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Each team left has at least two games under their belt to show us how they perform on the NCAA Tournament stage.

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Chris Simms and Mike Florio discuss a report stating the Las Vegas Raiders are still getting calls for Maxx Crosby despite noise surrounding the star pass rusher’s knee injury.

Editor’s Picks

Chris Mannix and Grant Liffmann examine whether expansion is good for the NBA by breaking down the basketball and economic impacts.
It’s rare to have this many high draft picks still playing in the NCAA Tournament.
Now that we have two full rounds under our belts, let’s assess how each remaining team looks.
Amber Glenn could win her first World Figure Skating Championships medal on Friday, live on Peacock.

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  • NYY Starting Pitcher #54
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    It was just poor luck for the Giants that they never had the guys on base to employ their huge advantage over the rest of the league in situational hitting. Fried’s velocity crept back up some tonight; he averaged 95.4 mph with his fastball in the first two innings and 94.6 mph overall, up from 94.0 mph last time out. This is actually the first time ever that Fried has earned a win in his first outing of the season. Last year, the Yankees won 20-9 in his debut, but Fried gave up six runs — two earned — and was pulled one out shy of qualifying for the win. In 2024 with Atlanta, he didn’t even make it out of the first inning while facing the Phillies. Fried will pitch in Seattle next time out.
  • NYY 1st Baseman #22
    Rice steps into the heart of New York’s loaded lineup behind Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger following last year’s 26-homer breakthrough campaign. The 27-year-old slugger’s realistic 30-homer ceiling makes him an upper-echelon fantasy catcher heading into the regular season. Here’s the full lineup set to face Giants ace Logan Webb at Oracle Park in primetime: Trent Grisham (CF), Judge (RF), Bellinger (LF), Rice (1B), Giancarlo Stanton (DH), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (2B), José Caballero (SS), Ryan McMahon (3B) and Austin Wells (C).
  • SF Left Fielder #17
    San Francisco kicks off a new era under first-year skipper Tony Vitello — the first collegiate coach to jump directly to the majors with no previous big-league experience — with Ramos becoming the first Giants player to make consecutive Opening Days starts in left field since Barry Bonds in 2007. The other notable fantasy development is free agent acquisition Luis Arraez in the leadoff spot. Here’s the full lineup set to face Yankees ace Max Fried in primetime on at Oracle Park: Arraez (2B), Matt Chapman (3B), Rafael Devers (DH), Willy Adames (SS), Jung Hoo Lee (RF), Ramos (LF), Casey Schmitt (1B), Patrick Bailey (C) and Harrison Bader (CF).
  • STL Left Fielder #21
    That’s unexpected. It’d been clear for a couple of weeks that Nootbaar would open up on the IL following his heel surgeries, but it was supposed to be the 10-day. Nootbaar has been hitting and throwing since the beginning of the spring and recently resumed running, but we take it that didn’t go as well as hoped. Nathan Church, Thomas Saggese and José Fermín will divvy up his at-bats for at least the first two months.
  • HOU Shortstop #3
    The biggest concern for Peña, which could’ve led to a brief trip to the injured list to open the regular season, was the lack of live at-bats resulting from a fractured finger he suffered earlier this month. The 28-year-old shortstop homered in Tuesday’s exhibition contest and figures to be in Houston’s lineup for Thursday’s opener against the Angels. It might take him a few games to knock off the rust and get back to full speed.
  • NYY Starting Pitcher #45
    This is another procedural move from the Yankees before Opening Day, though it’s obviously a good sign he’s on the 15-day IL as opposed to the 60-day IL. Cole looked good in his last start, and is still on track to return to the Yankees rotation by May.
  • CIN Starting Pitcher #40
    This always seemed like the most likely outcome after Lodolo didn’t seem to be brimming with optimism after playing catch on Tuesday at American Family Field in Milwaukee. The 28-year-old southpaw won’t require a lengthy absence at the outset of the regular season but he’ll need at least a handful of minor league rehab outings to build up his pitch count and stamina. Top pitching prospect Rhett Lowder, who will start on Sunday against the Red Sox to open the season, seems like the clearest beneficiary from Lodolo’s departure from Cincinnati’s rotation mix since he’ll have a much clearer path to consistent innings, which gives him some fantasy appeal as a streaming option in shallow mixed leagues.
  • CHC Center Fielder #4
    Passan adds that the long-term contract agreement, which ostensibly buys out Crow-Armstrong’s four remaining arbitration-eligible seasons and two additional free agent years, could be worth up to $133 million through performance-based escalators. The 23-year-old center fielder blossomed into a legitimate fantasy star last season, cobbling together a magnificent 31-homer, 35-steal breakthrough campaign. He’ll be at the epicenter of Chicago’s long-term roster build and projects as a perennial early-round selection in fantasy drafts as he approaches his physical prime.
  • CIN Starting Pitcher #26
    It was extremely encouraging to see Burns completely dialed in after a mostly forgettable spring that left fanatsy managers with more questions than answers. He generated 13 swinging strikes and topped out at 99.8 mph on his four-seam fastball, limiting Milwaukee’s formidable lineup to just four hits, including a solo homer from Jake Bauers. More importantly, he didn’t hand out a free pass in this one and got hit pitch count up to 68 (53 strikes). The 23-year-old top pitching prospect will kick off the season with an extremely favorable home matchup against the division-rival Pirates on Monday night.
  • NYY Starting Pitcher #45
    It was extremely encouraging to see Cole wrap up spring training by averaging a sizzling 96.3 mph on his fastball, especially since it was a 91-degree afternoon in the Arizona desert. A solo homer by Alex Bregman accounted for all of the damage against him. The 35-year-old veteran fantasy ace will continue building up his pitch count and stamina on a minor league rehab assignment before making his return from Tommy John surgery at some point in late April or early May. He appears to have been undervalued in early-spring drafts based on how his stuff has looked in game action recently.

