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Fresh off his second World Series title, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts signed an extension with the organization worth $32.4 million over the next four years. That’s an average annual value (AAV) of $8.1 million, pushing Roberts past Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell – five years, $40 million ($8 million AAV) – for the highest-paid manager in MLB.

This was not an unexpected deal. Roberts was heading into the final year of his contract, and with talks of the extension heating up in recent weeks, it was only a matter of time before the two parties came to an agreement. USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale noted, ‘Roberts was in the final year of his three-year contract extension that paid him $4 million this season and now doubles his contract, making him the highest-paid manager on an annual average value basis.’

Still, despite the massive payday, Roberts is not one of the wealthiest managers/coaches in sports, which is surprising considering Roberts and Counsell earn significantly more than the third-highest-paid manager in MLB, Arizona’s Torey Lovullo ($5 million).

Despite MLB being one of the largest professional sports organizations in the world, the wealthiest manager in the league’s salary would barely make a dent compared with some of the larger contracts. Here’s where Roberts ranks among coaches across major sports:

Where does Roberts rank among American coaches/managers?

Among American head coaches, Roberts boasts the 44th-largest salary, according to Sportico, with several NFL, NBA, college football and college basketball coaches ahead of him.

Highest paid managers in sports

NFL

Andy Reid (Kansas City) – $20 million

NBA

Steve Kerr (Golden State) – $17.5 million

College football

Kirby Smart (Georgia) – $13 million

College basketball

Bill Self (Kansas) – $10.6 million

MLS

Phil Neville (Portland Timbers) – $1 million

NHL

Mike Sullivan (Pittsburgh) – $5.5 million

Is Roberts worth that much?

Roberts is one of the best managers in MLB. His .627 regular season winning percentage as with the Dodgers (he also had one game as San Diego Padres manager) is the best among active managers. Including the playoffs, Roberts’ winning percentage is .618, which is sixth best all-time among qualified managers. In fact, there isn’t a single manager who has coached since 1950 with a better winning percentage.

Shockingly though, Roberts’ incredible knack for winning games has earned him only one Manager of the Year Award. Roberts earned the hardware in 2016 after leading the Dodgers to a 91-71 record in his first year on the job.

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Justin Fields has agreed to terms with the New York Jets on a two-year, $40 million contract, which includes $30 million guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Fields is entering his age-26 season in 2025 and has posted a career record of 14-30 across 44 starts. He was originally selected by the Chicago Bears with the 11th overall pick in the 2021 NFL draft and spent his first three seasons in Chicago.

Fields completed just 60.3% of his passes in his three years with the Bears but established himself as a great running quarterback. He joined Lamar Jackson and Michael Vick as the only quarterbacks in NFL history to run for 1,000-plus yards in a single season after he notched 1,143 in 2022.

The Bears ended up with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft thanks to the Bryce Young trade. That positioned Chicago to select Caleb Williams and led them to trade Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers before the draft. The Steelers sent a 2025 sixth-round pick to the Bears for the young quarterback.

Fields began the 2024 season as Pittsburgh’s starting quarterback. He posted a 4-2 record over the first six weeks of the season while completing 66.3% of his passes for 1,106 yards, five touchdowns and one interception. He also added 231 yards and five touchdowns on 55 carries.

However, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin benched Fields in favor of Russell Wilson after the veteran returned from a calf injury in Week 7. Fields played just 15 snaps the rest of the season after that, including the playoffs, failing to complete his only two passes while running for 58 yards on seven carries.

This year, Fields will look to hold onto the starting job and build upon his career-high 65.8% completion percentage from last season.

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Josh Sweat has signed a free-agent contract with the Arizona Cardinals ahead of the 2025 NFL season.

The pass-rusher is set to receive a four-year deal worth $76.4 million. It includes $41 million guaranteed.

A person close to the situation confirmed the terms of the deal to USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon. The person spoke on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the matter.

Sweat was one of the best players on the field for the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 59. The edge rusher relentlessly pressured Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and sacked the three-time NFL champion 2.5 times throughout the Eagles’ 40-22 win.

Sweat’s dominant showing came after he led the Eagles with eight sacks during the regular season, the second-most he has logged in a single season behind his 11-sack campaign in 2022. His 54 pressures ranked 21st among edge players in 2024.

