* Blue Devil bottom line: Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is making $9.7 million this year. Duke President Richard Brodhead makes $1.1 million. But Brodhead has yet to win a national championship; Krzyzewski just won his fifth on Monday. And, BTW, the Duke basketball program grossed $12.8 million in profit on revenues of $27 million this year.
* It’s reminiscent of an old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland movie where there’s that “Let’s-put-on-a-show” moment of inspiration. The parallel in St. Petersburg is city council’s response to a Rays stadium solution: “Let’s hold a workshop.”
*Both the Rays and the Cubs lost their home openers. For what it’s worth, it was far worse for the Cubs where Wrigley Field’s “friendly confines” were anything but. Because of reduced bathroom availability due to ongoing renovation work and a plumbing problem, there were thousands of Cub fans more interested in a mini rebellion than Joe Maddon’s debut. By the seventh inning stretch, the signs were manifest. Apparently those were not cups of flat beer dotted around Wrigley.
* When the Lightning put single-game playoff tickets on sale today (Friday), the team was trying its best to make it as hard as possible for opposing fans (likely Detroit or Boston) to buy any. Those buying tickets online need to have a Florida address for their credit card or they will be denied. Go, Bolts.
* Good to see Brittany Lincicome, now 29, win another major LPGA championship. The Seminole native, one of the nicest athletes from Tampa Bay to make it big on the international sports stage, won in a playoff at Rancho Mirage, Calif. She is now projected to jump to sixth in the world ranking.