Tuesday?s 6-pack
? Kentucky?s basketball team is out of the Top 25 for the first time in four years.
? Nick Foles in the second half Sunday: 11-of-11, 159 yards, 2 TD. Not bad for a backup.
? Eldrick Woods is playing golf this week in the PGA tournament at Torrey Pinex; over/under on worst round he shoots this week: 74.5
? TCU 82, West Virginia 73? Big X schedule is tough travel for the Mountaineers.
? Virginia Tech 80, North Carolina 69? Lethargic effort by the Tar Heels.
? SF Giants signed OF Austin Jackson for two years, $6M.
Quote of the Day
?I don?t sell, when you come here: ?The university and the state will take care of you for the rest of your life.? You may buy that, and I?ve got some great property and some swampland down in Florida to sell you too. Every one of us in this country is based on, you have to take care of your self, prepare yourself, and then when you make it you make sure you?re helping and along the way you?re bringing other people with you.
That?s what we?re trying to do: just give these guys the best opportunity. We?re not trying to say that this university or state will take care of you for the rest of your life. There?s no socialism here. This stuff is you have to go do it and we?re going to help you do it. Some like that, some don?t like that.?
John Calipari
Tuesday?s quiz
Before DeMarcus Cousins did it Monday night, who was last NBA player with 30 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists in a game?
(Hint: It happened in 2010)
Monday?s quiz
Emmitt Smith and Thurman Thomas share the record for most postseason touchdowns in the NFL, with 21.
Sunday?s quiz
Jack Ramsay was the Portland Trailblazers? coach when they won their only NBA title.
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Tuesday?s List of 13: Nobody asked me, but??.
13) Whats with NBA teams and drama? Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd, who was 139-152 in 3.5 years, but 22-21 this year. News of Kidd?s firing got out before the team told Kidd, and star Giannis Antetokounmpo isn?t happy about it, which is never good for an NBA team, when your star player is ticked off.
Antetokounmpo called the coach and asked him if he wanted him to help save his job, which apparently was before Kidd knew he was losing his job. Oy.
If the season ended as I type this, the Bucks would be the #8 seed in the East.
12) Washington Wizards players recently had a players-only meeting; here are two quotes about that event:
First, John Wall:
?We had our team meeting. A couple guys took it the negative way and it hurt our team. Instead of taking it in a positive way like we did in the past and using it to build our team up, it kind of set us back a little bit.?
Second, Bradley Beal:
?It was tough. I try to keep all our stuff as personal as possible but I think in a way not everybody got a chance to speak whenever they wanted to. They didn?t want to bring up an issue or something they had a problem with on the team. Regardless of what may be going on, as men we?ve got to be able to accept what the next man says, be respectful about it and move on from it. I think it was one of those situations where we didn?t necessarily get everything that we wanted to get accomplished.?
Tuesday?s List of 13: Nobody asked me, but??.
13) Whats with NBA teams and drama? Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd, who was 139-152 in 3.5 years, but 22-21 this year. News of Kidd?s firing got out before the team told Kidd, and star Giannis Antetokounmpo isn?t happy about it, which is never good for an NBA team, when your star player is ticked off.
Antetokounmpo called the coach and asked him if he wanted him to help save his job, which apparently was before Kidd knew he was losing his job. Oy.
If the season ended as I type this, the Bucks would be the #8 seed in the East.
12) Washington Wizards players recently had a players-only meeting; here are two quotes about that event:
First, John Wall:
?We had our team meeting. A couple guys took it the negative way and it hurt our team. Instead of taking it in a positive way like we did in the past and using it to build our team up, it kind of set us back a little bit.?
Second, Bradley Beal:
?It was tough. I try to keep all our stuff as personal as possible but I think in a way not everybody got a chance to speak whenever they wanted to. They didn?t want to bring up an issue or something they had a problem with on the team. Regardless of what may be going on, as men we?ve got to be able to accept what the next man says, be respectful about it and move on from it. I think it was one of those situations where we didn?t necessarily get everything that we wanted to get accomplished.?
Coaching an NBA team is serious money, but it can?t be great fun.
