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Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves helped energy the LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers to a livid fourth-quarter comeback and a 128-124 double-overtime highway win towards the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.

Trailing by as many as 19 factors with eight minutes to go within the ultimate body, Davis and Reaves helped drag the Lakers again to parity and produce simply sufficient offense to scrape out a formidable victory within the second interval of further time at Fiserv Discussion board in Wisconsin.

Davis performed 52 minutes – essentially the most taking part in time by a Lakers participant since Kobe Bryant in 2012, per ESPN – throughout which he racked up 34 factors, 23 rebounds, 4 blocks and two steals. Though the bodily toll of the sport was evidently carrying on the 31-year-old late on, he nonetheless discovered the power to register two very important late blocks towards Bucks star Damian Lillard to maintain issues shut.

Reaves additionally flourished late on within the absence of James, who sat the sport out with ankle soreness.

He completed with a triple-double – with 29 factors, 14 rebounds, 10 assists and only one turnover – with the vast majority of his finest work coming as the sport wore on.

The 25-year-old guard scored 15 of his factors within the ultimate two quarters of regulation and 9 extra within the two overtimes, together with a clutch go-ahead three-pointer with slightly below 40 seconds left within the recreation to place the Lakers forward for good.

“That is the stuff you dream about as a child, being on the highway together with your guys, battling out a tremendous staff and having alternatives to make large pictures,” Reaves instructed reporters afterwards, per ESPN.

D’Angelo Russell additionally stood out down the stretch, overcoming a rocky first half to finish the sport with 29 factors, seven rebounds and 12 assists.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way in which for the Bucks, ending with 29 factors, 21 rebounds, 11 assists and three blocks within the shedding effort.

Tuesday’s victory was LA’s fourth in a row because it battles for a spot within the postseason.

The Lakers presently sit ninth within the Western Convention at 40-32 within the backside half of the Play-In bracket. Nonetheless, they now are simply two video games behind the Sacramento Kings and the Phoenix Suns who presently occupy the seventh and eighth spots respectively. By transferring up into the highest half of the Play-In standings, the Lakers would get two makes an attempt at reaching the NBA Playoffs, moderately than simply the one they’ve now.

Los Angeles is presently three video games behind the Dallas Mavericks who sit within the ultimate computerized playoff spot.

The Lakers subsequent hit the court docket on Wednesday evening in Memphis as they tackle the Grizzlies, whereas the Bucks will look to bounce again on the highway towards the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday.

Nicole Shanahan waves from the rostrum throughout a marketing campaign occasion for impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. The California lawyer is now RFK’s working mate.

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Nicole Shanahan waves from the rostrum throughout a marketing campaign occasion for impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. The California lawyer is now RFK’s working mate.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has introduced a rich California lawyer because the working mate for his impartial presidential marketing campaign, a crucial step as he tries to get on state ballots for November.

Nicole Shanahan, 38, is the president and director of the Bia-Echo Basis, a charitable group that claims it focuses its investments in “Reproductive Longevity & Equality, Legal Justice Reform and a Wholesome and Livable Planet.”

Kennedy is the son of the previous U.S. lawyer basic and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy. He is a longtime environmental lawyer however has develop into recognized lately for his anti-vaccine advocacy and as a promoter of conspiracy theories.

Kennedy, whose impartial candidacy has drawn concern from each Democrats and Republicans for doubtlessly drawing assist away from the 2 main events, introduced the working mate decide Tuesday in Oakland.

The announcement was preceded by audio system criticizing pandemic restrictions and alleged censorship.

Kennedy stated he and Shanahan maintain comparable values round all the things from training and agriculture to skepticism of “Huge Pharma” and the federal government.

“And you already know what? Regardless of the artificially orchestrated divisions, practically all Individuals share the identical values that we do,” he stated. “And I am grateful that Nicole has put her self-interest apart and made the momentous and really, very tough choice to embark with me on this extraordinary campaign to win again our nation.”

Shanahan has no political expertise however deep ties to California’s tech business, and was as soon as married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. She has additionally given cash beforehand to Democrats, together with President Biden, however lately has been a key monetary backer of a pro-Kennedy tremendous PAC, contributing $4 million to assist the group air a $7 million advert through the Tremendous Bowl.

