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Plus: Major NFL replay changes…
Good afternoon. Today’s edition brings you the top news from around the sports world. Let’s get right to it.
—Kyle
1) NFL approves two big replay changes
NFL owners gave the green light to two significant replay system changes for next season—one that’s contingent on the NFL using replacement refs, and one that takes effect regardless.
- The first would expand the authority of the NFL’s officiating command center in NYC, allowing staffers to alert replacement refs when they see clear evidence of certain violations, or if a flag shouldn't have been thrown.
- The second—enacted regardless of replacement refs—would allow replay officials in NYC to disqualify a player and penalize their team for a flagrant football act or non-football act.
NFL replacement refs could soon be here
2) Luka Dončić caps off historic March
The Lakers superstar scored 42 points and added 12 assists in a 127-113 win over the Cavs last night, marking his third straight 40-point game for Los Angeles (currently #3 in the West).
- It also lifts Luka’s March scoring total to 600 points, joining Michael Jordan (‘87) as the only players to reach that mark in March.
- Luka is also one of just 10 players in NBA history to score 600 points in any single month.
- Outside of Dončić, Lakers F LeBron James has now eclipsed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most wins by any player in NBA history (1,229) after last night’s victory.
Lakers are Marching to the playoffs
3) Shohei Ohtani dazzles in pitching debut
The Dodgers star put on a two-way show for the first time this season on Tuesday night, when he struck out 6 batters across 6 scoreless innings and gave up one hit in Los Angeles’ 4-1 win.
- He also reached base three times at the plate, collecting a hit and two walks.
- Ohtani now owns both the MLB’s longest active on-base streak, at 36 games, as well as the league’s longest active scoreless innings streak, at 22 2/3 IP.
- No other player has accomplished this since at least 1961.
4) Major names headline Basketball HoF Class of 2026
While the Basketball Hall of Fame announces its annual class every year at the Final Four, the names of several notable inductees were leaked to the press yesterday.
- On the men’s side, inductees include NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire and head coach Doc Rivers, as well as longtime Gonzaga head coach Mark Few.
- The list also features WNBA stars Candace Parker—one of the greatest women’s players of all time—and Elena Delle Donne.
5) Tiger steps away from golf to seek treatment
Tiger Woods says he's stepping away from golf "for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health," after he was arrested on suspicion of DUI last week following a rollover crash in Florida.
- "I know and understand the seriousness of the situation I find myself in today," said Woods, who entered a plea of not guilty in his DUI case.
- Woods, 50, last competed on the PGA Tour in July 2024, when he missed the cut at the Open Championship.
- He had been working to return to next week’s Masters prior to his latest car crash.
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