Today's Weekend Wrap-Up includes a heartwarming story, a costly mistake, international travel with a side of fast cars and a case of a hit and run.
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The Last Night’s Game Team
KOREAN & CHINESE BASEBALL
User error may have equated the largest sportsbook loss in Las Vegas history on bets made after an event has started. Someone incorrectly inputted the start time for some Korean and Chinese baseball games, so the sportsbook kept accepting bets (a no-no for certain bets). Well those bets that should’ve never been taken ended up costing the Bellagio nearly quarter-million dollars. BIG MISTAKE…HUGE
OVERTIME
Who doesn’t love an uplifting story to start your week? (If you don’t then you should probably skip this one). Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL - National Football League) player and cancer survivor James Conner managed to surprise his mom with a new house. He posted the sweet surprise video on Instagram and said "Welcome HOME Ma! You’ve sacrificed so much and we can’t thank you enough! You’re the reason I go to work day in and day out, to finally give you a place you can call Home. I Love you.” GRATEFUL HEART
SIDELINE STAT
UFC’s (Ultimate Fighting Championship) President Dana White has been working hard piecing together Fight Island off of Abu Dhabi so the scheduled fights can continue during the month of July. And then his prized fighter who was set to headline the fight this weekend tested positive for COVID. Don’t worry he has a plan B, but that fighter Jorge Masvidal – who stepped in to fight with six days notice - has been publicly feuding with UFC over his pay. Keep in mind that Masvidal and his opponent Kamaru Usman are still in the U.S. and they’re scheduled to fight on Saturday in Abu Dhabi. WHAT JET LAG?
COACHES' CORNER
It was a big weekend in the racing world with back-to-back-to-back races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for IndyCar racing and NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing). On a different continent, F1 (Formula One) kicked off their season in Austria with drivers wearing "Black Lives Matter" and "End Racism" shirts. Out of all of that excitement, the story everyone is talking about is the NASCAR crew member who was run over during a pit stop. Zach Price, the rear tire changer for Ryan Blaney's No. 12 Team was hit during a pile up. Luckily, he was wearing a helmet but he he was still sent to the hospital to evaluate his injured leg but gave a thumbs up as he was sent off in the ambulance. IN GOOD SPIRITS