That advert, which largely copied a 1960 advert for his uncle’s presidential marketing campaign, was slammed by Democrats and lots of members of the Kennedy household, who notably and pointedly assist Biden’s reelection.

On the Oakland occasion Tuesday, Shanahan stated her background in tech and keenness tackling the rise in power illness are a number of the attributes that may information her position in Kennedy’s marketing campaign.

“The imaginative and prescient we share is a imaginative and prescient of nationwide therapeutic, it’s an America that leads the world, not by way of pressure of arms, however by way of the facility of instance,” she stated.

The number of a political novice as a working mate that would deliver an inflow of money to the marketing campaign comes as Kennedy seeks to get on the poll in all 50 states, which the marketing campaign says takes at the least 1,000,000 signatures on petitions that adjust to guidelines and deadlines that differ from state to state.

To date, the marketing campaign and the supporting tremendous PAC say Kennedy has sufficient signatures to qualify for ballots in a number of states, together with the battlegrounds of Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Michigan.

Kennedy had advised the New York Instances that his working mate shortlist included New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura, a former Minnesota governor {and professional} wrestler. Rogers has courted controversy lately for his views on vaccines and different matters.

Shanahan advised Newsweek final month that she was vaccinated towards COVID-19, and that calling Kennedy or anybody else an “anti-vaxxer” is “so unfair to the reason for objectively funding scientific analysis.”

As of the newest marketing campaign finance filings, Kennedy reported practically $28 million in contributions, together with virtually $19 million from about 67,000 donors who gave greater than $200. The professional-Kennedy American Values 2024 PAC raised greater than $42 million and spent $24 million in assist of his candidacy.

NUEVA JERSEY — Como cube el refrán, en Nueva Jersey puede pasar cualquier cosa.

Alguien en el Estado Jardín ahora es millonario al ganar el martes en la noche el premio mayor de Mega Thousands and thousands de $1,130 millones, convirtiéndose en el primer gran ganador del juego en 2024 y rompiendo una racha sin victorias que se remonta a diciembre.

El afortunado poseedor del boleto acertó los seis números sorteados el martes por la noche. Los números ganadores en el sorteo de este martes son: 7, 11, 22, 29, 38 y 4. El afortunado o afortunada se lleva a casa el premio estimado de $1,130 millones ($537.5 millones en efectivo).

Los números fueron seleccionados por el ganador, no por Fast Choose, y fue único, lo que significa que no se seleccionaron otros números en el boleto, dijeron funcionarios de la lotería.

Ahora es el premio mayor más grande jamás ganado en Nueva Jersey.

El boleto se compró en ShopRite Liquor en la Ruta 66 en Neptune, condado de Monmouth.

Los funcionarios de la lotería de Nueva Jersey celebraron una conferencia de prensa allí el miércoles para presentar al minorista su cheque de bonificación de $30,000 por vender el boleto ganador del premio mayor. Mientras tanto, el poseedor del billete aún no se ha presentado.

Alguien en el Estado Jardín ahora es multimillonario al ganar el martes en la noche el premio mayor de Mega Thousands and thousands de $1,130 millones, convirtiéndose en el primer gran ganador del juego en 2024 y rompiendo una racha sin victorias que se remonta a diciembre. 

“No sé quién es el ganador. Sabemos dónde y cuándo se vendió, pero no sabemos a quién se vendió”, dijo James Carey, director ejecutivo de la Lotería de Nueva Jersey. “Si eres el ganador, firma el reverso del billete, tómale una fotografía, haz una copia y guárdalo en un lugar seguro”

“Dígaselo sólo a sus seres queridos más cercanos y luego le insto a que hable con un asesor financiero”, añadió Carey. “Nadie está acostumbrado a pasar de ser una persona regular a millonario o cien millonario de la noche a la mañana.”

(Dato curioso: el año pasado se vendió un billete de Mega Thousands and thousands por valor de 1.600 millones de dólares en Neptune Seaside, Florida. Hay al menos siete Neptunes en Estados Unidos, para aquellos que se sientan obligados a mudarse).

Hasta el último sorteo, nadie había acertado los seis números y ganado el premio mayor de Mega Thousands and thousands desde el 8 de diciembre. Eso equivalía a 30 sorteos consecutivos sin un gran ganador. Las probabilidades de ganar el premio mayor son de 1 entre 302.6 millones.

