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If the compensation the Dallas Cowboys are paying in trading for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens doesn’t impress you, then think of this trade in other ways: how it helps quarterback Dak Prescott on the field and the reputation of club owner Jerry Jones.
Pickens, 24, is being traded to the Cowboys for a third-round pick in 2026 and a fifth-rounder in 2027 while the Cowboys get Pickens and a sixth-rounder in 2027, the Cowboys said.
But the consequence of this exchange is what it means for both teams, and more specifically, the Cowboys.
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Which players could lose their starting role after the NFL Draft?
While the 2025 NFL Draft acts as a welcoming to the NFL of the next rookie class, it also signals an incoming doom for some veterans. After the draft, there are a number of veterans who should be feeling some heat after seeing their teams take younger players at their position. These veterans could see their playing time diminished in the 2025 season, and eventually lose their job altogether.
The Golden State Warriors stunned the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday despite losing star Stephen Curry to a hamstring injury. Now, they’ll have to prove they can do it again.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr offered a pessimistic injury update on Curry following the team’s 99-88 win in Game 1. While Curry was deemed day-to-day with the injury, Kerr doesn’t expect the star shooter to be available for Game 2.
“We don’t know yet,” Kerr said. “But with a hamstring, it’s hard to imagine that he would play Thursday.
UFC 315 is just days away! (Photo via UFC)
Catch today’s edition of “The Ariel Helwani Show” live on Uncrowned and YouTube at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT/6 p.m. UK time as Ariel Helwani and the Boys In The Back set the table for a monster combat sports weekend with a big lineup of guests. Wednesday’s rundown can be seen below.
1 p.m. ET: Ariel and the gang answer all your latest On The Nose questions.
2 p.m. ET: Former UFC contender and commentator Brian Stann checks in.
2:30 p.m. ET: Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Sean Waltman — aka X-Pac — joins the show.
3:15 p.m.
Not sure how Angel Reese is going to feel about her mom taking a shot at Caitlin Clark’s former college team, but now we’ve got Angel Webb Reese wading into the fray.
After Reese returned to play at LSU in the Chicago Sky’s first exhibition game of 2025 against Brazil’s national team, Webb Reese wrote this on X (formerly Twitter): “Aww that certain fan base looking in the stands celebrating ‘attendance’ while others are looking up in the rafters celebrating championship banners.”
“We ain’t the same,” she wrote.
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Francesco Acerbi takes off after appearing up front in the third minute of injury time to save Inter from defeat by Barcelona.Photograph: Mattia Ozbot/Inter/Getty Images
What was he even doing there, in the 182nd minute of a two-legged tie, a 37-year-old centre-back attacking the opposition’s six-yard box, the furthest man forward on his team? Francesco Acerbi had not scored a goal in more than a year. Heck, he had not scored one in 65 appearances across Uefa club competitions.
West Virginia head coach Ross Hodge had the arduous task of rebuilding the West Virginia basketball roster.
Hodge inherited a program that had lost all of its production from the 19-13 team a season ago due to either graduation or the transfer portal. That meant a lot of work needed to be done in order to put together a roster that is capable of competing in the Big 12 Conference in Hodge’s first year atop the program.