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• College Sports Commission Overstated NIL Deals By $44.4M
The College Sports Commission (CSC) issued a correction Friday, saying it had overstated the value of name, image, likeness (NIL) deals it had cleared by more than $40 million in a data set released a day earlier. College Sports Commission Blames Deloitte The CSC is responsible for approving contracts worth $600 or more between college […] The post College Sports Commission Overstated NIL De...2025
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• College Sports Commission Approves Nearly $80M Worth of NIL Contracts
The new College Sports Commission (CSC) has cleared more than 8,300 name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals worth nearly $80 million, it announced Thursday in its first full update. College Sports Commission Tasked With Approving NIL Deals The CSC is responsible for approving contracts worth $600 or more between college athletes and third-party companies. Schools […] The post College Sports Co...2025
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• Dawn Staley Admits to Using Legal Tool to Control NIL Arguments in Gamecocks Locker Room
Dawn Staley explains her approach to managing NIL deals, player NDAs, and recruiting challenges while keeping South Carolina’s program within budget....2025
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• Matthew Golden’s Contract, Salary, and Net Worth: How Much Is the Packers’ Rookie WR Making?
Matthew Golden, Packers’ rookie WR, earns $4.4M and holds major NIL deals with Under Armour, Rockwood Alliances, and more....2025
• NIL Deals Could Make Bill Self, Will Wade Frontrunners for 2026 Standout Deron Rippey Jr., Says Insider
One insider says NIL ties to Adidas could make Kansas' Bill Self and NC State's Will Wade leading candidates for 5-star PG Deron Rippey Jr....2025
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• Similarity in Archie Manning and Patrick Mahomes’ Statements Visible as Arch Manning’s NFL Draft Future Becomes Clear
Grandfather Archie’s NFL Draft comments about Arch Manning echo Patrick Mahomes’ media playbook as NIL deals reshape his path at Texas....2025
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• Don’t be surprised if Rams get crack at Arch Manning in 2026

Ricardo B. Brazziell/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The L.A. Rams have 2 shots at a first round QB and Arch Manning is already the biggest name in the draft We have a long ways to go before making any possible connections between the L.A. Rams and Texas quarterback Arch Manning, but there are two narratives going on that deserve a little bit more attention and need...2025
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• Teams Have Serious Concerns About Depth Of 2025 NBA Draft Beyond Top-2

The 2025 NBA Draft early entry list has been released, revealing a much smaller pool of 106 early entrants compared to 195 last year. This significant decrease is primarily attributed to the growing influence of NIL deals in college basketball. Cooper Flagg is the consensus No. 1 pick regardless of which team secures the top selection on lottery night. The Duke freshman and national player of the ...2025
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• Dawn Staley, Paige Bueckers and others around the women’s NCAA Tournament offer support to JuJu Watkins after awful injury

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images Players and coaches like Dawn Staley and Paige Bueckers reached out to JuJu Watkins after her season-ending knee injury in March Madness. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — She’s not playing in the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games this weekend, but so many of the people around women’s college basketball are still talking about USC’s JuJu Watkins. The superstar sophomore g...2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Tyler Shough, Louisville

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images There’s a reason why Shough is generating a buzz Some NFL quarterback prospects are heralded as future pros before they even graduate high school. Others, however, need time and opportunity for their talents to be recognized. Their paths can be long and winding as they pursue their dreams of playing in the NFL. Few can compare to the odyssey endured by Loui...2025
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• Swatting shots, blocking bugs: This Big 12 star has the perfect NIL deal as March Madness begins

Chris Jones-Imagn Images Darianna Littlepage-Buggs is leading Baylor into the NCAA Tournament and has a new NIL deal with Raid. Spring is here, which means two things. March Madness is underway indoors, on college basketball courts across the country. And outdoors, it’s getting warmer, and the bugs are out. To help promote its ant and roach killer 13-week protection spray, Raid enlisted th...2025
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• The Linc - Nick Sirianni talks about “selflessness” in giving up offensive control

