There are three things in life we’ve all more or less come to expect: Death, taxes and late-season NBA penalties that don’t get enforced because of the time of year we’re in.
Just in case you hadn’t noticed: With the addition of the play-in round, NBA standings are essentially tighter than they’ve ever been. There’s a week and a half remaining in the regular season, and only four teams have been eliminated from postseason contention, the fewest in league history with so little time left on the calendar.
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A Northwestern fan absolutely destroyed Ohio State for being terrible guests.
The Wall Street Journal did a breakdown of Northwestern’s attempt to build a new football facility. The new stadium will be used for multiple sporting events and concerts.
Fans of the Buckeyes took an all-time shot from local Evanston business owner Steve Starkman. Starkman and his brother own a hot dog shop right near Ryan Field. That’s allowed him to get an up close look at visiting fans. He’s not impressed by OSU fans to say the least.
Ohio State fans slammed in Wall Street Journal article.
The third-ever meeting between Florida Atlantic and San Diego State could hardly have higher stakes. Both programs are in the Final Four for the first time and the winner advances to the national championship game Monday.
The No. 9 Owls (35–3) and No. 5 Aztecs (31–6) have both traveled difficult paths to arrive at this point. FAU defeated No. 8 Memphis in the Round of 64, 66-65, and kept dancing with a 78-70 victory over No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson in the Round of 32. In the second weekend of the tournament, coach Dusty May’s team shocked No.
Most NFL fans are eager to spend the next month reading countless mock drafts, but, before we officially move, let’s put a bow on free agency by handing out grades for what the 32 teams have done in the past few weeks to improve their respective rosters.
If these grades feel a little late, don’t yell at me. Blame Aaron Rodgers, the Jets and the Packers for failing to execute a trade and holding up the grades. But we’re done waiting, and I’ve got you covered today with free-agency grades for the AFC teams.
Getting to all your mail, from 30,000 feet, on my way back to Boston from Phoenix …
From Bruce (@bdei80): When will Aaron Rodgers get traded?
Bruce, I think it happens sooner than people think because I don’t think things between the Packers and Jets are in nearly as bad a place as some seem to believe they are. We mentioned earlier in the week the rapport between GMs Joe Douglas and Brian Gutekunst from their time coming up as young road scouts. The two head coaches, Robert Saleh and Matt LaFleur, are best friends.
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Yuki Tsunoda and Nyck de Vries are hoping for better things in this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix
AlphaTauri currently sits at the bottom of the Formula 1 Constructors’ standings, as they are just one of two teams yet to secure a point through the first two races of the F1 season.
With the circuit in Melbourne for this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the team — and their drivers — are keeping the expectations realistic for both this weekend, and beyond.
The Kyrie Irving experiment in Dallas is collapsing in on itself after only 17 games.
When Dallas traded for Irving in February, the Mavericks (37-40) didn’t expect the team to be slipping out of playoff contention in the final stretch of the season. But here they are, falling to 37-40 after a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, 116-108, on Wednesday.
And if you don’t believe that the Mavericks are self-imploding, just ask Irving about the current state of the team.
A male powerlifting coach by the name of Avi Silverberg has seen enough biological males compete against women. He decided to protest new trans policies ruining his sport and did so by ‘self-identifying’ as a woman and shattering a record during a recent meet.
The women’s bench press title holder in the 84+ kilogram category is Anne Andres, who is a biological male. Andres has won eight of the nine competitions he has entered as a woman and is even recognized as a female on the Open Powerlifting ranking site.
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Will Anderson may be the top overall prospect in the 2023 NFL Draft.
The term “can’t-miss” is a cliche used all the time in sports, particularly for prospects entering the professional level from the collegiate ranks. Such a thing doesn’t really exist, but especially in the NFL, there are players who often feel like they’re incredibly likely to put together strong careers at the next level.
The 2023 NFL Draft prospect who best fits that cliche is Alabama edge rusher Will Anderson.
Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell thinks there sometimes might be a little too much talking from his players.
Fickell hit the ground running after being hired to coach the Wisconsin Badgers, and he’s wasted no time in building up the culture he wants.
That includes giving fans an inside look at recruiting and now how practices are run. Fickell got mic’d up, and he showed a lot of passion and energy fans aren’t used to seeing.
He also made it clear players can communicate, but don’t talk to the point you miss what’s going on.
Luke Fickell is changing the culture in Madison.