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The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Georgia defensive end Travon Walker with the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, the second consecutive year the team has held the top selection. The Jaguars' selection of Walker sparked a run of five straight defensive players selected in the first round, the first time that's happened since 1991, while for the first time since 2013, no quarterback was selected in the top 10 picks. (The Wall Street Journal) For the first time in Madison Square Garden's 140-year history, two women will headline a boxing match when Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, the undisputed lightweight champion, compete Saturday with multiple lightweight belts on the line. The sold-out fight, which was originally scheduled for May 2, 2020, but was moved due to the pandemic, will exclusively air on DAZN. (CNN) In a 4-1 vote, the Miami City of Commission approved a 99-year lease to owners of Inter Miami CF for a mixed-use redevelopment project, which will include a 25,000-seat stadium, 750 hotels, retail and commercial space located on a 131-acre site. The new stadium — whose approval comes after an eight-year ordeal featuring several proposed stadium sites and multiple changes in team ownership — is likely to be completed in late 2024 or early 2025, managing owner Jorge Mas said. (ESPN)

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Can Jerry West take his case against HBO to the Supreme Court? Or any court? David Wharton, Los Angeles Times It might have sounded like a bluff when Jerry West recently vowed to take his much-publicized battle with HBO "all the way to the Supreme Court." The basketball legend is furious about "Winning Time," a cable series about the Lakers' Showtime era that portrays him — in the words of his attorney — "as an out-of-control, intoxicated rage-aholic." Comcast's Peacock Added About Four Million Subscribers in First Quarter Lillian Rizzo, The Wall Street Journal Comcast Corp. said the number of paying subscribers to its Peacock streaming service jumped by more than 40% in the first quarter, thanks in part to a jam-packed February of top sporting events, which included the Super Bowl and Beijing Winter Olympics.

COLLEGE SPORTS

Company aims to create a sort of Yellow Pages for NIL Eric Prisbell, On3 Sports Christopher Aumueller, founder and CEO of the athlete storytelling and branding company FanWord, looked at the crowded NIL space and saw a void. The fast-evolving landscape lacked a singular site for businesses and fans to access to see the full depth and breadth of an athlete's brand - an aggregation of everything from their social media platforms to business ventures - along with a way to contact them. NCAA to Allow Sports Betting Data Deals for Schools, Conferences Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico The NCAA is further loosening its long-held opposition to sports betting, paving the way for individual schools and conferences to sign lucrative deals with data companies that sell that information on to sportsbooks.

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