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After Thursday night’s three-game slate, the NBA is on hold for almost an entire week for the All-Star break.
Some players are headed to Utah for the festivities while others will simply enjoy an extended rest before the home stretch of the season. See where things stand in the Association and then take a look ahead to what’s bound to be a busy spring in the NFL.
In today’s Winners Club you’ll find:

NBA standings and championship odds
Betting breakdowns for NBA awards
SI’s NFL mock draft 4.0
NFL draft No.

If you’ve been, you already know. If you haven’t, it’s time to fix that.

Baseball is going to look and feel a lot different this season.
Who’s ready for some baseball?
Now that football is over and the NBA is in its All-Star Weekend, it’s time to start thinking about warmer temperatures and spring and baseball and hot dogs and all that good stuff. 
Pitchers and catchers started to reporting to spring training this week, and before we know it we’ll be celebrating the start of a new MLB season. 
Before we get there, though, we need to look at six big rule changes that are going into place this season and will have the game looking and feeling different.

The Rangers check in at No. 26 in our comprehensive ranking of each MLB franchise’s 26-and-under talent. Here’s why.

Christine Brennan, the USA Today columnist who allegedly hasn’t smiled since January 20, 2017, is predictably furious with Tiger Woods for handing Justin Thomas a tampon during the first round of the Genesis Invitational.
Not only is Brennan upset about Woods playing a completely harmless joke with one of his best friends, but she’s also suggesting that the big cat may be a tampon thief.
You can’t make this up.
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Brennan has built a career on her ability to make something out of nothing, and she really showed off that skillset in her column.

The NCAA tournament selection committee will release their current top men’s teams Saturday afternoon, which will give insight into what they value most.
We’ve reached a key milestone in the race to Selection Sunday: the selection committee’s top 16 reveal. The NCAA tournament selection committee will release the current top 16 overall teams Saturday afternoon, which can give us a few tips on where certain teams stand as well as teach us some lessons about what the committee values most.

An Alexander Volkanovski-Islam Makhachev rematch would settle the top of the latest pecking order.

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Welcome to The Weekly Takedown, Sports Illustrated’s in-depth look at MMA. Every week, this column offers insight and information on the most noteworthy stories in the fight world.
Islam Makhachev could be the UFC’s No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter.
Or Alexander Volkanovski.
It all depends on who you ask.
Makhachev defeated Volkanovski by unanimous decision this past weekend at UFC 284.

With the NFL’s coaching carousel slowing down, we look at the five best head-coach and coordinator hires of the 2023 cycle.

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Here are five reasons why Bieniemy to the Commanders makes sense.
Eric Bieniemy’s tenure with the Kansas City Chiefs is nearing a close. After five years of success and two Super Bowl rings, the league’s best offensive coordinator isn’t any closer to getting the head coaching job he covets. Now Bieniemy is on the verge of leaving KC to take on the same role with the Washington Commanders.
On the surface this is one of the most bizarre career changes you could imagine.

The environment should be electric when the biggest match of Sami Zayn’s career takes place in his hometown of Montreal.
It’s guaranteed to be a special night when Montreal hosts WWE Elimination Chamber on Saturday.
In his hometown, Sami Zayn will wrestle the biggest match of his life as he challenges Roman Reigns for the undisputed WWE universal championship. It’s a match that would have been great no matter where it took place. In Montreal, it has the chance to be perfect.
This is the first time a WWE pay-per-view has been held in Montreal since 2009.