ejected after Reds/Pirates game.
Basketball – College: NCAA Championship tonight: Texas Tech vs UVA @ 8pm on CBS
Basketball – NBA: Korver’s privilege. Rockets new 3 point record.
Football – College: Former Auburn coach running for Alabama senate
Football – NFL: Rugby fans watch the Bills.
Golf: Conners wins 1st PGA Tour event at Valero. Masters this week!
Olympic Sports: Red Wings coach to coach the USA World team. Cheserk tied IAAF 5k road race record. Caroline Marks won WSL.
Baseball – MLB:
- 5 players were ejected in the Pirates/Reds game after an altercation in the 4th Red’s RF Yasiel Puig, RPitcher Amir Garrett and Manager David Bell, as well as Pirates RPitchers Keone Kela and Felipe Vazquez were all ejected. The incident started after Pirates P Chris Archer threw a fastball behind 1B Dietrich’s back. Warnings were issued to both teams. Manager Bell said that Archer should’ve been ejected. For the whole scuffle click here.
- Cubs ace Jon Lester injured his hamstring in home opener after just 2 batters. The injury is believed to have happened when he slid into 2nd base in the 2nd
- Adam Ottavino who has recently added to the Yankees and was infamously known for saying “I would strike Babe Ruth out every time,” stars in a new commercial. The commercial features Ottavino pitching to Ruth, who definitely gets the best of the Yankee newcomer. Ottavino had a blast filming the commercial and got to laugh at his comment a little. He signed a 3 year contract for $27MM.
Basketball – College:
- Texas Tech beat Michigan St to advance to the final after playing in their first Final Four.
- UVA held off the Auburn Tigers to win by 1 point 62-62.
- UVA plays Texas Tech tonight at 8:20pm on CBS
- Last night the Baylor women beat Notre Dame 82-81 to win their 3rd national championship. Congrats ladies.
Basketball – NBA:
- Utah Jazz G Kyle Korver wrote a first person piece about racism and playing in the NBA as a white guy and racism in America. A lot of this (but not all) was prompted by the altercation between a Jazz fan and Russell Westbrook. Many players around the league have been praising Korver for his piece.
- The Rockets broke their own NBA record by scoring 27 3-pointers in their game against the Suns on Sunday to win 149-113. Harden scored 30 points in the 3 quarters that he played.
- Warriors will be the #1 seed from the West in the playoffs with their big win over the Clippers 131-104.
- Nets make first playoffs since 2014-15 season. The Magic make their first playoffs since 2012.
Football – College:
- Former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville is running for Alabama Senate 2020 as a republican to win back the seat for Republicans from Democrat Doug Jones. He will be up against congressman Bradley Byrne. The primary will be held in March 3rd, 2020. Tuberville spent 21 seasons as a head coach for Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati.
- #38 in the ESPN Junior 300, WR Jordan Johnson, has agreed to go to Notre Dame.
- Sooner LB Caleb Kelly suffered a lower body injury and will have surgery. TBD on how long he will be out
- Texas LB De’Gabriel Floyd will miss the 2019 season due to stenosis which is a narrowing of the spinal column.
Football – NFL:
- Rugby fans are about to become Buffalo Bills fans after England rugby union player Christian Wade signed to play in the NFL on Monday. He quit English Premiership Wasps in October and had been training for the NFL since then.
- Cardinals have resigned DT Rodney Gunter for another year.
Golf:
- Corey Conners won the Valero Texas Open and punched his ticket to play in the Masters this coming up weekend. Conners qualified for the Valero during Monday’s qualifier, the first player to do this in 9 years. Si Woo Kim led the first 3 days of the tournament but only shot par on the final day.
- The Masters will be played Thursday – Sunday and is the first of the 4 majors (one in each of the next 4 months). Have your calcuttas ready! The whole office will be talking golf at the end of this week and early next.
- Jin Young Ko won the ANA Inspiration which was her first major win. A win here is always celebrated by a jump into Poppie’s Pond. Ko has won 4xs on the LPGA Tour and leads the money list for this year so far.
Olympic Sports:
- Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill will lead the US men’s hockey team at worlds next month in Slovakia. This will be the 3rd straight year that Blashill will coach the world team; last time the USA got 3rd.
- Florida’s Caroline Marks won her first World Surfing League title at the age of 17. Marks beat the 2nd place finisher by only 2.16 points. The top 10 ranked men and 8 ranked women from the WSL qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where surfing will debut as an Olympic sport. We have not seen the last of this girl.
- Kenya’s Edward Cheserk tied the IAAF World record in the 5k road race of 13 min 29 seconds. In case you don’t want to do the math, that’s an average of 4:21/mile. Cheserk’s gf Sharon Lokedi won the women’s 5k in 15:48 right before Cheserk ran. That’s a fast couple.
- Michigan Supreme court rejects Larry Nassar’s appeal… I won’t dignify him with any more info. The appeal was not deserved. Good job Michigan court!