Las regulaciones de la lotería de Nueva Jersey permiten que el ganador opte por permanecer en el anonimato, por lo que no es seguro que alguna vez conozcamos la identidad de la persona.

El premio es el octavo más grande en la historia de la lotería de EEUU y el quinto más grande en la historia de Mega Thousands and thousands, aunque debido a que los premios mayores siempre se basan en ventas reales, el monto oficial del premio mayor se determinará después de que finalicen las ventas de las 47 jurisdicciones participantes el miércoles por la mañana.

“Felicitaciones a la Lotería de Nueva Jersey por vender un boleto ganador del premio mayor en el sorteo Mega Thousands and thousands de $1,130 millones del martes”, dijo la presidenta y directora ejecutiva de la Lotería de Georgia, Gretchen Corbin, directora principal del Consorcio Mega Thousands and thousands. “Celebramos a nuestro nuevo ganador del premio mayor, así como todos los premios ganados y los dólares recaudados para buenas causas durante esta emocionante carrera del premio mayor”.

El premio mayor de $1,120 millones es para un ganador al que se le paga mediante una anualidad, con un pago inicial y luego 29 pagos anuales. La mayoría de los ganadores eligen un pago en efectivo, que sería de $537.5 millones.

Hubo un whole de 3,693,854 boletos ganadores, incluido el ganador del premio mayor. Trece boletos acertaron las cinco bolas blancas para ganar el premio de segundo nivel del juego. Uno, vendido en Nueva York, vale $2 millones porque incluía el Megaplier opcional (disponible en la mayoría de los estados con una compra adicional de 1 dólar), que se duplicó el martes por la noche. Los otros 12 premios de segundo nivel ganan el estándar de $1 millón cada uno y se ganaron en California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nueva York (2) y Ohio.

El próximo gran sorteo de lotería de Estados Unidos será el miércoles por la noche y se estima que el premio mayor del Powerball será de $865 millones. Nadie ha ganado ese premio desde el día de Año Nuevo, lo que hace 36 sorteos sin ganador.

Mega Thousands and thousands se juega en 45 estados, además de Washington, D.C. y las Islas Vírgenes de EEUU. Powerball también se juega en esos estados, así como en Washington, D.C., las Islas Vírgenes de Estados Unidos y Puerto Rico.

The Backyard State simply acquired a bit greener: Somebody received the $1 billion Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot Tuesday, and the ticket was offered in New Jersey’s Monmouth County, officers mentioned.

Whereas the winner of the jackpot that has been rising since early December has not come ahead, the New Jersey Lottery on Wednesday introduced ShopRite Liquor in Neptune Township offered the ticket.

The $1.13 billion jackpot is “the most important … ever received in New Jersey,” James A. Carey Jr., the chief director of the New Jersey Lottery, instructed reporters throughout a information convention at ShopRite’s Route 66 location earlier than presenting a $30,000 bonus verify to the retailer.

He added that is the twenty eighth time that New Jersey has received a Mega Thousands and thousands jackpot, the fifth-largest jackpot in Mega Thousands and thousands historical past and the eighth-largest jackpot in United States lottery historical past.

The successful numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing have been 7, 11, 22, 29, 38 and the gold Mega Ball 4.

“It was not a Fast Decide. It was chosen numbers and it was a one board ticket. One decide,” mentioned Adam Perlow with Northstar New Jersey Lottery Group, a personal operator of the New Jersey Lottery.

Simply because the ticket was offered in New Jersey doesn’t imply the winner lives there.

And the general public could by no means study the individual’s id. New Jersey Lottery winners can stay nameless, in keeping with the sport’s web site. Their names aren’t allowed for inspection underneath the Open Public Data Act, Carey added.

The final time somebody received the jackpot was Dec. 8, and when there isn’t any winner the jackpot rolls over.

The jackpot has now reset to its default $20 million.

The lottery sport is performed in 45 states, in addition to in Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Author David Simon, a champion of Baltimore who set his TV crime drama “The Wire” on the streets of town he as soon as lined as a reporter, warned on-line that the individuals who will undergo essentially the most are these whose livelihoods rely on the port.

“Considering first of the folks on the bridge,” Simon posted on X. “However the thoughts wanders to a port metropolis strangling. All of the individuals who depend on ships out and in.”

