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KNOW THIS

Eagles coach Chip Kelly made some pretty strong statements indicating Philadelphia will not trade up for a chance to draft QB Marcus Mariota, whom Kelly coached at Oregon. In other words, you can bet on it happening.

WATCH THIS

There are a million college basketball conference tournaments on right now, but I'm pointing you toward spring training baseball because it's too nice out to think about an indoor sport. Twins vs. Marlins, noon, FSN.

RANDOM FANDOM

"The Wild remind me of the Kings team from last year in that they are moving toward the playoffs from the back of the pack, but with a ton of confidence and success."

— zataway commenting on startribune.com.

Weigh in on what you're thinking about to mrand@startribune.com

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"The primary reason to want to be a celebrity is to get MLB teams to let you play spring training games with them."

Phil Hughes

— Sports on Earth's Will Leitch.

@williamfleitch