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Darren Waller is back in the NFL. The former Pro Bowl tight end has agreed to a one-year deal with the Carolina Panthers, per Adam Schefter. Waller, who missed significant time with a groin injury last season, gives Carolina a proven weapon at tight end as they continue rebuilding their offense around a young roster.
Shifting to the hardwood, the NBA and NBC are making Presidents Day must-see television. The network announced a first-ever Presidents Day quadrupleheader, and here's what makes it even more compelling — it falls the day after Super Bowl sixty-one. The league is clearly pushing back against the NFL's growing footprint on the calendar, and four games in one day is a bold statement of intent.
And the WNBA is drawing a firm line. The league's anti-hate task force released a statement Wednesday calling out former NBA players Enes Kanter and Royce White for what it described as bad-faith efforts surrounding their declarations for the WNBA Draft. The league made clear it will not allow the process to be used as a platform for political stunts or bad-faith theatrics.
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