Timeline of crash

Dramatic video captured the second at 1:28 a.m. Tuesday when the Dali struck a assist and despatched the bridge tumbling into the water. A livestream confirmed vehicles and vans on the bridge simply earlier than the strike. The ship didn’t sink, and its lights remained on.

Investigators mentioned in a timeline that the Dali’s lights all of a sudden shut off 4 minutes earlier earlier than they got here again on and that then, at 1:25 a.m. darkish black smoke started billowing from the ship’s chimney.

A minute later, at 1:26 a.m., the ship appeared to show. And within the minutes earlier than it slammed into the assist, the lights flickered once more.

Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld mentioned the employees on the bridge have been repairing concrete ducts when the ship crashed into the construction.

At the very least seven staff have been pouring concrete to repair potholes on the roadway on the bridge instantly above the place the ship hit, mentioned James Krutzfeldt, a foreman.

Earlier, the Coast Guard mentioned it had obtained a report {that a} “motor vessel made impression with the bridge” and confirmed it was the Dali, a containership crusing below a Singaporean flag that was heading for Sri Lanka.

Bobby Haines, who lives in Dundalk in Baltimore County, mentioned he felt the impression of the bridge collapse from his home close by.

“I awoke at 1:30 this morning and my home shook, and I used to be freaking out,” he mentioned. “I believed it was an earthquake, and to search out out it was a bridge is absolutely, actually scary.”

Households of bridge staff anticipate updates

Earlier within the day, kin of the development crew waited for updates on their family members.

Marian Del Carmen Castellon instructed Telemundo her husband, Miguel Luna, 49, was engaged on the bridge.

“They solely inform us that we’ve to attend and that they’ll’t give us data,” she mentioned.

Castellon mentioned she was “devastated, devastated as a result of our coronary heart is damaged, as a result of we don’t understand how they’ve been rescued but. We’re simply ready for the information.”

Luna’s co-worker Jesús Campos mentioned he felt crushed, too.

“It hurts my coronary heart to see what is occurring. We’re human beings, and they’re my of us,” he mentioned.

Campos instructed The Baltimore Banner that the lacking males are from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.

Lively search and rescue ends

The Coast Guard mentioned it was suspending the energetic search-and-rescue effort at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“Coast Guard’s not going away, none of our companions are going away, however we’re simply going to transition into a distinct section,” Gilreath mentioned at a information convention.

Maryland State Police Superintendent Roland L. Butler, Jr., mentioned it was shifting to a restoration operation. Altering circumstances have made it harmful for divers, he mentioned. 

Butler pledged to “do our easiest to get better these six lacking folks,” however the circumstances are troublesome.

“If we have a look at how difficult it’s at a easy motorcar crash to extract a person, I am certain we are able to all think about how a lot tougher it’s to do it in inclement climate, when it is chilly, below the water, with very restricted to no visibility,” he mentioned.

“There is a great quantity of particles within the water,” which may embody sharp steel and different hazards, and that would take time, Butler mentioned.

‘An extended highway in entrance of us’

In-built 1977 and referred to regionally because the Key Bridge, the construction was later named after the creator of the American nationwide anthem.

The bridge is greater than 8,500 toes lengthy, or 1.6 miles. Its predominant part spans 1,200 toes, and it was one of many longest steady truss bridges on the earth upon its completion, in line with the Nationwide Metal Bridge Alliance.

About 31,000 automobiles a day use the bridge, which equals 11.3 million automobiles per 12 months, in line with the Maryland Transportation Authority.

The river and the Port of Baltimore are each key to the delivery trade on the East Coast, producing greater than $3.3 billion a 12 months and instantly using greater than 15,000 folks.

Requested what folks in Baltimore can anticipate going ahead, the state’s transportation secretary mentioned it’s too early to inform.

“Clearly we reached out to plenty of engineering corporations, so clearly we’ve a protracted highway in entrance of us,” Wiedefeld mentioned.

Julia Jester reported from Baltimore, Patrick Smith from London, Corky Siemaszko from New York and Phil Helsel from Los Angeles.

Brittany Snow detailed how ex-husband Tyler Stanaland “burnt” down their relationship following his actions on Promoting the OC season 1.

