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Phantom roughing the passer calls may soon have company if the NFL gets its way. The No Fun League is reportedly looking into eliminating “hip-drop” tackles.
What’s next, no more diving for the pylon?
If you’re not familiar with hip-drop tackles, you’re not alone. It’s essentially a, wait for it…tackle!
Big J journalists describe it as a player tackling another player from behind and while doing so, rolling onto their legs and/or ankles. Like I said, a tackle.

Clifford Omoruyi threw down a dunk to extend the Rutgers Scarlet Knights’ lead over the Michigan State Wolverines.

With Thursday’s trade deadline looming, a number of teams are trying to find their footing in a market that’s still taking shape. Russell Westbrook is certainly a notable name.

It’s a full day of college hoops Saturday on FOX, featuring Michigan State, Illinois, Creighton and more.

UConn Huskies’ Adama Sanogo brought the fire against the Georgetown Hoyas after executing a strong dunk in the first half.

Philadelphia’s star right tackle did not practice at all this week ahead of next Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII.
Eagles standout right tackle Lane Johnson may have been absent from practice this week with a lingering groin injury, but he made clear that he intends to be on the field in next Sunday’s Super Bowl. 
Johnson did not practice Wednesday through Friday, according to Philadelphia’s injury report, and has not been given a game status just yet.

Out with Columbus, in with Goodell.
A number of candidates to replace Columbus Day on American states’ and cities’ holiday calendars have sprung up in recent years. One suggestion, however, is particularly friendly to sports fans.
This week, two Tennessee state legislators — Sen. London Lamar (D-Memphis) and Rep. Joe Towns Jr. (D-Memphis) — introduced language that would replace the Volunteer State’s Columbus Day holiday with a new holiday the first Monday after the Super Bowl, and would enshrine the change in state law.

Swinney is ‘sad’ that enthusiasm has waned for anything less than a national title for his program.

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When Clemson football won the 2011 ACC championship—the program’s first in 20 years—Dabo Swinney recalls 5,000 fans waiting for the Tigers outside of Memorial Stadium to greet the team.
“It was unbelievable—we couldn’t even get off the bus,” Swinney said during a press conference Friday, per the Greenville News.

This was not the NHL’s plan.
The NHL All-Star weekend kicked off in Sunrise, Florida on Friday night with a variety of skills competitions. In an attempt to add different events each year, the league created a few events made just for the Florida location.
One such event was the “NHL Pitch and Puck” competition presented by Chipotle, where players participated in a hockey and golf hybrid event and played a hole of golf by using hockey sticks, hockey pucks and golf balls like in Happy Gilmore.

The Mets were long seen as an underachieving franchise that couldn’t take advantage of its location in New York City.
The arrival of Steve Cohen, who purchased the team in 2020, rapidly changed that reputation.
Instead of being bullied by the neighboring New York Yankees, the Mets have become the league’s highest spending frenchise.
MLB owners have steadfastly avoided the 90% top luxury tax penalty. Other than Cohen.
That top bracket has even been nicknamed the “Steve Cohen tax.