Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Fewest NFL regular season wins, since 2000:
139— Cleveland
153— Jacksonville
158— Detroit
161— Las Vegas
162— Houston
170— Washington
Quote of the Day
“Is that a real question right now? You just asked me if I believe he’s (Tom Thibodeau) the right guy? Yes. Come on.”
Knicks’ star Jalen Brunson, after last week’s Game 6 loss to Indiana
Wednesday’s quiz
Who managed the Pittsburgh Pirates, last time they made the playoffs?
Tuesday’s quiz
QB Alex Smith is the only player in the College Football Hall of Fame who played college football at Utah.
Monday’s quiz
Hall of Fame baseball player Dave Winfield was drafted by four teams in three different sports; NBA’s Atlanta Hawks drafted him in the 5th round in 1973.
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— Disappointed to hear this week that the ball-strike challenge system probably won’t happen in the major leagues until 2027; sounds like the players’ union is going to use the challenge system as a negotiating chip in the labor negotiations that will happen after the 2026 season.
Too bad; everyone seems to like the ball-strike challenge system, but the union/owners can’t agree on what day it is, so this is likely to be delayed.
— New York Knicks made the NBA’s Final Four this year for the first time since 2000, losing in six games to Indiana, so of course they fired their coach Tuesday. Oy.
You have your best season in 25 years, then fire the coach. Why????
Tom Thibodeau was 250-197 in five years with the Knicks, 24-23 in playoff games. He signed a three-year extension with the Knicks last summer, so he’s still going to get paid. Who exactly will the Knicks hire who is a better coach than Thibodeau?
— NFL teams with most games in domed stadiums this year:
13- Cardinals
12- Texans, Raiders
11- Falcons, Colts, Vikings
10- Rams, Cowboys, Lions, Chargers, Saints
— NFL teams with fewest games in domed stadiums this year:
1- Ravens, Bengals, Patriots, Jets
2- Bills, Browns, Chiefs, Dolphins, Steelers
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Jalen Hurts’ offensive coordinators, since 2016:
2016- Lane Kiffin (Alabama)
2017- Brian Daboll/Mike Locksley (Alabama)
2018- Josh Gattis/Mike Locksley (Alabama)
2019- Cale Gundy/Bill Bedenbaugh (Oklahoma- Lincoln Riley called plays)
2020- Doug Pederson (Eagles’ HC who called plays)
2021-22- Shane Steichen (Eagles)
2023- Brian Johnson (Eagles)
2024- Kellen Moore (Eagles)
2025- Kevin Patullo (Eagles)
— In the NFL, dead money is salary cap space that teams can’t use, the penalty for releasing or trading expensive veterans.
Here are the teams with the most dead money for 2025:
$92,651,013- 49ers
$67,445,001- Seahawks
$67,435,825- Eagles
$64,643,468- Jaguars
$62,720,670- Jets
Famous birthdays, June 4th:
Bruce Dern, 89
Michelle Phillips, 81
Mike Barber, 72
Terry Kennedy, 69
Tony Peña, 68
Jim Lachey, 62
Xavier McDaniel, 62
Scott Servais, 58
Noah Wyle, 54
Darin Erstad, 51
Angelina Jolie, 50
Greg Monroe, 35
Aaron Nola, 32
Freddy Peralta, 29
— Monday night there were seven baseball games; the road team won all seven, the first time since 2013 that there were 5+ games on the same day, with the road team winning all of them.
— Interleague play so far this season:
National League 139 wins, American League 137.
Teams’ records in series:
(away/home….total)
(thru Sunday’s games)
NL East
Braves 3-7/5-3-1…..8-10-1
Marlins 1-7-1/4-6…..5-13-1
Mets 3-5-1/9-1…..12-6-1
Phillies 5-4/7-2-1…..12-6-1
Nationals 5-5/4-4-1…..9-9-1
NL Central
Cubs 6-3-1/8-2…..12-5-1
Reds 4-6/2-6-1…..6-12-1
Brewers 3-6-1/7-2…..10-8-1
Pirates 2-8/4-4-1…..6-12-1
Cardinals 4-5-1/7-2…..11-7-1
NL West
Arizona 4-5/3-5-2…..7-10-2
Rockies 0-10/0-9…..0-19 (they won a series this week)
Dodgers 5-3-2/8-2…..13-5-2
Padres 4-5/8-2…..12-7
Giants 6-4-1/5-3…..11-7-1
AL East
Orioles 1-6-2/3-6-1…..4-12-3
Red Sox 5-5/4-4-1…..9-9-1
New York 6-4/6-3…..12-7
Rays 4-2-1/7-5…..11-7-1
Blue Jays 4-4-1/5-4-1…..9-8-2
AL Central
White Sox 1-9/4-5…..5-14
Guardians 5-4-1/6-3…..11-7-1
Tigers 7-3/7-2…..14-5
Royals 3-6/5-5…..8-11
Twins 4-6/6-2-1…..10-8-1
AL West
Astros 1-6-1/9-1-1…..10-7-2
Angels 5-6/3-5…..8-11
A’s 4-5-1/2-7…..6-12-1
Mariners 7-2/5-4-1…..12-6-1
Rangers 3-6/5-3-2…..8-9-2
— Rockies 3, Marlins 2
Colorado wins, snaps their 22-series losing streak.
Hunter Goodman homered for third time in the last two games.
Marlins were -200 last night, -180 tonite. Yikes.
— Astros 3, Pirates 0
McCullers threw six shutout IP, allowed two hits.
Paredes snapped a 1-25 skid with a 9th inning homer.
Pirates scored total of 16 runs in Skenes’ last eight starts.
— Royals 10, Cardinals 7
St Louis led 7-2 after the fourth inning.
Six Royal relievers threw 6.1 scoreless innings.
Bobby Witt Jr went 2-4 with a homer, four RBI.
— Phillies 8, Blue Jays 3
Bryce Harper homered in his first AB, after missing five games.
Phillies scored six runs in the top of the first.
Loss snaps Toronto’s five-game winning streak.
— Padres 3, Giants 2 (10)
San Diego tied game with two runs in 9th inning.
Giants scored total of 16 runs in their last 10 games.
Under is 14-1 in San Francisco’s last fifteen games.
— If the
baseball playoffs started today: (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies, Padres, Cardinals
AL: New York, Astros, Tigers, Wild Cards: Guardians, Twins, Mariners.