PALM BEACH – Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni insisted the celebrations that followed the team’s Super Bowl LIX Championship victory are over. And then the subject of the Eagles’ looming White House visit this month comes up.
Celebration!
“I’m really excited to go, yeah,” Sirianni said Tuesday during a break from the NFL annual meeting. “What an honor. What an honor to be able to go to the White House. Teams that have been able to win championships have been doing that for a long time, and I’m really honored to go and really excited to go.
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UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and UConn are the last teams standing. On Sunday in Tampa, one of them will win the national championship.
The elite of the elite in women’s college basketball will arrive in Tampa, Florida later this week for the chance to compete for a national championship. The remaining field features three No. 1 seeds — UCLA, South Carolina and Texas — and arguably the sport’s most-iconic program, No. 2 UConn.
It’s UCLA’s first-ever trip to the Final Four.
A.J. Dybantsa cleared Angel Reese with ease with this dunk.
There’s a case that the talent at the top of the 2025 boys McDonald’s All-American Game is the best in the history of the event, and BYU commit A.J. Dybantsa is a big reason why.
NBA scouts have been all-in on Dybantsa for years. At 6’9 with a 7’1 wingspan, the Boston native is an explosive athlete with a rare combination of speed and power at his size while also showcasing a sweet jumper.
The NFL has a new (but familiar) overtime rule.
Starting this fall, each team will get an opportunity to possess the ball in overtime during the regular season, just like in the playoffs. Under the old rule, regular season OT games would end if a touchdown was scored on the first possession.
Now, there will be a 10-minute OT period and each time will get an opportunity with the ball, even if the opening drive ends in a touchdown. Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton is in favor of the change.
“I like that,” Payton said at the NFL’s Annual League Meeting on Monday.
Most years, there’s a debate on who the top players are at each position group in the lead-up to the NFL Draft — that debate doesn’t exist with edge defenders this year. Penn State’s Abdul Carter is the consensus top pass rusher this year, essentially guaranteed to come off of the board in the first few picks of the upcoming draft. Yahoo Sports’ latest mock draft has him going seventh to the New York Jets. Carter led the NCAA with 24 tackles for loss and chipped in 12 sacks for a College Football Playoff semifinal team.
Ace left-hander Garrett Crochet has agreed to a record-breaking $170 million, six-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, according to a person familiar with the negotiations.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on Monday night on condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced. ESPN was the first to report on the agreement.
The contract kicks in next year, and Crochet can opt out after the 2030 season. It is the largest deal ever for a pitcher with four-plus years of major league service time.
Who’s Cutting Down the Nets?
PALM BEACH, Florida – Imagine Travis Hunter and Malik Nabers catching passes from Russell Wilson or Jameis Winston, then Hunter being a standout defender when he isn’t on offense.
It’s a vision that could become a reality for the New York Giants in 2025.
Hunter, the dynamic two-way football star who played cornerback and wide receiver at Colorado, could be the Giants’ choice with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft later this month.
Count Giants coach Brian Daboll as one of many NFL evaluators intrigued by Hunter’s potential.
The Augusta National Women’s Amateur is here.
One of the biggest amateur events of the year starts Wednesday at Champions Retreat Golf Club in Evans, Georgia, where 72 of the best female amateurs will battle it out over 36 holes of stroke play. After Thursday’s second round, the top 30 players and ties will make the cut and advance to Saturday’s final round at Augusta National Golf Club, though every player will get to head down Magnolia Lane on Friday for a practice round.
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The torpedo is taking over.
This is the torpedo bat’s world, and we’re just living in it. The innovative new bat design made waves over the weekend when the New York Yankees smashed nine home runs in a game against the Brewers, leading to players all over baseball making calls and trying to land a torpedo of their own.
On Monday night Reds’ star Elly De La Cruz used the torpedo for the first time against the Rangers and absolutely went off.
436 FT and 110.2 MPH off the bat!
Elly De La Cruz CRUSHES this ball for his second home run of the night! pic.twitter.