Big Dog Sports Blitz -

Apr

PSG star Neymar wants to be professional poker player when he retires from football

PSG star Neymar has expressed his desire to become a professional poker player when he retires from football.

The 29-year-old started playing poker during the 2014 World Cup and has developed a passion for the game since then.

Neymar said he played with Gerard Pique during his time at Barcelona and now counts Keylor Navas and Leandro Paredes among his poker rivals at PSG.

What was said?

When asked by CNEWS if his goal was to be a professional poker player when he retires from football, Neymar said: “It’s true, it’s true. It’s one of the things I love to do the most.

“I feel very comfortable and I think that after playing football I will be able to do tournaments, travel to play tournaments that I have always wanted to participate in and could not do because of my agenda and my caree...

Arthur No comments

Apr

Justin Fields could truly shine in Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers offense if drafted at No. 3

Football (NFL,High School,College )

The San Francisco 49ers have a talented roster from top to bottom, and some can argue — especially GM John Lynch and head coach Kyle Shanahan, considering the move they made to get the third overall pick in the 2021 draft — that the team is a franchise quarterback away from being a perennial contender in the near future.

It’s clear with the move up to the third overall pick that the 49ers organization is looking to move on from current QB Jimmy Garoppolo, as he has had issues remaining healthy and hasn’t been as successful as they had initially hoped. With a good stable of quarterbacks at the top of the draft, the 49ers are primed to pick a very good quarterback prospect who will have the opportunity to excel in Coach Shanahan’s current scheme...

Arthur No comments

Apr

Who won the Masters in 2021? Complete scores, results, highlights from Augusta National

Golf ALL TYPES OF Games and Tournaments

Hideki Matsuyama made history for himself and Japan on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese golfer to win the Masters Tournament. He finished with a score of 10 under par.

Moreover, Matsuyama bested his previous best finish at Augusta National Golf Club (tied for fifth in 2015), won his first major and secured his first PGA Tour event victory since the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational in August 2017.

Behind Matsuyama were Masters rookie Will Zalatoris in second place (9 under); Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele, tied for third (7 under); John Rahm and Marc Leishman, tied for fifth (6 under); and 36-hole leader Justin Rose in seventh place (5 under).

MORE: Watch the Masters live with fuboTV (7-day free trial)

Matsuyama looked as if he would run away with the Masters afte...

Arthur No comments

Apr

Hideki Matsuyama, 2021 Masters champion, explained

Golf ALL TYPES OF Games and Tournaments

Hideki Matsuyama is the first Japanese man to win the Masters Tournament. The 29-year-old golfer entered Sunday’s final round with a four-shot lead over Will Zalatoris and a pack of others, and he locked in the victory on Sunday by shooting a one-over-par 73.

Matsuyama shot an opening round 69 on Thursday, and followed it up with a one-under-par 71 in the second round on Friday. Matsuyama surged to the top of the leaderboard with a 65 on Saturday, which tied Justin Rose for the best round at this year’s Masters. He withstood a furious close from 27-year-old American Xander Schauffele to win the green jacket.

Matsuyama won the Masters with a score of -10. Zalatoris finished second overall at -9. A late triple-bogie by Schauffele dropped him to a tie for third with Spieth at -7.

This is...

Arthur No comments

Apr

2022 March Madness: Complete schedule, dates

Basketball(NBA, College ,High School)

First Four — Thursday, March 18
(16) Texas Southern 60, (16) Mount St. Mary’s 52Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall(11) Drake 53, (11) Wichita State 52Mackey Arena(16) Norfolk State 54, (16) Appalachian State 53 Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall(11) UCLA 86, (11) Michigan State 80Mackey ArenaFirst Round — Friday, March 19
(7) Florida 75, (10) Virginia Tech 70 (OT)Hinkle Fieldhouse(3) Arkansas 85, (14) Colgate 68Bankers Life Fieldhouse(1) Illinois 78, (16) Drexel 49Indiana Farmers Coliseum(6) Texas Tech 65, (11) Utah State 53Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall(15) Oral Roberts 75, (2) Ohio State 72 (OT)Mackey Arena(1) Baylor 79, (16) Hartford 55Lucas Oil Stadium Unity (South)(8) Loyola Chicago 71, (9) Georgia Tech 60Hinkle Fieldhouse(12) Oregon State 70, (5) Tennessee 56Bankers Life Fiieldhouse(4) Oklahoma...

