Author: Michael

To better understand the Ed we know, we need to explore the versions that came before.
Ed O’Bannon entered the public eye as a basketball player, but his foremost legacy might be as a plaintiff.
Years after his playing career, O’Bannon saw his own collegiate likeness in a branded video game. Having received zero compensation for the game, or the college basketball career depicted therein, O’Bannon took a historic stand, becoming the face of a class action lawsuit against the NCAA.

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Augusta National announced many months ago that eligible LIV golfers would be allowed to tee it up in the 2023 Masters. Now, with the year’s first major just over two weeks away, we now know which LIV golfers will be allowed to compete for a green jacket on Easter weekend.
While the Masters is allowing LIV players to compete, the criteria to get into the tournament has grown shorter compared to PGA Tour players.

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Dillon Brooks is the new NBA villain, and it may have just cost him another game.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks had an eventful last month. That is not to say that Brooks hasn’t been making waves all season, especially when it comes to his beef with Klay Thompson of the Warriors, but he has taken it to another level the last month, and it’s about to bring him another suspension.

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The Knights coach is expected to become the next head coach at Iona.
Fairleigh Dickinson’s Tobin Anderson, whose team pulled off one of the biggest upsets in tournament history last weekend as a No. 16 seed by knocking off No. 1 seed Purdue, has been hired to replace Rick Pitino at Iona, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
It will be a five-year deal for Anderson with the Gaels.
Thamel was first to report that Iona was zeroing in on Anderson, while Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports was first to report that Anderson informed the leadership at Fairleigh Dickinson that he was leaving for the Iona job.

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Deion Sanders believes the Bible might have a few lessons that apply to why he left Jackson State for Colorado.
Sanders left JSU after this past season to pack his bags, move to Boulder and take over a failing Buffaloes program. There are a lot of reasons why he went, but a big one was more money to pay assistants.
You know where he learned that lesson? Apparently, the Bible. Specifically, Psalm 23:4.
Deion Sanders is trying to turn Colorado around. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Deion Sanders cites the Bible for JSU split.

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According to reports, the market for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is heating up. Where could he land?
We have entered the second phase of free agency in the NFL. The first wave of moves is in the rearview mirror, and now teams are starting to fill out their rosters ahead of the NFL draft.
However, there are still some very talented players available, both in free agency, and through potential trades. Perhaps the biggest name out there is that of Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins.

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The freshman defensive back is facing an indefinite suspension.
Alabama defensive back Tony Mitchell was clocked driving 141 miles per hour while attempting to evade police before his reported marijuana-related arrest Wednesday, records obtained by AL.com on Monday evening show.
Sheriff’s deputies apprehended Mitchell and his passenger, Christophere Lewis, in Holmes County, Fla.

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