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Jacob Parker might be running away with the SEC Freshman of the Year award already… The freshman is hitting .353 with 6 HRs and 20 RBIs this season!

🚨JUST IN: The Florida House just voted 80 to 30 to eliminate property taxes for homeowners. This is one of the boldest tax moves any state has ever attempted. The Florida House Speaker called it "the most aggressive property tax legislation ever passed by a legislative chamber in the history of the United States." That's not a small claim. Most Florida homeowners have been getting crushed as home values across the state have exploded over the last five years. A house worth $250,000 in 2019 is assessed at $450,000 today in many counties. The tax bill followed that number straight up. For retirees and long term homeowners on fixed incomes, that increase hasn't been gradual, it’s been brutal. Here's what the proposal actually does: It gradually increases the homestead exemption by $100,000 annually for ten years, reaching complete elimination of non school property taxes by 2037. Law enforcement and public safety budgets are constitutionally protected, so they can't be touched. For a homeowner with a $400,000 property, that's potentially $4,000 to $6,000 back in their pocket every single year. For retirees who did everything right and are now watching inflation and rising taxes eat through their fixed income, that number is SIGNIFICANT. Governor DeSantis has been pushing this hard, calling property taxes "an oppressive and ineffective form of taxation," arguing that as long as they exist, homeowners are effectively paying rent to the government in perpetuity. But there's a twist most people aren't talking about at all. Economists project that eliminating property taxes could actually INCREASE home values by making ownership significantly cheaper to hold long term, which sounds great until you realize that higher home values mean even less affordability for first time buyers who are already completely locked out of this market. Existing homeowners win. First time buyers might get squeezed even harder. This still needs Senate approval, which hasn't moved yet, then it needs to survive the full legislative session. It also needs 60% voter support in a statewide referendum to pass as a constitutional amendment. That's an incredibly high bar and a lot of places for this to stall, get watered down, or die entirely. Florida just lit the match, and wether it starts a revolution or burns the house down is still very much to be determined.

🚨 SHOCKING: 'Reacher' Star Alan Ritchson BEATS the Hell Out of Neighbor! What allegedly happened: - The altercation occurred around noon on Sunday (March 22, 2026) in a Nashville-area suburb in Tennessee. - The alleged victim, named Ronnie Taylor in the TMZ article, claims Ritchson was riding a green Kawasaki dirt bike (motorcycle) at high speed through the neighborhood, creating excessive noise and disturbance. - Taylor says he confronted Ritchson, asking him to "f**king stop this please," after similar incidents (including middle-finger exchanges the previous day). - Things escalated physically: Taylor alleges Ritchson punched him in the face multiple times, kicked him (including while he was down), and tried to run him off after falling off his own bike. - Two young children—reportedly Ritchson's sons—were nearby on their own motorbikes watching the incident. - Taylor filed a police report citing assault, with visible bruises and swelling mentioned. Police confirmed an investigation is ongoing, but no arrests have been made so far.

🚨 “I Pushed him TWICE... Then He Kicked the Crap Out of Me" – Neighbor Breaks Silence on Viral Beatdown Ronnie Taylor, the guy "Reacher" star Alan Ritchson beat up explains how the fight started in the first place. “I did push him because he was coming towards me on his bike. He did it again a second time. I pushed him a second time, then he got off his bike and kicked the crap out of me.”

Notable records in the NCAA tournament by conference so far: SEC: 8-1 ACC: 3-3 B10: 4-2 B12: 4-1 Big east: 0-1 WCC: 1-2 The SEC runs college basketball.