Wednesday Spotlight: Britney Griner• The Baylor Bear’s women’s basketball team has been head and shoulders ahead of their competition this year. They entered the tournament 34-0, and have added 4 more wins in the tournament to get to the final four. The star attraction for the Lady Bears has been junior center Britney Griner.
• Griner, the #1 recruit coming out of high school in 2009, chose Baylor to play for in college. Griner became only the 7th woman to dunk in a college basketball game (and this year became only the second to dunk in the NCAA Tournament).
• Griner and the Lady Bears were the odds on favorites to win the championship, but there may be a major bump in the road. In their Elite 8 games Griner and another teammate left the bench during a scuffle on the floor. This is grounds for suspension. The decision should come down in the next few days, and it could change the landscape of the tournament.
Soccer Update
• Lionel Messi last week scored his 233rd career goal for Barcelona (along with 2 others, giving him yet another hat trick). This milestone goal makes Messi the all-time leading scorer for this storied soccer team. The Argentinean who is still only 24 years old has been named the FIFA player of the year the past two seasons, and looks to continue put distance between himself and the previous top of the Barca scoring list.
• The US Men’s soccer team failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics after tying with El Salvador in an Olympic qualifying tournament. Needing only to kill a few more seconds in order to win and take a step towards qualifying for the Olympics, US goalkeeper Sean Johnson (not to be confused with Shawn Johnson) could not stop a long shot by Jamie Alas near the end of stoppage time. Johnson misplayed the ball and that lead to the goal that caused the tie and as a result, the U.S. men's team will be watching the Olympics from home.
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