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Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval pokes fun at himself announcing the Bengals-Chiefs Week 17 game
Aftab Pureval, the mayor of Cincinnati, got himself into a little hot water in the buildup to last year’s AFC Championship Game.
He took a much more muted approach when announcing the rematch, set for Week 17 between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Kansas City Chiefs. The game will take place at 4:25 p.m. ET, on New Year’s Eve. The Chiefs opened as 3.5-point favorites at DraftKings Sportsbook.
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Ahead of the full 2023 schedule being released Thursday, the NFL announced five international games being played this upcoming season. With the announcement, the Jaguars will become the first NFL team ever to play back-to-back games in London.
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Here are the matchups, dates, locations, times and networks of all five international games for the ’23 season:
Matchup: Falcons vs. Jaguars
Date, time: Oct. 1 (Week 4) at 9:30 a.m. ET
Location: Wembley Stadium in London
How to Watch: ESPN+
Matchup: Jaguars vs. Bills
Date, time: Oct.
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🍀 The comedy of the Commanders’ alleged tampering
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Sixers hang on despite late scare from Celtics, 115-103
Philly gained their separation by way of a 12-1 run between first and second quarters, a 9-3 to start the second half, and a 10-2 run in the fourth, maintaining their leads well in the other minutes. Boston’s latest lead was less than four minutes into the opening quarter.
Jayson Tatum led all scorers with 36 points (11-27 FG). Adding 10 rebounds gives him his 28th career double-double in the playoffs.
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The Dolphins and the Jets are slated to play in the NFL’s first Black Friday game
The NFL is slowly unveiling their full schedule for the 2023 season, and there are a number of first-time occurrences. Two of those occur in the league’s International Series, as the Jacksonville Jaguars will become the first team to play a pair of games overseas, as they will play back-to-back weeks in London.
The Celtics are on the brink of elimination from the NBA playoffs after getting blown at home by the 76ers in a pivotal Game 5 that was never really close.
Before the game, Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal got into a heated argument about the final play of Game 4 that saw Boston run out of time before getting off what would have been a game-winning shot at the end of overtime.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla took a lot of heat for not calling a timeout in the final seconds and later admitted that he made the wrong decision.
That decision set Barkley and Shaq off.
Once upon a time, the NFL schedule was something quietly released. It was a footnote, something people learned about in preview magazines on newsstands.
Over the years, the schedule release has become one of the league’s biggest dates. We already know which teams are going to play against each other and where those games will be played. What we don’t know is the dates for each game and which teams will populate the Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night slates.
Below, we’ll keep track of all the breaking news before the schedule is officially announced at 8 p.m. ET.
In just his sixth season in the major leagues, Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani continues to amaze, quickly cementing himself among the greats to ever play the game.
In a lot of ways, it seems silly to anoint him as one of the best players ever this early in his career, but what he’s accomplished both at the plate and on the mound has been eye-opening.
Tuesday night was another reminder of just how special Ohtani is as a player. In the Angels’ 3–1 loss to the Astros, Ohtani pitched seven innings, giving up three earned runs on six hits while striking out seven.
One of the league’s biggest rivalries has developed between AFC stalwarts the Chiefs and the Bengals over the last few seasons.
Between wild regular-season matchups and pivotal playoff games, the two teams, led by respective star quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow, have played plenty of meaningful games while shattering television ratings in the process.
The NFL must’ve had this in mind when it scheduled Cincinnati and Kansas City in a prime slot for next season’s regular-season meeting, as the two teams will square off at Arrowhead Stadium at 4:25 p.m.
Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka were crowned men’s and women’s champions at the Madrid Open last week. Instead of focusing on their victories, some folks seem to have taken issue with a number of things that took place during the tournament.
An all-female crew of ball girls worked men’s matches during the Open and some didn’t appreciate their attire. The ball girls wore tennis skirts, a crop top collared shirt, and a hat. After complaints, the ball crew elected to change their outfits.