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Texas Rangers left fielder Josh Smith ate a nasty pitch to the grill during the third inning of Monday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles.
Orioles reliever Danny Coulombe’s 89-mph sinker connected with Smith’s jaw in the third quarter of the game.
Smith Survives Gnarly Pitch To The Face
Smith hit the ground and required attention from the Rangers’ medical staff.
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Scary moment. @Rangers Josh Smith hit in the face on this pitch. Left the game. @NBCDFW pic.twitter.com/kdKFXG4p3K
— Pat Doney (@PatDoneyNBC5) April 4, 2023

Just broke Josh Smith’s face. pic.twitter.

Buried deep in a Golfweek article by Adam Schupak is a gem of a story told by Jordan Spieth about Masters tickets.
Shupak interviewed golfers and asked them one, simple question: “What’s the strangest request you’ve received pertaining to the Masters?”
Decent starting point for a Masters week article, but certainly depends on the answers. Shupak starts with Keegan Bradley, who had nothing interesting to say.
From there, we start going down a list of notable golfers, but few have much to offer. Tommy Fleetwood notes that he takes extra Masters pencils for his dad and golf coach.

While New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes was very solid on the mound against the Phillies on Monday, giving up just one run in his five innings of work, it was a play he made behind the plate that had MLB fans in awe. It also happened to result in the final out of his night and stopped the Phillies from possibly putting some more runs on the board. 
With two outs in the fifth inning, Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto hit a single to right. New York’s Franchy Cordero fired a ball to home plate that sailed over catcher Jose Trevino’s head.

Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon will serve a four-game suspension starting Monday due to a public altercation with a fan in Oakland last week.

LSU’s 102-85 victory over Iowa in the national championship was a watershed moment for women’s basketball in America — not just because of its massive television audience, but also in how many storylines it generated off the court.
On Monday, it added another one. First lady Dr. Jill Biden made waves by suggesting the Hawkeyes visit the White House in addition to the victorious Tigers.
Reaction was swift from LSU after a fiercely fought game that ended with Tigers forward Angel Reese co-opting a favorite celebration of Iowa guard Caitlin Clark.

The bad news is only getting worse for college hockey player Carson Briere. The young man shoved a woman’s wheelchair down the stairs at a bar in Eerie, Pennsylvania, and while the move was not the smartest, the consequences have been steep.
Briere, son of Philadelphia Flyers interim GM Danny Briere, not only received backlash online for being spotted in the video shoving the wheelchair, he also received misdemeanor charges for the act, been permanently banned from the bar and has now been booted from his university’s hockey team.

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Several players started getting acclimated to the course at Augusta.
One of the cool things about The Masters is the coverage the PGA nails each and every year. And that starts on Day 1 when the players kickoff their practice sessions.
The biggest names to receive the biggest attention on the opening day of the practice rounds were Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. The two were joined by Tom Kim and legendary golfer Fred Couples and the four decided to keep tradition alive at Augusta.
Skipping a ball across the water at at 16.

Stetson Bennett was very intoxicated on the night of his arrest in Dallas, Texas. He wasn’t particularly happy with the police officers who responded to the 911 call, either.
Bodycam video that was first obtained by TMZ Sports gives a better picture of how the entire thing went down Jan. 29. Bennett’s lights were on but nobody was home.
In fact, he didn’t know where that home was — literally.
The former Georgia quarterback was arrested on a public intoxication charge while training for the NFL Combine in the Lone Star State.

Circles around the NBA media were wondering about the whereabouts of Golden State Warriors player Andrew Wiggins. The former No. 1 pick (2014) has been spending a considerable amount of time away from the team this season, but it appears that the former All-Star is making his long-awaited return.
According to The Athletic / Stadium’s Shams Charania, Wiggins will rejoin the Warriors on Tuesday and attend their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Wild Rumor About Andrew Wiggins Proved Untrue
For 48 days (22 games), Wiggins was away from the Warriors because of a “personal” matter.

Angel Reese thinks it’s a joke that Jill Biden would invite the national runners-up to the White House alongside the Women’s NCAA Tournament Champions. The LSU star said so herself.
While speaking at the Colorado state capital in Denver on Monday, the First Lady praised Iowa’s sportsmanship in their national championship loss and praised both teams for their performance. Had she left it there, it would have been one thing.
But she didn’t leave it there.