Weekly Update – Week of May 20th, 2019
Baseball – MLB: Yankee SS returns. Tebow HR. Mariners/Braves pitcher switch.
Baseball/Softball – NCAA: Super Regionals this weekend.
Basketball – NBA: Playoff Update. Curry brother face off.
Football – NFL: Colts take Kelly. Elliott detained.
Football – NCAA: Ohio st players sexually assaulted.
Golf: Brooks Koepka wins anothe rmajor.
Hockey: Stanley Cup playoffs.
Horse Racing: Preakness winner and winner of our hearts.
Olympic Sports: McLeod wins 4th straight Diamond League. Golfers interested in Olympics. Hastings pregnant and training.
Baseball – MLB:
- Yankees’ SS Didi Gregorius played his first game since he had Tommy John surgery in October. He had TJ surgery after tearing his ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow; this is a notoriously complicated surgery that is hard to recover from.
- Braves and Mariner switched right handed pitchers. Braves gained Anthony Swarzak from the Mariners in exchange for Arodys Vizcaino.
- Tim Tebow hit his first Triple-A HR at his 105th at-bat this season.
Baseball/Softball – NCAA:
- College World Series will be played in OKC May 30th – June 4th/5th keep in mind that is after the Regionals (ending today) and Super Regional rounds (May 23-26).
Basketball – NBA:
- Playoff Update:
- The Curry brothers have been in a show down during the West conference finals and right now Steph is getting the upper hand with a 3-0 lead in the series. Mom and dad had to flip a coin to see who wears what jersey.
- The Bucks are up 2-1 in their series due to a Sunday night win in 2OT.
- Ryan Saunders will become the head coach of the Timberwolves for a multiyear deal. Saunders was the interim coach this past season.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo will fund the construction of an indoor basketball court just outside of Athens.
Football – NFL:
- Redskins LB Reuben Foster left the field with a left leg injury during the first team activity. TBD on what his MRI says.
- Colts signed QB Chad Kelly today. He was released from the Broncos after he was arrested for trespassing for entering a couple’s home in October. This was not Kelly’s first time in trouble. Kelly was kicked off Clemson’s football team for arguing with coaches during the Spring game and had been arrested for a bar fight in 2014.
- Speaking of arrests, Ezekiel Elliott was arguing his gf when security had to get involved after Elliott shoved a man until he hit a gate. He was not arrested but he was briefly detained.
Football – NCAA:
- More than 50 male players were sexually abused by a team physician, Dr. Richard Strauss. Struass killed himself in 2005. A new report came out on Friday that says Strauss sexually abused at least 177 students. This will not be the last we hear of this.
- Florida St QB Deondre Francois is transferring to FAU as a walk-on. He can still play for 2 years. Francois was let go form the FSU team after his gf accused him of abusing her.
- Clemson got their 3rd 5-star recruit for his class with DE Myles Murphy.
Golf:
- Brooks Koepka won the PGA Championship this weekend at Bethpage Black by 2 strokes with a score of –8. Koepka went into the final round with a 7 shot lead and struggled through the day carding a 4 over round but it was enough to win over buddy, Dustin Johnson who shot -1 on Sunday. This win makes it the 4th major victory of his last 8 starts. He is the only person in golf history to successfully defend both the PGA Championship (2018 & 2019) and the US Open (2017 & 2018). Koepka takes over the #1 spot in the world with that win. Dustin Johnson drops to 2nd.
- Next major will also have Brooks as defending champion as the golfers head to the US Open at Pebble Beach in June.
Hockey:
- Stanley Cup Playoffs Updates:
- Bruins swept the series 4-0 over the Hurricanes
- Blues lead the series 3-2 with games 6 and 7 if necessary this week
- Sharks lost key players Tomas Hertl, Joe Pavelski and Erik Karlsson in the third period of Game 5
- Finals begin Monday 5/27
- US beat Germany 3-1 at the world championships, to close out a 5 game win streak for the US. Quarterfinals begin Thursday.
Horse Racing:
- The Preakness ran this weekend and War of Will took the crown. This officially ends the Triple Crown hopes for this year. Country House (who won the Kentucky Derby) did not run in the Preakness. However the crowd favorite had to be Bodexpress, who after bucking his jockey, still ran the whole race. Who needs a jockey?
Olympic Sports:
- Omar McLeod won for the 4th straight time at the Diamond League at the 110m hurdles but this one was different. After finishing, McLeod cried as his aunt had died the day before.
- Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy expressed interest in competing in the Olympics before the PGA Championship.
- Natasha Hastings is 5 ½ months pregnant and still training for Tokyo 2020 in the 400m (and potentially the 4x400m relay).
