The Pulse Newsletter📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter.Sign up hereto receive The Pulse directly in your inbox.Good morning! Make a deal today.While You Were Sleeping: Uh … what?As we were closing up Pulse West Coast HQ for the night a few hours ago, in came social media posts we simply could not believe: The Mavericks are trading Luka Dončić, the annually All-NBA 25-year-old, to the Lakers for 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis. The kind of news you quadruple-check before sending to your group chat.As one source directly involved in the deal put it: “This might be the most stunning trade in NBA history.”Yum. We’ll report back Friday with our hopefully sparkling results. If none of these hit your spot, you can spend hours perusing the full Super Bowl recipes collection.We’ll be back with some simple last-minute options later in the week, too. Happy cooking!
On a night full of upsets in men’s college basketball, there is one clear standout: John Calipari’s unranked Arkansas winning 89-79 over No. 12 Kentucky. Boos rained down as the former Kentucky coach of 15 years returned to Rupp Arena for the first time since leaving last spring. His new team is in 14th place in the SEC, but this win has to dull that sting a little.Elsewhere: Kansas State ended No. 3 Iowa State’s 29-game home winning streak, short-handed No. 8 Tennessee got revenge on No. 5 Florida, USC topped No. 7 Michigan State, UConn downed No. 9 Marquette and No. 22 Texas Tech shocked No. 6 Houston in an overtime thriller, among other upsets. Whew.Tucker has denied the accusations, says he’s never received a complaint from any massage therapist and called the reporting “tabloid fodder.” Read our full report here.I will admit a blind spot in the sports world for me: I just cannot bring myself to care about any All-Star games anymore. I will gladly applaud each player for their career-defining achievements … and completely skip watching these contests.I was reminded of that with this week’s Pro Bowl festivities, in which deserving players got a nice vacation and played some minigames. It looked like fun, but I can’t say it was interesting to the normal viewer.Vote here. We’ll have the results and further discussion tomorrow.
11:30 a.m. ET on Peacock
Is City really back? Unclear, but two straight wins across Premier League and Champions League play is encouraging. They face the second-place Gunners in a massive tilt this morning. Best game on TV today.đź“ş NBA: Grizzlies at Bucks
8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
I continue to be fascinated by Memphis, sitting comfortably in the No. 3 spot in the West. Milwaukee has also been hot of late, and the star power is never lacking with the Bucks. Cure your Sunday scaries here.
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Calipari upsets KentuckyOn a night full of upsets in men’s college basketball, there is one clear standout: John Calipari’s unranked Arkansas winning 89-79 over No. 12 Kentucky. Boos rained down as the former Kentucky coach of 15 years returned to Rupp Arena for the first time since leaving last spring. His new team is in 14th place in the SEC, but this win has to dull that sting a little.Elsewhere: Kansas State ended No. 3 Iowa State’s 29-game home winning streak, short-handed No. 8 Tennessee got revenge on No. 5 Florida, USC topped No. 7 Michigan State, UConn downed No. 9 Marquette and No. 22 Texas Tech shocked No. 6 Houston in an overtime thriller, among other upsets. Whew.Tucker has denied the accusations, says he’s never received a complaint from any massage therapist and called the reporting “tabloid fodder.” Read our full report here.I will admit a blind spot in the sports world for me: I just cannot bring myself to care about any All-Star games anymore. I will gladly applaud each player for their career-defining achievements … and completely skip watching these contests.I was reminded of that with this week’s Pro Bowl festivities, in which deserving players got a nice vacation and played some minigames. It looked like fun, but I can’t say it was interesting to the normal viewer.Vote here. We’ll have the results and further discussion tomorrow.
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đź“ş Soccer: Manchester City at Arsenal11:30 a.m. ET on Peacock
Is City really back? Unclear, but two straight wins across Premier League and Champions League play is encouraging. They face the second-place Gunners in a massive tilt this morning. Best game on TV today.đź“ş NBA: Grizzlies at Bucks
8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN
I continue to be fascinated by Memphis, sitting comfortably in the No. 3 spot in the West. Milwaukee has also been hot of late, and the star power is never lacking with the Bucks. Cure your Sunday scaries here.
