Author: Michael

A Pulaski County High School (Ky.) football player died Monday after sustaining a brain injury during a spring game Friday.
According to WKYT, the junior player, Andrew Dodson, was injured during the scrimmage Friday and then was transported to a local hospital. 
Dodson’s father, Alan, gave additional information to the Lexington Herald-Leader on Sunday night, explaining that his son was wearing a helmet and was carrying the ball when one of his teammates tackled him.
“It was not a violent hit or helmet-to-helmet. It was a simple, clean tackle,” the elder Dodson said.

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The NBA and NBPA settled on the framework of a new collective bargaining agreement over the weekend. While the true impact of this deal won’t really be known for years to come, the fallout of a new CBA is always significant, with the consequences often arriving in an unintended fashion. (Remember when the supermax was supposed to help teams retain stars, only then those players started requesting trades even earlier because they wouldn’t re-sign? It helped the Lakers win a championship!) The new deal, which still needs to be ratified, will go into effect ahead of next season.

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If you wanted fireworks on the Raw following WrestleMania 39, you likely awoke this morning disappointed.
Outside of the beginning and end of the show, which were both exceptional, the famed Raw following ’Mania was largely a letdown.
The highlights featured Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes and Brock Lesnar. Rhodes interrupted Reigns’s interview in the ring, challenging him to a rematch. Reigns and Paul Heyman were quick to reject that offer, but they did accept a tag match between Rhodes and a partner against Reigns and Solo Sikoa.

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First lady Jill Biden voiced her desire to invite both Iowa and LSU to the White House after the women’s national championship showdown. 
Tigers star Angel Reese was quick to make her opinion on the matter known, tweeting a response in which she called the idea “a joke.”
During an interview with ESPN’s Outside The Lines on Tuesday, Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark addressed the invitation from Biden, indicating that she doesn’t think her team should make the trip to D.C. 
“I don’t think runner-ups usually go to the White House.

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Reese Lechner is only 10 years old, but she is already making a huge splash in the world of Name, Image and Likeness. The Minnesota-native is the youngest known athlete to sign an NIL deal.

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While other kids her age are mowing lawns, shoveling driveways and holding lemonade stands to put some money in their piggy banks, Lechner is monetizing her athleticism. It’s an unprecedented move that puts her on the same playing field as elite high school and collegiate athletes.

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The NFL combine is complete, Pro Days are wrapped up and there’s already been a trade for the first overall pick. 
With the draft less than four weeks from now, odds-on favorites have emerged for each of the first three picks. Betting odds indicate a likely outcome for the first, second and third selections, but nothing will truly be finalized until April 27.

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