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Anytime someone passes away it’s a reminder of our own mortality.
It usually goes like this: When we were young it was our grandparents passing away. Then our parents. And then suddenly life happens way too quickly and our friends begin to pass. It’s a terrifying realization that, in the end, we are all here just for a finite time.
We’ve all seen the messages across social media and said during eulogies. “Live your life to the fullest… Experience things you never have before… You only have one life,” etc.

Cameron Boozer, son of McDonald’s All-American and two-time NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer, is the No. 1 overall college basketball recruit in the Class of 2025. He still has two years before he has to decide on where (and if) he will play on the next level, but will have his pick of the litter.

Boozer, as a sophomore in high school, already has offers from Arkansas, Duke, Florida State, Miami and Michigan. That list will only continue to grow.
At 6-foot-9, 215 pounds, Boozer has all of the skills that teams look for in a modern power forward.

Andrew Wiggins has missed the Warriors’ last 17 games due to personal reasons.

The 76ers center is the MVP favorite, with head-to-head matchups against his two top competitors coming up.
Back-to-back NBA MVP runner-up Joel Embiid is in position to unseat two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokić and capture the league’s top individual honor with less than three weeks left in the regular season. He’ll have a chance to make his case when he faces his top rivals for the award over the next few days.
Embiid recently passed Jokić as the betting favorite to win his first-ever MVP award.

He decided to call it a career after 14 seasons.
Former Athletics All-Star Jed Lowrie announced his retirement from baseball on Thursday after 14 seasons with four different MLB teams. 
“No one gets to play forever,” he said in the announcement. “And the time has come for me to close the chapter on my playing career.
“To the fans in Boston, Houston, New York and Oakland, it wasn’t always perfect, but I gave my all and I’m grateful for the opportunities to play for you. Thank you,” he continued. “Love never dies though, so I look forward to new opportunities in the game.

The worst kept secret of the NFL offseason is how badly the New York Giants need offensive weapons. On Thursday, they signed free agent wide receiver Jamison Crowder.
Jamison Crowder is a nice player. This is not to take anything away from him. But he’s never topped 850 yards receiving in a season. He has two touchdown catches in the past two seasons.
He turns 30 years old in June. This is not the type of “offensive weapon” Giants fans are dreaming about. This is the type of “offensive weapon” that causes Giants fans to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.

He will not race in the Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 race at Circuit of the Americas on Saturday.
NASCAR has suspended driver Josh Williams for Saturday’s Pit Boss 250 race in Austin, Texas, following his bizarre reaction to a three-car collision during the Raptor 250 NASCAR Xfinity series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway last weekend.
Williams’s crew taped up the damage sustained to his car in lap 28. However, debris began to fly off his No. 92 Chevrolet Camaro, bringing the race to a temporary stop at lap 32. Officials then ordered Williams to leave the race.

The women’s soccer star is hanging up the cleats at the conclusion of the NWSL season.
U.S. women’s national team star Ali Krieger told CBS Mornings on Thursday that she is retiring from professional soccer at the end of the National Women’s Soccer League season.
“This is the right time for me,” Krieger said on Thursday morning. “I’ve given so much to the game, and I’ve gotten a lot in return. But I feel it. My body also feels it.”
Krieger has made over 100 appearances for the women’s national team over the last decade, and plays for Gotham FC of the NWSL.

He suffered a torn patellar tendon while celebrating a win in the World Baseball Classic.
Edwin Díaz’s likely season-ending injury during the World Baseball Classic was a nightmare scenario for the Mets. Losing arguably the best closer in baseball will hurt any team’s chances of making the World Series, but team owner Steve Cohen says that he and leadership need to stay calm during the process of looking for a possible replacement.

Welcome to The Weekly Takedown, Sports Illustrated’s in-depth look at MMA. Every week, this column offers insight and information on the most noteworthy stories in the fight world.
Calvin Kattar has sat and watched as the featherweight has taken shape since undisputed champ Alexander Volkanovski temporarily left his post to challenge Islam Makhachev for the lightweight title. Nearly every detail unfolded just as Kattar anticipated, with one monumental difference: he is entirely removed from it.