UEFA Champions League Quarter-Finals: Meet the Teams
The contenders for the 2022/23 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League title are down to just eight teams after the Round of 16 came to a close this past Wednesday.
The contenders for the 2022/23 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League title are down to just eight teams after the Round of 16 came to a close this past Wednesday.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has made his intentions clear this off-season: he has seen all he has wanted to see from the Green Bay Packers. He’s ready to move onto the greener pasture (and depleted quarterback room) that is the New York Jets. The New York Jets want the exact same thing.
The Dallas Cowboys made an unexpected trade acquiring Houston Texans veteran wide receiver Brandin Cooks. The Cowboys will receive Cooks for a fifth-round pick in 2023 and a sixth-round pick in 2024. Cooks’ $18 million salary in 2023 is guaranteed. His contract has been restructured so that Houston will pay $6 million of his salary and Dallas will pay the remaining $12 million, according to ESPN. He is under contract until 2024.
In the last game of the women’s NCCA tournament on Sunday, Ole Miss definitely shook up Stanford pretty good. Good enough to win. No. 8 Ole Miss upset, No. 1 seed Stanford, with a score of 54-49 on the Cardinal’s home court at Maples Pavilion. Stanford definitely had a hard night, being sent home before the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2009. Ole Miss on the other hand advances to the Sweet 16 for the first since 2007.
Former Falcons starting QB Marcus Mariota has agreed to a 1-year/$5 million dollar deal with the NFC-defending Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. The deal comes after news on Friday of backup Eagles QB Gardner Minschew signing with the Indianapolis Colts.
Seattle Seahawks announced, on the 6th of March, that they’d signed Geno Smith to a $105 million dollar/3 year deal. The deal carries a base value of $25 million dollars per season, with $40 million dollars guaranteed. In his first year, he’ll earn $28 million, with $30 million dollars in incentives.
With the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 coming up this July, FIFA President Gianno Infantino announced; at the 73rd FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda, on Thursday; that the prize money will increase to 150 million dollars. That is supposedly 10 times more than it was in 2015 (before Infantino was president) and 3 times more than the 2019 prize. However, not more than the 2022 Men’s World Cup prize money.
The NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Division 1 men’s basketball tournament takes place every March, hence the name “March Madness.” This is where the best of college basketball comes together to compete for the title of national champion. This is a single-elimination tournament starting with 68 teams who compete for seven rounds until one team is left standing as national champions.
Díaz’s injury occurred while the team jumped up and down and hugged following their 5-2 victory at Loan Depot Park in Miami, Florida. A video showed him limping toward the dugout as he struggled to put weight on his right leg. He eventually used his left leg to hop into a wheelchair.
There had been various US media coverage of Puerto Rican fans and their energetic loudness and commitment in the first round of baseball games. Puerto Rico’s pride for their baseball team is clear as day, especially since iconic baseball player Roberto Clemente rose from said small island. The fans’ dedication shines through in videos from MLB Fox on social media with comments like “Puerto Ricans are LOUD in Miami” and in New York Times articles referencing their dancing and drumming: “Puerto Ricans celebrate their wins and the losses.”
The family of Stanley Wilson Jr. is claiming that law enforcement beat him before he died. The former Detroit Lions cornerback died in February after reportedly collapsing during intake at a mental health facility in Los Angeles. However, Wilson Jr.’s family is disputing that. At a news conference on Tuesday, John Carpenter, the attorney representing Wilson Jr.’s family, said the photos of his body show that he was a victim of excessive force before he died, and marks on his wrists indicate he was put in restraints.
History has been made this year at the Women’s World Championship in Bakuriani, and lives have changed. Young Mia Brookes set a world record of being the youngest World Champion after winning gold in the women’s slopestyle at the Snowboard, Freestyle, and Freeski held in Bakuriani, Georgia.
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