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The New York Yankees entered spring training with sky-high expectations for the 2024 season. GM Brian Cashman made one of the biggest acquisitions of the offseason, trading for Juan Soto from the San Diego Padres. 
With the return of Aaron Judge, the hope for a bounce-back season from Carlos Rodon and reigning Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole, there were plenty of reasons for optimism. And in just a few days, much of that optimism has evaporated.
Judge went for an MRI for abdominal pain, saying that new swing mechanics after his 2023 toe injury contributed to a new issue.

NASHVILLE, Tenn- The so-called ‘Blue Mist’ of Kentucky fans have made their descent into Nashville, Tennessee, in what has already been a raucous SEC basketball tournament. 
How do you describe the conference tournament located between honky-tonks and party buses filled with drunk bachelorettes? Just an average Thursday in March in one of the best cities in America to host a sporting event. Thousands of fans from opposing teams flock to the Music City in hopes of seeing their favorite team make a run towards a conference title, while also partaking in the madness that is lower Broadway.

It is a day that ends in the letter ‘y,’ so South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has found something to complain about. This specific instance involves a radio host calling one of the South Carolina players, who is from Brazil, a Brazilian.
The ‘incident’ took place during a CBS Sports Minute segment on Thursday when the broadcaster made an admittedly poor effort at promoting the NCAA Women’s Tournament.

As OutKick reported on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. suggested he could pick NFL star Aaron Rodgers as his running mate in a presidential bid, CNN published an “exclusive report” that could more accurately be described as a “hit piece.” 
From Wednesday: CNN says it spoke to two sources – one of whom works for CNN – that claim Rodgers previously told them he believes the mass shooting at Sandy Hook in 2012 did not actually happen.

The Atlanta Falcons are trading quarterback Desmond Ridder to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for wide receiver Rondale Moore, a source told Sports Illustrated‘s Albert Breer.
Ridder became dispensable after the Falcons signed free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins to a four-year deal to become the franchise’s new starting quarterback.
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.

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Ahead of The PLAYERS, Scheffler pointed the finger at members of LIV Golf who decided to leave the PGA Tour.
Scottie Scheffler is coming off a dominating win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and will be looking to go back-to-back at The PLAYERS Championship this week.
Prior to defending his title, Scheffler spoke to the media about a multitude of topics. However, his crushing words about where unhappy fans should direct their anger raised eyebrows.

The Baltimore Ravens’ wisdom in adding running back Derrick Henry as a free agent is easy to understand and hard to question except for one thing: Wear.
No, not as in the purple suit with black shirt and tie Henry wore at his introductory press conference on Thursday.
But as in the 1,920 crushing, violent rushing attempts Henry has subjected his body to since 2017. That number is the highest in the NFL since that time. He’s led the NFL in rushing attempts in four of the last five years and has gone well over 300 careers in a season three times.
It is admittedly a lot of wear.

For decades—actually, for generations—the Detroit Lions were the example of how to do everything wrong in the NFL.
In a league built to avoid dynasties and disasters, the Lions were the latter. From 1958 to 2022, Detroit won a single playoff game. The Motown Kitties constantly hired the wrong people, refused to fire them quickly enough to save themselves from a deeper hole, and then threw the next hire into the pit.
Suddenly, that’s all changing.

Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta completely shut down a rumor Thursday that his team had reached out to the San Francisco 49ers to see whether star wide receiver Deebo Samuel was available for a trade—and he did so with a perfect one-liner. 
“I read The Lorax last week at a local elementary school, and I would probably put that report similar to that,” DeCosta told media members at a Thursday press conference. 
The Lorax, of course, is a fictional children’s book. So, it appears DeCosta didn’t think much of the report from Jason La Canfora of 105.7 The Fan.

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers took to social media Thursday morning to deny reports that he had endorsed conspiracy theories related to the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the past.
“As I’m on the record saying in the past, what happened in Sandy Hook was an absolute tragedy. I am not and have never been of the opinion that the events did not take place,” Rodgers said. “Again, I hope that we learn from this and other tragedies to identify the signs that will allow us to prevent unnecessary loss of life.