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Nell Fortner is stepping away from Georgia Tech after three NCAA Tournament appearances in six seasons. Here’s who could replace her.
Two months after signing a contract extension that would have kept her in midtown Atlanta through 2030, Georgia Tech head coach Nell Fortner announced her retirement on Monday after six seasons leading the Yellow Jackets.
Fortner, 66, was hired at Georgia Tech in 2019 to clean up the program after former coach MaChelle Joseph was fired amid a scandal.

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Cooper Flagg might be the best American-born basketball prospect since LeBron James entered the 2003 NBA Draft. That’s a bold claim to make against the likes of Anthony Davis at Kentucky, Zion Williamson at Duke, Greg Oden at Ohio State, and Derrick Rose at Memphis, but Flagg has put himself in that conversation during an electric freshman year.
Flagg has been the best player in college basketball this season despite being one of the youngest players in the sport.

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It may look like a bit of a reach, but this pick fills a key need in making the Patriots offense competitive.
The New England Patriots hired Mike Vrabel earlier this offseason to be their next head coach. Normally that comes with plenty of changes, but Robert Kraft continues to try and copy that same magic that worked under Bill Belichick by hiring another former Patriots player to lead the team.
This time around, it’s a coach with a wealth of experience and success in the NFL.

Brooks Koepka has enjoyed tremendous success and earned an obscene amount of money since joining LIV Golf in 2022, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t recognize that the Saudi-backed league has quite a ways to go.
The 34-year-old reportedly signed a seven-figure contract to join LIV Golf three years ago and has won the most individual titles on the new circuit with five, three of which came via playoff victories.

In an interview with GQ Sports, LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne revealed why her relationship with former Tigers pitcher Paul Skenes nearly derailed in the early stages.
“He wouldn’t follow me back on Instagram,” Dunne told GQ. “I was like, ‘who is this kid and why won’t he follow me back?’”
Skenes, who only recently started receiving more attention thanks to his young MLB career, rarely used his Instagram account at the time in early 2023. By August, the pair were officially together heading into their senior years in Baton Rouge.

UC Davis running back Lan Larison has gained a lot of attention as of late with an exceptional pro day performance earlier this week. The 6-foot, 215-pound do-it-all back reportedly raised some eyebrows in the New Orleans Saints organization as a potential day three selection in this year’s draft.
Putting together a clinic this week, Larison ran a 4.46-second 40 to go along with some impressive three-cone and short shuttle times. He also showed his explosiveness jumping 35.5 inches in the vertical, while landing a 10-foot broad jump.

The Carolina Panthers sit one pick ahead of the New Orleans Saints in the NFL draft, so their decision in the first round impacts the Saints beyond just being a divisional foe. They also have similar needs, wide receiver and edge rusher specifically. So, they’re a threat to keep players like Tetairoa McMillan, Jalon Walker and James Pearce Jr. from getting to the Saints. Kay Adams tried to pry some information on the Panthers’ draft strategy out of Dave Canales, but he didn’t let much slip.

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Three. Goals. Away: Alex Ovechkin cannot be stopped, scoring in his third straight game to move within three goals of passing Wayne Gretzky.
JuJu wins POY: USC’s JuJu Watkins was named the Naismith Player of the Year, beating out UConn’s Paige Bueckers, Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo and UCLA’s Lauren Betts to become the first Trojan to win the award since Lisa Leslie in 1994.

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Scoring the winning goal in a Steel City derby guarantees anyone a place in Sheffield football folklore, and striker Rhian Brewster is the latest player to join that exclusive club.
Sheffield United’s club-record signing followed his winner at Hillsborough with the clinching goal against in-form Coventry City to take the Blades top of the Championship after the international break, with just seven games left to play.

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Red Bull’s newest driver opened up about his journey to the senior team ahead of his home race
Two races into the 2025 Formula 1 season Red Bull shocked the paddock, demoting Liam Lawson after picking him to replace Sergio Pérez. Lawson heads back to Visa Cash App Racing Bulls and Yuki Tsunoda, originally passed over for the spot at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, gets his shot to drive for the senior team.
Speaking in the FIA Press Conference ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix, his home race, Tsunoda outlined his goals at Red Bull.

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GENEVA (AP) — Champions League winner Real Madrid topped the prize money list last season by getting almost 139 million euros ($154 million), UEFA said on Thursday, finally confirming the payments.
Madrid’s money came from a total competition prize fund of more than 2 billion euros ($2.22 billion) that rises by 25% this season in the new and expanded format with more teams and more games.
UEFA’s formula to pay clubs included Madrid getting more than 36 million euros ($40 million) as the top-ranked club preseason, but just 14 million euros ($15.

