CARDINALS AND DODGERS PLAY AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN ST. LOUIS. THE RED BIRDS HAVE WON THREE STRAIGHT GAMES OVERALL, TWO STRAIGHT OVER THE DEFENDING NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPION DODGERS. 4-0 WAS THE FINAL LAST NIGHT
THE STRUGGLES CONTINUE FOR THE ROYALS, THEY LOOK TO BREAK AN 8 GAME SLIDE AT HOME TONIGHT AGAINST SEATTLE. WHIT MERRIFIELD HAS BEEN THE BRIGHT SPOT, TYING GEORGE BRETT’S TEAM RECORD 30 GAME HIT STREAK, HE CAN BREAK THE RECORD TONIGHT.
HOCKEY’S SECOND SEASON GETS UNDERWAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE BLUES OPEN THE PLAYOFFS IN WINNIPEG AGAINST THE JETS. THE BLUES WENT 30-10-1 AFTER NEW YEARS, WHILE THE JETS STRUGGLED GOING 22-18-3. THE JETS HAD A STRONGER FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON, HOWEVER, SO FINISHED JUST AHEAD OF THE BLUES IN THE STANDINGS.
TIGER, PHIL, RORY, ROSE, D.J. AND ALL THE TOP NAMES OF GOLF WILL BE ON HAND FOR ROUND ONE OF THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT STARTING THURSDAY AT AGUSTA NATIONAL. PATRICK REED IS THE DEFENDING CHAMPION. TIGER WOODS SAYS HE IS BACK IN FORM, AND FEELS LIKE HE CAN COMPETE FOR THE GREEN JACKET AGAIN.
WITH JUST TWO WEEKS LEFT IN THEIR INAUGURAL SEASON, THE ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (AAF) SHUT DOWN, LEAVING PLAYERS SHOCKED AND STRANDED. SOME PLAYERS LIVING IN TEMP HOUSING AND HOTELS WERE KICKED OUT AND LEFT LOOKING JUST FOR A PLACE TO SLEEP. THE LEAGUE DELIVERED AN APOLOGY TO THE PLAYERS ON TWITTER. WE PROBABLY HAVEN’T HEARD THE END OF THIS, THERE ARE STILL UNRESOLVED ISSUES. MANY PLAYERS WHO WERE INJURED IN GAMES HAVE ONGOING MEDICAL EXPENSES THAT WILL NEED TO BE DEALT WITH.