SALT LAKE CITY — Although Thursday was not officially Twins Day, a couple of humorous scenarios in the sports world made it seem that way.
The first twin moment happened at a PGA tournament between Salt Lake City’s Tony Finau and fellow PGA golfer Brooks Koepka. The second event featured Oregon basketball big man Bol Bol at the NBA draft and Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell.
Finau and Koepka played in the same group at the Travelers Championship, and it appeared their mom(s) coordinated their outfits twins style. They each wore Nike hats, pink polo shirts with white trim and black pants. They even finished with identical first-round scores.
Bol Bol, son of the late Manute Bol, was invited to sit in the green room at the draft. He drew attention when arriving at Barclays Center — not just because of his immense size (7-2 with a 7-8 wingspan) but also because his black outfit was adorned with sparkly spider webs.
Sports Illustrated tweeted out a video of Bol in his Black SpiderMan-like digs, and it caught the attention of a couple of Jazz players.
Mitchell, who famously goes by the nickname “Spida,” tweeted the video of Bol and joked, “Hold up bruh. …” The Jazz guard wore a similar suit to the ESPYs.
While that was funny on its own, Rudy Gobert took it to another level by retweeting Bol and his attention-grabbing outfit and adding this fun jab, “Finally someone who knows how to wear a Spiderman suit.”
For the record, Gobert was not teasing Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield or Tom Holland, the actors who’ve played Spidey in the past couple of decades.
It was clearly a tongue-in-cheek shot at his Spida teammate whose signature red-and-blue Spider-Man shoes are about to hit the market.
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WEEKEND PLANNER
Friday, June 21
- Utah Royals at Portland Thorns, 7 p.m.
- Women’s PGA Championship
- NHL draft
- Minors: Bees vs. Fresno
- Minors: Owlz at Raptors
- Baseball: College World Series, at Omaha, Neb.
Saturday, June 22
- Real Salt Lake at Chicago Fire, 6 p.m.
- Real Monarchs SLC at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, 7 p.m.
- Women’s PGA Championship
- NHL draft
- Minors: Bees vs. Fresno
- Minors: Owlz at Raptors
- Baseball: College World Series, at Omaha, Neb.
Sunday, June 23
- Women’s PGA Championship
- Minors: Bees vs. Fresno
- Minors: Owlz at Raptors
- Baseball: College World Series, at Omaha, Neb.