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The Indianapolis Colts have secured a key piece of their offensive core for the foreseeable future. No. 1 wide receiver Michael Pittman has agreed to a three-year deal worth up to $71.5 million with $46 million guaranteed, Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz reported Monday.
Pittman, 26, was Indianapolis’s second-round selection in the 2020 NFL draft out of USC. Shortly after the contract was reported, Pittman confirmed his deal to remain with the Colts on social media.
Pittman has caught 336 passes over 62 games in four seasons with the Colts, totaling 3,662 yards and 15 touchdowns.

The brother of LSU women’s basketball star Flau’jae Johnson has been arrested after he ran onto the court during an altercation between the Tigers and South Carolina during the SEC tournament final on Sunday. 
Trayron Lenorris Milton, Johnson’s older brother, was arrested, booked and charged on a count of disorderly conduct and assault and battery in the third degree after he jumped over the barrier from the fan section and the scorer’s table to intervene in a skirmish, according to The State.

Wow, this could all make a great song for budding rapper artist Flau’jae Johnson, who doubles as a star guard for the LSU women’s basketball team. 
The 5-foot-10 Johnson helped ignite a benches-clearing cat fight (sorry) at the 2:08 mark of the fourth quarter in No. 1 South Carolina’s 79-72 win over No. 8 LSU in the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship game Sunday afternoon at Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina.
Excuse me, “Wellness Arena?” That’s got to be in the song, too.

Buffalo Bills left tackle Dion Dawkins put a scare into his team’s fans Monday by posting a cryptic message on social media that made it sound as if he was leaving the team.
He even posed the question “wonder if it’s O.K. to eat ranch now,” in a sly reference to the city’s famed eponymous chicken wing sauce.
But barely 10 minutes after stating, “It was good while it lasted Buffalo,” the news broke online that Dawkins will sign a three-year, $60.5 million contract extension to remain with the Bills. The pact will make him the one of the NFL’s highest-paid offensive linemen.

It’s hard to fathom that this is an accurate statement, but for the first time in a year we’re going to talk about Scottie Scheffler winning a golf tournament in this week’s edition of Par Talk. The No. 1 player in the world had a great putting week, and when that happens, there isn’t a human walking the planet that can beat him. His five-shot victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational was a not-so-gentle reminder of that.
In other news, Rory McIlroy opened his mouth again, this time calling for the PGA Tour to shrink.

The start of the new league year will soon be full of shiny new team additions, bringing some hope and excitement to fan bases similar to what the NFL draft will bring next month. But these additions will be far riskier than draft additions, simply due to their cost. Unlike cost-controlled draft picks, these players have reached the cherished status of free agency, with the leverage of multiple bidders and the riches that come with that.
Having been in the Green Bay Packers’ front office for almost a decade, it will come as no surprise that I am not a big fan of NFL free agency.

Right after Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament championship on Sunday afternoon, the Hawkeyes star took a quick detour before celebrating with her teammates in the locker room.
An elated Clark changed course when she saw a group of young fans waiting to meet their basketball idol. She ran to the other side of a rope and had security guards follow her to the side of the hallway.
The 22-year-old guard signed various posters and items for the young fans, who cheered with joy when she ran over to them.

Brock Purdy may not have ended the season with a ring from Super Bowl 58, but he got a far more important one on Saturday.
The San Francisco 49ers quarterback officially got married to his fiancée, Jenna Brandt (now Purdy), after being engaged for roughly a year. Over 350 people attended the event in Des Moines, IA, the state that both Purdys are originally from.
Naturally, the new Mrs. Purdy posted a heartwarming tribute celebrating the wonderful event. Both the bride and groom looked incredible and thoroughly overjoyed to begin life with each other.

The Bears landed a new running back.

1. While a naked John Cena has gotten most of the attention when it comes to Sunday’s night Academy Awards, people should not overlook the performance of comedian John Mulaney 
Mulaney, who was on hand to present the award for Best Sound, decided to use his time on stage to do a sidebar, which was a rapid-fire, passionate, detailed one-minute explanation of 1989’s Field of Dreams.
I don’t even like Field of Dreams, but I thoroughly enjoyed Mulaney’s speech.