Month: April 2026

— Michigan 69, UConn 63
Michigan wins its first national title since 1989.
Big 18 wins its first national title since Michigan State, in 2000.

Wolverines were 25-28 on the foul line. UConn 12-16.
Huskies shot only 34.3% inside the arc.
Teams combined to shoot 11-48 on the arc. 

— Michigan coach Dusty May was a student manager at Indiana in his college days; after that, he worked as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, Murray State, UAB, Louisiana Tech and Florida- he paid his dues before getting the head coaching job at Florida Atlantic.

— If you ever are wondering how tight a game is being officiated, watch the game with the TV muted; you’ll see contact, and you’ll wait for action to stop because they had to call that foul, right? Right?

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. In March, officials allow more contact; players have to learn how to play through contact, which is why they work out a lot in the off-season.

— North Carolina hired former NBA coach Michael Malone as its new basketball coach; Malone was 515-363 in ten years coaching the Denver Nuggets, leading them to the 2023 NBA title. He also coached Sacramento for a couple years, and was an assistant coach for four other teams.

— PJ Haggerty is in the transfer portal again; they should name the portal after him:
2022-23- TCU
2023-24- Tulsa
2024-25- Memphis
2025-26- Kansas State
2026-27- ?????

— Famous birthdays, April 7th:
Jim Fox, 83
Tony Dorsett, 72
Jackie Chan, 72
Thurl Bailey, 65
Russell Crowe, 62

Ronde Barber, 51
Tiki Barber, 51
Adrian Beltre, 47
Eduardo Rodriguez, 33
Josh Hader, 32

— Hall of Fame pitcher Bert Blyleven turned 75 this week; he pitched in 24 games that ended 1-0, winning 15, losing nine. 15 wins in 1-0 games is the most ever by any pitcher.

— Cleveland Guardians 3B Jose Ramirez has finished in the top five of the AL MVP voting six of the eight years, but hasn’t won an MVP yet.

— Baseball season is only 11 days old, and Juan Soto/Mookie Betts are on the IL already.

— There will be 10 teams with new head coaches in the NFL this season.

— NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers are 4-19 ATS this season when giving 10+ points.

— Movie of the Day: The Rewrite (2014)- An Oscar-winning screenwriter in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at SUNY-Binghamton, because he needs a job; he falls for a single mom while teaching her in class.

Hugh Grant is the writer, Marisa Tomei is the mom, JK Simmons/Allison Janney are members of the Binghamton faculty. Very good movie.

— Rays 6, Cubs 4
25,114 fans saw the Rays’ first game in the Trop in two years.
Aranda, Caminero, Mullins homered for Tampa Bay
Cubs are 1-3 on the road, scoring 11 runs in four games.

— Nationals 9, Cardinals 6
Washington hit three homers, scored six runs in bottom of 8th inning.
Nationals’ last five games went over the total.
Ramon Urias was 3-for-4 with three RBI for the Redbirds.

— Brewers 8, Red Sox 6
Garrett Mitchell had game-winning single in 8th inning.
Game was tied 5-5 after seven innings.
Boston has lost eight of its last nine games.

— Rockies 9, Astros 7
Trailing 3-0, Colorado scored eight runs in the 5th inning.
Troy Johnston went 3-for-5 with a home run, two RBI.
Astros allowed 32 runs in their last four games, and of them was a shutout.

— Padres 5, Pirates 0
German Marquez tossed five shutout innings, got the win.
Bottom three guys in San Diego’s lineup went 6-for-11, scored two runs.
Loss snaps the Pirates’ five-game winning streak.

— Angels 6, Braves 2
Jose Soriano is 3-0, 0.45 in his first three starts.
Neto/Adell both homered for the Angels.
Braves lost their last four games, scoring ten runs. 

— Watching Mets-Giants Sunday, they showed Bobby Thomson’s home run from 1951 that won the Giants the NL pennant in a 3-game playoff with the Dodgers, both of whom called New York home back then. It reminded me of a story.

My dad grew up in Brooklyn, was a huge Brooklyn Dodger fan; he talked a couple times about how devastating Thomson’s home run was. Dodgers had a huge lead in the pennant race in August, but let it slip away.

When I was a teenager, I spent lot of late afternoons watching M*A*S*H reruns on TV; when my dad came home from work, he’d grab a beer and sit in the living room with me and watch before dinner. 

