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Shaedon Sharpe is the most fascinating rookie in the NBA
No player in the 2022 NBA Draft class sparks the same level of intrigue as Shaedon Sharpe.
As a 19-year-old rookie who was rumored to possess a 49-inch vertical and sat out his single season at Kentucky, Sharpe seemed to be half-man, half-mystery.
But now that we have nearly a season’s worth of data on the Canadian-born prodigy, we can begin to parse through some once-unanswerable questions.
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Several teams that currently look like fringe playoff contenders should consider a hard pivot for the upcoming season.
According to the NFL, teams in the league do not tank. They do allow cash incentives to coaches who accumulate more draft picks. They do allow the release of veteran players en masse. They do allow oddly timed benchings, the hiring of television analysts to become head coaches in season and other methods that seem, in the moment, to make teams worse in efforts to eventually make them better.
PHOENIX — For a while during Bill Belichick’s breakfast meeting with reporters at the NFL annual meeting on Monday, it was business as usual. And you can take that to mean Belichick was being as vague and uncooperative as he could muster in talking about the New England Patriots.
A sample?
What went into the decision to bring back Bill O’Brien as offensive coordinator?
Belichick: “I thought it was the best thing for the team.”
Why was it the best thing for the team?
Belichick: “It’s a number of reasons.”
That’s the Belichick Patriots fans have come to know and love.
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Clark Phillips had a disappointing 2023 NFL Combine, but he should still be a first-round pick in the NFL draft.
Utah cornerback Clark Phillips III enters the 2023 NFL Draft after starting 31 career games across three seasons. Phillips earned unanimous All-American honors in 2022. He was a finalist for the 2022 Jim Thorpe Award (top defensive back in college football) and a semifinalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award (best defender in college football).
Xavier Babudar, the Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as ‘Chiefsaholic,’ was set to make a court appearance on Monday over his alleged involvement in a bank robbery in December. He never showed, and instead, removed his ankle monitor and is believed to be on the run.
According to FOX4 KC, Babudar was set to make a court appearance in Bixby, Okla. to be arraigned on charges stemming from the bank robbery. He has now been charged with removing his ankle monitor and will be held on $1 million bail if found.
The 2020 No. 1 draft pick gave Green Bay a glimpse of his development against the NFC champions in ’22.
Many football pundits at some point this offseason have probably utilized NFL Game Pass to watch the Packers’ Week 12 matchup against the Eagles on Thanksgiving weekend. The watch numbers likely increased after reports about Aaron Rodgers’s meeting with the Jets.
Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal is reportedly being investigated by police after an incident involving a group of fans.
Beal is accused of knocking a fan’s hat off his head after words were exchanged with a group during a loss to the Orlando Magic last week, according to TMZ.
The fan allegedly yelled, “You f*cked me [out of] $1,300, you f*ck,” as Beal was leaving following the loss. The NBA superstar then allegedly approached the man and his friends, exchanged words and knocked a guy’s hat off.
College football fans will see Pat McAfee on College GameDay this upcoming season.
McAfee’s addition to the ESPN football show was a shot of life and energy in a program that had times had started to feel a little stale.
The former Colts punter turned media superstar brought an entirely new kind of energy, and some fans have even speculated he could be come the dude after Lee Corso retires.
Pat McAfee will still be on College GameDay this upcoming season. (Photo by Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)
Amid speculation about his future, McAfee made it clear he’s not going anywhere just yet.
FAU coach Dusty May wants to make sure his players stay out of trouble ahead of the Final Four.
The Owls stunned America by punching a ticket to the Final Four as a nine seed. May’s program has quickly become one of the best stories in sports. A win over San Diego State is all that separates the Owls from playing for a national title.
FAU is in the Final Four. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
May wants to make sure his players remain focus going into Saturday. If they’re not, give him a call and he’ll handle it.
From winning the big games to snipping the nylon in just the right spot, the Gamecocks have perfected what it means to be winners.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks have a system for cutting down nets.
They’ve had plenty of practice: Since coach Dawn Staley arrived on campus in 2008, they’ve racked up SEC conference titles and Final Four appearances and a pair of national championships. So when they sealed a third consecutive trip to the Final Four on Monday with an 86–75 win over No. 2 Maryland, extending an unbeaten season, they knew just what to do.