We're two months away from March Madness, but the crazy finish in Thursday night's Clemson-N.C. State game will be tough to top. The Wolfpack were poised for an upset of the 19th-ranked Tigers — and it looked like it would come easily when the home team took a 12-point lead with under 90 seconds to play. But then, college basketball happened.
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There were made three-pointers, missed free throws, dumb fouls, and even dumber turnovers. Clemson climbed back into the game. And the Tigers had a glorious chance to force overtime when Gabe DeVoe got fouled on a potential game-tying three with .2 seconds remaining. But after making his first two attempts, Wolfpack coach Kevin Keatts called a timeout to ice him. And it worked. Ouch. Watch the wild ending between these two ACC foes:
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The Detroit Pistons have been one of the NBA's pleasant surprises with a 22-18 record that has them eying a playoff spot as we hit the season's midway mark. Some solid team chemistry, in particular between Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic, hasn't hurt.
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On Thursday, Harris, Detroit's leading scorer, posted a video of the two, who he dubbed “The Bobi & Tobi Show,” dancing to the song “Chicken Noodle Soup.” And it's delightful. Check it out:
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Admittedly, I would probably like any dance video to this particular song since chicken noodle soup with a soda on the side is my go-to lunch. But seeing two dudes getting so into it, especially one who happens to have an EIGHT-FOOT wingspan, is pretty special. Let's keep the “Bobi & Tobi Show” episodes coming.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Asia bucked the odds and led defending champion Europe 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 after the opening day of the EurAsia Cup on Friday.

With Asia holding the lead on a day of constant drizzle, Li Haotong earned the biggest cheer for the men in red after he birdied the final hole of the final fourball match for he and Nicholas Fung to force a draw against Europe’s Bernd Wiesberger and Rafa Cabrera Bello.

Asia seeks its first win in the third EurAsia Cup.

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”I don’t want to ever sound cocky with a team like Europe, and I’m not going to get cocky, but it’s a great start,” Asia captain Arjun Atwal said.

”I noticed that every single pairing was comfortable with each other. That was my main goal this week, to just go out there and have fun.”

Asia trailed heavily on the first day of the previous competitions in 2014 and 2016, and lost the first match at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club when Tommy Fleetwood and Paul Casey beat Kiradech Aphibarn..

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) Asia bucked the odds and led defending champion Europe 3 1/2 to 2 1/2 after the opening day of the EurAsia Cup on Friday.

With Asia holding the lead on a day of constant drizzle, Li Haotong earned the biggest cheer for the men in red after he birdied the final hole of the final fourball match for he and Nicholas Fung to force a draw against Europe’s Bernd Wiesberger and Rafa Cabrera Bello.

Asia seeks its first win in the third EurAsia Cup.

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”I don’t want to ever sound cocky with a team like Europe, and I’m not going to get cocky, but it’s a great start,” Asia captain Arjun Atwal said.

”I noticed that every single pairing was comfortable with each other. That was my main goal this week, to just go out there and have fun.”

Asia trailed heavily on the first day of the previous competitions in 2014 and 2016, and lost the first match at Glenmarie Golf and Country Club when Tommy Fleetwood and Paul Casey beat Kiradech Aphibarn..

HONOLULU (AP) Jordan Spieth has played good golf in the opening round of the Sony Open each of the last two years and has little to show for it.

Both times, he wound up six shots out of the lead, for different reasons.

He opened with a 65 last year, a good score except when compared with another guy in his group – Justin Thomas – who shot a 59.

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Spieth made eight birdies on Thursday and was still six shots behind, this time from one hole.

He had a snowman – 8 – on his card.

In Hawaii, no less.

He had to settle for a 69, thanks to a beautiful chip over the bunker to inches from the cup on his last hole at the par-5 ninth for a birdie. It left him closer to the cut line than to the co-leaders, Zach Johnson and Chris Kirk, who kept clean cards in their rounds of 7-under 63.

One shot off the tee led to the calamity.

”I’m looking for my best chance to make bogey,” Spieth said to his caddie from the bottom of an 8-foot ditch as he surveyed his opti..

HONOLULU (AP) Zach Johnson and Chris Kirk each made seven birdies and shared the lead in the Sony Open.

