SBP Snack: Week of 3/4-3/10

5 Interesting, Funny, and Touching Things that Happened in Sports This Week

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Alex Abrams
March 07, 2024

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Good Thursday Morning. Bringing you an abbreviated, “snack size” version of SBP this week.

Five Interesting, Funny, and Touching Things that Happened in Sports This Week

#1: Caitlin Clark makes history (again)

Clark took down another record, fittingly passing “Pistol” Pete Maravich this past weekend to become the NCAA’s all-time leading scoring leader for both men’s and women’s basketball. The game vs. Ohio State did massive numbers, and Nike gave her an A+ tribute.

#2: Speaking of records, LeBron became the first ever player to reach 40,000 points in a career. His dominance and longevity are something we’ve never seen before, and I don’t know if we ever will again.

#3: Dartmouth’s Men Basketball team voted 13-2 today to unionize. This won’t have an immediate effect, but it goes to show what we were talking about last week: the tides are shifting all around college athletics.

#4: A wild story about an NAIA school shutting down but their basketball teams continuing on in the postseason.

#5: Jason Kelce, brother of Mr. Taylor Swift, announced his retirement from the NFL today (clip below — full 40-minute video here). Jason was not only one of the best centers in the league, but the outpouring of love he’s received from players, media, staffers, fans, and more show why he’s considered one of the best, most respected people in the game.

-Alex