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Prior to the team’s Opening Day game against the Marlins on Thursday, the Mets announced that prized free agent acquisition Justin Verlander would be placed on the 15-day injured list with a low grade teres major strain.
The Mets said that Verlander will continue throwing at “moderate intensity” and would be rescanned in a week in order for the team to provide an updated timetable for his return.
Verlander’s velocity was down in his last spring training start, which the 40-year-old pitcher attributed to “routine spring discomfort.

There’s a common refrain among people that drafting the wrong quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft “sets your franchise back five years.” That’s just flat-out wrong. In fact, it’s almost nearly the opposite.
Drafting a quarterback at the top of the NFL Draft is the SAFEST thing a team can do. I joined Dan Dakich on Don’t @ Me on Thursday and explained this misconception.
WATCH:

Drafting a QB in the first round is the safest bet for teams
As I mentioned in the video, this comes down to cost-benefit analysis. Kirk Cousins, for example, carried a $31.

Roman Reigns has been the WWE Universal champion for more than 900 days.
That reign (pun intended) could end Sunday when he faces Cody Rhodes in the main event at WrestleMania 39.
Rhodes appeared on this week’s SI Media With Jimmy Traina podcast and was asked whether he would feel any extra pressure as the face of the company if he beat Reigns, considering how strongly the company built up Reigns over the past few years.

The New York Mets injury problems continued on Thursday as the team announced that pitcher Justin Verlander would be placed on the Injured List with a low grade teres major strain.

Justin Verlander will be placed on the IL with a low grade teres major strain. He will continue throwing at moderate intensity and we will rescan in a week. We will provide an update at that time.
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 30, 2023

Teres major injuries result in pitcher’s having “pain and difficulty” when making sideways or backwards movements with their arm.

National Public Radio (NPR) began the week dismissing the biological differences between males and females, in support of biological men competing against female competitors in athletics.
NPR opposed an international governing body banning trans athletes from female competition, tweeting:
“The international governing body for track and field will ban trans women athletes from elite women’s competitions, citing a priority for fairness over inclusion, despite limited scientific research involving elite trans athletes.

After making their first Final Four in school history and — with USC and UCLA leaving the Pac-12 — the time is right for the Aztecs to head to a major conference.

Perhaps the most memorable moment of the MLB offseason was not any particular signing or trade, but one tweet with one unforgettable typo: the night that Arson Judge was headed to the Giants.
The tweet, authored by MLB insider Jon Heyman of the New York Post, was indelible for multiple reasons. Aaron Judge, of course, did not end up with the Giants as many had suspected he would, ultimately re-signing with the Yankees on a nine-year, $360 million contract.

Chuck Toman doesn’t have a lot of free time.
While helping his wife raise three children, Toman is an orthopedic surgeon who sees upward of 50 clients per day. On a recent day, he performed eight surgeries. He’s up late, and he’s up early.
There is little time to, say, run a name, image and likeness collective for his hometown college, the Florida Atlantic Owls. And yet, after a conversation last fall with FAU athletic director Brian White, that’s exactly what’s now happened.
“I said, ‘Brian, I want to donate to the university,’” Toman recalls.

The New York Yankees have a number problem. As in, they don’t have many left.
No other team has this issue, which is the ultimate flex. It’s a testament to the amount of legends that have donned the pinstripes throughout the years.
So what is the problem?
Over the course of the last 120 years, since the franchise was founded as the Highlanders in 1903, the Yankees have retired 22 numbers for 23 players. Nobody will ever wear the numbers one through 10 in the Bronx ever again, among others.

Two weeks after the USGA and R&A revealed their plans to introduce a rule that would roll back the golf ball, TaylorMade has shared results from a survey it conducted asking golfers how they feel about the proposal.
Spoiler alert: most golfers are totally against the idea.
TaylorMade, one of golf’s biggest equipment and ball manufacturers, surveyed over 45,000 golfers. The survey consisted of participants from more than 100 countries, varying skill levels, and a variety of ages.