There is an episode of M*A*S*H where surgeon Charles Winchester makes a bet that the Dodgers are going to win the pennant, thinking he can’t lose. He was wrong.

Anyway, my dad comes in the room, watches the show for about five minutes, then says to me sternly “Turn this off, now!!!”

He almost never talked to me that way; I scrambled for the remote and put something else on and things went back to normal. Not something he wanted to hear about again.

— Late Saturday night in Anaheim, Angels’ RF Jo Adell had the great defensive night any major league outfielder ever had. Seriously.

Angels won the game 1-0, but not before……..

Adell robbed Cal Raleigh of a home run in the first inning.
Adell robbed Josh Naylor of a home run in the sixth inning.

In the 9th inning, JP Crawford hit a ball down the right field line; Adell caught the ball, just before he went over the fence, into the stands. He hung on, and the Angels won. 

— West Virginia 89, Oklahoma 82 OT
Oklahoma led by 13 early in the second half.
Honor Huff was 8-15 on the arc, scored 38 points.
Huff was 12-12 on foul line; Oklahoma’s whole team was 10-12.
Sooners shot 60% inside arc, scored 1.14 ppp.
West Virginia wins the Crown Tournament in Las Vegas.

— Auburn 92, Tulsa 86 OT
Auburn led 34-13 with 7:45 left before halftime.
Tulsa led by 5 with 1:05 left in regulation.
Tahaad Pettiford scored 24 points, had 8 assists.
Auburn was 11-27 on the arc, Tulsa 6-26.
Auburn wins the NIT at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis

Famous birthdays, April 6th:
Billy Dee Williams, 89
John Ratzenberger, 79
Bery Blyleven, 75

Marilu Henner, 74
Sterling Sharpe, 61
Brett Boone, 57

Paul Rudd, 57
Lou Merloni, 55
Tim Hasselbeck, 48

Sunday was a very good day of baseball; in 11 of the 16 games, the game-winning run scored from the 7th inning on.

— A’s 12, Astros 10 (10)
This game was scoreless after four innings.
Brett Rooker hit a 3-run, walk-off home run for the A’s.
Astros pitching ace Hunter Brown (shoulder) goes on the IL.

— White Sox 3, Blue Jays 0
Davis Martin allowed four hits in his six IP
White Sox are 3-0 at home, for first time since 2004.
Blue Jays have lost five of six after a 3-0 start.

— Angels 8, Mariners 7 (11)
Nolan Schanuel hit a walk-off sac fly for the Angels.
Seattle tied the game with a run in the 9th inning.
Mariners lost four of their last five games.

— Cubs 1-5, Guardians 0-6
Cubs had only two hits in their 1-0 win; Miguel Amaya had the game-winner.
Edward Cabrera allowed one hit in 5.2 IP
Cleveland scored three runs in the bottom of the 8th to win the nightcap.

— Rockies 4, Phillies 1
Mickey Moniak hit two home runs for Colorado.
Tomoyuki Sugano gave up one run in six IP.
Rookie TJ Rumfield homered; he is hitting .345 so far.

— Diamondbacks 6, Braves 5 (10)
Ketel Marte hit a walk-off double for Arizona.
Corbin Carroll was 3-for-4, with two runs scored.
Drake Baldwin homered, had four RBI for Atlanta.

— Mets 5, Giants 2
Luis Torrens had a pinch-hit, 2-run double in the 8th inning.
Mets swept the Giants in San Francisco, improved to 6-4.
Logan Webb is the only MLB pitcher who had started three games.

— Pirates 8, Orioles 2
Ryan O’Hearn homered, had four RBI against his old team.
Pittsburgh has won five games in a row; they’re 6-3.
Oneil Cruz also homered, had three RBI.

— Dodgers 8, Nationals 6
Washington led 6-1 after the fifth inning.
Shohei Ohtani homered, had the game-winning sac fly.
Dodger bullpen threw four scoreless IP.

— Rays 4, Twins 1 (10)
Richie Palacios hit a 2-run homer in the 10th inning.
Nick Martinez allowed one hit, one run in six IP.
Rays finally go back to Florida, have their home opener Monday. 

— Michigan 91, Arizona 73
Wolverines led 26-10 early; it was 48-32 at halftime.
Michigan has scored 90+ points in all five NCAA Tourney games.
Early line on the national title game is Michigan, -7.5

— UConn 71, Illinois 62
Huskies outscored Illinois 16-7 over last 6:11 of the first half.
Illinois made 6 of 26 shots behind the arc.
UConn is in national title game for third time in four years.

— Last 11 times a #1-seed played a non-#1-seed in the national title game, the #1-seed won 10 times, only exception being when Villanova beat North Carolina in 2016.

— Oklahoma 82, Baylor 69
Sooners advance to the finals of the Crown tournament in Las Vegas
Baylor led 52-51 with 11:41 left in the game.
Xzayvier Brown scored 21 points, had 6 rebounds, 6 assists.

— West Virginia 87, Creighton 70
West Virginia shot 63.9% inside arc, scored 1.29 ppp
DJ Thomas scored 20 points in 21:00 off the bench.
West Virginia-Oklahoma is the final of the Crown tourney Sunday

— Famous birthdays, April 5th:
Michael Moriarty, 85
Oliver Luck, 66
Dale Hatcher, 63
Cris Carpenter, 61
Tony Banks, 53

Ike Hilliard, 50
Marc Bulger, 49
Stephen Jackson, 48
Justin Holiday, 37
Tetairoa McMillan, 23

— NHL’s Buffalo Sabres made the playoffs for the first time in 15 years; it is not that hard to make NHL playoffs, lot of teams do, but 2011 was last time Buffalo made it, so congrats to them.

— Reds 2, Rangers 0
Rhett Lowder gave up three hits in 6 IP, gets his first win since 2024.
Reds scored twice in the first inning, only runs of the game.
Texas only had one runner reach second base.

— Diamondbacks 2, Braves 1
Arizona’s only runs scored on a throwing error in the second inning.
Mike Soroka threw five IP, getting his second win of the season.
Arizona’s bullpen threw four perfect innings.

— Brewers 5-2, Royals 2-8
Garrett Mitchell knocked in five runs in the opener.
Royals scored six runs in 6th inning in nightcap, breaking 2-2 tie.
Milwaukee is off to a 6-2 start.

— White Sox 6, Blue Jays 3
Munetaka Murakami put Chicago ahead with his 4th homer of the year.
Both teams used an opener in this game.

— Movie of the Day: Hustle (2022)- A basketball scout discovers a phenomenal player while watching games on a playground in Spain; all he has to do is convince his bosses that the player is the scout’s ticket back into the NBA.

Adam Sandler is the scout, Queen Latifah is his wife, Robert Duvall has a cameo as the owner of the NBA team who dies suddenly, leaving his son in charge- the son doesn’t like the scout.

The basketball scenes are really well done; there are a lot of NBA players in this movie.

— Pirates 3, Orioles 2
Nick Yorke had a walk-off single for Pittsburgh.
Orioles led 2-1 after seven innings.
Pirates are off to a 5-3 start.

— Padres 3, Red Sox 2
Ramon Laureano had the game-winning hit in the ninth inning.
Cold day; was 43 degrees in Fenway, with 24 mph winds.
Red Sox are off to a slow start, losing six of first eight games.

— New York 9, Marlins 6
Marlins led 4-0 in the fifth inning.
Giancarlo Stanton knocked in the go-ahead runs in the 8th inning.
Xavier Edwards had three hits for the Marlins, is hitting. 467.

— Dodgers 10, Nationals 5
Freddie Freeman had four RBI in his first two at-bats.
Dodgers scored 23 runs in first two game of this series.
Andy Pages is hitting .500 (15 for 30) for Los Angeles.

— Pirates 5, Orioles 4
Highly touted prospect Konnor Griffin hit an RBI double in his first MLB at-bat
Pittsburgh scored four runs in the second inning.
38,986 fans at the Pirates’ home opener.

— White Sox 5, Blue Jays 4 (10)
Tristan Peters had a walk-off single for Chicago.
Sean Burke gave up 4 hits, one run in 6 IP as the bulk pitcher.
Toronto trailed 4-2, tied game with two runs in 8th inning.

— Red Sox 5, Padres 2
Mayer/Contreras homered, Boston snapped a 5-game losing skid.
Sonny Gray got the win, giving up four hits in 6 IP
First five hitters in San Diego’s lineup were a combined 0-for-19.

— Twins 10, Rays 4
Minnesota scored 7 runs in 7th inning on what looked like a very cold day.
9th place hitter Tristan Gray hit a grand slam for the Twins.
Tampa Bay hasn’t played at home yet; they’re off to a 2-5 start.

