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Predictions for the S-E-C Baseball Tournament at the Met

Alabama left fielder Kade Snell hit .374 this season with 10 homers and 50 Ribeyes. (Photo courtesy of Alabama Athletics).

The No.8 nationally ranked Auburn Tigers (D1.com Baseball rankings, the standard bearer), and the No.23 Alabama Crimson Tide are setting their sights on a deep run in June in the NCAA Tournament, and that quest begins right here in Hoover, Alabama at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium as the SEC Baseball Tournament has commenced. Yesterday, the 9th seeded Crimson Tide downed No. 16 seed Missouri, 4-1. Twelve seed Oklahoma defeated No.13 seeded Kentucky, 4-1, and No. 10 seed Florida blasted No. 15 South Carolina, 11-3. Today, 14th seeded Texas A&M is having its way with 11 seed Mississippi State, 9-0, as the teams are in the top of the 8th. Should be a stellar tourney the next four days with several of these teams having a shot to win this tournament, and, also, excel at the NCAA’s. Here are predictions for this showcase of SEC Baseball.

Today

No.9 seed Alabama vs. No.8 Tennesssee (#21 nationally ranked)

Records

Bama (41-15), UT (41-15)

1 P.M. CT, SEC Network

I’m going to take Bama’s magic here to outlast the Vols.

Crimson Tide 7, Vols 6

No. 12 Oklahoma (34-19) vs. No.5 Georgia (No. 10 Nationally, 42-14)

4:30 P.M. CT, SEC Network

I’ll take ‘dem Dawgs, but it’ll be a good contest just like the one before it.

Georgia 6, Oklahoma 5

No.10 Florida (#15 national) vs. No.7 Ole Miss (#17)

Florida (38-19), Ole Miss (37-18)

8 P.M. CT, SEC Network

I’ll take the Gators in another tight one. These teams today are evenly matched.

Florida 5, Ole Miss 4

Thursday

The tournament got a little behind due to the threat of inclement weather as the A&M-State game was pushed back to this morning. Weather looks great going forward.

No.6 Auburn (No.8 Nationally) vs. Texas A&M

Auburn (38-17) A&M (29-25)

11 A.M. CT, SEC Network

I’ll take the Tigers to advance. They’re a strong team and like them in a semi-home game just like the Crimson Tide.

Auburn 8, A&M 6

Give me Auburn right fielder Ike Irish, who hit .354 with 16 deep ones and 52 Ribbies and a .683 slugging percentage, to lead the Tigers to victory. (Photo courtesy of Sports Illustrated).

Quarterfinals

No. 1 Texas (#2 Nationally, 42-11) vs. Alabama

3 P. M. CT, SEC Net

I’ll take the Crimson Tide to pull off the upset.

Bama 5, Texas 4

No. 4 Vanderbilt (#9 nationally, 39-16) vs. Georgia

6:30 P.M. CT, SEC Network

Give me the Commodores. They’re a hot team.

Vanderbilt 8, Georgia 5

Friday, Quarterfinals

Florida vs. No.2 Arkansas (#5 national, 43-12)

3 P.M. CT, SEC Network

The Hogs are tough.

Arkansas 7, Florida 3

No.3 LSU (#1 Nationally, 42-13) vs. Auburn

6:30 P.M. CT, SEC Network

I’m going to take the Auburn Tigers in an upset.

Auburn 9, LSU 8 (11 innings)

Saturday, Semifinals

Alabama vs. Vanderbilt

12 P.M., SEC Network

The Commodores starting pitching can be questionable at times, but first year hitting coach Jayson King, who was head coach at Dayton for 7 years before Tim Corbin hired him after the 2024 season, has the Dores knocking the cover off the ball. The bullpen and the defense are solid as ever. It’ll be a hard fought contest.

Vanderbilt 6, Alabama 5

Auburn vs. Arkansas

3:30 P.M. CT, SEC Network

Arkansas is outstanding..

Hogs 5, Tigers 3

Sunday, SEC Championship Game

Vanderbilt vs. Arkansas

Expecting some fireworks with the bats. Give me first baseman Riley Nelson, hitting .370 in conference play, and the Commodores to take home the SEC Championship Trophy back to Nashville, Tennessee. Should be a classic.

Vanderbilt 8, Arkansas 7

MVP of Tournament

Riley Nelson

The Commodores’ terrific first baseman, Nelson, leads them to an SEC Championship. (Photo courtesy of 247 Sports).

Prediction for the 150th Preakness Stakes

The great 57 year old trainer, Todd Pletcher, who has won two Derbys and 3 Belmonts, sets high sights on his first career Preakness victory. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia).

Nine horses are competing in the second Triple Crown race the epic 150th edition of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. Journalism is back after a heartbreaking loss to Sovereignty at the 151st Kentucky Derby. He’s the favorite. There are some other rif contenders. Post time is 6:01 P.M. CT and will be broadcast by NBC, CNBC and streaming on Peacock. Here’s a look at the post positions, thoroughbreds, trainers and jockeys for the prestigious American Classic. Weather is good this afternoon, sunny and 85 at post time, but they have had some rain this week. Still the track should be OK for the contenders.

Post Positions, horses, trainers, jockeys, odds

1. Goal Oriented, Bob Baffert, Flavien Prat, 6/1

2. Journalism, Michael McCarthy, Umberto Rispoli, 8/5

3. American Promise, D. Wayne Lukas, Nik Juarez, 15/1

4. Heart of Honor, Jamie Osborne, Saffie Osborne, 12/1

5. Pay Billy, Michael Gorman, Raul Mena, 20/1

6. River Thames, Todd Pletcher, Irad Ortiz Jr. 9/2

7. Sandman, Mark Casse, John Velazquez, 4/1

8. Clever Again, Steve Ausmussen, Jose Ortiz, 5/1

9. Gosger, Brendan Walsh, Luis Saez, 20/1

Winner

I’ve always believed in this trainer and he’s had a lot of success, but the Preakness has eluded him. I like him to win the Black Eyed Susan’s race this time with the 32 year old Puerto Rican, Irad Ortiz Jr, aboard. Ortiz Jr has won the Belmont twice in 2016 and 2022. Give me that team and this horse to capture the 150th running of the Preakness Stakes.

