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For AC Milan, the atmosphere was rather better than the performance. San Siro may have been boisterously noisy and passionately pro-Milan, but Stefano Pioli’s side was shambolic enough in the first half that the tie might have been ended within half an hour. As it is, a 2–0 win for Inter in what was technically its away leg leaves it the distinct favorite to progress to the Champions League final in Istanbul. However, Milan will feel it got away with it, that it could have been a lot worse.

Alexis Morris is currently a free agent. The 23-year-old guard was waived on Wednesday afternoon, just hours after the team that drafted her last month promoted her first game on Twitter.
Morris, a former five-star recruit in the women’s college basketball Class of 2017, had an unusual college career. She committed to Baylor out of high school, but didn’t play for the Bears after being dismissed from the team. The Texas-native then transferred three times to Rutgers, Texas A&M and LSU.
Morris finished her career in Baton Rouge under Kim Mulkey, to whom she committed in the first place.

Even though the Buccaneers signed Baker Mayfield in free agency in March, the team has not committed to the former No. 1 pick as its starting quarterback in 2023.
Mayfield will have some big shoes to fill, as the Bucs must replace Tom Brady after three successful seasons. After Brady announced his official retirement in February, former coach and current Buccaneers consultant Bruce Arians said the team was in “good hands” with backup Kyle Trask. 
But, when Tampa Bay signed Mayfield, it created a competition for the starting job between the two.

Shohei Ohtani continues to cement his place as one of the best players in the history of Major League Baseball.
There are any number of statistics on Ohtani’s nearly unprecedented two-way dominance.
His offensive numbers have been remarkably consistent, averaging a 144 wRC+ over the past three seasons, making him 44% above league average.
Somehow he’s also cut down on strikeouts too, with his K% dropping from 29.6% in 2021 to 17.9% in 2023. From 2021-2022, he launched 80 home runs and stole 37 bases, adding 74 runs above offensive normal.

Congratulations to Bob Huggins, who, on Wednesday, officially became the most powerful person in the state of West Virginia. That might have unofficially been the case for years, but West Virginia University has now laid it out formally for the world to see.
In deciding to retain and moderately penalize its Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach in the wake of him crassly using an anti-LGBTQ slur on a Cincinnati radio station Monday, WVU made its pecking order clear.

The father of a Georgia football player who was killed in a car crash on Jan. 15 has filed a lawsuit against the University of Georgia Athletic Association and others. He seeks $40 million dollars in damages for the crash that killed his son, offensive lineman Devin Willock, and recruiting staffer Chandler LeCroy. 
Dave Willock’s suit was filed Tuesday in Gwinnett County and also names former Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter, LeCroy’s estate and Athens strip club Toppers International Showbar as defendants.

For two decades, the Green Bay Packers dominated the NFC North. Since 2002, they’ve won the division 12 times. They finished in last place in 2005, the only basement finish for the franchise since the new millennium began.
Prior to the 2005 season, Vegas pegged the Packers as the likely team to finish last. That turned out to be correct. For the first time since that season, Vegas is again picking Green Bay to finish last.
According to DraftKings Sportsbook, the Packers most likely finishing position in the division is fourth place.

Auburn football has a quarterback battle on its hands and Hugh Freeze is not concerned with feelings, in a good way. He must do what it takes to win, even if it ruffles some feathers along the way.
Who is going to start at quarterback for Auburn? (Photos by Michael Chang/Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
Freeze, who took over the Tigers program at the end of November, inherited a confusing quarterback room. Former four-star Oregon transfer Robby Ashford was the incumbent starter, T.J.

Few quarterbacks in NFL history have been saddled with a tougher act to follow than the Packers’ Jordan Love.
Love, entering his fourth season with Green Bay, is set to replace four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers after the Packers traded the future Hall of Famer to the Jets for draft compensation on April 24.
However, Rodgers—having replaced another Hall of Famer, Brett Favre, 15 years ago—is no stranger to Love’s situation. Accordingly, Love told reporters that Rodgers reached out to offer support after being traded.

Get the latest as a Champions League semifinal Derby della Madonnina sees AC Milan and Inter vie for a place in the showpiece event in Istanbul.