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MONDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. (ESPN)NHL: St. Louis at San Jose, 9 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Julian Edelman finally graduated from Kent State on Saturday, as he was drafted by the Patriots in 2009 after only three years there, and teammate Tom Brady was quick to congratulate Edelman while trolling him.
This Saturday, I will be walking with my fellow Kent State graduates. Completing what I started back in 06. I want to set a great example for my daughter, and complete a promise I made to my parents over 10 years ago. To my fellow Golden Flash graduates, Congratulations! #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/4aWQwEDPnF
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) May 9, 2019Congrats on 14 years of college!!! That's got to be another record you set!! --
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) May 11, 2019"Congrats on 14 years of college!!! That's got to be another record you set!!," Brady tweeted, along with a laughing emoji.
Edelman walked with the Class of 2019 and shared pictures of his graduation on Twitter and Instagram.
Kent State class of 2019... we did it! -- #13YearSenior pic.twitter.com/3uNwamnZkp
— Julian Edelman (@Edelman11) May 11, 2019Kent State class of 2019... we did it! -- #13YearSenior
A post shared by Julian Edelman (@edelman11) on May 11, 2019 at 9:12am PDT
The Instagram comments were open season for Edelman's current and former teammates to tease him for his graduation.
"Who ever knew it could take 14 years to graduate college??," Brady wrote.
Rob Ninkovich commented, "Those finals were killer huh? I'm sure the semester was challenging!"
The McCourty twins' account wrote, "They were all graduating elementary when you started lol."
To which Edelman replied, "Dev what happened when Kent played Rutgers… I'll wait… thanks bubs."
-- The Hurricanes lost 6-2 to the Bruins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Final on Sunday and Justin Williams summed up Carolina's post-game thoughts with a very vivid and gross metaphor.
"Sometimes you've got to eat a poop sandwich," he said. "It doesn't taste good, and you have to chew on it for a little bit, and we'll have to do it for a couple days and get the taste out of our mouths next game."
Justin Williams:"Sometimes you've got to eat a poop sandwich. It doesn't taste good, and you have to chew on it for a little bit, and we'll have to do it for a couple days and get the taste out of our mouths next game."
— Tom Gulitti (@TomGulittiNHL) May 12, 2019Justin Williams "sometimes you gotta eat a poop sandwich. It doesn't taste good but you gotta chew on it"
— Shawn McKenzie (@ShawnMcKenzieSN) May 12, 2019Open Wide...the not-so-delectable dinner that Canes captain Justin Williams says the team's just gonna need to chew and swallow in the wake of their 6-2 loss in Boston: pic.twitter.com/NAr7KzZKiG
— WRALSportsFan (@WRALSportsFan) May 12, 2019Hopefully the Hurricanes will still be eating it for the next few games.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He was just sore. He was going to play today, but they just got rained out. Most likely, he will fly in today, tonight. We'll see him tomorrow and then we'll go from there. I talked to him this morning. He doesn't feel it's something major. He's being smart about it. He's not going to take chances at this point." -- Alex Cora, on Dustin Pedroia, after Pedroia was scratched with minor knee soreness in Double-A Portland Saturday night