Sweat became a full-time starter for the Eagles in 2021, his fourth NFL season. He earned his lone career Pro Bowl nod that season after notching 7.5 sacks. Since becoming a starter, Sweat has totaled 33 sacks in 65 games.

Sweat was expected to garner interest as one of the top pass-rushing talents on the free-agent market, but there were questions about how much he would be paid, given his medical history. He suffered a knee dislocation while playing high school football in 2014 and nearly had to have his leg amputated because of it.

Sweat suffered another medical scare in 2022 when he suffered an artery rupture while at home ahead of the Eagles’ playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Eagles referred to it as ‘a life-threatening situation,’ and Sweat was told if he had fallen asleep while the bleed was ongoing, he may not have woken up.

Despite his scares, Sweat has only missed 12 regular-season games during his seven-year career and hasn’t missed more than one contest in a season, playoffs excluded, since 2020.

USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon contributed to this story.

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The 27-year-old quarterback has agreed with Seattle Seahawks on a three-year contract starting for the 2025 NFL season, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Darnold can make up to $100.5 million on his contract with $55 million in guarantees.

Darnold has had an interesting career path for his age. The former No. 3 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft to the New York Jets, Darnold played three seasons in New York. The Jets traded him to the Carolina Panthers ahead of the 2021 NFL season for a trio of draft picks.

In Carolina, Darnold had two injury-riddled seasons and started a total of 17 games across 2021 and 2022. The Panthers opted against re-signing him after the 2022 season.

Darnold spent the 2023 season as a backup with the NFC champion San Francisco 49ers before hitting free agency again in 2024. He signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings and started the whole season after an injury to rookie J.J. McCarthy.

He made his first Pro Bowl and led Minnesota to a 14-3 record and a playoff berth. The Vikings decided against placing the franchise tag on him for 2025 and that left him to test the market in free agency.

The Seahawks quickly emerged as a suitor for Darnold’s services after trading Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders for a 2025 third-round pick. Seattle will be Darnold’s fifth NFL team of the last six seasons.

USA TODAY’s Jacob Camenker contributed to this report.

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As expected, there’s a change at the top of the USA TODAY Sports men’s basketball coaches poll heading into conference championship week.

Florida climbs to No. 4 claiming the remaining No. 1 vote. St. John’s cracks the top five for the first time this season with the Big East tournament on deck.

UP AND DOWN: Teams rising and falling in projected NCAA bracket

Michigan State and Tennessee are tied for No. 6 heading into their respective league tourneys. Alabama checks in at No. 8, with Texas Tech and Clemson rounding out the top 10.

Further down the poll, Texas A&M improves five places to No. 16 after a week with two wins that included a defeat of Auburn. No. 21 Michigan falls six spots after a pair of losses.

Illinois rejoins the poll at No. 25, replacing Virginia Commonwealth.

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LeBron James won’t win his fifth MVP this season.

But it can be argued that he deserves a top-five vote. Maybe not top three in what is a two-man race for the award. Is there a forward besides Giannis Antetokounmpo who is having a better season than James? Maybe Boston’s Jayson Tatum. But it’s debatable.

James averages 25.1 points, 8.5 assists and 8.1 rebounds — just one of two players (Nikola Jokic is the other) to average at least those numbers this season — and he shoots 51.8% from the field, 39.1% on 3-pointers and 77.9% on free throws.

Compare that to his last MVP season in 2012-13: 26.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 56.5% from the field, 40.6% on 3s and 75.3% on free throws.

At 40 years old, James, who could miss as many as two weeks with a left groin strain sustained against Boston on Saturday, is performing as well as he did when he was 28. And regardless of his place in the MVP discussion, he will extend his record of All-NBA selections to 21 — each of those being consecutive, starting with the 2004-05 season.

One aspect to watch is his eligibility for season awards as he is sidelined. An NBA rule states a player must play in at least 65 games to be eligible for major awards such as MVP and All-NBA. James has played in 58 games.

Here is the fourth installment of USA TODAY’s NBA MVP power rankings.