11) In the last 16 Super Bowls, underdogs are 11-5 against the spread.
10) This will be 4th Super Bowl in last five years with two #1 seeds. From 1994-2012, #1 seeds met in only one of 19 Super Bowls.
9) In their last five games, New England has been called for nine penalties for 110 yards; their opponents have been called for 29 penalties for 390 yards.
8) Tom Brady has more wins (27) and passing TDs (68) in postseason than Nick Foles has wins (24) and passing TDs (66) in his entire NFL career.
7) Minnesota Vikings last made the Super Bowl after the 1976 season, when I was a senior in high school; since then, they?re 0-6 in NFC championship games.
6) Last years, $138.5M was wagered on the Super Bowl, just in Nevada- thats a record, one that is expected to be broken this year.
5) Knicks/Rangers both played in Staples Center Sunday; it is first time Knicks/Rangers played road games in the same arena on the same day since 1957.
4) Miami Heat?s James Johnson scored five points in 0:04 Sunday night, as Heat erased a 105-100 deficit in the last minute at Charlotte, eventually winning 106-105. Not easy to score five points in 0:04, but layup-steal-3-pointer did the trick.
3) Carolina Panthers hired Carolina DC Steve Wilks as their new head coach; he was only a coordinator for one year, but has been a coach in college/NFL since 1995.
Cleveland Browns hired Todd Haley as their new offensive coordinator; hopefully he got promised that the Browns will draft a quarterback in April.
2) From Christopher Kamka, NBC Sports, Chicago: In 2017, Chris Gimenez was the first major leaguer to catch 5+ games and also pitch in 5+ games in the same season since the Phillies? Bill Harman in 1941. Gimenez pitched in five games, caught in 59 games last year.
1? New Jersey Giants hired Pat Shurmur as head coach; he?ll keep DC Steve Spagnuolo, since he was Spagnuolo?s OC in St Louis is 2009-10. Rams improved from 1-15 in ?09 to 7-9 in ?10, then Shurmur became the head coach of the Browns in ?11, which obviously didn?t go well (9-23).
? Kentucky?s basketball team is out of the Top 25 for the first time in four years.
? Nick Foles in the second half Sunday: 11-of-11, 159 yards, 2 TD. Not bad for a backup.
? Eldrick Woods is playing golf this week in the PGA tournament at Torrey Pinex; over/under on worst round he shoots this week: 74.5
? TCU 82, West Virginia 73? Big X schedule is tough travel for the Mountaineers.
? Virginia Tech 80, North Carolina 69? Lethargic effort by the Tar Heels.
? SF Giants signed OF Austin Jackson for two years, $6M.
Quote of the Day
?I don?t sell, when you come here: ?The university and the state will take care of you for the rest of your life.? You may buy that, and I?ve got some great property and some swampland down in Florida to sell you too. Every one of us in this country is based on, you have to take care of your self, prepare yourself, and then when you make it you make sure you?re helping and along the way you?re bringing other people with you.
That?s what we?re trying to do: just give these guys the best opportunity. We?re not trying to say that this university or state will take care of you for the rest of your life. There?s no socialism here. This stuff is you have to go do it and we?re going to help you do it. Some like that, some don?t like that.?
John Calipari
Tuesday?s quiz
Before DeMarcus Cousins did it Monday night, who was last NBA player with 30 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists in a game?
(Hint: It happened in 2010)
Monday?s quiz
Emmitt Smith and Thurman Thomas share the record for most postseason touchdowns in the NFL, with 21.
Sunday?s quiz
Jack Ramsay was the Portland Trailblazers? coach when they won their only NBA title.
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Tuesday?s List of 13: Nobody asked me, but??.
13) Whats with NBA teams and drama? Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd, who was 139-152 in 3.5 years, but 22-21 this year. News of Kidd?s firing got out before the team told Kidd, and star Giannis Antetokounmpo isn?t happy about it, which is never good for an NBA team, when your star player is ticked off.
Antetokounmpo called the coach and asked him if he wanted him to help save his job, which apparently was before Kidd knew he was losing his job. Oy.
If the season ended as I type this, the Bucks would be the #8 seed in the East.
