With the Lightning suffering a Round 1 sweep, I'll spare them electrical puns, like lacking a spark, feeling re-volted or the Jackets being amped up. I’ll only say this: Watt happened?

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers!

Hard to believe the Blue Jays dealt away Kevin Pillar — good player, fan favourite and a Pillar of the community.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

Johnny Manziel has split up with Bre Tiesi after just one year of marriage. The guy has spent more time in detox than he did in wedlock.

Mick Jagger, 75, posted his first photo since cardiac surgery in New York. To prevent a heart attack, he's been advised to avoid: a) heaving lifting; b) fatty foods; c) 31-year-old ballerinas.

The London Times reports Princes Harry and William are dividing their royal households. Queen Elizabeth calls it splitting heirs.

An ice crew pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

Steph Curry, the NBA's all-time greatest 3-point shooter, says he can see the rim better now that he is wearing contact lenses. It's enough to make James Harden's beard tighten up.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

Netherlands is trying to grow curling with a campaign called “Holland's Next Gold Medal." I was thinking maybe “Orange is the New Hack” or “A Rockwork Orange.”

McGill University said its teams will no longer be called Redmen: it's an offensive term to Indigenous people. "Canadians," said the Washington Redskins. "Here it's an honorific."

RJ's Punalty Box
The new Alliance of American Football league folded part way through its first season. This has left hundreds of players feeling disenfranchised.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers!

British company ThinkGeek sells a onesie with a beanbag chair sewn into the butt so you always have a place to sit. They got the idea watching tennis matches with Serena Williams.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

The U.S. Checkers Championship recently took place in Medina, Ohio. I was never any good at checkers: my opponents always got the jump on me.

Phillies star Bryce Harper and his wife are expecting their first baby. They've set aside part of his $330 million salary to bribe the kid’s way into the best kindergarten possible.

Colgate rented Ohio State's band in the NCAA tournament instead of using its own musicians. They lost the opener— probably just as well since couldn't blow their own horns.

A cheerleader pic from Sports Deke. Cheers.

Winnipeg opened the NHL playoffs by blowing a third-period lead. And I thought Jets winger Nik Ehlers was kidding last week when he said they got "some of their identity back."

A cheerleader video (4:53) from Sports Deke. Cheers.

U-Conn’s Gino Auriemma says as an NCAA bench boss, he is coaching “with one hand behind his back.” Maybe, but unlike the athletes, he’s probably reaching for his wallet.

Angelique Kerber called rising Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu the “biggest drama queen ever.” Not to be outdone, Brett Favre announced he is coming out of retirement.

Reuters reports inmates in a British prison have been receiving marijuana thrown over prison walls — sewn inside dead rats. One question: which end do they light?