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Williams was concerned enough about the Yankees’ rules about beards that he approached Steinbrenner and GM Brian Cashman.

Spring training games are well underway, marking an official end to the 2024-2025 Major League Baseball offseason. The Los Angeles Dodgers “won” the free agency period, the New York Mets arguably came in second, and the Red Sox made some sneaky good acquisitions too.
But there are a number of other teams that not only didn’t “win” the offseason, they signaled to fans that they don’t even remotely care about trying.
The Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent pitcher Andrew Heaney.

Regularly scheduled NHL action is back after a roughly two-week hiatus for the 4 Nations Face-Off, and Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin — fresh off of Team USA during the 4 Nations Face-Off —already has a controversial goal on the board.
The Red Wings got back to business on Saturday afternoon when they hosted the Minnesota Wild and Larkin put Detroit up 2-0 with one of the most bizarre goals of the season.
The Red Wings were on a power play and worked the puck down to Alex DeBrincat who walked it out front and appeared to roof one over Marc-André Fleury.

The Bulldogs are 5-22 overall and 1-15 in the Mountain West.

The Bulldogs are 5-23 overall and 1-16 in the Mountain West.

While the federal government investigates potential gambling activity connected to an NBA case that started with Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter, there are concerns that a number of college basketball programs may be tied up in a potential ring as well. On Saturday, it was reported that Fresno State is investigating potential gambling activity that involves a few Bulldog players. 
Before Fresno State was set to play Air Force today, it was announced that Jalen Weaver and Zaon Collins would not play due to an internal inquiry into betting activity that could involve the players.

The husband of a Baltimore Ravens employee is alleging that former NFL wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. had an affair with his wife.
Tony Martinez took to X on Saturday morning to put Smith Sr., now an employee of NFL Network, on blast. In a post that tagged a variety of people, businesses, and media outlets, including TMZ, ESPN, Antonio Brown, YETI Coolers and others, Martinez wrote:
“My wife works for the Marching Ravens @Ravens She met Steve Smith Sr at work. Steve Smith has been (expletive) my wife. I got receipts, I got a lot more homie.

Southern California is still dealing with the aftermath of the terrible wildfires that destroyed entire neighborhoods last month, and not long after the disaster occurred, the Los Angeles Kings announced plans to hold a celebrity hockey game.
Well, now we know who is playing in that game, and there are some big names spread out across four teams.
The event is called Skate for LA Strong and was announced last month by actor Will Arnett and Kings president Luc Robitaille, and is set to take place on Sunday.

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With the Rams giving Matthew Stafford permission to gauge his trade value, here are 6 teams that might pick up the phone
In January of 2021 a trade involving Matthew Stafford rocked the NFL landscape.
Could that happen again?
That winter the Detroit Lions parted ways with Stafford, sending him to the Los Angeles Rams in a blockbuster deal that included then-Rams starting quarterback Jared Goff.

Wisconsin basketball fans are in a state of rage and shock after a stunning Saturday afternoon loss to Oregon.
The Badgers blew a 17-point lead to the Ducks at home to lose in overtime 77-73. It was one of the sloppiest and most disgraceful meltdowns I’ve ever seen.
It was almost like the Badgers were priding themselves on throwing the game away with turnovers and zero creativity on offense.
All the momentum Greg Gard’s team had built up seems to have been lit on fire Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center.