Up for grabs: NBA champion Lowry is quite possibly the biggest name on the trading block today, and along with his also-available teammate Norman Powell, the Raps may be saying goodbye to some real ones.

• Word has it the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat are both in the hunt for the northern stars, while the Sixers are also keeping an eye on Oklahoma City Thunder guard George Hill and New Orleans Pelican Lonzo Ball.
• Ball should be a hot commodity today, too. The Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, NY Knicks and Denver Nuggets are all in the running, but Ball’s alleged annual $20-million asking price may be too much for some teams to handle.

Staying put?: Aaron Gordon has been frustrated in Orlando for a while, but after requesting a trade from the Magic last month, it seems as though the star is getting cold feet. Gordon reportedly reneged on his request and could end up staying. Guess he’s just not ready to leave The Most Magical Place on Earth yet.

Women’s: There were some close calls, but all four No. 1 and No. 2 seeds advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, including defending champs No. 2 Baylor. Notably, No. 1 UConn advanced to their 27th (!!!) consecutive Round of 16 and gave us all the reunion we’ve been waiting for.

• Speaking of UConn, in the tourney’s must-see matchup thus far, freshman Paige Bueckers (pronounced BECKERS) and the Huskies are set to take on freshman (and the nation’s leading scorer) Caitlin Clark and No. 5 Iowa at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday. 
• Then tune in on Sunday at 7 p.m. ET to watch No. 2 Louisville take on No. 6 Oregon. Louisville staved off No. 7 Northwestern in the second round while Oregon toppled No. 3 Georgia. Can the Ducks and TikTok star Sedona Prince pull off another upset?  

Men’s: The men’s tourney has been historically wild, with 11 upsets through the first two rounds. If you’re looking for an underdog to cheer for and, like us, had your No. 15 seed Oral Roberts fandom cut short after reading their code of conduct policy, we recommend father-son led No. 11 Syracuse. 

• Yes, it feels a bit strange to call Syracuse an underdog, as the Orange are making their 24th Sweet Sixteen appearance, but we’ll be on upset alert when they take on No. 2 Houston Saturday at 9:55 p.m. ET.
• Sunday’s slate also features an unexpected lower seed. No. 11 UCLA has a record 11 NCAA titles, but they’ll need to upset No. 2 Alabama at 7:15 p.m. ET to snag title number 12. Check out the full Sweet Sixteen schedule here. 

🏈Eagles: The Eagles signed former Jets backup quarterback (QB) Joe Flacco to a one-year, guaranteed $3.5 million contract on Tuesday. We know what you’re thinking: WTF? Yes, 36-year-old Flacco won a Super Bowl in 2012. But...he also went 0-4 in the games he started last season. Yikes.

• Even though Flacco brings knowledge and experience to share with the Eagles’ young presumed starter, Jalen Hurts, it’s not worth $3.5 million. Will the Birds ever stop burning money on half-rate QBs?  

🎓🏀WBB: The Drexel Dragons lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday, falling 67–53 to a rock-solid Georgia Bulldogs team. Senior guard Hannah Nihill was the lone Dragon to score in the double-digits, draining 22 points for the squad. Her career might’ve ended this week, but at least she went down scoring. 

MBB: After cruising through the first two rounds of the tournament, the No. 5 Villanova Wildcats will have to battle the No. 1 Baylor Bears in the Sweet 16 on Saturday at 5:15 p.m. ET.

• The Bears, led by Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Davion Mitchell, are best-in-class three-point shooters, and many have them picked to go all the way. Once again, the world is betting against the ’Cats, but they’re thriving as the under...cats. 
• Ever since ’Nova star guard Collin Gillespie injured his MCL a few weeks ago, forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and guard Justin Moore have seamlessly stepped up to lead the team. Time for them to take it to the next level. Survive and advance, baby!

🎓🏀WBB: The No. 1 UConn Huskies held our Syracuse Orange to a season-low number of points during their 83–47 loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday. Sooner or later, the Huskies come for us all. Sigh. 

MBB: The Syracuse men’s team had a better second-round outcome, upsetting the No. 3 West Virginia Mountaineers and earning themselves a spot in the Sweet 16 (in the most-watched game of the tournament, no less). The ’Cuse is on the loose!

• Next, the Orange will face the No. 2 Houston Cougars on Saturday at 9:55 p.m. ET. The Cougars, led by offensive star Quentin Grimes, were nearly upset in the Round of 32 by No. 10 Rutgers. This time, the Cougs won’t be so lucky.
• Syracuse is on a hot streak led by the coach’s son and junior guard Buddy “Buckets” Boeheim, who’s scored at least 25 points in five of the Orange’s last six games. Houston, we think you’re going to have a problem. 

🏀Nets: The Nets, who played without all of the Big Three (Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden) as well as sharp-shooter Landry Shamet, lost 118–88 to the top-of-the-West Utah Jazz last night. Without their leading scorers, the rest of the squad, including newly added Blake Griffin, couldn’t quite pull out the win. Womp. 

🏒NHL: Referee Tim Peel must’ve missed last week’s newsletter when we reminded assholes everyone that the mic is always hot. Peel “no longer will be working NHL games” after he was caught admitting that he wanted to call a penalty against the Nashville Predators and found a way to make it happen. Power trip much?

🏈NFL: Washington Football Team (WFT) part-owner Dan Snyder was given the all-clear from the NFL to buy out the team’s minority investors and (along with his mother and sister) obtain nearly full ownership. That said, Snyder has not been cleared yet by Beth Wilkinson, the attorney still investigating the WFT for 15 years’ worth of sexual harassment allegations.

🏈High school football: The head coach from Duxbury High School’s football team in Massachusetts was fired after using anti-Semetic words as play calls in the team’s recent home opener. Horrifying and disgusting. Can people stop being terrible so we don’t have to keep sharing awful news, please?