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Betting on *college soccer*... ?!?

John Calipari is leaving Kentucky and is nearing a massive new deal to become the new head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks, sources tell Shams Charania and Dana O'Neil.

Story developing ⤵️
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Juwan Howard met last week for his first 1-on-1 interview in over 2 years.

Over the course of 3 hours, we unpacked everything — from regrets over rushing back from heart surgery, to the Jon Sanderson incident, to NIL, to perception problems, to much more.
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I am one of four student journalists on Michigan Daily Sports’s hockey beat. We have covered and traveled to every single Michigan Hockey game this season.

But when we tried to get credentials for the Frozen Four, we were told by NCAA Ice Hockey that there were only two available seats. 🧵

As issues persist with Nike’s new MLB uniforms — sweat stains, mismatching grays — Nike says it is searching for solutions.

Meanwhile, a player asks, “Do we have the old ones in the back of the closet somewhere we can bring back out?”

With Tyler Kepner: theathletic.com/5388778/2024/0…

“Jackson County fumbled. Now there will be a mad scramble for the ball and we’re in the best position for a scoop and score,” Ryckman said in a text message.

That's a personal foul, too many football metaphors while attempting to bring the NFL to Kansas.

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Pretty resounding loss for the Royals and Chiefs. It reveals a couple of things: Kansas City has always been naturally skeptical of big projects. The grassroots politics of the city (and of stadium subsidies) have shifted a lot. And the process way too sloppy to overcome both.

If you saw some of these Caitlin Clark shots in NBA Jam, you'd be like: 'yeah, this game is so unrealistic.'

If you've found yourself watching more women's college basketball in the last year and you're not following Chantel Jennings, there's only one thing left to do:
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Hi! We're looking for an intern to work within our MLB staff here at The Athletic. If you're passionate about storytelling and baseball, this is a chance to learn from our great staff and gain valuable experience.

The application deadline is April 19.

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In sports-crazed Kansas City, a proposed stadium tax exposes deep divisions (via Mark Dent) washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04…

America’s new favorite player put on a show yesterday. Here’s the story of how D.J. Burns Jr. and NC State came out of nowhere to make a Final Fours.

In DJ’s words: Nobody cares about a loser. That’s why I decided to be a winner.” theathletic.com/5382642/2024/0…

yeah, they don’t call Clayton Kershaw “The Last of His Kind” for nothing, folks.

You can pre-order Andy McCullough’s upcoming book today: amazon.com/Last-His-Kind-…

As long as we're talking about sportswriterly etiquette:

Publishing a bunch of unvetted claims about Kent Babb's reporting is extremely crappy.
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'Crutchfield writes like someone who feels a rock in their shoe and needs you to feel it, too.'

I wrote about katie crutchfield's wonderful new Waxahatchee record for my friends at Pitchfork: pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

The latest on the firing of Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter amid questions about the transfer of $4.5 million from Ohtani’s bank account to a bookmaking operation under federal investigation, from ESPN’s Tisha Thompson: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Last week, Amit Patel was sentenced to 78 months for stealing over $22 million from his former team, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

I sat down with him to learn more about how and why it happened and the moment he knew he had been caught. theathletic.com/5349453/2024/0…

Column on why the press box at KC Current stadium is named for the late, great Grant Wahl, citizen of the world but a Kansas Citian instrumental to this moment coming to pass: kansascity.com/sports/spt-col…

Michigan opened a third-party review into the culture of its men’s basketball program last week, the final act of a season gone so far awry.

On Juwan Howard, an unclear future, and how it all came to this. With Katie Strang:

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