Roundup: Girl Kicked Out of Prom Because Dads Were Getting Impure Thoughts; Football Coach Resigns After Tweet & the Best Trampoline Dunk Ever
By Jason McIntyre
Torii Hunter, who was “tapped” in the face by an umpire during a fracas Monday, defended the umpire. [Detroit News]
Marcin Gortat scored 31 and John Wall added 27 as the Wizards thumped the Pacers by 23 on the road in Game Five. [Washington Post]
Guard Caris LeVert, possibly Michigan’s best player next season, is out 8-10 weeks following foot surgery. [CBS Sports]
Carlos Tevez has been left off Argentina’s World Cup roster. [Goal.com]
University of South Florida strength and conditioning coach suspended for tweet about Aaron Lynch after he was drafted by the 49ers. As furor built, the coach resigned. [Bulls 24/7]
John Thompson III’s job might be in jeopardy in the coming year, but he’s landed two big men from the class of 2015: Jessie Govan and Noah Dickerson. [The Sporting News]
No Tiger Woods led to a rock bottom rating for The Players Championship last weekend. I’m sure the NFL draft and Mother’s Day had something to do with that, too. [Sports Media Watch]
The shift is on: Nobody is covering third base in MLB these days. [NYT]
Portland’s Will Barton had the best game of his young career in Game 4 against the Spurs. [The Pattern of Basketball]
Who was the mystery team that wanted to trade into 22 and not draft a QB? [The MMQB]
Damon Bailey, Indiana high school basketball legend, has taken a job as the assistant women’s basketball coach at Butler, where one of his daughters will play in two years. [Indy Star]
Shelly Sterling’s lawyer sure sounds like she’s preparing a lawsuit against other NBA owners if the league takes the team from her. [NYT]
“Here was LeBron chasing 50 in New York, chatting it up with Jay Z and Beyonce courtside, and old man Sterling still made himself the biggest show in the sport.” [Yahoo Sports]
That one’s next level. I needed to watch it twice to take it all in. [via BroBible]
Former LA Clipper Marques Johnson has some thoughts about Donald Sterling.
Woman on motorcycle narrowly avoids running into a horse in the middle of the road. [via Adam]
Very cool. Starts slowly, but gets really good.