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1. NFL refs were again front and center in Thursday night’s Seahawks-Cowboys game, with 19 penalties being called.
After yet another penalty at the end of the first half, Amazon play-by-play man Al Michaels said, “There’s a flag. What else is new?”
But that was just a warm-up for Michaels. Late in the third quarter, after referee Clete Blakeman made yet another appearance on our screens to tell us about another penalty, Michaels let it fly, telling partner Kirk Herbstreit, “We’re gonna take the rest of the night off and let Clete Blakeman call the game.

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Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. One of the biggest games of the NFL season is this weekend (Eagles-49ers), but we have college football to break down first.
In today’s SI:AM:
🏆 Conference championship weekend
🏈 Von Miller’s arrest
⛹️‍♀️ South Carolina grinds out a win
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Let’s try to make sense of all this
The next three days are going to be a wild time in the world of college football. At 12 p.m.

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Pittsburgh goalie Tristan Jarry had an incredible night of hockey
Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry had a perfect hockey night on Thursday.
The Penguins were on the road Thursday night, taking on the Tampa Bay Lightning. Early in the game is when Jarry made a contribution that flew under the radar.
Tempers flared in front of the Pittsburgh goal, and during the ensuing scrum Jarry saw a window, and went right through it.

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Spurs star Victor Wembanyama couldn’t help his team avoid a 137—135 loss to the Hawks on Thursday night, but he still managed to give the fans at AT&T Center an experience that was well worth their money.
Wembanyama, who was questionable to play in the game against Atlanta due to tightness in his right hip, looked unbothered by the hip issue and finished the game with 21 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks. In one show-stopping play, the 7’4” rookie proved why he’s becoming the ultimate do-it-all star.

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A terrible story coming out of Finland today as women’s hockey star Sanni Hakala has been paralyzed from the chest down following an in-game injury.
The two-time Olympic medalist suffering the horrific injury after going head-first into the opponent’s goalpost before lying motionless. She was eventually stretchered off the ice by emergency personnel as the team’s game against Djurgårdens was postponed.

HV71 captain Sanni Hakala crashed into the post and injured her neck.
She has now had surgery, and is unfortunately paralysed from the chest down. pic.twitter.

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