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March Madness can’t be properly appreciated without Championship Week(s). Let the fun begin.
Let’s just say it: Things are weird. Things have been weird. The picture of what exactly America is or what it’s supposed to be has never been murkier or more disputed. The conversations necessary to clear that picture up have never been more difficult to facilitate.
Maybe this is why I find myself now, perhaps more than ever before, despite everything, so drawn to college basketball’s postseason.
March Madness is America.
It is deeply flawed.
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March Madness is around the corner and don’t be surprised if these teams end of making a run in the 2025 NCAA tournament.
1. Vermont (America East)
Congratulations to Bryant on its regular season title, but the America East still goes through Vermont. The Catamounts have won three straight conference tournament titles, five of the last six, and 12 total since 2003. Oh, and they’re entering the postseason on a nine-game winning streak that includes a win over Bryant.
2.
Maxx Crosby got PAID.
The superstar edge rusher has agreed to a three-year, $106.5 million contract extension with the Las Vegas Raiders that makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.
The deal includes a whopping $91.5 million guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
“I told him last night, ‘This isn’t for what you’ve done, but for what you’re about to do,’” new Raiders general manager John Spytek said. “He’s chasing championships and so are we and that’s why we’re excited to start.
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Natasha Cloud asked out of Connecticut shortly after she was traded there from the Phoenix Mercury, The Athletic reported.
Natasha Cloud requested a trade from the Connecticut Sun after she was traded there in early February, The Athletic reported on Tuesday. Cloud, an elite two-way guard who was fresh off a strong season with the Phoenix Mercury, landed in Connecticut in the blockbuster trade that sent Alyssa Thomas to Phoenix.
Cloud, one of the WNBA’s premier guard defenders, averaged 11.5 points, 6.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.
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DE Maxx Crosby has agreed to a three-year, $106.5 million extension with the Raiders that makes him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history, sources told ESPN.
Seahawks star wide receiver DK Metcalf has requested a trade, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
The Cowboys have restructured quarterback Dak Prescott’s contract and created $36.6 million in cap space, a source told ESPN. But team owner Jerry Jones cautioned that Dallas isn’t “looking at free agency as a place to fill voids.
The Eagles are re-signing LB Zack Baun to a three-year, $51 million contract, sources told ESPN.