The Season Pass

    Tuesday was April Fool’s Day, which got me thinking about things in the sports world lately that seem like bad April Fool’s jokes.
   
    MLB Opening Day

    Opening day in Japan … or wait .. in Washington, D.C., or was it everywhere else?
    I’m a little confused. The Red Sox and A’s opened the season in Japan. Then again, in Oakland … and in between they played exhibition games?
    Then, the Braves played the Nationals at the Nat’s beautiful new ballpark Sunday night. But Opening Day was Monday when the majority of the other teams opened their seasons.
    What genius came up with that stupid idea?             Opening Day is sacred. It should be one day, when everyone starts the season. Not THREE!
   
    NCAA Tournament

    Two things have happened in the last couple of weeks that one might think, “Oh, April Fools!”
    First of all, four  No. 1 seeds have advanced to the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament history.
    Anybody that has ever spent time filling out brackets knows that you never, NEVER pick all four one-seeds. It doesn’t happen!
    The other story has to be twelve-seed Davidson College.
    Davidson advanced to the Elite Eight, before barely falling to the one-seed University of Kansas 59-57.
    Davidson is a school of 1,700 students. That is nearly 4,000 less than GCSU.
    For a school that small to make such an impact at the Division I college basketball level is astounding.
    Even though I didn’t have them going anywhere near that far in my bracket, I couldn’t help but find myself rooting for them.
    They have to be the story of the year, and I am glad it is a good one.   
   
    Atlanta Hawks

    As of Wednesday night, the Hawks sat in eighth place in the Eastern Conference, meaning that if the season ended today they would make the playoffs.
    The catch is, not only have the Hawks been horrible for years and years, but they are not even playing .500 basketball this season.
    Currently Atlanta has a 34-40 record.
    The Hawks haven’t had a winning season since the 1998-1999 season. That year the team went 31-19, in a season that started late because of a lockout and fell to the New York Knicks in the second round of the playoffs.
    The Western Conference is a completely different story. If the season ended toady ,the eight, and final, playoff spot would go to the Denver Nuggets who have a 46-29 record.
    That record would put Denver in the top four teams in the East.

    Pacman to the Cowboys?

    A deal is in the works that would send suspended Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones to the Dallas Cowboys.
    Is it just me or is this the dumbest idea there has ever been?
    Send “Mr. Strip Club” to Dallas to be in the company of guys like Terrell Owens and Tank Johnson, who have both certainly had their own troubles in the past.
    Good luck keeping these guys in line, Jerry Jones. I don’t envy you at all.
    Of course, if Pacman can’t keep it together and get himself reinstated, it won’t matter anyway. If he is reinstated, and can keep his head on straight, he may be exactly the piece Dallas needs to get over the edge.
    I seriously doubt it though.

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