18 February 2026, Italy, Cortina D’ampezzo: Olympia, Olympic Winter Games Milan Cortina 2026, Alpine Skiing, Slalom, Women, Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) celebrates her gold medal after the award ceremony. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa (Photo by Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Mikaela Shiffrin has spoken about the moment that helped her reset before winning slalom gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Speaking during an interview on TODAY, Shiffrin described standing at the start gate before her second run and feeling something shift.
She said it was “almost an out-of-body experience,” a moment that came after watching the skier ahead of her miss a gate, which brought back memories of her performance at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
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“My biggest fear going into the Games was that I would feel really isolated and alone,” she said.
Instead, she found support.
“They made me feel very supported and feel very together,” she said of her team. “It felt like they were skiing it with me.”
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That moment helped her settle before her run. She went on to produce a clean second run and win her third Olympic gold medal.
The win adds to an already strong career that includes 110 World Cup victories and six overall titles.
When asked about the 2030 Winter Olympics, Shiffrin kept things open.
“Very good, very good. We’ll talk later,” she said with a laugh.
The San Francisco Giantshave had a challenging 2026 season thus far, and Wednesday’s game against the San Diego Padres suggested that frustration may already be creeping in. To start the season, the Giants endured a home sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees and were out-scored 13-1 across those three games. Wednesday presented an opportunity to erase those recent memories, as they had taken the first two games of the set against their National League West rivals. That turned out not to happen, as the Padres prevailed 7-1 behind a strong start from Nick Pivetta.
As for those aforementioned frustrations, they most visibly belonged to veteran third baseman Matt Chapman. With two out and two on in the bottom of the fifth, Xander Bogaerts chopped one to Chapman, who had to make a hurried and somewhat off-balance throw to Casey Schmitt at first base. It didn’t go as planned:
That’s a high throw and an error on Chapman, but it appeared to be catchable on the part of Schmitt. Chapman apparently agreed, as during the ensuing mound visit, he appeared to tell Schmitt to “catch the f—ing ball.”
No doubt, Chapman was also thinking of a similar play in the first inning when Schmitt was charged with an error:
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Those plays accounted for both Padre runs, at least until they pulled away in the later innings. After the game, Chapman addressed the mound visit incident with reporters. Via NBC Sports Bay Area:
“We’re all brothers here. It’s the heat of the moment. I already talked to Casey. It’s all good.”
“We’re trying to win games. I mean, obviously I’m not mad about it or anything. That’s baseball. I mean, those are things I should have done and didn’t.”
In Schmitt’s defense, he’s far more familiar with the other infield positions, and Wednesday marked just his 18th career start at first base. However, the utility infielder was pressed into regular duty at first base because of Rafael Devers‘ balky hamstring, which has limited him to DH thus far. As well, the organization determined that young first baseman Bryce Eldridge, the Giants’ top prospect, needed further seasoning at Triple-A to start the year. If it’s any consolation to Chapman, Schmitt shouldn’t be at first base much longer.
All of this, of course, isn’t a big deal or even anything all that unusual. It just happened to be caught by the lens and lip readers, which is why we’re talking about it.
Manchester United face two fresh hurdles as Michael Carrick attempts to keep the club’s current run of form going after three weeks without a game
Michael Carrick faces the challenge of preserving Manchester United’s momentum once the club resumes competitive action. After the international break, United have an additional week’s hiatus while the FA Cup quarter-finals take place.
The squad is shortly due to embark on an intensive training camp in Ireland to maintain match sharpness. The players will head to Dublin on April 6 for a four-night stint ahead of the final seven fixtures of the campaign.
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That said, there are already considerable obstacles in need of address. Fortunately for Carrick, though, two evolving situations lie beyond his remit as he attempts to concentrate efforts on matters on the pitch.
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Maguire, 33, received a straight red for tugging Evanilson’s shirt in the box before Bournemouth scored the resulting penalty to draw 2-2. However, it was his furious response to referee Stuart Attwell and fourth official Matt Donohue that resulted in him being charged.
“Harry Maguire has been charged after being sent off in the 78th minute of Man Utd’s Premier League match against Bournemouth on March 20,” read an FA statement. “It’s alleged that the defender acted in an improper manner and/or abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour towards the fourth official following his dismissal. Harry Maguire has until April 2 to provide a response.”
Maguire’s suspension meant he was already set to miss United’s fixture against Leeds on April 13. Nevertheless, his ban could be increased depending on the outcome of his charge and whether United opt to appeal.
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Carrick also expressed his frustration over the incident, insisting his side should have been awarded a second penalty. Amad Diallo went down following a challenge from Adrien Truffert, but the VAR determined the contact wasn’t sufficient to warrant a spot-kick after Bruno Fernandes had already scored once from 12 yards.
