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Saints GM Mickey Loomis indicated Wednesday that Derek Carr will be the team’s starting quarterback in 2025, saying Carr is “a guy we can win with.

Woody Johnson received a grade of F from Jets players in the NFLPA’s annual team report cards.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer is not on board with the robot umps.
MLB is experimenting with an Automated Ball-Strike challenge system this spring training. And in his first appearance for the Toronto Blue Jays, Scherzer was unsuccessful in his two challenge attempts.
“I’m a little skeptical on this,” the three-time Cy Young winner later told The Athletic. “I get what we’re trying to do here, but I think major league umpires are really good. They’re really good.

INDIANAPOLIS – Deebo Samuel has curiously made a lot of noise and done some strange things since the San Francisco 49ers paid him a big contract in 2022 – the latest a request to be traded because he wants a fresh start.
Well, he’s going to get that fresh start.
Niners general manager John Lynch said Wednesday the club will trade Samuel and his time with the club will be coming to an end after six seasons.

It’s a time of change in the world of sports media rights. Just last week, after decades of partnership, ESPN and Major League Baseball parted ways. Television revenue has taken over college athletics. And traditional broadcast services are being pushed aside in favor of streaming platforms.
Case in point, Amazon Prime Video announced Wednesday that they will have exclusive streaming rights for 21 New York Yankees games on its platform.

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Another Matthew Stafford trade could be in the works.
The 2025 NFL Scouting Combine is underway in Indianapolis and prospects are starting to meet with the media. On Wednesday for example Penn State pass rusher Abdul Carter spoke early in the morning and talked about meeting with all the top teams in the draft as well as his desire to come off the board first in the 2025 NFL Draft.
But perhaps the name at the heart of every conversation is that of Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford.

I’m a simple man with simple desires. 
You know that meme where the guy and the lady are in bed and they’re rolled over on their sides with their backs facing each other and the lady is thinking, “He’s probably thinking about other women…”
Well, you want to know what I’d be thinking about? Getting to ride in that two-seater IndyCar dubbed the Fastest Seat in Sports.

Over the past handful of years, we’ve seen the likes of NBA superstar Steph Curry tee it up in Korn Ferry Tour events and former NFL quarterback Tony Romo try to qualify for the U.S. Open and make a run at qualifying school. While neither have had any real success, it has put this idea in the minds of some folks that athletes from other sports may have what it takes to play golf at the highest level.
Former U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark would like to kill that idea.
Clark, the No.

Kristian Campbell, Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony could soon be fixtures in Boston’s lineup — and the test case for a groundbreaking approach at the plate.

Luke Clanton speaks to the media ahead of the 2025 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches. | Photo by Ben Jared/PGA Tour via Getty Images
Twenty-one-year-old Luke Clanton is two solid rounds away from securing PGA Tour membership.
The great Bobby Jones once simplified competitive golf to a simple albeit famous mantra, “It’s a game played on a five-inch course, the one inside of your head.”
Every week on the PGA Tour, you see how one’s mind takes over a man’s swing.