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Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin baffled by Carson Beck's exorbitant NIL deal with Miami

Ole Miss head Lane Kiffin did not mince words when told how much Miami quarterback Carson Beck’s NIL deal was worth.
Kiffin, 49, was told Beck will receive $4.3 million for one season during a recent appearance on “The Pivot Podcast.”
“Miami gave him $4.3 million?” Kiffin asked.
Mississippi Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin talks to his players in the second half against the Kentucky Wildcats at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Sept. 28, 2024. (Petre Thomas/Imagn Images)
“Did they watch his game against us?”
Beck transferred from Georgia to Miami this offseason, and Kiffin recalled an Ole Miss win over Georgia in the 2024 season.
Ole Miss defeated Georgia 28-10 in November, and Beck struggled in the loss. The former Georgia quarterback completed 20 of his 31 passes for 186 yards and an interception in the loss.
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Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck before the 2024 SEC championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta Dec. 7, 2024. (Brett Davis/Imagn Images)
Beck spent two seasons as the starting quarterback at Georgia. In his junior year, he had a 72.4% completion percentage and the most completions and passes in the SEC. Beck also led the SEC with 3,941 yards that season and threw for 24 touchdowns and six interceptions.
Last season was a different story for Beck. He completed 64.7% of his passes for 3,485 yards with 28 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Beck’s 12 interceptions were the most in the SEC.
Beck is expected to replace Cam Ward, the projected No. 1 overall pick in next week’s NFL Draft.

Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck in action against the Massachusetts Minutemen at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., Nov. 23, 2024 (Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)
Ward was sensational in his lone season with the Hurricanes, completing 67.2% of his passes for 4,313 yards, and he led the ACC with 39 passing touchdowns while throwing seven interceptions.
Not only will Beck have big shoes to fill after Miami went 10-3 and just missed out on the College Football Playoff with Ward last season. But he will also have to deal with the pressure of living up to his exorbitant NIL deal, the one Kiffin couldn’t believe.
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Podcast host says Jordon Hudson 'choreographed' portion of Bill Belichick's recent interview

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One of Bill Belichick’s stops among his book tour was on an episode of “The Pivot” podcast with Ryan Clark and Channing Crowder.
Belichick’s first interview promoting the book garnered tons of media attention, when Jordon Hudson was caught on camera butting into the conversation when Belichick was asked how they met.
Belichick has credited Hudson, 24, for being the business brainiac to his brand, but he has remained mum on getting any further than that in public interviews.
Jordon Hudson the girlfriend of Bill Belichick in attendance at Loudermilk Center for Excellence on Dec. 12, 2024. (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)
But that business side of Hudson was all in on Belichick’s “Pivot” interview, according to Crowder.
“He’s all in if you talk football, but if you start talking personal stuff, he starts doing the mumble and the one-word answers, and his old lady is different. She lurks,” Crowder said on his separate radio show. “It’s weird to know him as Coach Belichick running the entire organization as GM, head coach, talent coordinator, all that stuff, and then to see this tiny little 95-pound girl pretty much telling him what to do.”
Crowder added, but did not elaborate on, that Hudson “choreographed the open,” which included Belichick’s accomplishments as both a coach and author.
“She was there. She kind of coordinates and brand manages. She has her paws on the situation. It’s different . . . it was weird to be around Belichick and Jordon. I don’t see Belichick in that light. But he just smiles and nods,” Crowder continued.

Ryan Clark, Channing Crowder, and Jordon Hudson (Getty Images/IMAGN)
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Hudson was not at Belichick’s interview with “Good Morning America” last week.
According to reports, Hudson interrupted the CBS interview several times and even stormed off at one point, delaying the interview by around 30 minutes.
Belichick released a statement saying he was “surprised” about getting the questions about his relationship and that when Hudson had stepped in, she had been doing her job. He went on to accuse CBS of creating a “false narrative” with so-called “selectively edited clips.”
CBS responded, disagreeing with Belichick’s version of events.

