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PHILADELPHIA -- It's lunchtime in the Temple football offices, and first-year coach Matt Rhule is talking about broccoli rabe. Outside on the corner of 10th Street and Diamond Street in North Philly, there are yoga studios popping up in the neighborhood where tenements used to be.

There has never been a Final Four comprised entirely by teams from the same conference, but this could be the year it happens.

In the absence of QB prospects like Andrew Luck or top-flight running backs like Trent Richardson, could this year’s draft shine a spotlight on the defensive side of the football early? It certainly seems possible, especially given the number of players with elite potential there — and the challenge facing coaching staffs to slow the league’s recent offensive breakthroughs.

SARASOTA, Fla. — The last week of spring training is always the worst, Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Monday. You're just trying to get through it so you can start the regular season. And then something like this happens to Wilson Betemit.

OAKLAND, Calif. – The Golden State Warriors' David Lee should keep an eye out for Dwight Howard during the next meeting against the Los Angeles Lakers on April 12.

The Jets have a vexing problem with Darrelle Revis, but if GM John Idzik plays his cards right, he could at least partially save face for trading the franchise's best player by getting no less than first- and third-round draft choices from Tampa Bay for the problematic cornerback, a source close to the negotiations told SI.com. In fact, the source said, if the Jets are willing to take both picks in 2014, Tampa Bay would likely deal its first- and second-round picks for Revis, even though t