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Weekend winners
Joker I. Novak Djokovic won the French Open, making a hard and tough-to-deny claim as the tennis GOAT. He has the most career Grand Slams. (Side note: It was not that long ago that Pete Sampras had a record 14 major titles, and I thought that was a lot.) The tennis Joker has 23 and likely will be the favorite — barring some sort of mask mishap perhaps — at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open later this year.
Joker II. Nikola Jokic was his typical brilliant self as the Nuggets grabbed Game 4 and a commanding 3-1 lead Friday night in Miami. Dude has been all-time great in these playoffs. Are we prepared for “Your World Champion Denver Nuggets” to be a thing?
Nick Taylor. A Canadian winning the Canadian Open has not happened in almost 70 years. So Taylor, who is from Winnipeg, winning the event Sunday was cool. Winning it with a 70-plus foot putt on the fourth playoff hole was cooler. The celebration among his countrymen was immense, especially among his fellow Canadian golfers. Which leads us to Adam Hadwin rushing the green after the putt dropped to celebrate. Only the security guard thought Hadwin was some Joe Schmoe fan and dropped him.