Phillies, LHP Jesus Luzardo finalize $135M extension

Phillies left-hander Jesus Luzardo finalized a five-year contract extension worth $135 million on Tuesday, a deal that keeps him in Philadelphia through the 2031 season.

Neither side wanted to consider other options. Luzardo was entering the final season of his previous contract, which remains in place for 2026. The extension kicks off next season, and the Phillies hold an option for 2032 worth $32.5 million.

"I love the organization," Luzardo said at a press conference Tuesday attended by every teammate still present at spring training. "Top to bottom."

Luzardo, 28, is coming off a career year in which he went 15-7 with a 3.92 ERA, 216 strikeouts and 57 walks. He pitched 183 2/3 innings across 32 starts.

He said his bond with teammates and trust in the organization compelled both sides to get a deal done.

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Team president Dave Dombrowski said he has been motivated since October to make sure Luzardo was part of the organization's future. It's not uncommon for Dombrowski to extend pitchers before deadlines arrive, with a similar tactic applied with right-hander Zack Wheeler.

The Phillies have their entire starting rotation under contract through at least 2027: Wheeler, Luzardo, Cristopher Sanchez, Aaron Nola and Andrew Painter. Sanchez and Wheeler were National League Cy Young runners-up in 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Luzardo pitched in Games 2 and 4 of the 2025 NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, starting the former before appearing as an extra-innings reliever in Game 4. Though he took the loss in both games, he gave up just three runs (two earned) over 7 2/3 innings for a 2.35 ERA, with eight strikeouts and one walk.

Philadelphia acquired Luzardo from the NL East rival Miami Marlins in a December 2024 trade. In seven major league seasons with the Oakland Athletics (2019-21), Marlins (2021-24) and Phillies (2025), he is 41-41 with a 4.19 ERA, 775 strikeouts and 237 walks in 137 appearances (121 starts).

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Ye to play show at SoFi stadium months after apology for antisemitism

Kanye Westis ramping up his comeback.

Months after the controversialrapper, now known as Ye,took out afull-page ad in the Wall Street Journalto apologize for previous hateful remarks, he's announcing a live performance in Los Angeles.Ye willplay SoFi Stadium in the Southern California city on April 3, according tothe venue's website.

The show, billed "Ye Live in Los Angeles," is described as the only performance in the city in a promo image for the event. A website associated with the concert offers little more information except a directive to pre-save "Bully," the name of his upcoming album.

Previously released preview EPs under the same name were dropped bythe rapperin June 2025. A video posted tothe artist's Instagram storiesalsotakes you to a pagewith the album's title. The album is set for release in late March.

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Born Kanye Omari West, Ye transformed himself from a college dropout in Chicago to an undisputable icon of music and fashion. But a string of controversies has the rapper facing a fallout. In October 2022, several companies, including Adidas and Balenciaga fashion house, cut ties with the star after he made antisemitic remarks.

Look back on Ye's life and career, from his marriage and divorce from Kim Kardashian to his polarizing political statements. Here, Ye and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ye hit the 2025 Grammys red carpet donning a black shirt and pants, sunglasses and a chain. Meanwhile, wife Bianca Censori wore a black fur coat that she removed to pose in a nearly nude, see-through dress as photographers captured the couple's appearance.

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" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ye and Bianca Censori are seen in the stands during the UEFA Champions League last 16 first leg football match Inter Milan vs Atletico Madrid at the San Siro stadium in Milan on Feb. 20, 2024.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Charlie Wilson, left, and Ye attend Wilson's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony on Jan. 29, 2024, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ye attended the premiere for "The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM," a documentary by conservative political commentator Candace Owens, on Oct. 12, 2022.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> during an appearance on the “Drink Champs” podcast a few days after the event found the rapper making controversial statements on the manner of Floyd's death." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Ye and his children Saint West, Chicago West and Psalm West, who he shares with ex Kim Kardashian, attended the Balenciaga womenswear spring/summer 2023 show at Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 2, 2022.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> gave an impassioned speech about Diddy, who he called his "brother."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> were rumored to be romantically linked at the time." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> then-girlfriend Julia Fox, an actress and model, attended the Kenzo Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show during Paris Fashion Week on Jan. 23, 2022." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> temporarily moved into the venue following the event while he finished work on his 10th studio album "Donda," named after his late mother Donda West." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Easter Sunday service during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "feel like Superman." Trump called him "a smart cookie."" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />

