Baseball – MLB: AJ Hinch suspended
Basketball – College: March Madness is here!
Basketball – NBA: Westbrook suspended. Thunder get a patch. LeBron’s worst quarter.
Football – College: Clemson picks up lineman. Urban joins Fox.
Football – NFL: Baker and Beckham Jr. Manziel is back…..
Golf: Rory wins PLAYERS.
Olympic Sports: Shiffrin makes major mula. Simone Biles returns. FIBA first round
Baseball – MLB:
- The MLB suspended AJ Hinch for 1 spring training game after the manager for the Astros was ejected for calling an ump ‘unprofessional and arrogant.’ The MLB also stuck Hinch with a fine that was undisclosed.
Basketball – College:
- March Madness is on. So get your brackets in! Tournament starts tomorrow with the wild card games of Belmont vs Temple and F. Dickinson vs Prairie View.
- The #1 seeds were: Duke, UVA, Gonzaga and UNC – no surprises there but as every other year, there are guaranteed to be some.
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Basketball – NBA:
- Russell Westbrook was suspended after his 16th technical foul this season during the Thunder’s loss to the Warriors 110-88. For every additional 2 technicals, he will be suspended another game.
- The OKC Thunder have reached a patch deal with Loves for 4 yrs. This completes the patch sponsorship for all NBA teams.
- LeBron had his worst quarter ever in his NBA career of 16 yrs. He went 4 for 15 from the field as well as having the last game winning shot blocked. Despite that the Lakers only lost 124-123 against the Knicks. The Knicks swept the Lakers this season, and was the only team that they managed to pull that off in their 14-56 record.
- The 76ers bs Bucks game was fun to watch as Giannis faced off against Embiid. Giannis scored 52 points with 16 rebounds while Embiid scored 40 with 15 rebounds. This is the first time in 35 years that 2 dueling players both scored over 40 points.
Football – College:
- Clemson picked up #18 and #29 on the ESPN 300 list with offensive lineman Mitchell Mayes and Bryn Tucker, respectively. This boosters their 2020 recruiting class where they are currently ranked 10th although they have the most 3-5 stars committed in the top 10 with 29 total.
- Former Kansas coach David Beaty is suing the school for $3MM of buyout money he believe he is owed for the 3 years left on his contract.
- Former Ohio St coach Urban Meyer will not be gone from tv during the 2019/2020 season he just wont be on the field. Fox hired Meyer for its pregame show.
Football – NFL:
- Former Browns QB Johnny Manziel (you also know him from Texas A&M) just signed with the Alliance of American Football, the new league that’s trying to be like the NFL’s cousin. He will join the Memphis Express. This was after Manziel was let go from his Canadian Football League team earlier this month for an undisclosed reason. That team, the Alouettes, essentially barred him from the CFL league. He has been a handful for teams before (keep in mind this article is biased but it gets the point across).
- Some of the biggest news over the weekend was that Odell Beckham Jr was traded to the Browns. With a QB like Mayfield who is accurate and can scramble throwing to Odell, watch out for the Browns. The Browns didn’t win a game in the 2017 season are now looking to be one of the best in the AFC. All they have to work on now is team chemistry
Golf:
- Rory McIlroy won the PLAYERS Championship on Sunday by 1 stroke to end 16 under par over Jim Furyk (who would’ve been the oldest to win the tournament if he had won). This win moves Rory up to 4th in the Official World Golf Rankings
- Rory has been on a hot streak lately finishing 1st, T-6th, 2nd, T-4th, t-5th, T-4th in the last 6 PGA tournaments he competed in. He only needs the Masters to complete the golf ‘grand slam’ which will be competed in less than a month.
Olympic Sports:
- Mikaela Shiffrin ties another record on Sunday; this time with her win in the giant slalom. This ties the record of 4 discipline titles in a single season which was previously held by Lindsey Vonn and Tina Maze
- All of these wins (17 of them in total) means Shiffrin won $885,000 for the season in prize money. She won her 3rd straight overall World Cup title. The top male Marcel Hirscher only won $564,000 after winning his 8th straight overall World Cup title which extends his own record.
- Simone Biles debuted her 2019 season in style winning gold in the All-Around at the DTB Pokal World Cup in Germany. She topped the field in 3 events (uneven bars, vault and floor). Just casually knocking the rust off with another win. Worlds are in October.