Jordan Spieth made eight birdies and for the second straight year walked away from Waialae Country Club amazed that he could be six shots behind.

A year ago, it was because Justin Thomas shot 59 playing in the same group.

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On Thursday, it was one hole.

Spieth hit four trees with four shots on the par-4 eighth hole – his 17th of the opening round – starting with a tough break when his tee shot caromed off the trunk of a tree and down an 8-foot deep ditch that left him no good options. He wound up with a quadruple-bogey 8 and had to settle for a 69.

He signed his card, signed autographs and declined requests to speak to the media.

Johnson and Kirk kept clean cards playing on opposite sides of the draw and closed with different brands of birdies on the par-5 18th hole – Kirk two-putted from about 10 feet, while Johnson found a bunker, laid up and ..

HONOLULU (AP) Chris Kirk finished a strong opening round at the Sony Open with a birdie for a 7-under 63.

Jordan Spieth wasn’t quite so fortunate.

Spieth hit four trees with four shots on the par-4 eighth, starting with a tee shot that caromed off the trunk into a ditch. He made a quadruple-bogey 8 on his 17th hole of the round and even a birdie at his final hole was only good for a 69.

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Kirk played bogey-free on a gorgeous day along the shores just down from Waikiki Beach and had a one-shot lead among the early starters.

Defending champion Justin Thomas, who opened the Sony Open last year with a 59 and went on to a record performance at Waialae Country Club, was among those playing in the afternoon.

HONOLULU (AP) Chris Kirk finished strong at the Sony Open, making three birdies over his last four holes for a 7-under 63 and a one-shot lead.

Jordan Spieth wasn’t quite so fortunate.

Spieth hit four trees with four shots on the par-4 eighth hole – his 17th of the round – an episode that began with his tee shot caroming off a trunk and into a ditch. He wound up with a quadruple-bogey 8, and even a pitch from the rough short of the ninth green that stopped inches away for birdie wasn’t enough to appease him.

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He made eight birdies and shot 69.

That was even more surprising than Thursday a year ago, when he had a 65 and was six shots behind Justin Thomas, who shot 59 in the same group.

Spieth declined media requests after he signed his card, instead taking 15 minutes to sign autographs.

Kirk played bogey-free on a gorgeous day along the shores just up the road from Waikiki Beach and had a one-shot lead over Vaughn Taylor, Kyle Stanley and Talor Goo..

It's not easy for a film to achieve universal love in the present cinematic landscape. There are too many niches and every possible plot has been done before, to say nothing of the general cynicism that permeates our culture. So when a film is liked, you know it's got to be good. A bill that fits Guardians of the Galaxy. (It's sequel, not so much.)
But, because the Internet gonna Internet, a Reddit thread wondered if a stripe on Rocket's (a.k.a the talking raccoon voiced by Bradley Cooper) prison suit signified indecent exposure, which of course correlated to a civil discussion on the matter. (Just kidding; things went south immediately.)
FacebookPinterestIt got so bad that James Gunn, the director of GOTG, had to come to the defense of Rocket, a fictional character, on Facebook.
Props to Gunn for his meticulous memory, and for taking the time to put out a fire that should have never been lit in the first place. Perhaps we shouldn't be celebrating an artist def..

Calling Bill, Ted, Harold, Kumar, and definitely Snoop. We have some potentially really exciting news for you: Southmoor Golf Club in beautiful Burton, Michigan may be getting its own $59-million marijuana farm.
FacebookPinterestYep, you read that right. On January 9th, planning commission members voted 5-2 to allow Southmoor to rezone 37 of their 95 acres in order to accommodate multiple grow houses, a processing center, a biomass power plant, and apparently whatever else you need to run a commercial medical marijuana facility. But what's the motivation behind this veritable Pizza Hut-Taco Bell of golf? According to owner David Boji, it's a simple one:
Baby boomers are getting older, millennials aren't interested, and he's just really tired of losing money on a golf course (stop us if you've heard this one before).
FacebookPinterestAfter years of paying $33,000 in taxes to the city of Burton, there was no longer enough to go around, and Boji began looking for ..