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The Canadian men are the Kings of Concacaf, with a capital K.
So they say.
Cyle Larin made some waves Monday when he told OneSoccer, “We’re the big boys,” following Canada’s easy Concacaf Nations League win over Honduras. But that was just one, happy, in-the-moment postgame answer to a question about moving on to play the region’s “big boys” this summer.
“Kings of Concacaf,” however, is right there in deliberate black and white at the bottom of every press release and statement sent out by Canada Soccer.

The biggest storyline of the MLB offseason revolved around the future of 2022 AL MVP Aaron Judge. After spending his entire career with the Yankees and blossoming into the biggest star in the game, and best — non-juiced — home run hitter in MLB history, the 30-year-old became a free agent.
There was a lot of speculation about where Judge might end up, but he always made it clear that he didn’t want to play anywhere but in New York. In the end, that’s where he ended up.
Judge signed a nine-year, $360 million contract, the third-largest in MLB history, in December.

Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson’s canon was on full display during the Gators’ Pro Day on Thursday—but maybe he showed off a little too much. 
Richardson took a three-step drop while NFL coaches and executives watched. He cocked his arm back and let it rip to a wideout running a deep route—but it never reached him. The 20-year-old threw it so high it hit the training facility’s ceiling.

The ceiling got in the way of Anthony Richardson’s passes 😆
(via @NFL) pic.twitter.

While some of his fellow LIV golfers have said that the media is creating the rivalry between the Saudi-backed circuit and the PGA Tour, Joaquin Niemann isn’t subscribing to that idea.
Niemann is one of 18 LIV golfers who will be teeing it up in next week’s Masters after qualifying based on his world ranking at the end of 2022.
The LIV vs. PGA Tour rivalry will be the storyline of the week, both in the build-up to the opening round and especially if the LIV players play well.

Prior to the team’s Opening Day game against the Marlins on Thursday, the Mets announced that prized free agent acquisition Justin Verlander would be placed on the 15-day injured list with a low grade teres major strain.
The Mets said that Verlander will continue throwing at “moderate intensity” and would be rescanned in a week in order for the team to provide an updated timetable for his return.
Verlander’s velocity was down in his last spring training start, which the 40-year-old pitcher attributed to “routine spring discomfort.

There’s a common refrain among people that drafting the wrong quarterback in the first round of the NFL Draft “sets your franchise back five years.” That’s just flat-out wrong. In fact, it’s almost nearly the opposite.
Drafting a quarterback at the top of the NFL Draft is the SAFEST thing a team can do. I joined Dan Dakich on Don’t @ Me on Thursday and explained this misconception.
WATCH:

Drafting a QB in the first round is the safest bet for teams
As I mentioned in the video, this comes down to cost-benefit analysis. Kirk Cousins, for example, carried a $31.

Roman Reigns has been the WWE Universal champion for more than 900 days.
That reign (pun intended) could end Sunday when he faces Cody Rhodes in the main event at WrestleMania 39.
Rhodes appeared on this week’s SI Media With Jimmy Traina podcast and was asked whether he would feel any extra pressure as the face of the company if he beat Reigns, considering how strongly the company built up Reigns over the past few years.

The New York Mets injury problems continued on Thursday as the team announced that pitcher Justin Verlander would be placed on the Injured List with a low grade teres major strain.

Justin Verlander will be placed on the IL with a low grade teres major strain. He will continue throwing at moderate intensity and we will rescan in a week. We will provide an update at that time.
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 30, 2023

Teres major injuries result in pitcher’s having “pain and difficulty” when making sideways or backwards movements with their arm.

National Public Radio (NPR) began the week dismissing the biological differences between males and females, in support of biological men competing against female competitors in athletics.
NPR opposed an international governing body banning trans athletes from female competition, tweeting:
“The international governing body for track and field will ban trans women athletes from elite women’s competitions, citing a priority for fairness over inclusion, despite limited scientific research involving elite trans athletes.

After making their first Final Four in school history and — with USC and UCLA leaving the Pac-12 — the time is right for the Aztecs to head to a major conference.