— People bet on the NFL Draft, hell, people bet on everything. Over/under on number of QB’s drafted in the first round next week is 4.5
— Colorado State signed basketball coach Nike Medved to a 7-year contract extension worth a total of around $13M.
— Baseball injuries:
Cubs put OF Seiya Suzuki (oblique) on IL
Marlins put 3B Jake Burger (oblique) on IL
— NBA $tuff
Phoenix Suns gave Grayson Allen a 4-year deal worth $70M.
— NFL $tuff
Eagles gave WR DeVonta Smith a 3-year deal worth $75M.
Colts gave DT DeForest Buckner a 2-year deal worth $46M.
— RIP to Ken Holtzman, the outstanding pitcher who passed away at age 78.
He pitched nine years for the Cubs, throwing two no-hitters for them, but then he got traded to the A’s after the 1971 season and he was instrumental in Oakland winning three straight World Series, from 1972-74. Holtzman went 77-55 in four years with the A’s. He was 4-1, 2.55 in seven World Series starts.
RIP, sir.
— Famous birthdays for April 16:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 77
Ellen Barkin, 70
Bruce Bochy, 69
Curt Young, 64
Jon Cryer, 59
Walt Williams, 54
Nolan Arenado, 33
— Royals 2, Chicago 0- White Sox and the 1907 Brooklyn Superbas as the only teams in MLB history to be shut out six times in their first 16 games of a season.
Rumors are floating around that the White Sox will sign OF/DH Tommy Pham to help their struggling lineup.
— Royals and Dodgers are only MLB teams that haven’t allowed an unearned run yet this season.
— Cubs 3, Arizona 2 (11)
Cubs’ 1B Michael Busch homered in his fifth straight game.
Cubs tied game in 9th inning when Hoerner scored from 2nd on a wild pitch.
— Angels 7, Rays 3
Tampa Bay led 1-0 after seven innings.
Mike Trout hit the home run that put the Halos up for good.
— Rangers 1, Tigers 0
Michael Lorenzen threw 5 shutout IP in his 2024 debut.
Marcus Semien knocked in the only run of the game.
— Random Knowledge:
Jesse Owens won four track gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin; in one of the races, the 200-meter sprint, the guy who finished second also broke the world record in that race.
Guy named Mack Robinson won that silver medal, and he wasn’t even the best athlete in his own family; his brother was Jackie Robinson.
