Weekend Hot Clicks: Trail Blazers cheerleader Natalie; NBA playoff madness
The Wizards haven't been to the conference finals since 'Nam but John Wall got them one step closer on Friday night by forcing a Game 7. Is John Wall vs. Isaiah Thomas turning into a legit, must-watch rivalry? And Ben Golliver wonders if Warriors-Spurs will save a mostly uneventful playoffs. In hockey, the Predators magical playoff run continued with a thrilling overtime win over the Ducks in their series-opening game on Friday, though Ryan Getzlaf still rolls into work like a boss. Lastly, should the Capitals actually trade Alex Ovechkin?
Andy posted this video on Friday but it's worthy of revisiting: Watch ECU head coach Scottie Montgomery inform a walk-on's mom that her son will get a full scholarship. This mom raised FOUR sons to be CEOs. And instead of mugs, massages and pedicures, take your mom on one of these trips for Mother's Day.
Oreo is offering $500,000 to the person who comes up with their newest flavor. You'd think it wouldn't be that hard, right? There's a Wikipedia page for Oreo varieties and, if it's accurate, I don't know how you could suggest something edible that hasn't been done.
The Blazers got eliminated but that won't stop us from honoring one of their cheerleaders, Natalie, as our Weekend LLOD (Click here for full-sized gallery)
Tennessee football has made 332 scholarship offers to recruits in the 2018 class, the most of Power Five schools. And the SEC has made an INSANE number of offers.
The Game of Thrones stunt coordinator really, really loves setting people on fire.
The Diamondbacks’ Chris Iannetta left Friday's game after being hit in the face with a fastball https://t.co/r3Tl4j5PKG pic.twitter.com/n9RDlAE4O5— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) May 13, 2017
James Neal lays a big hit on Montour pic.twitter.com/Fz5BDLdSBX — Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 13, 2017
The amounts of awesome in the background of this John Wall pic is almost too much to comprehend. #NBA pic.twitter.com/iQ8NVJKt8p— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) May 13, 2017
My groom's cake from the rehearsal dinner last night. I went full Bammer. Time to get married! pic.twitter.com/9OHhfGGkm6 — Andrew Groover (@APGroover) May 13, 2017
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The island green was not kind to @bencranegolf... #ThePlayers pic.twitter.com/CFQdndEmfT — GOLF.com (@golf_com) May 13, 2017
Did we just become best friends?! This dog and deer meet, and the dog doesn't want to leave. pic.twitter.com/ZZBlqKhBvB — For The Win (@ForTheWin) May 13, 2017
We can't get enough of these lovely ladies! pic.twitter.com/0rUY9FP7sy — SI Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) May 13, 2017
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