North Carolina Tar Heels football head coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend Jordon Hudson look on during the first half of the game between the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils at Dean E. Smith Center on March 8, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
In the interview with The Pivot, Belichick cleared the air on Hudson’s reported involvement with “Hard Knocks,” ultimately saying that the show was not a match with UNC. He also reiterated that Hudson is not involved with UNC football, a statement that the school itself made following reports that Hudson was barred from the facility.
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Prep talk: City Section takes over Dodger Stadium on Saturday

It’s the greatest gift to baseball players who attend schools in the City Section. Every season since 1969, except for two years during the pandemic of 2020 and 2021, the championship game has been played at Dodger Stadium.
The championships return to Dodger Stadium on Saturday. Marine League rivals Banning and Carson will face off at 10 a.m. for the Division I title, followed by El Camino Real taking on Venice at 1 p.m. for the Open Division championship. There’s free parking and tickets cost $15 for adults and $12 for students. Gates open at 9 a.m.
Three of the four semifinal games were decided on walk-off hits, showing the parity this season.
In the Open Division, El Camino Real has its top two pitchers ready to go. Devin Gonor will get the start and Luke Howe has four innings left to throw if needed. Venice has its ace, Noel Moreno (12-1) available.
As usual, handling the environment and dimensions of Dodger Stadium will be key, from catchers preventing balls in the dirt from going to the backstop to outfielders making catches in the sun.
Banning has beaten Carson two of three times this season. Carson is coming off a dramatic win in the semifinals over Taft in which Xavier Allen hit a walk-off, two-run home run in the 11th inning.
Canon King of Venice is coming off a five-for-five performance against Birmingham. El Camino Real has won nine City titles.
All the teams involved will be invited to play in the Southern California regionals that begin in two weeks.
This is a daily look at the positive happenings in high school sports. To submit any news, please email eric.sondheimer@latimes.com.
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Danica Patrick reflects on 'emotionally abusive' relationship with Aaron Rodgers: 'wore me down to nothing'

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Former NASCAR driver Danica Patrick shared the agony of her relationship and breakup with NFL star Aaron Rodgers, during an appearance on the Sage Steele Show.
“The breakup with Aaron in 2020, because it was sudden,” Patrick said when asked what was the most painful experience.
“It felt like it was my life. So when you live with somebody, it’s your whole life… And because the nature of the relationship was emotionally abusive, so that wore me down to nothing.”
Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers made their red carpet debut at the 2018 ESPY Awards in July. (AP)
Patrick claims that Rogers “leaves a trail of blood.”
“Someone that you know, people could never imagine that I would lack any confidence, or belief in the simple things about who I am. Everything was torn to bits. He leaves a trail of blood. I don’t think I’m saying too much earth-shattering stuff after we — there’s been enough out there,” Patrick said.
“But it gave me the greatest gift, which is myself. It gave me the greatest gift of how much I needed to show up for myself and take care of myself.”
Rodgers and Patrick went public with their relationship in January 2018 after first meeting at the ESPY Awards in 2012.
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Danica Patrick on the starting grid before the Montreal Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. (David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports)
At the time, a rep for the “Pretty Intense” podcast host and entrepreneur confirmed to Fox News that the pair were an item.
Meanwhile, Patrick told The Associated Press that she and Rodgers first crossed paths in 2012 at The ESPY Awards.
“I told him a long time ago I’d always root for him as a player,” she recalled to the outlet. “Now I am probably going to cheer for the whole team. Take out the word ‘probably.’ Now I’m going to cheer for the whole team.”
In November 2019, the pair appeared to be going strong, with Patrick even joking on “The Jenny McCarthy Show” about a proposal.
When asked when she’d get married, Patrick jokingly responded, “Um, [tomorrow] — wait, no, what?”
Back in August 2017, Rodgers opened up to ESPN, explaining it’s not always easy dating when all eyes are on you.

Aaron Rodgers recently gushed over his girlfriend Danica Patrick. (Getty Images)
“When you are living out a relationship in the public eye, it’s definitely… it’s difficult,” he said. “It has some extra constraints because you have other opinions about your relationship, how it affects your work and, you know, just some inappropriate connections… There’s some horrible media outlets that… you say something or do something, where there’s a story, and they just go with it and run with it.”
The couple then confirmed their breakup in July 2020.
Patrick later opened up on the breakup during an appearance on National Geographic’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” and told the survivalist that she learned a ton about herself during the public breakup.
“I think we learn the most about ourselves through relationships, but there’s nothing like heartbreak to really throw you in the deep end of that,” Patrick said, according to Yahoo! Entertainment. “But I’ve learned a lot and as broken open as I was on the sad end, I have felt so much joy in so many more instances and so many more unlikely places than I ever have, so it’s like my heart got broken open to both ends of the spectrum.”
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