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He discussed the retreat at length, and what it means for his future, on a podcast released Wednesday.
Aaron Rodgers has emerged from the darkness, but he’s not quite ready to shine a light on what his future in football holds.
In his first public comments about his recent darkness retreat, and whether he’s come to a decision about playing football in 2023—and whether that will be with the Packers or another team—Rodgers says that he fully intends to make an announcement “sooner rather than later,” acknowledging that an early decision is best for all involved.

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This thing almost jumped on a reporter’s head!
When you’re watching a Major League Baseball game you can probably assume that you’re not going to see any animals that could be household pets disrupting play. 
It’s just not something that should ever happen, right? 
Wrong! 
That’s exactly what happened Tuesday night during the Marlins-Red Sox spring training game in Florida as a loose cat ran on the field and almost jumped on a reporter’s head. 
Play was stopped as everyone watched this cat and wondered what it would do next.

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What happens when a historically cash-strapped team starts spending like never before? We’re about to find out.
Major League Baseball had a problem. It was 1968, A’s owner Charlie Finley had just moved his team from Kansas City to Oakland, and Missouri Senator Stuart Symington was threatening to revoke the league’s antitrust exemption, the carve-out that allows the sport to operate as a legal monopoly. To placate Symington, baseball’s 20 owners agreed to create the Royals, plus three other teams.

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In his latest mailbag, Jon Wertheim answers this, plus pays tribute to one of the sport’s greatest trailblazers, Sania Mirza.
While marveling over Novak Djokovic’s 378 weeks as the world’s No. 1 player and wondering where the WTA/CVC deal stands, here are answers to your questions this week:
Jon,
Having reached the one-year mark since the start of the war in Ukraine, I was wondering about the status of Ukrainian players … specifically those that joined the armed forces in Ukraine. Do we know how they are doing?
Lilas PrattMarietta, Ga.

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As he officially begins his post Wednesday, Charlie Baker outlines his first 100 days in office.
For Charlie Baker, the past few months have been quite a whirlwind.
As he completed his term as Massachusetts governor, the NCAA hired him in December to replace Mark Emmert. After he was whisked around the NCAA convention in mid-January, he took off to Australia for two weeks—his first vacation with wife Lauren in more than 20 years—and then became a grandfather last week.
Through it all, Baker’s phone buzzed constantly.

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Sandy Alcantara is the favorite to repeat, but there are other contenders who offer better value.
The reigning NL Cy Young, Sandy Alcantara, is the favorite at +475 to repeat in 2023 at SI Sportsbook.
Alcantara impressed last season, pitching to a sparkling 2.28 ERA (fifth) across an MLB-leading 228⅔ innings pitched. The Marlins ace is not a high strikeout guy, but he has an impressive five-pitch arsenal. It’s a joy to watch him pitch. There’s no reason to think he can’t repeat the volume from 2022, but with a low K-rate (only 8.

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Duke guard Tyrese Proctor should be embarrassed by a Tuesday night flop against North Carolina State.
During the 71-67 win for the Blue Devils, the talented guard flopped in truly mind-boggling fashion, but even worse, the refs fell for it. North Carolina State star Terquavion Smith was hit with a technical foul.
The video is so damning against Proctor and the refs that it’s hard to believe it’s real.

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— Will Raftery (@WillRaftery22) March 1, 2023

Duke guard Tyrese Proctor should be embarrassed.

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