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20-loss season may spell end for Juwan Howard at Michigan
One guy did it in his first season in Ann Arbor — before going on to win a pair of regular-season and conference-tournament championships, along with appearing in two national title games. The latest guy is doing it in what might be his last season in Ann Arbor — with one regular-season championship and no Final Fours on his resume.…
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Ex-MLB OF Carlos Gomez looks to qualify for Olympic cycling team
Carlos GomezPhoto: Getty Images Former MLB outfielder Carlos Gomez hit for the cycle twice in his MLB days. Now, he’s trying to make a second career out of it. Kyle Schwarber did something that’s only been done 11 other times in MLB history | Stats That Will Blow Your Mind Gomez is attempting to qualify for the 2024 Olympic track…
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Student-athletes have an advocate in NCAA Prez Charlie Baker
There’s a difference between how things are supposed to work, and how they actually work. And very rarely do the ones in charge publicly address the things that are silently understood, but never spoken about. It’s why what Charlie Baker said this week was so out of the norm. Was the punishment of Tennessee Volunteers football harsh enough? | Agree…
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Steph Curry bests Sabrina Ionescu in their 3-point shootout
The better player won. Steph Curry beat Sabrina Ionescu in their 3-point showdown at the NBA’s All-Star Skills contest last night, 29-26. Hey Shannon Sharpe, the Memphis Grizzlies are the NBA’s Kings of the Ring But don’t look at it as a good player beating a bad player, look at it as an extremely talented, generational player beating another extremely…
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What does it say about America that NFL dominates TV ratings?
The sports world was reminded of two important things over the last few months. One, Taylor Swift’s presence is a game-changer. Two, the people who once claimed they’d never watch the NFL again because Black players kneeled, are bonafide liars. NBA getting ROCKED in the ratings by the NFL Earlier this week, the NFL and CBS announced that Super Bowl…
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Hat-trick Mahomes is the horror-movie monster SF couldn’t kill
Patrick Mahomes’ third Super Bowl came to fruition in conditions most competitors would crumple in. Hat-trick Mahomes earned the nickname with his third championship before 30 came at the tail end of his worst statistical season since he was a freshman at Texas Tech. Who wins the Super Bowl next year? Mahomes numbers in totality are astronomical, but one data…
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WNBA’s age policy is delaying college stars from becoming pros
The men had Kyrie Irving, Jayson Tatum, Zion Williamson, and Anthony Davis. The women should have had Paige Bueckers then, and JuJu Watkins now. But, according to the rules, they can’t. Who will take down #1 South Carolina in the NCAA tournament? Due to the WNBA’s collective bargaining agreement, American players have to be 22 before they can declare for…
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Matt Barnes allegedly told teen he’d ‘slap the s—t’ out of him
Matt Barnes and his two sons in 2017Photo: Getty Images Former NBA player Matt Barnes allegedly told a student announcer at his son’s high school basketball game that he would “slap the s—t” of the teen, according to reports. Is Domantas Sabonis at fault for the Draymond stomp? | Agree to Disagree Matt Barnes, widely known as a “villain” around…
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Carl Weathers was countless Americans’ Happy Place
I just want to start this off by saying, I’m dedicating this piece to Carl Weathers, and if Shooter McGavin tries to claim otherwise, I will rattle off a stream of obscenities that’ll make Lee Trevino shake his head from Garland, Texas. The Commanders hiring Dan Quinn leaves Bill Belichick jobless If Chubbs Peterson isn’t in your dream foursome, you’re…
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Tyrese Haliburton is right about NBA’s 65-game award minimum
Tyrese Haliburton played 22 minutes and change on Tuesday night. A hamstring injury has been nagging him for most of January. Haliburton has missed 10 of the Indiana Pacers’ last 11 games. Usually, there would be no issue with him needing 15-20 games to fully recover from a soft-tissue injury. In fact, at no time in NBA history would that…
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