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SALT LAKE CITY — Three more stories from the world of sports in today's From Left Field.
1. NCAA coaches, players try to sing 'One Shining Moment'
If there’s one other thing the NCAA tournament gives fans other than bracket madness, heartbreak and excitement, it’s that song at the end of the tournament that gets stuck in everyone’s heads for a week or two after the tournament.
Yes, “One Shining Moment.”
There’s still plenty of hoops left as the Sweet 16 narrows to the Elite Eight. However, it’s apparently never too early to think about “One Shining Moment” returning to our lives on April 3 after the final nets are cut down in Phoenix.
On Thursday, the NCAA released a video of players and coaches taking their crack at singing the song and, well, let’s just say they should stick to basketball.
However, if there is a Naismith Award winner out of the field when it comes to singing this tune, it has to be Wisconsin’s Vitto Brown. Brown, who has been known to sing national anthems before games in the past, sang a snippet of the song which was shown during the No. 8 Badgers’ game last week against No. 1 Villanova.
As you can tell, he’s the real winner out of this.
2. High schooler hits half-court shot at the buzzer to win game
Speaking of hoops, a Minnesota high school tournament game had a crazy ending Thursday night worthy of March Madness.
Central Minnesota Christian (Prinsburg, Minnesota) trailed 51-49 in the waning moments when it tied the game on a layup. It appeared overtime was evident, but North Woods (Cook, Minnesota) guard Cade Goggleye had other plans.
According to WDIO in Duluth, Minnesota, it is North Woods’ first-ever trip to the state’s tournament and it appears the team is enjoying every second of it.
3. Baseball player gets tossed, takes the long way to the showers
Spring Training always seems to have odd moments, especially at the end of the preseason when the veterans are antsy to begin the season and the games are mostly filled with youngsters getting their last chance to impress the big league coaches before heading back down to the minors.
On Thursday, Mets infielder Asdrubal Cabrera found himself in a heated debate with umpire Angel Hernandez after Hernandez did not give Cabrera the timeout he wanted. Eventually, Cabrera got a base hit but continued to chirp at the umpire until he got tossed.
However, the best part of it all is Cabrera finding out that the only way to exit the field isn’t through the dugout like in most ballparks, it’s through the outfield. So Cabrera, glove in hand from the dugout, takes his sweet time in exiting the field.
"I have to take my time," Cabrera told reporters after the game, according to MLB.com. "There's nothing else I could do. You have to cross the field to (leave)."
That’ll show ‘em.