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A Red Bull is starting on pole for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but Max Verstappen isn’t behind the wheel of it.
Nope, the Red Bull that topped the time sheets has two 1s on it and belongs to Sergio Perez. While Perez was in parc fermé getting interviewed, Max’s ride was getting dragged back to the garage.
And with that, kids, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix just got very interesting.
That’s because the reigning world champ will start deep in the field. He’ll line up in P15 after his RB19 showed a rare moment of weakness by crapping out on track with a mechanical issue.

Head coach Bill Self will not be on the sidelines for the Kansas Jayhawks second-round game against Arkansas.
Self is recovering from a recent heart procedure, which kept him out of the first-round game against Howard as well.
READ: KANSAS UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES AS BILL SELF MISSES FIRST-ROUND GAME AFTER HEALTH ISSUE
He complained about chest tightness and balance issues, then underwent a heart catheterization procedure last week.
Self had two stents placed to treat blocked arteries, before being released earlier this week from the UK Health System.

The Lakers star weighed in on his performance in Friday’s game against Dallas.
Lakers star Anthony Davis placed much of the blame on his shoulders for Los Angeles’s last-second loss to the Mavericks on Friday night.
Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber nailed a game-winning three-pointer for Dallas with 0.2 seconds remaining in regulation. While Davis handled his responsibility of closing out on Kleber, his defensive impact on the final possession was not enough to force a Kleber miss on the three-point attempt.

The Knights scored the largest point-spread upset in men’s NCAA Tournament history.
Fairleigh Dickinson’s stunning upset of Purdue in the first round of the men’s NCAA tournament busted brackets across the country, as the lowest-seeded team in the field defeated a team that had spent seven weeks this season ranked No. 1.
However, it also made one bettor very wealthy.
A bettor placed $33,000 on the Knights to defeat the Boilermakers at +1500 odds Friday evening, according to a Saturday morning tweet from Darren Rovell of The Action Network.

Absolutely not, Friar Dom.
No. 11 Providence’s men’s NCAA tournament run came to a quick close on Friday, as the Friars fell to No. 6 Kentucky 61–53. 
It is no surprise that those around the program took the loss pretty hard in the immediate aftermath. While players and coaches pour everything they have into their sport when March Madness comes around, the same goes for others who invest the team, including fans, cheerleaders, members of the band and, of course, the mascot.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
The Major League Baseball regular season hasn’t even started and yet there is an ominous feeling coming from Mets fans that something seems off.
The latest incident came on Friday when their star outfielder Brandon Nimmo appeared to get his cleat stuck in the dirt as he was sliding into second base, causing him to suffer a leg injury.
Nimmo immediately went down and began grabbing his leg, as the Mets training staff and manager Buck Showalter jogged over to him surely thinking “You’ve got to be kidding me.

The wide receiver is currently a free agent.
With most NFL free agents off the board, Odell Beckham Jr. is once again the most prominent player on the market. The veteran recently worked out for teams as he tries to prove he is fully recovered from his torn ACL.
Even if he is healthy, there is a question of how much Beckham is worth on the open market. ProFootballTalk reported that Beckham Jr. is looking for at least $20 million a year on his next deal.

Hindsight is 20/20, but maybe we all should’ve jumped on the Fairleigh Dickinson wagon before it took off like a rocket ship Friday night?
One brave soul took the leap ahead of time, placed $33,000 bucks on FDU to upset Purdue, and casually woke up this morning with $495,000 in his or her bank account.
Not a terrible way to start the holiday weekend!

A bettor placed a $33,000 wager on Fairleigh Dickinson to beat Purdue.
It netted $495,000.@DKSportsbook has confirmed the authenticity of this bet.
(H/T @zachkoval) pic.twitter.

Kansas head coach Bill Self will miss Saturday’s NCAA tournament game against Arkansas as he continues to recover from a heart procedure last week, the school announced.

Cathy Lee was a Pan Am Games silver medalist in judo in 1991.
The biggest upset in college sports involving Purdue Friday evening might not have taken place on the hardwood.
In the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships in Tulsa, Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee suffered a shocking upset loss in the 125-pound semifinals to Purdue’s Matt Ramos. Lee is considered one of the most dominant collegiate wrestlers in history, and Ramos’s last-second pin denied him a record-tying fourth straight national championship.