Tampa Bay is right there with locked-in No. 1 seed Green Bay as a tough team to beat in the NFC tournament. Here’s looking at the Buccaneers’ range of seeding outcomes coming out of Week 18: WEEK 18 PICKS: Against the spread | Straight up How high can the Buccaneers be seeded in the NFC? The Buccaneers are the current No. 3 seed behind the Packers and the No. 2 Rams....
Fast forward to January 2022, with NFL Wild Card weekend on the horizon, and things look a lot different. Of that trio, only Evans remains standing. Godwin is out for the season with a torn ACL, while Brown was cut after an infamous, shirtless exit during the Bucs’ Week 18 match-up vs. the Jets. Even if Brown was still with the Bucs, he was dealing with a significant ankle injury anyway, so his reliablity in the playoffs couldn’t be trusted....
That’s not up for debate after watching No. 8 Michigan State (6-1, 3-0) beat Indiana and No. 13 Ohio State (5-1, 2-0) beat Rutgers by identical 56-17 scores Saturday. MORE: Upset Saturday, Part II? Top 25 updates | WVU gets in on act | So does K-State Here’s a question that’s a lot closer than it sounds: Are the Buckeyes better than the Spartans? Even though Michigan State beat Ohio State 34-24 in last year’s Big Ten championship game, the answer is “Yes....
Antetokounmpo had 20 points, 17 rebounds and four assists in Milwaukee’s 118-105 loss to Phoenix, an impressive performance considering “The Greek Freak” had only been upgraded from doubtful to questionable on Tuesday afternoon. During his postgame media availability, Antetokounmpo, who suffered a hyperextension of his left knee against the Hawks but avoided any structural damage, told reporters he didn’t feel any pain in his 35 minutes of action. MORE: Best highlights from Game 1 of NBA Finals...
Jabari Parker’s left knee. Again. Oh no. pic.twitter.com/MlLqefPRzb MORE: Bucks’ Jabari Parker will ‘keep fighting oppression’ after Donald Trump election The injured knee is the same one he tore in 2014, which ended his rookie season prematurely. The team originally announced that Parker suffered a sprained ankle, though the injury appeared much worse. Later, general manager John Hammond revealed that the injury is a knee sprain, and that Parker would have an MRI on Thursday....
That player hasn't be on display this season, not because Sanders has taken a step back, but because it's been hard for him to stay on the court, as NBA.com's Steve Aschburner details. Sanders, the player the Bucks appeared set to be build around, is playing only 17.3 minutes per game this season under new coach Larry Drew. And the bulk of that has come in the first half, well before games are decided....
Bucks President Peter Feigin said a financing deal from the City of Milwaukee for a new arena must be finalized in the next ten days, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. MORE: Bucks go down 2-0 to Bulls | Butler says Milwaukee can’t guard him | Seven technicals in Game 2 “The clock is ticking,” Feigin said in a meeting with realtors and retailers on Tuesday, per the Journal-Sentinel. “This has to be wrapped up in the next 10 days....
The junior guard announced his decision to return for his senior season Friday morning. He led the Big 12 in scoring this past season, earning the conference’s top individual award and third-team AP All-America honors. MORE: Emmert, Silver tackling eligibility issues | Louisville adds top transfer from Drexel “It was a tough decision, and I obviously took it near the deadline,” Hield said. “But I just went through the process....
Year-on-year, football has become a growing passion point for Indian consumers and the brewer, having been a long-term partner of the FIFA World Cup, has designed engaging content and all-round experiences to bring alive the essence of the sport and energise fans in the country. Expanding its association with the game, Budweiser last month announced multi-year partnerships with two of the top international football leagues, the Premier League and LaLiga....
The bid has been tentatively approved by members of late owner Ralph Wilson’s estate, two people familiar with discussions told The Associated Press on Tuesday. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the sale is being conducted privately. MORE: Worst owners in sports | Buffalo front-office tension? The next step, the people said, is for the estate to get initial approval from the NFL. That could come by the end of the week and as early as later in the day in a process that could be completed by next month....
However, in the meantime, there are some indie games that could scratch similar itches to Hollow Knight. 2D action games like Skul: The Hero Slayer and Underhero can fulfill the role of a combat platforming experience, and metroidvanias like Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night and Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth can satisfy the need for exploration. While the crowdfunded Crowsworn may not release before Silksong does, it could provide a more direct analogue to Hollow Knight....
Both Bulls XI and Lions XI have had a similar record in the Pondicherry T20 2021 so far, having won one win and lost two games each. But with a net run rate of -0.682, Bulls XI are at the bottom of the points table. Lions XI, on the other hand, are placed fourth with a net run rate of -0.133. BUL vs LIO Probable Playing 11 Today Bulls XI: S Karthik-II, P Surendiran, Jay Pandey, Mohamed Safeequddin, Vikneshwaran Marimuthu (c), AC Amarnath, S Ashwath-II, Gautham Srinivas, Bhupender Chauhan, Karthik B Nair, Pooviarasan Pooviarasan...
“Coach Thibodeau, (I) want to thank your trust and support this season,” Gasol wrote on his website. “I am sure that his departure was a very difficult decision for the organization of the Bulls, but I am convinced that they have a solid plan for the success of the franchise. We all have high expectations for the coming season and will do anything to bring the ring to Chicago. Go Bulls!...
When a lively scrum broke out during the second period of the Bruins-Coyotes game on Saturday, Boston’s Kevan Miller and Arizona’s Joe Vitale dropped their gloves in the middle of the commotion and started throwing punches. The fight put a little pep in the Bruins’ step. They were down 1-0 when it started and came back to win the game 5-3. MORE: Bruins best players of all time | Every team’s best 3-on-3 OT lineup...
Following the hockey tradition of players revealing the horrifying extent of the injuries they have played through once the season has finally come to an end, the Bruins captain said Friday he played through “multiple fractures” after getting hit in the face with a puck during Game 4 against the Blues. The hardware required to allow him back on the ice for Games 5 through 7 included multiple plates in his jaw, plus wiring that kept him mostly on a liquid diet in the final days of a grueling season....
The Wildcats (20-6 overall, RPI 48) forced their way into a first-place tie atop the Atlantic 10, a logjam that became possible when Dayton’s victory and VCU’s double-overtime loss at Richmond on Wednesday left all four teams with 11-4 league marks. Does it matter to the selection committee which team finishes first in the regular season? Sure, that’s one of the elements members can consider (members attach their own weight)....
But two hours of Xavier vs. St. John’s showed why the chase for NCAA Tournament bids is so compelling every year. Was either team playing for its life? Maybe, maybe not. Could either team be absolutely certain of that? Definitely not. MORE: Most shocking tourney upsets | Kansas State upsets KU | Is Snapchat the latest in recruiting? So the two of them played a game that was less artistic than it was enthralling, as is so often the case when two teams bring a sense of desperation or hunger or both to an athletic contest....
This franchise couldn’t do that 24 days earlier once the Buccaneers had fallen to 3-5 following a 43-28 Thursday night loss to visiting Atlanta. Afterward, first-year head coach Dirk Koetter gave his players a take-home assignment during their weekend break. “He said to take time out and look at yourself in the mirror,” Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David told Sporting News during a Sunday night telephone interview. “He said, ‘Don’t point fingers....
The Buccaneers got back into the win column last week against the Saints after coming back from a 13-point deficit late in the fourth quarter. Brady completed 36-of-54 passes for 284 yards, two TDs, and an interception. Rookies Rachaad White and Cade Otton were the recipients of Brady’s TD passes. Tampa Bay didn’t get a lot of production from their running game (76 yards), but they did a great job defensively of holding Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram II to 53 yards on 19 carries....
EU ambassadors were on Wednesday considering the union’s fifth package of measures on Russia since its invasion began on February 24. The sanctions will include a ban on Russian coal imports and will stop all Russian and Russian-operated vessels from accessing EU ports. The measures were previewed by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday. Von der Leyen noted the growing evidence of Russian war crimes, detailed in photos, videos, and satellite images of apparent torture and summary executions of civilians in towns around Kyiv that were occupied by Russian troops....
