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Buckle up, strap in, crack a beer and fire up the grill … the 2023 Daytona 500 is set to go green today to kick off the NASCAR season.
After three months, we’ve made it. NASCAR returns for its 75th season today at Daytona International Speedway, where over 101K fans are expected to take in the glorious sights and sounds of the sport’s biggest race.
OutKick is on the scene and will have updates throughout the day. And, of course, we’ll have some of the best images from The Great American Race.

Former NFL head coach and current ESPN analyst Rex Ryan interviewed Saturday in Denver for the Broncos’ defensive coordinator job, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.

Kevin Love plans to sign with the Miami Heat after clearing waivers, his agent, Jeff Schwartz, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Love secured a buyout from the Cavs on Saturday.

The five-time All-Star completed a contract buyout with Cleveland on Thursday after 8 1/2 seasons with the Cavaliers.
Kevin Love is expected to sign with the Heat, agent Jeff Schwartz told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Sunday.
The 34-year-old power forward most likely will be slowly worked into the Heat’s frontcourt rotation, per Wojnarowski. Love also reportedly spoke with the 76ers before committing to Miami.
The move comes after Love and the Cavaliers completed a contract buyout last Thursday following his 8 1/2 seasons in Cleveland.

You won’t ever see Marcellus Wiley’s daughters on the field or court with transgender women.
Biological men transitioning into transgender women and playing sports has becoming an increasingly hot topic amid major issue. None have been bigger than Penn swimmer Lia Thomas deciding to become a transgender woman and proceeding to smoke biological women in the pool in comical fashion.
Well, you definitely won’t catch Marcellus Wiley ever allowing his daughters compete against biological men, and he doesn’t give a damn if you try to cancel him for that opinion.

The Houston-based university has never had its own baseball and softball fields.
The Astros surprised Houston-based HBCU Texas Southern on Saturday during the Cactus Jack HBCU Classic held at Minute Maid Park.
The Astros organization announced a $1 million donation to the university in order for the school to build its first-ever baseball and softball fields on campus. The teams currently play their games at local parks.

He called it “oafish” and “obnoxious.”
The Chiefs‘ latest Super Bowl win brought massive publicity to the franchise—most of it favorable. It also gives observers a chance to shine a light on aspects of the organization that deserve criticism. 
In a recent column, Randy Essex of the Detroit Free Press ripped Kansas City for the use of the Tomahawk Chop. The gesture—like many other names and imitations of Native American culture in sports—has been widely scrutinized, but Essex truly didn’t hold back in decrying the offensiveness of the gesture.

During the 2016 draft, the one that saw the Cowboys take a flier on a quarterback named Dakota in round four. It worked out pretty well. But Dallas had a far different Plan A. Jerry Jones and company coveted Paxton Lynch.

The new hire worked with head coach Jonathan Gannon previously in the Vikings organization.
The Cardinals are set to hire Browns quarterbacks coach Drew Petzing as their new offensive coordinator, sources told Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer on Sunday.
Petzing’s deal with the Cardinals is likely to be for three years, per Breer. This will be his first time working as an offensive coordinator.
The new OC will work with new head coach Jonathan Gannon next season. Petzing and Gannon worked together for the Vikings from 2014–17.

He was arrested for several alleged crimes in relation to a gang investigation.
Former NFL defensive back Eric Johnson was one of eight people indicted on myriad charges—including human trafficking—in relation to a gang investigation, according to Georgia attorney general Chris Carr. 
Johnson was a defensive back for Nebraska before starting his NFL career in 2000 with the Raiders. He later played for the Falcons and Cardinals and was last active on an NFL roster in 2005. He was one of two NFL players named Eric Johnson at the time.