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With a top-25 high school recruiting class, and a fop-five class from the transfer portal, “hope is in the air” at Colorado

Patrick Everson reports on how early money is coming in on the Super Bowl from an oddsmaker’s perspective, plus big bets and sharp action.

North Dakota State offensive lineman Cody Mauch is quickly rising up NFL Draft boards. The fifth-year senior is in Mobile, Alabama this week and will play in the Senior Bowl on Saturday.
At 6-foot-6, 303 pounds, Mauch is hard to miss. Not only because of his size and on-field dominance, but because of his look and off-field persona.
The North Dakota-native’s vibes are immaculate.

Cody Mauch (North Dakota State University Athletics)

Mauch was a big part of the success in Fargo over the last three seasons and always has fun in the process.

The Giants safety said they the coach is “in for a free ride right now.”
The Eagles very well may be in the midst of the best season in their franchise’s history. Not only did they win a franchise record 14 regular season games in 2022, but the squad has an absurd eight Pro Bowlers on its roster and is 10 days away from possibly winning the Super Bowl. 
Giants safety Julian Love is quick to praise this Philadelphia squad, but he couldn’t help but do it while also taking a shot at its coach, Nick Sirianni.

Spread, over/under and prop bets for Thursday’s Warriors-Nuggets game in Denver. The Nuggets are large home favorites.
The Warriors return to Denver on Thursday for the first time since last April when they faced the Nuggets in a playoff series.
This is the second of three games this season between the two teams with the best odds of winning the Western Conference. Denver won the first matchup on the road in October, 128-123, and it is a sizable favorite to take a 2–0 lead in the series with the next meeting set for the final week of the regular season.

Colorado has landed two five-star recruits and Deion Sanders is feeling good about the future of his team, saying quote: ‘We’re recruiting our butts off.. we’re recruiting some guys that can light up the scoreboard and prevent touchdowns from occurring. We’re serious about that. Hope is in the house, hope is in the air, hope is in the city, hope is in the community, hope is within you all. This is just a pause.. we’re not done, but I love where we are.

If you woke up today wondering how a professional sports team could take something relatively simple and make it unbelievably painful, look no further than the crack marketing folks for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
And, if you do choose to look, make sure your lunch is settled and you’re not holding anything fragile.

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Chad Johnson reveals to Shannon Sharpe that he believes he can still play WR in the NFL at age 45. Chad says he has no issue backing up Cincinnati Bengals WRs Ja’Marr Chase, Tee Higgins and Tyler Boyd. Ocho simply said: “I can still be playing right now.

The seemingly unkillable Arena League is coming back for another go in 2024 after a five-year hiatus.
The AFL, which originally formed in 1986, filed for bankruptcy in 2019 and hasn’t played a season since. In 2022, however, F1 Sports & Entertainment — no, not that F1; it stands for Force1 — bought the league and is reviving it next year.
“Our objective when we acquired the AFL was to bring back a storied brand that deserved to be revived and showcased again, globally,” AFL president Anthony Rossi said in a statement.

LeBron James is closing in on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s all-time scoring title, now with 100 points of beating the record. How does Craig Carton decide to celebrate the achievement? By deciding which NBA stars could beat LeBron James one-on-one. Watch as he makes a case for Staph Curry, Luka Dončić and even some more surprising names in this list.