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The offensive coordinator has received interview requests from three teams for their vacant head coaching positions.
Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka’s offseason is expected to be busy, as three teams have already requested to interview him for their vacant head coaching positions.
Those three teams are the Panthers, Texans and Colts. Indianapolis requested the interview on Monday morning, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
However, it sounds as if those teams will have to wait if they want to speak with Kafka.

On Monday, news broke that former NHL enforcer Gino Odjick had died after suffering a heart attack that came at the end of a long illness.
According to The New York Post, Odjick’s sister broke the news in a Facebook post.
“Our hearts are broken,” his sister Dina wrote. “My brother Gino Odjick has left us for the spirit world.”
He reportedly suffered a heart attack while getting leg bandages. He had been battling amyloidosis which affected his organs, including his heart, per Sportsnet.

The ESPN analyst fiercely defended the Ravens quarterback amid criticism.
The Ravens’ decision not to play injured star quarterback Lamar Jackson in their wild-card game against the Bengals drew some criticism over the weekend, but one prominent NFL analyst says it absolutely was the correct move.
Former NFL quarterback Mike Vick was among Jackson’s loudest critics, as the Fox analyst said Jackson should have tried to play through his knee injury.
“You’re three games away [from the Super Bowl]. Put a brace on it,” Vick said. “Get it going. Put a brace on it. Let’s go.

Georgetown Hoyas’ Primo Spears connected with Akok Akok for a beautiful alley-oop finish to lower the deficit behind the Villanova Wildcats in the late first half.

Nikola Jokic and Bol Bol have beef. The two former teammates are good friends, but the latter better not cross the former again— he has been warned.
On Sunday night, as the Nuggets played to a three-point win over the Magic, the reigning NBA MVP was involved in the highlight for both teams. However, the highlight for Orlando was also the lowlight for Jokic.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Bol Bol got the ball at the three-point line and proceeded to attack the rim. The Sudanese-American big man crossed-up the Serbian big man while driving through the lane and threw down a hammer.

It’s still a bit puzzling why Jon Rahm didn’t move up in the official world golf ranking following his win at the Sentry Tournament of Champions …

It’s been almost a week since the Pittsburgh Steelers season came to a crushing end, as their late-season heroics all culminated to finishing just …

They say that coaches are “hired to be fired,” and that idiom seems to be especially true in the case of Bruce Boudreau and the Vancouver Canucks.

Villanova Wildcats Cam Whitmore stole the ball from the Georgetown Hoyas and finished with a monster one-handed dunk to extend first half lead.

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Ciryl Gane is getting his shot at stardom in March at UFC 285, where he will challenge Jon Jones for the vacant heavyweight title.
After a decade of discussion, Jones (26-1-1) will finally make his debut at heavyweight. Now 35 years old and having last fought in February of 2020, Jones seeks to prove he is the greatest of all time by stepping back in the cage and winning a title in a different weight class.