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WEDNESDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Houston at Minnesota, 1 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Toronto at Baltimore, 7 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: NY Yankees at Boston, 7:10 p.m. (NESN)NBA: Brooklyn at Boston , 8 p.m. (NBCSN)NBA: Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 8 p.m. (ESPN)NBA: Utah at Portland, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)NHL: Minnesota at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. (NBC)NHL: Philadelphia at Pittsburgh , 7 p.m. (NBCSN)NHL: Los Angeles at Vegas, 10 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Odell Beckham Jr. responded to Ray Lewis’ comments that he doesn’t have a relationship with God on Tuesday with an Instagram post proving Lewis wrong.
A post shared by Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) on Apr 9, 2018 at 7:14pm PDT
“The foundation was installed at birth... we will survive and prevail... ALWAYS. God willing…” Beckham captioned the video, in which he is seen praying with family members.
Lewis said on Monday Beckham’s problems stem from his lack of religious foundation.
"Where there is no God, there is chaos,” Lewis told Colin Cowherd on The Herd. “I started to see he started to distance himself a little more and a little more and a little more. Listen to me. I don’t care about religion. I’m talking about a foundation. When your foundation is disturbed, when everything you are doing is the opposite of what got you to this place, then you are making your own life hard.”
-- The Cubs finally held their home opener Tuesday after it was postponed due to snow and none other than Sister Jean threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
The 98-year-old Loyola-Chicago nun did the honors underhanded from her wheelchair as the crowd at Wrigley Field cheered her on.