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Tulane head football coach Willie Fritz is coming off of the best season of his career and he plans to celebrate with a few beers. He’s just like the rest of us!
The 62-year-old led the Green Wave to a Cotton Bowl win over USC and finished the year at 12-2. After the team went 2-10 in 2021, it marked the greatest turnaround in college football history. No coach had ever led his team to a 10-win+ season after losing 10 games the year prior.
Now it’s time for Willie Fritz to relax— almost.
College football coaches don’t get much of an offseason.

The free-agent wide receiver fired back at critics on social media amid the release of the airplane altercation involving him from November.

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After bodycam footage of Odell Beckham Jr.’s airplane altercation in November was released by Miami-Dade police this week, the free-agent wide receiver took to social media to respond to critics following the incident.
“Can’t address everything in this world, it’s exhausting,” Beckham tweeted. “[Everybody] got an opinion on situations they weren’t involved in.

Minnesota won back its star shortstop, but it has more work to do in its lineup in order to set its sights on October.
Carlos Correa officially returned to the Twins on Wednesday, putting an end to one of the most bizarre free-agency sagas in baseball history.
By now, the 28-year-old shortstop’s journey has been well documented. He first agreed to sign with the Giants for 13 years and $350 million, a deal that fell apart after Correa failed a physical due to an injury to his lower right leg that was surgically repaired in 2014 (when he was still in the minors).

With the playoff field set, the NFL announced the dates, times and broadcast schedule for next week’s Super Wild Card Weekend.

Al Michaels is being rescued by his former employer, NBC, after a pretty miserable first season at Amazon Prime.
Sort of.
Michaels, 78, will be back in NBC booth Saturday for the first time since he left his longtime company to call Thursday night games for Amazon this season.
The Hall of Fame play-by-play man will return to NBC to call Saturday night’s showdown in Jacksonville between the Chargers and Jags. Sadly, though, he’ll be joined by Tony Dungy, not longtime partner Cris Collinsworth.

The senior defensive tackle played in all 14 games this season.
Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith was sentenced to 12 months of probation Thursday following the misdemeanor gun charge he received in December.
During his court appearance in Ann Arbor’s 15th District Court on Thursday, Smith owned up to his mistakes and took responsibility for his actions, per the Detroit Free Press.
The misdemeanor gun charge occurred Oct. 7 when Smith was pulled over for speeding in Ann Arbor, Mich., while he was found to be concealing a weapon without a license.

The 14th-seeded Spurs (13-29) have become the hottest ticket in town and NBA history.

The former NFL tight end believes No. 3 seed Minnesota will be eliminated in the first weekend of the playoffs.
Former NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski is excited about the league’s upcoming playoffs, starting Saturday with wild-card weekend.
As the drama begins on the gridiron this postseason—one that will feature four quarterbacks making their playoff debut and a league-record five head coaches in their first seasons with their respective teams—Gronkowski believes Saturday will provide at least one upset.
Gronkowski appeared on Up & Adams on Wednesday and shared that he thinks the No.

Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac has built a following for his on-the-court views amid the NBA’s saga with kneeling during the national anthem and the COVID vaccine mandate.
However, Isaac’s play on the court has been minimal due to dealing with the grind of injury rehab for the past two-and-a-half years.
The 2017 sixth-overall-pick now finds himself in a position where he’s progressed far enough in his recovery to start eyeing a return to the Magic sooner than later.
In his 136 appearances for the Magic from 2017 to 2020, Isaac has averaged 9.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.

The Twins unexpectedly landed their top free-agent target.