ESNY’s Thursday Morning Shootaround

That’s Hall of Famer Tiger Woods!
Another day, another significant quarterback trade in the NFL. This time, it impacts the NFC East. But… does it help the Giants?
We also saw some other interesting player moves around the NFL, including the Seahawks releasing linebacker Bobby Wagner and offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva retiring.
Meanwhile, we’re all still waiting for baseball — still.
Here’s what we’re watching tonight:
- NBA: Nets @ Sixers — 7:30 PM ET
- NHL: Jets @ Devils — 7 PM ET
- NHL: Blue Jackets @ Islanders — 7:30 PM ET
- NHL: Rangers @ Blues — 8 PM ET
- CBB: All of it. All day. Inject it into our veins!
Still no baseball
After another arbitrary, meaningless, owner-imposed “deadline” of 6 PM ET passed while the players worked on a counter-offer to the owners demanding an international draft, Commissioner Rob Manfred cancelled another week of games. Now, April 14 is the earliest possible Opening Day.
As we wrote yesterday, rushing into an international draft could be a catastrophic disaster for Major League Baseball. The players responded to Manfred’s latest cancellation.
Statement from the Major League Baseball Players Association: pic.twitter.com/XLnAvwkFpm
— MLBPA Communications (@MLBPA_News) March 10, 2022
Tiger enters the Hall
On Wednesday evening, Tiger Woods was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was introduced by his daughter, Sam.
And Sam stole the show.
One of us! One of us!
cc: @DCComics
Tune into @golfchannel to watch Tiger Woods be inducted into the #GolfHOF. pic.twitter.com/GiPwaTf50P
— Golf Hall of Fame (@GolfHallofFame) March 10, 2022
Commander Carson
The day after they struck out trying to land Russell Wilson from Seattle, the Washington Commanders (that name still sucks) traded for a hypothetical starting quarterback.
Washington acquired Carson Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts for a package of picks, including a swap of the their respective picks in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft.
https://t.co/Y01sdX9nTt pic.twitter.com/IG12iqSoUo
— Tab Bamford (@The1Tab) March 9, 2022
Knicks bury Mavs
The Knicks got off to a blazing start in Dallas on Wednesday night. Led by Julius Randle’s 26 points, they ran away with a 30-point win against the Mavs. We like the good Knicks. Maybe we could see them more often?
When you're hot, you're hot ♨️ pic.twitter.com/CEq57p5p4g
— NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) March 10, 2022
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Tab has written about MLB, the NHL and the NFL for more than a decade for publications including The Fourth Period, Bleacher Report and La Vida Baseball. He is the author of two books about the Chicago Blackhawks and has been credentialed for the MLB All-Star Game and postseason and multiple Stanley Cup Finals. He is the co-host of the Line Drive Radio podcast.