Peyton Hillis spent two weeks in the hospital after saving two children from drowning while visiting a beach in Florida on January 4. On Tuesday morning, five months after the incident, the former NFL running back spoke about his near-death experience for the first time.
Hillis jumped into the Gulf of Mexico to save both his nine-year-old son and his young niece.
The 37-year-old joined ‘Good Morning America‘ on Tuesday and described the horrifying experience in which he had to swim past his drowning son to save his niece first.
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Nikola Jokić is thrilled to have led the Denver Nuggets to the franchise’s first NBA Championship. He is not as excited about his post-NBA Championship obligations. He wants to go home.
Jokić, the NBA Finals MVP, put up big numbers to defeat the Heat in Game 5 and clinch the title. His performance throughout the entire postseason was remarkable, and Monday night was the icing on top of the proverbial cake.
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The boats will always burn: remembering the 2022 Miami Heat playoff run
They ran out of gas at the end.
Despite making the NBA Finals for the second time in four years, the Miami Heat couldn’t get it done in the 2023 NBA Finals. The Nuggets were too much—too big, too smart, too athletic for a Heat team that gave everything they had to get to that point.
However, this run by the Heat will be remembered, both within the walls of the Kaseya Center and on the outside.
It’s a scenario relatable for everyone: you win your first NBA title and NBA Finals MVP award, averaging an astounding 30.2 points, 14 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game in the process, firmly entrenching your country on the basketball map.
Because of your success, your family and friends are inundating your phone with congratulatory texts. How will you react?
If you’re Nuggets center Nikola Jokić, the answer lands somewhere between irritation and outright disgust.
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Bill Belichick may be many things, but he is not these things
Bill Belichick is many things.
He is the head coach of the New England Patriots, and in that role he has won six Super Bowl titles. In a prior life he was one of the NFL’s best defensive coordinators, and was a part of two Super Bowl-winning teams while with the New York Giants. That gives Belichick the NFL record for the most Super Bowl wins as an individual, with eight.
It’s been a tough couple of years for Nuggets star point guard Jamal Murray, but Monday night’s NBA title makes it all worth it.
Murray tore his ACL at the end of the 2020–21 season and missed all of last season due to the recovery from the injury. Back and better than ever this season, Murray was key in guiding the Nuggets to their first-ever NBA title. He scored 14 points and added eight rebounds and eight assists in Game 5 on Monday.
The term “breakout” has different meanings for different people in the world of fantasy football. Some folks believe it’s simply a player who will outperform his draft position. Others think it’s an established player who emerges into a regular fantasy starter after never having reached that sort of status in the past.
In my opinion, both definitions are true but with a caveat. I don’t see a player as a breakout candidate if he’s already reached his “statistical ceiling” during his career. For example, Justin Herbert or Najee Harris aren’t “breakouts” to me.
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Another major is here, and its the first time that the U.S. Open will host the event at LA Country Club. Watch out for these dark horses.
The U.S. Open is finally here, as it seems like yesterday that Michael Block stole our hearts, and Brooks Koepka won his third PGA Championship at Oak Hill. Now it’s time to crown the American champion as the USGA and PGA Tour travel across the country to tee it up at Los Angeles Country Club, hosting its first major championship.
The last time the U.S.
Editors’ note: This story contains details of gun violence.
A shooting in Denver left nine people injured, including three critically, following the Nuggets’ first NBA championship Monday, police told ABC News.
The shooting occurred near the 2000 block of Market Street, about one mile away from Ball Arena. The suspect, who is in custody, was also shot. His injuries are believed to be non-life threatening, according to the report.
“This is a complex, ongoing investigation in its early stages,” Denver police told ABC News.
Nikola Jokić and the Nuggets captured their first-ever NBA title on Monday night, beating the Heat 94–89 in Game 5.
On the surface, Jokić didn’t seem too excited about the championship. In the immediate aftermath of the victory, he told ESPN’s Lisa Salters that winning the championship was “good” because “we can go home now.” He also appeared visibly frustrated in the postgame press conference that the victory parade wasn’t scheduled until Thursday because he couldn’t go home until then.
But that doesn’t mean Jokić didn’t have any fun at all.