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An undefeated South Carolina team led by star Aliyah Boston and guided by vaunted Dawn Staley, an Iowa squad that features high-scoring Caitlin Clark and the return of LSU and flashy coach Kim Mulkey headline the women’s Final Four this weekend. Virginia Tech is the newcomer to the group as the Hokies are making their first appearance in the national semifinals.

Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst is challenging Aaron Rodgers‘ narrative that the team has not been straightforward with the 18-year QB as both sides look for a trade partner this offseason.
Rodgers’ drawn-out divorce with the Packers is now at the he said, she said stage where both sides are now trying to look like the sensible one in the split.
Gutekunst spoke on Rodgers cutting communications with the Packers’ front office to start the offseason at the annual NFL owners’ meeting.

The infielder finished eighth in the National League in batting average in 2022.
The Cubs are signing infielder Nico Hoerner to a three-year, $35 million contract extension, according to a Monday evening report from Jeff Passan of ESPN.
Hoerner, 25, is entering his fifth season with Chicago; the extension will buy out two arbitration years as well as his first year of free agency. The Oakland native will reportedly make $15 million and $20 million in his last two arbitration years.
In 2022, Hoerner was one of the few bright spots on a 74–88 Cubs team. He hit .

Oregon freshman running back Dante Dowdell turned 18 years old on March 7, 2023. He does not look 18 years old.
Dowdell, who enrolled early for the spring semester and should technically be a second semester senior at Picayune Memorial High School in Mississippi, was a consensus four-star recruit in the Class of 2023. His highlight tape is like watching a grown man amongst boys, and he is often compared to Adrian Peterson. (Bold!)

Although any school in the country would have been happy to take Dowdell, and he had 28 scholarship offers, it came down to Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Oregon.

King James was impressed with his son’s jam at the McDonald’s All-American Game dunk contest—but not so much with the judges’ scores.
Of all the high school basketball stars at this year’s McDonald’s All-American Game, none has a higher profile than Bronny James. And at Monday night’s dunk contest, Bronny certainly put on a show—though his reception by the events judges, apparently, was underwhelming for his very famous father.

Green Bay general manager Brian Gutekunst said Monday at the NFL annual league meeting that he tried unsuccessfully to reach QB Aaron Rodgers “many times” since their final meeting in January shortly after last season ended without a playoff appearance.

D.J. Hernandez was charged with misdemeanor breach of peace.
D.J. Hernandez, the brother of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, was arrested Thursday after allegedly throwing a brick at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn., according to a Monday afternoon report from TMZ.
Aaron Hernandez, who died by suicide in April 2017, was convicted in ’15 of murdering 27-year-old Odin Lloyd in North Attleborough, Mass. on June 17, 2013. Hernandez’s trial and its aftermath was covered closely by ESPN and other media outlets.

Former Washington Commanders assistant coach Mike McDaniel is shading his ex-team amid rumors of a potential sale of the franchise.
The Commanders, owned by disgraced chief Dan Snyder, have been in the headlines for reportedly being fielded to potential suitors for an asking price of $4.5 billion.
When asked about his thoughts on a Commanders sale, McDaniel (now the Miami Dolphins’ head coach) joked at the NFL league owners’ meeting that he was shocked at the team’s worth, considering how cheap they were during his time in Washington.

Plenty of interesting nuggets were dropped during the first day of the NFL’s annual meeting on Monday, but no one topped the Patriots owner.
Plenty of news to get to, after the NFL’s first full day in the desert …
• I thought Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s words about Jerod Mayo on Monday were very notable. Because of the way the rules are, teams can’t formally put succession plans in place. That said, Kraft walked right up to the line in explaining how Mayo is well-positioned to become New England’s next coach whenever Bill Belichick walks away.

Outside of maybe Trevor Lawrence, no college football recruitment was as highly scrutinized as Arch Manning. The grandson of Archie, nephew of Peyton and Eli, and son of Cooper had his every move documented along the way before ultimately ending up in Austin.

Arch Manning Reveals How He’s Recruiting Top Talent To Play With Him At Texas, Why He Committed To Longhorns

There was a lot of pressure on Arch. He was the No. 1 overall recruit in his class and carries a last name with significant weight.