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.
Here are three players to bet for either Top 20 or Top 10 who can win the Masters outright.
Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud makes sense as the No. 1 overall pick for a lot of reasons. That’s one of five player-team pairings we like for this NFL Draft.
Yahoo Sports NFL Draft expert Charles McDonald loves a particular QB for the Panthers at the very top, along with several other pairings that could take shape in the first round on April 27.
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.
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.
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.
Victor Wembanyama is a no-brainer at No. 1, but whichever team gets the second pick will have to decide between Brandon Miller and Scoot Henderson.
President Biden suggested the Iowa women’s basketball team will not be invited to the White House following their loss to LSU in the national championship over the weekend.
Biden on Tuesday congratulated both LSU and UConn for their college basketball wins in the last two days.
“In a year when March Madness often lived up to its name, both our women’s champions, @LSU, and men’s champions, @UConn, showed us the best of what this country can be,” Biden tweeted.
UConn coach Dan Hurley. (Getty Images)
“Congrats to @LSUwbkb who demonstrated excellence on and off the court.