Conference championship games are held in the NFL. In the AFC, the Chiefs are back on the brink of the Super Bowl for the seventh straight season and face the Bills in what has become one of the NFL’s preeminent rivalries this decade. In the NFC, the Eagles are looking to return to a second Super Bowl in three years, and they will host the Commanders, who are in their first NFC title game since the 1991 season.Bumps and bruises are the name of the game this time of the season, and while some teams don’t face many… at least…
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Matt Murray had a great weekend in Manitoba with the Toronto Marlies.The 30-year-old stopped all 23 Manitoba Moose shots on Friday, helping the Marlies win 3-0. Murray also started Sunday’s game against the Moose, stopping all 32 shots, and the Marlies won 5-0.Murray posted back-to-back shutouts and three this season with the Marlies.The goaltender finds himself tied for the second-best save percentage among goaltenders (.933) in the AHL this season, alongside Calgary Wranglers netminder Devin Cooley. Murray’s goals-against average of 1.74 is the lowest among AHL goaltenders this season.”There’s so much you don’t control. So really, you just have to…
Serbian Novak Djokovic returns the microphone after briefly speaking on court (DAVID GRAY)Novak Djokovic was at the center of another row at the Australian Open on Monday while defending champion Jannik Sinner needed medical treatment in intense heat to advance to the quarter-finals.But American teenager Learner Tien’s fairytale journey to qualification is over after he suffered a thigh problem in a four-set loss to Italian Lorenzo Sonego.With temperatures topping 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) for the second day in a row, Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina beat Veronika Kudermetova, then refused to shake the Russian’s hand.Five-time major champion Iga Swiatek will…
Ancient Dishes manager and Yankees coach Jeff Torborg died Sunday morning, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announcement. He was 83 years old.Torborg caught Sandy Koufaxthe perfect game (September 9, 1965), Bill Singer’s no-hitter (July 20, 1970) and Nolan RyanThe first no-hitter (May 15, 1973).After a 10-year playing career with the Dodgers (1964-70) and Angels (1971-73), Torborg’s managerial career began in Cleveland (1977-79). He went 157-201 before joining the Yankees as manager (1979-88).Torborg had a 250-235 record with the White Sox and then led the Mets from 1992 to 1993. He went 85-115, including a 13-25 start to…
Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, center, attempts to pass Lakers forwards Austin Reaves, top, and Dorian Finney-Smith during the Clippers’ 116-102 victory Sunday at the Intuit Dome. (Jevone Moore/Sportswire Icon via Getty Images)In accordance with what has been standard operating procedure since Kawhi Leonard came back, the Clippers did not play his All-Star forward in the fourth quarter Sunday night against the Lakers.Even when the Clippers’ 26-point third-quarter lead was cut to 15 at the end of the quarter and 11 at the start of the fourth, Leonard sat on the bench.But in the 24 minutes and 17 seconds that Leonard…
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — As Lamar Jackson spoke Sunday night, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback kept slapping his hands as if he was awake but trying to snap himself out of a bad dream.“I tried to squeeze the ball, it slipped”…SMACK… “out of my hand.”“Tonight, turnovers, we can’t have that bullshit”… SLAM …”You know?”“It’s hanging the damn ball. I’m sorry for my language”… SLAM …”but it’s boring. I’m sick of this bullshit.”It felt like a momentary physical tic born from angry energy. Or a disappointment. Perhaps a combination of disbelief and frustration. And it was definitely appropriate. Almost all of these…
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