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The Blues are approaching the transfer market like no team has before, but will the club’s limitless spending pay off in the long run?
Todd Boehly is a man with a lot of ideas and, since he fronted the Clearlake takeover of Chelsea last year, he has rarely been shy in expressing them. Very few of those ideas so far have demonstrated much understanding of football, its culture or how it is played, but just because a lot of what he has said has been naive or clumsy does not mean that all his ideas are necessarily bad. Which brings us to Chelsea’s transfer policy.

The Ohio State Buckeyes are sleeping on stacks of cash after the past fiscal year.
During the fiscal year 2022, which runs from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, the Buckeyes generated $251.6 million of athletic revenue, according to The Columbus Dispatch. The number marks a record for the athletic program down in Columbus.
Ohio State made a record amount of revenue during fiscal year 2022. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
In the history of OSU athletics, the Buckeyes had generated at least $200 million of revenue just three times.

Uber Eats or not, you can no longer waltz into a Duquesne basketball game with a bag full of McDonald’s and think you’re going to get away with it.
After a viral Uber Eats prank took center court during a men’s hoops game on Wednesday night, the school has vowed to tighten security.
“While the incident may have seemed funny at the time, and no harm was done, we are mindful that incidents like this can put players and officials at risk,” the school said in a statement in Thursday.

Patrick Reed ran into Rory McIlroy at the hotel the two are staying at for this week’s Dubai Desert Classic and is making it sound as if their beef has been squashed.
Earlier in the week it was reported that Reed threw a tee at McIlroy after the World No. 1 ignored him on the driving range. Video of the incident went viral, showing Reed playfully tossing a tee in McIlroy’s direction.
McIlroy was asked about the situation and confirmed he did purposefully ignore Reed on the practice tee.

The quarterback’s father shared the childhood picture ahead of the second straight AFC championship game between the budding rivals.
For the second year in a row, Joe Burrow and the Bengals will make their way to Kansas City with the hopes of taking down the Chiefs in the AFC championship game and advancing to the Super Bowl. If the third-year quarterback is able to get to the job done against Patrick Mahomes once again, it would only add to the remarkable start to his NFL career.

Everything you need for the AFC and NFC championship games, including keys to victory, stat nuggets and score picks.

Novak Djokovic put aside some shaky play in the early going and took over his Australian Open semifinal against unseeded American Tommy Paul, winning 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 to close in on a 10th championship at Melbourne Park and 22nd Grand Slam title overall.

Jake Paul, the YouTuber-turned-boxer, and Tommy Fury, half-brother of heavyweight great Tyson, will meet Feb. 26 in Saudi Arabia, officials told ESPN.

Longtime college basketball commentator Billy Packer, the voice of the NCAA tournament for more than 30 years, died Thursday night. He was 82.

The fallout continues from Ed Reed’s split from Bethune-Cookman.
Reed was supposed to be the school’s football coach, but he was pushed out after ripping the state of the program to the ground. Ever since, it’s been a battle of words between Reed and the Wildcats.
Now, AD Reggie Theus has shared some blunt thoughts about Reed’s behavior, and he’s not impressed by what he’s seen.

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Reggie Theus takes a blunt shot at Ed Reed.