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🏀 Clark states: Caitlin Clark declared for the WNBA draft, giving up an additional yr of NCAA eligibility.
⚽️ 4-year doping ban: Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba is dealing with a four-year ban from soccer after testing constructive for testosterone.
🌭 No extra greenback canine: After a 27-year streak, the Phillies are dropping their common “Greenback Canine Evening” promotion, partly attributable to unruly fan conduct.
🏈 Bettors love three-peat: Virtually 30% of the cash wagered on the winner of Tremendous Bowl LIX is on the Chiefs (+750), even if the 49ers have one of the best odds (+650).
🏈 The three-Three-2-2-1 mannequin
With the school soccer playoff ultimately increasing to 14 groups, a brand new “Three-Three-2-2-1” format is being floated among the many convention's principal directors.
Particulars: Beneath that plan, first reported by Yahoo Sports activities, the Huge Ten and SEC would every obtain three automated qualifiers in a 14-team area, with the ACC and Huge 12 receiving two every and the highest Group of 5 staff qualifying, additionally.
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Three at-large bids would go to the highest-ranked groups exterior of the automated qualifiers.
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The SEC and Huge Ten champions would have unique rights to the 2 first-round picks, in line with one model.
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The format would start in 2026 as a part of a brand new CFP tv contract.
Backside line: This mannequin would create larger stakes for the common season and make the convention standings extra necessary as Energy Four colleges will make automated bids. However it will make convention championship video games much less related than ever.
🏀 Boston's historic dominance
celtics, the highest staff in our newest NBA energy rankings is having a traditionally dominant season.
How dominant? Boston is outscoring opponents by 10.43 factors per sport, which is on tempo for the 10th-best mark ever and places them in elite firm alongside among the greatest groups in NBA historical past.
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Six of the groups earlier than the Celtics received the championship that season.
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Boston is at present the favourite for the title at BetMGM (+240), properly forward of the Nuggets (+450).
Additional studying: Why Kristaps Porziņģis is the centerpiece of the Celtics' title hopes
⚽️ The Premier League's three-horse race
Liverpool, Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal are separated by simply two factors with 12 video games remaining, making a uncommon three-team race for the Premier League title, Jeff writes.
flashback: Barring a dramatic reshuffle, Liverpool (60 factors), Manchester Metropolis (59) and Arsenal (58) may develop into simply the fourth trio in Premier League historical past to complete inside 4 factors of one another on the prime of the desk.
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2013-14: Manchester Metropolis (86), Liverpool (84), Chelsea (82)
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2007-08: Manchester United (87), Chelsea (85), Arsenal (83)
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1998-99: Manchester United (79), Arsenal (78), Chelsea (75)
Wanting forward: All three groups have related remaining schedules, together with robust video games towards fourth-placed Aston Villa and fifth-placed Manchester United.
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Arsenal have the best remaining highway of the trio, with simply six video games towards prime 10 golf equipment.
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Metropolis have the hardest highway, with eight video games within the prime 10, but additionally the largest alternative to create distance: they face Liverpool subsequent weekend and Arsenal on the finish of March.
darkish horse: Aston Villa, who final received England's prime flight in 1981, are inside putting distance of eight factors from prime. They usually nonetheless have video games towards all three favourites.
🐊 In photographs: The Florida Man Video games
Inaugural Florida Individuals Video games happened final weekend in St. Augustine, Florida, showcasing one of the best (or worst?) of what the Sunshine State has to supply, Jeff writes.
Impressed by the weird titles involving Floridians discovering distinctive methods to get in hassle with the regulation, the competitors was the brainchild of native radio character Pete Melfi. “We're giving an individual the chance to dwell a day within the lifetime of 'Florida Man,' with out ending up in a police automobile,” he instructed the AP.
Occasions included sumo wrestling whereas holding a pitcher of beer, an 'Arrest Avoidance Impediment Course' with actual law enforcement officials and a motorcycle race (pictured above) the place contestants needed to escape after 'stealing' a converter catalytic.
A real Florida man kicked issues off when Jacksonville native Lane Pittman sang the Nationwide Anthem. Since 2016, Pittman has made a behavior of going shirtless throughout hurricanes whereas banging his head and waving an American flag.
📆 March 1, 1941: The primary fee of the NFL
83 years in the past immediately, former Notre Dame soccer coach Elmer Layden was named the NFL's first commissioner, Jeff writes.
First of 5: Layden, who was a member of Notre Dame's famed “4 Horsemen” throughout his enjoying days, is one in every of 5 males to carry the place.
Extra about this present day:
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⚾️ 1969: Mickey Mantle introduced his retirement after an 18-year profession during which he received three MVPs and 7 World Sequence whereas making an AL-record 20* All-Star groups.
