NEW The Athletic CBB: The highest-rated recruit of the Hubert Davis era, Ian Jackson, is finally just weeks away from getting on campus. What #UNC fans should expect from the 5-star guard?

'Me being on the floor would make a huge impact on winning.'
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Appreciate the optimism:
There was an increased need to get winter maintenance done in case Penn State would host a College Football Playoff game this December ... Penn State now is in a position to host a Playoff game because that priority maintenance has been addressed.

Goodbye, erector set.

A LOT happened at the Core Hydration Classic for USA Gymnastics. tess 🌷 breaks it down: nytimes.com/athletic/55036…

She is also something of a fascinating dichotomy packaged into 56 inches of incredible human force. On Simone Biles finding comfort in normalcy while still doing the extraordinary.
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Are you ready for it? It would appear ⁦Simone Biles⁩ very much is nytimes.com/athletic/55042…

Things the rookie is learning on the gymnastics beat:
- Pack snacks.
- Get used to chalk in your eyes, hair and nose.
- Prepare yourself for screeches at a decibel level that could, I believe, shatter a mirror.

Breaking: USA gym confirms Konnor McClain has torn her Achilles. Absolutely gutting news.

Konnor McClain just came on to the arena floor on crutches, her left leg bandaged with what looks like a hard splint under her foot. Not good...

NEWS: Gabby Douglas withdraws from Core Hydration Classic.
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Gabby Douglas has withdrawn from the rest of the competition after a rough bar set. The 2012 Olympic champion is trying to make a comeback.

Oh no. Konnor McClain was just carried off the floor after injuring herself during floor warm ups. She just nailed a great beam routine (14.2). Medical staff crowded around her for a long time, before taking her off the competition floor.

A spry 88 year old D. Wayne Lukas just won the Preakness Stakes with Seize the Grey

Post time is such a moving target ....

Our picks for the Preakness Stakes. For better or worse:
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Is it wrong that I think Jalen and then Kyle?

In worlds colliding, we are also about two hours out fro the Preakness Stakes. Who you got?

Two hours before start of second session here at Core Hydration Classic. Gymnasts stretching in empty arena. Through the chalk haze, I spy Simone Biles

Mystik Dan holding favorite’s role for 149th ⁦Preakness Stakes⁩ as of 5 pm. Post time two hours away.