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🎾 Last two standing: While you were sleeping, Madison Keys defeated Iga świątek in an electric third set tiebreaker and Aryna Sabalenka beat Paula Badosa to reach the final of the Australian Open.
🏈 Jets hire Glenn: In 1994, the Jets drafted Aaron Glenn with the 12th overall pick. 31 years later, they I hired him as their new head coach After a successful stint as the Lions DC.
🏀 The first 50 coins from SGA: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 54 points In OKC’s victory over the Jazz for the first 50-point game of his career.
🏈 CRFP AWICHERSION: 22 million people I watched Monday’s CFP title game. That’s down from last year (25 million), but still makes it the most-watched non-NFF sporting event over the past year.
⚽️ The city’s nightmare continues: Manchester City gave up four unanswered goals in a 4-2 loss to PSG, and now the English giants are in trouble Must win next week to avoid elimination of the Champions League.
🏈 Win the turnover battle, win the game
Historically, NFL teams that win the turnover battle Win the match about 70% of the time. But recently in the playoffs, these teams have been almost unbeatable.
By the numbers: Teams are 7-0 in these playoffs when winning the turnover battle, and they are 22-1 in the last 23 games. That one exception came last year when the Chiefs, who turned him over just once, beat the bills.
The Final Four: Kansas City, Buffalo, Philadelphia and Washington have combined for 15 takeaways against zero turnovers so far this postseason, mastering the art of taking care of the ball – and stealing it.
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The Bills committed just eight turnovers during the regular season (tied for the fewest all-time) and haven’t lost the turnover battle in 21 straight games, the longest streak since at least 1960.
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The Chiefs have gone eight straight games without a turnover, the longest streak in the Super Bowl era. Their last? Against the Bills in Week 11, when they lost their first game of the season.
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The Eagles and Commanders both recorded 6+ takeaways and zero turnovers in their first two playoff games. Only two other teams have ever done this, and they both won the Super Bowl (1998 Broncos, 2004 Patriots).
QBs lead the way: Josh Allen (0.9% interception rate), Jalen Hurts (1%) and Patrick Mahomes (1.1%) have three of the four lowest interception rates in playoff history (min. 200 attempts), and Jayden Daniels could well be the best rookie of all time.
Baseball’s New Evil Empire of Baseball
The Dodgers flexed their power this offseason as baseball’s new evil empire, fortifying what was already a super-meta.
The last one: Los Angeles added Japanese walk-on Rōki Sasaki ($6.5 million signing bonus) and All-Star closer Tanner Scott (4 years, $72 million) over the weekend, securing the No. 1 starter and the reliever on the market.
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These were just the latest offerings in a busy off-season During which they also signed two-time CY Young winner Blake Snell (5 years, $182 million), extended last year’s NLCS MVP Tommy Edman (5 years, $74 million) and re- signed slugger Teoscar Hernández (3 years, $66 million).
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Combine that with the fact that $700 million man Shohei Ohtani will return to the mound this year, and it’s easy to see why the other 29 teams and their fans are a little disheartened in 2025.
“From an entertainment point of view, it’s disappointing, discouraging. The rich get richer, the stronger and Ravine Chavez, it seems, rides all the hardball joy.”
By the numbers: The Dodgers handed out $478.5 million this offseason, more than $200 million more than any other team Besides the Mets, whose league money ($972 million) went mostly to Juan Soto ($765 million).
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The 2025 LA luxury tax payroll ($372.2 million) is By far the highest of any team. But even that number belies how much their roster actually costs due to their unprecedented use of carryovers, which allow them to spend freely while incurring smaller penalties.
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The Dodgers have a stunner $1.38 billion in deferred money on their active contracts. The Mets and Red Sox are the only other teams to exceed $50 million, notes the LA Times.
Competitive imbalance? That you Think MLB’s salary system is brokenyou have to admit that what the Dodgers are doing at least feel antithetical to favoring competition. Their billion dollars in deferred cash is worth as much as the entire Marlins franchise!
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That said, they operate well within the rules and aren’t the first franchise to outwork their foes to this degree.
