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Two NFL draft prospects who are often described as “generational talents” might seem like opposites, counterpoints. One plays defense, at a premium position, and his main focus is terrorizing quarterbacks. He starred for a traditional college power that continually ranks among the country’s top teams. The other plays offense, at a position that’s perpetually discounted in the modern NFL, and his focus centers on taking pressure off quarterbacks.

At first, she seemed confused.
“A possum?” she asked.
“Yes,” I said. “If you found out a possum was living in the walls of this Banana Republic, how quickly would you do something about it?”
“Immediately,” she said.
I got the same answer at the Gap and at Old Navy. “Within 24 hours,” said the employee who humored me at the Gap. “The same day,” said the one at Old Navy.
So you wouldn’t ignore it for nine months, as Oakland A’s owner—and Gap Inc.

Payton McNabb, a high school volleyball player in North Carolina, was struck in the face by a volleyball spiked by a biological male claiming to be a girl last fall. The senior recently told lawmakers that she is still suffering physical and mental trauma from the situation involving the trans athlete.
Video of the trans volleyball player’s spike that injured McNabb was posted to YouTube as a ‘highlight.’
McNabb told state lawmakers at a state hearing on fairness in sports that she suffered both a concussion and neck injury that she’s still recovering from.

Bryce Young. Will Anderson Jr. Bijan Robinson.
These are names we’ll hear quickly once commissioner Roger Goodell opens the 2023 NFL draft Thursday night in Kansas City.
But who are the players who we might not hear until Friday or Saturday, yet whose impact could be felt for years to come? Here are five names you should know before next week’s festivities begin.

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Jake Haener, QB, Fresno State

The ideal situation is for Haener is to develop as a backup after someone makes him a mid-round pick.

Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis isn’t pumped about the Oakland A’s moving to Sin City.
The A’s reached an agreement to buy 49 acres of land on the south end of the Las Vegas Strip, and the plan is to build a new stadium that will seat 30,000 fans and cost $1.5 billion.
Sports fans are pumped about Las Vegas finally getting an MLB team, but the man who owns the Raiders is definitely not among them.
In fact, Mark Davis is very much against the people who own the A’s after the two sides had a falling out before the Raiders came to Vegas.

It’s last year, April 30, Las Vegas, Caesar’s Forum. Melanie Salata-Fitch waits patiently, for one specific NFL draft pick, the same selection, always—the very last one. Her pops, the late Paul Salata, sold the wider sports world on the relevance of that particular selection. He sold it by tying that pick to a tag that accomplished the opposite of its literal meaning. The final NFL draft choice became his vision, Mr. Irrelevant, starting in 1976, adding modest intrigue to the end of what’s now a full-blown, three-day, wall-to-wall-coverage extravaganza.

Detroit Lions general manager Brad Holmes is taking a risk and standing up to support women’s sports at a critical time.
Holmes’ support arrives at a time when women’s sports face real uncertainty following the inclusion of transgender athletes; notably, biological men competing against women.
During a season of contention regarding whether biological males should compete against biological females, Holmes made his opinion on the matter clear when he wore a “Support Women and Girls in Sports” sweatshirt before reporters during a pre-draft press conference on Thursday.

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa says specialists told him CTE ‘wasn’t going to be a problem.’ Concussion expert Chris Nowinski questions that.

Penn State football coach James Franklin believes revenue sharing in college athletics is guaranteed to eventually happen.
There’s long better chatter and discussions about players getting paid directly from schools or conferences, especially men’s basketball and football. After all, football drives revenue in college athletics, men’s basketball is next and from a money standpoint, nothing else really matters.
NIL currently allows players to cut deals for themselves, and it’s a step towards enriching players. The next big move could be to cut players in on the actual revenue.

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The Patriots’ meeting with Will Levis is classic Bill Belichick.
NFL team visits with draft prospects came to an end this week with a bit of a shocker.
Kentucky quarterback Will Levis taking an official visit on Wednesday with the New England Patriots.
At first blush, it is a puzzling meeting to contemplate. Levis is commonly discussed as one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2023 NFL Draft, and according to up-to-the-minute odds from DraftKings, the Over/Under on his draft position next week is set at 6.5.