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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.

HOUSTON – When Brent Mushburger left CBS in 1990, he was called an “anchor monster.”
Jim Nantz has been a softer, quieter and much more popular play-by-play voice of the NCAA Tournament and the Final Four since 1991. He will call his last national championship game Monday night when Connecticut and San Diego State play at 9:20 p.m. EST on CBS in NRG Stadium.
Nantz’ first job as a sports anchor was just 8 miles away from NRG at KHOU-TV in the early 1980s.

First lady Jill Biden said on Monday that she wants both Iowa and LSU to make the trip to the White House following Sunday night’s national championship game. 
Tigers star forward Angel Reese disagrees, and she made her feelings on the matter known on Monday via Twitter.
“A JOKE,” wrote the sophomore on Twitter, alongside a trio of crying-laughing emojis. 
Reese, who was named the NCAA tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, played a crucial role in LSU winning the program’s first-ever national title.