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Apr 15, 2021 Clint Capela cannot forget the excitement of his first triple double. Granted it took place among the couch-cushioned confines of the Hawks center’s old apartment, and his opponents were the computer-controlled Hornets facing the Capela-controlled Thunder in NBA 2K14. But still, Capela, then a teenager coming up in France’s top pro league, found himself giddy when he reached double digits in three major stat categories as a digitized Russell Westbrook. He even hit up a friend to share the big news. “It’s not like I got them in real life,” Capela says. “It was definitely off my radar, because it was too hard to reach. Almost beyond a dream.” ....
Apr 15, 2021 Fear not, citizens of Rancho Cucamonga. That paunchy, 61-year-old man you might have seen over the winter, throwing a baseball over and over against the exterior walls of various empty warehouses in your Southern California town he means no harm. He is Mike Ashman, perfectly innocuous and gainfully employed by the Angels for a skill in which he takes great pride. Ashman is a professional batting practice pitcher. That is, he takes the field two hours before each Angels game to throw 60-mph strikes to Mike Trout and the rest of the lineup, to help them find their groove. ....
This year s tournament will be played entirely in Indiana with a majority of the 67 games taking place in Indianapolis. The First Four is Thursday, March 18, while the first round is Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20. In the event that a team encounters COVID-19 issues, the NCAA has created a plan of rules and protocols that programs need to meet before arriving and how it will impact the bracket. Greg Gumbel will be hosting the one-hour selection show on March 14, and will be joined in the New York studio by analysts Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis. Additionally, there will be remote shots of schools as they learn their postseason fate. ....
After years of being passed over, in November Ng became the first woman to be named GM of a North American professional men’s team. Landing the Miami Marlins job was a breakthrough, but Ng knows that to keep it and help others like her follow she’ll have to win. ....
When Was the Last Time Duke Missed the NCAA Tournament? Author: Mar 11, 2021 Duke and coach Mike Krzyzewski were in danger of missing the NCAA tournament, and then a positive COVID-19 test all but confirmed that the Blue Devils won t be dancing in 2021. On Thursday, college basketball analyst Jeff Goodman reported that Duke had a positive COVID-19 test and wouldn t play in the ACC tournament. At 13–11 on the season, the Blue Devils didn t do enough to make the Big Dance without a strong run in the ACC conference tournament. The Blue Devils last fell short of a March Madness berth in 1995, when Krzyzewski missed most of the season due to a ruptured disk in his lower back. The program s 24-season streak is the third-longest in NCAA history, trailing North Carolina (27) and Kansas (30). ....