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After battling with the Wisconsin Badgers over the past month about entering his name into the transfer portal, after signing an agreement with the school regarding revenue-sharing, wide receiver Xavier Lucas has now withdrawn from school and enrolled at Miami. 
This has the makings to be one of the most groundbreaking moves we’ve seen in college athletics when it comes to how the transfer portal works, and could lead to significant changes in the future.

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The Sun cored Alyssa Thomas and offered restricted DiJonai Carrington a qualifying offer.
The Connecticut Sun have officially cored 11-year veteran Alyssa Thomas, per the WNBA transactions page. That means that the 5-time All-Star will be offered a one-year contract at the WNBA’s highest possible salary ($249,244) — and that she’s unable to negotiate with other teams as a free agent this offseason.

Alex Ovechkin is closing in on Wayne Greetzky’s all-time goals record, and he pulled within 21 goals of passing the Great One with an overtime game-winner on Thursday night against the Ottawa Senators.
However, that goal turned out to be a record-breaker.
That goal — which was scored on Senators rookie netminder Leevi Merilainen — meant that Ovechkin has now scored on more goalies than any other player in NHL history.
Another clutch goal brings his career total to 874.

Somewhat recently, a bronze medal from the 2024 Paris Olympics hit the auction block, but if you were in the market for something of the gold variety, I’m afraid you just missed out because a pretty cool medal just sold for a cool half a million dollars.
According to the Associated Press, a gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis — the first on US soil — went up for auction in Boston and sold for $545,371.