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On First Take, Stephen A.
Duke assistant coach Tia Jackson waves her piece of net after winning the ACC Tournament title on Sunday, March 9, 2025 in Greensboro, North Carolina. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation
Tia Jackson is the through-line between the great eras of Duke women’s basketball and she’s helped mold Kara Lawson into a head coach.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — It had been 19 years since Tia Jackson cut down a net.
On First Take, Stephen A.
Keeping up with former Vikings can prove to be a tall task for fans, but at Vikings Wire, we have done a good job of it for you. What helps us out is when those players leave the team and achieve success both on and off the field.
In the case of Danielle Hunter, he has found both of those since joining the Texans last offseason during free agency.
Tom Pelissero reported on Wednesday that the team and Danielle Hunter had agreed to an extension. The deal is a one-year, $35.6 million contract extension that makes him the NFL’s second-highest paid defensive end.
The Los Angeles Rams added to their fairly thin linebacker group in free agency this week when they signed Nate Landman to a one-year deal. A former starter for the Atlanta Falcons, Landman became an unrestricted free agent after the team decided not to tender him.
After two strong seasons on Atlanta’s defense, Landman was looking for a new opportunity and he found himself returning to the West Coast. Though he was born in Zimbabwe, he moved to California when he was young and free agency was his chance to head back west.
The New Orleans Saints pursuing a trade with the New England Patriots makes sense if you want to safeguard yourself against the possibility of missing out on a quarterback in this year’s NFL draft. Patriots backup Joe Milton III has been a hot topic this offseason, and he’s been linked to the Saints as a trade candidate before.
Right now the Saints quarterback room includes Derek Carr, Spencer Rattler, Jake Haener and Ben DiNucci. Acquiring Milton should push Haener or DiNucci out of the equation.
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Aaron Rodgers has been quietly donating money to help aspiring professional golfers continue their careers, according to a social media influencer who helps raise funds for athletes.
Ryan French, who runs the page “Monday Q Info” on X.com, has spent years using his social media platform to raise money for young and struggling golfers and then sending it to them directly.
Florida State has been pushing to get Jacksonville (Fla.) Mandarin safety Brody Jennings on campus and they were finally able to do so as Jennings took in Florida State’s first practice of spring camp on Wednesday.
“Definitely how the DBs were making plays and how they took the coaching from Coach (Mike) Norvell,” Jennings said on what stood out to him about the practice. “He coaches really hard as you can see. They let it motivate them. He yelled at one DB and then the next play he caught an interception so they were taking the coaching very well.
Everyone likes to argue that the officials are always out to get help from the other team, but you rarely see a team get an assist from a referee the way the Toronto Maple Leafs did on Wednesday night.
Even if it was completely unintentional… probably.
The Leafs hosted the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday for a clash between two teams that are within striking distance of the lead in their respective divisions, so both were certainly hungry for two points.