The Week in Sports 4/16/18

After a long delay, I'm back this week with a recap of some first round NBA action and a few other things in the world (but mostly NBA playoffs because they consume my life).

The San Antonio Spurs are entirely outmatched by the Golden State Warriors and this series is looking like 5 games at the most. This series feels like a bit of a microcosm for commerce in the United States, as it's not the first time a historical powerhouse from Texas has been quickly made obsolete by a modern powerhouse in the Bay Area. 

Speaking of the Spurs, word on the street is that they're going to abandon watching game film for the series and instead watch episodes of Young Sheldon on CBS. Coach Pop thinks it's a great example of how to find success without Leonard (don't pretend you're too cool to get that reference - we've all watched more Big Bang Theory than we'd like to admit).

In the East, the Raptors finally ended their streak of losing Game 1s and took down the Wizards 114-106. Unfortunately for them, things typically don't end well for dinosaurs, even when they have early success.

That's right. 2 completely different Big Bang-related jokes already.

The Boston Marathon took place on Monday with some of the coldest temperatures in the history of the race. In addition to the cold temperatures, there was freezing wind and even ice reported in some areas. Luckily for Eric Bledsoe, he won't be stumbling around Boston because Terry Rozier already put him on skates.

The Bucks lost Game 1 in Overtime and interim coach Joe Prunty's days seem numbered as Milwaukee's season nears its close. If they're looking for someone else to be a poor leader and mismanage talent, I hear there's a recently unemployed man in Wisconsin who has just the skill set for the job.

A couple big and unfortunate stories came through in the news this week including a Philadelphia Starbucks having two black men wrongly arrested for being inside of the shop. While Starbucks is taking heat for this, Robert Covington has made an entire career out of locking men up in Philadelphia.

207,000,000 (yes, MILLION) eggs were recalled in Indiana this week. Due to a recent Warriors road trip to play the Pacers, I think I've connected the dots as to why there were so many bad eggs in Indiana.

The baseball season is off to a forgettable start as the weather has caused an insane number of games to be postponed already. We nearly had the story of the year last weekend when 44-year-old Bartolo Colon nearly threw a perfect game against the defending champion Houston Astros. While Bartolo should enjoy the moment, he should know that his success is bound to come to an end upon his next birthday. If we've learned anything in the last year, it's that 45 can be a hell of a lot worse than 44.