Snow, 38, sat down with “Name Her Daddy” host Alexandra Cooper for an in-depth dialog, launched on Wednesday, March 27, about her life after divorce.

“What occurred for me — and I gained’t talk about this particularly as a result of I believe this goes with a number of my previous relationships or issues that I inform my pals — which is to really begin realizing and seeing them as actual individuals, and never this idealized model of what you thought or what you constructed, however who they’re actually,” Snow stated when discussing how she’s healed from the cut up.

Snow recalled feeling “grateful” for all of the drama that surrounded her ex-husband’s actuality present as a result of “it was a neon f–king signal” of a crimson flag.

Snow and Stanaland, 34, tied the knot in March 2020. When Promoting the OC season 1 premiered in August 2022, Stanaland made headlines for his flirty conduct with different ladies — primarily Kayla Cardona and Alex Corridor — whom he labored with on the Oppenheim Group. (He claimed Cardona tried to kiss him off digital camera and took part in “noseys” with Corridor.)

“I used to be not conscious of a number of issues, and I’ll say that,” Snow instructed Cooper on Wednesday. “So, I’ll say, what individuals suppose occurred, occurred.”

Snow and Stanaland introduced their separation in September 2022. The Pitch Excellent actress filed for divorce in January 2023, and so they formally reached a settlement in July of that yr.

Hold scrolling to see what Snow stated concerning the drama surrounding her divorce on “Name Her Daddy”:

Her Relationship With the ‘Promoting the OC’ Forged

Snow referred to the solid as “they” all through everything of the podcast.

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The solid of Promoting the OC turned heads for his or her sophisticated — and really flirty — workplace relationships throughout season 1, and the drama continues to be going robust. Tyler Stanaland’s intimate friendships with Alexandra “Alex” Corridor and Polly Brindle, for instance, raised some eyebrows when the present premiered in August 2022, as Tyler was married to […]

“They’ve taken up — and I’m collectively calling all of them ‘they’ as a result of I don’t know any of them besides my ex-husband,” she stated. “They took up a number of power and emotion and time and actual property in my head, and I don’t wish to give them any extra time and power as a result of then they might win and they’d get what they wished, which was getting my time and power and a focus.”

Snow went on to say that she’s launched a number of “anger” and given herself “grace” all through all the state of affairs.

How She Watched ‘Promoting the OC’

“In fact I noticed it, watched it with my canine,” she recalled. “No matter. Now I can snigger about it as a result of I believe it’s so … it’s insane, and it’s so humorous. It’s so loopy.”

Snow additionally doubled down on that she “didn’t know what was occurring” whereas Promoting the OC was being filmed.

“As somebody who’s in order hands-on with my profession, I believe I used to be simply fully shocked that I didn’t have a deal with on actuality in that manner. That was stunning,” the actress defined, recalling the “worst” day when she discovered about Stanland’s actions.

Having ‘Instincts’ About Her Ex

“There was some … I had instincts, and I believe as a result of I used to be in love, I didn’t belief them,” she admitted.

Elsewhere within the episode, Snow did share that there was a number of love between herself and Stanaland.

“What occurred, occurred, and I believe what it’s alluded to within the press is true,” she continued, providing extra particulars on their relationship. “There was a wedding there. There was a lot love. I believe that grey is difficult to grasp as a result of it’s far more salacious and attention-grabbing that it’s similar to, he did this, and she or he did this.”

She added: “I believe lots of people go into relationships the place somebody hurts them, however I don’t remorse it. I don’t remorse something that occurred. I cherished that point that we had after we had it.”

Having Assist Alongside the Manner

As she handled the breakup, Snow had the assist of her shut group of pals.

I actually, actually shout out and provides such due to my pals who simply laid there with me. They didn’t attempt to repair it, and so they didn’t attempt to — as a result of there’s nothing to repair,” she shared. “There’s nothing to alter. It’s what it’s. And so they simply let me simply be, and that’s what I wanted at the moment.”

Her Relationship Standing Now

Whereas Snow admitted that she’s at present single, she’s been “out and in of issues” however not an precise relationship.

“I’ve been, let’s use air quotes right here, single weirdly. I’m not saying weirdly, it’s so bizarre for me to be single,” she defined. “I’m saying weirdly as a result of it’s very straightforward for me to get in a relationship, and I’ve been actively making an attempt to be alone and be with myself and simply really feel the emotions and never need to band-aid it with sparkly, shiny, emotional factor.”

