Author: Michael

The 18-year-old American star is still seeking her first Grand Slam title.
American tennis star Coco Gauff is officially out of the 2023 Australian Open singles draw after Jeļena Ostapenko beat her 7–5, 6–3 in the fourth round on Sunday.
As the No. 7 women’s player in the world, Gauff was seen as one of the favorites to win the tournament, which would be her first Grand Slam singles title. Last year, she appeared in her first major final at the French Open.
Because of the hope Gauff had to take home her first big title, the 18-year-old was emotional after the match.

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Vancouver Canucks fans gave Bruce Boudreau an emotional farewell in what was his final game behind the team’s bench.
It has been a mess of a season for the Canucks. The team has drastically underperformed and the franchise seems totally rudderless. Unless your name is Elias Pettersson, your future in Vancouver is in question. Until Saturday night, that included head coach Bruce Boudreau.
Boudreau knew his time with the Canucks was winding down. Earlier in the week, general manager Jim Rutherford announced that he had spoken to potential head-coaching candidates.

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The quarterback’s status for the upcoming AFC championship game will be the talk of the NFL in the coming days.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been diagnosed with a high-ankle sprain following Kansas City’s victory over the Bills in the AFC divisional round, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. 
Mahomes, who returned to his team’s 27–20 win after a brief hiatus, already underwent X-rays that came back negative but was expected to undergo further tests on Sunday morning, Rapoport reported.

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The midfielder played in his first game for Dortmund since November.
Gio Reyna has endured a tumultuous past few months, barely playing for the USMNT at the World Cup in a dramatic saga that led to an incident involving his parents and head coach Gregg Berhalter.
But on Sunday, Reyna returned to the pitch for the first time for Dortmund in the Bundesliga, and he immediately made an impact.
Eight minutes after he entered the game as a sub, Reyna scored to break a tie between Dortmund and Augsburg. Reyna’s goal ultimately would be the game-winning score.

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If the Packers decide to trade the four-time MVP, he could return to fantasy relevancy in the right situation.
The quarterback carousel could be a ton of fun this offseason, as a number of big-name players are either slated to become free agents or could be on the trade block. One of those players is Aaron Rodgers, who is coming off one of his worst seasons from a fantasy perspective.

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Perfect football weather.
For yet another time this year, inclement weather could impact a Bills home game.
Snow is in the forecast in Buffalo for the divisional round playoff game against the Bengals on Sunday afternoon. The town of Orchard Park, home to Highmark Stadium, is expected to receive approximately one to three inches of snow, beginning around 1 p.m. ET and lasting until about 6 p.m.
With a 3 p.m. kickoff, the Bills and the Bengals should anticipate playing most, if not all of the game with snow coming down on the field.

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NFL great Steve Tasker appeared on OutKick 360 and made his feelings on a possible neutral-site AFC Championship game crystal clear.
OutKick 360’s Johnathan Hutton asked the former Buffalo Bills and Houston Oilers wideout and gunner for his thoughts on the prospect of the Bills and Kansas City Chiefs playing for the AFC Championship in Atlanta.

“I could go on and on about it,” he said. “I get the reason for it, the canceled game, you knew when they started tinkering with it, you knew it would never be fair.

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While plenty of viewers turned off Saturday’s Divisional Round game between the Eagles and Giants in lieu of watching a blowout, Vincenzo Testa was dialed-in through the final whistle. He had $25,000 on the line.
Testa, a New York-native, placed a four-leg parlay on the game with DraftKings Sportsbook. If it did not hit, he would have been out $25. Instead, he added three zeros.

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