Good morning! Here's a reminder that Cam Heyward was more athletic than you by fifth grade!
Dunked in 5th grade but didnt dunk in a game til 6th
— Cam Heyward (@CamHeyward) February 25, 2020
If a sixth-grader would have dunked on my team, I legit would have walked off the court. There's no point in playing anymore after that.
Song of the Day: "A World Alone" By Lorde
Word of the Day: Sundry.
STILL CRYING. Whining about the refs 30 minutes after a game is a bad look, doing it two days later makes you look like a megabitch.
Well folks, they don't call him Mark "Megabitch" Turgeon for nothing.
Mark Turgeon today on Jalen Smith's matchup vs. Kaleb Wesson: "Complaining [in any official capacity] is a waste of time for me. It doesn't do me any good. But it was really like the big brother picking on the little brother, and the parents were just letting him do it."
— Emily Giambalvo (@EmilyGiam) February 25, 2020
"Complaining doesn't do me any good, but I'm going to keep complaining multiple days after the game anyway." - Mark Turgeon, basically.
Also, if you ever feel the need to call your 6-foot-10 potential lottery pick center "little brother" with a straight face, you're either more dramatic than a six-year-old girl pretending to be Elsa, or he's Charman soft. Or both!
OHIO STATE IS IN. Even if they lose every single game remaining on the schedule, it's looking like the Buckeyes will be dancing no matter what.
Big Ten
Two more Big Ten locks? And on the same day? What foul sorcery is this?! It’s the kind of foul sorcery that congratulates Michigan and Ohio State together, as a pair, skipping off into lockdom hand in hand. (We assume fans of both schools enjoyed that image. You’re welcome.) For Michigan, Saturday’s win at Purdue was its fifth straight and seventh in eight games, a hugely impressive February (and late January) run that has buttressed a team sheet that already had nonconference wins over Gonzaga and Creighton to fall back on. Ohio State, meanwhile, upset Maryland, the Big Ten’s best, steadiest and most unflappable team, in a high-quality performance that made OSU’s always-impressive efficiency numbers look much more on target than they once did.
Both teams suffered swoons in the middle of season, of varying severity. Both have put together quality wins before and since. Both are going dancing. Michigan and Ohio State: They have more in common than you think.
What a dumb basketball season.
If you would have told me in early January that we'd be even a little bit concerned at Ohio State's tournament resume, I would have thought you were high. I would have also thought you were high if you told me at the end of January that the Buckeyes would have an NCAA Tournament bid locked up before March.
But hey, I'll take it.
STILL SAVING LIVES. In 2004, Tom Ryan tragically and suddenly lost his five-year-old son, Teague, to a heart attack. It's an event Ryan's never been able to fully shake, shaping his entire life. But he has found some peace knowing that even in death, Teague is making an impact, potentially saving lives down the line.
Two years of research by Mohler’s team ended up with a discovery in 2015 that Teague had a gene variant that had previously not been associated with cardiac arrhythmia, abnormal heart rhythms that can sometimes cause death.
Essentially, Teague died because one variant out of 4 billion pieces of DNA in one cell made him more susceptible to cardiac arrhythmias.
“It brought calm and a sense of order to our lives knowing that Teague just had a trait that was passed down,” Ryan said.
The answer also served a broader purpose to his son’s short life.
“Every parent wants their child to impact the [lives] of others,” Ryan said, “and Teague is doing that through the research being done at Ohio State.”
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“We have four children — three on Earth and one in heaven. It’s cool that the one in heaven is having an impact by potentially saving lives here. It’s amazing.”
I thought extremely highly of Tom Ryan before I knew about Teague, but now the more I learn, the more blown away I am. I can't imagine ever being in that position, but if I am, I want to respond exactly how Tom Ryan did.
BIG SLOBS. Ohio State's offensive line is going to be BEEFY for the foreseeable future. There's not a damn player in the room that weighs fewer than 300 pounds.
Every returning Ohio State offensive lineman is now listed over 300 pounds.
— Colin Hass-Hill (@chasshill) February 25, 2020
Vimahi 263 -> 305
NPF 295 -> 305
Wray 300 -> 308
Jacoby 290 -> 310
Jones 305 -> 310
Myers 310 -> 312
Miller 305 -> 315
Munford 310 -> 315
Jones 360 -> 359
No changes for Davis (315) or Cupp (308).
And I'd bet every single one of them could beat me in a footrace, because Ohio State's a collection of physical freaks, and that extends to the offensive line as well.
SLAM I AM. Y'all remember when Sam Thompson was throwing down dunks like this regularly, and when it could happen on any given out-of-bounds play?
7 years ago today.@SlamIAm12's best @OhioStateHoops dunk? pic.twitter.com/3djldjpHZB
— Ohio State on BTN (@OhioStateOnBTN) February 24, 2020
I would pay dozens of dollars to see this in a TBT game in the very near future.
NOT STICKING TO SPORTS. Who am I buying from when I buy online?... Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder... In Mississippi prisons, even the guards aren't safe... Why planes don't fly in a straight line on a map... Why America is losing the toilet race... Doctors report the first case of someone who urinates alcohol... Mars is humming and scientists aren't sure why... Scientists find the first-ever animal that doesn't need oxygen to survive... The private homes of 30 architects.
