Exaggerator's Sunday Morning Wakeup

Exaggerator Ends Hope for Triple Crown

Good Morning people! Hope that your weekend is going better than Nyquist's. Let's take a look at what happened yesterday and what we can look forward to today. 

Exaggerator finally caught him. He beat Nyquist for the fist time in his five races. The defeat ends not only the hopes for a Triple Crown, but it is also Nyquist's first defeat. The track, as you can see in the picture, was very sloppy. The conditions favored Exaggerator, who had won three times on such tracks. Exaggerator is the first Preakness winner to win after finishing runner up in the Kentucky Derby since 1993 (Prairie Bayou). The Belmont Stakes will be on June 11th, if anyone still cares. People tend to forget about horse racing once the Triple Crown is out of the way. 

Toronto Knocks Off Cleveland in Game 3

There was plenty of controversy, but Toronto welcomed Cleveland north of the border to a tune of 99-84. The loss for the Cavs makes the first defeat they have suffered in the post season. Their last loss? The Detroit Pistons on April 13th in the regular season finale. Dwayne Casey was very critical of the officials after the game, and he should have been. Looking at the stats, and highlights, you can't hardly blame him. Sure, the NBA officials are very biased towards certain players, but at this point, I'm beginning to believe that it extends to certain teams. Nonetheless, Toronto has cut the series lead into and look to tie it up tomorrow in Game 4.

Looking to tonight, the Western Conference Finals moves to Oklahoma City. After a surprise Game 1 win, OKC will come home with the series tied looking to take an advantage. Tip is at 8 PM.

Sunday Night Baseball should be a good one tonight. Kyle Hendricks faces off against Madison Bumgarner in the Bay Area as two division leading teams face off. The Cubs own the best record in baseball, while the Giants own the second best in the National League. First pitch is at 8:00. 

That is all that I have today. Check back later. Someone might have something else to say. Until then, later!

-Dug

@chansm1th

Mother's Day Morning Wake UP

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

Good Mother's Day morning! If your mother is still with you, call her and make her day. If you're still a loser (Corbett), get out of bed, walk across the house and wish her a Happy Mom's Day. 

Nyquist Runs Away from the Field

Yesterday was a big day in sports. I could not image what would be more important than watching the Kentucky Derby yesterday, but if you are that stupid, you missed one Hell of a race. Sure it only lasted two minutes, but it went according to plan. Nyquist won in very exciting fashion. Exaggerator made a late charge, but just ran out of real estate, Should he have started a few seconds earlier, or the track was just a little bit longer, he would have been the one covered in the roses yesterday. However, Nyquist showed why he was the favorite, and also that he is unbeaten for a reason. For two more weeks, horse racing is relevant. Nyquist will pursue the second leg of the Triple Crown, the Preakness, in two weeks on May 21.

Portland Defeats Golden State

Damian Lillard stole the show last night while Steph Curry sat out for another game. Lilliard went for 40 points while dishing out 10 assists in a game that cut the Warrior's lead in the series in half. On the other side of the fence, Draymond Green had himself a decent game also. Green had 37 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assits. Not too shabby. Game 4 is tomorrow night.

Preds get Crushed in Pivotal Game 5

History repeated itself when Nashville continue to avoid winning on the road in San Jose. Nashville is 0-7 in the playoffs at San Jose. There is good news though: Game 6 is in Nashville! The Preds will look to go back to San Jose when they attempt to force a Game 7 tomorrow night. Here's hoping for more playoffs.

Not much going on today in sports, it was all yesterday. Sunday Night Baseball is another Red Sox-Yankee match-up (yawn), the Cleveland Lebrons are in Atlanta going for the sweep, and Oklahoma City is at home looking to tie the series against San Antonio.

That's all that I have this morning. Now go and watch some sports!

-Dug

@chansm1th