Georgia defensive lineman Jalen Carter — a projected top pick in the upcoming NFL Draft — was charged Wednesday with reckless driving and racing for his involvement in a January crash that killed two others.
Driving the news: The wreck, which killed Carter's teammate Devin Willock and Georgia recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, happened hours after the Bulldogs celebrated winning their second straight national championship.
The family of Kobe Bryant reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Los Angeles County over a lawsuit involving photos taken at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others.
The big picture: A federal jury last August awarded $15 million in damages to Vanessa Bryant over emotional distress caused by the photos.
When the college basketball season began, 37 men's Division I programs had the same ultimate goal: make their first-ever NCAA Tournament.
State of play: With at-large bids reserved mostly for power conference teams, members of the "Never Made The Tourney" club must win their conference tournament and secure an automatic berth if they hope to reach March Madness.
The National Basketball Association has purged itself of two toxic owners in recent years, via team sales in Los Angeles and Phoenix that garnered record valuations. Now, however, it's got with dodgy actors on the buyside.
Driving the news: Jimmy and Dee Haslam have agreed to acquire around a 25% stake in the Milwaukee Bucks at around a $3.5 billion franchise valuation, as first reported by ESPN and confirmed by Axios with multiple sources.
Novak Djokovic earned the world No. 1 ranking on Monday for the 378th week of his career, passing Steffi Graf for the most all-time by any tennis player, man or woman.
The backdrop: He returned to the top spot five weeks ago after winning the Australian Open, tying Rafael Nadal's all-time men's mark of 22 majors. It was his first time back at No. 1 since last June.
Antoine Davis, a fifth-year college basketball player at Detroit Mercy, has scored 3,604 career points entering tonight's first-round game against Purdue Fort Wayne in the Horizon League tournament.
Why it matters: He's just 64 points away from breaking Pete Maravich's 53-year-old NCAA career scoring record (3,667 points), long thought to be one of college basketball's most unbreakable marks.