- The USA will face Turkey, Czech Republic and Japan in the first rounds of the FIBA tournament. The USA looks to win its 3rd straight title, which has never been done before. #2 ranked going into the tournament is Spain followed by France.
What to watch this week:
Basketball – College: (rankings shown below are now their tournament seed)
- Tues 3/19
- 16. Prairie View A&M vs 16. Fairleigh Dickinsin @ 5:40pm on truTV
- 11. Belmont vs 11. Temple @ 8:10pm on truTV
- Wed 3/20
- 16. NC Central vs 16. North Dakota St @ 5:40pm on truTV
- 11. St. Johns vs 11. Arizona St @ 8:10pm on truTV
- Thurs 3/21
- 10. Minnesota vs 7. Louisville @ 11:15am on CBS
- 14. Yale vs 3. LSU @ 11:40am on truTV
- 12. NM St vs 5. Auburn @ 12:30pm on TNT
- 13. Vermont vs 4. Florida St @ 1pm on TBS
- 15. Bradley vs 2. Michigan St @ 1:45pm on CBS
- Winner of Belmont/Temple vs 6. Maryland @ 2:10pm on truTV
- 13. Northeastern vs 4. Kansas @ 3pm on TNT
- 12. Murray St vs 5. Marquette @ 3:30pm on TBS
- 10. Florida vs 7. Nevada @ 5:50pm on TNT
- 15. Abilene Christian vs 2. Kentucky @ 6:10pm on CBS
- 11. Saint Mary’s vs 6. Villanova @ 6:20pm on TBS
- Winner of F. Dickinson/Prairie View vs 1. Gonzaga @ 6:27pm on truTV
- 15. Montana vs 2. Michigan @ 8:20pm on TNT
- 10. Seton Hall vs 7. Wofford @ 8:40pm on CBS
- 14. Old Dominion vs 3. Purdue @ 8:50pm on TBS
- 9. Baylor vs 8. Syracuse @ 8:57pm on truTV
- Fri 3/22
- 10. Iowa vs 7. Cincinnati @ 11:15am on CBS
- 9. Oklahoma vs 8. Ole Miss @ 11:40pm on truTV
- 14. N. Kentucky vs 3. Texas Tech @ 12:30pm on TNT
- 13. UC Irvine vs 4. Kansas St @ 1pm on TBS
- 15. Colgate vs 2. Tennessee @ 1:45pm on CBS
- 16. G-Webb vs 1. UVA @ 2:10pm on truTV
- Winner of Arizona St/St. Johns vs 6. Buffalo @ 3pm on TNT
- 12. Oregon vs 5. Wisconsin @ 3:30pm on TBS
- 9. Washington vs 8. Utah St @ 5:50pm on TNT
- Winner of NC Central/ND St vs 1. Duke @ 6:10pm on CBS
- 14. Georgia St vs 3. Houston @ 6:20pm on TBS
- 12. Liberty vs 5. Mississippi St @ 6:27pm on truTV
- 16. Iona vs 1. UNC @ 8:20pm on TNT
- 9. UCF vs 8. VCU @ 8:40pm on CBS
- 11. Ohio St at 6. Iowa St @ 8:50pm on TBS
- 13. Saint Louis vs 4. VTech @ 8:57pm on truTV
- Sat 3/23 and Sun 3/24 – 2nd round
Basketball – NBA:
- Mon 3/18
- Warriors at Spurs @ 7pm on ESPN
- Pacers at Trail Blazers @ 9:30pm on ESPN
- Wed 3/20
- Celtics at 76ers @ 6pm on ESPN
- Raptors at Thunder @ 8:30pm on ESPN
Golf:
- Thurs 3/21 – Valspar Championship Round 1 @ 1pm on Golf Channel
- Fri 3/22 – Valspar Championship Round 2 @ 1pm on Golf Channel
- Sat 3/23 – Valspar Championship Round 3
- 12pm – 2pm on Golf Channel
- 2pm – 5pm on NBC
- Sun 3/24 – Valspar Championship Round 4
- 12pm – 2pm on Golf Channel
- 2pm – 5pm on NBC
Hockey:
- Tues 3/19 – Capitals at Devils @ 7:30pm on NBCSN
- Wed 3/20
- Lightening at Capitals @ 7:30pm on NBCSN
- Jets at Ducks @ 10pm on NBCSN
- Sun 3/24 – Avalanche at Blackhawks @ 8pm on NBCSN
Olympic Sports:
- Tues 3/19 – Women’s Curling World Championship USA vs Canada @ 11pm on NBCSN
- Wed 3/20
- World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies’ Short Program @ 12pm on NBCSN
- Women’s Curling World Championship USA vs Sweden @ 2pm on NBCSN
- Thurs 3/21
- World Figure Skating Championships: Pairs’ Free Program @ 1pm on NBCSN
- World Figure Skating Championships: Mens’ Short Program @ 3pm on NBCSN
