JuJu Watkins’ historic performance carries USC past No. 1 UCLA; where does Aaron Rodgers go next?

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Juju Watkins don’t. 6 USC Trojans

Are great and great wins. Then all of the time you are doing all, won, just one Juju Watkins and No. 6 USC Delivered Thursday night TOPPLING BEFORE INVERTO No. I UCLA71-60.

It was a strange team attempt, but the Watkins’ performance is between the best individual efforts in the story of the game, 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocks, six 3 indices. And his name that did it. And dominated.

• Watkins is only division 1 player – Men’s or Women’s – at least past 20 times with 35 points, 10 rebounds, eight blocks and five 3-pointers in the game.
• No in the NBA has ever posted by such a standing line.
• In the 38 points are based on-most division I am women’s player in No. 1 team at least the past 20 times. Caitlin Clark had 41 against South Carolina In 2023 Final Four.
• USC had been 1-10 all-time vs. No. 1, when its only a kind of win comes on Tech louisiana In 1983 National Champions. Gains MillerAnd the star of his team, sat on the courtster Thursday night.

This iconic stuff like to build-a-establish stuff. I made a player who had been struggling to entering the game. But all who have encountered the past in the morning in the game. Win the late USC outscored UCLA 24-8 in the fourth quarter, a stunning turnaround fueled by a smothering defense and insatiable appetite in the ball of Trojans five turnovers five and five blocks in the last stanza alone.

March anger is a few weeks away, unless college basketball can be mad – the very best sense of the word – anything night.

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🏈 Jets, Aaron Rodgers go separate ways: Where did he land?

How’s the long expected time of public: Breaks up moving on Aaron RodgersThe end of a very anticipated but ultimately crime frustrated for two years of society.

The first time in a great evil ended from a scored Achilles in the first quarter of debut. And then the last season rodgers (etc. in team), as a lot of it, finishing 5-12 with NFL’s 24th, ranked stumbling on both points and elbows. New coach Aaron Glenn It is a choice for a new direction after the center.

We’ll probably need some people to know what direction is it. But Other teams can talk to the rodgers immediately Because the New York told it’s moving in the fact that he is wore veteran. It’s somewhat like Russell Wilson The situation last year. I decided to join the Steelers Days Before Free Agency Publicly started.

How Pittsburgh double, dip and add rodgers this year? That is one Garrett Podell’s potential port spots for RodgersAs well …

• Podell: “In Tennessee Titans could Deschew taking a quarterback first overall In 2025 NFL Draftor I could have to pick To accumulate storing the tricky draft choices to build a roster. Rodgers could be a bulk of better over And a smooth … Rodgers’ presence could help make good in offseason spending spree in titans gone in a year ago in which he married a wide receptacle Calvin RidleyAgain Tony Pollardcenter Lloyd cushenberry the cornerback L’Jarius sneed. “

Do this idea, especially if the Tennessee agrees with the common sense that is underwhelming quarterback type and finds pain desperate to move. Cody Benjamin has Pros and cons to rodgers’ potential please.

🏀 No. 1 orange, not. 2 Alabama Headlines Huge College basketball weekend

Iron bowl is a good college football contest is one of the product some maximum moments in the game’s story. But Golden and Alabama The effects never made the men basketball teams tomorrow, meet as the top two teams in the country. In fact, it’s the first 1-vs.-2 people of the basketball game in sec history.

Matt Norlander talked to both coaches for Awesome preview of an awesome matchup.

• Norlander: “Bruce I am ready to make my pain ready for the most well-past few days. Accountability can be found all over the facility with a finger indicating. Guys see pins. I will come prepared in Saturday – boasting arguably in the national player of the year as today John Brome – what is turned on a cinematic teacher scoring. Aurennticus Ordinum No. 1 in offensive efficiency, Alabama Sidled up to the text at No. 2. No. of heat 1 in points (90.5 per game) and lead to the country and seven of the 100-plus. “

As Matt notes, it’s perfect timing, even with NFL Season and NBA in every-star weekend. With March Aeneans, there’s an absolute loaded slate, perfect at the bracket to run to run. I say that every year, but remember this: Guardians to win in March. Happy is you, fellow future bracket Picker, our experts discussed Best Point Guards in college basketball. Most popular pick is Purduess Braden SmithOms “I took a Leap Stardom at this time” Kyle Boone writes.