5. Lakers forward LeBron James

LeBron James was named the NBA’s Western Conference player of the month for February, becoming the oldest player — and first 40-year-old — in league history to win player of the month. In 11 games last month, he averaged 29.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 1.2 steals and shot 55.5% from the field, 44.3% on 3-pointers and 73.8% on free throws. The Lakers went 9-2 in the month. The new partnership with Luka Dončić has worked well, too. With those two playing in the same game, the Lakers score 112 points and allow 107.3 points per 100 possessions, and they are 8-3.

4. Celtics forward Jayson Tatum

Over the past 10 days, Tatum has posted some monster performances; he dropped 46 and 16 boards in a loss against the Cavaliers and poured in 40 and 12 in a victory against the Lakers. This season, the most important development in his game, however, has been a willingness to find open teammates. He’s averaging a career-high 5.8 assists per game, which also leads all Boston players.

3. Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the league’s second-leading scorer at 30.9 points per game, and he’s averaging 12.0 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.2 blocks. His 60.5% shooting from the field ranks seventh in the NBA and, among players who have attempted at least 800 shots, it’s the highest shooting percentage. It’s the second-best scoring average, second-best shooting percentage and third-best rebounding average of his career. He missed games before the All-Star break with a calf injury but since his return on Feb. 20, the Bucks are 7-3.

1a. Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; 1b. Nuggets center Nikola Jokić

This race, at this point of the season, is too close to call. It feels like this seesaws on a weekly basis, with both Jokić and Gilgeous-Alexander picking up their play. Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 38.8 points per game over his last five, on 53.5% shooting in that span. Gilgeous-Alexander has been a model of consistency this season, extending his streak of consecutive 20-point games to 58 — which happened to come in a 127-103 victory Sunday against the Nuggets.

Not to be outdone, Jokić has continued to anchor Denver, who struggles when Jokić is slowed. In Sunday’s loss against the Thunder, Jokić had a 14-point first quarter, but a tough fall on his right elbow in the second frame appeared to give him discomfort. The Nuggets would then struggle to keep pace in the second half, as Jokić’s shots stopped falling. Still, he posted a historic triple-double Friday in which he scored 31 points, hauled in 21 rebounds and dished out a career-high 22 assists. It was the first 30-20-20 triple-double in NBA history and the 22 dimes were also a record for most ever by a center.

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With the regular season complete and only conference tournaments left in the men’s college basketball schedule, a handful of teams are running out of chances to secure an NCAA Tournament spot.

There will inevitably be bid stealers that make the 68-team bracket by winning their conference tournament who otherwise would not earn an at-large berth. There could also be bubble teams that make a deep run in their conference tournament, improving their resume in the process.

Several bubble teams saw their chances of making the NCAA Tournament fluctuate in the final week of the regular season. For example, Oklahoma — widely considered a ‘first four out’ team in bracketology — earned two Quad 1 wins with a double-digit victory over Missouri at home and a win over Texas on the road, Porter Moser’s first over the Longhorns in his four-year tenure.

And amid all the controversy with Indiana and its coach, Mike Woodson, announcing his retirement after the season’s conclusion, the Hoosiers are hanging on for an NCAA Tournament berth after winning five of their last seven games — including wins over Michigan State and Purdue.

Here’s a look at the latest March Madness predictions as Power Conference tournaments get underway:

March Madness predictions

Last Four In

Baylor
Oklahoma
Xavier
Ohio State

First Four Out

San Diego State
Boise State
North Carolina
Texas

No.1 seeds

Auburn
Duke
Florida
Houston

No. 2 seeds

Alabama
Tennessee
Michigan State
Texas A&M

No. 3 seeds

St. John’s
Texas Tech
Iowa State
Kentucky

No. 4 seeds

Wisconsin
Purdue
Maryland
Clemson

No. 5 seeds

Arizona
Michigan
Missouri
Oregon

No. 6 seeds

UCLA
Saint Mary’s
Louisville
BYU

No. 7 seeds

Marquette
Memphis
Mississippi State
Ole Miss

No. 8 seeds

Kansas
Illinois
UConn
Creighton

No. 9 seeds

Gonzaga
New Mexico
Vanderbilt
Utah State

No. 10 seeds

Drake (Missouri Valley winner)
Arkansas
West Virginia
Georgia

No. 11 seeds

Oklahoma/Baylor
UC San Diego
Indiana
VCU

No. 12 seeds

McNeese
Xavier/Ohio State
Liberty
Yale

No. 13 seeds

Lipscomb (ASUN winner)
High Point (Big South winner)
Arkansas State
Akron

No. 14 seeds

Utah Valley
Towson
Troy
Northern Colorado

No. 15 seeds

Furman
Central Connecticut
Norfolk State
Robert Morris

No. 16 seeds

Bryant
SIU Edwardsville (Ohio Valley winner)/American
Quinnipiac/Southern
Omaha (Summit League winner)