— Mets 10, Giants 3
Nolan McLean retired the first 15 batters he faced.
C Francisco Alvarez hit two home runs.
Juan Soto left the game very early with calf tightness.

— A’s 11, Astros 4
Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 with 4 RBI
A’s led 10-1 in 4th inning in their home opener.
Jeffrey Springs gave up two hits, one run in 6 IP

— Mariners 3, Angels 1 (10)
Game was scoreless after nine innings.
Cole Young hit a RBI triple leading off the 10th inning.
Brian Woo allowed one hit in 7 scoreless IP

— Famous birthdays, April 4th:
Craig Nelson, 82
John Hannah, 75
Tommy Herr, 70
Jack Del Rio, 63
Robert Downey Jr., 61

Nancy McKeon, 60
Scott Rolen, 51
Ben Gordon, 43
Martin Perez, 35
Mitch Keller, 30

Missed a birthday yesterday; Joe Biden turned 84 years old.

— When he was in high school, Braves’ utility guy Kyle Farmer was an unnamed high school quarterback in the movie The Blind Side. Movie’s producers needed someone who could actually throw a football; Farmer played QB for his high school team. He spent 12 hours filming, learning the plays, and meeting Sandra Bullock, who gave him acting advice.

— Lions center Frank Ragnow retired, two years before his contract was up. He had signed a 4-year contract with Detroit, and now that he has retired, the Lions want some of the money back, something they had previously done with stars Barry Sanders, Calvin Johnson.

Bad optics for sure, but apparently they’re getting $1.5M back from Ragnow.

— Underrated fact: In 2010 and 2011, Butler lost the national championship game two years in a row; they weren’t in the Big East back then, they were in the freakin’ Horizon League. Imagine a Horizon League team playing in the Final Four now???

Brad Stevens was Butler’s coach back then; he runs the Celtics now.

— Baseball season is a little more than a week old, and Miami’s Liam Hicks is leading MLB in RBI, with 12. Go figure.

— Cardinals/Rockies were the last two teams whose hitters challenged a ball/strike call.

— QB Kirk Cousins signed a contract with the Las Vegas Raiders for $20M which could turn into a lot more with incentives; Raiders are expected to draft Fernando Mendoza with the first pick in the draft later this month, but they’ve said they’re not crazy about starting a rookie QB right off the bat.

— Miami Dolphins have seven picks in the first three rounds of the draft, so they’ll be one of the most interesting teams to follow. 

Some quick baseball trends, very early in the season…….
NL East
— Braves (5-2)
Under is 6-0 in Atlanta home games, 0-1 on road.

— Marlins (5-1)
Marlins won five of their first six games, all at home.
Miami’s last three games went over the total.

— Mets (3-4)
Mets lost their last three games, outscored 12-3.
Bo Bichette is hitting .129 ( 4 for 31)

— Phillies (3-3)
Four of their last five games went over the total.

— Nationals (3-3)
Nationals are 2-0 in series openers.
Over is 4-2 in their games.

NL Central
— Cubs (3-3)
Under is 3-1 in their last four games.
Last four games, Cubs are 3-32 with RISP

— Reds (3-3)
Reds have scored in first inning in one of their six games.

— Brewers (5-1)
Brewers won five of their first six games, all at home.
Three of their last four games went over the total.

— Pirates (3-3)
Pirates won three of last four games, all on the road.

— Cardinals (4-2)
Their last three games stayed under the total.

NL West
— Diamondbacks (3-4)
Arizona won three of its four home games.

— Rockies (2-4)
Under is 5-1 in their games, all on road.
Colorado scored 3 or fewer runs in five of six games.

— Dodgers (4-2)
Their last four games stayed under the total.
Dodgers haven’t scored a first inning run yet.

— Padres (2-4)
San Diego is 0-2 in series openers.
Under is 3-1-1 in their last five games.

— Giants (3-4)
Giants won three of their last four games.  

— Famous birthdays, April 3rd:
Marsha Mason, 84
Alec Baldwin, 68
David Hyde Pierce, 67
Tim Conroy, 66

Eddie Murphy, 65
Pervis Ellison, 59
Jared Allen, 44
Jason Kipnis, 39

Jay Bruce, 39
Andrew Vaughn, 28
Jacob Misiorowski, 24
Connelly Early, 24

AL East
— Orioles (3-3)
 Orioles have scored in first inning in one of their six games.

