Author: Michael

Caitlin, start your engine.
The Indy 500 is just over two weeks away. The Indiana Pacers host game six of their Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks in the NBA Playoffs Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, trailing 3-2. 
And tonight, the Indiana Fever and rookie Caitlin Clark, the top scorer in NCAA men’s and women’s basketball history, play their WNBA regular season home debut against New York Liberty in front of what is expected to be a near capacity crowd of 18,000 at Gainbridge (7 p.m., Amazon Prime, WTHR Channel 13 in Indianapolis).

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Brooks Koepka during the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Maddie Meyer/PGA of America via Getty Images
Koepka forced himself to be patient at previous PGA Championships, and that strategy will not change at Valhalla.
Reigning PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka turned in a solid performance at Valhalla on day one. He carded a 4-under 67 to sit five shots off the leader Xander Schauffele.
Koepka had to fight for strokes on the course. Things eventually paid off for him when he made an eagle and birdie on the par-5 7th and par-3 8th.

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The NFL schedule release, much to the chagrin of Andy Behrens, has become a thing. But here on the Yahoo Fantasy pod, we take the schedule release and turn it into a goldmine of fantasy content and conversation. Now that we know the when, Dalton Del Don and Behrens identify when we will know the answers to the most important fantasy questions of the 2024 NFL season.

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Sahith Theegala fist bumps on the 9th green during the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship. | Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
Sahith Theegala suffered a self-described “freak injury” ahead of the PGA Championship, threatening his chances to play at Valhalla.
One of the most popular young players in the game arrived at this week’s PGA Championship finally feeling healthy.
Sahith Theegala, playing in his eighth career major, suffered a bruised rib the week before the Wells Fargo Championship—a “freak injury,” he called it.

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It’s not terribly surprising that a head football coach decided to bolt Norman, Oklahoma for Palos Verdes, California, but with the reveal of Lincoln Riley’s actual compensation, it makes even more sense.
The Los Angeles Times obtained federal tax returns filed by USC, Riley’s new employer after leaving the Sooners, and boy oh boy did he cash in moving to LA.
According to the Times, USC paid Riley $19.7 million in total compensation from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023. That compensation included over $10 million in salary and benefits for the 2022 season.

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Oakland’s star closer and the rest of the A’s bullpen are helping to keep the team somewhat interesting so far.
When it comes to the standings in the early portion of the season, my personal advice is not to really take anything too seriously until Memorial Day at the earliest. That way, it gives baseball an ample amount of time to actually start to get the type of sample sizes that you can rely on going forward.

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