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METS SPRING TRAINING

SLUG: METS SPRING TRAINING

BANNER: FRESH START FOR THE METS

THE METS ARE READY FOR A FRESH START!

ON HIS FIRST DAY, MICKEY CALLAWAY COMES IN BRINGING A FRESH PERSPECTIVE, HOPING TO HELP THE METS PUT THEIR 2017, 70-92 SEASON BEHIND THEM.

BUT ON THE FIRST DAY OF TRAINING CAMP, THE BIGGEST HEADLINE WAS TIM TEBOW.

FOR SOME, THE CHANCES OF THE FORMER HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER SEEING A MAJORS FIELD ARE SLIM TO NONE, BUT METS GM SANDY ALDERSON THOUGHT OTHERWISE.

HE SAYS THAT TEBOW’S PROGRESS HAS SHOWN THAT HE’LL BE IN THE MAJORS SOON. BUT FOR THE 30-YEAR OLD, HOW SOON IS SOON ENOUGH?

THE METS WON THEIR FIRST GAME OF THEIR SPRING SEASON ON FRIDAY AGAINST THE ATLANTA BRAVES, 6-2.

YANKEES SPRING TRAINING

SLUG: YANKEES SPRING TRAINING BANNER: YANKEES KICK-OFF SPRING TRAINING

IT MIGHT NOT FEEL LIKE SPRING YET HERE IN NEW YORK, BUT ITS DEFINITELY SPRING TIME FOR THE YANKEES.

THE YANKEES HELD THEIR FIRST DAY OF SPRING TRAINING, IN TAMPA OF COURSE, AND AS PLAYERS GET BACK TO THEIR OLD ROUTINES, MUCH IS NEW IN THE ORGANIZATION.

AARON BOONE IS NOT THE ONLY NEW FACE AT CAMP, THE YANKS WELCOME HEAVY HITTER GIANCARLO STANTON FROM THE MARLINS, THE REIGNING NATIONAL LEAGUE MVP AND HOME RUN LEADER.

NOW THAT STANTON HAS TEAMED UP WITH AARON JUDGE, HIGH PRE-SEASON PREDICTIONS FOR THE YANKEES ARE GENERATING AND TEAMMATES ARE CALLING BATTING PRACTICE A “DAILY HOME-RUN DERBY”.

THE YANKS HAVE STARTED OUT THEIR SPRING SEASON AT 2-0.

2018 WOMEN’S OLYMPIC HOCKEY WINS GOLD

SLUG: US WOMEN’S HOCKEY BANNER: US WOMEN’S HOCKEY WINS GOLD

THE DROUGHT IS FINALLY OVER!

THE U.S. WOMEN’S HOCKEY TEAM DEFEATS CANADA 3-2 IN A SHOOTOUT, WINNING THEIR FIRST GOLD MEDAL IN 2 DECADES.

THIS FAMOUS RIVALRY BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES HAS HELD THE NARRATIVE OF THE U.S. COMING UP SHORT IN THE MAJORITY OF THEIR LAST HANDFUL OF MEETINGS ON THE BIG STAGE, BUT NOT THIS TIME.

GOALIE MAGGIE ROONEY HAD 29 SAVES FOR THE GAME AND STOPPED THE LAST TWO CANADIANS IN THE SHOOTOUT TO PROPEL JOCELYN LAMOUREUX TO SCORE THE WINNING GOAL IN THE 6TH ROUND, SEALING THE WIN FOR THE AMERICANS.

THIS WIN, IN THE FIRST SHOOTOUT IN A WOMEN’S OLYMPIC FINAL EVER, SNAPPED CANADA’S STREAK OF 4 STRAIGHT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS AND 24-GAME WIN STREAK.

AND FOR THE CHERRY ON TOP, THIS IS ALSO 38 YEARS TO THE DAY OF THE U.S. MEN’S HOCKEY “MIRACLE ON ICE” VICTORY OVER THE RUSSIANS AT LAKE PLACID.

THE ULTIMATE FULFILLMENT.

GIANTS/SHURMUR

SLUG: GIANTS HIRE SHURMUR

BANNER: PAT SHURMUR NEW GIANTS HEAD COACH

IT’S OFFICIAL!

THE GIANTS HAVE HIRED THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, PAT SHURMUR, AS THEIR NEW HEAD COACH.

WE CAN ALL PROBABLY SAY THAT WE SAW THIS COMING BECAUSE THIS DECISION CAME RIGHT AFTER THE VIKINGS LOSS TO THE EAGLES ON SUNDAY.

THE GIANTS FRONT OFFICE SAID THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A COACH WHO HAD EITHER BEEN A HEAD COACH PREVIOUSLY OR HAD EXPERIENCE BEING A COORDINATOR, AND SHURMUR HAS BOTH. HE WAS THE HEAD COACH OF THE CLEVELAND BROWNS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH THE VIKINGS OFFENSE.

SHURMUR HAS SIGNED A 5-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE GIANTS AND HAS ALREADY STARTED TO MAKE MOVES WITHIN HIS COACHING STAFF HIRING JAMES BETTCHER FROM THE ARIZONA CARDINALS AS HIS DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

THE FUTURE IS LOOKING BRIGHT FOR THE GIANTS/BETTER DAYS ARE AHEAD FOR THE GIANTS, WHO ALSO HOLD THE #2 PICK IN THIS YEAR’S DRAFT.