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“We should have had another penalty,” Carrick told Sky Sports at the time. “Obviously, if you get one, you must get the other. It’s pretty much identical for me, two-hand grab.
“Either way, [the ref] got one wrong, but to give one and not give the other, I can’t get my head around it. I think it’s crazy. It’s a bit baffling, really. Because of that, they score, and then it’s chaos after that, really. We should have had another penalty, and the game would have been totally different.”
Barcelona’s cut-price Rashford clause expires
For months, many have been puzzled over what has prevented Barcelona from tying Rashford down to a permanent deal. The exclusive £26million fee written into his loan agreement at the Camp Nou was widely regarded as a steal, but that option is no longer available.
Cadena SER reported that the conditions of that arrangement lapsed at the end of March. This now means Barca will need to negotiate a fee for the player in the same manner as any other club.
This could indicate the Catalans aren’t fully committed to securing the England forward on a permanent basis. Alternatively, it might simply suggest Barcelona are still undecided at a time when the club’s financial situation is unstable.
Club legend and now sporting director Deco was recently questioned about Barca’s chances of signing Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez. He referred to the three months until summer as “like an eternity,” so it’s plausible he and other board members may hold a similar perspective regarding Rashford’s prospects.
It’s uncertain how much United might demand for their player or whether Barca might still receive a slightly more favourable deal as a gesture to Rashford, who wants the permanent switch. However, one certainty is that the Spaniards will be expected to pay a higher fee than the bargain sum available had they acted more promptly.
Reece Goodwin, the Pakenham handler, is confident this prep could restore Lovelycut’s success on the track.
The mare, aged four, resumes action in Saturday’s Geoff Murphy Handicap (1200m), lacking concrete future engagements, but a sharp performance first-up may lead her to the Adelaide carnival.
Having raced sparingly, Lovelycut has often demonstrated considerable promise. Her breakthrough came with a Sandown win near the end of her two-year-old stint, and in spring she resumed to claim second at Listed level, fourth in the Vanity Stakes (1400m) at Flemington, before settling midfield in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield, missing the winner by under three lengths.
She was rested to mature, skipping autumn as a three-year-old, and returned last spring for three starts ending in a 1400m victory at Seymour.
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Goodwin voiced his approval of the mare’s current condition.
“Off the back of last prep where she won over 1400 metres, she’s going to be suited at 1400 and 1600 this time around and Saturday is a good kick-off for her,” Goodwin said.
“She could have run in one of the 1100-metre races at Flemington last week, but I just thought 1200 would be a better kick off for her.
“She’s probably not as sharp as she was when she was a two-year-old, three-year-old and it looks a competitive race on Saturday as well, but she’s pretty good fitness wise.
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“She’s there to run really well.”
Goodwin highlighted how Lovelycut has matured into a tougher mare suited to racing rigours.
Winter’s arrival means precise programming is vital.
“I’m looking forward to seeing what she can do through the winter,” he said.
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“(The) Adelaide carnival could be on the radar depending on how she goes Saturday.
“If she was to win, or run really strongly, we would have to give strong consideration to that because she would go into the mid-80’s ratings wise, but there’s no set plans.
“She’s a highly-strung mare, so travelling her would take a bit out of her, so we want to make sure if we were to go there, it was worthwhile.”
We’re all rooting for Tiger Woods here, rooting for him to get his life, physical and psychic, in a better place. If this were Tiger v. Phil or Sergio or Chris DiMarco you might have a different rooting interest. This, of course, is not that. Tiger became Tiger by often defeating, though not always, Phil & Co. That was fun, that was sport, that was drive and execution as most of had never seen before. This is different. This is Tiger versus himself. Tiger versus the pain of life.
Woods is a 50-year-old athletic icon — a true icon in an age of hyped everything. He has two children with his ex-wife, who has three other children with her current partner. Tiger has a girlfriend with five children of her own. The girlfriend has a former father-in-law who is both the most powerful person in the world and the man who gave Woods his highest honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, after winning the 2019 Masters. Woods won 14 Grand Slam events in a 12-year span. Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas and a host of others came of age in the decade-long wait between No. 14 and No. 15, the 2019 Masters.
Twenty-two months after that victory Woods drove off the side of a deserted Los Angeles County road early on a weekday morning, into a tree and nearly to his death. Don’t call it an accident — that would be an insult to the scores of people who did everything in their power to save his life. Don’t say that winning takes care of everything. The marketing people at Nike who trotted out that phrase in the wake of a long-ago Woods scandal were ultimately just trying to move product.
