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Before Saturday’s headliner at UFC Fight Night, the heavyweight opens up about his three-week battle with the virus.

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Derrick Lewis returns Saturday to the Octagon, headlining UFC Fight Night against surging heavyweight Sergey Spivak.
Lewis was initially scheduled to fight Spivak in November but was forced to pull out of the bout for health reasons. The reason he could not compete had been kept private until now, but Lewis stated it was COVID-19 that prevented him from fighting.
“It was a bummer,” says Lewis.

It was one of the most memorable moments of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season but don’t expect to see any more wall-riding moves like Ross Chastain’s Hail Melon at Martinsville.
As cool as it was, it’s now banned.
Chastain pulled the video game move last season on the final lap of the Xfinity 500 to punch his ticket to Championship 4.

When the video-game move actually works
Ross Chastain punches it through the final turn at Martinsville to claim a spot in the 2022 Championship 4. pic.twitter.

The Argentine midfielder won the 2022 World Cup’s Best Young Player award and had been Chelsea’s top transfer target.
The crown jewel of Chelsea’s historic January spending spree is about to arrive.
Chelsea has agreed to a move with Benfica for midfielder Enzo Fernández, who starred for Argentina during its World Cup run, according to The Athletic. Chelsea will reportedly pay Fernández’s full release clause of £105 million ($129.4 million) as the deal approaches the deadline. 
The move completes an unprecedented January transfer window for the Blues and new owner Todd Boehly.

Thirty-five years after the first Black man quarterbacked a Super Bowl team, the NFL’s signature game has two Black QBs. It’s painfully slow, but this is growth.

The grandson of hockey legend Bobby Hull — who died Monday — has hit back at people who immediately hopped on the more controversial aspects of the Hockey Hall of Famer’s life.
Jude Hull is the son of Brett Hull. Brett is Bobby’s son and a Hockey Hall of Famer in his own right. Understandably, Jude wasn’t too pleased about how some people couldn’t wait 12 hours after his grandfather’s death to harp on his past transgressions.

You’re allowed to have whatever opinion you want of my Grandfather and his past.

New Orleans had control over Payton’s contract for another year.
With the Broncos set to hire Sean Payton as their next head coach, the team had to finalize a deal with the Saints to officially acquire the contractual rights to Payton. Therefore, Denver is expected to send New Orleans a 2023 first-round pick and a ’24 second-round pick, while receiving a ’24 third-round pick to complete the deal, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Even though Payton retired from the Saints last year, New Orleans still had him under contract.

The Houston Texans reportedly hired former San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans as their new head coach.

Texans hire DeMeco Ryans as next head coach. (via @RapSheet) pic.twitter.com/pSDE47RrN4
— NFL (@NFL) January 31, 2023

Ryans has been the presumed favorite for the job, especially over the past week, and now that the 49ers season is over the Texans made it official.
Ryans is a former Texans draft pick — #33 overall, 2006 — who won Rookie of the Year for the team in ’06-07. He also became a First Team All-Pro in Houston and made two Pro Bowls.

The Houston Texans have made former 49ers defensive coordinator Demeco Ryans their newest head coach.

Two former Georgia athletes made several important life decisions in an extraordinarily short time frame recently.
Ryland Goede was, until recently, a tight end for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Goede was a four-star recruit out of high school several years ago, seeing mostly reserve action for the Bulldogs.
Despite his fairly impressive recruiting ranking, he never caught a pass during his time in Athens. So it’s not surprising that he’d be announcing a transfer to Mississippi State.
But though Goede was never successful on the field, he apparently found much more success off the field.

The Saints and Broncos have agreed to compensation in return for Super Bowl-winning head coach Sean Payton, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.