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THE NCAA TOURNAMENTS AND COLLEGE BASKETBALL FANS … FOR NOW

NCAA president Charlie Baker stated the choice relating to NCAA Match growth may come “someday this fall,” which may imply the 2026 males’s and ladies’s tournaments will keep at 68 groups.

• The Division I males’s and ladies’s basketball committees met earlier this month to debate potential growth to 72 or 76 groups however tabled any decision-making.
• Baker had beforehand set a unfastened August deadline for growth to occur this upcoming season.

Matt Norlander has written at size many instances about why growth is a foul thought, and I share that sentiment. Most school basketball followers do, too. It is perhaps only a small victory — one that would show fleeting — however we’ll take it.

😁 Honorable mentions

🏈 And never such a great morning for …

CHRISTIAN WILKINS AND THE LAS VEGAS RAIDERS …

I am undecided we have ever seen one thing like this: The Raiders are releasing defensive lineman Christian Wilkins and voiding the $35.2 million of ensures left on his deal after a months-long dispute relating to his rehab from final 12 months’s foot harm.

• Wilkins suffered a Jones fracture in Week 5 and had season-ending surgical procedure. The Raiders wished him to have one other surgical procedure; he opted to rehab, however he was positioned on the bodily unable to carry out record forward of coaching camp.
• The Raiders did not mince phrases of their assertion, saying partly, “This franchise has a Dedication to Excellence on and off the sphere. With no clear path or plan for future return to play from Christian, this transaction is critical for the whole group to maneuver ahead and put together for the brand new season.”
• Wilkins signed a five-year, $110 million deal final offseason after a breakout marketing campaign with the Dolphins.

Wilkins filed a grievance with the NFLPA relating to the remaining ensures. This is a breakdown of the whole state of affairs and what comes subsequent.

… AND JUSTIN FIELDS AND THE NEW YORK JETS

NFL coaching camp is an ideal time for overreaction. This man appears to be like like a star! This man could possibly be a shock lower! It is nearly at all times simply that — overreaction. Guys aren’t even in pads but.

Above all else, groups need to keep wholesome, particularly in these early days. And the Jets have been the primary staff to expertise a big harm scare. Justin Fields was carted off the sphere with what was later identified as a dislocated toe.

The excellent news is it is not a critical harm — he is solely day-to-day — and longtime consummate professional Tyrod Taylor can maintain issues shifting with Fields doubtlessly sidelined.

The dangerous information is, effectively, it is nonetheless an harm. Accidents aren’t any enjoyable. Plus, with Fields on a brand new staff, in a brand new system, surrounded by new teammates, you’d need him to get all of the reps he can. Some coaching camp accidents can result in sluggish begins, too; Joe Burrow‘s calf harm two years in the past involves thoughts.

For now, Jets followers can breathe a sigh of aid. Nonetheless, it is not the best headline out of Jets camp.

As for different not-so-fun coaching camp information:

😞 Not so honorable mentions

Hulk Hogan dies at 71

Former wrestling celebrity Hulk Hogan died Thursday after struggling cardiac arrest at his Florida dwelling. He was 71.

Making an attempt to compact Hogan’s life into bullet factors is not possible, however we’ll strive.

• Probably the most well-known wrestler ever, Hogan wrestled from 1977-2012. He debuted because the “good man,” gained six heavyweight titles and was the face of the explosive progress of the then-World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) within the Nineteen Eighties and Nineties.
• He additionally grew to become a task mannequin to many — the “Hulkamaniacs” — and was an enormous determine in popular culture.
• In 1994, Hogan moved to World Championship Wrestling and gained six extra heavyweight championships. After WWE bought WCW, Hogan gained his last heavyweight title in 2002.
• Adam Silverstein authored this obituary that gives a complete view.

Hogan, legally named Terry Bollea, has been inducted into the WWE Corridor of Fame twice. His record of iconic moments — the 1987 bodyslam of Andre the Big, the 1996 heel flip to nWo and 2002 combat in opposition to The Rock chief amongst them — are among the largest moments in wrestling historical past. His legacy as a wrestler and entertainer is unmatched and undisputed, and a number of legends paid tribute.

However there’s an unsightly facet to Hogan’s life and legacy, too: a leaked intercourse tape that featured him utilizing racial slurs repeatedly, his divisive political stances, his lies relating to performance-enhancing medicine and lots of different issues, his behind-the-scenes popularity. The record, like his record of iconic wrestling moments, goes on. Brian Campbell explores Hogan’s tarnished legacy in full.

⚾ MLB commerce deadline rumors, large questions

With the MLB commerce rumor mill churning, we acquired some precise motion Thursday! The Diamondbacks despatched Josh Naylor to the Mariners in change for pitchers Brandyn Garcia and Ashton Izzi. Naylor is slashing .292/.360/.447 this season and hopes to supply an offensive enhance for Seattle, which presently occupies an AL Wild Card spot. On the opposite facet, it is step one of what could possibly be a main Arizona sale on the deadline. 

The Diamondbacks are removed from the one staff within the will-they-or-won’t-they class, as R.J. Anderson notes in his 5 burning deadline questions.

• Anderson: “What’s going to swing groups do? — Keep watch over golf equipment who’re in related conditions because the Diamondbacks. Assume: the Cardinals, Guardians, Royals, Twins, and Angels. Heck, even the Rays, relying on what occurs over the following week. Ought to a few of these groups open themselves as much as promoting, names like Seth Lugo, Jhoan Duran, Taylor Ward, Steven Kwan, and Emmanuel Clase may change into extra outstanding within the rumor mill.”

📺 What we’re watching this weekend

Friday

⚾ Marlins at Brewers, 4:10 p.m. on MLB Community
⚾ Braves at Rangers or Nationals at Twins, 8:05 p.m. on MLB Community

Saturday

🏀 BIG3 — Week 7, 1 p.m. on CBS
⚾ Phillies at Yankees, 1:05 p.m. on MLB Community
🏀 Sparks at Liberty, 7 p.m. on NBA TV
⚾ Dodgers at Pink Sox or Guardians at Royals, 7:15 p.m. on Fox
⚾ Mariners at Angels, 9:38 p.m. on MLB Community

Sunday

🏀 Valkyries at Solar, 1 p.m. on CBS Sports activities Community
⚾ MLB Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony, 1:30 p.m. on MLB Community
🏀 Fever at Sky, 3 p.m. on ABC
🏀 Dream at Lynx, 7 p.m. on NBA TV
⚾ Mets at Giants, 7:10 p.m. on ESPN