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Maxx Crosby got PAID.
The superstar edge rusher has agreed to a three-year, $106.5 million contract extension with the Las Vegas Raiders that makes him the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. 
The deal includes a whopping $91.5 million guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
“I told him last night, ‘This isn’t for what you’ve done, but for what you’re about to do,’” new Raiders general manager John Spytek said. “He’s chasing championships and so are we and that’s why we’re excited to start.

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Natasha Cloud asked out of Connecticut shortly after she was traded there from the Phoenix Mercury, The Athletic reported.
Natasha Cloud requested a trade from the Connecticut Sun after she was traded there in early February, The Athletic reported on Tuesday. Cloud, an elite two-way guard who was fresh off a strong season with the Phoenix Mercury, landed in Connecticut in the blockbuster trade that sent Alyssa Thomas to Phoenix.
Cloud, one of the WNBA’s premier guard defenders, averaged 11.5 points, 6.9 assists, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.

The Eagles are re-signing LB Zack Baun to a three-year, $51 million contract, sources told ESPN.

The Cowboys have restructured quarterback Dak Prescott’s contract and created $36.6 million in cap space, a source told ESPN. But team owner Jerry Jones cautioned that Dallas isn’t “looking at free agency as a place to fill voids.

Seahawks star wide receiver DK Metcalf has requested a trade, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

DE Maxx Crosby has agreed to a three-year, $106.5 million extension with the Raiders that makes him the highest-paid non-QB in NFL history, sources told ESPN.

Last week there was some controversy in certain corners of the internet over the Carolina Hurricanes’ annual ‘Whalers Night.”
If you missed it, the Hurricanes threw on some phenomenal Whalers sweaters for their game against the Buffalo Sabres last week, as a way to honor the franchise’s history dating back to its time in Hartford.
Of course, the team moved to Raleigh, North Carolina in the 1990s, and that’s why some fans saw this as a slap in the face to the original Hartford Whalers and their fans.

The UFC’s light heavyweight king, Alex Pereira, may hold the key to unlocking enormous punching power.

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Chatter about Brooks Koepka and a PGA Tour return continues to swirl.
The state of professional golf is extremely complicated. It has been this way for a while now.
There are two primary tours in the PGA Tour and LIV Golf and we are well past time when a union between the two of them not only seemed possible but felt inevitable.
We are actually so deep into this whole thing that player contracts are starting to reach an expiration point with LIV and that has gotten some attention.

A month ago, it felt like a potential deal between the PGA Tour and the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) – the sole funder of LIV Golf – was closer than ever before to getting across the line. A meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump and representatives from both sides, along with messaging from the Tour itself, brought a feeling of optimism about the ongoing situation for the first time.