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Whenever Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James elects to close the curtains on his NBA career, he undoubtedly will waltz into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on a first-ballot induction.
However, as James continues his trek of defying father time in his 21st NBA season, it didn’t stop the four-time NBA champion from asking why active NBA players must retire before entering the hall of fame.
“Why do players have to be retired before going into the HOF?? Coaches get in while still coaching rightfully so.

The Golden State Warriors defeated the Washington Wizards, 129—118, on Friday night at the Chase Center behind 30 points and eight three-pointers from Stephen Curry.
Ho hum. 
But the Warriors’ victory featured an interesting twist in the final seconds, as Wizards guard Ryan Rollins drained a meaningless three-pointer with 1.1 seconds left on the clock, cutting Golden State’s winning margin to 11 points. The triple by Rollins, who played for the Warriors last season, was significant as it allowed the Wizards, 11.5-point underdogs coming into the game, to cover the point spread.

NBA players have been known to occasionally pad their stats during garbage time, allowing them to make their numbers look more robust in the box score. That occasionally includes a shameless and easy move, which is what happened during the Atlanta Hawks–Miami Heat game on Friday.
As the clock wound down of the Heat’s 122–113 victory over the visiting Hawks, Miami center Bam Adebayo had the responsibility to dribble out the clock on the final possession.

The Los Angeles Dodgers already have added Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in free agency this offseason, making them the favorites to win the 2024 World Series. However, they are still coming off a disappointing postseason, as the Arizona Diamondbacks swept them on their way to the National League pennant.
Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen was at the center of Arizona’s playoff run, and he revealed his reaction to Los Angeles’s spending spree in free agency.

The relationship between Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pop star Taylor Swift has become part of the NFL’s daily news flow.
But before things became serious between the two, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and other teammates would poke fun at the eight-time Pro Bowler for dating the music celebrity. 
But in a Talk of the Table interview with CBS on Friday morning, the Chiefs quarterback told host Nate Burleson that he and his teammates stopped teasing Kelce about Swift when she became a familiar face around the team.

The Sooners were full of Grace in 2023, with super-seniors Grace Turk (above) and Grace Green leading the way in the quest for a threepeat. 
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Oklahoma Sooners softball came into 2023 carrying a legacy that could have felt like a burden: The Sooners had won back-to-back championships. They had also just graduated the best player in program history—NCAA home run queen Jocelyn Alo—and had been tasked with integrating a few high-profile transfers.

Ryan Minor, a former two-sport star at Oklahoma and MLB player, died after a battle with cancer Friday at age 49. He is best known for replacing Cal Ripken Jr. in the lineup after Ripken broke MLB’s consecutive-games streak with the Baltimore Orioles in 1998.
Minor played basketball and baseball at Oklahoma, shining in both sports through his four-year college career. In basketball, Minor earned third-team All-America honors and was named Big Eight Player of the Year in 1995.

Former Texas quarterback Maalik Murphy intends to transfer to Duke after making several visits to other schools in the past week, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Murphy, a redshirt freshman who entered the transfer portal Dec. 16, will take his talents to Durham, N.C., and will play for new Blue Devils coach Manny Diaz in 2024. The former five-star recruit emerged as one of the most coveted quarterbacks in the current transfer portal window.
The 6’5”, 238-pound signal-caller will be allowed to play immediately with three seasons of eligibility remaining.

Japanese ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s decision to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers cemented an incredible offseason for the club, which already secured the services of two-way star Shohei Ohtani. While Yamamoto ultimately chose the Dodgers’ 12-year, $325 million offer, which includes potential opt-outs after years six and eight, at least two other finalists made strong efforts to sign the right-handed starter.
Both the New York Yankees and New York Mets gave Yamamoto offers that rivaled the Dodgers’ package, according to reports.

Ryan Minor, the former Baltimore Oriole third baseman that replaced Cal Ripken Jr. on the night his Iron Man streak ended, died last night according to his family after a battle with colon cancer.
Minor was drafted by the Orioles in 1996 before making his MLB debut on September 13th, 1998. Just one week later his name was secured in baseball trivia forever when he was informed by O’s manager Ray Miller that he would be replacing Ripken in the lineup, putting an end to baseball’s most consecutive games played streak at 2,632.