The Daily Drive – April 1st, 2011

The Daily Drive will be a daily (duh) post of all the prominent things going on in the sports world we didn’t cover, and anything else we might want to share with you. Like family secrets. I’ll go first: My great-aunt Lily, not really all that great.

-Starting things off on a bit of a sour note, a San Francisco Giants fan was beat into critical condition Thursday night by fans wearing LA Dodgers gear. We hope for the best.

-Opening Day Part Deux is underway, with your Philadelphia Phillies pulling a stunning come back against the Astros, down 2 in the 9th. Always nice to see a franchise catch a break like that.

-Last night the New York Rangers got roasted by the Islanders, creating the potential for a slide down to 8th spot in the East. Who they play is still up in the air, because the Flyers got shutout by a feisty Atlanta squad while Washington picked up 2 points to pace 1 behind the Fly Guys for the the Eastern lead. The Flyers look to gain back ground when they play the New Jersey Devils tonight at 7.

-Some dumb-ass high school kids sacrificed a couple of chickens last week, and subsequently have been kicked off their baseball team. No word yet on whether Dennis Haysbert was involved.

I'm going to guess yes. (via)

-The 32 best players in baseball, right now. Spoiler Alert: Robinson Cano is 9th.

-This NCAA Final Four preview predicts a VCU vs Kentucky final. I predict I will forget to watch the championship game.

-Courtney Cox nipslip!!!!!!11!!!. What’s that? Oh, it’s not 1998? (NSFW, duh)

-The only way you’ll ever get me interested in badminton (via) –

-A win this weekend, and the Philadelphia 76ers are playoff bound. Aprils Fools haha gotchya dumb 76ers fans!!!!!!

-The Yankees won yesterday. Don’t be surprised if Curtis Granderson’s new at-bat song is Rebecca Black’s enchanting, “Friday.”

-Before I sign off for the weekend, just want to clear up some April Fool’s rumors being spread about me: yes, only 2 times, and actually, it’s pretty big for a guy my height. Have a nice weekend guys!!