🏀 How Much is the D.O.L.L.A. Worth?

You look beautiful today. You know what else is beautiful? Sports. So, let’s dive into a Tuesday Blitz full of NFL headlines, NBA thrillers, NHL bouts and recap a bunch of college kids messing around on a hardwood floor. No, not a fraternity party, we’re talking about college basketball. Sit back, sip that morning coffee and enjoy today’s Blitz.

WTF Stat: It took LeBron James 368 games to reach his first 10,000 points in the NBA. It took him exactly 368 games to score the 10,000 points between his recent 30K-40K milestone - if you’re new to ball, King James holds the record for most points in NBA History.

🏈 Denver Broncos have informed QB Russel Wilson he will be cut as the team will take on $85M of dead money over the next two seasons - the Broncos GM George Patton has still not been fired after giving up two first round picks, two second round picks, a fifth and three players for Russ in return for two losing seasons and lots of dead money…

🏈 Eagles C Jason Kelce has officially retired from the NFL after 13 seasons all with Philadelphia featuring six All-Pro selections (HOFer?) - he started crying about nine seconds into his retirement presser

🏈 Kansas City Chiefs has placed a nonexclusive franchise tag on All-Pro CB L’Jarious Sneed - the “nonexclusive tag” means other teams can talk to the player and then work out a trade with the Chiefs

🏒 New Jersey Devils have fired head coach Lindy Ruff and assistant Travis Green has been named the interim coach - Ruff led the Devils to over 100 points last season and won a playoff series, but have struggled to compete in a packed Eastern Conference this year currently eight points off the final Wild Card spot

🏀 New York Knicks G Jalen Brunson avoids disaster and only has a bruised knee versus any type of torn ligament - his timetable for a return is still uncertain

⚾ Josh Donaldson, former AL MVP, has retired from the MLB at age 38 - Josh is a big fan our Instagram, toss us a follow if you haven’t already!

NBA - Top Games

• Milwaukee Bucks 113, Los Angeles Clippers 106: With two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo out due to Achilles tendinitis, James Harden (29 PTS, 8 AST) the Clippers had a 4th quarter lead but Damian Lillard (41 PTS, 4 AST) said not so fast, it’s DAME TIME, launching a 40-piece to complete the comeback win at home - fan-favorite Bobby Portis (28 PTS, 16 REB) had himself quite the night getting the crowd involved

• Minnesota Timberwolves 119, Portland Trail Blazers 114: Superstar Anthony Edwards (13 PTS, 6 AST) was held in check but a balanced attack from Minnesota with defensive star Rudy Gobert (25 PTS, 16 REB) leading the team in points gave them the edge over a struggling Portland team

See the full NBA scoreboard here and the current standings here.

NHL - Top Games

• Florida Panthers 4, New York Rangers 2: In a battle of the Cup contenders, Aleksander Barkov made a ridiculous assist to Sam Reinhart, who scored twice last night, to help the Panthers get a big win in MSG

• Boston Bruins 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 1: The East’s other top team took care of business at home with David Pastrnak dishing out three helpers to increase his point total to 87 on the year (4th most in NHL)

• St. Louis Blues 2, Philadelphia Flyers 1 (SO): Kevin Hayes evened the game against his former team (traded this offseason) with a 2nd period goal and this one needed a shootout to determine a winner with Pavel Buchnevich scoring the walk-off

See the full NHL scoreboard here and the current standings here.

College Basketball - Top Games

• NCAAM | #9 Duke 79, NC State 64: Despite a season-high from Wolfpack big man DJ Burns (27 PTS, 5 REB), the Blue Devils balanced attacked led by senior Jeremy Roach (21 PTS) and freshman Jared McCain (14 PTS in second half) was too much to overcome - this was yesterday’s Blitz Prime pick, scroll to the bottom and subscribe to unlock our picks

• NCAAM | #11 Baylor 93, Texas 85: Texas had a strong lead a majority of the game thanks to a huge night from flashy guard Max Abmas (33 PTS, 5 AST), but late in the second half Baylor was able to pull away from their in-state rivals as Jalen Bridges (32 PTS, 6-7 3-PT, 9 REB) was scorching hot with the three-ball all night scoring a career-high to avoid the upset

See the full NCAAM scoreboard here and the current rankings here. See the full NCAAW scoreboard here and the current rankings here.

On March 5, 1973, New York Yankee teammates conducted one of the most fascinating trades in MLB history as pitchers Fred Peterson and Mike Kekich announced they would formally be swapping wives. Each family already had two children. Only one of the new couples lasted as the other led to a divorce. I’m just going to leave this here. If you’re interested in learning more about this wild story, here’s a fun article for you!

NBA

• Boston Celtics @ Cleveland Cavaliers 7:30pm ET, TNT

• Phoenix Suns @ Denver Nuggets 10:00pm ET, TNT

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NHL

• St. Louis Blues @ New York Islanders 7:30pm ET, Hulu / ESPN+

• Seattle Kraken @ Winnipeg Jets 9:00pm ET, NHLPP / ESPN+

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Men’s College Basketball

• #16 Alabama @ Florida 7:00pm ET, ESPN

• Providence @ Georgetown 7:00pm ET FS1

• Kansas State @ #14 Kansas 9:00pm ET, ESPN

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Trivia Time Answer

D. Washington Commanders. As of today, Washington has over $96M of cap space to work with for the upcoming free agency period, which begins on March 13th. New England has $91M of space, Tennessee $80M and Chicago $79M. See how much cap space your team has using this list - tough go for Buffalo with negative $41M…

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