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If you’ve been following my obsession with my alma mater, Gonzaga, you can ascertain that I had a fantastic weekend. Not only did I fulfill my plans of not leaving the house/putting on pants between Friday evening and Monday morning, my cherished Bulldogs made it to the big game tonight. So while I have no complaints about this weekend, there are definitely some people that do…
Tiger Woods
Remember 20 years ago, when Tiger Woods won his first of his four green jackets? Well, you won’t be seeing a repeat this year, as that Woods announced this weekend that he will be missing third Masters in the last four years.
In a post on his website, Woods said that while he will attend the Champions Dinner on Tuesday night, he won’t be playing:
Unfortunately, I won’t be competing in this year’s Masterss. I did about everything I could to play, but my back rehabilitation didn’t allow me the time to get tournament ready. I’m especially upset because it’s a special anniversary for me that’s filled with a lot of great memories. I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since I won my first green jacket.
Tiger missed all of the 2015-16 season following two back surgeries, and only returned to play in December at the Hero World Challenge. He had be hoping to play at Augusta this year, but ultimately decided he just wasn’t ready.
Maybe next year? [Via ESPN]
Pornhub Users
Lots of companies played April Fool’s pranks on their customers, but none was so harsh as the one that Pornhub dropped on their users Saturday.
The porn site displayed this popup after users clicked on the porn of their choosing:
I don’t know who in the hell clicked “Thanks Pornhub!” but those that clicked on the “WTF” button were greeted with a message saying “Happy April Fools! Don’t worry your browsing is always safe and secure, we are fully encrypted using HTTPS protocols.”
No report on how many heart attacks were caused by this cruel, cruel joke. [Via Cosmopolitan]
Dreamworks
You’d think that with the number one movie at the box office for the weekend, the folks at Dreamworks would have had a pretty good weekend. But while it’s true that The Boss Baby brought in $49 million this weekend, it wasn’t enough to cover the giant hit they took on their other new release this weekend.
The studio was also behind Ghost In A Shell, the live-action retelling of the popular Japanese manga. The film, starring Scarlett Johansson cost $110 million to make, but it only earned $19 million over the weekend, meaning it’s currently running at a deficit of $81 million.
Ain’t enough boss babies in the world to make up for that. [Via Business Insider]
UConn
Not nearly enough attention is paid to the UConn’s women’s basketball team, which has been ridiculously dominant for the last four years. Unfortunately for them, the attention comes as their hopes for a fifth straight title were dashed on Friday by Mississippi State in the semi-final game of the women’s final four.
The Huskies haven’t lost since Nov. 17, 2014, when Stanford beat them in overtime. That’s an 865 day/111 game winning streak that was snapped with a buzzer beater in overtime by the Bulldog’s Morgan William, perhaps avenging last year’s Sweet Sixteen game that saw UConn beating Mississippi State by 60 points.
William reflected on the moment, saying “I live for moments like this. UConn, they’re an incredible team. For me to make that shot against them, it’s unbelievable. I’m still in shock right now. I wanted to take the shot. I wanted to take the shot and I made it.”
Good for William, bad for UConn. But congrats to the Bulldogs! [Via New York Daily News]
South Carolina and Oregon
My boss is sad that his Ducks lost in the final four…but he also told me not to come in tomorrow so I can watch my beloved Gonzaga in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game tonight. So sorry not sorry Gamecocks…and while I’m a little sorry about Oregon, I’m still not coming in tomorrow. #GoZags.
Image via Ghost In The Shell / Dreamworks
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Jenna Crowley
Jenna used to be known as 2NOTBrokeGirls, but then one of the girls actually went broke, so she's struck out on her own. Jenna spends her free time saving the world, one sorority girl at a time (usually while wearing yoga pants), questioning why she decided to get a doctorate, documenting her love of all things cheese related, and hosting the new PGP podcast Don't Take It From Us. You can ask her anything you want about football, using your boobs to get what you want, and pizza at @JennaLCrowley on Twitter or via email at JennaLCrowley@gmail.com.
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I hope Gonzaga loses cause you’re a Patriots fan and I’m still bitter about the Super Bowl.
We aren’t friends anymore.
I’m so disappointed the Uconn women lost. They’ve been a virtual gambling lock for like 2 straight years. I don’t watch a single second, but they cover like 70% of the time. Sad!
What’s crazy is that you had to put $7k in Uconn to win $100.
Yea, that’s the money line though. I always lay the points with them, regardless of the spread.
Tiger Woods is done. He was a great golfer, but he’s just not competitive anymore. It’s sad because the length of time he was on the PGA tour playing consistently well is dramatically less than that of his predecessors. Guys like Gary Player, Arnold Palmer (RIP) and Jack Nicklaus who all went longer than him. Sure, Tiger has more wins, but Nicklaus has more majors. I used to love Tiger, and still do to a certain extent, but you won’t see him ever win a major again.
Steroids will do that
At this point I am wondering if we will ever see him win anything again.
Jenna, I’m moving to Spokane this summer. Advice/things to do?
Every year I fill out my bracket in delusion that the Zags might win it all – and this is the first year I haven’t been made fun of for it. #ZagUp boys!
Ghost in the Shell seems like one of those movies that will do really well in China. Same as why they keep making more goddamn Transformers movies.
UNC alum here. Good luck to your Zags, if we lose tonight at least it’s to a respectable program and school. But I still hope y’all lose by 100