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College basketball is getting a serious facelift heading into the new season. A recent court ruling has opened the door for fifth-year players to suit up, and programs like Arizona, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Gonzaga are already capitalizing. The early preseason Top Twenty Five And One is looking like a whole new landscape, and rosters aren't done yet.
Shifting to the NFL, the Kansas City Chiefs got a welcome sight at training camp as Eric Bieniemy returned to the fold. Meanwhile, running back Isiah Pacheco is dealing with an MCL sprain, but the word out of Kansas City is that he should be healthy and ready to go by Week One. Both storylines carry real weight for a Chiefs squad with championship expectations right back on the table.
And then there's this — Scottie Pippen is speaking out, and the details are striking. Pippen says he and Michael Jordan were never actually friends off the court, and the two have had zero contact since May of two thousand twenty. Six championships, one of the most celebrated partnerships in NBA history, and apparently not a single conversation in five years. That one lands differently.
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