Milwaukee Bucks’ championship rings have a detachable top, loaded with ‘Easter Eggs’
Milwaukee Bucks players on Tuesday received their championship rings for winning last season’s NBA Finals, and they have a feature that might become standard in all future sports rings.
The top of the ring is detachable so it can be used as a pendant.
Jason Arasheben, the CEO of Jason of Beverly Hills which made the rings, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel there are a number of “Easter Eggs.” Those include:
- 4.14 karat of emeralds represent the 414 area code of Milwaukee.
- Larry O’Brien trophy includes yellow gold at 65.3% purity (the Bucks’ winning percentage last season)
- Approximate 0.53 karats on the “World Champions” wording on the ring represents the number of years since the the Bucks came into existence.
Oh, and there is a QR code that connects to highlights from the Bucks’ playoff run.
“You have to tell all these stories on one 1½-inch piece of jewelry,” Arasheben told the Journal Sentinel. “Often it gets tough, but we were able to do that.”
Dodgers rally late
After seven innings of Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, the Braves appeared to be on the verge of taking a 3-0 series lead.
Atlanta led 5-2, but the Dodgers stormed back with four in the eighth inning and won 6-5 in Los Angeles to pull within a game of tying the series.
Cody Bellinger’s three-run homer tied the game:
Mookie Betts hit an RBI double later in the eighth inning for the game-winning run.
The win probability chart from the game told an ugly story for Atlanta fans:
Laz Diaz under fire
After seven innings of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, the Red Sox appeared to be on the verge of taking a 3-1 series lead.
Houston trailed by a run but tied the game in the eighth inning and then scored seven times in the ninth and won 9-2 in Boston.
Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi pitched the ninth inning and thought he’d worked out of a jam when Houston put two runners on. But this pitch to Jason Castro was called a ball instead of strike three by home plate umpire Laz Diaz:
Castro then delivered an RBI single to give Houston the lead. After a walk to Jose Altuve, Eovaldi was pulled. The next five Astros reached base as they put up a seven-spot in the frame.
Diaz was widely criticized for the missed strike. Among those to comment on the umpires was former Royals outfielder Alex Rios.
Curry’s rare triple-double
Stephen Curry had a triple-double, helping the Golden State Warriors to a 121-114 win over the Lakers at the Staples Center.
Curry scored 21 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished off 10 assists for his first triple-double since Jan. 22, 2016.
Six Warriors players reached double-digits in scoring, including Andrew Wiggins, who had 12.
Russell Westbrook’s Lakers debut was one to forget as he scored just eight points.
