10 Awesome Things That Happened This Weekend (3/21-3/23)

10. Dodger and Diamondbacks Play Regular Season Games in Australia
            I’m not sure what exactly Major League Baseball was trying to accomplish by staging games that actually a count a week before the rest of the regular season in a place not exactly known for it’s love of baseball. If Arizona finishes two games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, they should be pretty pissed.

9. Kyle Larson Earns First Career Nationwide Win

            Larson backed up Saturday’s effort with an insane march to the front during Sunday’s green-white-checkered finish, nearly stealing a Sprint Cup win from Kyle Busch. Kyle Larson is the future of NASCAR.

8. Michael Vick Replaces The Sanchize

            It’s only fitting that in honor of Mark Sanchez officially getting the boot from the New York Jets, we post a video of his most infamous NFL moment.

 

7. David Ortiz Resigned Through 2015
            Boston has so little money committed to players beyond 2015 that they can afford to pay an aging Ortiz $16 million per year (if he hits certain incentives, he’ll be under contract through 2017). As the last man standing who has been on all three Red Sox championship teams this century, he deserves it.

6. Kevin Durant Leads Westbrook-less Thunder to Double Overtime Victory

            Durant’s final three points came with 1.7 seconds left in double overtime, as the Thunder finished off an Eastern Conference road trip 3-0. They would be wise to think about sitting Russell Westbrook for the remainder of the regular season.

5. 4-Point Play Seals Stephen F. Austin Upset

            Sadly, No Credentials pre-tourney Cinderella pick couldn’t parlay their miraculous victory over VCU into a Sweet 16 berth.

4. Kyle Busch’s Tires Don’t Explode, So He Wins Second Straight At California

            I may be in the minority here, but I like races where Goodyear Eagles spontaneously combust, and especially when a flat left front ruins a Jimmie Johnson trip to victory lane.
        
3. Dayton Slays Another Dragon, Knocks Off Syracuse
            After stifling a Syracuse squad that spent three weeks earlier in the season as the top ranked team in basketball, Dayton caught another break when #2 Kansas fell at the hands of Stanford. It’s not unrealistic to think Dayton could find themselves in the Elite 8.
         
2. Wichita State’s Undefeated Run Ends
            For the record, we had Wichita going down in the Round of 32. Unfortunately we had Kansas State doing it, not Kentucky.

1. Duke Loses in First Round to #14 Mercer

            If you’re going to lose one of your Final Four teams in the first round, it might as well be the Duke Blue Devils.

10 Awesome Things That Happened This Past Weekend (2/22-2/24)

10. No Fans Died After Horrific Last Lap Nationwide Crash
            For all my years of watching auto racing, I don’t recall a time when a tire got into the seats and didn’t kill at least one person. We’ll discuss this event, and the public perception of the top story on our list, later this week.

9. Caution Flag Gives Johnny Sauter Truck Series Win at Daytona

            I had planned to rip NASCAR for not letting the trucks race to the checkered flag, but arguing against safety seemed pretty ignorant after the events of Saturday.

8. Golden State Debuts Short Sleeve Jerseys

            The Warriors looked pretty stupid in their new shirts, but at least they were able to pull out an overtime win over the top team in the NBA.

7. Ryan Braun Homers in First Spring Training At-Bat

            I’d spend more time mocking Braun for all his links to potential steroid use if he wasn’t one of the pillars of my keeper league team.

6. Manti Te’o Faces the Music at the NFL Combine

            Predictably, the NFL brass wasn’t very sympathetic for Te’o getting cat-fished. He didn’t help his cause by running a 4.82 40 today either.

5. Ronda Rousey Arm Bars Liz Carmouche
            In other words, the girl with the pretty face and the big arms beat the girl with the ugly face and the big arms.

4. #2 Miami Upset By Wake Forest

            Here’s this weeks installment of “Big Time College Basketball Upset That No Credentials Doesn’t Give a Shit About”, sponsored by ACME. Although on a side note, how the hell did the Miami Hurricanes get ranked second in the nation in men’s basketball?

3. Alex Ovechkin Drops a Hat Trick on New Jersey

            It’s hard to believe that the man once regarded as the second best hockey player on Earth hadn’t netted 3 goals in a game in over two years.

2. Kobe Bryant Shows Up Mark Cuban

            After dropping 38 points, 12 boards, and 7 assists, Kobe had the right to tweet “AMNESTY THAT”.

1. Jimmie Johnson Wins 2013 Daytona 500, Danica Patrick Finishes 8th

            Some folks called this race boring, but at least a car didn’t end up in the seats.