12) Washington Wizards players recently had a players-only meeting; here are two quotes about that event:
First, John Wall:
?We had our team meeting. A couple guys took it the negative way and it hurt our team. Instead of taking it in a positive way like we did in the past and using it to build our team up, it kind of set us back a little bit.?
Second, Bradley Beal:
?It was tough. I try to keep all our stuff as personal as possible but I think in a way not everybody got a chance to speak whenever they wanted to. They didn?t want to bring up an issue or something they had a problem with on the team. Regardless of what may be going on, as men we?ve got to be able to accept what the next man says, be respectful about it and move on from it. I think it was one of those situations where we didn?t necessarily get everything that we wanted to get accomplished.?
Tuesday?s List of 13: Nobody asked me, but??.
13) Whats with NBA teams and drama? Milwaukee Bucks fired coach Jason Kidd, who was 139-152 in 3.5 years, but 22-21 this year. News of Kidd?s firing got out before the team told Kidd, and star Giannis Antetokounmpo isn?t happy about it, which is never good for an NBA team, when your star player is ticked off.
Antetokounmpo called the coach and asked him if he wanted him to help save his job, which apparently was before Kidd knew he was losing his job. Oy.
If the season ended as I type this, the Bucks would be the #8 seed in the East.
12) Washington Wizards players recently had a players-only meeting; here are two quotes about that event:
First, John Wall:
?We had our team meeting. A couple guys took it the negative way and it hurt our team. Instead of taking it in a positive way like we did in the past and using it to build our team up, it kind of set us back a little bit.?
Second, Bradley Beal:
?It was tough. I try to keep all our stuff as personal as possible but I think in a way not everybody got a chance to speak whenever they wanted to. They didn?t want to bring up an issue or something they had a problem with on the team. Regardless of what may be going on, as men we?ve got to be able to accept what the next man says, be respectful about it and move on from it. I think it was one of those situations where we didn?t necessarily get everything that we wanted to get accomplished.?
Coaching an NBA team is serious money, but it can?t be great fun.
11) In the last 16 Super Bowls, underdogs are 11-5 against the spread.
10) This will be 4th Super Bowl in last five years with two #1 seeds. From 1994-2012, #1 seeds met in only one of 19 Super Bowls.
9) In their last five games, New England has been called for nine penalties for 110 yards; their opponents have been called for 29 penalties for 390 yards.
8) Tom Brady has more wins (27) and passing TDs (68) in postseason than Nick Foles has wins (24) and passing TDs (66) in his entire NFL career.
7) Minnesota Vikings last made the Super Bowl after the 1976 season, when I was a senior in high school; since then, they?re 0-6 in NFC championship games.
6) Last years, $138.5M was wagered on the Super Bowl, just in Nevada- thats a record, one that is expected to be broken this year.
5) Knicks/Rangers both played in Staples Center Sunday; it is first time Knicks/Rangers played road games in the same arena on the same day since 1957.
4) Miami Heat?s James Johnson scored five points in 0:04 Sunday night, as Heat erased a 105-100 deficit in the last minute at Charlotte, eventually winning 106-105. Not easy to score five points in 0:04, but layup-steal-3-pointer did the trick.
3) Carolina Panthers hired Carolina DC Steve Wilks as their new head coach; he was only a coordinator for one year, but has been a coach in college/NFL since 1995.
Cleveland Browns hired Todd Haley as their new offensive coordinator; hopefully he got promised that the Browns will draft a quarterback in April.
2) From Christopher Kamka, NBC Sports, Chicago: In 2017, Chris Gimenez was the first major leaguer to catch 5+ games and also pitch in 5+ games in the same season since the Phillies? Bill Harman in 1941. Gimenez pitched in five games, caught in 59 games last year.
1? New Jersey Giants hired Pat Shurmur as head coach; he?ll keep DC Steve Spagnuolo, since he was Spagnuolo?s OC in St Louis is 2009-10. Rams improved from 1-15 in ?09 to 7-9 in ?10, then Shurmur became the head coach of the Browns in ?11, which obviously didn?t go well (9-23).
