Tuesday's A.M. Hot Clicks: Logan Browning; Stanley Cup smack talk

Noted Blackhawks supporter CM Punk questioned Hulk Hogan's Lightning fandom, but Hulk got the last laugh.

Author:
Eric Single
Publish date:
Jun 8, 2015

Happy Tuesday, everybody. Andy's still out of town, so I'm bringing you Hot Clicks once again this morning. Follow me on Twitter right here if it suits you.

Hulk Hogan 2, CM Punk 1

Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final

SI's Best Photos from Game 3: The Tampa Bay Lightning improved to 8-3 on the road in the playoffs with their 3-2 victory in Chicago in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Cedric Paquette scored with 3:11 remaining to silence the Chicago crowd.

The Lightning also got goals out of Ryan Callahan and Ondrej Palat. Here, Johnny Oduya (27) of the Blackhawks battles to clear the puck from the Chicago zone.

Victor Hedman had two assists for Tampa Bay while playing stout defense on Chicago's top forwards. (Text credit: AP)

Jonathan Toews (19) and the Chicago Blackhawks now find themselves trailing two games to one in the best-of-seven series.

Ben Bishop made 36 saves in a gutsy performance after he was questionable coming into the game. (Text credit: AP)

This was the third straight one-goal game in the Final.

Brad Richards and Brandon Saad scored for the Blackhawks.

Corey Crawford made 29 stops.

Tampa Bay is on a two-game winning streak headed into Wednesday's Game 4.

Braydon Coburn tries to deal with Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa.

Brenden Morrow of the Lightning falls between two Blackhawk defenders as he attempts to control the puck.

The Lightning got the first goal for the fourth straight time when Ryan Callahan sent this shot over Corey Crawford's left shoulder at 5:09 of the first.

Ryan Callahan (right) celebrates the first goal of game 3 with teammate Alex Killorn.

This shot by Brad Richards (not pictured) goes in to tie the game at 1-1.

Players from the Lightning celebrate after Ondrej Palat (18) scored their second goal, a mere 13 seconds after Chicago had taken a 2-1 lead.

Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final in Chicago had no shortage of drama even before professional wrestlers got involved. Noted Blackhawks supporter CM Punk questioned Hulk Hogan's Lightning fandom in a fiery tirade at the United Center on Monday night, but Hulk had the last laugh after Tampa Bay escaped with a 3–2 win:

Whatever we did to deserve a hockey-based wrestling feud, it's probably time to count our blessings and grab more popcorn. Elsewhere in celebrity hockey fandom, Charles Barkley picked up the tab for the Lightning coaching staff and front office at his favorite Chicago steakhouse on Sunday night. Lightning goalie Ben Bishop is clearly injured, but coach Jon Cooper attributed his hobbled attempts to get up from the ice after several saves to the fact that tall people just aren't as nimble as the rest of the world. In a game with a few ugly goals, this Ryan Callahan tally off a crackling slap shot was a beauty, and it set the stage for this awesome photo from Bruce Bennett.

Give Us A Little Credit, Australia

The U.S. is on the board and in the win column at the FIFA Women's World Cup thanks to Megan Rapinoe's brilliance and Hope Solo's reflexes, but it was far from a perfect performance for the tournament favorites, and Australia's official team website was happy to tell you about it.

The U.S.'s 3–1 win wasn't the most exciting game of the day in its World Cup group. Nigeria scored a late equalizer against heavily favored Sweden to cap off a back-and-forth 3–3 draw, and its coach was pretty grateful.

Somewhere In Middle America

The eight-team field for the College World Series in Omaha is finally set, but it took plenty of extra baseball to decide it on a wild final day of Super Regional action. TCU needed 16 innings (and a lot of hats) to put away Texas A&M ...

Cal State Fullerton stunned Louisville on a home run that might've been foul ...

And Vanderbilt had itself quite the 15 minutes, clinching its Super Regional in Illinois and then going nuts a second time moments later as shortstop Dansby Swanson was selected with the first pick in the MLB draft.

Lovely Lady of the Day

Speaking of the defending baseball national champions, Logan Browning enrolled as a student at Vanderbilt the semester after Tigers ace David Price left Nashville for the pros. The actress celebrates her 26th birthday today and earns this morning's LLOD honors. (Check out Logan's full-size gallery here.)

Pat Venditte's Even Cooler Than I Thought

Pretty Sure This Should Be A Jump Ball

Apple's CEO Pays The Indians Bullpen's Ransom

Looks like Brandon Moss is going to get his 100th home run ball after all, thanks to Tim Cook.

Sweet Classroom Whiteboard Art

Artist, date: Unknown, circa fourth period. Medium: Expo marker.

Odds & Ends

If you're interested in advertising your Browns fandom to the world, do we have an RV for you, you poor soul ... There are worse consequences for losing a bet than getting your hair cut to look like a pineapple ... Bettors left $315,829 at the Belmont Stakes in the form of $3.50 winning bets on American Pharoah. Chalk it up to horseshoe-leather costs, perhaps? ... UConn and UCF are football rivals now, whether you (or UCF) like it or not ... Robots falling over set to WWE commentary ... This guy did the same dance in 100 places, an unwitting homage to my high school career ... In between periods of Game 3, top American NHL draft prospect Jack Eichel gave Canadian treasure Don Cherry a USA Hockey golf shirt ... After crushing the American Ninja Warrior course her first time through, 100-pound gymnast Kacy Catanzaro couldn't quite repeat the feat.

Can Michael Jordan Palm It?

No explanation as to why MJ is at a golf course for this game, but he never needs an excuse to be golfing.

Fly Ball ... Caught

If you've never snagged a foul ball before, this fan who wore a GoPro to a minor league game can get you the whole experience without the sore hand.

Goals

If you're still coming down from the soccer high of the women's national team's big win in Winnipeg on Monday, wish a happy birthday to German striker Miroslav Klose by watching all 16 of his World Cup goals, the most by any player in history.

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If 6 Was 9

Some date-appropriate Jimi Hendrix to set the table for a nice day.

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