Author: Michael

Austin Simmons, a four-star QB who was committed to Florida for 2025, threw the college football world a curveball Saturday morning. Not only is Simmons — who is also an elite baseball player — flipping to Ole Miss, he also reclassified to 2023 and will join the Rebels this year.
Yes, your math is correct. A 17-year-old slated to be a junior in high school this fall will now be competing with the likes of Jaxson Dart and Spencer Sanders to be QB1 for Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss Rebels.

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Lose a recruit to Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin at your own risk.
On Saturday morning, news emerged that Florida quarterback recruit Austin Simmons had flipped his commitment to the Rebels—reclassifying from the class of 2025 to the class of ’23 accordingly.
It was a loss for the Gators and a substantial get for Kiffin and Ole Miss on the heels of an 8-5 season. However, more importantly, it provided Kiffin a chance to clown Florida on Twitter.
A mere 15 minutes after news broke that Simmons had flipped, Kiffin tweeted a screenshot of Tom Petty’s profile page on Spotify.

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LOS ANGELES — Justin Thomas of the United States reacts to his missed putt on the sixth green during the first round of the 123rd U.S. Open Championship at The Los Angeles Country Club on June 15, 2023. | Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images
The two-time major champion, Justin Thomas, continues to struggle. He almost finished dead last at the Los Angeles Country Club
Justin Thomas missed another cut at a major championship. This time, it was not close at the 2023 U.S. Open. The performance left Thomas feeling a bit down on himself.
He openly called his U.S.

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Two years is practically a lifetime in college football. 
Two years ago at this time, Ohio State had beaten Michigan eight years in a row, and Texas and Oklahoma were residing comfortably in the Big 12. Two years from now, the College Football Playoff will have grown to three times its current size.
However, quarterback recruit Austin Simmons has made that span seem like nothing. Simmons decommitted from Florida and committed to Ole Miss Saturday morning, but made even bigger headlines by reclassifying from the class of 2025 to the class of 2023.

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The Wizards are closing in on a possible Bradley Beal trade, with the Suns and Heat emerging as the two finalists to land the star shooting guard, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports.
Last week, it was reported that Washington was going to speak with Beal and his agent, Mark Bartelstein, about the 29-year-old’s future within the organization. Beal is entering year two of a five-year, $251 million contract extension, and has a full no-trade clause that allows him full control over where he goes.

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Bob Huggins has let down many people over the past six weeks. But the first person he let down was the man he sees in the mirror every day, failing to comport himself with the level of accountability he has demanded from his players.
There is no joy in seeing someone immolate a Hall of Fame career the way Huggins has, but there also is no need to equivocate over what should happen next. Huggins narrowly kept his job as men’s basketball coach at West Virginia last month. This month, after another act of self-sabotage, it’s time for him to go.

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