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A best bet for Sunday’s NFC championship game between the 49ers and Eagles. Philadelphia is a small home favorite.
The top-seeded Eagles will host the second-seeded 49ers in the NFC championship game Sunday. Kickoff is at 3 p.m. and this will be a good one. The Eagles are favored at SI Sportsbook by 2.5 points and the game total is set at 46.5.
Philadelphia enters this contest with an extra day of rest, in addition to home-field advantage.
These two teams last clashed September 2021 and Francisco won that game, 17-11, in Philadelphia, but both teams are very different today.

Monday night’s high school basketball game between Iowa City High and Fairfield High was cut short after a referee allegedly made a “racially charged” comment toward City High’s head coach, according to the school and the school district.
The alleged incident unfolded after a City High player shoved a Fairfield player to the ground after a foul call.
City High coach Brennan Swayzer, who is black, declined to comment on the situation after the game abruptly ended.

Scott Rolen was the only player being elected into this the MLB Hall of Fame Tuesday, and the video of him giving the news to his parents is the best thing you’ll see all day.
Rolen, an eight-time gold glove winner, found out late Tuesday that he would be heading to Cooperstown this summer after receiving 76.3% of votes – just barely getting over the threshold.
Minutes after receiving the coveted the call, the former Phillies and Cardinals star – largely considered the best third baseman of his era – filled in mom and dad, who were apparently in the other room.

The owner of the Bally Sports network is heading towards bankruptcy, with major implications for local sports networks.
Diamond Sports Group is currently negotiating with creditors and sports leagues as its financial situation deteriorates.
According to Bloomberg, the largest owner of local sports networks is heading towards a massive “$8.6 billion debt restructuring,” and betting on a “new direct-to-consumer streaming service.”
Diamond Sports bought the regional networks just a few years ago in 2019, only to see cable subscriptions plummet afterwards.

If you are lucky enough to get a head coaching job in college football, most likely you’ll be a millionaire at some point. But, there are those awkward occasions where the money might look a bit too good, which LSU coach Brian Kelly can now attest to.
According to a report released from an audit of LSU financials, Brian Kelly was double-dipping when it came to his salary. Now, this is not the fault of Kelly, though I imagine he was caught off-guard when his monthly pay was a bit heavier than what his contract stated, if he even noticed.

Jim Harbaugh is eyeing another Michigan man, along with two others, to be the Wolverines’ next quarterbacks coach.
According to a report from Maize & Blue Review, Harbaugh has reached out to former Michigan QB Brian Griese about the school’s vacant coaching position. In addition to Griese, Harbaugh has also connected with ex-Tennessee national champion Tee Martin, and Stanford OC/QB coach Tavita Pritchard.
One of the trio of coaches on Harbaugh’s wish list would be replacing Matt Weiss who was fired last week.

In his first year with the Tigers, the coach led the program to a 10–4 record.
LSU overpaid football coach Brian Kelly by more than $1 million in 2022, according to an audit of the school’s athletic department by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s office.
The report released this week revealed that the first-year Tigers coach was overpaid by $1,001,368 in supplemental payments with the university making double payments for a few months to Kelly and his LLC.