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On January 29, 2023, Novak Djokovic found his way to a 22nd Grand Slam, bringing this year’s drama-filled Australian Open to an end. For two weeks, players from across the globe gathered in Melbourne, Australia. Lifted bans, new rules, late-night matches, and more littered the headlines of the first Grand Slam event of the year.

For many baseball fans, the allure of Opening Day is up there with Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July. Spring is in the air, and all thirty fan bases are told that the coming season might be theirs to win it all. Yet, with the growing payroll disparity between MLB’s richest and poorest franchises, many teams – by virtue of their reduced spending capacity – did not have a legitimate shot to contend for a World Series when the 2023 season began a few weeks ago.

Earlier this year, Brooklyn Nets Center Nerlens Noel and his former agent Rich Paul of Klutch Sports settled their ongoing misrepresentation dispute that came to fruition in the summer of 2021. In 2017, Noel, an established veteran and former sixth overall pick, considered signing a four-year, $70 million contract extension with the Dallas Mavericks.

It’s no secret that fashion is one of the most polluting industries. It’s responsible for producing up to 10% of the global carbon dioxide output and one-fifth of the 300 million tons of plastic produced.

In February of 2022, Brian Flores filed a class action lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams (Dolphins, New York Giants, and Broncos) for discriminatory employment practices. Flores claims that Black coaches are paid less, fired quicker, and routinely passed up for positions they are qualified for.

In 2018, the Supreme Court decided Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, thereby allowing states to legalize sports gambling as their legislatures see fit.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) are currently negotiating a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in order to avoid a potential lockout.

In 1900, Georges Méliès released Jeanne d’Arc, a silent film based on the life of Joan of Arc, and since then the box office has been bursting with films about the life story of real people. This year alone, Blonde, Elvis, Pam & Tommy, and The Dropout have earned Oscar and Emmy nominations, along with a combination of praise and backlash.

The moves that will have the most impact on the future of the NFL are the lucrative contracts signed by NFL quarterbacks that have the potential to reset the market.

Netflix, a leading streaming service, recently announced plans to crack down on password sharing.

Not one, not two, not three, not four. The creation of the Miami Heat Big Three of Lebron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh marked a turning point in NBA history.

The past few years have seen a series of seismic shifts across the Minor League Baseball landscape.