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The latest concussion data paints a harrowing picture.

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The NFL released concussion data on Friday for the 2022 season that paints a harrowing picture regarding the state of head injuries across the league this year.
Per the data released by the NFL, there were 149 concussions suffered over 271 games this season. That’s an 18% jump from the 126 concussions a year ago, and is 14% higher than the three year average of 130 concussions from 2018 to ’20.
The NFL’s chief medical officer Dr.

The three Western Conference clubs are expected to be in the mix for the veteran point guard after his Thursday trade request.
With the NBA’s trade deadline less than a week away, guard Kyrie Irving decided got the ball rolling by requesting a trade from the Nets on Friday, according to multiple reports. Already, at least three teams seem to be in the mix for eight-time All-Star. 
Both the Lakers and the Mavericks are teams that Brooklyn is expected to speak with in regards to an Irving trade ahead of Thursday’s 3 p.m. ET deadline, Marc Stein reports.

AFC Pro Bowl Games coach Peyton Manning’s message to his players is simple: the more they win, the less their bar tabs cost. It is a motivational tactic that would inspire most anybody to get out and come home with a victory.
The first official NFL Pro Bowl was held in January of 1951. Every year since, the best players from each conference face off against one another on the weekend prior to the Super Bowl.
While it is an honor to be invited, it is also just a lot of fun. Especially this year.

Kyrie Irving has reportedly requested a trade from Brooklyn.

Alabama football coach Nick Saban is going young.
Saban has hired 30-year-old Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees to be his new OC. Rees is Saban’s youngest OC hire since he tapped then-28-year-old Major Applewhite before Saban’s first season at Alabama in 2007. Applewhite lasted one season as he became running backs coach at Texas in 2008.
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Rees will replace Bill O’Brien, who was hired at age 51 before the 2020 season. O’Brien left Alabama after the 2022 season for the same post with the New England Patriots.

Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk won the American League Silver Slugger award last year.
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Last night, MLB Network concluded its annual Top 10 Right Now list of players at every position with its ranking of the best catchers in the league entering the 2023 season.
All of the positional lists are good starting points for fun baseball debates. Is Corbin Burnes really the best starting pitcher in the game? Are there really four third basemen who are better than Nolan Arenado? My quick answer to both of these prompts is no.

The 30-year-old will replace Bill O’Brien on Nick Saban’s staff in Tuscaloosa.

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Notre Dame’s Tommy Rees will be leaving South Bend to become Nick Saban’s new offensive coordinator at Alabama, sources tell Sports Illustrated‘s Ross Dellenger.
News of the Crimson Tide targeting Rees was first reported by ESPN’s Chris Low on Thursday afternoon. Rees replaces Bill O’Brien, who became the offensive coordinator for the Patriots last week.

The All-Pro defensive back had some fun on Twitter on Friday afternoon, in a tweet that has since been deleted.

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Jets All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner is having his fair share of fun as the team’s rumored interest in trading for Aaron Rodgers continues to swirl.
Rodgers remained mum on his future with the Packers when their season came to an end last month, but it now looks more and more likely that Green Bay may move on from their star quarterback if he opts to continue playing.

Ric Bucher analyzes the NBA trade deadline, deciphering which teams should rebuild and which should build with what they have.

The star guard expects to be moved ahead of the Feb. 9 trade deadline after talks over an extension broke down in recent days.
Kyrie Irving’s latest issues with Nets management has reportedly been revealed on the heels of the star guard’s bombshell request to be traded from the team prior to next week’s trade deadline.
Shortly after breaking the news of Irving’s request, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported the recently-named All-Star starter took issue with the team including stipulations in a potential contract extension leading to a breakdown of talks in recent days.