Every morning, I send an email to my sports-averse coworkers detailing the biggest events in the sports world that day. This is to help them better converse with the sport-obsessed among us. I will publish this email every morning as the Bias Bulletin.
1.) The nations top two high school basketball recruits made their decisions official last night. Nerlens Noel, who some consider the next Anthony Davis, announced his decision to commit to Kentucky, following in the footsteps of Davis. Shabazz Muhammad surprised some by deciding to stay on the west coast, as he signed his LOI (letter of intent) to play in the presently much maligned UCLA program. Both players are considered one year college players. In fact, Noel made no mention in his announcement about getting an education. The NBA requires high school players to play at least one year in college or overseas before they can become eligible professional players.
2.) Quick! Who has the best winning percentage in baseball? Yes, it’s VERRRRY early, but the Los Angeles Dodgers do. The Dodgers made no significant offseason moves and haven’t gotten a full start out of Clayton Kershaw, the reigning Cy Young award winner, yet, but behind the bat of Matt Kemp they find themselves 5-1, holding the best record in baseball. With the sale of the team to a new ownership group, what was looking like a down year for the “boys in blue” is looking a lot sunnier now. The Dodgers wrap up a series with the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight.
3.)The Barclay’s Premier League race (English football) got a little more interesting yesterday, as frontrunners Man United fell 1-0 to a Wigan squad 2 points away from relegation. Meanwhile, their crosstown rivals, and the EPL’s second place team, Manchester City, ran over West Bromwich 4-0 to pull within 5 points of United. The real race though may be for the much coveted fourth spot (the top four finishers in the EPL season qualify for the next year’s European Club Championships). Tottenham, on Monday, fell to Norwich while Newcastle United was able to pull even with Spurs at 59 points apiece after they defeated Bolton. Tottenham likely holds the advantage with a much easier remaining schedule than Newcastle, but United (that one, not the other one) are the hotter club. Each squad has five remaining matches in the EPL season.
Game of the Day: Miami at Chicago (NBA): The Eastern Conference’s top two teams in a playoff litmus test. (8 p.m./TNT)
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