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We’ve never seen this before.
The 2023 MLB season starts later this week, which means teams still have a few days left to figure things out before the real games begin. 
For the Oakland A’s, they might want to work on remembering how many outs there are in an inning, because while that seems like an easy thing to do, they forgot about that during Sunday’s spring training game against the San Francisco Giants and caused total chaos by running off the field after just two outs. 
Seriously, that’s a thing that happened in a professional baseball game.

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Plus: Mavs lose second straight to Hornets despite Luka being one of three across NBA to score 40+ on night
Less than two weeks remain in the NBA’s 2022-23 regular season, and the standings battles keep heating up; here’s what to look for down the stretch.

Who gets top spot in the East? No. 2 Boston is currently 1.5 games back of No. 1 Milwaukee, and the two will face off on TNT on Thursday.

Who’s stuck in the West play-in? The West’s play-in picture has been a mess all season, and continues to still be now; 4.0 games separate No.

Can NIL uphold a healthy amount of parity in college sports, or will competition collapse if teams with the most money absorb all of the talent?
One ex-NBA player that has adamantly challenged NIL’s impact on college sports is Charles Barkley. As part of his “60 Minutes” episode that aired Sunday, Barkley spoke on the effects Name, Image and Likeness. He speculated that NIL will choke out smaller programs, making a limited number of schools relevant moving forward rather than opening the field.

Nobody likes that the Super Bowl is played on a Sunday. It’s almost as bad as the college football national championship game being played on a Monday. The scheduling makes no sense from a fan’s perspective, and NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt is absolutely sick of it.
While Sunday has long been the NFL’s day, the Super Bowl should be played on a Saturday. Brandt certainly isn’t the first person to suggest that the Super Bowl should be on a Saturday, but he very well could be the only person to actually present the idea to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

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F1 is back this week with the Australian Grand Prix, and here’s how to keep up with the action
Formula 1 is back for the third Grand Prix of the 2023 season. The first two races of the 2023 F1 season have seen dominating performances from Red Bull, with Max Verstappen winning the season opener in Bahrain, and teammate Sergio Pérez taking the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

In an interview, he hits on everything from growing up in Alabama to NIL to LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
Charles Barkley strides into an Atlanta studio. He takes his spot flanked by two other former players (Shaquille O’Neal and Kenny Smith) and the ideal host/substitute teacher (Ernie Johnson). And then, Barkley spends hours letting loose on all manner of topics, from NBA players carrying guns, to his deep annoyance with the Lakers, to the curious disproportion between cute babies and ugly people.

Wisconsin fans are hyped up after seeing QB Nick Evers fire an absolute dime during spring ball.
Evers transferred to Madison after spending his freshman year with the Oklahoma Sooners. Now, the former top-10 QB recruit will battle it out for the QB2 role behind Tanner Mordecai. In the team’s first practice, he took QB2 reps behind former Mississippi State Braedyn Locke.
Fans are intrigued by his arm and athleticism, and despite not getting QB1 reps, he’s sending expectations through the roof after throwing an unbelievable dime in practice to Chris Brooks Jr.

Before returning to the floor on Sunday after a 13-game hiatus, LeBron James says that he visited “the LeBron James of feet” to evaluate his injury.
James tore a tendon in his right foot during a game against the Dallas Mavericks on February 26, and while he scored 19 points in 30 minutes in his first game back in action, the Lakers fell at home 1118-108 to the Chicago Bulls.
Speaking with the media after the loss, James shared that two doctors advised him to have season-ending surgery before making the claim that he visited “the LeBron James of feet.