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Born Kanye Omari West, Ye transformed himself from a college dropout in Chicago to an undisputable icon of music and fashion. But a string of controversies has the rapper facing a fallout. In October 2022, several companies, including Adidas and Balenciaga fashion house,cut ties with the starafter he made antisemitic remarks.Look back on Ye's life and career, from his marriage and divorce from Kim Kardashian to his polarizing political statements. Here, Ye and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Grammy Awards on Feb. 2, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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News of the concert comes on the heels of a tumultuousfew years for Ye, once a titan of the genre, who has since become better known for public outbursts on social media deriding both Jewish and Black people. He has lauded Adolf Hitler with the release of a song titled "Heil Hitler," sold clothing emblazoned with the swastika symbol through his clothing company Yeezy and used pro-Nazi language in his social media posts and tirades.

The rapper is also facingallegations of sexual misconductandharassment. He has denied wrongdoing.

In an apology letter featured in a Wall Street Journal advertisement in January, Ye said his mental health history – including a diagnosis ofbipolar disorderand a four-month manic episode that took place in the first half of 2025 – was what allegedly fueled his "reckless" behavior.

"When you're manic, you really don't think that you're sick," he told Vanity Fair in an interview at the time. "You think that everyone else is deeply overreacting. You feel like you're seeing the world so much more clearly on things, when in reality you're losing your grip entirely."

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Joshua Jackson Discusses 'Chemistry' with Katie Holmes in ‘Magical’ New Project Nearly 30 Years After “Dawson’s Creek”

Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes reunite for the film Happy Hours, which Holmes is directing and starring in

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• The project explores three phases of a love story, with the first part focusing on falling in love

• Jackson reflected on their lasting chemistry nearly 30 years after Dawson's Creek premiered during an appearance on the Today show on March 10

Joey and Pacey have still got it!

Dawson's CreekcostarsJoshua JacksonandKatie Holmesare reigniting their on-screen love story with anew project titledHappy Hours. Holmes is directing and starring in the film, which Jackson, 47, shared in a new interview will hopefully be the first of three films documenting a couple's evolving relationship.

"That time in my life would be for most people like their college years, right?" Jackson said on theTodayshow on Tuesday, March 10, referencing hisDawson's Creekdays. "And there are these people in your life — she's a lifelong friend now — and for us to be able to go back and do this again, and, honestly, for her to be able to create that space for us was kind of magical."

The film follows past loves who cross paths and rekindle their connection years later.

"Katie wrote this beautiful story for the two of us that is the three phases of a love story," Jackson shared of the project. "So we shot the fun part, which is the falling in love, and she's cutting it together now. And that will come out and hopefully it will give us the opportunity to go back and make the other two."

Jackson and Holmes, 47, made headlines in July 2025 when they were photographed on the streets of New York City filmingHappy Hoursand looking just as smitten as they had as teens. The actor said that working with Holmes was just as special as it appeared.

"More than anything, for me, selfishly, it was an opportunity to get to work with Kate again," Jackson said on the3rd Hour of Today. "We spent so much intense time at a particular moment in our lives and then we have maintained our friendship for all of these years, but we've never had a chance to be on camera together, and it was magic. It was so nice to go back into that place. And, you know, you never know until you're actually doing the thing, but to still have chemistry with somebody after all of those years is nice."

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However, despite their chemistry, Jackson said that Holmes had no problem taking charge on set.

"Oh, she was bossing me around back there," he quipped. "I was fully prepared for her to be my boss."

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After six seasons of will-they-won't-they, Holmes' Joey Potter and Jackson's Pacey Witter ended up together at the end ofDawson's Creek. The show premiered in 1998 and ran until 2003.

Their costarJames Van Der Beek diedlast month at the age of 48 after being diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer.

Jackson alsospoke out about the loss of Van Der Beekduring hisTodayshow appearance.

"He became what we used to just call a 'good man,' a man of the kind of belief, the kind of faith that allowed him to face the impossible with grace, an unbelievable partner and husband, right?" Jackson said of Van Der Beek, who played Dawson Leery. "Just a real man who showed up for his family and a beautiful, kind, curious, interested, dedicated father. And so while on the one hand that's beautiful and I think he did lead a very good life and he was a good man, it is also, the tragedy of that loss for his family is enormous."

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What did SEC, Big Ten learn from Trump roundtable? It's time to go

So let's break down this thing to its purest form, beyond the white papers andpresidential roundtablesand putting the toothpaste back into the tube.

