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🏀 Good morning to everybody however particularly …

THE DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM

It was a historic day for Dartmouth and for school athletics as a complete: The Large Inexperienced males’s basketball crew voted, 13-2, to unionize, becoming a member of the Service Workers Worldwide Union Native 560 in Hanover, New Hampshire.

The vote got here precisely one month after a Nationwide Labor Relations Board regional supervisor dominated gamers had been college workers and due to this fact capable of vote to unionize. That ruling got here after the crew petitioned to unionize in September 2023, itemizing Dartmouth School/Dartmouth School Board of Trustees because the employer.

Whereas the vote represents one other step ahead — and an unprecedented one at that — it is “unlikely to be the ultimate say on the matter as Dartmouth pushes again on the classification that its basketball gamers are workers of the college,” David Cobb notes.

Final month, Dennis Dodd defined how a crew unionizing might change school athletics eternally, and David offered extra particulars following Tuesday’s vote:

• Cobb: “Along with the monetary advantages of turning into workers, unionizing would give athletes a larger say in shaping their collegiate experiences. College of Pennsylvania professor Karen Weaver, an skilled on the intersection of upper schooling and school sports activities, advised CBS Information final week that unionizing will give athletes an avenue to take a seat down with directors and negotiate on issues corresponding to apply size, medical care and extra.”

As if that wasn’t sufficient, Dartmouth beat Harvard, 76-69, for simply its second Ivy league win of the season.

😃 Honorable mentions

⚾ And never such an excellent morning for …

LUCAS GIOLITO AND THE BOSTON RED SOX

The Purple Sox’s precariously skinny rotation simply received thinner. Lucas Giolito reportedly has a partially torn UCL and a flexor pressure, placing his 2024 season in peril.

• Supervisor Alex Cora advised reporters Tuesday the harm “doesn’t sound minor,” and certainly it is not. Giolito might face Tommy John surgical procedure or on the very least a protracted rehab.
• Giolito, 29, signed a two-year, $38.5 million contract with Boston in December with an choose out after this season. Giolito had been terrific early final season, going 6-6 with a 3.79 ERA with the White Sox earlier than being traded to the Angels. His season, very like the Angels’, fell aside: He went 1-5 with a 6.89 ERA in six begins with Los Angeles after which 1-4 with a 7.04 ERA with the Guardians to shut the marketing campaign.
• There was hope, although, that Giolito might regain type in Boston. From 2019-21, he was one of many sport’s finest pitchers, going 29-21 with a 3.47 ERA, an All-Star nod and a top-dozen Cy Younger end every of these seasons.

After a last-place end within the AL East and a comparatively quiet offseason, Boston hoped Giolito might be a shiny spot — or at the least an attention-grabbing story line. Now, the rotation options Nick Pivetta, Kutter Crawford, Brayan Bello, Tanner Houck and _________.

With Blake Snell and Jordan Montgomery obtainable, the Purple Sox should shift their focus there to fill within the clean, proper? Flawed, says Matt Snyder.

• Snyder: “Think about that offense with a Snell-Montgomery-Pivetta-Bello-Crawford rotation and Houck shifting to the bullpen. The Purple Sox would appear like a playoff crew, even within the all-in AL East. … As a substitute, loads of homeowners are standing in the best way and are extra nervous about their very own backside line. That is why I do not consider the Giolito harm triggers a lot by way of motion. I might be incorrect, however my guess is the information Tuesday solely additional solidifies the Purple Sox mindset that this yr is a misplaced trigger on the big-league stage and new Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow‘s job is to construct the membership from the farm system up.”

Tuesday was a troublesome day for pitcher well being elsewhere, too:

😑 Not so honorable mentions

🏈 Eight gamers franchise-tagged on deadline day, notable names launched

The NFL offseason is chugging alongside, and one other key date is within the rearview: Eight gamers obtained the franchise tag forward of Tuesday’s deadline.

• Bears CB Jaylon Johnson (story)
• Bengals WR Tee Higgins (story)
• Buccaneers S Antoine Winfield Jr. (story)
• Chiefs CB L’Jarius Sneed (story)
• Colts WR Michael Pittman Jr. (story)
• Jaguars LB Josh Allen (story)
• Panthers LB Brian Burns (story)
• Ravens DT Justin Madubuike (story)

All eight obtained the non-exclusive franchise tag, which means they’ll negotiate and signal supply sheets with any crew, however their earlier crew can match it. If the earlier crew doesn’t match it, that crew receives two first-round picks from the participant’s new crew. The Patriots, in the meantime, used the transition tag on security Kyle Dugger.

Groups can solely use one tag per season, which means guys who did not get the tag are sometimes as notable as those that did. Listed here are a couple of huge names set to hit free company.

Free company formally begins per week from immediately, and tags weren’t the one strikes as groups sorted out their funds.

⚽ UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich, PSG advance, previewing immediately

With issues crumbling round them, Bayern Munich discovered their footing after they wanted it most within the UEFA Champions League spherical of 16 second leg. The German powerhouse thrashed Lazio, 3-0, to beat a 1-0 first-leg deficit. Harry Kane, Thomas Muller and Mathias de Ligt every tallied, protecting Kane’s career-long hunt for a trophy alive, however they nonetheless look removed from title contenders, James Benge writes.

Elsewhere, PSG eased previous Actual Sociedad, 2-1 (4-1 combination). Kylian Mbappe scored each targets for PSG and backed Luis Enrique postgame. Thierry Henry broke down the magnificent efficiency on CBS Sports activities Golazo Community.

Two extra groups will be part of them within the quarterfinals immediately.

• Manchester Metropolis vs. Copenhagen (Metropolis lead 3-1) (preview)
• Actual Madrid vs. Leipzig (Madrid lead 1-0) (preview)

And at last …

📺 What we’re watching Wednesday

⚽ Manchester Metropolis vs. Copenhagen, 3 p.m. on CBS and Paramount+
⚽ Actual Madrid vs. Leipzig, 3 p.m. on Paramount+
🏀 Villanova at Seton Corridor (M), 6:30 p.m. on FS1
🏀 No. 4 Tennessee at No. 17 South Carolina (M), 7 p.m. on ESPN2
🏒 Sabres at Blue Jackets, 7 p.m. on TNT
🏀 Clippers at Rockets, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 Xavier at Butler (M), 7:30 p.m. on CBS Sports activities Community
🏀 No. 2 UConn at No. 8 Marquette (M), 8:30 p.m. on FS1
🏀 No. 20 BYU at No. 6 Iowa State (M), 9 p.m. on ESPN2
🏀 No. 22 Utah State at San Jose State (M), 9:30 p.m. on CBS Sports activities Community
🏒 Purple Wings at Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. on TNT
🏀 Bucks at Warriors, 10 p.m. on ESPN
⚽ USWNT vs. Canada, 10:15 p.m. on Paramount+