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 7/15/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... The Rebranding Of Eagles’ Coach Nick Sirianni - SIWhat changed was the basic instinct of survival. “I love [my offense] but I think at the end of the day you have to do what you think is best for the team,” Sirianni admitted to SI.com’s Eagles Today. “And I thi...2024
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• Pre-Snap Reads 5/13: ESPN’s Mina Kimes on how Ryan Grubb can help Geno Smith

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Read! In Today’s Links: what are the remaining roster holes in our Seattle Seahawks’ roster?; Grubb on Haynes; Dre’Mont’s untapped potential, and more. Dive into the links. The water is fine. Make sure it’s been 30 minutes since you’ve eaten before jumping in. Take care of yourselves. #np The Set OST by Sven Libaek Seahawks News Dre'Mont Jones woul...2024
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• Instant reactions: Trades and defensive selections headline Day 2 of 2024 NFL Draft

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images A high volume of trades and impressive amount of defenders in the trenches and secondary headline Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft. Oh—and the Denver Broncos drafted Utah standout Jonah Ellis to bolster their EDGE group. The first round of the 2024 NFL Draft was packed with a bunch of surprises and that theme continued into Friday night’s Day 2 festivities. ...2024
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• Report: Ravens hosted LSU Defensive Tackle Maason Smith for a pre-draft visit

Matthew Dobbins-USA TODAY Sports The Ravens are among several teams interested in the projected early-to-mid-round with elite athletic traits. Adding more depth and competition to the interior defensive line isn’t nearly as big a need for the Baltimore Ravens heading into the 2024 NFL Draft as their interior offensive counterparts, particularly at guard. By extending Pro Bowl defensive tac...2024
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• Weekend Rumblings - News for April 6, 2024

Photo by Reed Hoffmann/Getty Images Be .500. The Royals were pumped after a late win to get back to .500 for the first time in nearly two years. “It feels incredible,” said Brady Singer, who tossed 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball. “Games like that are games we need to win and went out there and won. It was really good. I love these guys. It’s really fun and it’s a great team and obviously w...2024
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• American Entries in Australian Open, AO Junior Champions Jamrichova and Sakamoto Receive Qualifying Wild Cards; 2022 Wimbledon Girls Champion Hovde to Join Duke; Anna Frey's NIL Deals with Head and FILA

As usual, I'll be taking several days off for the Christmas holiday, before returning to follow the USTA Winter Nationals, which begin Saturday in Orlando (16s and 18s) and San Antonio (12s and 14s). But I wanted to post the Australian Open entry lists and a couple of other items before that brief vacation.Last week the qualifying fields for the Australian Open were announced, two weeks after the...2024
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"Cooper Flagg's NIL deals reached staggering '$28 million' in one year at Duke, per report"

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• College Sports Commission Overstated NIL Deals By $44.4M
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• Good Players Are Still Available

You may have landed here thinking that I was going to be talking about unsigned NHL and AHL players that could help professional team rosters. While it's true that there are still good players available at that level who are free agents, that's not the point of this article. Instead, we've all heard and seen the news that the top CHL players are opting to head south to the NCAA where they can get ...2025
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• Jaguars 2025 State of the Roster: Safeties

Photo by Logan Bowles/Getty Images The biggest question mark defensively for the Jaguars may be this year’s safety room. It’s no secret the Jacksonville Jaguars were deficient on defense last season, and especially so when it came to stopping the pass. A lot of that was due to problems with the team’s safeties. In this week’s edition of the state of the roster, we are taking a look at a r...2025
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• Unrivaled Changed Their Initial NIL Plan Featuring Azzi Fudd, JuJu Watkins, and Others After Offers Were Accepted
Unrivaled signs 14 top women’s college basketball stars, including JuJu Watkins and Azzi Fudd, in NIL deals after all invitees accepted their offers....2025
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• Cam Newton Backs Deion Sanders, Gets Real About NIL ‘Sharks,’ Says HC Wouldn’t Let Anyone Handle His Sons
Cam Newton defends Deion Sanders' call for college football salary caps, exposing unregulated agents exploiting young athletes in NIL deals....2025
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• While hooping at an HBCU, the daughter of Deion Sanders deals with diabetes and dreams about flag football

