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Mickey Jannis is among the next generation of baseball players committed to mastering the increasingly endangered pitch.
When Mickey Jannis leaves for the ballpark, his family does not bid him good luck or tell him to do his best or give him any parting words of advice. Instead, what they say is, go put on a show.
It’s a joke, kind of, but there’s some truth under it. Jannis is a knuckleballer, and what is throwing a knuckleball if not practicing a rare, fabled performance art? The pitch flutters and darts in a way that can seem like an illusion.

Any player who has left the PGA Tour to join LIV Golf has been cast as a villain in the eyes of many. There has also been a perception that players who jumped ship for the Saudi-backed circuit have lost all ties with players on Tour. Cam Smith says that isn’t the case at all, at least not for him.
Smith recently joined the ‘Howie Games‘ podcast and made it very clear that any friends he had on the PGA Tour before he moved to LIV Golf are still very much his friends.
“All the guys that I was mates with are still my mates,” the Aussie explained.

Heading into a big weekend of fantasy baseball drafts, here are some pitchers to target and some to fade based on the latest rankings.
Heading into fantasy baseball draft weekend, you’ll need the most up-to-date fantasy baseball pitcher rankings and cheatsheets.
We’ve got you covered at SI.com. Our complete rankings are here.
But, in case you missed some of the most recent news out of spring training, here are some of the biggest risers and fallers among the starting pitchers and relief pitchers.

The Huskies have now had multiple unfortunate incidents while out West.
While UConn cruised to a win over Arkansas on the court in Las Vegas, the Huskies had to deal with some more issues off the court during the men’s NCAA tournament. Coach Dan Hurley told the press after the game that the team had items stolen from their bus during practice at the UNLV campus on Tuesday.
According to UConn athletic director David Benedict, several players had items stolen including center Donovan Clingan’s iPad. Benedict confirmed that a police report was filed afterwards.

Amid reports that the Bengals have interest in free agent running back Ezekiel Elliott, the Cincinnati coach remained coy on the prospect of adding him.
The Bengals are one of three teams reportedly in the mix to land former Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott, according to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Elliott has narrowed his free agency destination to the Eagles, Jets and Bengals as he enters the next stage of his career following his release from the Cowboys earlier this month.

The point guard apparently called his shot at MSG.
Markquis Nowell’s performance in Kansas State’s men’s NCAA tournament win against Michigan State on Thursday was the talk of the sports world. In a return to the city where he played high school basketball, New York, Nowell put up 20 points and 19 assists, including an iconic alley-oop to Keyontae Johnson late in overtime.
Nowell was not afraid to talk trash on the court, and that included celebrities attending the game at Madison Square Garden.

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The ending to the game between Gonzaga and UCLA was one for the ages.
In a wild, back and forth affair between No. 3 seed Gonzaga and No. 2 seed UCLA on Thursday night, it came down to clutch shooting and playmaking down the stretch as the Bulldogs edged the Bruins to advance to the Elite Eight of the men’s NCAA tournament.
UCLA led by 13 at halftime, but went over 11 minutes without making a field goal in the second half. That led to a wild swing on the scoreboard, as Gonzaga led by eight with over a minute to go.
But UCLA was not done yet.

The league is trying to make this play safer for players.
It is the time of the year when the NFL’s competition committee discusses possible rules changes, and one specific rule proposal would be a major change. According to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert, the committee proposed a rule that would place all kickoff fair-catches at the 25 yard-line, even if the player fair catches inside that yardage.
A different proposal would move the spot on a punt return touchback from the 20-yard line to the 25, a similar change that the NFL implemented years ago for kickoffs.

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This story kept getting weirder, and weirder.
The Lamar Jackson saga has taken some incredible twists and turns, but nothing tops everything that went down on Thursday night. Earlier this week reports emerged that someone was contacting teams on Jackson’s behalf, and this person wasn’t an agent registered with the NFL Players Association (NFLPA). On Thursday we possibly learned their name, and this was just the tip of the iceberg.
Up to this point Jackson has been largely representing himself.