What to watch this week:
Baseball – MLB:
- Tues 5/21
- Philies at Cubs @ 6pm on ESPN
- Efin vs Quintana
- Braves at Giants @ 8:45pm on ESPN
- Teheran vs Anderson
- Philies at Cubs @ 6pm on ESPN
- Sat 5/25
- Diamondbacks at Giants @ 3:05pm on FS1
- 3 games depending on local area @ 6:15pm on FOX
- Braves at Cardinals
- Red Sox at Astros
- Dodgers at Pirates
- Sun 5/26 – Braves at Cardinals @ 6pm on ESPN2
- Teheran vs Flaherty
Baseball – College / Softball:
- Tues 5/21
- Baseball: First Round SEC Tournament @ 2pm, 5:30pm, 9pm on SEC
- Wed 5/22
- Baseball: Big 12 Tournament
- Kansas at WV@ 9am on Fox College Sports Network
- Kansas St vs Texas Tech @ 12:30pm on Fox College Sports Network
- Oklahoma vs Baylor @ 4pm on Fox College Sports Network
- TCU vs OSU @ 7:30pm on Fox College Sports Network
- Baseball: Second Round SEC Tournament @ 2pm, 5:30pm, 9pm on SEC
- Baseball: Big 12 Tournament
- Thurs 5/23
- Softball: Super Regionals (games TBA) 6pm on ESPN
- Texas vs Alabama
- Tennessee vs Florida
- Oklahoma vs Northwestern
- Ole Miss vs Arizona
- Washington vs Kentucky
- Florida St vs Oklahoma St
- Baseball: Third Round SEC Tournament @ 2pm, 5:30pm, 9pm on SEC
- Baseball: Big 12 Tournament @ 9am, 12:30pm, 4pm and 7:30pm on Fox College Sports Network
- Softball: Super Regionals (games TBA) 6pm on ESPN
- Fri 5/24
- Softball: Super Regionals (games TBA) starting at 10am on ESPNU and ESPN2
- Texas vs Alabama
- Tennessee vs Florida
- Oklahoma vs Northwestern
- Ole Miss vs Arizona
- Washington vs Kentucky
- Florida St vs Oklahoma St
- Baseball: Fourth Round SEC Tournament @ 2pm, 5:30pm, 9pm on SEC
- Baseball: Big 12 Tournament @ 3:15pm, 7pm on Fox College Sports Network
- Softball: Super Regionals (games TBA) starting at 10am on ESPNU and ESPN2
- Sat 5/25
- Baseball: Big 12 Tournament @ 9am, 12:30pm, 4pm and 7:30pm on Fox College Sports Network
- Baseball: Big South Baseball Championship @ 12pm on ESPNU
- Baseball: Semifinal 1 SEC Tournament @ 1pm on SEC
- Baseball: Semifinal 2 SEC Tournament @ 4:30pm on SEC
- Sun 5/26
- Baseball: American Baseball Championship @ 12pm on ESPNNEWS
- Baseball: ACC Baseball Championship on ESPN2
- Baseball: Big 12 Tournament Championship @ 1pm on Fox Sports
- Baseball: Final SEC Tournament @ 3pm on ESPN2
Basketball – NBA:
- Mon 5/20 – West Game 4: Warriors at Trail Blazers @ 8pm on ESPN
- Tues 5/21 – East Game 4: Bucks at Raptors @ 7:30pm on TNT
- Wed 5/22 – West Game 5: Trail Blazers at Warriors @ 8pm on ESPN
- If necessary
- Thurs 5/23 – East Game 5: Raptors at Bucks @ 7:30pm on TNT
- Fri 5/24 – East Game 6: Warriors at Trail Blazers @ 8pm on ESPN
- If necessary
- Sat 5/25 – East Game 6: Bucks at Raptors @ 7:30pm on TNT
- If necessary
- Sun 5/26 – West Game 7: Trail Blazers at Warriors @ 8pm on ESPN
- If necessary
Golf:
- Thurs 5/23 – Charles Schwab Challenge – Round 1
- 3pm – 6pm on Golf Channel
- Fri 5/24 – Charles Schwab Challenge – Round 2
- 3pm – 6pm on Golf Channel
- Sat 5/25 – Charles Schwab Challenge – Round 3
- 12pm – 6pm on Golf Channel
- 2pm – 5pm on CBS
- Sun 5/26 – Charles Schwab Challenge – Round 4
- 12pm – 6pm on Golf Channel
- 2pm – 5pm on CBS
Hockey:
- Tues 5/21 – Sharks at Blues @ 8pm on NBCSN
- Blues lead 3-2
- Thurs 5/23 – Blues at Sharks @ 9pm on NBCSN
Motorsports:
- Sun 5/26 – Indy 500 @ 1:30pm on NBCSN
Olympic Sports:
- Fri 5/24 – Diving: US Sr Nationals @ 12:30pm on NBCSN
- Sun 5/26 – Archery: World Cup: Recurve Finals @ 8pm on NBCSN
Soccer:
- Wed 5/22 – USL: Birmingham Legion vs Nashville @ 7pm on ESPNNEWS
- Sat 5/25 – German Cup: RB Leipzig vs Bayern Munich @ 12:55m on ESPNNEWS
- Sun 5/26 – USA vs Mexico (National teams) @ 10:30am on ESPN