— Red Sox (1-5)
Boston lost its last five games, scoring 14 runs.
Over is 4-1 in their last five games.

— New York (5-1)
New York won five of six games, giving up total of 6 runs.
Four of their last five games stayed under.

— Rays (2-4)
Five of their six games went over.

— Blue Jays (4-2)
Three of their last four games stayed under the total.

AL Central
— White Sox (1-5)
Chicago lost five of its first five games.
Five of those six games went over total.

— Guardians (4-3)
Cleveland is 2-0 in series openers, both on road.

— Tigers (2-4)
Detroit lost its last four games, scoring 11 runs.

— Royals (3-4)
Six of their seven games stayed under the total.

— Twins (2-4)
Under is 4-2 in their games.
Minnesota has yet to score a first inning run.

AL West
— Astros (5-2)
Houston won its last five games, scoring 43 runs.
Over is 5-0 in their wins, 0-2 in their losses.

— Angels (3-4)
Angels lost four of their last five games, all on the road.

— A’s (1-5)
A’s lost five of their first six games, all on the road.
Under was 5-1 in those six games.

— Mariners (3-4)
Seattle hasn’t scored a first inning run since their first game.

— Rangers (4-2)
Texas won four of its last five games.
Four of their last five games went over. 

Crown Tournament in Las Vegas
— Oklahoma 90, Colorado 86 OT
Colorado led by 10 late in the first half.
Oklahoma led by 7 with 1:51 left in regulation.
Nijel Pack had 20 points, five assists for the Sooners.

— Baylor 67, Minnesota 48
Bears outscored Minnesota 36-22 in second half.
Baylor had 37-29 age on the boards.
Gophers shot 3-23 on arc, 7-15 on foul line. 

— Siena hired Marquette assistant Nevada Smith as its new basketball coach; Coach Smith has been a head coach in the G League, he assisted Shaka Smart the last six years at Marquette and Texas. Siena made the NCAA’s this year for the first time since 2010; coach Gerry McNamara then became the head coach at Syracuse, his alma mater.

— Tyler Lundblade is a 3-point shooter who played the last two years at Belmont, after playing the two years before that at TCU. He’ll be playing next year at Tennessee, which got only 25% of its points this season on the arc (3326 out of 365 teams).

This year, Lundblade made 40.9% of the 274 3-pointers he shot; he took only 66 2-point shots.

— Orioles 8, Rangers 3
First major league game that ended on a called 3rd strike, via replay review.
Albert Suarez got his first save in nine years.
Corey Seager homered for Texas.

— Cardinals 2, Mets 1 (11)
Masyn Winn had the walk-off bloop single for St Louis.
Mets went 1-for-29 with RISP in this three game series.
Mets lost three of last four games, scoring total of eight runs.

— Marlins 10, White Sox 0
Sandy Alcantara threw a 93-pitch complete game.
Liam Hicks went 3-for-4, with a homer, 4 RBI
Marlins are off to a 5-1 start.

— Famous birthdays, April 2nd:
Reggie Smith, 81
Linda Hunt, 81
Roy Gerela, 78
Larry Drew, 68

Christopher Meloni, 65
Pete Incaviglia, 62
Roselyn Sanchez, 53
Austin Riley, 29

— Phillies 6, Nationals 5 (10)
Washington led 5-1 in the 7th inning.
Edmundo Sosa hit a 2-run single to tie game in 9th inning.
Cade Cavalli allowed one run in 6 IP for the Nationals.

— Rockies 2, Blue Jays 1 (10)
Tyler Freeman had the game-winning hit for Colorado.
Rockies won 2 of 3 in this series, are now 3-12 all-time in Toronto.
Kevin Gausman is the first pitcher in the last 100 years with 10+ strikeouts in each of his first two starts, with no walks. 

— Astros 6, Red Sox 4
Carlos Correa hit a 3-run homer in the fifth inning.
Astros have won five in a row, after an 0-2 start.
Boston starts the season with a 1-5 road trip.

— Royals 13, Twins 9
Jonathan India homered, had five RBI.
Kyle Isbel went 4-for-4, scored three runs.
Kansas City led 12-1 after six innings; their bullpen struggled.

— Guardians 4, Dodgers 1
Gavin Williams struck out 10 guys in seven scoreless IP.
Jose Ramirez hit his first home run of the season.
Cleveland starts the season with a 4-3 road trip.

