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1. This last person in the sports world that you would’ve expected to join social media has joined social media. 
After railing against social media for years, Charles Barkley has caved and joined Instagram. Hopefully, Barkley just limits his social media presence to Instagram and stays away from the cesspool that is Twitter.
The news of Barkley, who claimed he joined Instagram for business purposes and that others will run his page, made for excellent fodder on Thursday’s Inside the NBA.

Dollar Dog Nights at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park have gone the way of the dodo after last year’s edition of the beloved promotion featured franks raining down on the stands.
The team announced that Dollar Dog Nights — which were held for 27 years — were done after fans realized that cheap hot dogs doubled as serviceable ammunition and started hucking them around the stadium when the Phillies lost to the Miami Marlins 8-4 on April 11, 2023… a date which will live in mustard and relish-covered infamy.

Ice baths are the new craze these days. It doesn’t matter if you’re an overweight stay-at-home dad who works out six times a year, apparently sitting in a freezing tub for a few minutes immediately makes you healthy and adds time to your life, according to the Internet. 
Given that former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh is a renaissance man who follows all of the new trends, he’s added cold plunges into his life as well and done so in peak Harbaugh fashion.

USC quarterback Caleb Williams says he hasn’t thought about being drafted anywhere but No. 1 in the NFL draft by the Chicago Bears.

The Chargers hired Jim Harbaugh in January. His former NFL and college football players share stories that define the coach’s unorthodox methods.

Tyreek Hill has responded to allegations from a model who says that the Miami Dolphins wide receiver fractured her leg during a football lesson.
Sophie Hall, 35, enrolled her son in the Tyreek Hill Football Camp last May. According to the lawsuit, Hill allegedly began sending Hall flirtatious Instagram messages a day after said enrollment. In June of that same year, Hill paid for the model to fly out to his mansion.
When Hall arrived, Hill was doing drills out at his mansion just outside of Miami. That’s when Hill (allegedly) invited Hall to do some “offensive line” drills.

On Inside the NBA, receiving a fateful “guarantee” of victory from Hall of Fame forward Charles Barkley is akin to a kiss of death.
In 2021, for instance, Barkley went a staggeringly poor 10-for-25 on playoff guarantees—though he did catch fire with five straight correct guarantees in the Eastern Conference finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks.
It turns out that Barkley’s lack of prognostication prowess is not limited to the NBA.

Lil Wayne has always loved the Los Angeles Lakers. But now, it seems the Lakers might not love him back.
The rapper blasted the team in a post on X — saying he was “treated like sh-t” at Thursday night’s game against the Washington Wizards. While Weezy did not say specifically how he was treated poorly, he speculated it had something to do with his previous criticism of Lakers’ big man Anthony Davis.

Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell (13) holds up the trophy after winning the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final against Inter Miami CF at DRV PNK Stadium last season. | Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports
MLS clubs opting out or fielding second-tier sides are not a good look in support of the nation’s oldest soccer tournament
The ongoing feud between Major League Soccer and organizers of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup continues as what appears to be a slow phase out of MLS teams sending their first teams to compete in America’s oldest pro-am soccer tournament is well underway.

INDIANAPOLIS – Caleb Williams came to the NFL scouting combine with one plan: To be the No. 1 overall selection in the April draft. Anything short of that does not merit thought for the Heisman Trophy winning quarterback. 
“It’s not a thought in my mind,” Williams said Friday. “I don’t think that I’m not going to be No. 1. I put in all the hard work, all of the time, effort, energy into being that. 
“I don’t think of a Plan B. That’s kind of how I do things in my life. Stay on Plan A.