River Thames

Like River Thames to capture the 150th Running. (Photo courtesy of BloodHorse).

Place- Clever Again

Show-Journalism

The 107th PGA Championship, Preview/Predictions

Justin Thomas goes for Major number 3 with a third Wanamaker Trophy in his sights. He won the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow in 2017. (Photo courtesy of ESPN).



Historic Quail Hollow in Charlotte will host the 107th edition of the PGA Championship starting Thursday. The defending champion is Xander Schauffele, who outlasted Bryson DeChambeau by a shot at Valhalla in Louisville in May, 2024. DeChambeau was undaunted though as he went on to win the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst No.2 in June, 2024. Then Schauffele finished off the major season with his victory at the 152nd Open Championship played at Royal Troon, Scotland in July, 2024. Scottie Scheffler had already won the 88th Masters in April, 2024. All three of these superstars will be competing along with the likes of Masters and now Career Grand Slam champion and hottest player on the planet Rory McIlory, who’s already won 3 times this season at the AT&T Pebble Beach in February, the coveted Players Championship in March, and at the 89th Masters Tournament. It’s been a spectacular run by Rory, and he seems to be as loose as ever with the career Grand Slam now in his possession, so he can just cut loose and hit it 340 and rely on his short game with his putter being vastly improved. He’s 4th in Strokes Gained: Putting this season. Rory has won the now Truist Championship at Quail Hollow four times, so you’d think he’d be unbeatable this weekend. Justin Thomas, the 2017 champion at Quail Hollow and the 2022 PGA Championship champion at Southern Hills in Tulsa, is a favorite as well. Justin got over the hump by winning for the first time in three years at the RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, a Signature Event on Tour, the week after the Masters with some spectacular putting. JT looks to have his putting stroke back.

There has been a ton of rain at Quail Hollow in the past week, so the course will be soft and long. It’s long enough to begin with at 7,626 yards and playing as a par 71. Golf Channel host Paul McGinley commented on Live From the PGA Championship that the course is plush and the fairways are as nice as Augusta National. Jon Rahm commented in his press conference on Tuesday that the greens, despite the rain, are still firm and fast. PGA Tour.com writer Rob Bolton says the rough will be 4 inches high and the greens will be stimping 13 on the TiffEagle Bermuda grass greens. So the challenge will be driving distance, driving accuracy, proximity to hole, and chipping and putting.

There are 156 players competing. Here are details.

Key Tee Times (all times Central)

No.1 Thursday/No.10 Friday in order.

11:52 A.M./6:22 A.M.-Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann

12:03 P.M./6:33 A.M.-Tyrrell Hatton, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott

12:14 P.M./6:44 A.M.-Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa

12:25 P.M./6:55 A.M.-Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Aberg

12:36 P.M./7:06 A.M.-Hideki Matsuyama, Wyndham Clark, Tom Kim

12:58 P.M./7:28 A.M.-Sergio Garcia, Daniel Berger, Russell Henley

1:09 P.M./7:39 A.M.-Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Brian Harmon

Players going off at No.10 Thursday and No.1 Friday

6:38 A.M./12:03 P.M.-Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry

6:49 A.M./12:14 P.M.-Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day

7 A.M./12:25 P.M.-Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick

7:11 A.M./12:36 P.M.-Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Hojgaard

7:22 A.M./12:47 P.M.- Rory, Xander, Scottie-No’s 1, 2, and 3 in the world: 1. Scottie, 2. Rory, 3. Xander

7:44 A.M./1:09 P.M.-Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNeely

Key Odds

Scheffler, 4/1, Rory, 4/1, Bryson, 7/1, Rahm, 18/1, Xander, 20/1, JT, 20/1, Morikawa, 22/1, Aberg, 22/1, Niemann, 33/1, Fleetwood, 33/1, Hatton, 45/1, Koepka, 40/1, Hideki, 40/1, Cantlay, 40/1, Vik Hovland, 50/1, Spieth, 55/1, Shane Lowry, 55/1, Sepp Straka, 55/1, Henley, 66/1, Corey Conners, 70/1, Jason Day, 80/1, Wyndham Clark, 110/1, Daniel Berger, 100/1. Justin Rose, 110/1. Tony Finau, 110/1, Min Woo Lee, 90/1. Sungjae Im, 100/1.

Weather

Thursday-87, Partly cloudy, SW 10 MPH.

Friday, 89, Partly Cloudy, SW 8.

Saturday, 84, Partly Cloudy, WSW 13.

Sunday, 86, Mostly Cloudy, WSW 10. Should be OK with not high chances for rain any of the four days.

TV-All times Central

Thursday-Friday, 6-11 A.M., ESPN+; 11 A.M.-6 P.M. ESPN

Saturday-Sunday, 7-9 A.M., ESPN+; 9 A.M.-12 P.M. ESPN; 12-6 P.M., CBS/Paramount.

Can the powerful DeChambeau use his length off the tee as a major advantage? Of course, he’ll have Rory to contend with in that aspect. (Photo courtesy of Youtube).

A lot of terrific storylines. Can Rory win for the fifth time at Quail Hollow and continue “matriculating” in his pursuit of the calendar year Grand Slam? Can the LIV Tour players capture another major victory after DeChambeau did it at the U.S. Open last year? Will one of the opposing Ryder Cup players win at Quail Hollow? The Green Mile, 16, 17 and 18 will pose an intimidating test of golf. No. 16 is a 529 yard, par 4 with water on the left on the player’s approach. No.17 is a 223, par 3. There is water in front and long and left. No.18 is a classic 494 yard par 4 with water running down the entire left side. Makes for a stellar finish.

Winner

Some people might say statistics are for losers, while others, like two-time New York Giants’ Super Bowl winning coach Bill Parcells (1986, 1990), would say, “The numbers don’t lie.” I side with Coach Parcells’ philosophy. This 28 year old, born in New Jersey and now residing in Dallas, is No.1 in Strokes Gained:Total, No.1 in Strokes Gained:Approach, No.1 in Scrambling, No. 1 in Proximity to hole, how close you hit your approaches to the pin, tied for fourth in birdie average, and No.19 in Strokes Gained: Putting. I know his putter hasn’t always cooperated for him in the past three years, but his 31 under par at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Dallas was epic. It was close to the lowest 72 hole score on the PGA Tour ever with Hideki Matsuyama, who achieved that milestone at the Sentry in Maui this past January, with a 35 under score. So give me the Texan to win his third major and exhibit his No.1 in the world playing acumen.

