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Juan Soto had spent his whole career basking in the spotlight, and at first, this felt no differently.
He loved the attention when he was demolishing the majors at age 19. He loved it when he hit three World Series home runs for the Nationals in 2019. He loved it when the cameras zoomed in on him as he added increasingly intricate gestures to the dance he does after taking a close pitch, the Soto Shuffle, and as he debuted a necklace last spring bearing a diamond-encrusted version of himself doing it.

An intense restructuring of Bullet Club is underway.
Just shy of its 10th year, Bullet Club is New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s premier collection of stars. It has featured breakout performances from Finn Bálor, AJ Styles, Kenny Omega and Jay White, each of whom has served as the group’s leader.
While most of America sleeps, David Finlay is the architect behind the Bullet Club revival.
“We lost sight of what Bullet Club is designed to do,” says Finlay. “We became obsessed with selling T-shirts. That isn’t our intent. Bullet Club is here to disrupt and destroy.

The most decorated player in college basketball this season is eyeing the next level.
Purdue center Zach Edey is declaring for the NBA draft with intent to maintain his college eligibility, he announced in a Tuesday morning tweet.
“Though we fell short of our ultimate goal this season, I loved every second of it,” Edey wrote. “I will evaluate my future after going through the (NBA draft) process and look forward to what’s next!”
Edey averaged 22.3 points and 12.

Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant left Game 1 vs. the Lakers on Sunday after injuring his right hand, but it appears he avoided a major injury. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports X-rays and tests determined Morant does not have any fractures in his hand resulting from the play.
Still, Morant’s status for Game 2 remains unclear as Charania reports his injury is primarily one where Morant has to overcome pain tolerance. 
Morant suffered the injury after falling on his hand while driving to the basket and colliding with Lakers forward Anthony Davis.

The NHL playoffs are underway, and on the first night of opening round games, we had what had to have been an NHL first when Sebastian Aho crushed Sebastian Aho with an open-ice check.
How is that possible? The explanation is far simpler than trying to understand a Christopher Nolan film, it’s just that there are two Sebastian Ahos.
One of them plays for the Carolina Hurricanes while the other plays for the New York Islanders.

Adrian Peterson is one of the greatest running backs in college football history. The former five-star, No. 1 overall recruit had three incredible seasons at Oklahoma before being drafted with the No. 7 pick in the 2007 NFL Draft.
However, Peterson almost didn’t end up in Norman. He grew up in Texas and was highly considering the Longhorns, as well as the USC Trojans.
Ed Orgeron even tried to get Peterson’s incarcerated father transferred to California in an effort to land the top-ranked running back. He was ultimately unsuccessful.

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The first round gets shaken up.
We’re entering the final stretch of NFL Draft season. At this point the mocks are starting to align with what we’re learning about the teams at the top, and we should be reaching a fairly safe facsimile of what will happen next week in the first few picks.
Everything will go off the rails. It does every year, and 2023 could be wilder than most depending on how much of a feeding frenzy there is for quarterbacks at the top of the draft.

Antonio Brown is quite an … interesting human being. And, clearly he enjoys the spotlight. The former NFL wide receiver now co-owns a National Arena League franchise, the Albany Empire.
However, there’s some debate about that, too. According to the Times Union, Brown claims to be the team’s solo owner. However, the co-owner disagrees with Brown’s assertion.
“I’m the owner, 100 percent owner. I don’t take that lightly,” Brown told the newspaper.

COVID-19 is no longer considered a national emergency in the United States. President Joe Biden literally signed a law declaring that the emergency is over on April 10, but that doesn’t mean all professional athletes, such as Linn Grant, can compete in the U.S.
While the national emergency tag has been removed from the pandemic in the United States, the public health emergency is still intact and carries an expiration date of May 11. The public health emergency was set to expire earlier this year, but just days before that date arrived, the Biden administration extended it.

Damar Hamlin has been cleared to return to football after being seen by three specialists. The Bills safety suffered cardiac arrest during a Jan. 2 game against the Bengals.