[Stump #124 - Sunday, May 26th]
The Pacers gift a game to Boston who go up 3-0! The Stars tie things up in the WCF, and Man United win the FA Cup! Happy Sunday! Scottie is climbing again let’s see what happens!
Podcast Links for Episode 3 ⬇
🔴 YouTube Link: EPISODE 3
🟢 Spotify Podcast Link: 50 MINUTES OF JUICE
🟣 Apple Podcasts Link: JUICE
LETS. GET. INTO. IT.
THE DAILY STUMPED🔮
Before the Yankees changed their name in 1913, what was the team name of the organization?
A. New York Highlanders
B. New York Revolutionaries
C. New York Travelers
D. New York Angels
E. New York Antelopes
Answer at the bottom of The Stump!
ON THIS DAY 🗓
On this day in 1993…
Cleveland Indians 1st Baseman Carlos Martinez hit a deep fly ball to right field.
The ball bounced off of Texas Rangers All-Star Jose Canseco’s head and out of the park for a home run!
Link here to watch the brutal blow for Canseco: LINK
STUMP STORY OF THE DAY✍
The Future of NBA Pre-Game Stands No Chance🏀
Reports came out this past week that the NBA is on the verge of reaching a new media rights agreement with NBC, Disney/ESPN, and Disney. This would leave TNT without any media rights to the NBA for the first time in over two decades. Reports came out that TNT's parent company, Warner Brother, can match the NBC deal but is seemingly unwilling to do so.
This would leave a massive hole in all of our hearts in the NBA season. Inside the NBA, TNT’s star-studded talk show featuring NBA Legends Charles Barkley, Shaq, Kenny Smith, and anchor-extraordinaire Ernie Johnson. Inside the NBA is by far the best pregame show in all of professional sports. It’s funny, unique, high energy, full of high-level analysis, and even pranks and competitions.
The bad guy in this case, is not the NBA, it’s Warner Brothers. According to sources, WB chose to feature college football playoff games on TNT and struck a deal with the NCAA, rather than spend the money on NBA media right. Charles Barkley went onto the Dan Patrick Show and absolutely obliterated the head honchos over at Warner Brothers: “I am [angry]. You know, Dan, it’s so interesting, I’ve been spending a lot of time with the crew lately. I’ve actually been with these guys where I’ve spent time with their — they bring their newborns in, they bring their kids in, they come in like when they were in high school and now they’ve graduated from college. That’s how long. Ernie’s been there 32 years, Kenny’s been there 27, I’ve been there 24, but think about that. Some of these people I work with, they brought their newborns in to say hello to us, they brought them in in high school when they graduated, and now they’ve already graduated from college.”
From through the TV screen, you can tell that Inside the NBA is a family. It is an extremely relaxed and comfortable setting, it makes it’s fans laugh, it teaches them about basketball, and they have some of the best interviews, pre and post game, of anyone in sports.
The future of the NBA pregame show is in grave danger if they cannot somehow get these guys on TV for longer. Their cohesion is unreal, it’s obvious these guys are best friends on and off set. You can’t just buy that. It’s so easy to enjoy their show, probably because it is so easy to tell how much they love their job and the sport of basketball.
If you watch the ESPN pre game show for 30 minutes with Kendrick Perkins and others, I think you would agree with all that I am saying.
It is not out of the question that they are out of the running to continue their show, but it seems unlikely, at least on TNT. Charles Barkley has his own production company, and he has discussed the possibility of moving the show to that if it comes down to it. That would be great, I’m sure the guys would have some crazy stuff going on if they ran their own show and did not have to answer to the big bosses. Let’s hope that no matter what happens, we see Chuck, Ernie, Kenny, and Shaq chopping it up for many years to come.
🎙SONG OF THE DAY
Pink Skies - Zach Bryan
New Zach Bryan!!! This guy doesn’t miss. Sounds a lot like his older stuff, so if you like slower folk, you’ll love this one!
🎵 “Get ya under pink skies, I know exactly where we should go“ 🎵
Link to enjoy: LINK
WHAT’D YOU MISS⁉📰
🏈 Chiefs K Harrison Butker says he doesn’t regret any of the words he said at commencement speech after his controversial speech at Benedictine College
🏀 Tyrese Haliburton misses game 3 against the Celtics, his status for the the remainder of the series is up in the air
⛳ Extremely sad news in the golf world. 2-time PGA TOUR winner Grayson Murray passes away at the age of 30. He was in this weeks tournament and withdrew on Friday with an illness
⚽ Manchester United Head Man Ten Hag seems to have coached his final game for Man United. He warns and says ’I will be winning trophies elsewhere if sacked’
⚽ Barcelona defeats Lyon in UWCL final, completing historic quadruple
🏈 Dak says he is motivated by Mavs and Stars success, and says, “Puts more f*cking pressure on us”
Hopefully that’s what y’all needed Dak
🎾 Nadal says that he isn’t sure that this will be his last French Open
STUMP SEVEN 7⃣
Here are 7 moments from yesterday in the world of sports you might’ve missed!