Shelomi Sanders at the Dexcom U Signing Day Camp in Baltimore on Friday, July 11, 2025. Sanders is one of many college athletes who grapple with diabetes. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Shelomi Sanders, the daughter of the NFL legend and Colorado coach, says she “would definitely be playing” flag football if it were more widely available a few years ago. BALTIMORE — Shelomi Sanders belongs...2025
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• ‘We Could See a College Basketball GM Hit $1M+’ — Jim Tanner’s North Carolina Deal Signals New Era of NIL, Teams’ General Managers
Jim Tanner’s $850,000 UNC contract marks a new high for college basketball GMs as NIL deals reshape the sport’s financial landscape....2025
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• Caitlin Clark vs. Cooper Flagg: Who Is Richer? Comparing the Mavericks and Fever Stars’ Net Worth, Career Earnings, NIL Deals
Caitlin Clark and Cooper Flagg’s net worth, salaries, and endorsement deals are compared as both stars rise in their respective leagues....2025
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• A top SEC women’s basketball player is now without a team. Can she enter the transfer portal?

Photo by Carly Mackler/Getty Images Khamil Pierre is out at Vanderbilt. Despite the transfer portal being closed, loopholes may allow her to play next season. Despite being left off the All-SEC Team by the league’s coaches this past season, Vanderbilt forward Khamil Pierre was one of the best players in perhaps the most talented conference in women’s college basketball during the 2024-25 c...2025
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• While hooping at an HBCU, the daughter of Deion Sanders deals with diabetes and dreams about flag football
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• With NFL support, NCAA interest and Olympics ahead, a D3 league offers a glimpse into the future of women’s flag football

Marymount’s Samantha Bulik stretches the ball across the pylon while having her flagged pulled by Eastern’s Damiyae Moyet in the Atlantic East Championship for women’s flag football on Saturday, April 26, 2025, in Arlington, Va. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Often touted as the fastest growing sport, flag football will debut at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, a Division I...2025
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• Teams Have Serious Concerns About Depth Of 2025 NBA Draft Beyond Top-2
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• The best women’s basketball player remaining in the transfer portal is going to an SEC rival

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images South Carolina’s MiLaysia Fulwiley will join Kim Mulkey and Flau’Jae Johnson at LSU. The schedules for women’s basketball in the SEC won’t be released for a few more months, but when they come out folks will want to circle one matchup that just got a whole lot more interesting: South Carolina at LSU. It’s difficult to call this series a true rivalry be...2025
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• Dawn Staley, Paige Bueckers and others around the women’s NCAA Tournament offer support to JuJu Watkins after awful injury
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Tyler Shough, Louisville
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• Swatting shots, blocking bugs: This Big 12 star has the perfect NIL deal as March Madness begins
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• Hailey Van Lith’s third act: transfer check in

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images How some of the most prominent college basketball transfers are doing this season. Change is the only constant in life, and college basketball is no different. Years ago, a player’s main decision was what college to play for. Once that was decided and the athlete signed, they would play there for three or four years. The idea of transferring penalized the s...2024
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• EA College Football 25 will let you create burner accounts to defend your athlete from online trolls

Time to channel your inner KD. A new blog from the folks at EA Sports outlines the “Road to Glory” mode, in which you take a player from high school all the way through their college career. A lot of the details we already knew, or assumed would be in the game like signing playing your way from recruit to starter, or inking NIL deals — but there’s some wild elements we never saw coming. In additio...2024
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• Similarity in Archie Manning and Patrick Mahomes’ Statements Visible as Arch Manning’s NFL Draft Future Becomes Clear
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• While hooping at an HBCU, the daughter of Deion Sanders deals with diabetes and dreams about flag football
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• LSU 5-Star WR Tristen Keys Secures Major Adidas NIL Deal, Shares Big Dreams for Hometown Kids
LSU commit Tristen Keys lands one of Adidas’ rare NIL deals, worth up to $1M, and vows to inspire kids from Hattiesburg to chase greatness....2025
• Texas QB Arch Manning Comes to Mature Realization in Chat With Father, Cooper, Over $6,500,000 NIL Deals
Texas QB Arch Manning shows rare maturity, managing his $6.5M NIL wisely with guidance from his father, focusing on team, growth, and earning respect before endorsements....2025
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• With NFL support, NCAA interest and Olympics ahead, a D3 league offers a glimpse into the future of women’s flag football
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• WrestleMania 41 changed WWE in these 8 ways

