Sport & Story Daily March 12, 2024

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March 12, 2024

Good morning! Deadspin Sold - Staffers Out

‘Deadspin’ Sold to European Start-Up, All Staffers Laid Off
The sports media company Deadspin has been sold, and all staffers were let go, employees were told Monday during a company meeting, which Front Office Sports confirmed with one of those workers. 

An email obtained by FOS from new CEO Jim Spanfeller to G/O Media employees Monday, which misspelled the company’s name, read: “While the new owners plan to be reverential to Deadpin’s unique voice, they plan to take a different content approach regarding the site’s overall sports coverage.” 
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NWSL, Amazon Expand Business Partnership With Retail Deal
As Eben Novy-Williams and Asli Pelit report, “The women’s soccer league announced a new multiyear deal with the tech giant that will make Amazon its ‘exclusive retail partner’ and an official league licensee. Under the deal, NWSL fans will be able to buy hundreds of officially licensed products on Amazon, some made through the company’s print-on-demand service.”
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Clippers Go Back to the Future by Moving G League Team to San Diego
San Diego Clippers The G League Ontario Clippers are relocating to Oceanside, Calif., next season and will be nostalgically rebranded as the San Diego Clippers. San Diego was home to the NBA’s Clippers from 1978-84 before then-owner Donald Sterling moved the team to L.A.
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2024 NHL Trade Deadline: Tracking and Grading All the Major Deals
The 2024 NHL trade deadline has come and gone! Deals are still set to come across the wire, but the majority of the work seems to be finished. And, as USA Today’s Mark Clarke writes, "With the Vegas Golden Knights throwing everyone for a loop with a late trade for Tomas Hertl, even a quiet deadline was shaken up at the very end.”
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QB Kirk Cousins Leaving Vikings for 4-Year Deal With Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons agreed to terms on a four-year deal with former Minnesota Vikings free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins on Monday, according to his agent, Mike McCartney.

A source told ESPN's Adam Schefter that Cousins' deal is worth $180 million ($45 million per season), including $100 million guaranteed.
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Spring Breakout Squeeze Play and Three Additional MLB Spring Breakout: MiLB Spring Training Prospect Showcase Games Coming to ESPN+ March 15th
Spring Breakout Squeeze Play will be hosted by Dani Wexelman and ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel. The team will go live on Friday, March 15 at 3 p.m. ET to begin five hours of coverage of the breakout games that day, cutting in to provide expert analysis and commentary on MLB’s next generation of stars.
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Bears Commit More Than $2 Billion to Domed Stadium in Chicago
As Sportico’s Kurt Badenhausen writes, “The Chicago Bears’ quest for a new stadium has taken another turn. The team has scrapped its plans to build facilities in the suburbs and plans to stay in the city at a new domed lakefront venue immediately south of Soldier Field, according to multiple reports.”
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Mike Tomlin’s Job Now Is Fixing the Destructive Aura of Russell Wilson
The Steelers’ coach clipped the wings of his 2022 first-round pick Kenny Pickett by signing the former Bronco, and now has no choice but to work on the rebrand for his new quarterback.
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Utah State Women’s Basketball Coach Fired Just Before Press Conference
As B.J. Rains tweeted, “This is crazy! After the Utah State women lost tonight, coach Kayla Ard was asked how they rebuild next season - and she says she just got fired. Never seen anything like this. "I'm assuming that's going to be the last question?"
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The AP Polls Are In and a Bit Wild at the End of the Regular Season

👉🏼 For men

👉🏼 For women

👉🏼 Updated college coaches poll

Alexis Morris Calls Out 2022-2023 LSU Team for Being Scared vs. South Carolina, Takes Shot at Leadership on Current Team
“Either way it goes, that would not have happened [if I was there]. You gotta have a leader on the court,” Morris said. “We don’t have a leader on the court to be like, ‘Hey, we not about to engage. We not about to initiate. We’re not about to start no type of confrontation.'”
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