This week, once again, many things in the sports world took place. From baseball, to football, to golf, to even NASCAR there were big time sports events all over the media this week.
First of all, even though its not football season, it is getting very close to the NFL draft, which takes place in just over a month. With that being said, the NFL combine has been going on this week. This is the time when college players trying to make it to the pros go through a series of drills to try and impress professional coaches in hope that they will become drafted once that comes around. As I've mentioned earlier, I'm a big Tennessee fan so I have to throw in their that a few or our prospects have been impressive at the combine. As well as the Clemson players that may sound a little more familiar to you (DeAndre Hopkins, Andre Ellington). It is a big time for these guys with the future careers on the line.
Next, Clemson baseball had an impressive weekend this weekend with a sweep over Wright State. With the game being rained out on Friday, the Tigers played a double header on Saturday, winning both of those, and finishing up in the beautiful weather that we had on Sunday with a third win and a sweep of the series. They improved their record to 5-1 after the weekend with a very important week ahead. Tuesday they will play a game against Winthrop here at Clemson, before their big series this weekend against South Carolina. Clemson will play the GameCockes Friday here at Clemson, Saturday in Greenville, and Sunday in Columbia.
This weekend was also a bit shocking in the golf world. The PGA Tour was in Arizona this weekend for the World Golf Championship. With this tournament being a match play tournament, there was much hope in the media that Tiger Woods and Rory McElroy (two of the sports best) would make a run into Sunday. However, both of them lost their matches on Thursday, and were knocked out of the tournament (possibly hurting TV ratings). Matt Kuchar went on to win the tournament by defeating Hunter Mahan in the finals on Sunday afternoon.
Finally, this weekend in NASCAR was very exciting (even though I'm not really much of a NASCAR fan). It started off in the qualifying when Danica Patrick posted the fastest time and put herself at the front of the pack to start the race. Friday, at the Nationwide race, there was a huge wreck (that always excites NASCAR fans) that injured many fans and caused quite a scare around the track. The big race then on Sunday at Daytona was won by Jimmy Johnson, with Danica Patrick making a push and keeping it close to make it interesting.
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