The great tragedy of modern life is that everything has turned into a product. Golf is a product, per PGA Tour brass. Journalism is a product. Clicks are monetized. It’s deadening. Hogan, Palmer, Nicklaus and Watson were dominating golfers and unique personalities who captured our imaginations. But they weren’t products. Tiger Woods has been packaged and sold since he was 3. Woods knows his state of mind that morning in February 2021, when he was pulled out of another wrecked car. Cry for help is a hoary cliché but that crash had to be a cry for help. In the end, not a very loud one. His crash last week, a mile or so from his South Florida home may prove to be a louder one.
This time, his hand was forced, just as it was after his 2017 DUI arrest by police in Jupiter, Fla. In golf’s various and cloistered circles — on Golf Channel, on websites and in newsletters, in a release from the CEO of the PGA Tour — Woods’s statement on Monday was met with relief and admiration. He said he was “stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment and focus on my health.” You hope, of course, he can get the treatment he, by his own admission, needs. But there’s more going on here.
As this second DUI charge in Florida goes down its jurisprudence road, prosecutors were going to require that Woods seek treatment. Woods is trying to avoid a jail sentence here, of any length. He’s trying to avoid the spectacle of a public trial. There’s nothing for him to fight here. There are lawyers and advisors deep in his life. Signing up for treatment, on a voluntary basis, was a smart and necessary first step in an effort to keep a bad situation from getting worse.
Woods has been down the treatment road before. In early 2010, some weeks after running over a fire hydrant in the middle of the night outside his home in the Isleworth development near Orlando, Woods reportedly went to a residential treatment facility in Mississippi to deal with addiction issues. His 2017 plea required counseling as well. A statement is a statement. Last year, when Woods turned to X to announce his relationship with Vanessa Trump, he wrote, “Love is in the air and life is better with you by my side!” Please insert air quotes around wrote. Does that sound like Tiger Woods to you? Monday’s sober announcement has a completely different tone, of course. We don’t know anything about Tiger’s state of mind, and he doesn’t owe us that — or really anything.
What he owes us is what every driver in the world owes every other driver and pedestrian and bicyclist and stray pet in the world, and that is alert, uncompromised driving. After his crash on Monday, you can see Woods in photographs on the side of the road, golf shirt neatly tucked in his shorts, glasses on, cellphone to his ear. In those grainy photos, he looks like what he’s looked like for, well, over many years now, iconic golfer on yet another comeback trail. Photos can fool you like statements can fool you.
Tiger has pain and sleep issues. He’s acknowledged that many times. As an athlete, his glory days are long behind him. He knows that, of course. He likes to say, “Father Time is undefeated.” People take pain meds because they are in pain. People drive while impaired because of some level of arrogance, along with self-absorption. People go to recovery to figure out some kind of path forward. Sometimes it works. Because we love golf, because we admire what Woods did as a golfer, Tiger’s issues are getting attention here. In every other regard, he’s another guy trying to figure it out. Except he has to do it with the whole world watching.
We don’t know who Tiger Woods was talking to on his cellphone, when he was on the side of the road Friday afternoon. The single most impressive thing he could have done that day is apologize to the person driving the truck that was pulling the pressure washer. Luckily, the driver wasn’t injured. But his day was turned upside-down, too.
Mar 22, 2026; San Diego, CA, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Bill Self reacts in the first half against the St. John’s Red Storm during a second round game of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Viejas Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
After discussing his coaching future with family, Bill Self announced Wednesday that he will return as Kansas coach for the 2026-27 season.
Self, 63, indicated he still has the desire to coach the Jayhawks to the highest level possible.
“Jayhawk Nation, with renewed clarity and the ongoing support from our administration, I remain focused and committed to Kansas Basketball competing for a National Championship,” Self said in a statement posted by the school on social media. “I look forward to seeing and hearing the best fans in college basketball next season at Allen Fieldhouse.”
Self has won two national titles during 23 seasons at Kansas since arriving in 2003 but he has battled health-related issues in recent seasons.
In 2023, he missed the Big 12 and NCAA Tournaments due to a significant heart issue. He had two stents inserted to clear blocked arteries.
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He had another two stents inserted in July 2025.
In mid-January of the just-concluded season, Self was taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after he felt unwell and ultimately received IV fluids and did not travel with the team for a game at Colorado.
After Kansas (24-11) lost to St. John’s in the second round of this season’s NCAA Tournament, Self said he would discuss the situation with his family before making a decision.
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The Jayhawks won national titles in 2008 and 2022 under Self. But since the second championship, Kansas has gone 68-35 with three straight double-digit loss campaigns, the first time that has occurred since the late 1980s.
