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The veteran started five games for Dallas last year.
The Cowboys are re-signing quarterback Cooper Rush on a two-year deal that can be worth up to $6 million total, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports.
Rush was initially an undrafted free agent out of Central Michigan, and signed with the Cowboys right after the 2017 NFL draft. He has played for Dallas for the last five seasons, outside of a brief stint with the Giants in 2020 before returning to Dallas.
In the last two seasons, Rush has served as the backup for quarterback Dak Prescott.

The former Dolphins tight end stays in the AFC East where he’ll now wear a Patriots uniform and catch passes from Mac Jones
The Patriots traded away one tight end, Jonnu Smith, and signed another in Mike Gesicki, who inks a one-year, $9 million contract. He’ll remain in the AFC East after his stint in Miami, but his value should improve in New England.
A top-10 tight end in 2021, Gesicki saw his fantasy point total decrease by more than 65 points under head coach Mike McDaniel.

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Plus: Markelle Fultz unties former teammate Terrence Ross’s shoes to unsuccessfully ice late-game free throws
While each conference’s top seed have had sizable leads at the time of their playoff-spot clinching wins, we’re nearing the point in the season where every night has someone punching their ticket. However, Thursday gave us just our second clinching of the season to this point.

What will Friday have for an encore?
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. I’m honestly a bit overwhelmed by all the basketball that’s going to be on TV today.
In today’s SI:AM:
Aliyah Boston’s secret weapon
Princeton’s historic upset
Another disappointment for Virginia
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What will today’s encore be?
If yesterday’s results are any indication, get ready for today’s NCAA tournament action to be even more chaotic.

The tight end spent five years in Miami.
The Patriots are signing former Dolphins tight end Mike Gesicki to a one-year, $9 million deal for the 2023 season, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Miami drafted Mike Gesicki in the second round of the 2018 NFL draft out of Penn State, and the tight end had a solid five seasons with the team. Gesicki’s best two seasons came in 2020 and ’21. He surpassed 700 receiving yards both seasons, including a career high 73 catches in 2021.
Last year, however, Gesicki had a down year with just 362 receiving yards on 32 catches.

The Eagles signed a backup quarterback, someone former coach Chip Kelly tried hard to trade for in 2015.

Howard University got boat-raced by Kansas on the first day of the NCAA Tournament. And that wasn’t even the worst part of their day.
Moments after their 28-point defeat, the Bison took another L when Vice President Kamala Harris entered the locker room.
A Howard alum, Harris addressed the young men who had just lost the biggest game of their lives as if they had just completed their first day of kindergarten. In the cringe-worthy chat, Harris stopped just short of congratulating the boys for going poo-poo on the potty.
Not exactly an ideal Thursday.

The two have played their entire careers together.
The Cowboys released Ezekiel Elliott after seven years with the team, marking the end of an era in Dallas. The running back was the No. 4 overall pick in the 2016 draft for the Cowboys, and leaves the team with the third-most rushing yards in franchise history.
With Elliott moving on, it seems like it will be an adjustment for the Cowboys quarterback. Dak Prescott was a fourth round pick during the 2016 draft, and he has spent his entire career playing alongside Elliott.

OUCH.
The men’s NCAA tournament is off and running and it didn’t take long for some madness to happen. 
We saw a couple of big upsets on Thursday, with a No. 2 seed (Arizona) and a No. 4 seed (Virginia) being sent home in stunning fashion. 
But you know what else we saw in the first full day of tournament action? One of the worst bad beats for bettors that you’ll ever see.
No. 1 seed Alabama, a 23.5 favorite over Texas A&M Corpus Christi, led by 24 points in the final seconds of the game. It appeared as if the time would run out and everyone who had that Bama bet would get paid out.

Mercyhurst hockey player Carson Briere has been suspended for throwing a woman’s wheelchair down a flight of stairs.
Briere, who is the son of Philadelphia Flyers interim general manager Daniel Briere, was captured on video throwing Sydney Benes’ wheelchair down the stairs at Sullivan’s Pub and Eatery in Erie, PA.

I usually don’t post anything serious on my twitter but something happened Saturday night and just can’t stomach the thought of this kid getting away with it. In the video below is a @MercyhurstU student and is currently on the @HurstMensHockey team. Carson Briere.