NBC Sports Podcasts

NFL

Florida is taking aim at the Rooney Rule, calling it discriminatory.
Najee Harris visited the Seahawks on Wednesday and the running back has another visit lined up with a prospective employer for the 2026 season.

NBA

Luka Doncic puts in 43 points worth of work and dished out seven assists as Los Angeles closed out a win in Indianapolis.
Grant Liffmann joins Chris Mannix to discuss the potential changes the NBA could make to help disincentivize tanking.
Milwaukee is lottery-bound and wants to improve its draft position. Antetokounmpo wants to play once healthy.

Premier League

Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the current season, bringing an end to one of the greatest individual careers in Premier League history.
Everything you ever wanted to know about Americans in the Premier League, from total PL appearances to the five U.S. born players to play in the PL and not (yet) represent the full United States men’s national team.
The Generation xG crew examines how the Toffees “pounced” on Chelsea’s defensive vulnerabilities at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Leon Osman catches up with Everton manager David Moyes to take a trip down memory lane with his former gaffer.

March Madness 2026

Each team left has at least two games under their belt to show us how they perform on the NCAA Tournament stage.
Now that we have two full rounds under our belts, let’s assess how each remaining team looks.
Iowa head coach Ben McCollum chats with John Fanta about his team’s run in the NCAA Tournament, the next matchup against Nebraska and the music he listens to while breaking down film.
Just because there’s a No. 11 next to the Texas Longhorns does not mean we are talking about some plucky underdog making the Sweet 16.
The Sweet 16 will have a definite SEC feel with six teams advancing from that conference to the second weekend of March Madness.
The 2026 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament tips off in all its glory on Wednesday, March 18.
March Madness 2026 is finally here! Find out how to watch every single game of the tournament and more.

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Motor Sports

Eli Tomac won four of five rounds in Detroit from 2015 through 2022. He needs another this week to stall Hunter Lawrence’s momentum.
Pierce Brown entered the Birmingham Supercross race two points out of the championship lead.
Dylan Ferrandis said on Race Day Live at Birmingham that he would test again this week, and he is ready to return to action.
Hunter Lawrence won three of the last four races and finished second in the other.

Rotoworld

A look at the 26 best fantasy baseball prospects who can help rosters during the 2026 MLB season.
While the Bucks reportedly want to shut down their star forward, neither he nor the NBPA is on board with that idea.
Patrick Daugherty and Denny Carter analyze the reports of Alabama’s Ty Simpson being evaluated as a first round pick ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft, discussing if he has what it takes to be a starter in the pros.
Patrick Daugherty and Denny Carter unpack Travis Kelce re-signing with the Kansas City Chiefs, detailing if the veteran can remain a top tight end option for fantasy football in 2026.

Betting

Golf

Tiger Woods returned to some form of competition in the TGL final. He couldn’t do anything about Los Angeles making three straight eagles to close out Match 2 and win the best-of-3 series to capture the SoFi Cup.
Scheffler will miss the one of the last tournaments before the Masters in April.
Tiger Woods will make his first TGL appearance in Jupiter Links’ final against Los Angeles.
Fitzpatrick managed to play bogey-free on a sunbaked Copperhead course at Innisbrook.
Watch highlights of the final round of the PGA Tour’s Valspar Championship at Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Sungjae Im was in position for a wire-to-wire victory in the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook after a slow start in his return from a wrist injury.

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Ready or not, a proposal based on 18 games is likely coming. Soon.
The USMNT’s 2026 schedule is focused on the World Cup, but Mauricio Pochettino has a few big tests ahead of leading the Stars and Stripes to a World Cup on home soil.