AMES − As reporters flocked to speak to Jontez Williams after Iowa State football’s spring practice on Wednesday, the cornerback comfortably stood tall and smiled, like he’s gotten used to it.
Last year, Williams enjoyed a breakout season with the Cyclones. Taking on a much bigger role in the secondary as a redshirt sophomore, he emerged as a standout and earned All-Big 12 second-team honors.
Unsurprisingly, increased fanfare came his way during the season.

US regulators seek to take control over Ligue 2 side Red Star FC and 777 Partners’ clubs
Paris suburb-based Red Star FC are hoping to secure survival in the final quarter of the Ligue 2 season, in their first campaign in France’s second division for six years.

Can Sarina Wiegman and her England team win back-to-back European titles? 
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Click here to play our simulator and find your winner. 
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We asked for your views on Brighton’s Premier League match against Aston Villa. Here are some of your comments:
Brighton fans
Jon: Another game in which Brighton are outperformed by a physically stronger and well organised team. Just as they did with Everton and Nottingham Forest, Brighton seemed lightweight compared with Villa.
Fran: Very lacklustre from the Seagulls with too many passes going astray, poor decision-making around the Villa goal and a defence that seemed very unsure.

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Arne Slot was happy to see England’s referees’ body acknowledge it was wrong to not award Everton defender James Tarkowski a red card for a dangerous tackle on Alexis Mac Allister in the Merseyside derby.
Tarkowski was shown a yellow card for the foul that came early in Wednesday’s game at Anfield and was later described by the Premier League as reckless. The on-field sanction was upheld by the video assistant referee after a review.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics center “Never Nervous” Pervis Ellison was born in 1967 in Savannah, Georgia. Ellison would play his college ball at Louisville and would be drafted first overall in the 1989 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings. He would also play for the (then) Washington Bullets (now, Wizards) after an injury-plagued rookie season, and would then sign with the Celtics in free agency in 1994.

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Executives at both the PGA Tour and NBC Sports must be pleased with recent ratings.
Declining television ratings became a focal point throughout the 2024 PGA Tour season, but that is not the case in 2025.
After CBS produced a strong West Coast swing, capped by Ludvig Åberg’s win at the Genesis Invitational at Torrey Pines, NBC saw much of the same. Since the Mexico Open at Vidanta World, NBC and Golf Channel delivered six consecutive weeks of viewership gains compared to last year.

Darlington Raceway’s first annual NACAR weekend moves to an earlier spring date this season after falling in mid-May the last four years.
This will be the first April weekend at the 1.366-mile oval since 2014. NASCAR moved the Southern 500 back to Labor Day weekend in 2015 at “The Track Too Tough To Tame.”
Sunday’s Cup race is 400 miles with Brad Keselowski as the defending winner.
Justin Allgaier is the defending winner of Satuday’s 200-mile Xfinity race.

Darlington Raceway schedule
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Friday, April 4
Garage open

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County Championship champions Surrey look no weaker but they were a bit shaky last year – PA/John Walton
The County Championship seasons begins on Friday and Surrey are red-hot favourites to take the Division One title once again.
Telegraph Sport’s cricket experts predict how the campaign will unfold.
Nick Hoult: Somerset to take Surrey’s title
Div 1 winner: Somerset
It has to happen at some point.

Luton were relegated from the Premier League after finishing six points from safety [Rex Features]
Luton Town should have spent more to try and avoid relegation from the Premier League, the club has admitted.
The Hatters published their financial results for the year ending 30 June, 2024 on Wednesday night, revealing record turnover and profits as a result of being promoted to the Premier League for the first time.
The club posted an operating profit of £48.

GENEVA (AP) — José Mourinho’s quest to be a champion again.
Europe’s top goal-scorer on a title hunt before a big move.
A young coach reviving a European giant.
Look outside the top five leagues in Europe and the season run-in promises the kind of title race drama the English Premier League lacks as Liverpool dominates.
Galatasaray is still just ahead of Mourinho’s Fenerbahce in Turkey.
Sporting Lisbon is being fired by Viktor Gyökeres goals to hold off Benfica in Portugal.
Ajax is back on top in the Netherlands in 35-year-old coach Francesco Farioli’s first season.