Scottie Scheffler

Like Scheffler at Quail Hollow in the 107th PGA Championship. (Photo courtesy of CNN).

Darkhorse

I’ll take the 33 year old from Chattanooga by way of the University of Georgia.

Keith Mitchell

Our Commodores get the job done in Knoxville; major series coming up Thursday through Saturday; postseason right around the corner. Where we stand

Our stud senior shortstop, Jonathan Vastine, launched one to left on Sunday after a 2 hour lightning delay. (Photo courtesy of The Tennessean).

Our Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball team secured a phenomenal series victory at parts unknown in Tennessee on Sunday against a team we absolutely detest.

The Dores hit four homers, led by Colin Barczi’s two, and Jonathan Vastine’s and Mike Mancini’s solo shots in our 7-5 victory over the team from the East and their very much disliked coach; at least as far as we’re concerned. We took two of three from them, including a 10-6 victory Saturday and the 7-5 W on Sunday. Ethan McElvain was gigantic on Sunday to close out the victory and earn the save for our team, striking out one of their players with the bases loaded and 2 outs as we were hanging on to our 7-5 lead. Ethan is a warrior, and Corbs loves warriors. That’s what Corbs is and Ethan certainly is, too, as are a lot of the players on this spectacular baseball team, including our leaders, Vastine, RJ Austin and JD Thompson.

We moved to 16-11 in the SEC and 36-16 overall, and are now ranked No.9 in the country by the D1Baseball.com top 25 rankings. They fell to 15-12 and 39-13. They are now ranked 17th nationally.

Our metrics are good for the postseason as we head into the Kentucky series at home @ the Hawk starting Thursday and continuing through Saturday. Our RPI is 3, our Quad one wins are 15, which is excellent, our strength of schedule is now No.2 in the country, and we are presently the fourth place team in the SEC, which, if the SEC Tournament was held today, would allow us to have a double bye at Hoover and play on Thursday in the 16-team, single elimination format. It’s a riveting format with Texas and Oklahoma in the conference now. Every team gets a shot, but it’s just one shot, and a bye is big, while a double bye is even bigger. Thanks to Vandy 247 Sports for the intel on the metrics.

Texas is No.1 in the SEC with a 20-9 conference record and a 40-10 overall mark. Arkansas is second at 18-9 and 41-11; LSU, now No.1 in the country according to D1baseball, is third at 17-10 and 40-12 overall. Our guys, Georgia and Auburn are tied for fourth at 16-11, and we are the fourth seed by virtue of our head to head record with the other two teams we’re tied with. We are 4-2 against Georgia and Auburn, Georgia is 3-3 against us and Auburn and Auburn is 2-4 against us and Georgia. We lost two out of three at Auburn to start the SEC season, but could have easily won that series as we had a 6-2 lead on Sunday and lost 7-6. We swept Georgia at home April 17th-19th. The record versus the other teams amongst those respective teams that are tied is the first tiebreaker. If it was just us and Auburn which were tied, Auburn would get the tiebreaker because they took 2 out of 3 from us at their place March 14th-16th.

However, there is a lot to be decided when Kentucky comes to town this Thursday. If Corbs was to read this, he would get hot because he knows this scenario won’t matter if we can’t be successful this weekend. But it’s fun for sportswriters and VU fans to pontificate on. Thursday’s game is at 6 P.M. CT on SEC Network+; Friday’s game is at 6 P.M. CT on SEC Net+; and Saturday’s game is at 2 P.M. CT on SECN+.

So there’s still a lot of work ahead of us. But we still can, at least as fans and a VU sportswriter, enjoy what our players did over the weekend in eastern Tennessee. Saturday we were a 10-6 winner after a tough 3-2 loss on Friday Night. JD Thompson pitched well Friday despite the loss. JD is doing very well for us right now, which bodes well for our immediate and long term future this season. We stole 8 bases on Saturday off their pitching and catcher. Jacob Humphrey swiped 3 and has 19 on the season. He came out of Sunday’s game out of caution for a concussion. He sustained a concussion a couple of weeks ago. Jacob’s return Thursday is TBD. Sophomore David Mendez replaced Jacob on Sunday, and while Mendez is a pretty good replacement, we need Jacob if he can get back. He’s an electric player for us. Rustan Rigdon stole two bags and has 16 on the year. Rustan also made an excellent play at second on Sunday, stopping a ball heading for center field and making a leaping throw to first baseman Riley Nelson, who dug it out for the stellar play. Riley is quite a first baseman along with being a terrific hitter for us. Riley (7), Braden Holcomb (2) and Mike Mancini (2) also stole a bag. Braden was 2 for 4 with his eighth homer of the season and added 3 Ribeyes. RJ Austin was 1 for 5, but drove in three. Jacob was two for three with the three stolen bases and made a spectacular catch in the 8th to preserve the lead. The hitter smashed it to the right field corner in what looked like would be a sure triple. But our star senior dove to his left and snagged the ball before it hit the ground for the defensive play of the game to get us out of the inning. Ethan came on in the bottom of the 9th and closed it out 1-2-3.

Ethan McElvain was tremendous over the weekend in Knoxville. (Photo courtesy of Youtube).

Then, on Sunday, we took off with the bats. Our great catcher, Colin Barczi, hit a pair of shots, one solo and one a two run shot in the top of the 6th to score himself and Holcomb, who had tripled right before Colin’s oppo shot. That made the score 5-3. Then there was a two hour lightning delay. After the delay, Vastine launched his shot to left. Pretty amazing stuff from our super senior after sitting on the bench for two hours waiting to hit. Then in the top of the 9th, our DH, Mike Mancini, cranked one over the left field wall, a huge shot that put us up 7-5. Ethan came on and ran into some trouble in the bottom of the 9th, but shut the door with the bases jammed and two outs by striking out their hitter to close out the game and clinch the series. Corbs said in the postgame that the team grew up 10 years after that series victory on Sunday.

Our great catcher, Colin Barczi, hit a pair of shots to right on Sunday to help clinch the series. (Photo courtesy of The Tennessean).

