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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is suing a woman for crafting an alleged scheme to extort the NFLer for money by accusing Prescott of sexual assault.
Prescott seeks $100 million from Victoria Baileigh Shores and her lawyers as part of the lawsuit filed in Collin County, Texas., according to USA TODAY Sports.  Multiple outlets confirmed that Prescott vehemently denied the allegations. According to Prescott’s legal team, the Cowboys QB received correspondence on Feb.

One month after the Los Angeles Lakers unveiled their Kobe Bryant statue to honor the late NBA legend, the new landmark apparently has more than a few egregious man-made errors.
On Monday, German basketball journalist André Voigt posted a series of viral photos that showed at least three typos in the box score etched into the marble base of the statue.
Former Laker Von Wafer’s and former Toronto Raptors guard José Calderón’s names are misspelled as “Vom Wafer” and “Jose Calderson.

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley is set to join the Philadelphia Eagles when the new league year begins and free agency officially begins.
After failing to agree to a new deal with the Giants, Barkley opted to join their division rival on a three-year, $37.75 million deal.
The decision prompted a critical reaction from former New York running back Tiki Barber, who voiced his displeasure over Barkley’s free agency decision on Monday.
“You’re dead to us, Saquon. Good luck, you’re dead to me,” said an animated Barber on “Evan and Tiki” on WFAN radio.

In a day swamped by NFL headlines, one Houston Texans player celebrated a major milestone in his fight against cancer.
Texans defensive end Dylan Horton announced Monday that he’s in remission after leaving his team last year to seek treatment for Stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. The team posted Horton’s positive update, relaying the 23-year-old’s wishes to make a miraculous comeback to the league.
It’d be the second time a Houston Texans player makes an astonishing comeback after wideout John Metchie III’s acute promyelocytic leukemia diagnosis in 2022.

The New England Patriots and former Washington Commanders quarterback Jacoby Brissett have agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal.
The contract is worth up to $12 million including incentives, as reported by NFL’s Tom Pelissero, and will be finalized once the new league year begins Wednesday.
Brissett, a third-round pick by New England in the 2016 NFL draft, returns to Foxborough eight years later as an established veteran. The 31-year-old journeyman suited up for the Commanders in 2023, recording 224 passing yards and three touchdowns in three games.

NFL free agency hasn’t officially begun, and yet it’s already on its way toward being over.
On the first day of legal tampering, the NFL went berserk with moves, ranging from a handful of key re-signings such as Grover Stewart and A.J. Epenesa, to major movement such as Kirk Cousins to the Atlanta Falcons and Christian Wilkins joining the Las Vegas Raiders.
But which teams, and players, won and lost? Who should be jubilant and who should be crushed? There are plenty of results to parse.

Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college basketball (dancing shoes sold separately at the Morehead State Eagles, Longwood Lancers, Stetson Hatters and Drake Bulldogs):
Rearranging the top seed line
The final weekend of the regular season produced some noteworthy outcomes in showdown games. They left the NCAA men’s tournament selection committee with a couple of questions to consider with its No. 1 seeds:
Question one: Did the Houston Cougars (1) pulverizing the Kansas Jayhawks move them to the No.

Two current WWE executives were identified in a sex trafficking lawsuit filed in January against former chair Vince McMahon and former top official John Laurinaitis.
WWE President Nick Khan and COO Brad Blum were identified as Corporate Officers Nos. 1 and 2 on Monday. Stephanie McMahon, Vince’s daughter and former chair and co-CEO of WWE, was identified as Corporate Officer No. 3. Brian Nurse, former WWE general counsel, was identified as Corporate Officer No. 4.
Front Office Sports first reported the identifications, which were later confirmed to Fox News Digital.

New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen delivered a seismic trade capable of helping fans forget about that ex-running back who left for a rival team.
The New York Giants defense received a major upgrade after acquiring franchise DE Brian Burns, 25, from the Carolina Panthers via trade Monday afternoon. 
Schoen orchestrated a huge contract extension to land Burns, agreeing to sign the star pass rusher on a new five-year deal, worth $150 million ($87.5 million guaranteed).