Brittany Snow tuned in to “Promoting the O.C.” to observe ex-husband Tyler Stanaland and his castmates’ flirty conduct.

“After all I noticed it,” the actress revealed to “Name Her Daddy” listeners on Wednesday. “I watched it with my canine.”

Though Snow, 38, appeared emotional in the course of the episode, she stated she will “now … snort about” the “insane” and “humorous” scenario.

The “Pitch Good” star was married to Stanaland, 34, when the actual property agent joined the solid of the Netflix present.

His co-star Kayla Cardona induced drama for making an attempt to kiss Stanaland throughout Season 1 of the collection — but it surely was his flirtation with Alex Corridor, 35, that constantly made headlines.

The pair shared their emotions for one another the next season and kissed in a scorching tub.

By the point that episode aired in September 2023, Snow had introduced her separation from Stanaland in an Instagram assertion.

“This choice was made with love and mutual respect for each other,” she wrote in September 2022. “Now we have realized we have to take a while and ensure we’re every dwelling our most fulfilling and genuine lives.”

She filed for divorce in January 2023, and the proceedings had been finalized six months later — at which level Stanaland had seemingly moved on, jetting off to Dubai with Corridor.

Watching the present has been “stunning” for Snow, who has by no means met Stanaland’s co-stars.

She informed host Alex Cooper she “didn’t know what was happening” and “didn’t have a deal with on actuality,” noting that Stanaland and his fellow solid members “tousled.”

“I attempted very onerous to see it from each aspect and launch that anger as a result of it doesn’t serve me,” she added. “I had instincts and I believe as a result of I used to be in love I didn’t belief them. There’s lots of grace I give myself so I can personal there’s part of this I don’t have a component in.”

Snow, who started relationship Stanaland in 2018 and married him two years later, clarified that she doesn’t “remorse something that occurred” between them as a result of “there was a wedding there” and “a lot love.”

Information broke in October 2023 that Stanaland exited “Promoting the O.C.” to work with father John Stanaland.

He and Corridor have seemingly damaged up, together with her accusing him of “f–king disappear[ing]” in a trailer for Season 3, which can premiere later this yr. She has since been noticed kissing a thriller man.

Actions converse louder than phrases, they are saying, and the enterprise of the NFL is not any exception. Particularly in relation to quarterbacks. Take these two latest examples: The Minnesota Vikings advised us they desired Kirk Cousins’ return. And the Pittsburgh Steelers advised us they have been dedicated to seeing extra from Kenny Pickett. However as soon as the 2024 offseason actually obtained underway, the Vikings let Cousins money in elsewhere, and Pittsburgh despatched Pickett packing in favor of not one however two perceived upgrades.

Now it is the Dallas Cowboys’ flip. Simply weeks in the past, ninth-year veteran Dak Prescott all however assured he’d land a brand new long-term deal forward of the 2024 season: “It’s going to occur,” he advised reporters, saying “each side perceive” the significance of an extension. Apparently not. Whereas there’s a variety of time between now and September, NFL Media reported Tuesday that Prescott and the Cowboys are in reality on the identical web page — besides with the understanding the quarterback is on observe to play out his present contract in 2024.

What does this imply? For now, nothing. Prescott is locked up via 2024, and his present deal features a no-trade clause. CBS Sports activities HQ senior NFL insider Josina Anderson also reports Dallas is “not presently charting a path” to let Prescott hit the market, with intentions of hopefully resuming contract talks down the highway.

However no talks are “imminent,” per Anderson, and barely are confirmed longtime beginning quarterbacks allowed to enter a contract yr; Cousins did it with Minnesota in 2023, and it is no coincidence he now wears completely different colours. With a no-tag clause additionally embedded in his present contract, Prescott is kind of actually headed for 2025 free company, with no extension presents on the desk from Dallas, and no indicators of any coming within the close to future.

The Cowboys, at the least in the interim, seem content material to let Prescott do as coach Mike McCarthy (and predecessor Jason Garrett) have so typically been compelled to do beneath proprietor Jerry Jones: carry out beneath the risk and/or actuality of dwindling job safety. A lot can occur throughout a calendar yr within the NFL. Coaches can change. Contract talks can reignite. Contenders can emerge and vanish. However in gentle of this newest growth, it might be silly to low cost the potential of Prescott following in Cousins’ footsteps and changing into the subsequent big-name signal-caller to discover the open market come 2025.

