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Magic Retires Shaq’s #, Cavnar First Female MLB Announcer, Tiger & TaylorMade Golf, Michigan 18 Players Invited To NFL Combine

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The Orlando Magic retired Shaquille O’Neal’s number 32. This is the first time in franchise history the team has retired a number. Shaq was the #1 pick in the 1992 NBA Draft and played for the Magic for four seasons. The other two teams Shaq played for and brought championships to (LA Lakers and the Miami Heat) retired his #32 jersey years ago.

BASEBALL

Jenny Cavnar broke the glass ceiling in Major League Baseball by becoming the first female primary play-by-play announcer in league history.

GOLF

Tiger Woods ended his long-term deal with Nike and announced his new partnership with TaylorMade Golf. His new line is called Sun Day Red (named after the red shirt he wears during the final round of tournaments).

FOOTBALL

Michigan had 18 players invited to the NFL combine, more than 5% of the total players (321)  invited to participate.

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Jon Rahm Signs Big Deal W/LIV Golf, Harbaugh Could Be 2nd Highest Paid Coach, Rubenstein Working On Buying Orioles

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LIV Golf just signed Jon Rahm, the third ranked golfer in the world, for a deal worth $300 million over 3 years. This deal is a big win for the Saudi-backed league.

FOOTBALL

There’s been lots of speculation on whether Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh will make a jump to the NFL, but according to reports, the school is is working on a  five-year, $55 million contract extension which would make Harbaugh the highest-paid coach in the Big Ten and the second highest paid coach in college football (behind Alabama’s Nick Saban).

BASEBALL

David Rubenstein, the co-founder of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, is reportedly working on a deal to buy the Baltimore Orioles from the Angelos family.

 

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NCAA Reevaluating Harbaugh, Messi Shines, Spain/Sweden & England/Australia In Semis, Harden Calls Morey A Liar, Nick Kerr Following Dad, Rahm Wants More Porta-Potties

FOOTBALL

Last week, Michigan and the NCAA appeared to agree upon a four-game suspension for coach Jim Harbaugh for recruiting violations, but now the Committee on Infractions has rejected the resolution. While the NCAA is reevaluating, Harbaugh is expected to continue to coach.

SOCCER

Lionel Messi continues to shine in Miami. The Inter Miami star scored for the eighth time in five games, and the team hasn’t lost in any of the five Leagues Cup matches Messi has played in.

Spain will face Sweden on Tuesday, and England will play Australia on Wednesday in the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup. The finals will take place on Sunday.

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The Philadelphia 76ers are dealing with a disgruntled James Harden, but are apparently not planning on trading him. Harden isn’t shy about expressing his displeasure and said about Sixers general manager Daryl Morey, “Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of.”

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr’s son, Nick, is following in his famous dad’s footsteps and will become the head coach of the G League’s Santa Cruz Warriors this season.

GOLF

Spanish professional golfer Jon Rahm said the one thing he’d want changed on the PGA Tour is having more porta-potties on the courses. He said, “I know this is going to sound very stupid, but as simple as having a freaking porta potty on every hole.It sounds crazy, but I can’t choose when I have to go to the bathroom. I’ve told the Tour this many times, as simple as that.”

 

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US Women To Face Sweden, Tom Brady Owner Birmingham City, Shakeup At ESPN, Tiger Joins PGA Policy Board

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The US women’s national team advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup and will face Sweden on Saturday.

Tom Brady and his hedge fund manager friend, Tom Wagner, are new minority owners in the British football club, Birmingham City.  According to reports, Brady will take an active role as chairman of the advisory board.

ESPN

The shakeup at ESPN continues with Doris Burke and Doc Rivers joining Mike Breen as ESPN’s top NBA broadcasting crew.  Longtime analyst Mark Jackson has been let go.

GOLF

Tiger Woods joined the PGA policy board, which will give the PGA a bigger voice in the now-merged Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf.

 

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Wyndham Clark Wins U.S. Open, Ja Morant Ninth-Longest Suspension, Jordan Selling Majority Stake In Hornets For $3Bill, Suns Sign Bradley Beal

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Wyndham Clark won his first major PGA Tour title at the U.S. Open this week.  The 29-year-old had previously never finished better than 75th in any major. Rory McIlroy finished second.

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The Memphis Grizzlies star player, Ja Morant, has been suspended 25 games (which is basically 1/3 of the NBA season) for flashing a gun on social media (his second time doing so). The suspension is tied for the ninth-longest ban on a player in NBA history.

NBA legend Michael Jordan is selling his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets for $3 billion to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall. Jordan bought his majority share in the team in 2010 for $275 million. Jordan will still have a minority stake in the franchise.

The Phoenix Suns acquired Bradley Beal from the Washington Wizards. Beal will join the all-star lineup of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, and Deandre Ayton.