So, awesome way to close out the weekend. We got solid pitching Sunday from England Bryan, who was hitting 97-98 MPH on the radar gun, Luke Guth, who is looking very reliable, and Miller Green. Alex Kranzler struggled a little, but he’s still trustable. Connor Fennell started and wasn’t his sharpest, but we still have trust in Connor. Cody Bowker got the start Saturday Night and pitched decently. We need Cody and Connor to be good for us, and, of course, JD as well.

Mike Mancini cranked a huge homer in the top of the 9th on Sunday that extended our lead to 7-5. (Photo courtesy of Instagram).

So here we are heading into the last weekend of the season. Here is the SEC schedule for Thursday through Saturday. We play Kentucky (13-14, 28-20). Kentucky is looking for victories to get in the hunt for the NCAA Tournament and enhance its position in the SEC Tournament, so they’ll be hungry. We need to be just as relentless as we have been this season. No.3 (nationally) Texas (20-7, 40-10) plays @ OU (13-14, 32-17). Texas A&M (10-17, 27-20) is @ No. 10 Georgia (16-11, 40-13). No.18 Alabama (15-12, 39-13) is @ No.23 Florida (13-14, 35-18), which has come on lately. No.1 LSU (17-10, 40-12) is @South Carolina (5-22, 26-26). Mississippi State (12-15, 31-20) is @ Missouri (3-24, but swept A&M on the road this past weekend, 16-35). No.6 Auburn (16-11, 36-15) is @ Ole Miss (14-13, 34-17). And No.17 Tennessee (thought I could make it through this column without saying their name, so it goes, 15-12, 39-13) is @ No.8 Arkansas (18-9, 41-11).

So a lot of work ahead of us, but I like the way this team is trending with a lot of electric baseball in front of us. I’ll keep you very much apprised throughout the weekend as our team competes with Kentucky. The stakes are high, so we’ll need to maintain our blue collar, relentless mentality throughout the weekend starting Thursday at 6 P.M. on SECN+.

Men’s Golf surging at the Amherst (VA) Regional

The Vanderbilt Men’s Golf Team is presently in first place in day three, the final day of the Amherst, Virginia regional. Amherst has been getting the weather that has been transpiring throughout the southeast the last several days, and play has been suspended for the day and will resume Wednesday at 6:30 A.M. CT. However, through holes 6-8, we are presently at three under as a team for the tournament and three shots ahead of Oklahoma and Tennessee, which are each at even par. The top 5 in the 14 team regional qualifies for the NCAA Championships. More on that after we complete play and hopefully emerge successfully. We’ve gotten stellar play from senior Jackson Van Paris, who has taken the team on his shoulders this week and has been that way all season. JVP is presently -1 today and 7 under for the tournament and is leading the individual leaderboard. The next two guys are at 4 under par. So, awesome work by our dedicated senior from Pinehurst, North Carolina. Will absolutely keep you apprised of our attempt to close this out and win the region and qualify for the NCAA Championships. More to come tomorrow.

Great stuff from our Vandy Boys. You gotta love these guys. Clark and Mark are still forming their respective teams for 2025-26. Love the prospects for both our football and men’s basketball coaches and teams.

Baseball is the priority right now though. Men’s golf is riveting also. Anchor Down and I’ll keep you informed in the upcoming days starting tomorrow with a report on our men’s golf team and throughout the weekend with our Vandy Boys.

Riley Nelson is still a hitting machine for us as he is batting a sizzling .365. (Photo courtesy of Instagram).

Winner at the Truist Championship, Darkhorse, Classic Music Vid

Can Justin keep up his great momentum he acquired in his RBC Heritage Signature Event victory. (Photo courtesy of BBC).

The 107th playing of the PGA Championship will transpire next week at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, which is thrilling in itself. So, due to that, this week’s tournament usually played at Quail Hollow, the Wells Fargo, will instead take place at The Philadelphia Cricket Club- Wissahickon Course, a 7,119 par 70 track with bent grass fairways and bent grass greens, which will be stimping at 13. The rough will be up to 2 inches high at the Truist Championship..

This is the Sixth Signature event this season of eight on the PGA Tour and features an elite field of 72 players and is missing only Scottie Scheffler, but showcases Rory, coming off his almost epic collapse then epic victory at Augusta National at the 89th Masters, a hot Justin Thomas, fresh off his victory at the 5th Signature Event, The RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, Collin Morikawa, Ludvig Aberg, Patrick Cantlay and Jordan Spieth, who played some really good golf last weekend at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, where he finished 4th shooting 69,67,67,62 for a score of 19 under. The only problem for Jordan and the rest of the field was the great Scheffler shot 61, 63, 66, 63 to finish -31, wow. Quite an exhibition of golf. Scheffler has decided not to compete the week before majors this year. We’ll see how that works out. But Spieth, Rory, Justin and others will, and this is an elevated event that pays $3.6 Million to the winner, $2.16 M to second, $1.36 M to third and great money on down the line. And it’s preparation for the second major of the season, so I like the fact that all these stars are playing. Should be fun.

The Wissahickon Course was designed by iconic architect A.W. Tillinghast in 1922. Tillinghast designed Medinah No.3, where majors are played, the coveted Pine Valley in New Jersey, and The Country Club of Birmingham in 1936. There have been redesigns on all of these courses. Keith Foster did the restoration of the Wissahickon course in 2013. No. 14 is a 122 yard par 3 that is the most tightly bunkered green on the course, so should be an entertaining. No. 15 is a 553 yard, par 5 with plenty of bunkers and mounds. A three-quarter acre complex of bunkers and mounds, Tillinghast’s “Great Hazard” fills up the fairway 335 yards off the tee. The green is the smallest on the course and is well defended up front and on both sides by sand. Birdie is a good possibility. No. 16 is a 215 yard, par 3. It’s a slightly downhill tee shot with a green that is protected up front by a tiny stream. The putting surface, according to Philadelphia Cricket Club Director of Golf Jim Smith Jr. (per PGA Tour.com write up), “Doesn’t offer a flat putt anywhere, least of all inside 5 feet.” No. 17 is a 498 par 4 with a slightly elevated railway line down the entire right side of the hole. It’s a tough obstacle that leads players to subconsciously favor the left side on their drives and approaches. No. 18 is a 517 yard, par 4, with the narrowest landing area on the course thanks to three fairway bunkers that flank the fairway. The entrance to the green is pinched on both sides by sand. So, awesome final five holes. This tournament is going to be pretty electric and will lead up to the 107th PGA Championship, so there should be a lot of electricity amongst the players competing. Thanks to PGA Tour.com for the intel on the course.