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If you’re an NFL fan waiting with bated breath to see what’s under your team’s free agency Christmas tree … well, let’s hope your general manager isn’t a procrastinator when it comes to shopping. After all, given all that has transpired in recent days – and especially Sunday evening – kinda feels like the market to obtain impact players is basically picked over before it ever really opened.

The league’s legal tampering window initiates Monday, veterans who are unsigned for the 2025 season permitted to negotiate with teams other than the one they played for last season. However they can’t begin switching sides, nor can trades be officially executed, until 4 p.m. ET on Wednesday, the start of the NFL’s new league year. (The exceptions are players like Davante Adams and Joey Bosa, whose previous contracts were terminated rather than expiring, which is how Adams was able to join the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday.)

And while so many of the highly anticipated names that seemed to be available are already accounted for, there are still a few major story lines that have yet to play out. Here are six to monitor as the market swings its doors open Monday, if mostly just to allow for browsing of its mostly barren shelves:

1. Where will Sam Darnold go?

Who would have imagined a year ago that a guy many had considered a major draft bust after he was selected third overall by the New York Jets in 2018 – before playing for two subsequent teams – prior to his Pro Bowl emergence with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024 might emerge as the prize of free agency? It seems that Darnold isn’t going back to the Twin Cities, where the Vikes will be compelled to eventually turn the QB1 role over to 2024 first-rounder J.J. McCarthy, whose preseason knee injury scuttled his rookie season.

It seemed like the Seattle Seahawks reshaped Darnold’s market Friday, their decision to trade Geno Smith to the Las Vegas Raiders making the Pacific Northwest an enticing landing spot – thought Pittsburgh might look pretty good, too, now that the Seahawks have chosen to send WR DK Metcalf to the Steelers, who still have a wide-open quarterback situation themselves. Maybe Darnold picks his next home Monday … and maybe he now has a robust enough market to drag this out for a minute.

2. Who else is on quarterback carousel?

While Darnold seems like the big QB fish in the free agent pond, others will also be biting. For teams that have or will be targeting young arms in the draft, there will be some accomplished bridge options with the likes of Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers, who will be released by the Jets in the coming days. For those looking at younger and probably cheaper options and hoping for a Darnold-esque revival, Daniel Jones and Justin Fields should be available – though the latter likely did enough in his six early season starts with the Steelers in 2024 that he could command a multi-year deal from Pittsburgh or elsewhere (Jets?). The Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts, New York Giants, Tennessee Titans, Seahawks and Vikings (sort of) all seem to need at least an upgrade if not at least an insurance plan behind center.

3. What will Patriots do with their free agency bankroll?

Just a few days ago, the New England Patriots were projected, per Over The Cap, to have a league-most $127+ million to spend this year in free agency – and executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf said at the combine (following a 4-13 season), “We have to do what’s necessary. So last year, we didn’t do enough of what was necessary. This year, we have to do what’s necessary to improve the team.”

Thus far, that doesn’t feel like a whole lot.

The Pats have signed a badly needed pass rusher in Harold Landry, who was recently jettisoned by the Titans, to a three-year deal that reunites him with first-year coach Mike Vrabel, formerly Tennessee’s HC. Otherwise … backup TE Austin Hooper is back?

Maybe Wolf and Vrabel will by hyperactive in the coming days – they still have the most cap space in the league by orders of magnitude despite committing $43.5 million to Landry. Yet it also seems like New England has been beaten to the punch by some degree, the Chicago Bears set to consummate trades (Joe Thuney, Jonah Jackson) for offensive line help while receivers such as Metcalf, Adams and Christian Kirk are already on the move. And if there are two areas where second-year QB Drake Maye is in drastic need of more help, it’s his protection and his playmaking options. Let’s see what he winds up with.

