Author: Michael

He and the Broncos ‘parted ways’ in December before he could finish his first full season as head coach.
The Jets are “currently meeting” with a potential candidate for their offensive coordinator opening: Nathaniel Hackett, according to ESPN’s Dianna Russini. 
The Broncos announced the day after Christmas that they “parted ways” with their former head coach after he led the team to a 4–11 record in his first season. The decision came after Denver’s 51–14 loss to the Rams, which were without three star players.

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The BBC’s pre-match coverage faced an onslaught of loud, R-rated noises throughout the broadcast.
The BBC’s studio coverage of a Liverpool vs. Wolves FA Cup match was taken over by a prankster, who found a way to play loud, extremely distracting sex noises from a phone as Gary Lineker, Paul Ince and Danny Murphy attempted to break down the match.
The prank lasted throughout pre-match coverage, with Lineker acknowledging the noises a few times and at one point jokingly asking Murphy to “stop making those noises.

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The Golden State Warriors’ visit to the White House on Tuesday wasn’t as routine as past champion’s visits to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Not only did President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamal Harris make things incredibly awkward, but a handful of Warriors were actually invited to attend a roundtable about gun control in the United States.
According to Deadline, the gun control roundtable was attended by head coach Steve Kerr along with senior White House staffers, and Warriors players Klay Thompson, Moses Moody, and Steph Curry.

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The Giants quarterback is in a good situation heading into the offseason, regardless of what happens Saturday night in Philadelphia.
Super Wild-Card Weekend is in the books and now we’re on to the best NFL weekend of the year with the divisional round. Let’s dive into your mailbag questions, some related to future landing spots for quarterbacks, coaching developments, some touching on other topics … 
From Ryen Russillo (@ryenarussillo): Has there ever been a fifth-year option declined and then QB gets extended with same team?
Ryen, yes, there’s been one—Blake Bortles.

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We have our next installment of #crypticoffseasonsocialmediaposts, this time courtesy of San Francisco 49ers QB Trey Lance.
Lance apparently tried to sneak a fast one by us when he posted a picture of new Tennessee Titans GM Ran Carthon to his Instagram story with three ‘fingers crossed’ emojis underneath, but the crack OutKick research department wasn’t having it!
We spotted it, screenshotted it, and are now in the middle of analyzing it like the Zapruder film.
Trey Lance is a big fan of Ran Carthon.
Trey Lance (maybe) wants to follow Ran Carthon to Tennessee Titans
Good try, Trey.

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Also in this week’s mailbag: Is Naomi Osaka already a Hall of Famer? And who will be the next American man to win a major?
As it is written, Wednesday is Mailbag Day.
Your good soldiering reminder: Lindsay, Steve, Prakash and I are doing the Tennis Channel pregame shows, which starts 5p ET every night.

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