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TNT analyst was among many who thought the Heat would dispatch the Hawks to set up a first-round playoff matchup with the Celtics — and he paid the price.

The pace of play during the final round of the Masters was painfully slow and many, including Brooks Koepka, pointed the finger at Patrick Cantlay. The American, who finished in a tie for 14th, has since responded to the critics calling him out for his slow play on Sunday.
Koepka, who was paired with eventual Masters champ Jon Rahm, did not hold back with his comments after the final round.
“The group in front of us was brutally slow. Jon went to the bathroom like seven times during the round, and we were still waiting,” Koepka told the media.

Following the Heat’s 116–105 loss in the play-in tournament to the Hawks on Tuesday night, Miami star Jimmy Butler challenged his team to be better on Friday as it looks to stave off elimination.
“We have to stay confident,” Butler said in the postgame media availability, per ESPN’s Nick Friedell. “We have to know we are capable of winning, if we start out the right way and rebound obviously. But it’s just, I don’t know, shots don’t go in, we foul—that’s never the recipe for success with us.

A tearful Lionel Messi left Barcelona in 2021 due to the club’s financial difficulties, headlining soccer’s most shocking transfer news ever. Since then, Messi has played two seasons for Paris Saint-Germain but his time in French soccer might be coming to end as a return to Spain looks more plausible than ever before.
For a possible Lionel Messi return to Barcelona he must take a significant pay cut from his current $32.5 million PSG salary.

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The Hawks outlast the Heat and the Lakers survive in OT as the 2023 postseason begins.
Hawks grab East’s 7th seed with 116-105 win over Heat
Last season, the Miami Heat took the Atlanta Hawks to task in the first round of the playoffs, handling business in just five games. Trae Young and company — under new leadership in their postseason-tested head coach Quin Snyder — were hell-bent on ensuring that the same disappointing result did not come in this year’s play-in tournament.

Shohei Ohtani took the mound Tuesday night for the third time this season and once again showed everyone why he’s the coolest player in Major League Baseball. 
Ohtani had another laughably impressive night for the Angels, as he gave up just one hit and struck out six in seven innings and improved to 2–0 on the season with a 2–0 victory over the Nationals. He also had a hit in four at-bats.

Everyone makes bad choices. Whether it’s a signing, a trade or a poorly executed decision, these are the moves that haunt AFC teams.

Laeticia Amihere did not start a single game for South Carolina this season. Of her 127 appearances in four years for the Gamecocks, she came off the bench for all but a handful of them, recording just four career starts. Yet there was no surprise when her name was called in the first round of the 2023 WNBA draft.
Why? Simple: Amihere is not your typical bench player. Her role at South Carolina was a product of both the organizational depth in the program and of her personal versatility.

With the NFL draft less than three weeks away, we have officially entered the goofy season.
This is the time when NFL teams — through their coaches and general managers and leaked whispers to the media — say stoopid stuff. And they expect people with a brain capable of critical thinking to nod our heads and believe what they say.
I recall when Jimmy Johnson, now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, decided he was not drafting Randy Moss under any circumstances in the 1998 draft. And, sure enough, he didn’t.
But he selected East Carolina receiver Larry Shannon in the third round.

Hanna and Haley Cavinder are done playing college basketball, and the two reportedly will attempt to cash in with some huge new deals.
The pair announced Tuesday the college basketball era of their lives has come to an end, and it’s time for a “new chapter” to begin.
“Hanna and I have decided to not take our fifth year and start a new chapter in our lives. The U will always be home and we are forever proud to be Hurricanes.