— Padres 7, Giants 1
Ramon Laureano homered, had two RBI.
Mason Miller has gotten a save in both San Diego wins.
Luis Arraez had three of the Giants’ four hits.

— Diamondbacks 1, Tigers 0
Corbin Carroll’s first-inning homer was the game’s only run.
Zac Gallen allowed four hits in six shutout IP.
Detroit starts the season with a 2-4 road trip.

Less than a week into the baseball season, and there are no winless teams, and no unbeaten teams, which seems unusual.

— Diamondbacks 7, Tigers 5
Rookie Jose Fernandez hit two homers in his MLB debut.
Trailing 5-1, Arizona scored six runs in the 8th inning.
Detroit had all six of its hits in a five-run third inning.

— Giants 9, Padres 3
Willie Adames went 4-for-5 with a homer, two RBI
Jung Hoo Lee went 3-for-4 with three RBI
San Diego is off to a 1-4 start.

— Dodgers 4, Guardians 1
Shohei Ohtani allowed one hit in six shutout IP.
Max Muncy homered for the Dodgers.
Dodgers are off to a 4-1 start.

— A’s 5, Braves 1
Shea Langeliers hit his 4th home run of the season.
Four Sacramento relievers didn’t allow a run in four IP
Aaron Civale got the A’s first win in five games this year.

— Rangers 8, Orioles 5
First three hitters in Texas order went 6-14, with four runs scored.
Corey Seager, Danny Jansen, Ezequiel Duran homered for the Rangers.
Orioles’ P Zach Eflin left in the 4th inning with a sore elbow.

— Marlins 9, White Sox 2
Liam Hicks homered for the 4-1 Marlins.
Miami bullpen got 14 outs, didn’t allow a hit.
Marlins 2B Xavier Edwards is off to an 8-19 (.421) start.

— Phillies 3, Nationals 2
Andrew Painter struck out 8 guys in 5.1 IP in his MLB debut.
Kyle Schwarber, Adolis Garcia homered for the Phillies.
First four guys in Phiilies’ batting order are all hitting under .200.

— Famous birthdays, April 1st
Ali MacGraw, 87
Annette O’Toole, 74
Mark Jackson, 61
Jumbo Elliott, 61

Daniel Murphy, 41
Brook Lopez, 38
Robin Lopez, 38
David Dahl, 32

Today was my grandmother May’s birthday; she lived in Queens with my grandfather, who was a conductor on the subway. They were married more than 50 years, and they were always very nice to me; happy heavenly birthday!!!

— Was watching the Twins-Royals game Monday; they were saying on TV how Salvador Perez is much more likely to challenge pitches for being high/low, rather than inside/outside. He says he sees those pitches better.

— Between the pitch clock, three-batter minimum for pitchers and the ABS challenge system, Major League Baseball has done very well with their recent rule changes.

— Colt Emerson is a 20-year-old infielder who signed an 8-year, $95M contract with the Seattle Mariners this week, even though he’s never played in the major leagues. He played 34 games at the AA level last year, six more in AAA. He is 5-14 in his first three AAA games this year, and now he is really, really rich.
 
— Blue Jays P Cody Ponce had to be carted off the field Monday night after he twisted his knee while chasing a ground ball. He had an MRI Tuesday; he has a sprained ACL and will miss a lot of time.

— ACC basketball teams went 3-11 ATS in this year’s NCAA Tournament, the 2nd-worst any league has done (with 10+ games) in the last 25 years.

— NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights fired their coach this week; he was his record:
2022-23- 51-22-9, won the Stanley Cup
2023-24- 45-29-8, lost in the first round of playoffs
2024-25- 50-22-10, lost in second round of playoffs
2025-26- 33-26-16, and got fired

Four years: 203-115-43 with a championship, and they fired him.

Oy.

— Chicago Bears’ QB Caleb Williams is trying to trademark the nickname “Iceman”, which caught the attention of basketball Hall of Famer George Gervin, who has been known as the Iceman since back in his ABA days in the 70’s. In 1987, the San Antonio Spurs retired Gervin’s number 44. They once had a poster of Gervin sitting on blocks of ice.

I don’t know much about copyright rules, but apparently Gervin may have messed up by not applying for the “Iceman” trademark, while Williams has done that, which may give him the upper hand in this matter. We’ll see what happens.