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Thursday?s 6-pack
Odds to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational this weekend:
7-1? Rory McIlroy
10-1? Justin Rose
12-1? Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler
14-1? Jason Day
16-1? Bryson DeChambeau
20-1? Hideki Matsuyama
Tweet of the Day
?The Sajak family is deeply saddened to hear of Alex Trebek?s struggle with cancer. Our hearts go out to him and his family. But there is no one I know who is stronger and more determined, and I would never bet against him. We, and the entire country, are pulling for you, Alex.?
Pat Sajak
Thursday?s quiz
Which is the only basketball conference in the country where every team is located in a different state?
Wednesday?s quiz
Draymond Green played his college basketball at Michigan State
Tuesday?s quiz
Tony Bennett went 69-33 as coach at Washington State before moving to Virginia.
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Thursday?s List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud??
13) Back in December, when I was flying home to Albany from Las Vegas, with a stop in Baltimore, one of the other passengers on my flight from Vegas to Baltimore was Eric Weddle?s dad. How do I know this? The guy had a purple Ravens? t-shirt on, with ?Weddle 32? on the back, and he talked proudly and for a long time about his son to the people sitting near him in the terminal.
It was pretty cool to hear a father talk so glowingly about his son; the Ravens released Eric Weddle this week. Hard to believe another NFL team won?t scoop him up when free agency starts next week.
12) West Virginia 90, Iowa State 75? Watching this game it dawned on me that lot of players are looking tired the last couple weeks. Long season, thin benches, conference tournaments are next week and these are the dog days. Cyclones got crushed here; it was 54-33 at halftime.
11) Seton Hall 73, Marquette 64? Marquette led by 13 with 9:45 left, but Myles Powell went off and the Pirates get a big win, ending game on an 18-0 run. Powell scored 34 for Seton Hall.
10) LSU 79, Florida 78, OT? These teams went OT in both meetings this year, splitting the pair; this was LSU?s 7th OT game this season. Florida had the ball for the last shot in OT, but never even got a shot off.
9) DePaul 101, Georgetown 69? This game was 42-15 at one point; when was last time DePaul led anyone by 27 in the first half? Georgetown played like a team that will be hosting an NIT game in a couple weeks.
8) Basketball budgets in the SEC:
1. Kentucky $18.6M
2. Ole Miss $12.55M
3. Auburn $11.2M
4. Texas A&M $10.4M
5. Alabama $10.3M
6. South Carolina $10M
7. Vanderbilt $9.7M
8. Arkansas $9.2M
9. Florida $9.0M
10. LSU $8.6M
11. Georgia $8.5M
12. Tennessee $8.4M
13. Missouri $8.4M
14. Mississippi State $6.8M
7) Fresno State 76, San Diego State 74? Aztecs choked this game away; they led by 7 with about a minute to play, but turned the ball over a few times and lost for 7th time in last nine meetings with Fresno.
6) Looking thru each baseball team?s top 30 minor league prospects, Miami/Seattle both have 12 prospects acquired by trade, most of any team in majors.
5) New Jersey?s Division of Gaming Enforcement says no to major league baseball?s request to not allow wagering on spring training games. Not sure why anyone would want to, but Garden State bettors can wager on Cactus and Grapefruit League games.
4) Major League Baseball is mandating that managers send their lineup cards into the Commissioner?s Office before releasing them in the clubhouse to reporters, players before games. Baseball wants to ensure that information passed around the clubhouse and the stadium doesn?t provide an edge to gamblers.
They?re pretending that they have no idea that gambling has been going on for a long time.
3) Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright tested positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide 2 (GHRP-2), a PED, is suspended for 80 games. Why would a knuckleballer do this?
2) According to info from the New York Gaming Commission, Rivers Casino in Schenectady generated almost double the slot machine revenue than the brand new Resorts World Catskills in Monticello.
1) Best wishes to Alex Trebek, who announced Wednesday that he has pancreatic cancer. Hope to see him hosting Jeopardy! for many more years. Get well soon, sir.