- Wrestling – Men’s World Cup: Gold Medal Match @ 7pm on NBCSN
- Fri 3/22
- Women’s Curling World Championship Switzerland vs USA @ 4pm on NBCSN
- World Figure Skating Championships: Rhythm Dance @ 7pm on NBCSN
- World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies’ Free Skate @ 9pm on NBCSN
- FIS Cross-Country Skiing – World Cup: Men’s and Women’s Sprints @ 11pm on NBCSN
- Sat 3/23
- Biathlon – IBU World Championships: Men’s 10k Sprint @ 12am on NBCSN
- World Figure Skating Championships: Men’s Free Skate @ 1pm on NBCSN
- Women’s Curling World Championship 2nd Semifinal: Teams TBD @ 7pm on NBCSN
- Biathlon – IBU World Championships: Men’s 12.5k pursuit @ 9pm on NBCSN
- Sun 3/24
- FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup: Slopestyle Toyota Grand Prix @ 6pm on NBCSN
- Women’s Curling World Championship Gold Medal Match: Teams TBD @ 11:30pm on NBCSN
Soccer:
- Wed 3/20
- International Friendly:
- Germany vs Serbia @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Wales vs Trinidad and Tobago @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- USL Championship – NM United vs Tulsa Roughnecks @ 8pm on ESPN3
- International Friendly:
- Thurs 3/21
- UEFA Euro Champ Qualifying
- Kazakhstan vs Scotland @ 10am on ESPN3
- Cyprus vs san Marino @ 12pm on ESPN2
- Austria vs Poland @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Belgium vs Russia @ 2:45pm on ESPN2
- Croatia vs Azerbaijan @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Israel vs Slovenia @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Macedonia vs Latvia @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Netherlands vs Belarus @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Ireland vs Estonia @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Slovakia vs Hungary @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- International Friendly
- Kosovo vs Denmark @ 1pm on ESPN3
- USA vs Ecuador @ 7pm on ESPN2
- Fri 3/22 – UEFA Euro Champ Qualifying
- Bulgaria vs Montenegro @ 12pm on ESPN3
- Albania vs Turkey @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Andorra vs Iceland @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- England vs Czech @ 2:45pm on ESPNNEWS
- Luxembourg vs Lithuania @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Sat 3/23
- UEFA Euro Champ Qualifying
- Georgia vs Switzerland @ 9am on ESPN3
- Gibraltar vs Ireland @ 12pm on ESPN3
- Malta vs Faroe Islands @ 12pm on ESPN3
- Sweden vs Romania @ 12pm on ESPN3
- Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Armenia @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Liechtenstein vs Greece @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Spain vs Norway @ 2:45pm on ESPNNEWS
- Mexican Ascenso – Dorados de Sinaloa vs FC Juarez @ 10pm on ESPN3
- UEFA Euro Champ Qualifying
- Sun 3/24 – UEFA Euro Champ Qualifying
- Kazakhstan vs Russia @ 9am on ESPN3
- Wales vs Slovakia @ 9am on ESPN3
- Hungary vs Croatia @ 12pm on ESPNNEWS
- Israel vs Austria @ 12pm on ESPN3
- San Marino vs Scotland @ 12pm on ESPN3
- Cyrus vs Belgium @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Ireland vs Belarus @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Poland vs Latvia @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- Slovenia vs Macedonia @ 2:45pm on ESPN3
- UEFA Euro Champ Qualifying
