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⚾️ Trouble with pants: MLB's new uniforms, designed by Nike and made by Fanatics, received negative reviews last week. See-through pants may be even worse.
🏈 Chiefs sign Araiza: Punter Matt Arraiza signed with the Chiefs after he was not charged in the alleged gang rape case that resulted in the Bills releasing him in 2021.
📺”Chad Powers”: Glen Powell will star in Hulu's new comedy series based on the character of Eli Manning's Chad Powers, who has taken the internet by storm.
🏒 9 times in a row: The Rangers defeated the Devils 5-1 on Thursday, winning nine straight, one shy of a franchise record.
⚾️ Pujols' new gig: Albert Pujols will be the new manager of Los Leones del Escogido, a Dominican winter league team based in his hometown of Santo Domingo.
🏀 Who is the real scorer?
Caitlin Clark scored 24 points on Thursday; Her historic total reached 3,593. 57 more until she passes Lynette Woodard Jeff writes.
Records and “records”: Clark broke Kelsey Plumb's all-time NCAA scoring record last week, but some believe Wooder, who scored 3,649 points at Kansas from 1977 to 1981, is the true record holder.
Why is there a contradiction? The NCAA does not recognize individual statistics recorded before it began administering the women's sport in the 1981-82 season, the year after Woodard graduated.
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However, there are some inconsistencies in how that rule is applied. Take Stanford's Tara VanDerveer, recognized by the NCAA as the winningest coach in DI history.
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She passed Mike Krzyzewski in January, even though she had won 59 games at Idaho State and Ohio State before the 1981-82 season. Without them, she would still be following Coach K.
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Vanderveer believes Woodard is the true record holder, she told the Journal this month ($), and many other women's basketball legends agree.
What they are saying: “I think we should value our history just as men value their history.” [theirs]'' Woodard told the Journal. “I know the players on the men's team and I know them well. But we're working hard to eliminate people on the women's side.”
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“The NCAA put all the pre-1982 athletes on the back page,” former Kansas coach Marian Washington told R1S1 Sports.
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“They distorted the history of women's basketball, and that can never be tolerated.”
Woodard's Hall of Fame history: The Wichita native was a four-time All-American at the University of Kansas, accumulating a ton of points with no 3-point line and a ball that had not yet been shrunk to fit women's hands.
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She captained the gold medal-winning team at the 1984 Olympics and became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters in 1985.
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Woodard came out of retirement in 1997, played two seasons in the newly formed WNBA, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.
In related news… Grace Beyer scored 40 points Thursday for the College of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, putting her 15 points away from breaking the NAIA scoring record (3,855 points). Yahoo Sports' Jeff Eisenberg profiled Beyer earlier this month.
🏈 CFP is already discussing a 14 team model
CFP 12-team playoff It will debut next season, and officials are already talking about expanding it further.
From Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports:
Ideally, the people who run the College Football Playoff would not discuss the soon-to-be-expanded College Football Playoff expansion before the soon-to-be-expanded College Football Playoff is officially expanded.
Again, this is college football. Nothing seems to be happening on time, fast or slow.
On Tuesday, the format for the expanded 12-team playoffs to determine the 2024 and 2025 champions was finally announced just six months before the season begins.
By Wednesday, the contenders (which is becoming just the Big Ten and SEC) presented options to expand it to 14 teams after 2026. The proposal includes additional automatic qualifiers, unequal revenue distribution, and all sorts of other ideas that would benefit the Big Ten and the SEC.
Jumping from four teams to 12 teams is already a shock to the system. It's almost certainly better, but it wouldn't be a bad idea to take it for a test drive.
However, the Big Ten and SEC remain uncertain about how the selection process will go, how the regular season will be affected, how home-field playoff games will work, and how the college football calendar will reach its 300th day. They are reluctant to know whether it will be extended or not. A new year is a good idea. Next season's title game will be held on January 20th.
There is power to grab and guaranteed money. why wait?
Please read the full text.
⚽️ Messi Tour 2024
When Messi arrived in Miami last summer, MLS's other 28 clubs have begun pitching to the league office, hoping to be among the dozen or so teams that will host the GOAT in 2024, when he will play his first full season in the United States.
“They nudged and appeased league officials more relentlessly than ever before because they knew a date with the GOAT could boost annual revenue by double-digit percentages.” [and] For some clubs, it generates more ticket revenue than the other 16 home games combined.'' – Henry Bushnell, Yahoo Sports
How the schedule was created: Of Miami's 34 games this season, 28 will be played home-and-home in the Eastern Conference. The remaining six games (three home, three away) were league-selected, with MLS ultimately awarding those away games to Los Angeles (this Sunday), Kansas City, and Vancouver.
Messi Tour 2024:
Strictly business: After the MLS schedule was announced in December, the Galaxy spent several weeks selling exclusive season ticket memberships and six-game packages. To secure a seat for Messi, he also had to pay for at least five other matches.
Full text: As Messimania returns, MLS opponents look to capitalize on his star power
🌎 The world in photos
PEORIA, AZ — The Dodgers defeated the Padres 14-1 in the first spring training game of 2024.
