NCAAB
Purdue 66 Michigan State 75
Sparty led by 2 at the half but then took over in the second half outsourcing the Boilermakers 42-35. Purdue was led by Trey Kaufman-Renn’s 24 points and followed closely by Braden Smith’s 17.
Reggie Miller, the Indiana Pacers’ all-time scoring, assists and steals leader, is leaving TNT and will be joining NBC Sports as a lead game analyst in October, when the NBA returns to NBC and makes its Peacock debut.
The NFL’s looming development of a full-blown Sunday morning international package had some thinking that Netflix, given its global footprint, would be interested. But Netflix is thinking bigger as the company has stated that they are interested in bidding on the NFL’s Sunday afternoon games that currently belong to CBS and Fox. The current broadcast deals run through 2033 but the league has the right to pull the plug on the deals four years early.
The Cincinnati Bengals plan to place franchise tag on WR Tee Higgins for 2nd consecutive year, but eyeing long-term deal. QB Joe Burrow has been vocal about wanting to keep Higgins alongside Ja’Marr Chase. In five seasons with the Bengals, Higgins has caught 330 passes for 4,595 yards and 34 touchdowns.
The first game of spring training will be tomorrow at 3:05 p.m. eastern, when the Cubs and Dodgers play at the Dodgers’ ballpark at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona. The Reds and Cardinals open up on Saturday. Cincinnati takes on the Guardians and the Cardinals face the Marlins. Shake Broadcasting is your home for Reds baseball on the General all season long.
