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Mercury star Diana Taurasi, at 40 years old, remains one of the faces of the WNBA, which has been rapidly growing in popularity over the last couple of seasons.
The growing popularity is obviously great for the sport, and there’s no denying that Taurasi has been at the forefront of bringing attention to professional women’s basketball in the United States.
Taurasi was asked on Thursday about the tendency for WNBA broadcasters to compare women’s basketball players to prominent stars in the NBA. Her answer, via The Athletic‘s Richard Deitsch, was interesting.

Just under a year from starring in a viral weight room moment, courtesy of a dumbfounding weight-lifting routine, Nick Chubb’s done it again.
The Cleveland Browns running back was, once again, back to his offseason grind doing things with bars and plates that few others can. And as is typical for Chubb, he appeared to do so while accompanied by all the noise of a mime convention.
Chubb is busy readying himself for his sixth NFL season, embarrassing weights on the way to what he, and the Browns, surely hope will be a fifth-consecutive Pro Bowl campaign.

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It is quali day at the reconfigured Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
It is Saturday, and that means it is quali day in Formula 1. The grid is in Barcelona for the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix, getting set to take on the reconfigured Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
What have we seen through the first two practice sessions? Speed. Max Verstappen topped the timing sheets with a lap time of 1:13.907 in FP2, followed closely by hometown Fernando Alonso, who posted a best time in FP2 of 1:14.077, just 0.170 seconds behind.

Greg Hardy’s fighting career continues to be an absolute joke.
The former NFL player turned to combat sports after his career on the football field flamed out. However, it turns out that fighting and playing football are two very different things.
Hardy has already suffered some brutal losses, and you can now add another to the list.
Greg Hardy gets rocked in boxing match against Alexander Flores. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)
Greg Hardy lit up in boxing match.
Hardy was rocked twice and dropped in the 17th round of his Team Combat League boxing match against Alexander Flores.

Despite only taking three shots in the first half, Jokic was dominant and helped Nuggets get whatever they wanted.

Patrick Mahomes is no stranger to the diamond.
Before the Chiefs quarterback was slinging passes on a football field, the son of a former MLB pitcher was throwing no-hitters on the mound. 
Mahomes, who is minority owner for the Royals, put his skills on full display Friday evening during the Royals’ Big Slick celebrity softball game before Kansas City’s contest against the Rockies at Kauffman Stadium. 
While it was a game full of high-profile personalities, the two-time Super Bowl champion left no doubt about his skillset.

It is hard for some to believe that Tom Brady does not want to come out of retirement.
But after the seven-time Super Bowl champion told Sports Illustrated’s Robin Lundberg that he was “certain” about not playing in the NFL again, he explained why the new phase in his life will be centered around his Fox broadcasting job, his Raiders ownership opportunity and, most importantly, his kids.
Brady is the father of three kids. His son, Jack, is currently a quarterback at his high school.

ASU is likely to stay in the beleaguered Pac-12 Conference, according to a new report.
Jason Scheer of Wildcat Scoop reported that he believes ASU isn’t a candidate to leave the Pac-12 as of right now.
“Since I’ve seen it a few times, will go on record here,” Scheer said. “ASU is unlikely to leave Pac-12. Arizona is confident it can split when/if needed based on what ABOR has said.”

Since I’ve seen it a few times, will go on record here.
ASU is unlikely to leave Pac-12.

Shohei Ohtani is one of a kind.
Shohei Ohtani is all of the things. He’s a flame-throwing starting pitcher who is currently second in the American League in strikeouts. He’s a power-hitting slugger at the plate who is second in the AL in home runs. He also plays the game with a certain exuberance that makes him so much fun to watch and root for. Ohtani is one of the great talents the game has ever seen, and he’s the face of baseball right now even if he’s stuck on a middling team.

The former baseball player, and current Super Bowl QB, flashed his chops on the softball diamond Friday night
We expect to see amazing things from Patrick Mahomes on the football field.
But seeing amazing things from him on the softball field should not be a surprise either.
The Kansas City Royals held their Big Slick Celebrity Softball Game on Friday ahead of the team’s game against the Chicago White Sox. Mahomes, who has an ownership stake in the Royals, was one of the participants along with Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.