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Who has the best chance to succeed between Anthony Richardson and Bryce Young?
Everyone rise. The honorable Judge Mark Schofield presiding in Football Court case No. 4782-03, “Which rookie quarterback from the 2023 NFL Draft found themselves in the best landing spot?”

Representing Anthony Richardson of the Indianapolis Colts we have JP Acosta.
Representing Bryce Young of the Carolina Panthers we have James Dator.

Gentleman, you have been sworn in and may begin your arguments.
Football Court is SB Nation.

Lionel Messi’s father has denied widespread reports that the Argentina superstar has agreed to play in Saudi Arabia next season.
International outlet AFP reported Tuesday that the forward’s move to Saudi Arabia is a done deal. However, Jorge Messi, the player’s father and agent, rejected the reports, saying that his son’s future will be decided at the end of the season when his contract with PSG expires. 
“There is absolutely nothing with any club for next season,” Jorge Messi said in a statement on Instagram.

Kansas City Royals lefty Amir Garrett had to be taken out of Monday’s game against the Chicago White Sox early, but not before he unloaded the contents of his stomach all over the field.
Garrett was brought into the game in the seventh inning with the Royals leading 12-4. He faced just one batter — Elvis Andrus — and struck him out looking. However, after facing Andrus, Garrett needed some assistance and the team’s trainer visited him on the mound. Then as he was walking back to the dugout, he unloaded.

Puking in front of a crowd has gotta be an all-time terrible feeling pic.

1. The Warriors held a 99–96 lead against the Lakers on Monday night with under three minutes remaining in the game. Golden State couldn’t close out, though, and lost Game 4 of the series, 104–101.
The late collapse by the Warriors was just too much for ESPN’s Brian Windhorst to take. On Tuesday’s Get Up, the NBA insider couldn’t help but express how frustrated he was by Golden State’s ineptness in the closing minutes.
“This was brain death,” a despondent Windhorst said of the Warriors’ execution issues.
He was just getting started, though.

Watching Jim Irsay try to kick up the dust on a tampering investigation against the Commanders for allegedly, possibly, contacting Andrew Luck to see whether he’d unretire before the franchise signed Carson Wentz is really the second-funniest NFL story of the year.
The funniest NFL story of the year is the thought that Luck would have unretired after years of physical and emotional pain, organizational mismanagement and self-doubt to play for *comedic pause* Daniel Snyder and the Washington Commanders.

When the Detroit Lions made their 2023 offseason plans, they wanted to add a quarterback to compete with Jared Goff, and the plan seemed to come together when the club selected Hendon Hooker in the NFL draft.
But while Hooker is indeed on the unofficial quarterback depth chart, perhaps as high as No. 2 ahead of Nate Sudfeld and Adrian Martinez, he’s not really going to compete or challenge Goff this season.
Because coach Dan Campbell sees this as a learning, growing, getting healthy year for his new rookie.

The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that they will no longer extend alcohol sales after the 7th inning.
And no, it’s not because they are serving Bud Light and no one’s buying it.
Instead, they say it’s just not worth it.
“We’ve got two homestands under our belts and there have not been any serious issues with general behavior related to the extended sales,” a Brewers spokesman told MLB.com. “But what we’ve found is that the amount of time we’ve extended it by averages it out to 15 minutes extra.

LSU women’s basketball is the overwhelming favorite to repeat as national champions during the 2023/24 season. Kim Mulkey and the Tigers lost three starters to graduation, but rebuilt and reloaded in a big way.
Not only did LSU land the No. 1 recruiting class in 2023, it added the two most sought-after transfers through the portal. It feels not unlike the college version of the Golden State Warriors’ super team, when Kevin Durant joined Steph Curry, Draymond Green and Klay Thompson.

Hunter Palmer, an 18-year-old high school sports standout, reportedly died after collapsing during track practice on May 5.
The Lincoln Journal Star noted that the temperatures were in the 80s the day he passed away.
Palmer was a student at Wisner-Pilger High School in Nebraska and on top of running track, he played basketball and was an all-district running back. He was committed to play football at Midland University in Fremont, NE.

Fantasy baseball analyst Scott Pianowski kicks off his in-season Shuffle Up series by gauging how the catcher position stacks up.