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The Grizzlies fired their coach just before the 2025 NBA Playoffs.
The Memphis Grizzlies have been one of the better stories of the NBA season. Coming off a 27-win season plagued by injuries, Memphis roared back into the Western Conference playoff picture with Ja Morant back in the lineup and Jaren Jackson Jr. playing at an All-NBA level. The Grizzlies were tracking as the No. 2 seed in the West as recently as the All-Star break, but suddenly the franchise has announced a shocking shakeup weeks before the start of the playoffs.

The Philadelphia Flyers firing John Tortorella was inevitable, but it sounds like there could be a bit more to the story than just the team’s poor play this season.
The Flyers hosted the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday in what was their first game with interim head coach Brad Shaw leading the team, and there was something that really stood out, aside from the fact that the Flyers snapped a 6-game skid with a 6-4 win.
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Chelsea Freeman, wife of 2024 World Series MVP Freddie, shared some amazing news about their 4-year-old son, Max.
Last season, the Freeman family’s world was turned on its head when it was discovered that Max had Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disease that has no known cure. 
According to the Mayo Clinic, this condition causes the immune system to attack the nerves and can cause weakness, numbness, and paralysis. That’s a horrible diagnosis for anyone. That a 3-year-old (at the time) got the disease seems even worse.

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The OT win in the Sweet 16 round proved Texas Tech should be on everyone’s March Madness radar.
Texas Tech and Arkansas’ Sweet 16 matchup gave us the first overtime game of the 2025 NCAA tournament after a historic comeback for the Red Raiders on Thursday night.
Darrion Williams converted a tough finish at the rim with seven seconds left as the No. 3 seed Texas Tech Red Raiders stunned the Arkansas Razorbacks 85-83 in an overtime thriller at the Chase Center.

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The Liberty are the latest WNBA team to formally announce plans for a state-of-the-art practice facility — further shining light on the franchises who don’t have such plans.
On Thursday, the New York Liberty announced that the defending champions would be building an $80 million, 75,000 square foot state-of-the-art practice facility.

Jalen Suggs’s deep attempt to stave off double overtime had so much behind it.
It’s April 3, 2021. In the midst of this long, miserable pandemic … we’ve got a pretty wild basketball game taking place. Yes, March Madness is back this year, and this Final Four contest between Gonzaga and UCLA appears to be headed for a second overtime unless there’s a miracle.
Before we see any potential miracle, we need to recall the strange shape of this matchup. UCLA, the historic basketball superpower, is a distinct underdog.

The Minnesota Vikings have made as much noise as any team in the NFL this off-season. But the noise hasn’t just come from everything the team has done during free agency. It has also come from what could happen, which can lead to repetitive talking points.
A repetitive talking point was brought back into the national spotlight on Wednesday. Last week, insiders such as Tom Pelissero reported the Vikings were ready to enter the 2025 season with J.J. McCarthy as their quarterback.

Duke (34-3) and Alabama (28-8) meet Saturday night in the Elite 8 in one of the most highly anticipated matchups of the season.
The Crimson Tide advanced from the Sweet 16 with a resounding 113-88 win over BYU. Bama was 25-52 (49%) from 3-point range led by Mark Sears career-best 10-16 from deep. Alabama had nearly as many makes – 25 – from beyond the arc as BYU had attempts – 30. The Cougars were just 6-30 (20%) from deep.
Coope Flagg and Duke overcame 35 points from Arizona’s Caleb Love to take out the Wildcats 100-93 in the Sweet 16 Thursday.

Michigan State football has extended an offer to an edge rusher from the Lone Star State.
Obinna Umeh of Houton, Texas announced on Thursday that he has received an offer from Michigan State. Umeh revealed the recruiting news via a post on his social media X account.
Umeh is an unranked edge rusher in the 2026 class, according to 247Sports. His brother — Chidera Umeh — is a defensive lineman for Lamar University.
Michigan State is one of nearly 20 schools to extend an offer to Umeh, according to 247Sports.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Brad Marchand is ready for his Florida debut.
The Panthers said Marchand — who, because of an upper-body injury, hasn’t appeared in a game with Florida since being acquired in a trade with Boston three weeks ago — will be in the lineup Friday night when the team plays host to the Utah Hockey Club.
It will be the first time in 1,091 NHL games, 1,248 when adding in playoff contests, that Marchand takes the ice in something other than a Bruins sweater.