If that is the case, preserving in thoughts that numerous circumstances can change between every now and then, this is a way-too-early breakdown of some potential Dak Prescott suitors, if the Professional Bowl quarterback shakes freed from Dallas:

The Cardinals are publicly and financially dedicated to Kyler Murray, who’s nonetheless simply 26. However there stay actual questions right here: Murray has missed a number of video games as a consequence of harm in three straight seasons, and even when wholesome, he is struggled to make substantial leaps as a passer. What if his 2024 goes sideways? Will normal supervisor Monti Ossenfort, who loved the veteran revival of Ryan Tannehill in Tennessee, stand pat? With greater than $100 million in projected 2025 wage cap area, he may afford to make a tough resolution on Murray if wanted, and/or outbid different golf equipment for a free agent of Prescott’s caliber.

They might little doubt choose to safe a future face of the franchise within the 2024 NFL Draft, however choosing No. 12 total means a commerce up for a prime prospect might be mandatory, as coach Sean Payton just lately admitted. What if that does not occur? Payton’s observe file suggests he is extra comfy with a ready-made veteran, a la Drew Brees in New Orleans, and Prescott’s obtained the form of pocket-managing resume that would entice the pinnacle of operations, particularly if Denver goes into Yr 3 of the Payton period with no outlined reply beneath heart. The membership is projected to have greater than $90 million in 2025 cap area.

Seattle clearly went for brand spanking new backup Sam Howell due to his long-term upside, figuring out incumbent No. 1 Geno Smith could or could not stick round for the lengthy haul. GM John Schneider additionally is not essentially primed to land a prime prospect within the draft choosing No. 16 total. However with neither Smith nor Howell a certain factor past 2024, odds are Seattle will probably be exploring the quarterback market once more subsequent offseason. If new coach Mike Macdonald has the protection again on observe, a team-up with Prescott might be interesting to each side, particularly if weapons like DK Metcalf are nonetheless at prime pace.

Matthew Stafford re-entrenched himself as a worthy starter with a resurgent 2023, however he’ll be 37 after the 2024 season, and he already admitted he is contemplated retirement amid an injury-riddled stage of his profession. It is also somewhat laborious to ascertain coach Sean McVay, one other win-now chief with an admitted eye on retirement, desirous to completely rebuild the place within the occasion Stafford walks; therefore his latest in-season reclamation tasks in Baker Mayfield and Carson Wentz. Los Angeles is primed to nonetheless have younger ability weapons in 2025, and an opportunity to be McVay’s level guard may actually intrigue Prescott.

No NFL workforce refuses to rebuild fairly just like the cap-manipulating Saints, and there is strain on present quarterback Derek Carr to dwell as much as his $150 million deal — a contract New Orleans can dump with the intention to save anyplace from $11 million to $40 million after the 2024 marketing campaign. If Carr does not keep put, the Saints do not precisely have a built-in successor, and whatever the teaching workers’s destiny, Prescott may make sense as a confirmed alternative. The very best half: This could symbolize a homecoming for Prescott, who was born and raised within the state of Louisiana, and may also choose the NFC South’s path to the playoffs.

Kirk Cousins was the uncommon longtime beginning quarterback to hit the NFL’s open market in 2024. Dak Prescott may very well be subsequent in 2025. Regardless of not too long ago expressing confidence in securing a brand new long-term cope with the Dallas Cowboys, Prescott is now on monitor to play out his present contract in 2024, according to NFL Media, with no indicators of a direct extension.

Prescott and the Cowboys have “a mutual understanding of his contract scenario,” per Ian Rapoport, “with no presents from Dallas regardless of him being in a contract yr.” Group proprietor Jerry Jones, in the meantime, mentioned Tuesday at NFL house owners conferences that the Cowboys “are the place we’re, locked and loaded for this yr” with regard to a possible extension.

CBS Sports activities HQ Senior NFL Insider Josina Anderson has since reported Dallas does, actually, intend to reach a new deal with Prescott, and is “not presently charting a path to let” the quarterback take a look at free company in 2025, however famous no talks are “imminent.”

