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Wednesday’s 6-pack
Prop bets for tonight’s North Carolina-Duke game:
— Over/under on points for Duke: 87
— Over/under on points for North Carolina: 78.5
— Largest lead of game for either side: 17.5
— 3-point shots made, by both teams: 16
— Over/under on points for Cody White: 16.5
— Over/under on points for Zion Williamson: 23.5
Quote of the Day
“if you ever find you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.”
Nick Saban
Wednesday’s quiz
Which Big 14 school has won the most league championships in basketball?
Tuesday’s quiz
Mike Woodson was the Knicks’ coach the last time they made the playoffs, in 2012-13.
Monday’s quiz
Michael Jordan played baseball for the Birmingham Barons of the AA Southern League; they were a farm club of the White Sox.
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Wednesday’s List of 13: Mid-week musings…..
13) Manny Machado signs on with the Padres for 10 years, $300M; interesting move.
12) Las Vegas dropped San Diego from 80-1 to 50-1 to win the World Series. Before you book a flight to the desert to bet on the Padres, here are their starting pitchers:
— Joey Lucchesi
— Robbie Erlin
— Bryan Mitchell
— Eric Lauer
— Luis Perdomo
Padres got lot more interesting Tuesday; don’t think they became a playoff team.
11) From Christopher Kamka, a great researcher:
Bruce Bochy:
– has the most career home runs of any MLB player born in France (26)
– is the only player to hit a walk-off homer off of Nolan Ryan (July 1, 1985)
10) Purdue 48, Indiana 46— A fierce struggle, an ugly, hard-fought game where the better team won on the road. Carsen Edwards is Purdue’s best player but he was awful: 4-24 from floor, 0-10 on arc— Boilermakers won anyway.
9) Rick Pitino’s pro team in Greece won the Greek Cup tournament over the weekend; one of the highlights of this spring will be if a college team (UCLA, UNLV?) tries to hire him, to revive their struggling program. Will take a college president who is secure in his job, since Pitino comes with some off-court baggage.
There are rumors out in the desert that Pitino could be coaching the Rebels next year.
8) I’m disappointed that Phillies’ P Aaron Nola isn’t from New Orleans, but he is from Baton Rouge, so same state at least.
7) SouthPoint sportsbook in Las Vegas has written seven tickets on the St Louis Blues to win the Stanley Cup, at 300-1 odds. Right now, the Blues are having an unexpectedly good season and are only 12-1 to win the Cup.
6) Monday night, at the Columbus-Tampa Bay NHL game, Pierre McGuire was reporting for NBC Sports Network, in a booth right at center-ice.
The pucks flies off the ice, goes about three inches in front of McGuire’s face (he wears glasses), and smashes into a camera that captured the whole thing. Had to be pretty scary.
5) Former Bengals’ coach Marvin Lewis is doing AAF games on TV; he isn’t bad. I think more ex-coaches should be TV game analysts; they’ve thought the game through more than ex-players.
4) Right now, the New York Jets have only 39 players under contract for next year, fewest in NFL- they have over $100M available in salary cap space.
3) Sean McDermott has been coach of the Buffalo Bills for two years, but the Bills have only five players left under contract who were Bills before McDermott got there.
2) Dayton 74, Davidson 73— Flyers blew a 19-point lead, but hit a foul shot with 0:02.2 left for the win. Second straight one-point game for Dayton.
1) RIP Don Newcombe, 92, who passed away Tuesday. Newcombe pitched in the major leagues for 12 years, mostly for the Brooklyn Dodgers; he also pitched for the Reds and Indians— his record was 149-90, with a career-best 27-7 in 1956.
At the end of his career, Newcombe went over and played outfield in Japan for a year; he was that good a hitter. He hit .273 in the major leagues, in 878 career at-bats. RIP, sir.
Prop bets for tonight’s North Carolina-Duke game:
— Over/under on points for Duke: 87
— Over/under on points for North Carolina: 78.5
— Largest lead of game for either side: 17.5
— 3-point shots made, by both teams: 16
— Over/under on points for Cody White: 16.5
— Over/under on points for Zion Williamson: 23.5
Quote of the Day
“if you ever find you’re the most talented person in the room, you need to find another room.”
Nick Saban
Wednesday’s quiz
Which Big 14 school has won the most league championships in basketball?
Tuesday’s quiz
Mike Woodson was the Knicks’ coach the last time they made the playoffs, in 2012-13.
Monday’s quiz
Michael Jordan played baseball for the Birmingham Barons of the AA Southern League; they were a farm club of the White Sox.
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Wednesday’s List of 13: Mid-week musings…..
13) Manny Machado signs on with the Padres for 10 years, $300M; interesting move.
12) Las Vegas dropped San Diego from 80-1 to 50-1 to win the World Series. Before you book a flight to the desert to bet on the Padres, here are their starting pitchers:
— Joey Lucchesi
— Robbie Erlin
— Bryan Mitchell
— Eric Lauer
— Luis Perdomo
Padres got lot more interesting Tuesday; don’t think they became a playoff team.
11) From Christopher Kamka, a great researcher:
Bruce Bochy:
– has the most career home runs of any MLB player born in France (26)
– is the only player to hit a walk-off homer off of Nolan Ryan (July 1, 1985)
10) Purdue 48, Indiana 46— A fierce struggle, an ugly, hard-fought game where the better team won on the road. Carsen Edwards is Purdue’s best player but he was awful: 4-24 from floor, 0-10 on arc— Boilermakers won anyway.
9) Rick Pitino’s pro team in Greece won the Greek Cup tournament over the weekend; one of the highlights of this spring will be if a college team (UCLA, UNLV?) tries to hire him, to revive their struggling program. Will take a college president who is secure in his job, since Pitino comes with some off-court baggage.
There are rumors out in the desert that Pitino could be coaching the Rebels next year.
8) I’m disappointed that Phillies’ P Aaron Nola isn’t from New Orleans, but he is from Baton Rouge, so same state at least.
7) SouthPoint sportsbook in Las Vegas has written seven tickets on the St Louis Blues to win the Stanley Cup, at 300-1 odds. Right now, the Blues are having an unexpectedly good season and are only 12-1 to win the Cup.
6) Monday night, at the Columbus-Tampa Bay NHL game, Pierre McGuire was reporting for NBC Sports Network, in a booth right at center-ice.
The pucks flies off the ice, goes about three inches in front of McGuire’s face (he wears glasses), and smashes into a camera that captured the whole thing. Had to be pretty scary.
5) Former Bengals’ coach Marvin Lewis is doing AAF games on TV; he isn’t bad. I think more ex-coaches should be TV game analysts; they’ve thought the game through more than ex-players.
4) Right now, the New York Jets have only 39 players under contract for next year, fewest in NFL- they have over $100M available in salary cap space.
3) Sean McDermott has been coach of the Buffalo Bills for two years, but the Bills have only five players left under contract who were Bills before McDermott got there.
2) Dayton 74, Davidson 73— Flyers blew a 19-point lead, but hit a foul shot with 0:02.2 left for the win. Second straight one-point game for Dayton.
1) RIP Don Newcombe, 92, who passed away Tuesday. Newcombe pitched in the major leagues for 12 years, mostly for the Brooklyn Dodgers; he also pitched for the Reds and Indians— his record was 149-90, with a career-best 27-7 in 1956.
At the end of his career, Newcombe went over and played outfield in Japan for a year; he was that good a hitter. He hit .273 in the major leagues, in 878 career at-bats. RIP, sir.
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