Purdue has a great one weekend, one of the four-order-vs., Praefeberable games Saturday alone;

• No. 16 Wisconsin at No. 7 Purdue (1 pm on CBS / Paramunt +)
• No. 6 Houston at No. 13 Arizona
• No. 1 orange to No. 2 Alabama
• No. 22 Mississippi State at No. 19 Ole Mass

Make sure that you tune in front of badgers, boilerokers game to CBS / Paramount + has Games of March Men Bracket Preview (Top 16 seeds) at 12:30 PM Meanwhile, Jerry Palm’s Latest bracketology is here.

To make sure some of the Sundays to keep some No. 7 uconn visit No. 4 South Carolina and No. 5 lsu visit No. 3 Texas Headline a big day.

⚾ Alex Bregman to Red Sox: What’s next to Boston, Houston?

Alex Bregman signing up with in Red Sox comes with a lot of excitement but also many questions For Boston. Obviously there are production questions – was the last year just an outlier? – but also happens questions. Where did you play? Where will the batting order? Stimulate calm, red Sox fans. These are good questions to have. What is the big one, though, “it is enough to get them to playoffs?” RJ Anderson answered all questions (and more) right here.

Even the leaves of Bregman’s former team in StarryAnd questionsRJ Notes, including …

• Anderson: “What to do with salaries flexibility – what is it known that their salaries cast around $ 218 million. It puts them $ 26 million below where the end of the last time, and $ 23 million under the first luxury tax line … teams tend to keep about $ 10 million in support in-or time. If two positions – as the Astros keeping $ 10 million tucked away for July, and I don’t want to spend on a tax zone – then you don’t have about $ 10-12 million left to spend before opening a day. “

📺 What are we watching this weekend

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🏀 NBA All Stars Celebrity Game7 PM ESPN
🏀 1-in-1-Tournament7:30 PM on TNT / Trutv
🏀 NBA Rising Stars Challenge9 PM in TNT / Trutv

Saturday

🏀 Arkansas at No. 8 Texas A & M (M)The southwest is ESPN
🏀 Games of March Men Bracket Preview12:30 PM on CBS / Paramunt +
🏀 Vanderbilt at No. 5 Tennessee (M)1 Post Network pm
🏀 No. 16 Wisconsin at No. 7 Purdue (m)1 pm on CBS
🏒 Finland vs. Sweden1 pm on ABC
🏀 No. 6 Houston at No. 13 Arizona (1000)PM ESPN 2
🏀 No. 1 orange to No. 2 alabama (m)4 PM ESPN
🏀 Stanford in No. 3 leader (m)4 pm on ABC
🏀 No. 22. Mississippi State to No. XIX OLE MONE (M)6 PM on ESPN2
🏒 USA vs. Canada8 PM on ABC
🏀 No. 11 Michigan State to Illinois (M)8 PM in Fox
🏀 No 15 Kentucky to Texas (M)8 PM ESPN
🏀 NBA All Star Saturday night8 PM on TNT / Trutv
🏀 South Carolina at No. 3 Florida (M)8:30 pm on a sec network

Sunday

🏀 Ole Miss to No. 15 Tennessee (W)southwestern sec network
🏀 No. 20 Michigan to the OHIO State (M)1 pm on CBS
🏀 No. 7 uconn at No. 4 South Carolina (W)1 pm on ABC
🏀 No. 10 NC State to No. 12 North Carolina (W)PM ESPN 2
🏎 Daytona d2:30 PM on Fox
🏀 No. 24 Creighton at No. 9 St. John’s (1000)3 PM on FS1
🏀 No. 5 lsu at No. 3 Texas (W)3 pm on ABC
🏀 NBA All-Star Game8 PM on TNT / Trutv
🏀 No. 22 Michigan State to No. I UCLA (W)9 pm in BTN