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THURSDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: Washington at Cleveland, 8 p.m. (TNT)NBA: LA Clippers at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. (TNT)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- The U.S. Women’s hockey team beat Team Canada early Thursday morning to win gold for the first time since 1998.
Team USA’s Jocelyne Lamoureux scored a triple-deke goal in the sixth round of a shootout for the 3-2 victory over Canada.
This win also came 38 years to the day after the men’s famous “Miracle on Ice” win over Russia.
"It is everything for our country," said U.S. coach Robb Stauber. "I am just so thankful for the outcome. It was a thrilling final. It was unreal."
"I can't put it into words," said defenseman Kacey Bellamy. "This whole year is for everyone that came before us. This is for Julie Chu (former USA team captain) and for all our families at home, the schools that we went to, everyone supporting us."
MOOD. ---- pic.twitter.com/IGIAyHHRr0
— Olympic Hockey on NBC (@NHLonNBCSports)
February 22, 2018 Hilary Knight and Lamoureux both scored in regulation before the shootout victory.
“Kongratz to the US women’s hockey team!!!!!!!!!,” Lil Wayne
tweeted.
CONGRATS to the US Women’s Hockey team for bringing home the GOLD for the first time in 20 years!!!!! You make us all so proud ------❤️---------------- pic.twitter.com/L9LmdLGEIG
— om (@oliviamunn)
February 22, 2018 “Wow!!! That was exciting! Congrats #TeamUSA #womenshockeyfinal Gold! #OlympicWinterGames,” -- Wanda Sykes
Also, I love Wikipedia: pic.twitter.com/hxm9FIzJmW
— Alex Faust (@alex_faust)
February 22, 2018 So proud of them. And not just because they won this game. These girls are champions, win or lose... gold or silver.Their legacy is about more than their medals. They have stood for gender equality and fought for the future of their sport. Legends. #GOLD pic.twitter.com/1MTLmA7CVX
— Alex Shibutani (@AlexShibutani)
February 22, 2018 -- The NCAA has vacated Louisville’s 2013 men's basketball championship win and former coach Rick Pitino has a decision to make about the back tattoo he got to celebrate the win.
Pitino had promised his team in 2013 if they won he would get a tattoo and he came through after the victory.
Louisville Coach Rick Pitino follows through on his promise to his team to get a tattoo #L1C4 pic.twitter.com/rOluY1l0yv
— Kenny Klein (@KKcards)
April 26, 2013 But now with the win vacated because of a sex scandal involving players, recruits and prostitutes, will Pitino, who was fired last year after an unrelated recruiting scandal, get his tattoo removed?
Pitino’s tattoo artist Adam Potts of Tattoo Salvation in Louisville commented on what Pitino might do about it.
"We don't do tattoo removal," said Potts. "At all. On anybody. But we do do cover-ups, where we do a new tattoo essentially over the top of an existing tattoo so that you can't see the existing tattoo anymore. We do those all the time. Usually have a lot of fun with them. We'd be happy to help with whatever he wanted to do just like any other customer."
"Something that's still Louisville related would be cool, maybe just the city as a whole," he said of how Pitino could cover the tattoo. "Thinking he might not be too into the university right now. A lot of times animals are a good go to. I'd imagine a cardinal is probably out of the question for him at this point. Maybe a nice thoroughbred racing horse."
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It's honestly a pleasure playing in Boston. Yeah, there are tough times if you're not playing well. You're going to hear about it. But what's wrong with that? Who doesn't want to hear about it? Because when you are playing well, it feels like you've got the entire world behind you, and that's all you can ask for as a player. That's fair.” --
Rick Porcello, on the Bradfo Show, when asked how J.D. Martinez will handle playing in Boston
