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The beginning of NFL free agency is a busy time for teams as they look to secure the signatures of the top available players. 
With plenty of movement in terms of roster transactions, the only people potentially busier than league front office members are NFL reporters who are looking to get the inside scoop.
Among the most notable NFL insiders is ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and he shared Tuesday just how much time he spent on his phone during the opening days of free agency as he looks to stay up to date with the latest intel.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young will have a new offensive weapon to work with in 2024.
The Panthers traded for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson on Tuesday, acquiring the 27-year-old veteran for cornerback Donte Jackson and a pick swap, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported.
Carolina also sent Pittsburgh a sixth-round pick (No. 177) in exchange for a seventh-round pick (No. 240) in the deal.

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The Houston Texans are fortifying their defensive line, reportedly agreeing to terms on a deal with star pass rusher Danielle Hunter. 
The contract will run for two years and will pay Hunter $49 million, including $48 million guaranteed. It carries a maximum value of $51 million, including incentives, according to ESPN reporter Adam Schefter.
Hunter, 29, has spent his entire NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings. In 2023, he featured in 17 games and registered a career-best 16.5 sacks, along with a league-high 23 tackles for loss.

Before starting this column about Aaron Rodgers possibly being the next Vice President of the United States, I am reminded of a joke I want to use in this space because, let’s face it, these next few paragraphs are bizarre and make a mockery of one of the great names in American political history.
So, anyway, I was thinking of using a good U.S. vice president joke.
But I can’t recall any good United States vice presidents.
Badum-tsss.

On a variety of levels, Kenny Payne was an understandable and defensible hire as the men’s basketball coach for the Louisville Cardinals in 2022. But on the only level that matters, it turned out to be a flaming disaster.
After another dismal loss, this one in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament Tuesday, the disaster is over. When it becomes official is immaterial. Payne is out, and the worst competitive era in school history is over.
Louisville won just 12 games and lost 52 under Payne, an incomprehensible record.

There are people out there fighting the good fight. 
On Tuesday, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville gathered some of the leading voices in women’s activism in sports to highlight the growing issue surrounding trans athletes.
Members of the International Women’s Forum shared powerful testimonies and an important call to action during their discussion alongside Tuberville at the “Take Back Title IX” roundtable.

Green Bay Packers safety Jonathan Owens reportedly is packing his bags for Chicago. 
His wife, decorated Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, appears to be thrilled about it.
Shortly after NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reported the Bears agreed to sign Owens to two-year contract on Tuesday in free agency, Biles weighed in on social media to thank Packers fans and send a message to the Windy City.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The word “fans” was used 24 times by Jay Monahan in his Tuesday press conference at the 50th Players Championship.
After listening to the PGA Tour commissioner for 59 minutes, you would believe fans are the Tour’s most important constituency and that everyone here is committed to making the pro game better for them.
Monahan said early in his remarks that he wanted to speak directly to the fans and, in an apologetic tone, downplayed the discussions of money.

The former two-division UFC champ has found a lot of success and personal fulfillment in his post-retirement career as a UFC commentator and general on-air talent for ESPN, but it’s not without its drawbacks.

If you are an NFL wide receiver, this is the worst time of the year to send a cryptic tweet.
Free agency is open and dominating headlines as the rest of the sports world awaits basketball and hockey postseason tournaments to begin. The expectations of NFL fans are through the roof, and a simple emoji or cryptic sentence posted to social media can set off reckless speculation.
Into these conditions waded Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase on Tuesday afternoon.
“This will be a krazy story to tell,” Chase wrote on social media.