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Texas Tech head basketball coach Mark Adams is away from the program indefinitely as the university conducts an investigation into “his interactions with his players and staff.” The suspension was announced on Sunday afternoon and stemmed from a “racially insensitive comment.”

Texas Tech Basketball Coach Suspended For ‘Racially Insensitive’ Comment Around Bible Verse Involving Slaves Serving Masters

However, according to Stadium basketball insider Jeff Goodman, the investigation also includes an incident from earlier in the season.

Par Talk, published every Monday on OutKick, gets golf fans caught up on the biggest storylines in the game with insightful opinion you may or may not agree with.
Death, taxes, and the Arnold Palmer Invitational delivering incredible drama on Sunday. Far more often than not, the final round at Bay Hill turns into an all-out war, and this time around we were gifted with a battle featuring some of the game’s biggest stars and a guy named Kurt Kitayama who simply refused to crumble in the biggest moment of his career.

Remember a few years ago when the market for NFL running backs fell through the floor? College stars like Najee Harris, Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Travis Etienne didn’t get drafted until late in the first round and veteran free agents generally had to sign short deals for no more than $5 million per year.
The NFL is a passing league and teams adopted the thinking it was better (and easy) to find a bargain runner than use top resources on the running back position.
Yeah, the Dallas Cowboys aren’t embracing that whole running backs are easy to find philosophy.

North Carolina entered the 2022 college basketball season ranked No. 1 in the country. To say the Tar Heels haven’t lived up to the hype this season may be the understatement of the century in the sports world.
With its loss to Duke this weekend, North Carolina finished the regular season with a 19-12 record and an 11-9 mark in the ACC. Instead of winning the ACC regular season title, the Heels finished seventh in the standings are very much on the outside looking in when it comes to making it into the NCAA Tournament.

Consistency at QB could boost the fantasy production for other offensive weapons in the Big Easy.
Derek Carr is on his way to the Big Easy.
The Saints are reportedly closing in on a four-year deal with the 31-year-old veteran who spent nine years as a Raider. During that time, Carr was a four-time Pro Bowler and he is the all-time passing leader for the franchise.
Carr’s final season with the Raiders, however, was not his best. According to new head coach Josh McDaniels, he was benched for QB Jarrett Stidham because of that “poor play.

The timetable for Ja Morant’s return to the Memphis Grizzlies is unknown according to head coach Taylor Jenkins. Morant was seen flashing a gun on an Instagram Live video over the weekend and the team announced he would be stepping away from the team. Morant later issued a statement apologizing for the incident and saying he was going to quote, “take some time away to get help and work on learning better methods of dealing with stress and my overall well-being.” Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe discuss Ja Morant.

Tennessee Titans linebacker Bud Dupree woke up on Monday and started scrolling through Twitter. At the time, he was employed by the Titans.
But as he scrolled, he learned he would soon be unemployed. Reports started popping up that the team planned to release Dupree to save some salary cap space.
Dupree saw one of the reports and posted a tweet that read “Damn I Found out on Twitter”
Bud Dupree apparently learns about Titans release on Twitter. (Screenshot: @Bud_Dupree/Twitter)
Dupree quickly deleted the tweet, but the Internet never forgets.

Josh Allen’s contract is starting to put a squeeze on Buffalo’s resources, so here’s a look at how the Bills should proceed this offseason.

Links to our coverage from the end of the week in Indy, including Albert Breer’s conversations with Chicago’s GM and coach on what they may do with the top draft pick.
Monday is the final day of the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine, and even outside of top prospects and draft predictions, the offseason continues to heat up with big names such as Derek Carr, Daniel Jones and Lamar Jackson expected to finalize landing spots for next season soon. 
Below are links to everything Albert wrote about this round, plus more from our staff.
The Bears Are Likely to Trade the No.

Houston remains No. 1 for the third consecutive week.
The final Associated Press men’s basketball poll of the 2022-23 regular season saw more movement in the rankings than the past few weeks, including some shifting in the top four spots.
Houston remains No. 1 for the third consecutive week, while UCLA jumped up two spots to No. 2 after both Kansas and Alabama lost over the weekend. Alabama swapped spots with UCLA after its 67–61 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday. Texas A&M jumped up six spots, the biggest upward move of the week, to No. 18.