Friday Afterschool Special: Baby Stuff

Author:
Sam Page
Publish date:
Mar 4, 2016

Today's Stephen Curry highlight

The Thunder lost to the Warriors against last night. While this game didn't feature any 50-foot overtime three pointers, Stephen Curry did plenty of amazing stuff, including crossing over Kevin Durant:

Lundqvist flips out

Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist thought the referees should have stopped play during last night's game against the Penguins when a teammate ran into him. They didn't, so he took matters into his own hands and stopped the game the only way he knew how: pushing the net over.

He got a penalty for delay of game for the stunt. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault speculated after the game that Ludnqvist was hurt and wanted the refs to give him a chance to leave the game. (He would ultimately leave the game with neck spasms.) The incident lead to the Penguins' official Twitter account trolling Lundqvist and Pittsburgh goalie Marc Andre-Fleury calling the move "baby stuff":

Hank lives!

Remember Hank the Dog, the adorable Brewers mascot who showed up to Spring Training two years ago as a stray? (You can read my magazine story on Hank from July 2014 here.) Well Hank is looking very healthy. So much so, in fact, people began to suspect Hank had died and been replaced.

Well today the Brewers put those rumors to rest during a press conference at which a vet provided written confirmation of Hank's identity: