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MORE: K-State humbles Trae Young, No. 4 Oklahoma in blowout win Kentucky’s Twitter account said it was Calipari’s first successful long-distance shot since he was hired by the Wildcats. It’s believed the coach’s last half-court make was when he was with Memphis, before the 2008 national title game against Kansas. SN’s Mike DeCourcy reminded Kentucky that making the shot wasn’t exactly a good thing, due to Calipari’s Memphis Tigers eventually losing the national title to Kansas, 75-68....

TMZ reports the part-time WWE stars have been telling friends they aren’t getting back together, as they’ve grown too far apart while Cena filmed a movie in China and Bella filmed an upcoming season of Total Divas. TMZ cited people close to Bella said she came to the realization of “how unhappy she was and hated the feeling of being confused and living in a gray area.” While not outright saying the relationship is over, the former WWE champion posted an ominous tweet earlier Monday....

He’s been offered this much money, no wait, that figure is off the mark. BENDER: Michigan’s dangerous obsession with Harbaugh | Best bets where Harbaugh lands It looks like we’re just going to have to wait and see what Jim Harbaugh does because he’s likely the only one who really knows what his future holds. John Harbaugh is the latest to chime in and he addressed the report that the Harbaugh family is pushing Jim back to Michigan, where he played quarterback for Bo Schembechler....

A certain generation knows him best as the voice of the popular “Madden NFL” video-game franchise, but Madden also made an enormous impact as a Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster. After serving as the head coach of the Raiders for 10 seasons (1969-1978), a run that included a win in Super Bowl XI, Madden became known for his use of the telestrator and ability to bring an Everyman sensibility to the broadcast booth....

— The O’s are 15-16 for the season and one game behind the Yankees for second place in the American League East entering New York’s game Wednesday night against the Astros. The tank may be slowing with third-year manager Brandon Hyde at the controls. MORE: Most recent no-hitter for all 30 MLB clubs — Means, 28, has fashioned a 1.37 ERA to go with a 4-0 record in seven starts in 2021....

Terry was speaking to reporters after Chelsea’s 5-1 FA Cup fourth-round win at MK Dons on Sunday and confirmed his career-long association with the club will end when his current contract expires in June. MORE: Ex-Chelsea manager writes letter to Manchester United “To be honest, I was in [for contract talks] last week before the Arsenal game and it’s not going to be extended,” he said. “It’s my last run in the FA Cup so I want to make it a good one....

The country singer—who is the eldest daughter of the late Johnny Cash—said the incident occurred in a Kroger store in the Green Hills suburb of Nashville. Cash, 65, wrote on Twitter that her daughter had gone to buy groceries while wearing a mask to protect herself from coronavirus. She didn’t reveal which of her daughters had been targeted, but said the girl had “nearly died” of the H1N1 virus....

The ex-girlfriend of Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel told police Manziel threatened to “kill us both” during an argument last weekend in Texas, Dallas television station WFAA reported Thursday. Colleen Crowley told Fort Worth police that Manziel made the threat while he was driving her to her apartment in the city early on Jan. 30. MORE: Manziel’s troubled career | Browns blast Manziel Crowley said (a lightly redacted report is below) the fight began when she met Manziel in his room at Hotel ZaZa in uptown Dallas, where they began arguing over another girl....

“It is with deep regret that, after several emotional and very personal discussions with his family, his doctors, and my client himself, I have made the decision to terminate my professional relationship with Johnny Manziel,” Burkhardt wrote in a statement emailed to media members Friday. MORE: Manziel’s antics, chronicled | Meet Manziel’s former agent After getting the news out of the way, Burkhardt gets personal with his message. He still wishes the best for Manziel, but it seems as if he’s tired of the player not taking his advice, and that’s what ultimately led to his decision....

The attorney, Kathy Kinser, said Crowley has been unable to hear out of her left ear since the incident. “They expect (the ear) to heal, but it’ll take a while,” Kinser told KXAS. MORE: Athletes giving sports a bad name | Why isn’t Manziel in jail? Dallas police have reopened a criminal investigation into the alleged assault, which Crowley said occurred early Jan. 30 after the couple had been fighting....

Look back at the whole thing here on Twitter. Johnny Manziel Pro Day

The former NFL quarterback completed 9 of 11 passes for 80 yards in his CFL preseason debut Friday, but he failed to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to points on any of his five offensive possessions. Still, Manziel felt his performance was another step in the right direction as he continues to learn the nuances of the game north of the border. “It was good,” Manziel said in a fourth-quarter sideline interview with TSN’s Matthew Scianitti....

ESPN’s Ed Werder reported on Wednesday that “it’s possible” the Dallas Cowboys would take Manziel if he fell to their No. 16 overall selection on May 8. There's no secret that owner/general manager Jerry Jones is enamored with Manziel's home-state grown skill set. On the other hand, the Cowboys just invested big money in Tony Romo ($119.5 million over seven years) and have their current veteran starter signed through 2019....

Jon Gruden’s Raiders tenure came to an abrupt end in October, when racist emails surfaced that forced him out of the coach’s office in Vegas. While it’s pretty clear that Gruden is the only one responsible for Gruden’s resignation — insert Spider-Man pointing meme here — Raiders radio voice Musberger doesn’t seem to believe that his end came about fairly. “As I told Coach: ‘Whoever took you out, Jon, that was a paid assassin,’” Musburger told the Las Vegas Sports Network....

Isaac, who is set to graduate from IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., this spring, would seemingly have been ineligible for the 2016 NBA Draft under agreed upon player eligibility restrictions between the NBA and NBPA. MORE: 2016 NBA Draft prospect rankings | Biggest busts of lottery era However, Isaac may have fallen into a loophole which would allow a class of high school basketball players an opportunity to become draft eligible directly from high school....

The team announced Monday that Papelbon is done for the season in the wake of Sunday’s dugout confrontation with star outfielder Bryce Harper. Papelbon will miss the last seven games through a combination of two suspensions: He will drop his appeal of a three-game ban handed down by Major League Baseball last week for throwing at Orioles star Manny Machado, and the team will sit him for the final four games for unacceptable behavior....

South Carolina tweeted Thursday night that the five-star defensive lineman from Columbia, S.C., was, in fact, a Gamecock, a day after he was expected to fax his national letter of intent (NLI) to the program. “It’s a great way to close out our 2020 signing class with Jordan Burch deciding to stay home and play for the University of South Carolina,” South Carolina coach Will Muschamp said in a statement received by South Carolina publication Spurs and Feathers....

Yet it seems not everybody is 100 percent clear on his identity. MORE: Tiger Woods plots his return | Rory McIlroy calls Woods greatest Day got a surprise Thursday as he began his defense of the PGA Tour’s BMW Championship in Carmel, Ind., with the announcer on the first tee at Crooked Stick Golf Club seemingly mixing up the tournament’s reigning champion with a former No. 1 Jordan Spieth....

The two Palestinians were shot to death after they opened fire, along with another individual, on one of Israel’s bases in the West Bank. “Building and expanding settlements, confiscating lands, demolishing homes and deporting Palestinians from their homes are illegal practices that perpetuate the occupation and undermine the chances of achieving a just and comprehensive peace, which is a regional and international necessity,” Ayman al-Safadi, Jordan’s foreign minister, wrote in a tweet Friday....

For starters, the lawmakers proposed an alternative minimum tax along with a slight increase in gasoline taxes. But the two were so watered down that they barely added up, according to the government’s figures, to a mere 1 percent of GDP—an insignificant increase. But the electoral reforms are likely to lead to even bigger problems, threatening the validity of future elections and placing democratic Mexico near other Latin American nations like Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, where ostensibly independent institutions increasingly operate at the mercy of their nations’ leaders....