Weathering The Storm
Barstool Sports is stepping up for women’s golf, arrests in a sports star’s death and how the Bills are setting the hiring standards.
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Golf
The PGA (Professional Golfers Association) Championship tournament is the talk of the weekend. It’s the second major tournament of the PGA season. While the tournament is a big deal, what’s an even bigger deal is what Barstool Sports Is doing for the college women golfers. After the NCAA cancelled their championship tournament seemingly without any valid reason, Barstool Sports stepped in to put together a championship tournament in a week. The “Let them play” tournament featuring 10 teams vying for the championship began yesterday in Phoenix, AZ. BOLD MOVES
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This is the craziest story that we couldn’t make up if we tried. In November, the world mourned when the international superstar and Argentinean soccer legend Diego Maradona, 60, died following brain surgery. This week his team of medical professionals was charged with homicide in his death. The medical board found that his medical team acted in an "inappropriate, deficient and reckless manner." OY VEY
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The Buffalo Bills (NFL - National Football League) are pushing through the glass ceiling. The team hired a new offensive assistant Sophia Lewin. They recently hired Andrea Gosper, Mechelle Geeter and Nikki Donoff, all in football operations positions. The team is co-led by co-owner Kim Pegula. BETTER TOGETHER
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Who doesn’t have travel envy after the last year and a half? Well, the F1 (Formula One) race in Monaco is going to make that worst. Forget the race; the scenery steals the show at this race with beautiful architecture and more yachts than you can count lining the race track. Lewis Hamilton, the seven-time World Champion, and Max Verstappen, the 23-year-old with a racing pedigree, are the two to watch In the race while you dream of a European vacation. WHY YACHT?
It’s Business Time
A tidal wave of sports beginning this weekend, Kobe's HOF induction and the top 10 world’s highest-paid athletes.
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WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association)
WNBA players will be back playing in their home arenas after playing last season in a bubble. The season starts today and will feature a break for the Tokyo Olympics. Keep an eye on Breanna Stewart. The newly engaged Stewart, who plays for the defending champion Seattle Storm, is the first WNBA player in a decade to have her own signature shoe. She is one of the many athletes signed by PUMA in recent months. LET’S DO THIS
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Michael Jordan could face one of the toughest tasks of his career on Saturday, presenting his “little brother” Kobe Bryant ahead of his induction into the Naismith Hall of Fame (i.e., NBA – National Basketball Association - Hall of Fame) on Saturday. Other inductees include famed women’s college basketball coach Kim Mulkey (also presented by Michael Jordan, who is stepping in for her former boss who is ill) and NBA legend Tim Duncan. STANDING IN THE HALL OF FAME
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The usually laborious task of creating the NFL (National Football League) season schedule was made a little easier thanks to technology. Instead of mulling over thousands of revisions of which teams plays which and on which TV network, the NFL enlisted the help of Amazon Web Services to narrow down the nearly billion options for each team. AWS took into account fairness, travel and stadium scheduling conflicts. The full schedule was released Wednesday. YET PEOPLE WILL STILL COMPLAIN
Coaches’ corner
The Forbes’ list of the world’s top 10 highest-paid athletes is out. Leading the charge isn’t who you think – it’s UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) fighter Conor McGregor, at a cool $180M. LeBron James is No. 5 on the list that also includes three soccer players, one Formula One driver, one tennis player, two NFL players and two NBA players. No female athletes made the list. GETTING PAID
What to watch
The second race of the Triple Crown is tomorrow and all eyes will be on Medina Spirit. The Kentucky Derby winner failed a drug test that could revoke its Derby win yet is still racing in the Preakness Stakes. Medina Spirit is still the favorite. One thing we’d never thought we’d say in regards to the race – rapper Grammy winner 2 Chainz will be performing. THAT TRACKS
Also, the NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) regular season begins Saturday and so does the NHL (National Hockey League) playoffs..
Mama Knows Best
College athletes in Georgia are getting paid, a college pitcher’s prosthetic arm stolen and the (potentially) Olympic bound NFL player.
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College Sports
The Governor of Georgia signed a bill yesterday to allow Georgia college athletes to be paid, but there’s a twist. The athletes will not have access to the money they earn right away. The money will be deposited into an escrow bank account set up by the college or university. The student will not be allowed to access that money until at least one year after they graduate or if they withdraw from the school. Georgia joins Florida and a few other states in allowing college athletes in the state to be paid for their name, image or likeness. FIRST MOVERS
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Parker Hanson has decided to look at the silver lining after his prosthetic arm was stolen out of his car. The right-handed pitcher for Augustana University in South Dakota is choosing to gain joy from the outpouring of support from his community after his artificial limb and other must-have attachments for the prosthesis, valued at $25,000, were stolen. Police found the backpack with many of the attachments in it, but not the prosthetic arm. Fans have offered to start a GoFundMe page, but due to the NCAA rules (see above in Georgia), he cannot accept donations. A GOOD SPORT
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At 6’4 and 229 pounds, Seattle Seahawks (NFL - National Football League) DK Metcalf is a specimen of a human being. In an unbelievable play vs. the Arizona Cardinals last season, he chased down an opponent like a cheetah. After that, U.S. Track and Field dared him to try out for the Olympics. Metcalf is giving it a go and will participate in an Olympic qualifying event this weekend. STAY TUNED
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The NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) is wrapping up its pre-season tournament on Saturday with the Challenge Cup finals between Portland Thorns FC and NJ/NY Gotham FC. The game will be on partner CBS, which saw a 493% growth in ratings for the women’s league last season. The game comes on the heels of a lawsuit by Olivia Moultrie, a rising star on the Thorns, who filed a lawsuit over the league’s age restriction. Moultrie can play on the practice squad and during pre-season games but cannot sign a contract with the league to play in official games until she’s 18. AGE AIN’T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER