Weekend winners
Brianna Stewart. The UConn star was picked as the first unanimous AP player of the year in 21 years. She is the first three-time winner and she is a day away from winning her fourth consecutive national title. Yeah, that’s winning the weekend. She’s a win away from securing her legacy as the most accomplished college basketball player of all-time.
Jim Herman. The journeyman golfer – ranked 191st in the world – held off Henrik Stenson and Dustin Johnson for his first PGA win Sunday. He was unflappable down the stretch and earned his first trip to Augusta with the win. Since turning pro in 2000, Herman had made $3.48 million; he made $1.22 million Sunday.
Lydia Ko. Yes, the headlines of women’s golf are not exactly trumpeted from the front page, but Ko is on an amazing run. She has won the last two majors of the season and has finished first or second in nine of her last 14 starts worldwide. Oh, did we mention that she’s all of 18-years-old, and has to be in the discussion as the greatest teenager in professional sports.
Blue. This will be the 12th time in 15 years the NCAA men’s basketball champ will have blue as its main color. The outliers are Syracuse (2003), Louisville (2013), and Maryland in (2002).