Nebraska practices look a bit different with Matt Rhule running the show.
During the Scott Frost era, there wasn’t a ton of high speed contact in practices, which drew the ire of many.
That’s no longer the case. Not only are the Cornhuskers flying all over the place on the field in practice under Rhule, but that includes the quarterbacks getting live action.
“I let quarterbacks play, and that was the best the quarterbacks had played (Saturday). That’s the best they have played. They needed that. They needed those live reps when they can get hit to speed up their process.
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Pelicans star Zion Williamson, who has been sidelined since early January with a hamstring strain, is unlikely to return to action in next week’s play-in tournament, according to a report from Shams Charania of The Athletic.
Charania noted that the team is being extremely cautious with Williamson, who is continuing his rehab process in hopes of returning to action in the event that the Pelicans play their way into a first round playoff series.
Although not a setback, the news is certainly disappointing for the Pelicans, who are a different team with Williamson on the court.
1. “Well, when I was washing a part of my body, I almost had a little incident.”
That was Charles Barkley, on The Steam Room podcast, doing what Charles Barkley does best: Entertain the masses.
Barkley and cohost Ernie Johnson were answering a question from a fan who wanted to know if a bar of soap hits the ground, does the soap become dirty or does the ground become clean.
This was the opening Barkley needed to rant about hotel soap and share a personal anecdote that could’ve been straight out of a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I apologize. The AI commentary of the Masters has some redeeming qualities.
In today’s SI:AM:
🏃♂️ MLB’s fast start
⛳ Tiger’s and Phil’s Augusta receptions
⛹️♀️ WNBA mock draft
🏈 Why Bill Belichick should coach as long as he wants to
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A whole new ball game
With one week of MLB games in the books, baseball looks a lot differently this year than it has in the past.
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A playoff seeding rundown, plus recaps from Thursday’s five-game slate.
First, a playoff standings rundown for each conference through 80 games, give or take a game.
Several weeks ago, some were surprised by the notion that a trade of Aaron Rodgers from the Packers to the Jets wouldn’t happen until the draft. At this point, any other outcome would be a surprise. The draft starts in 20 days, with round one. Round two starts three weeks from tonight.
Despite not playing in an NBA game this season, Mac McClung had a pretty strong year.
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Who cares how “bad” he did Thursday.
When Scottie Scheffler arrived at Augusta National, he was immediately penned as a favorite by many oddsmakers. Rightfully so, the world’s No. 1 golfer has been playing as good as ever this season. Still, the Masters defending champion wasn’t going to just have a second consecutive green jacket handed to him. But win or lose, there is no doubt Scheffler is doing things no other golfer on the tour is doing.
LSU star Angel Reese confirms she’ll join her teammates whenever they celebrate their championship in Washington, D.C.
The City Edition jerseys across the NBA have been generally met with positive reaction as the league has looked for creative ways to generate revenue for teams across the league.
Fans have been seen at games over the last couple seasons donning the same City Edition jerseys as the players, a testament to the successful idea by the league to create new alternate jerseys for each team.
With all that said, the Nets unveiled their City Edition jerseys for next season and they received quite the mixed reaction from fans across the sport.
First, here’s a look at Brooklyn’s jerseys.