With the Jayhawks, Self owns a 648-167 record and has made the NCAA Tournament field each season.
Self has an 855-272 career record with his other stints coming at Oral Roberts (1993-97), Tulsa (1997-2000) and Illinois (2000-2003).
He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.
The NBA fined the Portland Trail Blazers $100,000 and suspended assistant general managers Sergi Oliva and Mike Schmitz for two weeks without pay for violating league rules “governing contact with draft-ineligible players” in connection with the team’s scouting of Yang Hansen in December 2023, the league announced on Wednesday.
The Blazers said they “self-reported” this matter to the NBA.
“When this was brought to our attention the Portland Trail Blazers self-reported to the NBA,” the team said in a statement. “The team cooperated fully with the investigation and accept the league’s determination.”
The Trail Blazers traded for Hansen, the No. 16 overall pick in 2025, on draft night, sending No. 11 pick Cedric Coward to the Grizzlies in a package that also brought a 2028 first-round pick and two second-rounders back to Portland. Before landing with Portland, Hansen played two seasons for the Qingdao Eagles in China’s top professional league.
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Hansen, listed at 7-foot-1 and 270 pounds, was 19 at the time, and Portland general manager Joe Cronin said in July that the team “deeply” scouted him before selecting him in the first round.
“We’ve been scouting him deeply for almost two years now,” Cronin said after the 2025 draft. “We had a scout identify him during one of his under-18 events. And then we sent Mike and Sergi, our two assistant GMs, over to China that fall to go scout him live. When they came back from that trip, they left very, very impressed. We were actually hoping he would be in last year’s draft (2024). He didn’t declare last year, so we continued to scout him for the last year.”
Hansen became something of a social media darling when his game footage playing for the Qingdao Eagles was introduced to the masses. He also had his moments in Summer League, but he has struggled to make an impact during his rookie year. In 41 games, he’s averaging 2.3 points and 1.6 rebounds in 7.2 minutes per game while shooting just 31% from the field.
Winners of seven of their last nine, the Blazers are 39-38 and currently the No. 9 seed in the Western Conference standings.
DENVER — Marcus Pettersson scored with 5:39 remaining, Brock Boeser had a hat trick and the last-place Vancouver Canucks blew a four-goal lead before beating the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche 8-6 on Wednesday night.
The Canucks, who entered the game 58 points behind the Avalanche, scored in all sorts of ways, including 29 seconds into the game, short-handed, on the power play and into an empty net to snap a six-game slide.
They led 6-2 in the second only to see Colorado tie it up with 6:02 left. Just 23 seconds later, Pettersson knocked in his first goal since November. Boeser sealed it by lining the puck down the ice and into an empty net.
Teddy Blueger scored twice, while Max Sasson and Jake DeBrusk also added goals to spoil a night in which Nathan MacKinnon became the first player this season to reach 50 goals. Vancouver took advantage of the Avalanche juggling their defensive pairings with Cale Makar sidelined by an upper-body injury.
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Kevin Lankinen made 24 saves.
Sam Malinski scored twice, while Gabriel Landeskog, Parker Kelly and Brent Burns also scored. MacKinnon notched his second 50-goal campaign of his career with his score early in the first.
Colorado goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood was pulled with 4:39 left in the second after allowing six goals on 19 shots. Scott Wedgewood stopped five shots in relief.
The Avalanche were rolling after a 9-2 win over Calgary on Monday.
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Before fans had a chance to settle into their seats, the Canucks were up 1-0. Sasson’s goal 29 seconds into the game was the fastest by the Canucks since Oct. 22, 2024 (21 seconds).
Burns had a goal and an assist as he played in his 999th straight game. The all-time Ironman streak belongs to Phil Kessel, who skated in 1,064 consecutive games.
Lucknow Super Giants found themselves under early pressure in IPL 2026 after a disappointing six-wicket defeat to Delhi Capitals at home, a result that not only exposed batting concerns but also sparked conversation off the field. LSG struggled to get going with the bat, folding for just 141 in their opening game. The top order failed to deliver, with captain Rishabh Pant scoring 7, Aiden Markram managing 11, and Nicholas Pooran contributing only 8. While the bowlers made early inroads, Delhi turned the chase around through a composed unbeaten 70 from Sameer Rizvi and a steady 39 not out from Tristan Stubbs, sealing the game with 2.5 overs to spare. However, it was what followed after the match that drew just as much attention. LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka was seen in an on-field conversation with Pant, with head coach Justin Langer also part of the discussion. While no audio was available, the visuals suggested an intense exchange, and the clip quickly gained traction across social media. The moment inevitably brought back memories of a similar incident involving Goenka and former LSG captain KL Rahul during the 2024 season. That episode, widely viewed as a public fallout after a defeat, had drawn criticism at the time, and comparisons resurfaced following the latest visuals. Despite the speculation, Goenka struck a measured tone in his public response. Taking to X after the game, he backed his side and urged patience.