What to watch this week:
Baseball – MLB:
- Mon 4/8
- Yankees at Astros @ 6pm on ESPN
- Tanaka vs Verlander
- Yankees at Astros @ 6pm on ESPN
- Tues 4/9
- Blue Jays at Red Sox @ 1pm on ESPN
- Shoemaker vs Sale
- Yankees at Astros @ 7pm on ESPN
- Loaisiga vs Cole
- Blue Jays at Red Sox @ 1pm on ESPN
- Sat 4/13
- Rockies at Giants @ 3:05pm on FS1
- Freeland vs Bumgarner
- Mets at Braves @ 6:20pm on FS1
- Rockies at Giants @ 3:05pm on FS1
- Sun 4/14
- Cardinals vs Reds @ 3:10pm on ESPN
- Mikolas vs DeSclafani
- Mets at Braves @ 6pm on ESPN
- Cardinals vs Reds @ 3:10pm on ESPN
Baseball – College / Softball:
- Mon 4/8
- Softball – 3. Florida St vs Louisville @ 6pm on ESPNU
- Baseball – Colorado vs UCLA @ 8:30pm on ESPNU
- Baseball – 22. Arizona vs 17. USC @ 11:30pm on ESPNU
- Thurs 4/11 – Baseball – South Carolina @ 6:30pm on ESPNU
- Fri 4/12 – Softball – Michigan vs Ohio St 5pm on ESPNU
- Sat 4/13 – Baseball – 10. Arkansas vs 7. Vanderbilt @ 8pm on ESPNU
- Sun 4/14
- Baseball – 16. Clemson vs Florida St @ 12pm on ESPN2
- Softball – South Carolina vs Auburn @ 1pm on ESPNU
- Softball – Oregon vs UCLA @ 3pm on ESPN2
- Baseball – Oklahoma vs 24. Baylor @ 3pm on ESPNU
- Softball – Cal St Fullerton vs Long Beach St @ 6pm on ESPNU
Basketball – College:
- Mon 4/8 – Men’s NCAA Championship Texas Tech vs UVA @ 8:20pm on CBS
Basketball – NBA:
- Tues 4/9
- Celtics at Wizards @ 6pm on TNT
- Rockets at Thunder @ 8:30pm on TNT
- Wed 4/10
- Magic at Hornets @ 7pm on ESPN
- Timberwolves at Nuggets @ 9:30pm on ESPN
- Sat 4/13
- 1st Round Game 1 @ 11:30am on ESPN
Football – College:
- Fri 4/12 – Notre Dame Spring Game @ 12:30pm on NBCSN
- Sat 4/13
- Alabama Spring Game @ 1pm on ESPN2
- Mississippi St Spring Game @ 1pm on ESPNU
- Missouri Spring Game @ 3pm on ESPNU
Golf:
- Wed 4/10 – Masters Par 3 Contest @ 2pm on ESPN
- Thurs 4/11 – The Masters – Round 1
- 6:45am – 6:45pm on Masters
- 2pm – 6:30pm on ESPN
- Fri 4/12 – The Masters – Round 2
- 7:30am – 6:30pm on Masters
- 2pm – 6:30PM on ESPN
- Sat 4/13 – The Masters– Round 3
- 9:15am – 6pm on Masters
- 2pm – 6:30pm on CBS
- Sun 4/14 – The Masters – Round 4
- 9:45am – 6pm on Masters
- 1pm – 6pm on CBS
Hockey:
- Tues 4/9
- Penguins at Islanders @ 7:30pm on NBCSN
- Golden Knights at Sharks @ 10:30pm on NBCSN
- Wed 4/10
- Maple Leafs at Bruins @ 7pm on NBCSN
- Avalanche at Flames @ 10pm on NBCSN
- Thurs 4/11
- Penguins at Islanders @ 7:30pm on NBCSN
- Golden Knights at Sharks @ 10:30pm on NBCSN
- Fri 4/12 – Avalanche at Flames @ 10:30pm on NBCSN
- Sat 4/13
- NCAA Championship @ 7pm on ESPN2
- Lightening at Blue Jackets @ 7pm on NBCSN
- Sharks at Golden Knights @ 10pm on NBCSN
- Sun 4/14
- Bruins at Maple Leafs @ 7pm on NBCSN
- Predators at Stars @ 9:30pm on NBCSN
Olympic Sports:
- Mon 4/8 – Swimming and Diving: 2019 NCAA Championships @ 8pm on ESPN2
- Tues 4/9 – Equestrian: Rolex Grand Prix @ 6pm on ESPN2
- Wed 4/10 – Cycling: Tour of Catalonia Stage 1 @ 12pm on NBCSN
- Thurs 4/11 – Climbing: USA Combined Invitational Championships @ 10pm on ESPNU
- Fri 4/12 – Swimming: TYR Pro Swim Series Day 2 @ 1am on NBCSN
- Sat 4/13
- Swimming: TYR Pro Swim Series Day 3 @ 1am on NBCSN
- Cycling: Paris – Roubaix @ 2pm on NBCSN
- Sun 4/14 – Marathon: Boston Marathon @ 8:30am on NBCSN
Soccer:
- Mon 4/8 – Chelsea vs West Ham United @ 2:55pm on NBCSN
- Wed 4/10 – Memphis 9-1 vs Atlanta United @ 7pm on ESPNNEWS
- Thurs 4/11 – Leicester City vs Newcastle @ 2:55pm on NBCSN
- Fri 4/12
- Tottenham Hotspur vs Hudderfield Town @ 7:25am on NBCSN
- Burnley vs Cardiff City @ 9:55am on NBCSN
- Sat 4/13
- Crystal Palace vs Manchester City @ 9am on NBCSN
- Italian Serie A: AS Roma vs Udinese @ 11am on ESPNNEWS
- Liverpool vs Chelsea @ 11:25am on NBCSN
- Minnesota United vs NYC FC @ 4pm on ESPN2
- FC Juarez vs Cafetaleros de Tapachula @ 6pm on ESPN3
- Sun 4/14 – Watford vs Arsenal @ 2:55pm on NBCSN
