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Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self was absent from his team’s first game of the 2023 Big 12 tournament on Thursday,
The Jayhawks defeated the West Virginia Mountaineers by a score of 78-61 and will move on to face the Iowa State Cyclones. However, after the game, the school announced that Self will now miss the remainder of the tournament.

UPDATE on Bill Self just in from Kansas: pic.twitter.com/I7DWs4wbqw
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 9, 2023

The University of Kansas Health System also put out a statement to dispel reports that the coach had suffered a heart attack.

The star wide receiver has not played since suffering a torn ACL early in the Rams’ Super Bowl LVI win over the Bengals.
After a lengthy absence from the NFL due to injury, Odell Beckham Jr. appears to be nearing a long-awaited return following a 13-month recovery from a torn ACL.
Beckham is set to hold a workout for NFL teams on Friday in Arizona, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported Thursday. The 30-year-old has not played since suffering his knee injury with the Rams early in their Super LVI victory over the Bengals in Feb. 2022.

The Suns star sustained an ankle sprain during pregame warmups on Wednesday.

Patrick Ewing, who was 7-25 this season and had a 75-109 record in six seasons, is out as men’s basketball coach at Georgetown.

The league unveiled the comp picks for this year’s draft on Thursday.
The NFL announced the full list of compensatory draft picks on Thursday as teams continue their preparations and evaluations ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft.
A total of 37 comp picks were distributed across 16 teams, adding more clarity to the draft order for next month’s event, which is set to take place in Kansas City, Mo. from April 27 to April 29. Of the 16 teams, the 49ers led the way with seven selections followed by the Rams earning four selections, and the Cardinals, Cowboys and Chiefs each receiving three picks.

As inflation and the cost of living continues to rise, Penn State offensive lineman Ibrahim Traore is doing what he can to help give back. The redshirt junior recently broke the fundraising record on a new charitable platform, Champsraise, with help of head coach James Franklin and the Nittany Lions fanbase.
Traore, a former three-star recruit, arrived in State College in 2020. Over the course of the last few years, he has intrenched himself in the community and grown to love the people around the university.

Thursday’s college basketball slate is stacked, as many major men’s conference tournaments begin.

The Giants placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on RB Saquon Barkley in the wake of QB Daniel Jones’ new four-year deal.

Police investigated Mixon’s home earlier this week after reports of shots fired in connection to an injured juvenile.
Days after police conducted an investigation into a shooting at the home of Bengals running back Joe Mixon, authorities are not considering Mixon as a suspect. Hamilton County police released an incident report on Thursday, per ESPN’s Ben Baby.
The investigation began after a child was shot in the foot in the backyard of a home neighboring a house that’s listed as belonging to Mixon.

The Vikings star reportedly wants out.