{"id":35953,"date":"2011-03-16T14:09:48","date_gmt":"2011-03-16T21:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=35953"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:54:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:54:35","slug":"march-16th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sports\/march-16th-2011-gossip-headlines-gambling-news\/","title":{"rendered":"March 16th 2011: Daily Sports News \u2013 Gossip \u2013 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water Cooler \u2013 March 16th, 2011<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here we go with today\u2019s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won\u2019t just find the straight news; you\u2019ll find the stuff everyone is talking about \u2013 the ice breakers, the\u00a0Twitter Sports Picks<\/a> and topics\u2026well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler. <\/p>\n

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\n#6\t 830\tDuke\t82%
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Sports News – NBA news: Clipper players paid for ex-coach\u2019s cancer surgery<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Clipper players paid for ex-coach\u2019s cancer surgery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even with the rise of Blake Griffin, the Los Angeles Clippers continuously find ways to be a joke. Earlier this week, the news came out that owner Donald Sterling \u201cdidn\u2019t know anything\u201d about Elgin Baylor\u2019s accomplishment\u2019s as a (Hall-of-Fame) player before firing him.<\/p>\n

The latest Clipper news: the team refused to play for then-assistant coach Kim Hughes\u2019 prostate cancer surgery in 2004. Corey Maggette, Elton Brand, Chris Kaman and Marko Jaric paid the approximately $70,000 worth of medical bills. The team wouldn\u2019t pay because Hughes had sought a second opinion that would\u2019ve let him have the procedure sooner.<\/p>\n

NCAA basketball news: Kyrie Irving to play Friday? Obama picks all No. 1 seeds for Final Four<\/strong><\/p>\n

Could Kyrie Irving return this Friday for round one of the NCAA Tournament and make Duke all the more dangerous? The guard hasn\u2019t played since injuring his toe on December 4. He practiced with Duke on Tuesday and has a shot to join the lineup against Hampton on Friday.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Barack Obama filled out his March Madness bracket for a third straight year. He correctly picked North Carolina as the 2009 champ but missed on his Kansas pick last year. This season, he has all four No. 1 seeds, Ohio State, Kansas, Duke and Pittsburgh, reaching the Final Four. For the record, so do I. Maybe I should run for president.<\/p>\n

MLB news: Jason Heyward sits with back injury; Braves coach loses eye; Ian Snell retires; Chris Davis demands playing time or trade<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atlanta Braves sophomore and budding phenom Jason Heyward is having trouble getting his season started. He\u2019s missed four straight exhibition games with a back injury. Apparently, he has \u201cless cartilage\u201d than most people between his disks, but doctors say he can rectify the problem by stretching more.<\/p>\n

Atlanta Braves minor league manager Luis Salazar lost his left eye this week after numerous surgical procedures failed to save it. He was struck in the face by a line drive off Brian McCann\u2019s bat earlier this spring and suffered multiple facial fractures. The damage to his eye was too extensive to save it. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ian Snell flashed brilliance as a big-league starter, striking out 177 batters in 2007 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, but he never found his groove after that. He went 0-5 with a 6.41 ERA as a Seattle Mariner last year and decided to retire this week rather than report to the St. Louis Cardinals\u2019 minor-league camp.<\/p>\n

Enigmatic but powerful slugger Chris Davis wants to play in the majors or get traded. He said this week that, if the Rangers don\u2019t put him on the Opening Day roster, he\u2019ll request a trade. Right now, he\u2019s considered a long shot to make the team.<\/p>\n

NFL news: Randy Moss reaches out to Patriots again; Chad Ochocinco ordered to reimburse clothing store; AP in hot water over slavery comment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Randy Moss won\u2019t stop expressing his love for the New England Patriots. The 34-year-old receiver, who was traded from New England to Minnesota and then to Tennessee during the 2010 season, wants to return to Foxboro. He said this week: \u201cIf you ask me where my heart and where I\u2019m happy is… I love Tom Brady and I love playing for coach Belichick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is Chad Ochocinco a thief? He was ordered this week by a judge to play nearly $12,000 to the clothing store Exclusive Wear in Cincinnati after he \u201cpurchased\u201d the merchandise but never paid for it. He was reportedly given ample notice to pay his bill.<\/p>\n

Adrian Peterson ruffled some feathers this week when he said the NFL labor dispute was \u201cmodern-day slavery\u201d and that the players were getting robbed. His agent released a statement later saying that people shouldn\u2019t take AP\u2019s comments word by word.\u201d OK, then. How should we take those words?<\/p>\n

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