4. What is Seattle up to?

An overhaul, basically? Though the Seahawks managed to go 10-7 in 2024 under Mike Macdonald, the ‘Hawks were not the defensively dominant, smashmouth, ball-control team the then-rookie coach had envisioned when he took the job a year ago. But GM John Schneider has significantly churned this roster over the past week, trading Metcalf and Smith, releasing several players (notably WR Tyler Lockett) while re-upping LB Ernest Jones IV and DT Jarran Reed to three-year extensions.

What next?

Seattle clearly needs another capable receiver opposite Jaxon Smith-Njigba, must upgrade in the trenches – particularly the O-line – and now has a fascinating question at quarterback. Smith’s departure signaled the Emerald City as a logical home for Darnold. But if he is lured elsewhere, what’s Plan B? The Seahawks currently hold the 18th overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, yet now have five of the top 92 selections after obtaining extra choices in the second and third rounds by dealing Smith and Metcalf. That might be sufficient ammo to move up for  Cam Ward of Miami (Fla.) or Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders if Macdonald and Schneider choose to go that route instead.

5. What will Bengals screw up next?

Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow has been publicly pleading with his employers in recent weeks to keep the team’s best players under its (circus?) tent.

“I want deals done just like our quarterback wants deals done,’ Cincy director of player personnel Duke Tobin said at the scouting combine. ‘Everything he says, I agree with. I want them done. I want the best players available. And I also want to add more players to our team.”

That pledge started out well enough, the Bengals biting the franchise tag a bullet a second straight year to keep WR Tee Higgins in house. But soon enough, the situation began to seemingly deteriorate, the team permitting DE Trey Hendrickson – all he did in 2024 was lead the NFL with 17½ sacks while earning runner-up honors for Defensive Player of the Year – to seek a trade. And maybe you can’t pay everyone (have the Bengals ever done that?), but juxtaposing the potential departure of Hendrickson with the team’s decision to re-sign eminently replaceable dudes like TE Mike Gesicki and OL Cody Ford instead just doesn’t square.

Naturally, it gets worse – which is what the Bengals usually do in short order once they unexpectedly flourish. Tobin also put himself in a negotiating box by vowing that All-Pro WR Ja’Marr Chase will “end up being the No. 1 paid non-quarterback in the league. We’re there. Let’s get it done.’

Except Cincinnati hasn’t, and the delay is going to be especially penal. The Las Vegas Raiders granted DE Maxx Crosby that honorific last week with a three-year extension that averaged $35.5 million, making him the best-compensated non-QB in league history – an incremental bump beyond what Chase’s former LSU teammate, Vikings WR Justin Jefferson, earned last year with a mega-pact that averaged $35 million. But then the Browns, as they’ve done in recent years, raised that bar to dizzying heights – doubtless to the consternation of owners and GMs everywhere – eradicating DE Myles Garrett’s desire to be traded by tacking four years onto his existing package, the new money set to average at least $40 million annually.

Chase always wanted to top the paychecks his good buddy Jefferson is cashing. Now, if Tobin is going to keep his word, Chase will do a whole lot better than that – regardless of what the overall impact is to a team that might have to field a starting defense with 11 undrafted free agents … (we’re exaggerating, but maybe not by much).

6. What will happen in the NFC East?

Let’s just do a quick collective snapshot of what is typically the NFL’s most high-profile division and likely will be again in 2025:

The reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles have already extended RB Saquon Barkley (when they didn’t have to) and LB Zack Baun (they kinda had to). What’s next for EVP/GM Howie Roseman? OLB Josh Sweat, DT Milton Williams and OL Mekhi Becton are all pending free agents he seems unlikely to re-sign, and TE Dallas Goedert could also be on the move. Does that mean Roseman is saving his remaining player acquisition resources for a rainy day? Or might he make it rain with an unexpected, Barkley-adjacent trump card, even though Garrett is no longer an option? Stay tuned.

