1. | Tim Lincecum totally digs pitching against these guys, as he no-hit the crew for the second time this week: | ||
Rockies | |||
Cubs | |||
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Padres | ||
Cardinals | |||
2. | In a serious case of Follow the Leader, each of the following Miami players opted out of his contract with the Heat, except for: | ||
Chris Bosh | |||
LeBron James | |||
Dwyane Wade | |||
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Chris "Birdman" Anderson | ||
By way of explanation.....
Udonis Haslem was the other Heat star to opt out |
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3. | Meanwhile, in news of prospective NBAers, a bright young man from this school became the #1 overall draft pick: | ||
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Kansas | ||
Syracuse | |||
UCLA | |||
Michigan | |||
4. | And with the fifth pick the Jazz made Dante Exum the first player from a non-US country to be drafted. Exum is from this land: | ||
Canada | |||
Germany | |||
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Australia | ||
Brazil | |||
5. | The ping of aluminum bats has fallen silent, which means the college baseball season concluded with this school winning the CWS: | ||
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Vanderbilt | ||
Boston College | |||
Auburn | |||
Rice | |||
6. | Group play in the World Cup was punctuated by Uruguay's Luis Suarez biting a player from this country: | ||
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Italy | ||
Mexico | |||
Netherlands | |||
Colombia | |||
7. | If you are a country that qualified for the knock-out stage in World Cup play, please step forward. Not so fast there.... | ||
United States | |||
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Russia | ||
Brazil | |||
Greece | |||
8. | Days after being spoken to by MLB EVP Joe Torre about complaining about official scorers, this heavy hitter promised a group of kids that he'd homer the following game....and came through on his promise: | ||
Troy Tulowitzki | |||
Mike Trout | |||
Miguel Cabrera | |||
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David Ortiz | ||
9. | Tiger Woods came and went, returning to competitive play but failing to make the cut at this tournament: | ||
Players Championship | |||
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AT&T National | ||
John Deere | |||
Wyndham Championship | |||
10. | The second week of Wimbledon will have to get started without this big name, who was excused in the third round of the tournament: | ||
Maria Sharapova | |||
Rafael Nadal | |||
Novak Djokovic | |||
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Serena Williams | ||