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Are Joel Embiid’s recent dominant performances enough to move him past Nikola Jokic on FOX Sports’ NBA MVP Meter?

Breaking down the major signings as they happen, including quarterbacks Daniel Jones, Geno Smith and Derek Carr.
NFL free agency hasn’t officially started, but the contracts are rolling in.
With the franchise-tag deadline behind us, the next item on the NFL’s calendar is the onset of legal tampering, which kicks off at noon ET Monday. Contracts signed by players with new clubs don’t become official until 4 p.m. ET March 15, the start of the new league year.
This offseason’s crop of free agents are led by defensive stars, many of whom will be in high demand early in the process.

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Trying to sign Brady could have a bigger cost than losing a draft pick.
The Ravens made the move many of us saw coming on Wednesday by putting the franchise tag on Lamar Jackson. Where this got interesting is how Baltimore chose to use their non-exclusive tag, essentially allowing any team to negotiation with their quarterback when the 2023 league year officially starts.
With every QB-needy team being asked whether they’re interested in Jackson the league appears to be circling the wagons.

There are always NCAA teams who are glaringly more dangerous than their middling seeds suggest.

Baltimore isn’t the only team wrestling with its Lamar Jackson questions. Now, other QB-needy teams have to think about the pros and cons the former MVP brings.

A season ago, Miami was on the verge of making the NBA Finals. This time around, things are different.
A season ago, the Heat were the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and the No. 1 three-point shooting team in the NBA, and they came one Jimmy Butler three away from potentially making the Finals. Fast forward to March 2023, and Miami is fighting to stay out of the play-in. The Heat are the No. 27 three-point shooting team in the NBA and looking up at all their younger, hotter conference rivals.

Panama took on Chinese Taipei in pool play at the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Panama broke its 30-inning scoreless streak in the WBC in the fourth inning by putting five runs on the board. Panama was led by Jonathan Araúz who drove in three runs while Taipei was led by Nien-Ting Wu who hit the first home run of the WBC. Panama would go on to win 12-5 and claimed the first ever WBC win for Panama.

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Of course, it was up to Kelly Oubre Jr. to dethrone the NBA’s hottest team.
Are the NBA’s nightly slates getting busier and busier, or is it just me? It feels like there is more basketball to watch than ever — perhaps that’s just because the product is so unbelievably entertaining, more often than not.

The Lakers honored the Spanish big man at halftime of Tuesday’s win over his first NBA franchise, the Memphis Grizzlies.

The former NFL wide receiver had a deeply personal message for the Grizzlies star amid a recent string of controversies off the court.
Ja Morant has been at the center of controversy this week after appearing to brandish a firearm in a nightclub in an Instagram Live early Saturday morning, prompting numerous figures around the sports world to weigh in on the recent actions of the Grizzlies star. The latest to do so was Plaxico Burress, who offered up his own history as a cautionary tale for Morant.