Arthur No comments

Apr

Nolan Arenado’s homer caps day of big steps in return to normalcy

Baseball(Little League, MLB, High School ,College )

ST. LOUIS — The journey back to normalcy — or whatever the new normal will look like in a world where vaccines are available and our ability as a society to lessen COVID-19’s impact has increased — is a bit different for everyone. There are small steps and big steps along the way.

For me, Thursday represented two big steps. Giant steps. Long-, long-awaited steps.

After dropping our kiddo off at daycare, I drove a couple hours down Interstate 44. At a drive-thru vaccination site on a Phelps Health Center parking lot in Rolla, Mo., I got my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine at 9:53 a.m.

MORE: O’s Trey Mancini, who beat cancer, receives standing ovation in return to Camden Yards

Two words kept rolling around in my head as I waited the recommended 15 minutes before heading back to St...

Arthur No comments

Apr

The Mets won a game on a blown hit-by-pitch call that even their announcers criticized

Baseball(Little League, MLB, High School ,College )

The New York Mets won their home opener against the Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon after the umpires botched a hit-by-pitch call that sent in the walk-off run in the ninth inning.

The Mets trailed the Marlins 2-0 going into the bottom of the ninth when Jeff McNeil opened the frame with a solo blast to pull within one. New York then loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth when Michael Conforto stepped to the plate.

On a 1-2 count, Marlins pitcher Anthony Bass hit Conforto on the elbow to give the Mets the game-winning run. Upon replay, it was obvious that Conforto stuck his elbow out to be intentionally hit by the pitch. That’s against the rules — it should have been ruled as strike three and the second out of the inning...

Arthur No comments

Apr

Baylor vs. Gonzaga 2021 live blog: Updates from men’s NCAA tournament championship

Basketball(NBA, College ,High School)

Gonzaga and Baylor have been the two best teams in men’s college basketball all season. The Bulldogs and Bears were supposed to play on Dec. 5, but the game was canceled due to Covid. On Monday night, they will square off in the championship game of the 2021 NCAA tournament.

Gonzaga is trying to become the first men’s college basketball team to end the season as an undefeated national champion since the Indiana Hoosiers did it in 1976. The Bulldogs needed a near halfcourt buzzer-beater from freshman star Jalen Suggs to beat UCLA in overtime two days earlier. Before they were pushed to the brink by the Bruins, the Zags had been rolling through the bracket with an average margin of victory of nearly 24 points per game.

The Zags have three AP All-Americans with Suggs in the backcourt, Co...

Arthur No comments

Apr

Gonzaga vs. Baylor live score, updates, highlights from 2021 NCAA national championship

Basketball(NBA, College ,High School)

One game separates Gonzaga and Baylor from eternal — and first-time— glory.

The Bulldogs and Bears, who are considered the consensus top two teams not only in the NCAA Tournament but also all of college basketball, will face off against each other for the right to claim the 2021 men’s national championship on Monday.

History will be made regardless of who wins: Gonzaga can become the first undefeated team in college basketball since Indiana in 1975-76, and Baylor can win the first March Madness title for the Lone Star State since Texas Western (now known as UTEP) in 1966.

MORE: Watch Gonzaga vs. Baylor live with fuboTV (7-day free trial)

While history certainly is on the line, the far more interesting storylines will be on the court...

Arthur No comments

Apr

History and results from every men’s Final Four in Indianapolis, so far

Basketball(NBA, College ,High School)

INDIANAPOLIS — The 2021 Final Four is the eighth held in Indianapolis, giving the city the second-highest total of championship games, two behind Kansas City. The first Final Four here was held at the old Market Square Arena in 1980, and the most recent took place at Lucas Oil Stadium in 2015.

When Gonzaga meets UCLA in a national semifinal, the game will mark the third time in 30 years that an undefeated team will attempt to become the eighth national champion with a perfect record, the first since the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers. The last two did not make it to the championship game.

In 1991, defending champion UNLV lost to Duke to end a 34-1 season...

Arthur No comments