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Nick Gilbert, the son of Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, died Saturday after a lifelong battle with neurofibromatosis. He was 26 years old.
Nick was the eldest of Dan Gilbert’s five children, and he became a good luck charm for the Cavaliers organization. He represented Cleveland during the 2011 draft lottery at age 14, when the team won the No. 1 pick that it would later use on Kyrie Irving. From then on, he would represent the Cavaliers several more times at the lottery. Cleveland won the No. 1 pick again in 2013.

East Carolina wide receiver Isaiah Winstead didn’t receive a phone call during this year’s NFL draft, so he decided to attempt another route of appealing to NFL teams.
Winstead posted a highlight video to Twitter on the night of April 30, a day after the draft ended. The brief clip, which lasts just over a minute, received over 20,000 likes and 3,000 retweets. By Tuesday, Winstead’s video had been viewed millions of times.

The writing was always on the wall, but Bronny James made his college commitment official on Saturday. LeBron James Jr. is staying home to play for USC.

Bronny James Announces Commitment to USC

Although Ohio State and Oregon were also reportedly in the mix, it seemed unlikely that the biggest name in college basketball would be headed to Columbus and a year in Eugene only made sense because of the Nike connection. Bronny and his father both have deals with Phil Knight’s brand.

J.J. Watt and Zach Ertz were Cardinals teammates for just a season and a half, but the two seem to be great friends. And with friendship comes accountability, even when it comes to throwing a baseball.
On Saturday night, Zach and Julie Ertz threw out the ceremonial first pitches at the Red Sox-Phillies game in Philadelphia. While Julie made a solid throw, Zach had some trouble. The Arizona tight end bounced his pitch in the dirt in front of the batter’s box.
Watt saw this and took to Twitter to playfully plead to the internet to take the video down.

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Mercedes is left looking for answers ahead of the 2023 Miami Grand Prix
It was a qualifying Saturday to forget for George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, and the entire Mercedes Formula 1 team.
Hamilton failed to get out of the second qualifying session and will start in 13th position on Sunday. Russell fared slightly better, as he advanced into Q3 and will start in sixth position. Still, no one seems happy right now around the team, starting with Russell.
“The car is just not working for us this weekend.

The rich got richer on Friday afternoon as LSU women’s basketball landed a commitment from yet another top transfer. Aneesah Morrow announced her decision to play for the reigning national champions and did so in unprecedented fashion.

#24 New Home .COMMITTED pic.twitter.com/odeWNYz3OK
— Aneesah Morrow (@AneesahMorrow24) May 5, 2023

Morrow, a rising junior, is one of the top scorers and rebounders in the country. She was just a three-star recruit in the Class of 2021, but immediately burst onto the scene as a freshman at DePaul.
The 6-foot-1 forward averaged 21.9 points and 13.

As Jordan Love becomes the Packers’ starting quarterback heading into the 2023 season, he has had plenty of time to prepare for this moment. Love is entering his fourth season in the NFL, spending the first three backing up Aaron Rodgers.
While Love was on the sidelines, he got an opportunity to develop slowly in a way young quarterbacks rarely do now. Green Bay coach Matt LaFleur believes Love has made tremendous progress over the past year specifically, and he credits QB coach Tom Clements for that jump.
“Just watching him last year.

Churchill Downs’ 2023 spring meet was met with quite a bit of controversy. Although Saturday’s Kentucky Derby ran as planned, the week and races leading up to the biggest even in horse racing was marred by an underlying storyline.
Seven horses were euthanized. Five horses died prior to the weekend, two died on Saturday after suffering an injury during the undercard.

Seventh Horse Euthanized In Lead Up To Kentucky Derby

In addition to the deaths, multiple horses were scratched throughout the week— including Saturday morning’s Kentucky Derby favorite, Forte.

After Game 3, James said the playoff grind is “all about training your mind for the next challenge.

Aljamain Sterling was joyful after beating Henry Cejudo, and eager to shut up future challenger Sean O’Malley. “That mother f—er is frail.