Quote of the day
“I want a divorce.” - The wife of Don Majewski after his $200,000 bet on the Cubs to win the World Series inevitably succumbs to the Cubs’ history. Note: Since the picture of the bet slip made the rounds, the MGM has said the bet is illegitimate, because the ticket has been altered (the black marker Majewski drew over the bet #). We’re not sure if that means he gets his money back and it’s like the bet never happened, or he’s now out $200,000 because he had to draw on his bet slip so he could send out a tweet. If it’s the latter, his wife may have already filed for that divorce.
About last night . . .
Russell Westbrook is a bad, bad man
Kevin Durant is the best player on the Oklahoma City Thunder. Not that something this subjective could ever be considered a fact, but Durant is an unprecedented talent in size, handle, shooting, wingspan, etc. His best is better than anyone else’s best save Steph and LeBron and the gap is small. Durant is great. But he doesn’t crush dreams like Westbrook. He doesn’t hate every single ounce of everything and dunk the living hell out of your soul like Westbrook. Look, getting casual threes rained on your head and in your face will sting the ego and make for tough basketball success, but watching a 6-1 energizer bunny kick your teammate in the chest and rip the rim down with his teeth will make you feel like there might be better things to do with your time than hustle around within spitting distance of something like that and “maybe we should stop playing defense, because if we keep making him turn it over he might punt the ball off our faces and into the hoop in the second half.”
Capitals show resolve, but are still the Capitals
Down 3-2 in the series and 3-0 in game 6 on the road, it all looked so familiar for the Washington Capitals and their fans. And then something odd happened. They scored. Then they scored again. And a third! Who were these guys and what had they done with the folding Washington Capitals of years past? Well, they weren’t totally gone, as Pittsburgh eventually won in overtime and won the series. The Capitals can hang their helmets on the fact that they did come back in the game and almost came back from down 3-1 to get a Game 7 at home, but this was one of the best teams in the last decade in the regular season and, once again, they came up short.
Also, the game would have ended earlier in overtime if Jay Beagle hadn’t made the save of the year:
The Penguins will play the Lightning in the Eastern Conference Finals.
UFC for sale
According to ESPN’s business insider/brand robot Darren Rovell, the UFC is up for sale by the current owners. It’s a private business, so things like this tend to be tricky--they don’t have to disclose things like this--but Rovell feels pretty confident in his sourcing that the mixed martial arts league is fetching bids, which are estimated to reach $3.5-$4 billion. Rovell also went on Sportscenter later in the day and mentioned that the sellers of the UFC, namely the Fertitta brothers, could become major players in bringing the Oakland Raiders to Las Vegas if the sale were to go through.
Daily Fantasy Sports go in front of Congress, DraftKings and FanDuel pass.
Here’s what you need to know about it:
“The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Manufacturing and Trade will hold its first hearing into daily fantasy sports Wednesday morning. But with the election year, the typical slow-moving nature of Congress and especially the absence of the industry’s major players — no representatives from DraftKings, FanDuel or any major sports leagues will be in attendance, despite invitations — and legal experts and industry observers don’t expect much immediate concrete action to come out of the proceedings.”
That’s from this from the Huffington Post. The professional sports leagues, involved in daily fantasy sports by way of their players being in the games, won’t be represented there either. It seems like not much is going to happen here.
Things to read today
A crap ton of words on American Sports’ greatest treasure Vin Scully?
Inside the mind of Draymond Green
Draymond Green is a super interesting basketball player and a super interesting person and he’s been keeping a playoff diary for The Undefeated. I did not know he was doing this and now I’m glad I know he is.
The best of the rest
Russ made a face, y’all
The internet has gone too far
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