In anticipation of QB measurements on Saturday, prospective No. 1 pick Bryce Young addressed questions about his frame on Friday.
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All eyes will be on the Big 12 and Big Ten Tournaments, which get underway next week. Andy Katz lists the most-anticipated tournaments, separated into tiers.
Jon Jones will do his best to stay out of trouble while in Las Vegas.
Jones will fight Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 Saturday night in Sin City, but don’t expect the UFC legend to start popping bottles afterwards if he wins. Following a previous arrest in Las Vegas, the MMA star will do his best to not repeat his previous alleged actions.
“I’m not getting lit at all. You guys don’t want to see me lit. I’ll just leave it at that,” Jones told the media ahead of his fight.
Jon Jones has a rough history in Las Vegas.
The road to the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden is nearly complete, with the final day of the regular season headlining the FOX College Hoops Saturday slate.
The Sixers guard has yet to reach an NBA Finals.
As the NBA playoffs slowly approach, basketball analysts and fans are discussing which players would benefit most from a championship run. Kevin Durant and Nikola Jokić seem like obvious choices, for different reasons, but Shaquille O’Neal thinks another player needs a ring even more than them this season.
The TNT analyst named Sixers point guard James Harden as the player with the most to prove during in the postseason this spring.
“James needs to win a championship,” O’Neal said on NBA on TNT Thursday night.
Nick Saban doesn’t think Alabama is getting a fair shake when it comes to the SEC’s proposed scheduling format.
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Justin Fields has a huge defender in Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud
The intrigue surrounding the 2023 NFL Draft starts at the top, with the decision facing the Chicago Bears. Do they trade out of the first spot and build around incumbent starter Justin Fields, or do they stay put and perhaps draft a quarterback?
Perhaps another Ohio State passer in C.J. Stroud?
But during Stroud’s media session on Friday at the NFL Draft Combine, it was clear that Fields has a huge supporter in Stroud, his former Buckeyes teammate.
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Plus: Wizards, Spurs, and Wizards all win on their home floors
It must’ve had something to do with the home cooking on a 4-game night in the Association as home teams finished the night 4-0.
Over the entire season, home teams are 562-382 (.595) now and each conference’s record is nearly identical; the West is slightly ahead at 282-190 compared with the East’s 280-192.
Home teams didn’t struggle much on Thursday either; all but one winner won by double-digits and the only one that didn’t (Dallas) led by 19 going into the fourth.
The NFL offseason is basically over.
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UFC’s next big thing
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Gattis joins former Texas A&M Kevin Sumlin on Mike Locksley’s staff.
Maryland football is hiring Josh Gattis as a co-offensive coordinator to fill out its staff for the 2023 season, Football Scoop reports.
Gattis and Maryland head coach Mike Locksley have a previous history, as the two coached at Alabama together. They won a national championship together as co-offensive coordinators in 2018, serving as the two main offensive voices on Nick Saban’s coaching staff.