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Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia are two of the sport’s youngest and biggest stars.

As Oklahoma football enters its second year with Brent Venables as head coach, the Sooners will wrap up their spring practice period with the spring game on Saturday. And its scoring format doesn’t make any sense.
There is a lot of pressure on Oklahoma this year. The program went 6-7 last season, which was its most losses in a single season since 1998. That was the year before Bob Stoops was hired.
Needless to say, the Venables era did not start off on a great note. And to further turn up the heat, this is the last season that the Sooners will play in the Big 12 before joining SEC.

The NBA playoffs are in full swing. which means we all get to have Charles Barkley, Shaquille O’Neal and the rest of the fantastic NBA on TNT crew in our lives more prominently over the next few months. 
While that’s fun for most viewers, ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith might think differently about it after the jokes that were made about him during Tuesday night’s postgame show.
Barkley and Shaq had a lot of laughs comparing Celtics guard Derrick White to Smith because of their similar hairlines.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — If you want to know how challenging the head-coaching job at South Carolina is, try answering questions from 9-year-old kids about your hated rival, Clemson.
Shane Beamer faced the heat Friday afternoon while speaking to his son Hunter’s class at a local elementary school. A brave kid raised his hand and asked the Gamecocks third-year head coach if he liked his counterpart at Clemson, Dabo Swinney.
“We get along, Coach Dabo and I are buddies. His son just got married, so we sent them a wedding gift,” Beamer told the group of students.

The 2023 NFL draft is almost upon us, which excites both the real and fantasy fan bases across the globe. Things have changed over the years though, especially at the running back position. In times past, NFL teams would focus on drafting backfield superstars in the first round. Nowadays, however, backs are considered less of an asset. In fact, just 10 have been picked in Round 1 of the last seven drafts.

Welcome to the fourth installment of a weekly mailbag that I will be writing every Tuesday about the world of sports media (and anything else you want to chime in on). Please email me any questions you have to Jimmy.Traina@si.com or send them via Twitter.
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This is a cousin to the hold-for-the-last-shot question. I think it’s past time to retire “unanswered points” in lieu of straight. What announcer phrases would you send to the graveyard?
— DrNachoMD (@DrNachoMD) April 17, 2023

This is a great question. There are two things at play here.

Stetson Bennett, Hendon Hooker and Jaren Hall will try to change narrative.

How about a few NFL draft trades? We have proposals that include Lamar Jackson, Aaron Rodgers and another future Hall of Famer.

New York public schools will not be allowed to use Native American mascots in the future. The Albany Board of Regents has officially voted to phase out the Native American’ related nicknames.
Nicknames and mascots such as Chiefs, Braves, Redmen, and even Warriors are set to be removed.
READ: NATIVE AMERICAN GROUP BLASTS CHIEFS FOR ‘MOCKING OUR CULTURE,’ CALLS TEAM’S ‘END RACISM’ MESSAGE ‘IRONIC’
Almost 60 school districts across the state must get rid of all Native American-related mascots by the end of the 2024-25 school year.

Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I feel a little sorry for Maple Leafs fans, but their playoff struggles are also quite funny.
In today’s SI:AM:
🏀 NBA overreacts and suspends Draymond
🔒 The Cavs’ lockdown defense
🏥 Giannis’s Game 2 status
⚾ Tatis speaks ahead of return
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Home teams salvage splits
Suns fans were sweating yesterday when the officiating crew for Game 2 against the Clippers was announced.