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Baker Mayfield was one of the more pleasant surprises in fantasy football last year. Left undrafted (or at best, a late-round pick), Mayfield went on to finish 10th in points among quarterbacks in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In fact, he ranked ahead of much more highly touted fantasy options at quarterback such as Tau Tagovailoa, Trevor Lawrence and even superstar Justin Herbert.
Mayfield picked a great time to have his best NFL season, as he had signed just a one-year deal with the Bucs. Now a free agent, the former No.

Paul Skenes – known to some as the boyfriend of Olivia Dunne, and others as the most recent No. 1 overall pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates – came out of the gates firing piss missiles yesterday. 
The former LSU ace made his spring training debut Thursday, and more than lived up to the billing – both as the next Nolan Ryan AND Livvy’s blue-collar boyfriend. 
Skenes topped 100 MPH four times in his only inning of work, which included a matchup with former No. 1 pick Jackson Holliday and star catcher Adley Rutschman. 
Elite pitcher and, more importantly, an elite mustache.

Conference commissioners outside the Big Ten and SEC have a big decision to make over the next few weeks as the college football playoff decides on how to move forward with a 14-team playoff starting in 2026.

The start of March was delayed a day thanks to the leap year, but it’s now time for the madness to commence. The first round of the men’s NCAA Tournament tips off three weeks from yesterday and the defending national champion UConn Huskies are the team to beat. Though coach Dan Hurley’s team is No. 3 in the AP poll and KenPom and No. 4 in NET rankings, the Huskies (+500) are the betting favorites to cut down the nets again this April in Arizona.
No men’s team has won back-to-back titles since the Florida Gators in 2006-07.

The New England Patriots enter the NFL offseason with a lot of work to do to improve upon their 4–13 record from 2023. New coach Jerod Mayo implied in January that the team was therefore prepared to make splashes in free agency.
“We’re bringing in talent, 1,000%,” Mayo said on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show. “We have a lot of cap space and cash. We’re ready to burn some cash!”
However, at the NFL scouting combine, Mayo walked back his comments. The first-year head coach admitted that he shouldn’t have used the phrase “burn some cash” a month ago.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James scored 31 points and added nine assists and four rebounds on 50% shooting in Thursday’s 134–131 victory over the Washington Wizards.
James’s continued ability to play at an elite level at 39 years old has captivated the NBA world, including his teammates. Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell gave glowing reviews about James and what it’s like to watch him continue to inspire fans of the game of basketball.
“He’s the first person I saw play in the NBA, to be honest,” Russell told reporters after Thursday night’s overtime win.

Running back Alexander Mattison, who struggled after taking over for Dalvin Cook as the lead back last season, has been told by the Vikings that he will be released, a source told ESPN.

Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy says leading the Wolverines to 27 victories in his 28 career starts is a stat that he can use in his favor when talking to interested NFL teams.

A source tells ESPN that the New Orleans Saints plan to cut safety Marcus Maye as part of a series of moves to become salary cap-compliant.

Anthony Kim, who last played on the PGA Tour at the 2012 Wells Fargo Championship before he walked away from golf after a series of injuries, was last in the 54-man field at LIV Golf Jeddah after carding a 6-over 76.