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The New York Yankees gave Carlos Rodon a massive contract before the start of the 2023 MLB season. So far it has not worked out particularly well.
Rodon’s struggled with injuries throughout his career, especially after debuting with the Chicago White Sox.
But he seemed to have turned a corner more recently, putting up back-to-back dominant seasons. His 2022 with the San Francisco Giants was especially impressive, considering he made 31 starts with dominant results.

Victor Wembanyama’s team in France is still competing during the NBA Draft Combine, and could be up right until the NBA Draft.

Although we’re still more than two months away from the opening of NFL training camps, Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed already appears primed for the 2023 season.
Sneed played an integral part in the secondary that helped Kansas City win Super Bowl LVII, registering seven tackles and two pass deflections against the Eagles in the February showdown. But as the NFL prepares to release its ’23 schedule Thursday, Kansas City is slated to face several marquee clubs next season including eight that competed in the ’22 playoffs.
One of the teams Kansas City will face is the Dolphins.

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Dennis Rodman played with Michael Jordan. His son will play with LeBron James (Jr.).

Dennis Rodman played with Michael Jordan. Rodman’s son will play with LeBron James (Jr.).

The Detroit Lions have split with another player involved in the team’s illegal gambling drama. On Tuesday, the Lions waived wide receiver Stanley Berryhill, who was suspended by the league for six games for using a mobile betting app from within the Lions’ facilities.
Punishments Keep Rolling For Gambling Lions Players
Though Berryhill did not bet on NFL games, he — alongside 2022 first-round pick Jameson Williams — was suspended for six games of the 2023-24 season.

As part of a plan to attract the Rays or a possible MLB expansion franchise to Orlando, a group led by Magic co-founder Pat Williams unveiled artist renderings on Tuesday for a proposed new baseball stadium, which would cost an estimated $1.7 billion to construct.
In a press release, the group—known as Orlando City Baseball Dreamers—called for $700 million in private funding, which would be the biggest private investment for a publicly owned MLB stadium.
Orlando is located about 100 miles from St. Petersburg, the home of Tropicana Field, where the Rays currently play.

Score one for common sense! In March, World Athletics declared that only biological women could compete in the women’s category at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Thus, no men racing against women. French sprinter Halba Diouf, a biological male and transgender female, is upset that he can’t race against women.
“I cannot understand this decision as transgender women have always been allowed to compete if their testosterone levels were below a certain threshold,” Diouf told Reuters.

The matter is still pending due to “the repeated procedural delays sought by the trainer’s counsel.