An advice column for people who live with people who live for sports
What happened on Wednesday, April 22, 2015?
It’s good to be royal: After 170 minutes of scoreless soccer over two games between Madrid rivals Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Real broke through with a single goal. That was all they needed to advance into the Champions League semifinals, joining Barcelona, Bayern Munich, and Juventus. Line: Atletico put up a good fight, but in the end, Real’s quality showed through.
From the brink: There were two hockey teams facing their playoff extinction last night. One will live to see another day, the other will not. The Ottawa Senators beat the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 to force at least a fifth game in that series. On the other side of the country, the Anaheim Ducks finished the Winnipeg Jets off, by a score of 5-2. The Winnipeg Fans, who waited 19 years to see a home playoff game, will need to wait at least another year for a home playoff win. Line: Good for Ottawa for pushing back at the Canadiens. Poor Winnipeg.
The Spurs are still the Spurs: After losing game one of their series against the Los Angeles Clippers, there was a predictable flood of stories proclaiming this to be the end of the aging San Antonio Spurs. Last night, the Spurs showed that until they are truly dead and buried, it’s always a bad idea to count them out. Despite losing two key players, one with an injury, the other from fouling out, during last night’s game, the Spurs still found a way to win. The final score after four quarters and one overtime period was 111-107. Line: You can’t expect the Spurs to go out easily, in fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if they won it all. Again!
