Today in Sports! 🇬🇧🕵 BRITISH SPYGATE 🕵️🇬🇧
Sports! with Rodger Sherman • • sports
Key Points:
- NBA mourns the loss of two players on the same day: Brandon Clarke, a 29-year-old Grizzlies forward, died possibly from a drug overdose, while Jason Collins, a 47-year-old former center and the first openly gay active male pro athlete in a major American sport, passed away after battling Stage 4 brain cancer.
- Hawai’i won the NCAA men's volleyball championship, securing their third national title in six years and continuing their dominance in the sport.
- The Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo, two WNBA expansion teams, both won their first games, with Portland clinching a buzzer-beater against the New York Liberty.
- In soccer, Hearts lost a crucial chance to win the Scottish Premiership due to a late penalty awarded to Celtic, while Rochdale FC advanced in the English fifth division promotion playoffs after a dramatic comeback.
- NHL and NBA playoffs progress with key series nearing conclusion: Cleveland leads Detroit 3-2, San Antonio leads Minnesota 3-2 in NBA, while Carolina and Colorado advanced to NHL conference finals; notable events include a rare "butt-ending" penalty in hockey and Vanderbilt baseball’s controversial fog-affected game against Missouri.