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Holy crap, it was a crazy weekend. If you are a college basketball fan, the upsets by UMCB, Loyola-Chicago and Syracuse probably threw you (and your bracket) for a loop. If you’re into politics, the firing of Andrew McCabe and Trump’s tweets had to you glued to your cable news network of choice. And of course, there was St. Patrick’s Day thrown in the mix, so you also had a green beer/Irish whiskey hangover to contend with. But even with all of that, you were probably better off this weekend than some other people.
Houston Basketball
With all of the aforementioned upsets this weekend, the Cougars of the University of Houston were probably holding out hope that they would join those ranks. And they were so close – up by 2 over Michigan with 3.6 seconds left on the clock. But then Wolverines’ Jordan Poole delivered a desperation shot at the buzzer to give the Wolverines a 64-63 win over Houston.
MICHIGAN STUNS HOUSTON AT THE BUZZER WITH TITANIC pic.twitter.com/Ov93Q70BuI
— no longer sad boy since x lost (@AllaireMatt) March 18, 2018
I’m sure all of the Cougars’ felt bad about the loss, but probably no one more than Houston’s Devin Davis, who missed three of four free throws in the final 25 seconds, including two with 4 seconds left in the game.
45 minutes after the game, Houston's Devin Davis (who missed two FT's with 4 seconds left) is on the court, alone at the FT line. Michigan wins on a buzzer-beating three-pointer. #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/I8DYNVMjM7
— Matt Gasper (@MattGKSNT) March 18, 2018
Makes your weekend not feel that bad, doesn’t it? [via Deadspin]
Snapchat (Again)
Remember a few weeks ago, when Snapchat was in this column after their stock dropped 6% after Kylie Jenner tweeted about how she had stopped using the app? Well, another celeb has taken aim at the app, although for a much more justified reason, and the result is another significant loss in value.
An ad appeared on the app last week the mobile game “Would You Rather?” that presented users with two options: “Slap Rihanna” or “Punch Chris Brown.”
Is it just me, or is this ad that popped up on my Snapchat extremely tone deaf? Like what were they thinking with this? pic.twitter.com/7kP9RHcgNG
— Royce Mann (@TheRoyceMann) March 12, 2018
Classy, huh? Rihanna clapped back on her Instagram story:
If she tells me to delete snapchat I’ll do it @rihanna pic.twitter.com/yUW1UOzNc2
— Nicollette Williams (@nicollettemw) March 15, 2018
The result? A 4% drop in Snap’s stock price – somewhere around $800 million. The company issued a statement to CNN, saying “This advertisement is disgusting and never should have appeared on our service. We are so sorry we made the terrible mistake of allowing it through our review process.”
Oh Snapchat… in the words of RiRi: I love the way you lie. [via CNN]
Jorge Polanco
The MLB regular season hasn’t even started yet, and already six players have been banned under the major league drug program. Number six, Minnesota Twins shortstop Jorge Polanco, is facing a pretty stiff penalty.
Polanco was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for Stanozolol, an androgen and anabolic steroid. Last season, the 24-year-old hit .256 with 13 home runs, 74 RBI, and 13 stolen bases, so his suspension is certainly a blow to the Twins, who made the playoffs last year partially due to his performance.
For his part, Polanco said in a statement released via the players’ union that he didn’t “intentionally consume this steroid” and that he requested a substance from his athletic trainer in the Dominican Republic, but was given something else.
Seems those RiRi lyrics may fit here as well. [via New York Post]
Matt McCook
I’m not really one to talk about anyone’s athleticism, particularly since I’m sitting on my couch writing this while eating chips and dip. But I’d like to think that in a fight, I would at least have enough skills not to knock myself out, which is what McCook did on Saturday night.
Caleb Williams had McCook pressed against the cage during the first round of the match at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino when McCook tried to toss Williams over his hip. Great, right? Except that Williams had McCook’s arm secured with a strong grip and his base prevented him from taking the fall, causing McCook to go face-first into the canvas, knocking himself out.
It was quite the face plant pic.twitter.com/zmtNNxFJG7
— Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) March 18, 2018
Guess that thing they say about being your own worst enemy can even be true in the ring. [via Bleacher Report]
White Castle Customers in Hobart, IN
Confession: I’ve never been to a White Castle. They don’t exist up here in the Northeast and I don’t particularly care for hamburgers, so it’s just not something that’s been on my bucket list.
Thankfully, that means I wasn’t in this one in Hobart, Indiana when a customer decided to turn the whole place into a meth lab on Friday afternoon. A customer called the police saying that another patron had what’s called a one pot meth lab in a booth at the restaurant. According to Leslie Earhart from Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee, A one pot meth lab is “basically just a bottle filled with chemicals. Some people use Powerade bottles, Gatorade bottles or any type of soda bottle.” Meaning that there’s was one flimsy bottle between the other people in the White Castle and some pretty severe chemical exposure.
Luckily, the bottle bearer was taken into custody without incident, except for some chemical exposure treatment for the responding officers. [via FoxNews] .
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Virginia takes the cake for this week. Not only were they the first #1 seed to lose to a #16 seed, ever, and not only were they the #1 overall seed (it wasn’t even close according to the committee), but they turned in the 3rd worst loss of all time by a #1 seed in any tournament game, losing by 20 points.
Which for me turned into endless joy of sending Venmo receipts(although much earlier than expected) of overconfident and pompous UVa fans.
Dammit, March Madness. At around noon PST yesterday, my work bracket, where the winner gets $700, was in great shape and I had the most possible points remaining. 3 hours later, I was done, as I had MSU vs. UNC in the final.
“Hobart, Indianapolis”…
While quoting my cousin who is the PIO in BFE, TN. I just assumed that everyone outside of Appalachia knew their meth lab trivia.
Glad to see my home state of Indiana still doing me proud
Went to school near Hobart, the locals pernounce it as “Hobert” and think youre stupid if you say it “Hobart” people from Indiana are weird.