Photo by Andrew Timms/WWE via Getty Images WrestleMania 41’s biggest takeaways, from title changes to stunning betrayals to most memorable matches The “season” ended for WWE this weekend with WrestleMania closing all its longstanding storylines, and introducing new ones. There were title changes, stunning betrayals, and a few memorable matches in an event which otherwise, well, fell a litt...2025
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• Dawn Staley, Paige Bueckers and others around the women’s NCAA Tournament offer support to JuJu Watkins after awful injury
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Tyler Shough, Louisville
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• Swatting shots, blocking bugs: This Big 12 star has the perfect NIL deal as March Madness begins
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• Nike signs Bronny James, DJ Wagner, Caitlin Clark, other high school and college stars to NIL deals

Nike has signed another member of the James family...2022
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• Bronny Leads List of Most Valuable Amateur Athletes By Very Long Way
Bronny James leads a new list that ranks the amateur athletes pulling in the most cash from name, image and likeness (NIL) deals. Despite some other huge names of the list, Bronny is still twice as valuable as the second-placed Arch Manning, the nephew of legendary quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning. He’s also earning more […] The post Bronny Leads List of Most Valuable Amateur Athlet...2023
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• Which quarterbacks in the 2023 NFL Draft could be the next Brock Purdy?
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports We’ve heard a lot about the top quarterbacks in the 2023 draft, but these 5 players could also make an impact. While it is unlikely that the NFL will ever see another story exactly like Brock Purdy’s, a quarterback who was literally the last pick of the draft and then as a rookie leads a team into the NFC Championship game and nearly the Super Bowl if no...2023
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• Why ESPN’s women’s basketball studio show squad is entertaining us all

Chiney/Instagram From the honestly to the analysis, the ESPN women’s basketball studio time has been as hyped up as the play on the court. Elle Duncan and Andraya Carter are surprised themselves on the hype of their studio show. If you were to take a search on social media about the excitement around the current state of women’s college basketball, you won’t just find fans talking about th...2024
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• Caitlin Clark is multi-millionaire from NIL deals, and it’s only going up

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images Clark is winning. Caitlin Clark is one of the greatest women’s basketball players of all-time. She’s also definitely the wealthiest. The Iowa star arrived at the perfect time to capitalize on NIL rules hitting college sports, and it’s made her a millionaire. A lot has been made of Clark’s eventual jump to the WNBA, specifically the money she’ll be making. ...2024
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• Patrick Mahomes admits he may have delayed NFL career if NIL deals were around during Texas Tech tenure

Mahomes was selected No. 10 overall during the 2017 NFL Draft...2024
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• UConn’s road losing streak to ranked teams is men’s college basketball’s weirdest skid

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images UConn men’s basketball can do anything but beat a good team on the road. Men’s college basketball hasn’t seen a program win back-to-back national championships since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, and the Florida Gators accomplished the task in 2006-2007. While several teams have come close over the ensuing years, it feels like these UConn Huskies might have t...2024
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• Why Bronny James’ decision to go to USC is a perfect fit
Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images Bronny James is a perfect fit at USC for these 5 reasons Bronny James has gone from a familial curiosity to a legitimate NBA prospect during his four years of high school at ritzy Los Angeles prep powerhouse Sierra Canyon. James has developed under an intense national spotlight since he first emerged on the grassroots scene ahead of his eighth grade yea...2023
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• How NIL money is impacting the G League and keeping ex-college basketball stars closer to their NBA dreams