TUCSON, Arizona — No. 21 Washington State defeated No. 4 Arizona 77-74 to take the lead in the Pac-12. It's been a great season for the Cougars.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Sorona Cirstea saved six match points and came back from 6-2, 5-1 down to defeat Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousová at the Dubai Championships.
A Coruña, Spain — cool art.
📆 February 23, 2014: Collins makes history
10 years ago today, Nets center Jason Collins has become the first openly gay athlete in a major North American sport. Jeff writes.
Collins: “I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm Black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete to play in a major American team sport. But I am, so I'm happy to start the conversation.'' — Sports Illustrated Essay (May 2013)
Details for this day:
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🏀 1985: During Indiana University's loss to Purdue University, an enraged Bobby Knight was ejected for throwing a chair across the court in protest of a technical foul.
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⛳️ 2021: Tiger Woods broke his leg in a single-vehicle accident ahead of the Genesis Invitational. Since then, he has played in just six of his official PGA Tour events* and only two of his have finished.
*6 tournaments: 2022 Masters (47th place), 2022 PGA Championship (withdrew), 2022 British Open Championship (withdrew), 2023 Genesis (T45), 2023 Masters (withdrew), 2024 Genesis (withdrew) ).
📺 Watchlist: Star-Spangled Slate
nba schedule Seven star-studded games will be broadcast on national television this weekend, and there's plenty of energy after the break. Jeff writes.
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Friday: cavaliers vs 76ers (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN); Timberwolves Bucks (10 p.m., ESPN)
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Saturday: celtics vs knicks (8:30 p.m., ABC)
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Sunday: 76ers bucks (1 p.m., ABC); Lakers vs. Suns (3:30 p.m., ABC); Nuggets vs. Warriors (7 p.m., ESPN); Kings at Clippers (9:30 p.m., ESPN)
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⚽️ MLS: open on weekends (Saturday and Sunday, Apple TV) …3 of 14 games will be free, including LAFC vs. Seattle on FOX (Saturday 4:30pm).
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🏀 NCAAM: No. 2 Houston vs. No. 11 Baylor (Saturday 12 p.m., CBS); No. 13 Alabama vs. No. 17 Kentucky (Saturday 4 p.m., CBS); No. 10 UNC in Virginia (Saturday 4 p.m., ESPN); Texas, Kansas 9th (Saturday 6 p.m., ESPN); Villanova to No. 1 UConn (Saturday 8 p.m., Fox)
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🏀 NCAAW: No. 11 Colorado vs. No. 7 USC (Friday, 10 p.m., Pac-12); 24th Baylor, 22nd WVU (Saturday 2 p.m., ESPN+); No. 13 LSU at the University of Tennessee (Sunday 12 p.m., ESPN); Illinois vs. Iowa 4th place (Sunday, 1pm, FS1)
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🏒 NHL: blues at red wings (Saturday 12pm, ABC); Rangers at Flyers (Saturday 3pm, ABC); devil's lightning (Sunday, 1pm, TNT/Max); Penguins flyer* (Sunday, 3:30pm, TNT/Max)
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⚾️ MLB: padres vs dodgers (Friday 3:05 p.m., ESPN); Phillies vs. Blue Jays (Saturday 1 p.m., MLB); Astros vs. Mets (Sunday 1 p.m., MLB)
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⚽️ EFL Cup Final: chelsea vs liverpool (Sunday 10 a.m., ESPN+)
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⚽️ CONCACAF W Gold Cup: USWNT vs Argentina (Friday 10:15 p.m., Paramount+)
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⛳️ PGA: mexico open (Friday-Sunday, ESPN+/Golf)
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🏁 Nascar: atlanta motor speedway (Sunday, 3 p.m., Fox)
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🏈 NCAAF: HBCU Legacy Bowl (Saturday 4 p.m., NFL)
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🏉 Six Nations: wales vs ireland (Saturday 9:15 a.m., Peacock); England vs Scotland (Saturday 11:45 a.m., Peacock); Italy in France (Sunday 10 a.m., Peacock) …3 out of 5 rounds.
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🏒 PWHL: new york, toronto (Friday 7pm, YouTube); ottawa, montreal (Saturday 2:30 p.m., YouTube); Boston, Minnesota (Sunday 4pm, YouTube)
*Sid the Kid: Sidney Crosby has 31 goals through 54 games and is on pace for 47 goals, the second-most in history (51 goals in 2009-10).
⚽️MLS Trivia
3 teams in MLS He has won at least three league titles. Could you tell me your name?
Hint: Two to the east, one to the west.
The answer is at the bottom.
⚾️ Guess the swing
batter up This is a fun new game that is basically Wordle for baseball swings. Jeff writes.
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Every day a new video is released showing the silhouette of a baseball player's swing.
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Hints will appear along the way based on how close you are to the player's jersey number, team, division, position, age, and hometown, giving you six guesses.
i will try.
Trivia answer: LA Galaxy (5 titles), DC United (4 titles), Columbus Crew (3 titles)
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