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Good morning, Winners. Welcome back to the Morning Win. No, I can’t believe Scottie Scheffler was detained this morning, either.
For those of you just catching up on the day’s news, the world’s No. 1 golfer was detained by Louisville Metro Police for what essentially amounts to an over-the-top traffic violation.
READ MORE: Everything we know about Scottie Scheffler’s detainment
To make a long story short, a pedestrian was tragically struck and killed by a shuttle bus this morning around 5 a.m. ET. The pedestrian died. Police moved to the area to handle traffic and tend to the scene.
Scheffler was heading to Valhalla Golf Club, where the PGA Championship is happening this weekend. He tried to use the median to get around traffic. Police tried to stop him. I guess he didn’t stop well enough, so he was arrested.
He arrived back at Valhalla and made his tee time at 10:08 a.m. And I guess that’s supposed to mean everything is fine now. I keep trying to figure out how on Earth we got here. This all reads like one of those “You know, I had the weirdest dream last night,” stories.
It doesn’t feel like any of this had to happen. I’m not saying Scheffler was right or wrong here. I don’t know how traffic was being organized around the scene and maybe what he did was indeed a disruption to the work being done to handle the aforementioned tragedy of someone losing their life.
But for it to escalate to an arrest just feels wholly unnecessary. I’m not here to tell police how to do their jobs, but there had to be more possible steps to take before things went as far as they did. This couldn’t have just been a citation. Couldn’t they have just talked things over?
What feels like it could’ve been a routine traffic stop is now a national news story. That’s embarrassing for everyone.
Great job, LMPD. You’ve outdone yourselves this time.
Wolves fixed
Game. Seven. The two greatest words in sports. We’re about to be treated to a good one between the Timberwolves and the Nuggets on Sunday after Minnesota responded in Game 6 with a 45-point beatdown. “They kicked our [expletives],” Nikola Jokic said after the game. You know exactly what the expletive there is. And yes, Nikola. Yes, they did.
I can’t wait for this game on Sunday, man. There’s so much riding on it.
On one end, this is a huge chance for Jokic to prove his mettle. He’s largely regarded as the best player in the NBA. This is supposed to be the moment when the best player does best player things.
On the other, we’re talking about a franchise that has lived in poverty for two decades with the Timberwolves. Minnesota hasn’t made a Conference Finals appearance since 2004. If anybody is going to take the Wolves there, of course, it’s going to be Anthony Edwards.
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Hurry up and get here, Sunday. Enough is enough.
Chris Kreider is magical
Everything about the Rangers’ run right now feels improbable, but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anything quite like Chris Kreider’s performance on Thursday night.
The Rangers were down 3-1 to the Hurricanes with about 13 minutes left to go in the third period. Kreider rattles off not one, not two, but three goals to give New York the win. The Rangers are going to the conference finals.
This moment. It just gives you chills, man.
The Goal, The Call, The Crowd.
Sam Rosen and Dave Maloney call Chris Kreider's game winning hat trick and The Garden Faithful going wild at the watch party. @NYRangers | #NYR | @DaveMaloneyMSG pic.twitter.com/3Ce4vGP0Dm
— x – Rangers on MSG (@RangersMSGN) May 17, 2024
To do that on the road, too? That’s insane. Y’all got something cooking, New York. Keep the party going.
Photo Friday: Caitlin Clark’s week in a photo
It’s been a rough week for the Fever’s star rookie. She only scored 9 points against the New York Liberty on Thursday. Here she is after missing one of her seven three-point attempts on the night.
The good news is that it’ll only get better from here.
Quick hits: The WNBA fumbled its charter flight rollout … Dabo being Dabo … and more
— Here’s Meg Hall on how bad the WNBA charter flight situation has been.
— Cory Woodroof has more on Dabo Swinney being unsurprisingly arrogant about ignoring the transfer portal.
— Blake Schuster has more on Scottie Scheffler’s PGA Championship odds barely changing after he was arrested. Wow.
— Christian D’Andrea listed the 10 worst primetime games of the NFL season for you here.
— Here’s Robert Zeglinski with more on the Cavaliers’ impending chaotic offseason.
— And here’s Bryan Kalbrosky with the latest consensus NBA mock draft.
That’s a wrap, folks! Thanks for reading! Let’s lock in again next week. Until then! Peace. We out.
-Sykes ✌️