Author: Michael

Every year, sports teams and personalities across the world tend to rile up their fans on April 1, pranking their supporters with April Fools’ Day jokes. This year was no different, as a slew of organizations posted false news blasts or other joke tweets in order to get a reaction from their fans.
While some of these efforts were rather uninspired, other social media teams stepped up to the plate with some hilarious April Fools’ jokes on Saturday, successfully fooling their supporters and getting laugh from their fanbases.

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For the first time since 2005, WWE will take over the city of Angels, as the company hosts the 39th edition of the grand spectacle that is WrestleMania.
Boasting a grand total of 13 matches, WrestleMania 39 will offer many of the WWE’s best a glorious opportunity to decide champions and settle long-held grudges on the biggest stage in the world. WrestleMania 39 will take place inside SoFi Stadium—the home of the NFL’s Rams and Chargers—in Inglewood, Calif.

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LSU guard Alexis Morris watched how Iowa star Caitlin Clark sagged off, and at different moments of the game, did not guard South Carolina’s Raven Johnson during the Hawkeyes’ Final Four win against the Gamecocks on Friday night and immediately thought that the Big Ten program wouldn’t be able to do the same against the Tigers.
Morris, who thrives in transition play and knocking down mid-range jumpers, told reporters on Saturday that Iowa’s defensive strategy against South Carolina will not work Sunday when the Hawkeyes face the Tigers in the women’s national championship game.

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When there’s a story in sports where racism is accused, ESPN is generally all over it.
Not enough black head coaches in the NFL? Racism. Duke volleyball player thinks she heard a fan say something? Racism. White guy wins NBA MVP? Racism. Bubba Wallace finds a rope in his garage? Racism.
Yet, when a black umpire accuses a black head coach and black fans of calling him an “Uncle Tom” and favoring a white team? Nothing.
ESPN reported the story, sure. But they left out almost all of the damning accusations brought forth by said umpire.
OutKick reported the story on Thursday.

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This iteration of the XFL isn’t nearly as EXTREME as it was before the X simply stood for “X” instead of EXTREME. But someone forgot to make this clear to the Vegas Vipers and San Antonio Brahmas.
Special teams aren’t exactly front of mind in the XFL, and the league’s rules make it difficult to run a kick all the way to the house. If you had to pick the player who was going to finally break loose and hit pay dirt it was going to be Brahmas wideout Fred Brown would be a decent candidate.
That’s precisely what he did.

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