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Odell Beckham Jr. is somewhat of an expert on acting like a child and being kicked off of a plane, so he decided to weigh in on Sha’Carri Richardson’s recent booting from a flight. Unsurprisingly, OBJ’s reaction was immature and utterly ridiculous.
Richardson, an American track and field star, was kicked off an American Airlines flight on Saturday. She posted the incident on Instagram that showed an altercation with a flight attendant.
Richardson claimed that the flight attendant asked her to stop talking on her phone prior to takeoff.

Kansas City blew a 21–3 lead in last year’s AFC championship game by not paying attention to details. We’ll find out Sunday if the team learned any lessons.
George Karlaftis remembers the Chiefs’ last game before he joined the team. They were at home. He was in Dallas, preparing for the draft. He had watched Kansas City beat Buffalo (“That was all-time wild game”) and then he watched the AFC championship game against Cincinnati. Kansas City raced to a 21–3 lead.

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The Bengals defense played a near perfect game on Sunday en route to the AFC title game. Their defensive coordinator was a big reason why.
While the Cincinnati Bengals offense rightfully gets most of the attention, the Bengals defense has quietly become one of the better units in the entire league. The unit finished eighth in total defensive EPA per play, and has given QBs like Patrick Mahomes problems before.

Would the Big Ten ever come calling for Harvard?
I know what you’re thinking. That’s maybe the most insane college football/sports related question you’ve heard in a long time, but before you jump down my throat or call me crazy, it’s not as wild as you might think.
The Ivy League is on the fast track towards allowing athletic scholarships, and once that happens paired up with potential NIL dealings, the conference’s members will be in uncharted territory.

Marcus Stokes has landed an offer from an HBCU to continue playing football in college.
Stokes, a four star QB recruit in the 2023 class, infamously had his offer and commitment to the Florida Gators pulled after he filmed himself saying the n-word while appearing to rap.

Florida Gators QB recruit Marcus Stokes with some choice words.
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Emoni Bates is thriving for Eastern Michigan, and we love to see it.
Emoni Bates is still only 18 years old, but his life in basketball already has enough chapters to fill a novel. At 15, Bates was being hyped as a future NBA superstar, drawing comparisons to “a young Kevin Durant” by ESPN and said to “often resemble a 6’ 9” Stephen Curry,” in a Sports Illustrated cover story.

More details are out from the arrest of Georgia receiver Rara Thomas.
The talented receiver was taken into custody by police in Athens Monday morning on charges of felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor battery – family violence.
It was initially revealed he was arrested after allegedly harming a woman and blocking her ability to leave a dorm room. Now, more details are out, and the entire situation allegedly stemmed over an argument over Instagram.

Details Emerge After Georgia Player Arrested On Felony False Imprisonment Charge

More details emerge on the arrest of Rara Thomas.

After Ben Verlander said last week that the USA’s lineup might be the greatest ever assembled, Ben and Alex take a look at the ridiculous Dominican Republic lineup for the World Baseball Classic.

Ben Verlander gives you his Top 10 offseason winners including the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs. Ben gives his 10 through six rankings.

Ben Verlander gives his one through five spots for his MLB offseason winners including the New York Mets and Los Angeles Angels.