Joe Baker

Beach Volleyballer, Financial Aid Guru, and Chicago sports enthusiast!

[Joe Baker @JBake9]

@BedBathBeyond all we want to do is update our wedding registry. What's wrong with your website?! #annoyed

[AVP @avpbeach]

If you could ask #AVP 2015's Most Improved Player of the Year, @vballKolinske, any question, what would it be?

[Field Yates @FieldYates]

16 years ago today, the Patriots hired Bill Belichick. The other 31 NFL teams have had 160 head coaches combined since then.

[Joe Baker @JBake9]

@bakerdan https://t.co/qGNNSu03cd

[Nick Friedell @NickFriedell]

Among 280 players to take 100+ 2-pt FG attempts this season, Tony Snell's 36.5% 2-pt FG% is 3rd worst in league via @jacob_nitzberg.

[Kenny Albert @KennyAlbert]

Looks like Super Bowl 50 will be the John Fox Bowl. Both Gary Kubiak and Ron Rivera replaced Fox with their respective teams.

[Jeff Mangurten @JeffGurt]

Jimmy Butler is the first Bull to score 50 points in a game since Jamal Crawford in April 2004.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Quite the day to celebrate a birthday:

Today, Sandy Koufax turns 80, Tiger Woods 40, LeBron James 31.

No date has produced more greatness.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Green Bay's next four games - should seedings hold and it advances - could be at Arizona, home vs. Minnesota, home vs Minnesota, at Arizona.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

So, without playing a single snap, Patriots RB Steven Jackson finally has made playoffs for first time in 12-year NFL career.

[Max Henson @maxhenson]

Ryan Kalil rented out theater for O-line (plus Luke and Olsen) to see Star Wars. "Complete nerd mandate," he said.

[Gary Parrish @GaryParrishCBS]

This is a wild but factual stat that highlights why most outsiders think unhappy Memphis fans are crazy. https://t.co/9mF4N47kUC

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

Cubs have boosted their lineup for next season, signing Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist in Free Agency...

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Projected Cubs lineup for 2016:
1B Rizzo
2BZobrist
SS Russell
3B Bryant
OF Schwarber
OF Heyward
OF Soler
C Montero
P Arrieta

[Fake SportsCenter @FakeSportsCentr]

If the Lions ever play the Browns it will probably end in an earthquake

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Due to budget cuts, athletes at the 2016 Rio Olympics will have to pay for air conditioning in their bedrooms. https://t.co/xpvhSNHvRJ

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

Had 7-point lead in closing seconds to clinch fantasy playoff spot. Facing Ravens D. It blocks FG, returns it for TD. Lose by 1. The Browns.

[Joe Baker @JBake9]

@bakerdan https://t.co/ialDYrXxw7

[K.C. Johnson @KCJHoop]

Tony Snell has scored in single digits 5 straight games and is 5-for-28 in that span.

[Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops]

Shall we just give Plumlee POY and call it a season?

[jon greenberg @jon_greenberg]

Meanwhile at the East Bank Club, Thibs pauses a curls set to check the Bulls score. He kisses each bicep and continues his work.

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Crazy Stat of Day: The #USWNT is undefeated in its last 100 home games (88-0-12), last losing to Denmark in 2004.