It's Monday. You know what time it is.
From the "Talks too much" studios, wow, that was a full sports weekend.
Weekend winners
L.A. Clippers. Chris Paul's game-winner was pure and the Clippers delivered in a big moment when few expected them to. It was a truly fun basketball game and was the most entertaining event on a historic sports Saturday. Also of note, Spurs coach Greg Popovich said he expected the San Antonio dynasty to return because "the paychecks" are pretty good. Well-played sir.
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) shoots a three point basket, which he made, in front of Memphis Grizzlies forward Jeff Green (32) during their game in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, May 3, 2015. Steph Curry. He will be named the MVP today. We don't think he is more valuable than LeBron, but Curry was the best player on the best team. In fact, there are 10 teams to win 67 or more games in an NBA season, and the MVP was been picked from those teams eight times. The two outliers are Jordan on the 96-97 Bulls (the only 67-plus win team that failed to meet the previous season's win total and when voter fatigue worked against Jordan) and the 71-72 Lakers (a team so balanced they had four Hall of Famers - Wilt, West, Elgin Baylor and Gail Goodrich - and each starter averaged 13 points per game or more).
Rory. The world's No. 1 won the Match Play by beating Gary Woodland. Although here's one of those shots the pros make that make us realize golf does not judge.
American Pharaoh. Here's believing that we just witnessed the first leg of our first triple crown since the late 1970s.
Rob Gronkowski. Let's just put it out there, dude is living life. Showed up with Tom Brady and some other Patriots for the Derby - in a plaid suit no less - and then hopped a private jet to Vegas for the fight. Gronk has channelled his inner Wooderson from "Dazed and Confused" - "You gotta do what Randall Pink Floyd wants to do man. Let me tell you this, the older you do get the more rules they're gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N."
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Weekend losers
Boxing. Well it was the fight of the century and America was watching. And then America got bored. Jamie Foxx butchered the National Anthem and arguably the most appealing part of the entire spectacle was Beyonce. (That said, how can Beyonce be in the building and they let Jamie Foxx sing the Anthem. Ah boxing.)
FILE - In this May 11, 2014, file photo, singer Justin Bieber watches the Los Angeles Clippers play the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinal NBA basketball playoff series in Los Angeles. Toronto prosecutors on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, told a court they have dropped assault charges against Bieber in connection with an incident involving a Toronto limousine driver. The charge withdrawn Monday stemmed from an early-morning incident late last December, when Bieber and five other people were picked up by a limousine from a Toronto nightclub. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) Justin Bieber. Dude has become the most famous groupie in Floyd "Money" Mayweather's entourage, but dude got upstaged by Burger King in Mayweather's walk-in and by Jimmy Kimmel in Manny Pacquiao's entrance. C'mon Beebs.
Hawks. Poised to reach the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time ever, the Hawks surrendered home-court advantage to the Wizards by looking consumed by the moment. Not a good start, and it played to the biggest complaint about the team with the best record in the East - who do they have that can deliver in the moment. Yes, they are balanced and share the ball. But in crunch time, the Wizards gave the ball to John Wall and let him create in the 104-98 win. Atlanta scored all of 15 points in the fourth quarter.
UT football (and the Derek Dooley legacy). Maybe this is the final straw on the lasting image that was Ol' Orange Pants. Tennessee was blanked in the draft for the first time since the Kennedy administration. And yes Jomo, we know you are going to unload some charged shot at UT and that's OK, but make no mistake about the lack of talent the Dooley regime recruited/retained.
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Draft fallout
LSU tackle La'El Collins gets ready for a play in the 2013 game against TCU.There is a river of draft analysis out there and you know we have a fair amount of it too. Hey, we love the draft, you know this.
Here are a couple of things that caught our attention - the best players still on the board, led by La'El Collins, who went from potential first round to undrafted because of a murder investigation; the best tweets from day 3 of the draft.
Then there is this interesting tidbit. The Alabama-LSU 9-6 overtime thriller was the second-most talented game in college football history in regard to the NFL.
There were 45 players from that game drafted - the last three went this weekend - and 14 went in the first round.
The most NFL-filled college game ever was the 2003 BCS title game between Miami and Ohio State in which 53 future draft picks - and 18 first-rounders - faced off.
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This and that
- OK, this is maybe the worst throw ever.
- Congrats to Will T. on winning the Draft contest. His entry had four of the five right, missing only the Gurley answer. Well-played indeed.
UTC defensive lineman Davis Tull works out as NFL scouts watch during UTC's Pro Day. Scouts from 23 NFL teams were on hand to watch UTC senior football players who are now draft eligible.- Braves won 5-0 on Sunday and are at 12-13. Yes, this team is as exciting as that sentence.
- Dale Jr. won at Talladega. Good times, and here's the report.
- Congrats Davis Tull for getting drafted in the fifth round.
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Today's question
Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, poses with his trophy on the 16th green of TPC Harding Park after winning the Match Play Championship golf tournament Sunday, May 3, 2015, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Who won/lost the weekend?
Today is May 4, and Star Wars fans everywhere celebrate this as Star Wars Day and say "May the Fourth be with you. " We only wish we made this up.
Rory McIlroy is 26 today. Finish this sentence, when Rory McIlroy turns 36 he'll have ______ majors and trails Tiger Woods' total of _____.
As for the other big news, William and Kate had a baby girl over the weekend. The three frontrunners for her name are Alice, Charlotte and Victoria.
We want your nominations for the Rushmore of worst names for the newest female in the Royal Family. Princess Bubbles likely won't make the cut or Her Royal Highness Rhonda.
Whatcha' got?