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Following the lead of the Lions, Vikings and Titans, the Texans are the latest team to hire a recent former player as their coach.
The Lions were 1–6, and the defense was a mess, and all the great moments from Hard Knocks a couple months earlier were threatening to become punchlines.
No one needed to tell coach Dan Campbell how critical a juncture his team was at.
“Hey man, we’re this close,” Campbell told his players, holding his two fingers about an inch apart. “It’s one play.”
Had it been another coach, the message may have gone in one ear and out the other.

Iowa Hawkeyes’ Kris Murray brought the heat with an impressive two-handed dunk against the Northwestern Wildcats.

Tennessee is making some changes to its stadium ahead of the 2023 NFL season.
The Titans announced Tuesday that they are removing the natural grass field at Nissan Stadium and replacing it with new synthetic turf ahead of the 2023 NFL season.
Tennessee elected to make the change in surfaces after assessing injuries and technology, as well as Nashville’s climate, which has led to the franchise’s struggles to cultivate and maintain grass inside the venue. The Titans already have been practicing on synthetic turf, which was added to their indoor practice facility last year.

Stoudemire was arrested in December for allegedly striking one of his daughters.
Editors’ note: This story contains accounts of domestic violence. If you or someone you know is a survivor of domestic abuse, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or at https://www.thehotline.org/
The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office dropped misdemeanor battery charges against former NBA All-Star Amar’e Stoudemire on Tuesday, according to CBS News. Stoudemire had been arrested and charged in December after being accused of striking one of his daughters.

Northwestern Wildcats’ Chase Audige threw down a NASTY one-handed jam off an alley oop against the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Nebraska and Illinois matched up in Champain, Illinois. Illinois defeated Nebraska 72-56. The Nebraska Cornhuskers’ leading scorer Sam Griesel had 21 points. The Illinois Fighting Illini’s lead scorer Matthew Mayer had 16 points.

The first college football transfer window has closed. Here’s who loaded up on talent, and who lost out.

The color schemes for the big game have been set.
We know which two teams will be facing off in Super Bowl LVII. Now, we know what they’ll look like.
The uniforms for both sides were announced on Tuesday. The NFC champion Eagles will be repping their green jerseys, while the AFC champion Chiefs will wear white.
This season, the Eagles are 8-2 while wearing their green jerseys (including the playoffs), per Josh Tolentino of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Chiefs wore their red jerseys in Super Bowls LIV and LV, winning the first and losing the second.

It’s always been in Russell Westbrook‘s DNA to call out his haters to their faces.
Such was the case Tuesday night during the Lakers and Knicks game when media mogul Gary Vaynerchuck was seated courtside at Madison Square Garden, appearing to start some beef with Russ.
At the start of the second quarter, with the Lakers up 29-24, Westbrook looked infuriated with a fan in the front row, only for the broadcast cameras to show Gary Vee himself stuck in the heated dispute with Westbrook.

Russell Westbrook exchanges words with Gary Vee pic.twitter.

UConn Huskies’ Joey Calcaterra assisted Alex Karaban on a well-executed dunk in the first half, increasing their lead over the DePaul Blue Demons.