Chuck Barkley. Yes, Chuck wins lots of weekends, but this is the kind of stuff sideline reporters and studio personalities should be asking<\/a>. Barkley was far from TURRRRRRible when he asked Knicks star OG Anunoby what his real first name is.<\/p>\n Georgia college baseball. The Bulldogs won the SEC tournament. The Yellow Jackets won the ACC tournament. I’ve believed this for years: There simply is zero excuse for UGA and GT not to be among the college baseball elite. Every. Single. Year. If those two programs just recruited Cobb and Gwinnett counties, they would have rosters stacked with future MLBers.<\/p>\n Weekend losers<\/p>\n Times Free Press readers in general and me in particular. After 46 years of being a newsroom fixture — and blessing — Mark Kennedy has hung up his keyboard<\/a>. To say he will be missed is clear and understated. For me, I will miss seeing my friend whenever I wanted. God bless Mark, and job well done. You were and always will be a newspaperman.<\/p>\n Braves bats. Yikes, a torrid start to the spring ran into a Nationals phenomenon. Washington won two out of three at Truist and held the Braves to all of one run over 18 innings.<\/p>\n Misguided protests. Seriously, some folks are calling on boycotts of CBS NFL games because of the Stephen Colbert firing<\/a> last week. Of all the things to ban together for, where on that list would the “mistreatment” of Stephen Colbert rank?<\/p>\n Everyone involved with Jonathan Frost. The courts ruled for the folks suing Frost, the prominent Chattanooga businessman who<\/a> is accused of running an eight- or nine-figure investment scheme. The courts granted $46 million to the plaintiffs. But this TFP report says those funds are unlikely to ever be paid.<\/p>\n Baseball’s been berry, berry good<\/p>\n College football starts on Labor Day. The NBA opens earlier, but it always feels like Christmas is its opening day.<\/p>\n So too with MLB and Memorial Day, since a third of the season is now in the books.<\/p>\n Sure, the action becomes forever in the “er” months, but this gives us a snapshot and enough tangible evidence to gauge where we are and where they are headed.<\/p>\n And the biggest takeaway this Memorial Day morning is the array of newer franchises atop the standings.<\/p>\n Take it in, and amid the almost daily discourse about the haves and the have-nots in MLB, the assortment of division leaders paints a different picture.<\/p>\n At least right now.<\/p>\n There undoubtedly is looming labor strife on the horizon for Major League Baseball. And it’s owners vs. owners every bit as much as management vs. players. Large payroll clubs spend liberally; small market\/payroll clubs are demanding a salary cap. The players won’t have it. But the players’ hard stance against the cap has more credence than ever as of this morning.<\/p>\n Yes, the free-spending Dodgers and the big-market and flush-parked Braves are leading their divisions.<\/p>\n But everywhere else, well, big money does not equate to big success on this morning.<\/p>\n The Brewers (20th out of the 30 MLB clubs in payroll), the A’s (21st), the Guardians (28th) and the Rays (29th) are in first place right now.<\/p>\n Crazy, right?<\/p>\n This and that<\/p>\n > Did Mando and Grogu win or lose the weekend? Friday was reportedly dreadful. Saturday featured a big bounce back<\/a>, and the feedback is better than I anticipated. Still, neither of my Star Wars-fan teenagers want to see it, and they love going to the movies.<\/p>\n > Man, this has been an age-old question for those of us who buy the groceries. Why are the numbers of hot dogs and buns in mismatched packs<\/a>? Here’s the hard-hitting journalism investigation, and I believe it’s a “60 Minutes” thing.<\/p>\n > Great showing for a couple of the former Baylor School golfers as Clark was running away at the Byron Nelson. Keith Mitchell finished a season-best fifth-place finish ($422,300), and Stephan Jaeger landed a T9 ($260,075). After back-to-back 66s in rounds one and two, fellow Red Raiders alum Luke List finished T40 ($38,625).<\/p>\n > Here’s Paschall with printed words about soccer heading to Erlanger Park<\/a>. It really kinda confirms the wink-wink, nod-nod reality of Erlanger Park’s early genesis. On July 4, the Chattanooga FC will take to the new facility for a soccer thing. Shocker, right? Then you remember that Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly was among the first civic bigwigs banging the new park drum. Then you also remember that one of Kelly’s jobs before leading the Scenic City was co-owning the CFC. Hmmmmmmm.<\/p>\n > Speaking of college baseball, we learn the regionals and matchups later today. Good times, and my buds at Southeastern16 will assuredly break-it-down live later today.<\/p>\n Today’s questions<\/p>\n Weekend winners and losers. Go.<\/p>\n As for Multiple Choice Monday, what’s your go-to grilling option on this Memorial Day?<\/p>\n As for today, May 25, let’s review.<\/p>\n Former “SNL” all-timer Mike Myers is 63 today. Yes, all-timer, and maybe right behind Eddie in terms of far left on the Rushmore, if we’re being honest.<\/p>\n The original Star Wars movie (officially called “A New Hope”) hit theaters on this day in 1977. Wow, what a difference-maker in terms of motion pictures, right?<\/p>\n Rushmore of biggest game-changing films in movie history. Go.<\/p>\n
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