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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Miami Marlins pitcher Ryan Weathers will begin the season on the injured list with a left forearm strain, another setback for the team’s starting rotation.
Weathers reported discomfort Tuesday, a day after his most recent outing in spring training, and won’t throw for at least a week or two. He is expected to miss four to six weeks, the Miami Herald and MLB.com reported Thursday.
New manager Clayton McCullough said Weathers has a mild flexor strain but his ulnar collateral ligament is intact, according to MLB.com.
Weathers went 5-6 with a 3.

Rivals100 EDGE Jake Kreul is a priority prospect for multiple top programs in the country, including Florida State.
The Seminoles are one of 12 schools that are battling for Kreul, who is taking a round of visits to all the programs in his top twelve this spring.
But saying one is a top priority and showing it are two different things, and the Florida State coaching staff made sure to show Kreul that he was at the top of the board for the JACK position in Tony White’s defense.
“I got to see how much of a priority I am.

College basketball doesn’t require long rebuilding projects anymore.
The transfer portal and NIL have changed that.
Rosters are flipped all the time.
Teams can go up and down and up again.
Mike White’s first three seasons as coach of Georgia basketball, which ended Thursday with an 89-68 stomping by Gonzaga in the NCAA Tournament first round in Wichita, Kan., were marked by gradual improvement.
That could be lost by the butt-kicking the Bulldogs took by the Zags.
Especially for fans that may have shelled out more than $600 to fly to the game. Gonzaga jumped to a 27-3 lead.

Welcome to the club, Robert Griffin III. 
RGIII posted a sentiment on X Thursday morning that’s at the core of so many of sports media’s problems: they’ve become political shows disguised as “sports.” 
“Sports shows on TV should be about sports not politics,” he posted. 
Gee, as if millions of sports fans haven’t been saying this exact thing for *years* now, as ESPN, once the “Worldwide leader,” has openly championed left-wing politics.

LONDON – Jordan Vucenic’s mentality has made a big shift.
Vucenic (13-3 MMA, 0-1 UFC), a former Cage Warriors champion, returns to the octagon this Saturday against Chris Duncan on the main card of UFC Fight Night 255 (ESPN+), which takes place at The O2 in London. This will be his second fight under the promotion, and he now feels up to par with the other fellow UFC fighters, something he didn’t feel debuting on short notice back in August.
“I think I put the UFC fighters on a pedestal,” Vucenic said at Thursday’s UFC Fight Night 255 media day.

It has been one hell of a week for Josh Berry and Wood Brothers Racing with the former driving the No. 21 Ford Mustang to Victory Lane in the Las Vegas NASCAR Cup Series race, which was one of those wins that made just about everyone happy.
I mean, it’s the Wood Brothers’ No. 21; that car is iconic.
And speaking of iconic, the team announced on Thursday that they will be using a special paint scheme honoring one of the best drivers of all time, the late, great Jim Clark.

The Chargers are hosting veteran tight end Tyler Conklin on a free agent visit, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports.
The Chargers currently have Will Dissly, Tucker Fisk and McCallan Castles on their depth chart at the position.
Conklin, 29, spent the past three seasons with the Jets.
In 2024, he played 16 games with 15 starts, seeing action on 805 offensive snaps. He made 51 catches for 449 yards and four touchdowns.
The Vikings made him a fifth-round pick in 2018, and he spent four seasons in Minnesota.
He signed a three-year, $21 million deal with the Jets in free agency in 2022.

Mar. 20—GRANITEVILLE — Jackson Byrd knows his game is good enough to win the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley.
He has the speed and strength to create scoring opportunities. He has the experience, both at Sage Valley and on the international stage, to get the job done at the highest level. He has the pedigree, coming from one of the state’s foremost golfing families.
All he has left to do is win a gold jacket.
That’s the goal this week for Byrd, a Clemson-bound senior making his third and final appearance at the Junior Invitational.

Fans were given the opportunity to see the Spartans up-and-close on Thursday ahead of Michigan State’s NCAA Tournament first round matchup.
The Spartans held their NCAA Tournament open practice on Thursday afternoon from Rocket Arena in Cleveland. The open practice traditionally gives fans the opportunity to watch Michigan State prepare for their first round matchup against Bryant on Friday The Spartans practice included common basketball drills and out of the norm, but was a cool event for fans in attendance to see Michigan State one day before they play.

Mar. 20—RAPID CITY — For a half and then some, eighth-seeded Spearfish gave the top-seeded Sioux Falls Lincoln boys basketball team all it could handle.
The Patriots then brought the full freight of their No. 1 operation in the second half and buried the Spartans’ upset hopes in a 55-33 victory in the Class AA boys basketball state quarterfinals on Thursday afternoon at the Summit Arena.
The win gives Lincoln 11 wins in a row and puts the Patriots at 21-1 ahead of their Class AA state semifinal tilt against No. 4 Mitchell at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 21.