The Rush: Bucks lose Giannis to knee injury, a sticky MLB suspension, Serena withdraws from Wimbledon
Giannis leaves Bucks loss with knee injury, Serena exits Wimbeldon, MLB’s sticky situation and a French villain is on the loose.
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REGGIE MILLER: Four black jerseys in the paint converging around Giannis, building that wall.
MARV ALBERT: Williams, yes!
LIZ LOZA: OK, so I don't want to take anything away from what the Hawks did last night without Trae Young, but I'm calling it. These NBA playoffs are a wash. Giannis Antetokounmpo left last night's game with what was a scary looking knee injury, and the list of stars who either missed games or were hampered by injury in the postseason is officially bonkers. Kyrie, Harden, AD, Embiid, Kawhi, Jaylen Brown, Jamal Murray, Mike Conley, and Donovan Mitchell missed either part or all of the playoffs, and that doesn't even count the guys that played through legitimate injuries, like Luka, LeBron, and CP3.
And that takes us back to the Hawks who without Trae Young put exactly zero All-Stars on the court last night. That's not one All-Star appearance ever. Lemon Pepper Lou picked up the slack, and Bogdan Bogdanovic hit six 3's to bury the Bucks. Most importantly, let's just hope Giannis is OK, and if anyone has a direct line to Adam Silver, maybe they should ask him to end the carnage.
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him. Major League Baseball claimed the first victim of its sticky substance searches on Tuesday. Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago was ejected from a game on Sunday and suspended 10 games yesterday. Santiago will appeal claiming the substance in question was simply sweat mixed with rosin.
- Of course, if the umps are watching me close, I just rub a little jalapeno inside my nose, get it running. And then if I need to load the ball up a little, wipe my nose.
LIZ LOZA: First of all, the last thing baseball needs is to slow the game up while the keystone umps check for illicit material. Secondly, how does one appeal this? Is the glove sent to CSI MLB for a detailed breakdown of chemical properties? Either way, can we just bring steroids back already? And because the internet has no chill, I'm kidding, kind of.
From CSI MLB to the GOAT, Serena Williams will not make it past the first round at Wimbledon for the first time ever. During her match with Alexandra Sasnovich, Williams crumbled to the grass and was helped off the court in tears. She would retire from the match shortly after despite leading 3-1 in the first set. Serena was gunning for a record tying 24th grand slam title, but something tells me she'll be back to score that real soon. And finally, staying overseas, France's most wanted criminal is still on the loose, and it seems no one can track her down. Just days after causing an international collection of spandex jockeys to ruin their $5,000 bikes at the Tour de France, the culprit appears to have vanished.
- Poof.
LIZ LOZA: I don't get it. The internet sleuths can spot a photoshopped butt cheek from their studio apartments, but they can't track down this low rent Carmen Sandiego? There's really only one explanation. No one gives a [BLEEP] about cycling, unless it's on a Peloton. I mean look at them. Cody Rigsby would never.
