Author: Michael

Forget Cocaine Bear when there’s FLORIDA PARROT.
It absolutely sucks when a game has to be delayed because some idiot runs on the field and tries to get attention, but when it comes to two parrots interrupting a college softball game, we’ll allow it.

Had some special visitors on the field in the 7th inning pic.twitter.com/Jdu6Ye0r1y
— Bradley Softball (@BradleySoftball) February 24, 2023

On Friday a game between Bradley and Gardner-Webb in Orlando got delayed for several minutes when some beautiful parrots decided they wanted to watch the game too.

It is almost March, which means it is time for basketball buzzer beaters and mayhem, and not just on the collegiate level! Friday night saw one of the most insane finishes to a basketball game ever, on any level.
And it didn’t come without controversy!
Thornton Academy faced Bonny Eagle at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine for a chance to play for a high school basketball state championship. The Class AA South semifinal matchup will test your blood pressure.
With 20.9 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Trojans held a two-point lead over the Scots.

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The Battlehawks put together another come-from-behind win.
We are in Week two of then XFL, with the league continuing to make new fans by the day. This week the XFL treated fans to another come from behind victory, as well as the rest of the pack of teams beginning to iron themselves out.
St. Louis Battlehawks 20, Seattle Sea Dragons 18
The Cardiac BattleHawks do it again, staging another comeback victory to get to 2-0, beating the Sea Dragons in Seattle.

The pitching prospect wanted something to remember the moment.
Spring training is full of fun interactions, as prospects and veterans get to play together until the season begins. While veterans are accustomed to these moments, some younger players still get a bit of culture shock playing alongside decorated players.
One such moment occurred Sunday, when Tampa Bay prospect Taj Bradley appeared in his first game of the spring at Fort Myers, Fla.

It sounds cliche, but it’s true, professional golf has never been in a more exciting place than it is today.
We have the battle between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf constantly evolving with both leaning into the personalities of their top players creating more drama and storylines to follow within the game than ever before.
Then there is the actual golf being played and the stories being created week after week inside the ropes.
You put all of this together and golf all of the sudden has a plethora of content to follow both on and off the course.

From Kansas’s Big 12 surge to North Carolina and Kentucky trying to avoid embarrassment, these are the story lines to keep an eye on as the regular season winds down.
Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball (miracle comebacks sold separately in Iowa City):
Could you feel it Saturday? That was March arriving early. Buzzer beaters, big upsets, thick tension … the best month of the season stole the tip, and The Minutes is perfectly fine with that.

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Besiktas Istanbul supporters threw 1,000s of stuffed animals onto the pitch during a game on Sunday.
Fans of Turkish Süper Lig club Besiktas Istanbul interrupted Sunday’s match against Antalyaspor for a good cause. They threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch in a show of support for children impacted by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
The game was paused after 4 minutes and 17 seconds — a reference to the time the earthquake hit at 4:17 a.m. local time on Feb. 6.

A 25% stake in the team reportedly will be sold for $3.5 billion.
Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry is in agreement to sell his stake in the team to Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Haslam Sports Group for a $3.5 billion valuation, according to The Athletic. Both ESPN and the Associated Press confirmed the report and added that Haslam’s wife, Dee, who is a co-owner of the Browns, is also a party to the purchase.
The deal, which was discussed for several months, is still pending league approval. Lasry’s stake is 25% of the Bucks and would make the Haslams co-owners along with Wes Edens.

Plus, there’s nothing imminent between Derek Carr and the Jets, the 2023 QB market, Jalen Ramsey’s future with the Rams and much more in this week’s Ten Takeaways.
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The Packers are in a tough spot with Aaron Rodgers. And to understand it, I think you have to understand how their perspective on this situation has changed over the past year.
The previous two offseasons, Green Bay’s focus was singular—get Rodgers back in the fold.

Jake Paul suffered his first lost in his boxing career yesterday in a split-decision loss to Tommy Fury. Paul did get a knockdown in the eighth and final round but it wasn’t enough to keep his record perfect. Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe react to Fury’s win vs. Paul.