David Salazar

Just Win Baby

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

Switch Hitter 🔥💪🏽

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

Dads and 90s kids, here's a fact:

We had it so good with SportsCenter and we didn't know it.... How could we?

We didn't know what was on the horizon that would try to take it down: first, league passes and TiVo and DirecTV... then the Internet and social media and YouTube...

During that brief, bright spot in sports media in the 1990s, SportsCenter was the only way to get the day's highlights...

We had black and white photos and box scores and features in the newspaper...

We had brilliant writing and reporting and pictures in Sports Illustrated and Sporting News and ESPN: The Magazine...

But for the day's highlights...

To watch Ken Griffey Jr. make a diving catch or Jordan hit a game winner or Barry Sanders twirl through a defensive line...

If you didn't catch it live, the only way to see it was on SportsCenter (maybe your local news sports show - maybe)...

And into this void stepped Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann and Stuart Scott and Rich Eisen and Craig Kilborn and Linda Cohn and Robin Roberts and crew...

And all the catch phrases every kid in high school and college would repeat: "cool as the other side of the pillow"... Jumanji... En Fuego....

We'd watch SportsCenter at night then again in the morning.

It was a monolith. You'd show up at school and you'd have the same frame of reference for the highlights you saw. It was a shared experience.

It was awesome. And even though the show still exists and works, it's not a cultural touchstone anymore... it can't be... not with every highlight available from 1,000 sources across social media instantly...

And there are bright spots to be sure... My man and Top 10 Randy (@RandyScottESPN) is terrific. So are plenty of others.

But classic SC, man. It was a shared experience. By everyone.

These kids don't know... Sitting there, retweeting highlights, sharing reels, scrolling their feeds... Doing the work to find what they like with no commentary or context.

Times change. I get it. And we always glorify what we grew up on. Maybe that's all this is.

Still, I miss Stu Scott. He ruled.

If you agree, share this and follow me @Jon_Finkel.

Boo-Yah!

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

Like the start to free agents @Lakers

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

Mo Williams 50 point game

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

Explain Domingo German’s perfect game in NBA terms.

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

👀

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Vikings have informed Dalvin Cook that he’s being released, per source.

[br_betting @br_betting]

Dressed like a parlay

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

RIP Jim Brown 🙏🏽

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

LETS FUCKING GOOOO!!

[NFL @NFL]

DRAFT WEEK 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

The kid couldn’t even get a drink after the game 🤯🥶🌹

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

14 Years Ago Today 🌹
20-year-old Derrick Rose's impressive Playoff debut: 36 PTS (12/19 FG, 12/12 FT) & 11 AST

Ben Gordon on Rose: "He's poised beyond his years. He already carries himself like a veteran out there." https://t.co/lYotoEw8Cw

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

🧢😂

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

LeBron on Austin Reaves: "It's not surprising to me. I knew from the 1st practice we had he wasn't going to be a 2-way player for long...I've been around the game long enough to know great basketball IQ players, type of players that fit with my game & I knew Austin would be that"

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

Austin Reeves you a bad man 😤🔥

[Barstool Baseball @StoolBaseball]

GET ADLEY THE WALKOFF DONG BONG

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

Bring them back @NBA

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

15 YEARS AGO TODAY
Fans chant "Save Our Sonics" in the final minute of the Sonics' final game in Seattle.

@KDTrey5: 19 PTS
@Earl_Watson: 21 PTS, 10 AST, 8 REB

[Barstool Gambling @stoolgambling]

🚨BREAKING🚨

Josh Harris has reached an agreement to buy the Washington Commanders for $6 Billion

[Rolling Loud @RollingLoud]

ROLLING LOUD MIAMI 2023

ON SALE FRI, APRIL 14 @ 10AM ET

👉 https://t.co/FiJQl89vyr

[BetMGM 🦁 @BetMGM]

No one:

Me standing in the kitchen with a bowl of cereal watching Full House reruns at 3:30 am:

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

Way to bring it first game back bron

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

HE’S A BABY @PatBevPod

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

Could have called that… lebrons first game back and we get a Fat L at home on Sunday while teams been playing best ball of the season the last 2 weeks 😑

[David Salazar @Daave_94]

🔥

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

We've got the full list of scheduled Opening Day starters, free and unlocked at ESPN.

Some of the day's best matchups include:

- Alcantara vs. Scherzer
- deGrom vs. Nola
- Cole vs. Webb
- Valdez vs. Cease
- Castillo vs. Bieber
- Urías vs. Gallen

News: https://t.co/rFSI09lEtk