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THURSDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Chicago Cubs at LA Dodgers, 3 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: LA Angels at Boston, 7:10 p.m. (ESPN, NESN, WEEI)WNBA: New York at Washington, 7 p.m. (NBA TV)WNBA: Los Angeles at Seattle, 9 p.m. (ESPN2)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Tom Brady is a frequent Instagram commenter and some of his comments are more telling than others.
Brady commented on a photo from Barstool Sports on Wednesday of one hippopotamus grabbing onto another hippopotamus' behind with its mouth with the caption, "As soon as bae gets out of the shower."
His comment was "yep" with three laughing emojis and people went crazy believing this means something about his relationship with his wife, Gisele Bundchen.
No doubt Gisele will have her own comments for Brady when she sees this.
-- Janoris Jenkins' brother has been charged with aggravated manslaughter after the body of Roosevelt Rene was found in Jenkins' home on Tuesday.
The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and Fair Lawn, New Jersey police department announced on Wednesday William Jenkins is being charged with the crime and is in police custody in Ontario County, New York.
The death is being investigated as a "possible strangulation/suffocation."
Janoris Jenkins is in Florida and was not at his home at the time of the incident. He has not yet made any public comment about the situation.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I mean, that's an honor. Yeah, that's definitely an honor. Those are great players so to be mentioned alongside of them is awesome. But you guys know how I am. I'm on to the next one. Who do we got tomorrow, really?" -- J.D. Martinez, on Alex Cora comparing him to Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz on D&K