The information marks a stark distinction to Prescott’s personal framing of the scenario earlier this month, when the Professional Bowl quarterback instructed reporters he was “undoubtedly assured” he’d strike a brand new cope with Dallas forward of the 2024 season.

“Clearly it helps the workforce,” he mentioned on the time. “It is essential for the (salary-cap) numbers. I’ve heard Jerry say that. … Each side perceive that. All the things is nice. It will occur.”

Since then, Jones has notably reversed course on the notion the Cowboys are “all in” on the 2024 marketing campaign, revealing this week Dallas could must “do extra with (much less)” because of monetary obligations. Prescott, in the meantime, is owed greater than $55 million in 2024 — greater than all however one different quarterback within the NFL — as a part of a four-year, $160 million extension he signed in 2021.

It ought to be famous that Prescott’s present deal contains no-tag and no-trade clauses, that means within the absence of an extension or an authorized transfer to a different workforce forward of the commerce deadline, the ninth-year veteran will hit free company after the 2024 season.

Prescott had one in every of his most prolific seasons in 2023, main the NFL with 36 landing passes whereas guiding Dallas to a 3rd straight playoff look. He and the Cowboys went one-and-done within the postseason for the second time in three years, nonetheless, and he enters 2024 looking for simply the third playoff victory of his total profession.

What if Overwatch was Marvel heroes and villains? That appears to be the extraordinarily literal idea behind Web Ease’s new Marvel Rivals, its third-person, very a lot Overwatch-like hero shooter that simply debuted its first trailer.

Its Closed Alpha begins in Might, and now we have an official description of it that has additionally simply been revealed:

“NetEase Video games and Marvel Video games are excited to announce their newest collaboration: Marvel Rivals, a cooperative, Tremendous Hero team-based PVP shooter! Gamers can assemble an ever-evolving all-star squad of Tremendous Heroes and Tremendous Villains, whereas battling with distinctive tremendous powers throughout a dynamic lineup of destructible maps from throughout the Marvel Multiverse. Marvel Rivals is in growth for PC by a NetEase workforce composed of world expertise, who beforehand labored on hit franchises similar to Name of Responsibility and Battlefield.”

The trailer additionally confirmed off 19 heroes and villains that the sport will supposedly launch with, which mirrors the precise listing of leaked ones that was being handed round yesterday. Whereas the artwork type could swing a bit towards Valorant, all the things else appears to be like like pure Overwatch. Right here’s the listing:

• Rocket Racoon
• Star Lord
• Black Panther
• Iron Man
• Physician Unusual
• Scarlet Witch
• Namor
• Magneto
• Magik
• Storm
• Peni Parker
• Luna Snow
• Loki
• Bruce Banner/Hulk
• Spider-Man
• Groot
• Mantis
• Punisher
• Magneto
• Galactus(?)

A feminine Galactus was proven, however I’m not clear if that was some type of boss, or a future addition. Physician Doom is talked about as the primary villain of the preliminary storyline.

As you possibly can see, there’s a mix of Avengers, X-Males and Guardians of the Galaxy with a couple of shock additions like Luna Snow, a current Marvel creation from Marvel Future Struggle, and Peni Parker from the Spider-Verse. Additionally now we have “lesser” heroes like Mantis, whereas we’re lacking enormous heavy hitters like Captain America and Wolverine. Little question there are many future seasons and battle passes and no matter with a view to get them in a while.

There are some things that stand out from Overwatch, particularly the promise of environmental destruction that may considerably reshape maps. There’s additionally a team-up performance the place linked characters can mix their powers for distinctive motion pictures like Rocket and Groot or Iron Man and Hulk. And naturally the largest distinction right here is that it is a third individual recreation, as superhero video games from Arkham to Spider-Man to Suicide Squad to Marvel’s Avengers all are typically, which does make sense given the style we’re speaking about right here. And also you gotta be capable to see these bought skins on a regular basis!

There’s lots to course of within the trailer. We see Black Panther summoning Bast. Magik turning into her demon kind. A bunch of cool strikes. 12 characters out of the 19 might be accessible to play at Closed Alpha launch, and there’s no timeline for full launch but.

It’s very simple to be skeptical of a NetEase-made Overwatch clone, however we’ll see the way it goes in a couple of months right here.

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