Author: Michael

Wednesday night felt like both the best of times and the worst of times for Scarlet Knight hoops fans and many wondering what is next for the program.
Rutgers men’s basketball made expected history Wednesday night when Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey — both freshmen guards on the Scarlet Knights’ 2024-25 team — were selected in the top five of the NBA Draft. Harper was taken second overall by San Antomio, while Bailey went to the Utah Jazz three picks later.

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Ahead of the 2025 college football season, the SEC remains loaded with talent on the defensive side of the ball. The conference is set to have another strong crop of edge rushers this fall. Few players on a football field can impact a game like an elite defensive end. A true difference maker on the edge can make a good defense great, an average unit good, and a bad unit average. It’s a rising tide that lifts all boats.
The best defensive ends do it all. They get after the quarterback on passing downs and set the edge vs. the run. They disrupt.

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When the Commanders, the NFL, and D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser struck a deal for a new stadium, it was sold as a done deal.
The deal is far from done.
Via the Washington Times, the D.C. Council plans to have public hearings on July 29 and July 30. This means that the Council won’t vote on the proposal before the July 15 deadline articulated by tthe team and Bowser.
The team, per the Times, said this week that “any delay — even a few weeks for a council vote — could jeopardize the planned 2030 opening date.”
Regardless, the Council intends to do its due diligence.

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Franco Colapinto is expected to stay at the Alpine Formula 1 squad beyond his initial five-race stint.
This weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix is the fifth race of Colapinto’s run replacing Jack Doohan, who was demoted after May’s Miami weekend following a bruising introduction to F1.
In Alpine’s initial driver announcement Colapinto, who was signed from Williams over the off-season, was handed the seat alongside Pierre Gasly for five races ahead of further evaluation, although de facto team leader Flavio Briatore has since contradicted that timeframe.

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Florida football rides an unpredictable rollercoaster into the 2025 season–caught between a 10-win breakthrough and a potential 6-6 letdown.
CBS Sports writer Brad Crawford laid out the SEC’s best and worst-case postseason scenarios for the upcoming 2025college football season.
According to Crawford, the Gators can realistically reach a 10-2 record if quarterback DJ Lagway proves steady and the offense meshes against a punishing schedule peppered with road games at LSU and Miami, followed closely by matchups with Texas, Georgia, Ole Miss and Tennessee.

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Report: Spurs eye record deal before key clause expires
Spurs interest grows in Eze amid clause clarity

Tottenham Hotspur’s admiration for Eberechi Eze has escalated, with the north London club strongly weighing up a summer swoop for the Crystal Palace star. As reported by TeamTalk, Eze is now firmly on Spurs’ radar as they seek creativity and dynamism under new manager Thomas Frank.

The 26-year-old England international has shone consistently for Palace since his £20 million move from QPR in 2020.

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Ex-NBA star Dwight Howard shared an absolutely gut-wrenching tribute to his late dog, Sunday, after the Belgian Malinois was killed in an alleged hit-and-run incident this weekend.
If you’re a dog lover like myself, prepare to be bummed out…
Howard shared a video and photos of himself with Sunday, who could not look more like the sweetest dog ever.
From the moment I got you, Sunday, you were more than just my dog…” Howard wrote. “You were my peace. My protector. A reminder of everything beautiful and calm just like those early Sunday mornings.

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