What did the presidents and chancellors of theBig TenandSEClearn fromlast week's clown show of a presidential roundtable?

It's time to go.

Time to pull up stakes, say it was good knowing and competing with everyone else in FBS and FCS, but we're taking our multibillion dollar product and starting — in the words of Mr. Toothpaste Back In The Tube himself — our own big, beautiful association.

That's 34 schools from Seattle to Gainesville, Piscataway to Los Angeles, Minneapolis to Austin — and all points between. A true blue national association of the best collegiate sports has to offer.

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An association where they'll make the rules, run the show and make (more) billions doing it.

Hey, when the rubber meets the road, financial sovereignty makes strange bedfellows. Even two superconferences who can't agree on anything of late.

Speaking Monday on the SEC Network with Paul Finebaum, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey was asked if the SEC would go it alone.

"How do we work with colleagues to solve problems? Can we do that collectively?" Sankey said. "If there's a point at which we cannot do so, I think the conversation that informs the question that you ask, 'Is there something you'd do alone?' I think that that starts to generate more and more interest."

It's not as difficult as you'd think.

The Big Ten and SEC could collectively bargain with players and player representatives, and have stringent player movement rules because they'll have real player contracts. They'll have a salary cap, and strict rules against private NIL supplementing player procurement.

The days of he with the most money wins will be long gone.

The first time a school uses illegal private NIL to secure a player, they're eliminated from the postseason for two years. The second time: They're out the association.

This is no time to fool around with those who flout rules or push the envelope. This is a multibillion dollar business with more than 100 other schools begging for their ticket to the show.

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It's much easier to kick out a school for blatant disregard of association rules than it is because they're fortunate enough to have been part of the SEC or Big Ten when they were formed.

This won't be just a football move. The SEC and Big Ten can play each other exclusively in all sports, from football to basketball and baseball, and all Olympic sports. No more creampuffs, no more guarantee games.

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They'll have their own football playoff, basketball tournaments and baseball and softball playoffs. And make an absolute financial killing.

A television and streaming rights bonanza the likes of which collegiate sports has never seen. If you think college sports could get 50% more by pooling its media rights among all 10 FBS conferences — that's the projection by those pushing the idea — imagine what a Big Ten/SEC association will fetch.

This is where we are, OK? It doesn't matter how we got here, or that the Big Ten and SEC are as much at fault as anyone for college sports unraveling into a financial and player movement free-for-all.

This is about money.

It's not about player movement (though that's a critical component), orexorbitant coaching buyoutsor a lack of rules enforcement. Andit's certainly not about academics.

This is about staying ahead of two massively mistaken moves made by two conferences that should've known better. Two moves that led to generational instability in collegiate sports, and now have the President of the United States and Congress involved in their business.

The irony of it all is this: The presidents and chancellors of the Big Ten and SEC made expansion moves five years ago based on a cash-grab philosophy. Now they're fighting to not give it away.

In a perfect world where the leaders of academia spoke and wanted the best for all, the SEC presidents and chancellors would've reached out to their counterparts at the Big Ten when Texas and Oklahoma decided they wanted to leave the Big 12.

In a perfect world, one (or preferably more) of those then 28 presidents and chancellors of the Big Ten and SEC would've had the foresight to see a chain reaction of expansion moves dangerous to the health and welfare of the collective. You know, like the last one a mere decade earlier thateliminatedthe Big East.

Someone, anyone, saying we're on the verge of eating another power conference ― so neither the SEC nor the Big Ten are taking Texas and Oklahoma, thank you. Or we're standing on the precipice of paradigm change so drastic, we won't recognize what we've done until we're sitting at the White House and the leader of the free world's answer to the madness we've created by our own sins and souls is, "let's go back to the old way."

Now the only answer is to break away and form their own association.

Because these two titans of collegiate sports, these two money-making machines, aren't going to supplement the rest of college sports. No matter how you look at pooled revenue sharing — even if it guarantees the SEC and Big Ten won't lose money — it's still watering down their products by eliminating some (not all) of their prime Saturday TV windows.

And, of course, eliminating any chance of individual financial growth.

The Big Ten and SEC see this differently than others. They've built their brands, they've done the heavy lifting. Why share the benefits now?

It's time to go.

If you don't think the SEC and Big Ten will make such a drastic move, you're the same person trying to shove the toothpaste back in the tube.

Matt Hayesis the senior national college football writer for USA TODAY Sports Network. Follow him on X at@MattHayesCFB.

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