Odds to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational this weekend:
7-1? Rory McIlroy
10-1? Justin Rose
12-1? Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler
14-1? Jason Day
16-1? Bryson DeChambeau
20-1? Hideki Matsuyama
Tweet of the Day
?The Sajak family is deeply saddened to hear of Alex Trebek?s struggle with cancer. Our hearts go out to him and his family. But there is no one I know who is stronger and more determined, and I would never bet against him. We, and the entire country, are pulling for you, Alex.?
Pat Sajak
Thursday?s quiz
Which is the only basketball conference in the country where every team is located in a different state?
Wednesday?s quiz
Draymond Green played his college basketball at Michigan State
Tuesday?s quiz
Tony Bennett went 69-33 as coach at Washington State before moving to Virginia.
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Thursday?s List of 13: Doing some thinking out loud??
13) Back in December, when I was flying home to Albany from Las Vegas, with a stop in Baltimore, one of the other passengers on my flight from Vegas to Baltimore was Eric Weddle?s dad. How do I know this? The guy had a purple Ravens? t-shirt on, with ?Weddle 32? on the back, and he talked proudly and for a long time about his son to the people sitting near him in the terminal.
It was pretty cool to hear a father talk so glowingly about his son; the Ravens released Eric Weddle this week. Hard to believe another NFL team won?t scoop him up when free agency starts next week.
12) West Virginia 90, Iowa State 75? Watching this game it dawned on me that lot of players are looking tired the last couple weeks. Long season, thin benches, conference tournaments are next week and these are the dog days. Cyclones got crushed here; it was 54-33 at halftime.
11) Seton Hall 73, Marquette 64? Marquette led by 13 with 9:45 left, but Myles Powell went off and the Pirates get a big win, ending game on an 18-0 run. Powell scored 34 for Seton Hall.
10) LSU 79, Florida 78, OT? These teams went OT in both meetings this year, splitting the pair; this was LSU?s 7th OT game this season. Florida had the ball for the last shot in OT, but never even got a shot off.
9) DePaul 101, Georgetown 69? This game was 42-15 at one point; when was last time DePaul led anyone by 27 in the first half? Georgetown played like a team that will be hosting an NIT game in a couple weeks.
8) Basketball budgets in the SEC:
1. Kentucky $18.6M
2. Ole Miss $12.55M
3. Auburn $11.2M
4. Texas A&M $10.4M
5. Alabama $10.3M
6. South Carolina $10M
7. Vanderbilt $9.7M
8. Arkansas $9.2M
9. Florida $9.0M
10. LSU $8.6M
11. Georgia $8.5M
12. Tennessee $8.4M
13. Missouri $8.4M
14. Mississippi State $6.8M
7) Fresno State 76, San Diego State 74? Aztecs choked this game away; they led by 7 with about a minute to play, but turned the ball over a few times and lost for 7th time in last nine meetings with Fresno.
6) Looking thru each baseball team?s top 30 minor league prospects, Miami/Seattle both have 12 prospects acquired by trade, most of any team in majors.
5) New Jersey?s Division of Gaming Enforcement says no to major league baseball?s request to not allow wagering on spring training games. Not sure why anyone would want to, but Garden State bettors can wager on Cactus and Grapefruit League games.
4) Major League Baseball is mandating that managers send their lineup cards into the Commissioner?s Office before releasing them in the clubhouse to reporters, players before games. Baseball wants to ensure that information passed around the clubhouse and the stadium doesn?t provide an edge to gamblers.
They?re pretending that they have no idea that gambling has been going on for a long time.
3) Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright tested positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide 2 (GHRP-2), a PED, is suspended for 80 games. Why would a knuckleballer do this?
2) According to info from the New York Gaming Commission, Rivers Casino in Schenectady generated almost double the slot machine revenue than the brand new Resorts World Catskills in Monticello.
1) Best wishes to Alex Trebek, who announced Wednesday that he has pancreatic cancer. Hope to see him hosting Jeopardy! for many more years. Get well soon, sir.