Fiesta Friday
Derby scratches, Brady smashes and why this weekend packs a punch.
Kentucky Derby and Cinco de Mayo? Could be the best weekend ever.
Celebrate good times,
The Last Night’s Game Team
Kentucky Derby
The talk of the town is that the favorite going into the Derby, Omaha Beach, has been scratched from the race for breathing issues. The new favorite horse for Saturday’s race? Game Winner. But do you know how race horses get their names? We have that (and the racy names that somehow made it past the censors) in our “Five Things You Need to Know About The Kentucky Derby.” PONY UP
Want to learn more about the confusing win, place, show of horse betting? Make sure to tune into our Instagram story tomorrow as we break it down in this week’s “Sports Curious Question of the Week.” YOU CAN BET ON IT
Overtime
Jimmy Kimmel and Matt Damon have a longstanding beef with each other and now they’ve brought Tom Brady into it. Brady was back in his home state of California to work out at UCLA and he stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The two decided to prank Matt Damon in a smashingly good skit. JUST AN ORDINARY DAY IN HOLLYWOOD
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Major League Baseball (MLB) is celebrating Cinco de Mayo by going to Mexico. The Los Angeles Angels and Houston Astros will be taking their show on the road to play their weekend series in Monterrey, Mexico. This will be the one of three series in Mexico for MLB teams this season. TOO BAD CINCO DE MAYO ISN’T A HOLIDAY IN MEXICO…
Coaches’ corner
Seeking a Kentucky Derby tradition like no other? How about boxing? That’s right, it has become a tradition for a huge boxing match-up to follow the Kentucky Derby on Cinco de Mayo weekend. This weekend, Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez will face Daniel Jacobs in the ring. THOSE MINT JULEPS ALSO PACK A PUNCH
What to watch
The Women’s World Cup is this summer and we now know the 23 women who will take the field to defend the U.S.A.’s title. Leading the charge are household names like Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd. The tournament will take place in France in June where the American women will start off playing Thailand. GAME CHANGING GALS
Eat Your Heart Out
Taylor Swift + the NFL Draft, if you’re on a seafood diet and why the NFL draft is destroying bride’s lives.
May your weekend be as colorful as the fashion at the NFL Draft.
To questionable fashion and decisions,
The Last Night’s Game Team
NFL (National Football League)
Last night, the first round of the draft made history. The #1 pick, Kyler Murray, is the first player to be selected in the first round of both the NFL and MLB (Major League Baseball) draft. (He turned down a baseball career to enter into the NFL Draft). WORTH IT
Also making history? Nick Bosa. When Bosa was selected by the San Francisco 49ers, his family became only the second family in NFL history to have a father and two sons taken in the first round of the draft. The other is the Manning family (Archie, Peyton and Eli). FAMILY TIES
Overtime
Football wasn’t the only thing everyone in Nashville was talking about last night. During the draft, Taylor Swift took to the airwaves with ABC’s Robin Roberts to announce the name of her new single, “ME!” END GAME
Sideline stat
“Tommy John surgery” are three words a baseball pitcher never wants to hear, but now they’ll be around in perpetuity. The dreaded surgery that involves replacing a ligament in the arm with another tendon, either from the patient’s body or a cadaver, is being added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. This dreaded phrase joins over 640 other new words that will be added to the dictionary on Monday. DOES ANYONE ACTUALLY OWN A DICTIONARY?
Coaches’ corner
Nashville’s economy is grateful to have the draft in town. Who’s not happy about it? Bachelorette parties. Nashville is a top destination for these soirees and the gals have taken to the streets to express their anger. Apparently, they didn’t do any research to understand why their hotel room was seriously overpriced. IF ONLY THERE WAS A PUBLICATION THAT WOULD TELL THEM ALL ABOUT SPORTS…
What to watch
If you’re on a strict seafood diet (I see food, I eat it), then this one’s for you. The first of three MLB FoodFests is this weekend in Los Angeles. Attendees will enjoy some updated ballpark fare alongside some more unique flavor profiles including pickle-wrapped corndogs, Rocky Mountain oysters and fried grasshoppers. WHO’S UP FOR SECONDS?
Lights, Camera, Action
Soccer stands up to racism, the swine that's having a good time and who’s shotgunning beers on spring break. Hint: It’s the “old” guy.
No need to be quiet on set, this is exactly what you need to join in on the sports conversation.
Fearless,
The Last Night’s Game Team
SOCCER
Tackling the issue of racism in their sport, professional footballers (i.e. soccer players) in England and Wales are boycotting social media today for 24 hours as part of the #Enough campaign. After multiple high profile incidents, players are saying enough is enough. They hope this is the first step in “stronger action to be taken by social networks and footballing authorities in response to racist abuse both on and off the pitch (field)." STAND UP FOR WHAT’S RIGHT
Overtime
The NHL playoffs are nearing the end of the first round and it only seems fitting in the year of the pig that Hamilton the pig is the good luck charm for the Carolina Hurricanes. Although he’s not allowed in the arena, the swine that was adopted from a farm has been a mainstay at the pregame tailgates that led to a Hurricane win. SWEET SWINE
Sideline stat
3.5 seconds…the number of seconds it takes NASCAR’s (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing) Clint Bowyer, 39, to shotgun a beer. With NASCAR on “spring break,” driver Clint Bowyer shows his need for speed by shotgunning a beer with fellow driver Kyle Larson’s wife. The two were on a mission to shame retired driver (and retired partier) Dale Earnhardt Jr. FAST AND FURIOUS
Coaches’ corner
Time Magazine released its Top 100 Most Influential People list and it of course includes familiar athletes like LeBron James, soccer’s Mohammed Salah, Tiger Woods and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. But this year for the first time ever, nearly half of the list is made up of women. Of the 48 women who made the list, Alex Morgan (Team U.S.A. Soccer) and Naomi Osaka (tennis) are representing women in sports. TIMELESS