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The Rundown: Happy Memorial Day!

Hotdogs, lake trips, sunburns and sports talk: the recipe for a perfect holiday weekend. We dedicate this issue to the men and women who gave it all, so we can enjoy all life has to offer.

 

With gratitude,

The Last Night’s Game Team

NHL (NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE)

  • David and Goliath. The Stanley Cup Final starts tonight in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Penguins, the defending champions, will take on the Nashville Predators, the upbeat underdogs playing in their first Stanley Cup ever. Catch the game on NBC.
  • Back in the game. After being out with an injury for the past few games, Mr. Carrie Underwood (AKA: Mike Fisher, the captain of the Predators) is expected to hit the ice once again tonight.

INDIANAPOLIS 500

  • Making history. In front of a crowd of over 300,000, 40-year-old Takuma Soto won the Indy 500 for the first time in his career, making him the first-ever Japanese-born driver to win that specific race.

  • Rough weekend. There was a streak of bad luck going around this weekend for some of the other Indy drivers. Scott Dixon, who started the race in the pole position, was robbed at gunpoint at a Taco Bell and then was in a horrific crash during the race (thankfully he’s okay). Then F1 (Formula One) driver Fernando Alonso, who drew a lot of attention because of his mid-season switch to Indy racing, went from leading the race to having engine failure near the end, and he didn’t even finish. Someone get these guys some four leaf clover or something...

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OVERTIME

SIDELINE STAT

  • The Stanley Cup is a best-of-seven series, meaning the first team to win four games will take home the holy grail of hockey.

COACHES’ CORNER

  • A high school softball pitcher from New Jersey threw a perfect game last week. Why is that such a big deal? A perfect game means not a single player from the other team made it to a base for the whole game. Talk about girl power!
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The Rundown: Monday Motivation

It’s Monday again but hang in there. It’s almost a three-day weekend!

 

You can do it,

The Last Night’s Game team

 

PS - Need a little extra motivation this morning? Leave it to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to kick-start your day. 

Horse Racing 

  • It’s in the cloud. The quest for the Triple Crown came to an end on Saturday. Cloud Computing, who was fresh after not racing in the Kentucky Derby, won The Preakness. Derby winner, Always Dreaming, came in eighth in a field of 10.
  • Hold my beer. The other race at The Preakness isn’t on the track; it’s the famed port-a-potty races. Yes, racing atop port-a-potties while onlookers try to knock you off by throwing beer cans. What could go wrong?

NBA (National Basketball Association)

  • Unstoppable. The Golden State Warriors make things look easy. Saturday, they beat the overpowered San Antonio Spurs to take a 3-0 series lead in the playoffs. The Warriors remain undefeated in the playoffs.
  • Detained. Oklahoma City Thunder’s Enes Kanter, a Turkish citizen, was traveling abroad on behalf of his charity. Kanter has long been an outspoken critic of the Turkish president and upon arriving in Romania, he was detained because his passport had been cancelled by the Turkish government. The NBA called the U.S. State Department for help and he was later released.

Overtime

  • The Dancing With The Stars season 24 finale begins tonight and it features two athletes. Former Chicago Cubs catcher David Ross (MLB – Major League Baseball) and NFL (National Football League) running back Rashad Jennings will battle it out with pop star Normani Kordei for the mirrorball trophy.  

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Coaches’ corner

  • Former NFL player Myron Rolle has accomplished more than most by age 30. He's not only a Rhodes Scholar who played professional football but a medical school graduate who will start his neurosurgeon residency at Harvard next month. Guess you’d say he’s accomplished.  
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The Rundown: Out Into The Real World

What do Oprah, Will Ferrell and President Trump have in common? They all spoke at college graduations this weekend. Even though they inspire our grads, they still need conversation starters just like you and me.

 

That’s why we’re serving up a side of sports,

The Last Night’s Game Team

NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)

  • Great balls of fire. NASCAR raced on Saturday night this week and Aric Almirola lit up the night sky. He was involved in a fiery crash with Danica Patrick and Joey Logano. After watching the video you’ll see how incredible it is that he only walked away with fractured vertebra.

NBA (National Basketball Association)

  • We’re getting there. In game one of the Western Conference finals, the Golden State Warriors overcame a huge deficit to pull off a win against the San Antonio Spurs. (This is the semifinal round – the finals start on June 1st).

UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)

  • Overachiever. The fighter known as the “blue collar champion,” Stipe Miocic, set a record for title defenses by a heavyweight on Saturday. As if that’s not impressive enough, the Cleveland native also a firefighter when he’s not in the octagon. (FYI heavyweight classification is for fighters between 205 and 265 pounds).

Overtime

  • MLB (Major League Baseball) teams proved that real men wear pink. All teams broke out the pink gear yesterday to celebrate Mother’s Day and raise money for the fight against breast cancer. The pink game used items are being auctioned off to benefit the cause, in case you forgot to buy mom a gift.

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Coaches’ corner

  • The NBA (National Basketball Association) Draft lottery is tomorrow. Like your grandma on Tuesdays at 10 am, the NBA uses a bingo-like ping pong ball system to determine the order in which the 14 non-playoff teams will pick in the draft. The worse your team was last season, the higher the odds of receiving a top spot in the draft. Want more? Read on.

 

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