Author: Michael

San Diego State is off to the NCAA national title game thanks to an insane buzzer beater against FAU, and the hometown fans were LIT back at Petco Park.
And by lit, I mean the San Diego Padres showed the end of the game on the video board while the Colorado Rockies were being introduced, and, well …

The immediate aftermath at Petco. pic.twitter.com/VdTtospGIh
— Jay Posner (@JayPosnerSD) April 2, 2023

Padres fans watch San Diego State beat FAU
Electric city, baby! Everyone has Aztec fever right now, and they are ready to PARTY back in San Diego.

San Diego State punched its ticket to the 2023 men’s national championship game after a thrilling 72–71 win over Florida Atlantic at the buzzer in the Final Four. 
Aztecs junior guard Lamont Butler, hit a baseline jumper as time expired to help San Diego State pull off the miracle.
The No. 9 Owls, playing in the Final Four for the first time in school history, blew a 14-point second-half lead in a game for the ages. FAU, who took a 40–33 advantage into halftime, were outscored 39–31 in the second half.

It might not be March anymore but the madness is still very much so alive. SDSU was down 14 at one point yet ended up snatching the win from FAU on the final shot.

DALLAS — One of the many charms of basketball is that it is a city game and a country game. Games are honed on net-less rims in urban parks and homemade backboards nailed to ancient barns. When the Iowa and LSU women play for the championship of a culturally homogenized and politically divided country Sunday, they will emerge from opposite ends of the sport’s landscape. It will be Midwest against South and East, country against city, mostly white against mostly Black—contrasts that could be combustible in so many places in America but not on a hardwood floor.

After spending just over two weeks in the transfer portal, sought-after junior guard Jameer Nelson Jr. has reportedly made a decision on where he will continue his college career.
Nelson, the son of former NBA All-Star and St. Joseph’s star point guard Jameer Nelson, announced Friday he has committed to play for TCU and coach Jamie Dixon, according to ESPN’s Jeff Borzello. The Horned Frogs will reportedly land Nelson following the former Delaware star’s decision to enter the transfer portal on March 14.

We’re still in the first week of Major League Baseball’s pitch clock era. Some people will need to sit with a bit more before deciding whether or not they’re in favor of it, however, John Smoltz has seen enough.
He’s all in on the pitch clock.
The Fox Sports MLB analyst sat down with TMZ Sports to talk about the start of the season.

“I’m excited about the opportunity that baseball has with these changes and with the rule changes to get the game action-packed again,” Smoltz said, “I think it’s going to be phenomenal.

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The Women’s Final Four captivated millions across the country on Friday evening, and the viewership numbers back it up. 
ESPN revealed that the 2023 Women’s Final Four was its most viewed edition of the NCAA Division I women’s college basketball semifinal across ESPN platforms in recorded history, according to viewership data from Nielsen’s fast nationals. 
Per ESPN, across its platforms, the two NCAA tournament semifinal games averaged 4.5 million viewers, up 66% from last season’s Final Four games.

Unlike Florida Atlantic and San Diego State, which hit nearly every three-pointer they hoisted up in the first half of their Final Four showdown, Grant Hill came up short with perhaps the simplest shot taken over the first twenty minutes.
No, seriously.
The two-time NCAA champion, who starred in his time with Duke before a career in the NBA, struggled to nail a 12-foot putt during the first half of the Final Four showdown between the Owls and the Aztecs. CBS play-by-play man Jim Nantz provided the commentary for the pressure-laced putt and delivered with yet another call for the ages.

Is there ever a bad place to work on your golf game? Even at the Final Four, Jim Nantz and Grant Hill were giving us a preview of the upcoming Masters, which starts next week.
It’s hard enough to make a putt in-front of a national television audience, but I give Grant Hill credit for trying to get it in the cup, with Nantz chiming him. Forget the on-court game, Hill had to deal with putting on a rigid carpet, with chords underneath the surface.

Grant Hill got nervous putting with Jim Nantz on the call @GolfonCBS pic.twitter.