Weather

Thursday: 80, partly cloudy, wind W 8 MPH.

Friday: 64 rain, 78%, wind N 10, Nose to the grindstone that day.

Saturday, 72, partly cloudy, wind NW 15.

Sunday 82, partly cloudy, wind NW 8.

TV

Thursday-Friday 1-5 PM CT, Golf Channel

Saturday, 12-2 PM CT GC; 2-5:30 PM CT, CBS

Sunday, 12-2 PM CT, GC; 2-5 PM CT, CBS

ODDS for Key Guys

Rory, 4/1, Career grand slam, life is good for sure. He seems to want more. Dr. Rotella has been a big boost to his mental game.

Collin Morikawa, 14/1, The two time major winner, (2020 PGA Championship at TPC Harding Park in SF, and the 2021 Open Championship at Royal St, George’s in England) is becoming a factor again. If he putts well he can always win.

Xander Schauffele, 16/1, getting closer to 2024 form in which he won the 106th PGA at Valhalla and the 152nd Open Championship at Royal Troon.

Ludvig Aberg, 16/1, Genesis Champion at Torrey- Sig Event.

JT, 18/1, getting in form for the PGA Championship where he won in 2017 at Quail Hollow. He also won the PGA at Southern Hills in 2022.

Patrick Cantlay, 20/1

Viktor Hovland, 28/1

Tommy Fleetwood, 28/1– threatens a lot. Would love to see him get over the top soon as would Excedrin, who had some great camaraderie with him a couple of years ago at Augusta National.

Jordan Spieth, 28/1. Certainly a threat now.

Russell Henley, 30/1. He won the Arnie. He’s awesome.

Hideki Matsuyama, 30/1. Another guy who’s always a threat. Won the first Sig event of the year at The Sentry at Kapalua Maui. Won the 2021 Masters.

Corey Conners, 30/1. The Canadian is definitely ready to break out and win.

Shane Lowry, 35/1. The Irishman gets the 153rd Open at Royal Portrush where he won in 2019.

Daniel Berger, 40/1. Playing well now. Won 4 times on tour with his last at Pebble in 2021, so he’s due and trending well.

Winner

I’m going to take the 44 year old, 65/1, from Johannesburg, South Africa now a resident of London. He played his heart out at Augusta National only to come up short by virtue of an epic approach by Rory to 2 feet on the first playoff hole as Roar claimed his first Green Jacket. I like this guy to be in contention for more majors this year and quite possibly capture one. Give me my man from London. I’m reading a novel by one of my favorite authors David Baldacci titled, Strangers in Time. It takes place in London during WWII and involves a young boy, a young girl and an older man as they try to survive the onslaught of bombings by the heinous German Luftwaffe. Glad we had a lot of heroes and the Grace of God to defeat the Nazis and the Japanese. Great story if you’re interested.

Justin Rose

Like Rosie to capture the Truist. (Photo courtesy of X).

Darkhorse

Give me the 30 year old from Raleigh, North Carolina, by way of Wofford University, home to Bama Golf and Charles Belgrave Perkins. He finished second to JT in a playoff at the RBC Heritage three weeks ago and won with Ben Griffin at the Zurich Classic in N’Awlins two weeks ago. Give me this guy to be right there at the end and to possibly capture this Signature Event trophy and first place check.

Give me Novak to make a serious run at the Truist. (Photo courtesy of Golf Monthly).

Here’s an epic from a classic back in the day band. This could have led to the invention of shirts and skins!

Johnston, Holcomb, RJ, Riley and the Bats cooked over the weekend as the Dores keep climbing in the SEC and national scene; Football, Men’s and Women’s Bball, Men’s Golf and Women’s Tennis also

Braden Holcomb had himself a day on Sunday! (Photo courtesy of Yahoo Sports).

The Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball team finished this past weekend off electrically with super freshman Brodie Johnston and stellar sophomore Braden Holcomb putting an exclamation point on a dramatic Commodores victory Sunday at the Hawk, 9-7, over the Alabama Crimson Tide. With the victory which allowed us to take two out of three from Bama, the Dores moved to 34-14 on the season and 14-10 in the SEC, good for tied for 5th with Tennessee in the SEC standings. No.1 Texas is first at 19-5 and is 38-8 overall; No.7 Arkansas, which swept Texas over the weekend in Fayetteville, is second at 17-7, and 40-9 overall; No.3 LSU (38-11) and No.6 Georgia (39-11) are tied for third at 15-9 and and No. 15 Tennessee (37-11) and us are at 14-10, tied for fifth. We have a major week this week starting today with a 6 P. M. Central time game @ Louisville in the annual “Battle for the Barrel.” The game will be broadcast by the ACC Network.

We are now ranked 11th in the country by D1 Baseball.com and Baseball America. Our RPI is No.3 and our strength of schedule is also third nationally. The great sportswriter Chris Lee of Vandy 247 Sports showed today on the site that we are ranked first in the KPI Rankings, which is a strength of record metric. So, all impressive stuff for a team that is coming together at the right time. D1Baseball,com had us as a 9 seed going into last week, so if we can have a good week this week, which includes @ Louisville today and at Tennessee over the weekend, we can put ourselves in position for that coveted top 8 national seed, which gives a team home field throughout the regionals and Super regionals. So, massive week starting today. But here’s a look at what transpired over the weekend at the Hawk. It was a majestic Friday and a particularly majestic Sunday.

