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NFL free agency is less than a week away. Before the fun gets going, though, the franchise tag situation has to be settled with some of the top players set to hit the open market. Teams have until 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday to determine whether they want to use their franchise or transition tag this offseason. Teams can only use one tag, which allows them to match any offer […]

One of the most electric moments in baseball over the last decade didn’t happen in October. It didn’t come under the weight of a 162-game grind, or for the prize of a Commissioner's Trophy. It came in March, with two countries stopping time, holding their breath, as Shohei Ohtani toed the rubber 60 feet and six inches from his then-longtime teammate, Mike Trout. Two of the greatest players in Major […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Fernando Mendoza has a plan. He’s the kind of person who has the answers to that confounding series of interview questions: Where do you see yourself in one year? In five years? And in 10? He is, after all, the guy who finished his business degree at Cal in just three years — before transferring to Indiana to win a national championship and the Heisman Trophy. He knows […]

Real Madrid suffered a catastrophic tactical setback after Brazilian forward Rodrygo Goes was diagnosed with a severe anterior cruciate ligament tear. The crushing news, confirmed by medical scans following their La Liga loss to Getafe, effectively ends his domestic season and tragically rules him out of the upcoming World Cup. Devastating medical verdict confirmed The worst possible fears have been confirmed for Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team. Rodrygo […]

Let’s get one thing straight: the top spot in my men's college basketball Player of the Year Ladder isn't up for debate. Duke freshman forward Cameron Boozer stands alone. But behind him? Absolute mayhem. Illinois freshman guard Keaton Wagler delivered back-to-back impressive outings this past week, going for 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists against UCLA, and then following that up with a team-high 23-points against Michigan. Those performances […]

This year's NFL Draft is interesting for a pretty simple reason: We don't have a ton of great quarterback prospects. Will we see more than one quarterback taken in the first round? I'm not so sure, but there's one quarterback prospect I'm higher on than most. There's some great talent at other positions in this draft class, though. There are a few wide receivers in this year's class that really […]

The top 25 rankings are important for understanding just who is killing it in college basketball, but we can go deeper — all the way to the bubble and beyond. The NCAA Evaluation Tool, or NET, is a rankings system used in Division I basketball to help figure out which teams are going to participate in March Madness. As the NCAA puts it, NET "takes into account game results, strength of […]

Max Scherzer says the note his daughter composed asking the Toronto Blue Jays to re-sign the three-time Cy Young Award winner arose as his kids were writing letters to Santa Claus in December. After Scherzer agreed last week to a $3 million, one-year contract to return to the Blue Jays, his wife posted on Instagram the handwritten note from their 8-year-old daughter, Brooke. "It’s the cutest thing you can possibly […]

The Associated Press announced its national players of the week in men's and women's basketball for Week 17 of the season. On the men's basketball side: Brayden Burries, No. 2 Arizona The 6-foot-4 freshman guard is the first player to earn AP national player of the week honors twice this season after a stellar two-game stretch. Burries led the Wildcats to at least a share of the Big 12 regular-season […]