 

 

 

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PGA & LIV Merge, Churchill Downs Suspends Racing, DeGrom Out

GOLF

After two years of bitter fighting and lots of drama, the PGA Tour and LIV Golf (the group backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund) will merge. The combined forces will create “a new, collectively owned, for-profit entity.” Many big-name stars, such as Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka, left the PGA for a much larger paycheck from LIV (and were vilified by other golfers and fans), but now that the leagues have merged, it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

HORSE RACING

Churchill Downs Inc announced that racing will be suspended from June 7th-July 3rd to conduct a review of the track after 12 horses died in the past month.

BASEBALL

Jacob deGrom will undergo Tommy John surgery and isn’t expected to return until the middle of next season. DeGrom signed a five-year, $185 million deal this offseason with the Texas Rangers.

 

 

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Heat/Nuggets Up 3-0, Griner Stands For National Anthem, National Treasure Wins Preakness, Koepka Wins Major, Golf Pro Tears Up

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The Miami Heat are up 3-0 in the Eastern Conference finals over the Boston Celtics, and the Denver Nuggets are up 3-0 in the Western Conference finals over the LA Lakers. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit, so it’s a good bet that the Heat and Nuggets will face off in the Championship.

Phoenix Mercury’s Brittney Griner, who was locked in a cage in Russia, stood for the national anthem before her team’s season opener on Friday. Before her prisoner exchange with Russia, Griner refused to stand for the anthem expressing her protest of racial injustice. After her recent experience, however, she explained, “Just being able to hear my national anthem, see my flag, I definitely wanted to stand. The Star-Spangled Banner just means a little bit more to me now and represents the freedom Americans have to speak out.”

HORSE RACING

National Treasure won the Preakness on Saturday ending Mage’s hope to secure a Triple Crown.  The Belmont Stakes is the third leg of the series (June 10th), but there won’t be as much excitement with no Triple Crown at stake.

GOLF

Brooks Koepka, who left the PGA Tour last year to join the Saudi LIV series, won the PGA Championship in Rochester, NY. The highlight of the tournament, however, was Michael Block, a 46-year-old head pro at a public golf club in California. Block finished in the top 15 and secured his place in the major for next year. He also took home $288,333 in prize money. Watch him tear up at his press conference.

 

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Scheffler’s Champion Dinner, LIV/PGA Drama, Endeavor Acquired WWE For $9B

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Defending Masters champion Scottie Scheffler got to choose his Master Champion Dinner on Tuesday night (a tradition for the tournament). Scheffler asked the Chefs at Augusta National to make: sliders, shrimp, ribeye steak, blackened redfish, chocolate chip skillet cookies, and ice cream.

The tournament, which begins this week, will be surrounded by drama. PGA Tour players will be socializing with the 18 LIV Golf defectors (who are contractually obligated to wear their team logos on their shirts). There is no love lost between the PGA and LIV players. Click here for a refresh on this feud.

WRESTLING

Endeavor acquired World Wide Wrestling for $9.3 billion. WWE will be combined with UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) creating a company worth over $20 billion.

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Men’s & Women’s Final Four Brackets Set, Tiger & Trout’s New Golf Course

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The men’s and women’s Final Four brackets are set.

In the women’s bracket, there are three teams looking for their first national championship:  Virginia Tech (appearing in Final Four for the first time), Iowa (first time since 1993), and LSU (first time since 2008). Rounding out the group is South Carolina which won the tournament in 2022. LSU vs Virginia Tech on Friday March 31st at 7:00 pm and Iowa vs South Carolina on March 31st at 9:00 pm.

In the men’s bracket, no top seeds remain. The Final Four features Florida Atlantic vs San Diego State on April 1st at 6:09 pm, and UConn vs Miami on April 1st at 8:49 pm.

GOLF

Tiger Woods (golf Legend) and Mike Trout (MLB All-Star) are joining forces to build a new golf course in New Jersey called Trout National. Tiger’s architecture firm, TGR Design, will design the course which will include a wedding chapel and five-star accommodations.

 

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Astros 1st No-Hitter, Snyder May Sell Commanders, TMRW’s New Investors, Extreme Ironing

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Four Houston Astros pitchers worked together to record the first World Series no-hitter since 1956 and the first postseason no-hitter since 2010. With the 5-0 win, the Astros tied the Series with the Phillies 2-2. Game 5 is Thursday night.

FOOTBALL

Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder is in talks to potentially sell the franchise. Snyder is under investigation for a 2009 incident of alleged sexual assault of a woman on his plane and financial impropriety.

GOLF

TMRW Sports, the Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy sports company announced a group of new investors including Golden States Steph Curry, LA Angels Shohei Ohtani, tennis phenom Serena Williams, and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton.

EXTREME IRONING

Extreme Ironing is actually a thing. According to Wikipedia,  “EI is an extreme sport in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing.” It “combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt.”

 

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