Friday Night, we received a stellar pitching performance from JD Thompson who went 7, gave up only 2 hits, no runs with 2 walks and 11 strikeouts in a 12-2, 8 inning, run rule game. The run rule applies if one team has a 10 run lead through 7 innings. JD was terrific. Miller Green pitched the last inning, and while Miller struggled a little giving up two runs on three hits, I still believe he can help us during the home stretch of the season and in the postseason. The bats came alive in the sixth inning after being silent through the first five frames. Alabama pitcher Tyler Fay had been tough, but in the sixth we struck for three runs, we added three more in the 7th, and we tacked on 6 more in the bottom of the 8th to run rule them, 12-2. Our great centerfielder RJ Austin was 4 for 5 with 4 Ribeyes, including a three run shot in the eighth. Our exceptional junior transfer first baseman Riley Nelson (Western Texas College and Yavapai College), who is hitting .361 with 6 long ones and 35 Ribbies, was 2 for 4, and our superb freshman third baseman Brodie Johnston was 3 for 4 with 2 runs batted in. Senior shortstop Jonathan Vastine, who has been phenomenal in SEC play, was 2 for 4 with an RBI. So, awesome performance Friday Night. Saturday didn’t work out as well as we fell, 5-2. But Sunday was a typical vintage Tim Corbin-coached Vanderbilt University Baseball performance in a game that will be remembered for a good while, particularly if we finish our season off well and go extremely deep in the postseason, which we are highly capable of.

The great Riley Nelson is a hitting machine for us. (Photo courtesy of Instagram).

It was not looking that swift for the guys as we were down 7-2 going into the bottom of the eighth inning. Our superb sophomore Dayton transfer pitcher Connor Fennell, who dominated Ole Miss the week before, had some trouble against the Crimson Tide giving up a couple of long ones with runners on base, so it was looking pretty slim for us going into the bottom of the 8th. But then, our bats woke up in a big way. After Nelson and Johnston popped out , Holcomb hit a solo shot to right central with two outs to cut the lead to 7-3. Mac Rose walked, then catcher Colin Barczi, who has put together some clutch at bats for us this season, cranked one over the right field wall to cut the lead to 7-5 going into the ninth. In the top of the ninth, the Tide’s leadoff hitter doubled off our usual stellar closer, Sawyer Hawks. Sawyer got the Tide’s next hitter to pop out to second baseman Mike Mancini. Bryce Fowler, the Tide’s runner aboard second, could not advance. Sawyer walked Kade Snell, then we made the defensive play that saved the game and possibly transformed our season. Tide centerfielder Richie Bonomolo hit a line drive headed for left field. But Brodie reached out and snatched it. Brodie then fired the ball over to Mancini, who touched second for an inning ending double play. It was gigantic as it turned out. That play might be overlooked when we look back on this dramatic game, but it was critically important and was a possible epiphany for this baseball team’s season and giving us a shot in the bottom of the 9th. That’s when the fireworks ensued.

The Tide put in their stellar closer Carson Ozmer, who was 14 of 14 in save opportunities this year. His ERA was under 2 and his WHIP (walks plus hits per inning) was under 1, which is almost un-hittable. However, Mancini led off with a single to left to get it started. Our great freshman left fielder Ruston Rigdon was hit by pitch. RJ came up next and bunted to move runners to second and third. I was a bit surprised by that because you always want the bat in RJ’s hands in that situation, but I couldn’t tell if he was trying to get a base hit on the bunt, or move the guys over. Nonetheless, it was runners on second and third with one out. Riley came up and grounded out to the pitcher. Mancini might have made it home as the ball bounced to the pitchers left, but he didn’t want to be the second out there, so he stayed put. I don’t blame him for that. It turned out to the the right decision. So there were two outs with runners on second and third with Johnston coming up. Brodie looked so confident when he stepped up to the plate. He looked like one of the top players in the country coming out of Boyd Buchanan High School in Ooltewah, TN., which he was, so I thought to myself, maybe we’ve got a shot here. With the pressure as intense as it gets in SEC Baseball, Brodie hit a line drive no doubt double to the left central field gap to drive in Mancini and Rigdon and we were all tied up at 7. Next up was our superb hoss, Braden, who had tripled and homered in his previous two at bats. With a 1-2 count, and the pressure as intense as it gets, Braden drove one to deep centerfield that kept carrying and cleared the central field wall for a dynamic two run homer to end the game and give our guys a scintillating, incredibly important victory over the Crimson Tide, 9-7. It was majestic with the pressure the guys had on them in the moment, particularly Brodie and Braden, and great stuff from Mike, Ruston and RJ as well. Brodie was named SEC Freshman of the week yesterday on account of his stellar play last week.

So we matriculate into May on a high note facing major rivalry games ahead. Here’s a look at what’s next.

Today at 6 PM CT it’s the Louisville Cardinals, always a tough out, The game is at Louisville. The Cardinals are not presently ranked, but have been in the top 25 all season before losing 2 out of 3 @ Notre Dame this past weekend. The Cardinals are 32-15 overall, 13-11 in the ACC, and 25-4 at their home confines of Jim Patterson Stadium. They took 2 out of 3 from now No.2 Florida State the weekend of April 25-27th (Friday-Sunday) at home. They took 1 of 3 @ No.9 Clemson April 17th-19th, a Thursday through a Saturday with an 8-6, 12 inning victory on Saturday, 4/19. They defeated now No.1 Texas at Arlington, TX. the first game of the season 4-3 on Friday, Feb. 14th. They’ve split games with Kentucky, which is 25-20 overall and 10-14 in the SEC. The Cardinals won at Jim Patterson, 4-3, in 10 innings on Tuesday, 4/8, and lost to the Wildcats at Lexington, 17-5, on Tuesday, 4/22. So, for every good team in the country there are ups and downs throughout the season, but there have been a lot of ups for this team, particularly at home. They’re an excellent hitting team with a .313 team batting average. Centerfielder Lucas Moore leads the team with a .380 average. He has also stolen 39 of 40 bases. The team has stolen 120 out of 132 bags this season. They are 10th in the country in that category. VMI leads with 200. Moore is fifth in the country in stolen bases with his 39, so Collin Barczi will be tested behind the plate and our pitching needs to limit the base stealing if possible. Their power guy is first baseman Davis Tague, who has connected for 15 homers and 43 RBIs on the season. He’s hitting .283. Left fielder Zion Rose is hitting .337 with 9 homers and 50 RBIs. And designated hitter Eddie King Jr. is hitting .336 with 9 homers and 41 runs driven in. Their team ERA is 5.53. They seem to run a bullpen game during the mid-week games, but they may use more of a weekend rotation guy against us. Wish I had that intel for you. Some candidates are Peter Michael (4-3, 5.01), Parker Detmers (1-1, 3.94) and Wyatt Danilowicz (0-1, 2.25), but nothing concrete. Their fielding percentage is .972. Coach Dan McDonnell has taken his Louisville teams to 5 College World Series (2007, ’13, ’14, ’17, ’19). He’s good. Not Tim Corbin good, but he’s good.

