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South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley went viral after the team’s 76–70 win over LSU on Thursday because of how she responded to the opposing crowd’s “boos” against her.
A reporter was asking her about how unfriendly the LSU crowd was to her, but Staley didn’t see it that way.
“Actually they were [friendly], they were calling me boo,” Staley jokingly said.
To play into this now iconic quote more, Staley showed up to the team’s game vs. Vanderbilt on Sunday wearing a sweatshirt that said “Boo.

NFL fans and media were dazzled by Lamar Jackson’s 13-yard pass to himself in the second quarter of the Baltimore Ravens’ AFC championship clash with the Kansas City Chiefs. 
Social media immediately filled up with references to Tony Romo’s gushing call of the play on the CBS telecast and comparisons to Marcus Mariota completing a pass to himself (against the Chiefs) in the 2017 NFL playoffs for the Tennessee Titans.

CBS broadcaster Tony Romo has an account on X, but he doesn’t really use it. That’s probably a smart idea on his part. One search of “Tony Romo” during the Chiefs-Ravens AFC Championship Game reveals that NFL fans aren’t big fans of Romo.
Romo burst onto the commentary scene by calling out plays before they happened. His energy and enthusiasm resonated with NFL fans who really liked his modern style. CBS rewarded him with a massive contract.
However, the sheen has worn off.

When it was announced that Joel Embiid would miss the Philadelphia 76ers‘ game against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, there was no shortage of disappointment. It meant fans wouldn’t get another round of the Embiid vs. Nikola Jokić rivalry, but apparently, it also left Denver coach Michael Malone a bit baffled.
Embiid had played in Philadelphia’s previous six games, including one against the Nuggets, a victory in which he poured in 41 points with 10 assists and seven rebounds.

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No one has more postseason catches than Travis Kelce.
It’s been another brilliant playoff performance by Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and he has surpassed the nearly unsurpassable Jerry Rice.
With his seventh catch in the first half of the highly anticipated AFC Championship game against the Baltimore Ravens, Kelce brought his career playoff receptions total to 152, standing alone in NFL history.

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce registered seven catches in the first half of Sunday’s AFC championship game against the Baltimore Ravens to pass Jerry Rice for the most postseason receptions in NFL history.
Kelce broke the record in the second quarter on an 8-yard pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes. It was the Chiefs star’s 152nd career catch in the playoffs. Rice, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the San Francisco 49ers, recorded 151 postseason catches in his 20-season NFL career.

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson made a play during the AFC championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs that left everyone, especially CBS commentator Tony Romo, astounded. 
Jackson somehow completed a pass to himself on a second-down play in the second quarter of the Ravens-Chiefs game. The presumptive NFL MVP attempted a pass, which was tipped straight into the air, then, along with three Chiefs defenders, tracked the ball like a baseball outfielder. 
Jackson hauled in the pass and ran it for a 13-yard gain, leaving Romo practically giddy on the broadcast.

Jim Harbaugh chose to take the head coaching job with the Los Angeles Chargers for a rather simple reason.
Less than a month ago, Harbaugh delivered a national title to the Michigan Wolverines. While the Maize n’ Blue won the title fairly – even NCAA president Charlie Baker thinks so – the program endured lots of controversy. Most of it had to do with an egregious sign-stealing scandal that earned Harbaugh a three-game suspension at the end of the season.Nevertheless, he did win a national title, something he promised he would do for his alma mater.

Time to install an Iron Dome at M&T Bank Stadium. Referees in the AFC Championship Game between the Ravens and Chiefs took an ‘administrative timeout’ in the first quarter.
Those confused by the rare timeout realized it pertained to something out of sorts, beyond the players or the coaches on the field. In this case, it was an unidentified drone flying over M&T Bank Stadium that halted the action.
CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz confirmed that the drone was not associated with the network.
Sunday marked the second time a drone appeared over M&T, leading to a delay.

Lamar Jackson somehow caught his own pass against the Chiefs.
Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson are both already making incredible plays during the first half of the 2024 AFC Championship Game between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs. This game feels like it’s going to be an all-time classic between two Hall of Fame quarterbacks in their absolute prime, and somehow it keeps getting better and better.
With the Chiefs ahead by a touchdown midway through the second quarter, Jackson pulled off one of the wildest plays you will ever see in a game of this magnitude.