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One of the NWSL’s top players is staying in Portland.

The 2023-24 NBA regular season is close to concluding, and the postseason picture is still up in the air.

“I got a job, he doesn’t.

One NBA reporter’s question set off Sacramento Kings star De’Aaron Fox and led to an expletive-laced post-game answer that will probably end up in Fox being fined by the league.
Fox spoke to the media following Tuesday’s crushing 132-96 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. Fox and the Kings got shellacked, which probably had the seven-year pro hanging on an already short fuse.
In the post-game session, one reporter asked Fox if he deliberately attended interviews through big wins and, notably, big losses to set a tone on accountability.

The shootout came into the NHL following the 2004-05 lockout and at the time I liked the idea of not having ties.
I still like that idea, but I don’t like how we get there.
Count me as one of the people who would like to see the shootout go the way of the dodo, and you can put Tampa Bay Lightning bench boss John Cooper on that side too.
Although, instead of just complaining about it like I do, Cooper has a fix that he thinks will reduce the number of shootouts.

Major League Baseball super agent Scott Boras has generally been considered the best in the business at extracting every possible dollar for his clients. 
Historically, he’s represented some of the biggest names in the sport, like Bryce Harper, Jose Altuve and Corey Seager. And in a weak free agency class, outside of all world superstar Shohei Ohtani and Japanese import Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Boras seemingly held most of the valuable commodities for teams looking to improve their rosters.
Blake Snell, coming off a Cy Young winning season in San Diego.

BetMGM released its NFL season win totals on Wednesday.

Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger & SI’s Pat Forde kick off the podcast by reacting to March Madness TV ratings and why this year’s tournament has exceeded most people’s expectation. Forde believes the combination of early upsets coupled with big time programs and storylines moving on to the second weekend will only help the tournament’s interest. Dellenger points out that a record number of Americans will bet on the tournament this year.

ESPN promoted Robert Griffin III to a lead analyst role on Monday Night Football last season, in one of the more dumbfounding programming decisions of the year.
Already, ESPN is looking to demote him from the desk. The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Jason Kelce could also join the show.
“Monday Night Countdown” is not “First Take.” “Countdown” leads into Disney’s most lucrative investment in television, the NFL – for which Disney pays $2.7 billion annually.

Free agent pass-rusher Jadeveon Clowney has agreed to a two-year, $20 million contract with the Panthers.