I know we have a massive weekend series in Knoxville, but this game takes precedence. I’ll have more on UT tomorrow, but we’ve got to survive and advance through this game as it’s important in the national picture for our RPI and our national seeding if we can get over the top. We are now hitting .270 as a team with Riley leading us at .361 (6 homers, 35 RBIs). Jacob Humphrey is injured and not sure about his return date, but hopeful it’s very soon. Braden has been doing a nice job in his spot in right field while Jacob has been out of the lineup. Jacob is hitting .314 and has stolen 16 of 17 bases. Braden is hitting .287 and has been sizzling lately. He has 7 homers and 27 Ribbies. Brodie is batting .272, and he’s also been cookin’ lately in the SEC, and has 9 deep ones and 46 Ribeyes on the year. RJ had been in a slump until last week and was injured for a minute, but looks to have come out of it. He’s hitting .266 with 11 doubles (Brodie leads the team with 14), and 4 team leading triples, maybe the most exciting play in baseball, though a grand salami or a two run shot like Braden hit on Sunday is pretty terrific also. But love the triples and RJ provides them, which is an incredible asset to have. RJ is 19 of 23 in stolen bases. We have stolen 82 of 98 attempts this season. Jonathan Vastine is hitting .272 on the year with 6 homers and 30 Ribeyes. Jonathan and RJ are such superb leaders for this team with JD Thompson the leader of the pitching staff. Our team pitching ERA is 3.81. That’s great, but would like to still see some more consistency out of our starters and our bullpen. That will hopefully happen going forward, starting tonight. The defense is tremendous. We are fielding at a .983 percentage, which is good for fourth in the country. Wow. Charlotte leads the nation at .984. We’re tied with Arkansas and University of Texas Rio Grande? at .983. For some reason, the NCAA has us behind Arkansas and Rio Grande, though we’ve made fewer errors. I’ll look into that and get back to you on the reason why that is. Regardless, we are a sensational defensive team.

Not sure what Corbs wants to do tonight with his starting pitcher. Austin Nye has been very good as our midweek pitcher going 2-0 with a 1.83 ERA with 16 walks and 46 K’s. Coach Corbin may very well go with the freshman right hander out of Roseville, California or he might take a shot with hard throwing lefty Ethan McElvain, who has a 7.54 ERA, but has talent through the roof if he can control his pitches. It will be an interesting decision. I’m leaning towards Nye.

This team is special for sure. It’s hard to compare Tim Corbin coached teams because they all have their own unique and spectacular personalities, but this one stands out to me alongside the other great Corbin’ coached teams. We have great camaraderie, superb heart and stellar mental toughness. And we’ve got a lot of baseball left ahead of us starting today at 6 P.M on the ACC Network. Will have a report tomorrow along with a preview of our weekend series at the Eastern part of the state. So much can happen in this next week and a half. After the Tennessee series, which is this Friday through Sunday, we’ll host the Kentucky Wildcats the following Thursday-Saturday, May 15th-17th. Then the SEC Tournament commences Tuesday, May 20th-Sunday May 25th at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, AL. It will be a single elimination game tournament with all 16 teams playing. If we can get in the top four of the conference standings at the end of the regular season, we’ll earn a double bye and not have to play until Thursday, 5/22, which would be tremendous. The SEC Network will televise the majority of the Tournament, with ESPN2 taking over Sunday, May 25th at 2 P.M. Central. Will have TV for Tennessee series tomorrow, Wednesday. So, need to bear down right now. Like the guys to do just that.

Football, Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf, Women’s Tennis

Just wanted to share a little intel on some of our other terrific teams. Clark has added a terrific 2025 class with a nice freshmen group led by 92 four-star safety Carson Lawrence, who is an early enrollee, along with 14 linemen, incoming freshmen and transfers, 8 on offense and 6 on defense. It’s been a stellar offseason for Clark and the team. Diego will be back, as will Eli Stowers, Junior Sherrill, Sedy Alexander, AJ Newberry, superb corner Martel Hight, a talented linebacker corps and some serious talent and depth upfront, and in the secondary. It’s a historically talented Vanderbilt roster. I know it can be hard to get your hopes up sometimes with football because it’s been tough through the years, but this coaching staff and this team are different. Diego always thinks he’s the best player on the field every Saturday and his confidence and competitiveness permeates throughout the team. There are high hopes for sure. Game one is Charleston Southern, Saturday, August 30th, at FirstBank Stadium, which should be almost entirely redone and ready for our thrilling upcoming 2025 season giving fans a spectacular fan experience. I’ll keep you apprised of developments as we matriculate into the summer with any more transfers coming our way. We’ve got 6, 2026 commits and one of them is massive in 92, 4-star cornerback Caden Harris from Brownsville, Tennessee. We beat out Tennessee, Notre Dame, Georgia and Auburn among others for Caden. It was a tremendous get by Clark and the staff. We’re 34th right now in the 2026 recruiting rankings according to 247 Sports and General Manager Barton Simmons says the momentum is surging for our program after our 2024 season as we defeated Alabama at FirstBank, and Auburn and Kentucky on the road and looked exceptionally impressive in our Birmingham Bowl victory over Georgia Tech.

Men’s Basketball

Coach Mark Byington has done a terrific job rebuilding our men’s basketball team for 2025-26. it’s just the landscape now in college basketball that you’ll lose most of your team after a season. Hopeful that can change with some adjustments by anyone who has some power in college athletics. We retained three outstanding players in Devin McGlockton, Tyler Nickel and Tyler Tanner. Karris Bilal, a freshman point guard, who didn’t play last year due to injury, may be coming back as well. We lost AJ Hoggard, Chris Manon and Grant Huffman to graduation, which I’m proud of those guys for graduating and hope for them to have continued success in their future endeavors; they deserve it. Jason Edwards, MJ Collins and Jaylen Carey all transferred. But I love the guys we have returning. They’re all great young guys, players and leaders. And Mark has reloaded to the max. We have three freshmen in the fold for next season, in 6’10’, 89 three-star center in Jayden Leverett, 88, 3 star, 6’3″, small forward Jaylon Dean-Vines, and unranked 6’6″ small forward in Chandler Bing. Then we added four, 4 stars in the transfer portal among them a 92 point guard, Frankie Collins, from TCU, a 92, 6’10” power forward Jalen Washington from the University of North Carolina, more size to go along with those guys and two more solid players, one of whom, Mason Nicholson, is a 6’10″280, 88 3 star center from Jacksonville State in Jacksonville, Alabama. So Mark is doin’ the work. We’re in it for some other guys as well to add one or two more pieces to the ’25-’26 roster. I like us to have a better team next season and matriculate even further in ’25-’26 through the SEC and deep into March.