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In fact, exactly two decades ago, the pay gap between the Yankees (the former Evil Empire) and the rest of the league was even bigger.
Conclusion: The Dodgers have built a juggernaut on paper, and they are Huge World Series Favorites. But instead of crowning them before the season even begins, consider this: No team has won back-to-back World Series in a quarter-century, and only two reigning champions in that time have even returned to the classic d fall the following year.
🇺🇸 Photos across America
Orlando – The USMNT went through a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica In their second consecutive friendly without players based in Europe.
Aspen, Colorado – THE 2025 x games start today at Buttermilk Ski Resort.
Lake Forest, IL – Is Ben Johnson about to wake up a ‘sleeping giant’ in Chicago? New Bears head coach has visionand it starts with Caleb Williams.
La Jolla, California – Ludvig Åberg (-9) is the clubhouse manager After the first round of agricultural insurance opened in Torrey Pines.
📈 Sports on the rise: women’s wrestling
Women’s struggle was approved Like the 91st NCAA Championship. The first championship will take place in 2026 and will feature athletes from all three divisions.
Fully emerged: Women’s wrestling had previously been designated as an “emerging sport”, part of an NCAA program established in 1994. Six of these sports (all) have now been elevated to championship status:
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Rowing (1996)
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Ice Hockey (2000)
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Water Polo (2000)
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Bowling (2003)
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Beach Volleyball (2015)
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Wrestling (2025)
Sport on the rise: Women’s struggle is America fastest growing high school sport. Participation figures have been up over the past decade, and they increased by 60% last year for more than 50,000 girls nationally.
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Team USA has won four women’s wrestling gold medals in each of the last two Olympics, and few athletes were more dominant in Paris than Amit Elor phenomenon.
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Iowa junior Kennedy Blades brought home Silver last summer and will now have the chance to compete for an NCAA title as a senior next season.
The last word, Courtesy of Jackie Paquette, first female executive of the National Wrestling Coaches Association (via AP):
“When women had the chance to participate in sports in an organized way, it was in sports that were considered feminine. It was tennis, it was golf, it was swimming. Wrestling is the opposite of this in a sense, so it has been difficult for some to accept women in this form.
📺 Watchlist: NBA in Paris
The NBA returns to Paris this afternoon (2 p.m. ET, NBA) For the fourth game of the league in the French capital, as the Pacers take on the Spurs in a return game for Victor Wembanyama.
Pre-match reading: Why NBA games on European soil are so important, especially when Victor Wembanyama is involved (Morten Stig Jensen, Yahoo Sports)
More to watch:
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🎾 Australian Open: No. 2 Alexander Zverev vs. No. 7 Novak Djokovic (10:30 p.m., ESPN); No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 21 Ben Shelton (3:30 a.m., ESPN) …The men’s semi-finals.
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🏀 NBA: Heat in Bucks (7:30 p.m., TNT); Celtics at Lakers (10 p.m., TNT)
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🏀 NCAAW: No. 8 Maryland at No. 12 Ohio State (6 p.m., BTN); No. 1 UCLA* at Rutgers (7 p.m., FS1); No. 17 Tennessee at No. 7 Texas (9 p.m., SEC)
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🏀 NCAAM: Wichita State at No. 24 Memphis (7 p.m., ESPN2); Maryland at No. 17 Illinois (9 p.m., FS1); San Francisco at Saint Mary’s (9 p.m., CBSSN)
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⛳️ PGA: Farmers insurance open (11:45 a.m., ESPN+; 3 p.m., golf)
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⛷️ X games: Day 1 (7 p.m., Roku)
*Best start: UCLA is off to an 18-0 start to the program, and the Bruins are one of two undefeated teams in the country (No. 5 LSU, 20-0).
🎾 Tennis Trivia
Aryna Sabalenka is one victory away from her third consecutive Australian Open singles title.
Question: Who was the last woman to do this?
Hint: 1997-99.
Answer at the bottom.
🏀 birthday baller
Caitlin Clark turned 23 Wednesday, and she celebrated by going 50 for 54 from three.
Trivia answer: Martina Hingis
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