Sanjiv Goenka post
“This is a long season, and moments like these are part of building something meaningful. I have full confidence in our captain and the team to respond with strength. To our fans, thank you for your support at Ekana today, we will come back stronger. The story of @LucknowIPL this season is far from written,” he wrote. On the tactical front, Pant’s decision to promote himself to the top of the order also became a talking point. Having largely operated in the middle order in recent seasons, the move did not pay off in the opener. Pant was run out for 7 at the non-striker’s end after Mukesh Kumar got a fingertip deflection onto a powerful straight drive from Mitchell Marsh. When asked if he would continue opening alongside Markram and Marsh, Pant kept his options open. “It’s a 50-50 call,” he said after the match. With questions emerging around team balance, batting roles, and the early loss, LSG now face a crucial phase as they look to settle into the season and respond strongly in the games ahead.
As Brett Veach prepares for the NFL Draft and works to position the Chiefs for a return to contention, the general manager is also staying quiet about a widely speculated wedding involving one of the team’s top players.
During a sitdown with ESPN at this week’s NFL meetings in Arizona, Brett Veach sidestepped questions about whether he received an invitation to Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s upcoming wedding.
“We’ll see,” Veach said during his appearance on “The Schrager Hour” podcast. “Couldn’t say either way.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at Dolby Theatre March 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)
“That’s like the hardest-hitting question you’ll ever ask me.”
Veach quickly shifted the conversation back to the draft, and then made clear he wouldn’t be sharing any wedding details.
“Off the record, you can ask me who we’re picking nine [during this month’s NFL draft]. I’m going to tell you who we’re picking nine. I cannot disclose anything about the wedding,” he said.
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Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach speaks to the media during the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium Feb. 24, 2026, in Indianapolis. (Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images)
Kelce and Swift revealed their engagement in a joint Instagram post in August 2025. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” the couple captioned a series of photos.
According to multiple reports, Kelce and Swift plan to wed June 13 in Rhode Island.
Last month, Kelce and the Chiefs reached a deal for the Pro Bowler to return for his 14th season in Kansas City.
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“I’m still in love with this game. I still love going to work and putting on the pads, grinding it out and just playing the game,” Kelce told “The Pat McAfee Show.”
At the NFL Scouting Combine in February, Brett Veach struck an optimistic tone about Travis Kelce’s potential return for 2026, calling the three-time Super Bowl winner an “icon.”
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift react during Game 4 of the Edmonton Oilers-Florida Panthers Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena June 12, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla.(Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
“Travis is the best,” Veach said in Indianapolis. “He’s an icon, and hopefully he comes back. We’ll just kind of let that process play out. It’s not your typical 27-year-old [and] first time at free agency. Travis has done everything and has accomplished everything.
“He’s about to get married. He’s got a lot going on, so I don’t think there’s an element of us not trying to get something done. You need to have some sort of deadline [or] timeline, but, at the same time, he’s Travis Kelce.”
Former NFL defensive tackle Trysten Hill was booked into a Texas jail last week on multiple charges relating to an alleged assault of a pregnant woman.
Ellis County Sheriff’s Office jail records list “assault of a pregnant person” and “interfering with an emergency request for assistance.”
FOX 4 in Dallas obtained the records, which also showed Hill was arrested March 26.
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Hill was booked and held on a $3,500 bond connected to two bond-forfeiture warrants from a 2025 criminal investigation, the sheriff’s office said.
Trysten Hill of the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium Oct. 20, 2019, in Arlington, Texas.(Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Hill appeared to grin in his booking photo.
The identity of the alleged victim and any relationship to Hill were not disclosed. Fox News Digital contacted the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office, but a request for comment was not immediately returned.
After his three-year career at Central Florida, the Cowboys selected Hill in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft. He appeared in 25 regular-season games with the Cowboys, recording 39 combined tackles over four seasons.
Trysten Hill of the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium Oct. 9, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif.(Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
Hill joined the Arizona Cardinals midway through the 2022 season, recording five solo tackles and one sack in six games. He signed with the Cleveland Browns in 2023 but was released before the regular season kicked off.
New England Patriots defensive tackle Trysten Hill reacts against the Carolina Panthers during the first half at Gillette Stadium Aug. 8, 2024, in Foxborough, Mass.(Eric Canha/USA Today Sports)
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