It would be a disservice to say that the surprising NFC runners-up in 2024 are in run-it-back mode, even as the Washington Commanders busily re-sign LB Bobby Wagner, TE Zach Ertz and K Zane Gonzalez – moves that follow their pending acquisition of WR Deebo Samuel from the San Francisco 49ers. But with more than $72 million to spend, is there another splashy addition or two GM Adam Peters will make to continue maximizing the roster around wunderkind QB Jayden Daniels? Hendrickson would be a coup at a time when the Bengals may no longer have the option to come to their senses.

The Dallas Cowboys leaned forward financially for once, averting a franchise tag for blossoming DT Osa Odighizuwa by extending him ahead of that deadline. They also seemed to position themselves to be far more active in free agency after last season’s ‘all in’ debacle, restructuring 2024’s massive megadeals with WR CeeDee Lamb and QB Dak Prescott. But in the interim, by waiting to pay extension-eligible LB Micah Parsons, they’re back in their own version of Bengals mode, which could have cascading consequences on whatever their plans might have been otherwise.

The Giants don’t seem like they’ll be clawing out of last place in 2025. That doesn’t necessarily mean they won’t get better given they have more than $44 million to invest in roster improvement. The big question here is if and when they might aggressively pursue the No. 1 overall draft pick currently held by the Titans and whether that deal might be consummated amid whatever’s left to occur in the league’s free agent frenzy, or if Tennessee rookie GM Mike Borgonzi’s due diligence approach unfolds on his own timeline.

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Nearly all of the Power Conference women’s basketball programs have finished their conference tournaments, meaning all there is left to wait for is Selection Sunday.

A number of mid-major programs still have to conclude their conference tournaments, however, with a slew of teams hoping for limited bid stealers to keep their position on the bubble.

South Carolina and UCLA all but locked up No. 1 seeds in the women’s NCAA Tournament with SEC and Big Ten conference tournament wins, respectively, as the Gamecocks dominated Texas and the Bruins completed a comeback win over USC.

The Longhorns and Trojans should also receive strong consideration for the other two No. 1 seeds of the tournament, with UConn also competing for a No. 1 seed.

Here are the latest March Madness predictions for the women’s NCAA Tournament:

Women’s March Madness predictions

Last four in

Iowa State
Princeton
Harvard
Washington

First four out

Virginia Tech
Saint Joseph’s
Arizona
Minnesota

No. 1 seeds

South Carolina
UCLA
Texas
USC

No. 2 seeds

UConn
TCU
Notre Dame
LSU

No. 3 seeds

NC State
Duke
Kentucky
Oklahoma

No. 4 seeds

Ohio State
Baylor
Ole Miss
North Carolina

No. 5 seeds

Alabama
Maryland
Kansas State
Tennessee

No. 6 seeds

West Virginia
Michigan State
Iowa
Oklahoma State

No. 7 seeds

Louisville
Michigan
Vanderbilt
Florida State

No. 8 seeds

Creighton
Utah
Illinois
South Dakota State

No. 9 seeds

Richmond
Mississippi State
Georgia Tech
Cal

No. 10 seeds

Indiana
Nebraska
Oregon
Iowa State/Princeton

No. 11 seeds

James Madison
Washington/Harvard
Columbia
UNLV

No. 12 seeds

Florida Gulf Coast
George Mason
Fairfield
Grand Canyon

No. 13 seeds

Green Bay
UTSA
Missouri State
Ball State

No. 14 seeds

Liberty
Gonzaga
Norfolk State
Montana State

No. 15 seeds

Lehigh
Southeastern Louisiana
Albany
Tennessee Tech

No. 16 seeds

Southern/NC A&T
Fairleigh Dickinson
UNC-Greenville/High Point
Hawaii

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Amid the hustle and bustle of NFL free agency, San Francisco 49ers’ star running back Christian McCaffrey announced a new addition to his team. Wife Olivia Culpo revealed via Instagram that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child.

The post was met with tons of congratulatory messages from other women in the sports world.

‘Omg congrats. So happy for you guys,’ commented Olympic champion skier Lindsey Vonn.

‘Congratulations,’ wrote NFL reporter Charissa Thompson. 

Culpo didn’t stop there, though, and also posted a reel of the couple celebrating her pregnancy together.

When did McCaffrey and Culpo start dating?

McCaffrey and Culpo have been together since 2019. McCaffrey was still a member of the Carolina Panthers at that time. They got engaged in April 2023 and married on June 29, 2024.

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