Lewis Hamilton won the sprint race in China two weeks ago but was disqualified from the main grand prix [Getty Images]
Japanese Grand Prix
Venue: Suzuka Dates: 4-6 April Race start: 06:00 BST on Sunday
Coverage: Live radio commentary of practice and qualifying on BBC 5 Sports Extra, race live on BBC Radio 5 Live. Live text updates on the BBC Sport website and app
Lewis Hamilton says he has “absolute 100% faith” in Ferrari despite their difficult start to the season.

Heather Knight and Deepti Sharma were part of the London Spirit side that won The Hundred in 2024 [Getty Images]
Equalising pay between women and men in The Hundred is a realistic ambition, according to Professional Cricketers’ Association chief executive Daryl Mitchell.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has not implemented a recommendation from the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket for equal pay in the competition by this year.

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We asked for your views on Newcastle’s win over Brentford on Wednesday.
Here are some of your comments:
Newcastle fans
Matt: Did Sandro Tonali really mean that strike? The late movement of his foot suggests he did – but that’s my heart ruling my head, maybe! On track for Europe again and perhaps a big win against Manchester United.
Paul: Great win but we made hard work of it with either sloppy finishing or great last-ditch defending by Brentford.

Tuesday was another April Fool’s Day, and it brings back memories of a former Washington Redskins great.
It was April 1, 1964, and the Philadelphia Eagles‘ starting quarterback, who had been drafted seven years earlier (43rd overall) out of Duke, had enjoyed a tremendous 1961 season. He led the NFL in passing yards, completions, and passing touchdowns, leading the Eagles to a 10-4 record.
However, the Eagles were losers in 1962 (3-10-1) and 1963 (2-10-2). Eagles’ HC Nick Skorich had led the successful season in 1961 and the next two losing seasons, so he was fired.

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Even Everton manager David Moyes considered his captain James Tarkowski “lucky” to stay on the pitch.
Explaining the decision, the Premier League Match Centre said on X: “The referee’s call of yellow card for a reckless foul by Tarkowski was checked by the VAR, with contact on the follow through after Tarkowski had played the ball deemed to be reckless.”
The key word here is “reckless”, which according to the laws of the game merits a yellow card rather than a red.

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Former Australia rugby player Jordan Petaia has signed with NFL team the Los Angeles Chargers.
Petaia, 25, played in 31 Tests and at two Rugby World Cups for the Wallabies.
He has joined the Chargers as part of the NFL’s International Player Pathway (IPP) after training for 10 weeks at the IMG Academy in Florida.
Petaia turned his attention to American football after ending his rugby career in December after six years playing for the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby.

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Jose Mourinho squeezed Okan Buruk’s nose in a bizarre attack which left the Galatasaray manager writhing on the turf as a dispute between the pair escalated on Wednesday.
In wild scenes, the Portuguese manager, now in charge at Fenerbahce, reached out angrily at Buruk’s face as he attempted to confront him from behind. Buruk immediately collapsed to the ground as the confrontation sparked an immediate melee between players and backroom staff.

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Celtic were thwarted after making a last-gasp bid at the weekend to sign Georgia midfielder Giorgi Kochorashvili for next season, according to reports in Spain, but the 25-year-old, currently in La Liga’s second tier with Levante, completed a £5m transfer to Sporting Lisbon. (The National)
Celtic are likely to sell Japan midfielder Reo Hatate this summer while making another attempt to sign £4m-rated Motherwell 18-year-old Lennon Miller.

Shohei Ohtani delivered again, hitting a walk-off home run to beat the Braves in the ninth to make the Dodgers the first reigning champ to begin a season 8-0.

Why Real Madrid are both victims and culprits of their ruthless schedule
Real Madrid have endured a demanding season where they have played more matches than any other team in Europe’s top leagues. 
The Spanish giants have been battling on all fronts, with their schedule packed to the brim due to their continued progress across multiple competitions. 
Despite the heavy fixture list, Carlo Ancelotti’s men have remained competitive and successful, having already secured two trophies out of the three finals they have played this campaign.

The 2025 Los Angeles Dodgers made the record books in just eight games this season, becoming the first defending World Series champ to start the new year at 8-0.
That was perhaps the least impressive part of Wednesday night’s Dodgers-Braves clash at Chavez Ravine, where the champion roster suffered a miserable first half, only to pull off a comeback and snatch Atlanta’s soul.

