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Rick Pitino has had enough of sportsmanship.
Apparently, something ticked off the legendary coach so much that he decided to tweet out that he was banning the postgame handshake line for him and his St. John’s men’s basketball team effective IMMEDIATELY.
“I certainly have great respect for the coaches and teams we play but after witnessing multiple problems with the postgame handshake line, we will take a page out of the NBA playbook and refrain,” Pitino randomly tweeted out without giving any context yesterday. 
Really, though.

Tiger and Charlie Woods pose for a photo ahead of the PNC Championship Pro-Am. | Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Charlie Woods hit a tantalizing drive during the PNC Championship Pro-Am, and the stats tell the story.
The apple never falls far from the tree, and the Woods family proves that adage yet again.
Fifteen-year-old Charlie Woods is a blossoming talent, a high-school golfer full of power and finesse. His mannerisms also model his father’s, which is no surprise.
Tiger Woods had all the power in the world at Charlie’s age.

Netflix continues their fast track into the sports broadcasting world by announcing a landmark deal with FIFA to acquire the upcoming rights for the Women’s World Cup for 2027 and 2031.
The multi-year agreement will allow the streaming platform to not only air all the game broadcasts, but also create exclusive documentaries surrounding the teams, big-name players, as well as historical rivalries throughout the World Cup’s history.

Four years ago, the NBA fanboys in the media denounced anyone who cited the league’s ratings declines as racist, bad-faith, and dishonest. ESPN commentators Stan Verrett, Mark Jones, and J.A. Adande were particularly irked by OutKick’s coverage of the ratings. By coverage, we mean citing the public data that showed how ESPN was losing viewers at a rate that outpaced the standard decline in television.
Four years later, the NBA has declined to such a degree that even the friendliest of the media allies can no longer defend the state of the league.