Men’s Golf/Women’s Tennis

Our Men’s Golf Team didn’t reach the regular season standards we normally reach, but as our superb head coach Scott Limbaugh always says, it’s championship season, and anything can happen in that arena. We are ranked 18th in the CLIPPD rankings and 17 in the Bushnell/Golfweek rankings. We will be competing in the Amherst, Virginia Regional with 13 other teams next Monday, May 12th through next Wednesday, May 14th in a 54 hole event with the top five teams from the 54 hole event advancing to the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, California at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa North Course Friday, May 23rd though Wednesday, May 28th with one team emerging from that as a national champion. We’ve got our work cut out for us for sure. Senior Jackson Van Paris has had a stellar season, and junior Wells Williams was named SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year, which is an amazing honor. Proud of both of them. We just need our stud senior Gordon Sargent to find his rhythm in the NCAA’s and help lead this team as it tries to reach greatness this postseason. The other teams in the Amherst region are: No. 6/7 LSU, No. 7/6 Oklahoma, No. 19/23 Pepperdine, No.25 Tennessee, No. 20 Arizona, Stanford, Wake, Arkansas, Florida Gulf Coast, Kent State, Princeton and Howard. There are 6 regional sites with the top 5 teams from each site advancing to the NCAA Championships for a total of 30 teams in the NCAA Championship field. Coach Limbaugh has authored many magical seasons for us, so I’m certainly not counting us out with this coach at the helm and the talent we have. Just got to be focused from tee shot number one on. Will keep you posted next week.

Women’s Tennis

The No. 15 Vanderbilt Women’s Tennis team finished off a highly successful season with a heartbreaking home loss to No.17 UCLA, 4-3, in the second round of the NCAA Regional held in Nashville at the Lummis Tennis Center. We still finished the season with a 20-7 record and were 11-4 in the SEC with at least three, maybe four top 5 national victories over top 5 nationally ranked SEC opponents. The team was awesome and coach Aleke Tsoubanos did a phenomenal job guiding this team through the rigors of an SEC season facing stellar opponent after stellar opponent. Our great senior, Celia-Belle Mohr, finished ranked fifth in the country in singles and will most likely compete in the national singles and doubles event after the team national championship has been decided. Celia, from Montargis, France, had a phenomenal senior season and the future is bright for her. We have some good players returning and will keep you posted on Celia and the national finals at the end of this season.

Women’s Basketball

Coach Shea Ralph has our program on the rise, and although we had a first round exit in the NCAA Tournament, I love our future with the great Mikayla Blakes and a superb cast of players around her returning. Will keep you informed as things develop this summer. Love what Coach Ralph has done with the team and what she has in store for us in 2025-26. We may very well be a looking at a much deeper run in March of 2026.

The 151st Running of the Kentucky Derby, Preview/Prediction

After experiencing some tragedy at his home in California, trainer Michael McCarthy resets at the Derby with his thoroughbred Journalism. (Photo courtesy of Thoroughbred Daily News).

The 151st edition of the Kentucky Derby transpires today with a 5:57 P.M. Central Post time. Nineteen horses will compete in the Run for the Roses and the coveted Derby crown. Here’s a look at the horses that are competing, led off by their post positions, and followed by their odds, their trainers and their jockeys.

1. Citizen Bull, 20/1, Bob Baffert (back after a three year suspension for doping, 6 time Derby champion and giant in horse racing), Martin Garcia.

2. Neoquos, 30/1, Saffie Joseph Jr (always a contender), Flavien Prat.

3. Final Gambit, 30/1, Brad H. Cox (on the verge as well), Luan Machado

4. Rodriguez- scratched

5. American Promise, 30/1, D. Wayne Lucas (living legend at 89, four Derbys), Nik Juarez

6. Admire Daytona, 30/1, Yukihiro Kato, Christopher Lemaire

7.Luxor Cafe, 15/1, Noriyuki Hori, Joao Moreira, Sire, American Pharaoh, triple crown winning horse in 2015

8. Journalism, 3/1, Michael W. McCarthy, Umberto Rispoli

9. Burnham Square, 12/1, Ian R. Wilkes, Brian Hernandez Jr.

10. Grande- scratched.

11. Flying Mohawk, 30/1, D. Whitworth Beckman, Joe Ramos

12. East Avenue (Freeze out?), 20/1, Brendan P. Walsh, Manny Franco

13. Publisher, 20/1, Steven M. Asmussen, Irad Ortiz Jr. (good team)

14. Tiztastic, 20/1, Asmussen, Joel Rosario (another very good team)

15. Render Judgment, 30/1, Kenny McPeek, Julien Leparoux

16. Coal Battle, 30/1, Lonnie Briley, Juan Vargas

17. Sandman, 6/1, Mark E. Casse, Jose Ortiz (experienced, savvy jockey)

18. Sovereignty, 5/1,William I. Mott, Junior Alvarado

19. Chunk of Gold, 30/1, Ethan W. West, Jareth Loveberry

20. Owen Almighty, 30/1, Brian A Lynch, Javier Castellano

21. Baeza, 12/1, John Shirreffs, Flavien Prat, he’ll ride Baeza or Neoquos.

Winner/ Predictions

I’m going to take the favorite. Like the trainer of the favorite, Michael McCarthy. He went through the Eaton Fires in Los Angeles, and while his home was left standing in Altadena, a suburb of LA, his neighbors’ houses were destroyed. He’s stayed focused and his horse has been impressive with three straight victories including the Santa Anita Derby. I’ll take:

Journalism

Place: Luxor Cafe, with a good run till the end.

Show: Sovereignty

Give me Journalism to capture the 151st running. (Photo courtesy of the LA Times).

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