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First, the answers everyone wanted about the Kansas City Chiefs White House visit on Friday No, Taylor Swift was not present. And, yes, kicker Harrison Butker was.
The Chiefs’ kicker who stated during a commencement speech at Benedictine College on May 11 that President Biden “is delusional enough to make the sign of the cross during a pro-abortion rally,” stood maybe 10 feet from Biden on Friday afternoon.
Butker was in the back row among Chiefs players gathered on the White House lawn for a ceremony meant to celebrate the Chiefs winning Super Bowl LVIII.

The New Orleans Pelicans have opted not to take the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-round pick in this year’s NBA Draft as part of the Anthony Davis trade. The Pelicans will take the Lakers’ pick next year.

After dispatching the Dallas Mavericks 105-100 on Tuesday in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, the Minnesota Timberwolves did something unusual. The team made none of its star players available afterward for Inside the NBA, TNT’s venerable postgame show.
According to a Friday report from Shams Charania and Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic, there was a reason for that. It had to do with Golden State Warriors forward-turned-TV provocateur Draymond Green.

As they look to move forward from the worst season in franchise history, the Detroit Pistons appear set to let a key executive go.
The Pistons are expected to part ways with general manager Troy Weaver, according to a Friday afternoon report from Shams Charania and James L. Edwards III of The Athletic. Weaver, 56, has served in that role since June 2020.
The move follows Detroit’s reported hiring of New Orleans Pelicans general manager Trajan Langdon as their president of basketball operations.
During Weaver’s four-season tenure, the Pistons never won more than 28% of their games.

The story of Birmingham Southern’s run to the Division III College World Series is one that should be remembered for years to come, and thankfully, that will be the case. 
As the school closed its doors for good on Friday, the baseball team is fighting for a national championship in the Cleveland area, which has caught the attention of folks across the country. 
Luckily, we will have a documentary about the amazing run.

Lexi Thompson during the second round of the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images
After announcing her retirement, Lexi Thompson talked about her career after what could be her final U.S. Women’s Open appearance.
Lexi Thompson did not have her best stuff at the U.S. Women’s Open this week.
But she still had her trademark smile everywhere she went, signed as many autographs as possible, and posed for plenty of pictures, despite finishing at 13-over par and thus missing the cut.
That’s who Thompson is, which explains why she has so many fans.

The Pistons last won a postseason game in 2008 and last made the playoffs in 2019.

The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two other students.

McCaskey has been officiating youth sports since his high school days, and not even the NFL draft will deter him.

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The Road to Omaha begins this weekend with Regional action. Here’s all you need to know
The Road to Omaha begins in earnest this week.
Starting Friday, regional action in the Men’s College World Series begins. While the Men’s College World Series is the most well-known part of the Division I baseball tournament, the 64-team tournament begins this week at various sites throughout the college baseball world.
Here are the teams, schedules, and more as it all gets underway Friday.