Drew Timme had multiple NIL deals at Gonzaga and spent two seasons in the G League before the Nets called him up...2025
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• Unrivaled Changed Their Initial NIL Plan Featuring Azzi Fudd, JuJu Watkins, and Others After Offers Were Accepted
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• While hooping at an HBCU, the daughter of Deion Sanders deals with diabetes and dreams about flag football
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• Don’t be surprised if Rams get crack at Arch Manning in 2026
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• With NFL support, NCAA interest and Olympics ahead, a D3 league offers a glimpse into the future of women’s flag football
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• The best women’s basketball player remaining in the transfer portal is going to an SEC rival
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• Elite Programs Join College Basketball's $10M NIL Club

A select group of college basketball programs have emerged as the leading spenders in the NIL era, with at least ten institutions now operating at or above the $10 million threshold for their men's basketball rosters. Arkansas, BYU, Duke, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, North Carolina, St. John's, and Texas Tech comprise this exclusive tier of programs that have either already committed $...2025
• WrestleMania 41 changed WWE in these 8 ways
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• Nico Iamaleava’s holdout at Tennessee and the NIL rumors surrounding it, explained

Photo by Ian Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The first high-profile holdout in college football is here. The University of Tennessee football team and starting QB Nico Iamaleava are at a bit of an impasse. After rumblings of a rift between the Volunteers’ starter and the team began a few months ago, the first public shot has been fired, with Iamaleava holding himself out of Tennes...2025
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• Dawn Staley, Paige Bueckers and others around the women’s NCAA Tournament offer support to JuJu Watkins after awful injury
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• Cooper Flagg’s NIL Deals vs. NBA Salary: Will the Top 2025 Draft Prospect Make More Money Than At Duke?
Cooper Flagg is generating major NBA Draft buzz—explore how his lucrative NIL deals stack up against his projected rookie salary....2025
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• 2025 NFL Draft quarterback deep dive: Tyler Shough, Louisville
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• Maxx Crosby talks Gardner Minshew, Raider Nation, and more with SB Nation

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Las Vegas Raiders’ pass rusher sat down with us to talk about Eastern Michigan, Antonio Pierce, and much more. Maxx Crosby is one of the most relentless and skilled pass rushers in the NFL today. Not only is he devastating to go up against for four quarters, he’ll rarely leave the field. The three-time Pro Bowler has played 1,000 snaps in consecutive seasons, lea...2024
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• Adrian Wojnarowski retires from ESPN to join St. Bonaventure basketball as GM

Photo by Evan Yu/NBAE via Getty Images Woj announced his journalism retirement in the most shocking Woj Bomb yet Adrian Wojnarowski has been one of the main characters of the NBA over the last decade as the league’s premier newsbreaker. On Wednesday, Wojnarowski unleashed one of his biggest ‘Woj Bombs’ ever: he’s retiring from journalism. The 55-year-old ESPN reporter issued this stat...2024
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• Washington Huskies paid record NIL deal for top transfer portal forward

Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Washington Huskies’ shocking $2 million NIL player payment shows they’re ready for Big Ten Washington Huskies men’s basketball wasted little time hiring a new head coach after firing Mike Hopkins late in the season. The program identified Danny Sprinkle as their top candidate after his tremendous debut season leading Utah State, a...2024
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• UConn’s road losing streak to ranked teams is men’s college basketball’s weirdest skid
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• Caitlin Clark’s crossover superstardom is the greatest show in sports

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Caitlin Clark’s transcendence is changing women’s sports for the better. When Michael Jordan arrived in Paris in 1997 for a preseason corporate showcase known as the McDonald’s Championship, the French press treated his appearance with Christ-like reverence. “Michael Jordan is in Paris,” wrote the local tabloid France-Soir, as memorialized in David Halb...2024
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• Nick Dunlap’s surprising Farmers Insurance Open choice prompts LIV Golf rumors

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Dunlap made a last minute Farmers Insurance Open decision that raised some eyebrows with LIV Golf gossip to ensue. Nick Dunlap made history at The American Express, becoming the youngest amateur to win a PGA Tour event since 1910. He had planned to play at Torrey Pines for the Farmers Insurance Open this week. However, amidst the whirlwind of emotion a...2024
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