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THURSDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: Golden State at Washington, 8 p.m. (TNT)NBA: Minnesota at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. (TNT)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Jamal Adams has finally had enough of Pat Patriot.
The Jets defensive back got tired of the Patriots mascot flaunting the team’s Super Bowl rings at Pro Bowl practice on Wednesday and decided to do something about it.
After telling the crowd of fans who had been booing Pat Patriot he was going to “knock this mascot out,” Adams did just that.
Fans at #ProBowl practice were booing the Patriots' mascot all day.This is the moment @TheAdamsEra became The People's Champ -- pic.twitter.com/dRKvnoBaFI
— ESPN (@espn)
January 23, 2019 Pat Patriot got the last laugh on Twitter, tweeting, “Hate us cause they ain’t us.”
Hate us cause they ain't us -- https://t.co/8UxlYbAZ75
— Pat Patriot (@PatPatriot)
January 23, 2019 -- Derek Jeter wrote a touching tribute to Mariano Rivera after Rivera was voted into the Hall of Fame this week but forgot to mention his other former teammate in this year’s class.
In his piece in the Players’ Tribune, Jeter praised Rivera, saying “more people have walked on the moon than have scored an earned run off of Mariano Rivera in the postseason.”
But when it came time to close his essay, Jeter didn’t even mention Mike Mussina, who was also selected this year.
“Congratulations Mariano, and the rest of this year’s class,” Jeter wrote.
Even Alex Rodriguez mentioned both Rivera and Mussina in his congratulations note.
What a #HOF2019 class! Congrats to my brother, Mariano Riviera, on becoming the first player to be elected unanimously. So happy for all four inductees, including my mentor Edgar Martinez, my teammate Mike Mussina and the late Roy Halladay, one of the best I ever faced.
— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD)
January 22, 2019 QUOTE OF THE DAY: “He’s still the same guy that he was when he came out of Michigan and I met him, that skinny beanpole coming down the steps with that great physique that you speak about. He’s the same person today as he was when he was fourth on the depth chart back there in 2000." -- Robert Kraft, during an appearance on Good Morning America, on Tom Brady
