The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Eagles trade for defensive lineman

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The Philadelph­ia Eagles acquired defensive tackle Timmy Jernigan from the Baltimore Ravens.

The Eagles and Ravens also swapped third-round picks in the trade announced Tuesday. Baltimore gets the 77th overall pick, while Philadelph­ia moves down to No. 99.

Jernigan, a second-round pick in 2014 from Florida State, has 13 sacks and one intercepti­on in three seasons. He had 31 tackles and five sacks while starting 15 games in 2016.

■ Raiders owner Mark Davis says he did everything he could to try to keep his team in Oakland and is not able to celebrate the upcoming move to Las Vegas because he’s “bitter- sweet” about leaving the East Bay fans.

In an interview with the team’s flagship radio station 95.7 The Game in the Bay Area, Davis said Oakland never presented a viable plan to keep the team, leading to his applicatio­n to relocate.

The key question for the 2017-18 Tar Heels as they follow this year’s run is how different the team will look.

Seniors Kennedy Meeks, Isaiah Hicks and Nate Britt will be gone, and Associated Press All-American Justin Jackson could join them in an early entry to the NBA draft.

Freshman big man Tony Bradley also told The Associated Press after the Monday night win he was “100 percent” going to test the waters

For so long, Gonzaga was the team that couldn’t get to a Final Four. A 37-2 season changed that.

Now it’s time to see if Mark Few’s program can do it again. Like the Tar Heels, there are roster questions such as whether guard Nigel Williams-Goss returns for his senior season or 7-footer Zach Collins decides to become a one-and-done player.

The bulk of the rotation could be back to put Gonzaga back in the Final Four mix.

Kentucky’s latest haul

De’Aaron Fox and Malik Monk are the first of this year’s potential one-and-done prospects to declare for the draft at Kentucky, but John Calipari’s next wave of touted recruits is on deck.

Touted guard Hamidou Diallo is already on campus

The Pac-12 had a terrific year at the top with Oregon making its first Final Four since winning the first NCAA championsh­ip in 1939, while Arizona was a No. 2 seed and UCLA was a No. 3.

For the Ducks, top players Dillon Brooks, Tyler Dorsey and Jordan Bell have decisions to make on whether to return — and that could determine whether Oregon can take another step after reaching an Elite Eight in 2016 and reaching this year’s national semifinals.

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