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AP PROMO: Join BeaversEdge.com and get 30 DAYS FREE!MORE: 2022 APB Kaden Cloud Liking OSU’s Approach | FB: Tuesday ReportThe Oregon State women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 WBB this season as the coaches and media conducted polls on Tuesday afternoon.

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn has landed the highest rated recruit in program history, five-star power forward Jabari Smith.

Bob Myers hears the chatter about everything riding on Golden State’s draft pick at No. 2 overall. About all the pressure on his shoulders to find just the right player to join Splash Brothers Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, star forward Draymond Green and Andrew Wiggins. All the social media speculation, oh yes, the Warriors’ general manager is aware of the intrigue.

The salary cap for Spanish league clubs has been reduced more than $700 million because of the coronavirus pandemic, with Barcelona and Valencia in line to take the biggest hit, the league said Tuesday. Barcelona and Valencia will be expected to make salary reductions of about 40% this season, with Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid needing adjustments of 27% each. Because of the reduction, league president Javier Tebas said he expects a very quiet winter transfer market for Spanish clubs.

Karren Brady has revealed West Ham United are losing £2million per home game while football is being played behind closed doors, while the Premier League’s biggest clubs face a £200million shortfall across the season. Brady, the West Ham vice-chair, has warned of the potentially “fatal” consequences for clubs while stadiums are empty during the Covid-19 pandemic. No supporters have been allowed through the turnstiles since March, which has threatened the existence of clubs lower down the football pyramid. At the top of the game, clubs can lose £10million per game which leaves a huge hole in their accounts from losing the gate receipts from Premier League, European and domestic cup games. “It’s fatal for everybody,” said Brady. “West Ham is losing £2million a match in lost ticket revenue and corporate revenue. Some clubs are losing as much as £10million a match. “You talk about the pyramid of football but there is also a pyramid within the Premier League. Right at the top you have clubs owned by sovereign states and right at the bottom you have those who are not. Everyone is suffering but just like smaller businesses, whether football or non-football, they don’t have many cash reserves and that is what is happening to the smaller football clubs.” English Football League clubs in League One and Two are set to receive a £50million rescue package from the Premier League to help them survive. Brady believes getting fans back in grounds will be the most important factor to the survival of clubs. “We couldn’t have our supporters in which is literally why football exists but you could watch a game at the cinema, the O2 was open, the Royal Albert Hall was open, the London Palladium was open but open-aired, Covid-free stadiums aren’t,” said Brady on the BBC. “So I get that frustration. We are told it is early next March before we let supporters in. We have to do everything in terms of making people feel safe, giving the Government confidence that we can provide these Covid-19 safe stadiums. “Some of the systems we have put in place – being ticketless, one-way systems, socially-distanced seats, closing the bars, testing and tracing people, temperature checks and so on, all of those things I hope are building towards allowing the supporters in because they are the reason why we exist. The atmosphere is suffering from it and we need them back.”

A few final observations after several re-watches of the Packers’ 24-20 win over the Jaguars.

You all have recruiting questions … we have answers.Would Texas get a significant recruiting shot in the arm if the Longhorns can win the Big 12 title this year?Is Texas commitment Jonathon Brooks in line for a rankings bump? How might a coaching change impact recruiting?We address all these questions and more in our Q&A.