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🏀 1996: Lenny Wilkens turned the primary coach in NBA historical past to win 1,000 video games. His profession complete of 1,332 wins now ranks third behind Gregg Popovich (1,378) and Don Nelson (1,335).
*One in 4: Hank Aaron (25), Willie Mays (24) and Stan Musial (24) are the one different gamers named to at the very least 20 All-Star groups. The three and Mantle have been helped by the actual fact that there have been two video games every year from 1959-62.
📺 Watchlist: Historical past on line
Caitlin Clark will go on trial on Sunday in Iowa Metropolis, simply 18 factors shy of tying Pete Maravich's NCAA scoring report, Jeff writes.
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Clark has scored at the very least 20 factors in each sport this season, so the report is for certain to fall within the closing common season sport of her profession.
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Common tickets for the sport between No. 6 Iowa and No. 2 Ohio State (1 p.m. ET, Fox) it value $557, making it the costliest ladies's basketball sport ever, school or skilled.
Extra to observe:
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🎾 The Netflix Slam: Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz (Sunday, Three:30 p.m., Netflix) … Exhibition match at Mandalay Bay Resort and On line casino in Las Vegas.
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🏁 Q1: Bahrain GP (Saturday, 10 a.m., ESPN) … First race of the 2024 season.
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👟 Observe area: World Indoor Championships (Fri-Solar, Peacock) … Glasgow, Scotland hosts 651 opponents from 130 international locations in 26 occasions.
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⚽️ CONCACAF W Gold Cup: Quarter finals (Saturday-Sunday, Paramount+) … The USWNT performs Colombia within the fourth and closing sport of the weekend (Sunday, 20:15).
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🏀 NBA: Mavericks at Celtics (Friday, 7:30 p.m., ESPN); Dollars to Bulls (Friday, 10 p.m., ESPN); Nuggets at Lakers* (Saturday, eight:30 p.m., ABC); 76ers at Mavs (Solar. 1 p.m., ABC); Warriors at Celtics (Sunday, Three:30 p.m., ABC); Knicks at Cavs (Sunday, 7 p.m., ESPN); Thunder at Suns (Sunday, 9:30 p.m., ESPN)
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🏀 NCAAM: No. 24 Florida at No. 18 South Carolina (Saturday, 12 p.m., ESPN); No. 7 Kansas at No. 15 Baylor (Saturday, 1 p.m., ABC); No. 5 Marquette at No. 12 Creighton (Saturday, 2:30 p.m., Fox); No. Four Tennessee at No. 14 Alabama (Saturday, eight p.m., ESPN); No. 23 Gonzaga at No. 17 Saint Mary (Saturday, 10 p.m., ESPN)
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🏀 NCAAW: Tennessee at no. 1 South Carolina (Sunday, 12 p.m., ESPN); No. 22 Louisville at No. 17 Notre Dame (Sunday, 2 p.m., ESPN)
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⚽️ MLS: 14 video games (Saturday-Sunday, Apple TV+) … 5 are free, together with Orlando vs. Miami vs. on Fox (Saturday, Four:30 p.m.).
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⚽️ First League: Man Metropolis vs. Manchester United (Sunday, 10:30, Peacock) … The 192nd Manchester derby.
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🏈 NFL Mix: Days 2-Four (Friday-Sunday, NFL) … QBs, WRs and RBs are Saturday at 1 p.m.
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🏒 NHL: Panthers at Purple Wings (Saturday, Three p.m., ABC); Devils to kings (Solar. 15:30, TNT/Max)
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⛳️ PGA: Traditional Cognizant (Friday-Sunday, ESPN+/Golf)
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⛳️ LIV: Jeddah (Friday-Sunday, The CW) … Anthony Kim returns after a 12-year absence.
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🏁 NASCAR: Las Vegas (Sunday, Three:30 p.m., Fox)
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🏒 PWHL: Toronto to Ottawa (Saturday, Three:30 p.m., YouTube); Boston to Montreal (Saturday, Four p.m., YouTube); Minnesota to New York (Sunday, 12:30, YouTube)
*Chasing 40Ok: LeBron James (39,991 profession factors) ought to usher within the 40,000-point membership on Saturday.
🏎️ F1 trivia
Who was the final F1 champion? isn't his title Lewis Hamilton or Max Verstappen?
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Nico Rosberg
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Fernando Alonso
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Sebastian Vettel
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Kimi Raikkonen
Reply under.
🏈 Accomplished with chains?
Apparently the NFL examined optical expertise to trace first downs in a number of video games, together with the Tremendous Bowl in February.
No extra chains? If permitted, the expertise would substitute the antiquated system of secondary chain groups that invite human error and guesswork in high-stakes, first-down measurements.
Trivia reply: Nico Rosberg (champion 2016)
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