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Oddsmakers believe Wisconsin won’t waste any time before bouncing back in Luke Fickell’s first season.
The Badgers haven’t been truly competitive since the 2019 season, and after the 2022 campaign got off to an embarrassing start, Paul Chryst was fired.
Luke Fickell was poached from Cincinnati and he’s now in charge in Madison. Fans have high expectations, and do the sportsbooks.
Luke Fickell faces huge expectations with the Wisconsin Badgers.

San Francisco Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow weighed in on Glen Kuiper’s on-air slip up, but did so in a slightly bizarre fashion.
Kuiper has been suspended indefinitely by the Oakland A’s after he accidentally said the n-word while attempting to say Negro Leagues Museum during a pregame broadcast.
A clearly destroyed Kuiper was suspended indefinitely one day after his on-air remarks. Later in the broadcast he apologized for his error.
(Warning: offensive language)

For those asking why Glen Kuiper just made an on-air apology, here’s why. pic.twitter.

File this under ‘feel good.’ NFL free agent and tight end Foster Moreau is confident he’ll beat cancer just a month after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
The New Orleans Saints also believe in Moreau’s recovery and have reportedly extended a contract offer to the 26-year-old amid his battle with cancer.
According to WWL-TV’s Brooke Kirchhofer, the Saints have extended an offer to Moreau amid his battle with cancer. New Orleans is saying that Moreau may be ready to go for the 2023-24 season. The TE himself said he’s aiming to be back to football by October.

Tommy Kuhl, a fifth-year senior at Illinois and two-time All-Big Ten player, shot a 62 in a US Open local qualifier. After firing what was the course record to advance to sectional qualifying, the college golfer realized he had broken a rule and decided to disqualify himself.
Kuhl didn’t realize he had broken a rule until he went out to watch his teammate Adrien Dumont De Chassart competing in a playoff for the final spot to advance. According to Monday Q, another teammate made a comment about the aerated greens they played on, and then it hit Kuhl, he realized he had broken a rule.

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The Sixers need to figure out how to best utilize their MVP if they want to advance past the Celtics.
The Philadelphia 76ers may have won Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals and knotted up their series with the Boston Celtics at 2-2, but they surrendered a 16-point lead and needed a heroic James Harden game-winning three (again) to do it. That’s not even mentioning the fact that they were saved by the bell, as Marcus Smart’s game-sealing triple was released after time expired.

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Lonnie Walker IV just carried LeBron James to a pivotal playoff win.
Lonnie Walker IV probably thought he wasn’t going to play another meaningful minute this season for the Los Angeles Lakers. The 24-year-old guard was out of the Lakers’ rotation by the end of the season after the team reloaded its roster at the trade deadline.

The AFC is loaded. The AFC South is not.
Looking at the division, it seems to be the Jaguars and everyone else. However, intrigue abounds in the South, with C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson taking over the Texans and Colts, respectively, while the Titans are potentially transitioning to Will Levis no later than 2024.
But how did the division fare this offseason? We tried to evaluate each based on free agency, trades, drafting and new hires. Here’s our report card:

Houston Texans

The Texans drafted two big pieces in the first round, taking Stroud and Will Anderson Jr.

First-round picks get most of the spotlight as NFL rookies, but the ones drafted on Day 2 are just as talented and don’t have to deal with added pressure, allowing them to play freely to make an immediate impact.
Last season rookies Breece Hall and Kenneth Walker III, two running backs drafted in the second round, quickly established themselves as dynamic playmakers and had their respective teams in position to make the playoffs.

Yesterday we took the over on 8.5 runs in the White Sox-Royals game, and we’re doing it all over again Tuesday.
Not only did yesterday’s game go over, it went way over. In fact, the Royals hit the over on their own – winning by a score of 12-5.
Even though Dylan Cease took the loss, he did exceed his K prop of 5.5, ending with exactly six strikeouts. Unfortunately, the White Sox lost the game and spoiled our three-leg parlay.
The reason why we pounded the over Monday was simple: bad bullpens. And guess what? They are no better today.

Lonnie Walker IV scored all 15 of his points in the fourth quarter and took over Monday night’s Game 4 to put the Lakers one win away from the Western Conference finals.