“I’m 20 years old, a professional athlete, should be in the prime of my life and I can’t even put my socks on.”
Nick Griggs recalls a period he admits frightened him, but one he is emerging from after resuming running over the last fortnight. It will be some weeks, however, before he is able to do a full training load.
The last time most of us saw the precocious Tyrone talent, he was running his way on 8 December to a brilliant silver medal in the under-23 race at the European Cross Championships in Antalya.

Mike Abbott had been head coach since the start of the 2023 season [SW Pix]
Cornwall RLFC head coach Mike Abbott says his players were keen to fulfil their fixtures before the League One side folded.
Cornwall went out of business on Wednesday after new owner Kenny Stone was unable to bring in new investment to the Penryn-based club.
But Abbott, who has been part of the coaching team since the club was founded in late 2021 and head coach since the 2023 season, says his players would have fulfilled Sunday’s fixture at North Wales Crusaders.

No way through: Lionel Messi endured a frustrating night in Inter Miami’s 1-0 defeat to LAFC in the CONCACAF Champions Cup (Frederic J. Brown)
Los Angeles FC sent Lionel Messi and Inter Miami spinning to their first defeat of the season on Wednesday, scoring an upset 1-0 victory in their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarter-final first-leg clash.
A 57th-minute strike from Los Angeles-born El Salvador international Nathan Ordaz handed LAFC a precious advantage heading into next Wednesday’s return leg in Florida.

As we go through the final month leading up to the 2025 NFL draft, we will see more mock drafts, including from some of the more well known analysts. NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein released his third mock draft and had some trades.
But the Arizona Cardinals did not make a trade, staying at the 16th pick in the draft.
Who does he project them to select?
Zierlein has the Cardinals taking Alabama guard Tyler Booker.

The new Endrick: How Real Madrid’s young forward has transformed his game this season
Endrick’s journey at Real Madrid has been nothing short of transformative, and as Jose Felix Diaz relays in MARCA, the young Brazilian forward has shown remarkable growth both mentally and as a footballer since his arrival last summer. 
When he joined the club, Endrick was recognised primarily for his clinical finishing and instinctive goal-scoring abilities within the penalty area. However, adapting to the demands of Real Madrid requires far more than just being a poacher.

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When you watch highlights of the Mets’ 6-5 win in extra innings on Wednesday, you’ll likely see Pete Alonso‘s three-run home run to tie the game in the eighth or Huascar Brazoban‘s dominant outing to pick up his first career save, but one that may be overlooked came from behind the plate.
Luis Torrens has been tasked with leading the Mets‘ pitching staff and providing defense/offense in the absence of Francisco Alvarez and he did that and then some. And he didn’t even start the game.

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While the Vancouver Canucks may be preparing to kiss their playoff hopes goodbye, the Abbotsford Canucks are soaring into the postseason. In a 6–3 win against the San Diego Gulls on Wednesday night, not only did they push their current win streak to 11 games, they also clinched a spot in the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs.

BALTIMORE – Garrett Crochet has barely started enough games in his career to comprise an entire major league season, still has the youthful sheen of a 25-year-old, and yet has toted the mental weight of a much older player.
From the college diamond in Knoxville, to the 11th pick in the draft, to a lightning-quick debut, a trip to the operating table for a new elbow ligament, a hopeless situation with Major League Baseball’s worst team and finally, a trade that united his elite stuff with a team that could do something with it, Crochet has seen some things in his baseball career.

DALLAS (AP) — It came to Anthony Davis following his pregame nap Wednesday afternoon that he would finally play all out for the Dallas Mavericks that night against the Atlanta Hawks and finally put the adductor strain that sidelined him Feb. 8 for six weeks out of his mind.
“Whatever happens, happens,” Davis said. “Just go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of force, a lot of dominance.”
Dominate he did.

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Jarrett Allen of the Cleveland Cavaliers dunks over Karl-Anthony Towns in the Cavaliers’ NBA victory over the New York Knicks (Jason Miller)
The Miami Heat ended Boston’s nine-game NBA winning streak with a 124-103 victory that pushed the reigning champion Celtics further behind Eastern Conference leaders Cleveland — who rallied to beat New York on Wednesday.
Tyler Herro scored 25 points to lead seven players in double figures for the Heat, who fought off a late Celtics surge to notch a sixth straight victory.
Boston connected on just 37.

Duke head coach Jon Scheyer joins SportsCenter

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Joe Prince-Wright looks back on Matt Le Tissier