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March 17, 2019
March 17, 2018
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Sport Sunday: Ligue I, Cricket and NCAA
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Cheteshwar Pujara |
If a St. Patrick's Day hangover were not
enough, yesterday's bracket busters on the first day of the NCAA Men's Basketball
round two play might keep you in bed
this Sunday. Several of the top teams
went down in flames, while several brackets which looked great after round one
now look terrible after some bad calls, bad seeds, and surprises. Mediocre brackets remained mediocre. Maybe the NCAA does bring out the average in
all of us... Unflappable, but depressed college
basketball fans can redirect their attention to the NIT Tournament, and also
the Women's NCAA tournament, which also started this weekend.
In France:
Chasing a first league crown
since 1959, Nice dropped points for a second consecutive week after drawing
against Caen last week, and a 1-1 draw against Nantes yesterday. Bordeaux moved level on points with
fifth-placed Marseille after yesterday's action, after a comprehensive 5-1 home
win against Montpellier, but that
situation could change today. Nice
remain third in the standings, four points behind leaders Monaco, who play at
Caen on Sunday. Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain have a one-point lead
over Nice ahead of Sunday's home game against Lyon. With eight games left this season, Nantes are
in 10th place, 30 points off the pace.
Angers put last week's defeat at Marseille behind them
to register their fifth win in six league games with a 3-0 home victory over
Guingamp. Lorient and Nancy both are at
risk of relegation, but with Lorient's 3-2 win over Nancy yesterday, their
hopes of playing with the big boys again next year are kept alive. Today Caen takes an AS Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain
meets Lyon, and Dijon FCO meets St. Etienne.
We reported yesterday about the India-Australia
dogfight in Test Cricket. Day four of
the third test continues today.
Australia had an overwhelming lead going into day three, but India has
overcome that lead in convincing fashion, in what has proven to be an
exhausting match for both teams, but one in which big plays and big scores have
been featured. At Tea break of day four,
Australia 451 trails India 503/6 after 188.0
overs. In other words, India lead by 52
runs with 4 wickets remaining in the 1st innings.
Cricket phenom Cheteshwar Pujara is being
credited with a lot of the enthusiasm and gamesmanship which has allowed the
hosts to recover.
In PGA Golf, Final-round
play will be held today in the $8.7 million Arnold Palmer Invitational, played
at Palmer's 7419-yard Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Florida. Jason Day won this
event by one shot over Kevin Chappell last year, giving him his fifth victory
in his last 12 starts. American Charley
Hoffman leads the overall at -11 heading into this final round.
Welcome back, Aussie
Rules Football! After a Summer pause,
action begins for the 2017 season on Thursday, March 23rd, with a opening game of Carlton vs. Richmond.
More next Saturday.
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| Aussie Rules players are coming back from their "down time" No more speedos for the season. |
A cricket video from Youtube:
March 17, 2017
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