🗣Quote of the Day
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation, evermore!”
Memorial Day Weekend. Two great quotes in a row by Americans with 3 names. It doesn’t get much better than that. I didn’t plan this, it fell in my lap. Gosh dang it I love this weekend.
STUMP SCOREBOARD 💯
NBA🏀
Celtics def. Pacers, 114-111
BOS leads series 3-0
Epic choke job from the Pacers after being up 18 and being up 6 with two minutes to go
GOLF⛳
Charles Schwab Challenge Day 3
Davis Riley is your leader at -14
He’s BACKKKKK….Scottie Scheffler is in second at -10, watch out
LACROSSE
Notre Dame def. Denver to advance to Men’s National Championship, 13-6
Maryland def. Virginia to advance to Men’s National Championship, 12-6
WNBA🏀
MIN Lynx def. NY Liberty, 84-67
LV Aces def. IND Fever, 99-80
CON Sun def. CHI Sky, 86-82
MLB⚾
Giants def. Mets in 10, 7-2
Brewers def. Red Sox, 6-3
Royals def. Rays in 11, 7-4
Full Scoreboard: LINK
NHL🏒
Stars def. Oilers, 3-1
Series tied 1-1
SOCCER⚽
FA Cup
Man United def. Man City, 2-1
La Liga
Real Madrid draws Real Betis, 0-0
Atletico Madrid def. Real Sociedad, 2-0
Serie A
Juventus def. Monza, 2-0
AC Milan draws Salernitana, 3-3
Germany - DFB Cup
Bayer Leverkusen def. Kaiserslautern, 1-0
STUMP STARS 🌟
Jayson Tatum (Celtics) 🏀 - 36 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists
Al Horford (Celtics) 🏀 - 23 points, 5 rebounds, 7 THREES
Scottie Scheffler ⛳ - Goes 7-under on Day 3 of Charles Schwab Challenge to get to -10 and be in second place
Kansas City Royals ⚾ - Royals get their 8th straight win with a win in extras over Rays
Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen) ⚽ - Lone goal in Leverkusen’s 1-0 win
Andrew Nembhard (Pacers) - 32 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds
A’ja Wilson (Aces) 🏀 - 29 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists
T.J. “Glue Guy” McConnell (Pacers) 🏀 - 23 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists
Jake Oettinger (Stars) 🏒 - 29 saves, only 1 goal allowed, helps Stars tie series at 1 a piece
Marina Mabrey (Sky) 🏀 - 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists
STUMP SCHEDULE 📆
NBA🏀
Timberwolves @ Mavericks
Mavericks lead 2-0
8:00 PM ET on TNT
SOCCER⚽
LALIGA
Sevilla vs Barcelona (3:00 PM ET)
Serie A
Napoli vs Lecce (12:00 PM ET)
Empoli vs AS Roma (2:45 PM ET)
Verona vs Inter Milan (2:45 PM ET)
GOLF⛳
Day 4 of the Charles Schwab Challenge
MLB⚾
Brewers @ Red Sox (1:35 PM ET)
Giants @ Mets (1:40 PM ET)
Orioles @ White Sox (2:10 PM ET)
Yankees @ Padres (2:40 PM ET)
Full Schedule: LINK
NHL🏒
Rangers @ Panthers
Series Tied 1-1
3:00 PM ET on ABC
WNBA🏀
Lynx @ Dream (6:00 PM ET)
Wings @ Sparks (9:00 PM ET)
Glue Guy of the Day
Cold Drink on A Warm Day
ALL TIMER. Top 2 and it might not be #2. This guy hits different. Something about that first sip, perfection. Whatever your drink may be, booze or not, gosh it hits. I know you may think that this could be a star, but I’d argue the warm day is the star. The cold drink is the GLUE that holds you up on the warm day!
DAILY STUMPED ANSWER
A. Highlanders! They took the name Highlanders because of the teams new elevated location (organization moved from Baltimore when choosing the name) and the Gordon Highlanders, a British Military unit! They were known as the Highlanders from 1902-1913!
