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The San Francisco 49ers are set to host the Detroit Lions this weekend in the NFC championship, but they could be without one of their best players. Wide receiver Deebo Samuel suffered a shoulder injury against the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round from which he did not return and there’s reportedly a 50-50 chance he’ll be able to play in Sunday’s game. 
Samuel’s importance to his team’s offense can’t be ignored and the team would certainly feel his absence if he can’t give it a go—but one legend has no doubt he’s going to play.

Strictly on paper, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green would appear a potential no-brainer for any pool used to determine the Team USA Olympic men’s basketball team.
Green, after all, played for the United States in both the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Games in Tokyo. He averaged 2.6 points in 13.2 minutes across 14 games, and won two gold medals for his efforts.
However, Green was not in the 41-player pool unveiled Tuesday for this summer’s Olympics in Paris—an omission USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill attributed to his 2024 suspensions.

The Miami Dolphins have announced they are mutually parting ways with defensive coordinator Vic Fangio after just one season. Fangio is expected to become the top candidate for the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive coordinator position, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Fangio is a veteran defensive coach who was the head coach of the Denver Broncos from 2019 to ’21. He joined Miami following a year out of the NFL and helped the Dolphins make the playoffs in 2023.

After a splashy summer, the Milwaukee Bucks have made yet another major move.
The team is hiring Doc Rivers to replace Adrian Griffin as head coach, per multiple reports. Rivers won a championship with the Boston Celtics in 2008, and was most recently the head man of the Philadelphia 76ers after a stint with the Los Angeles Clippers.
It’s yet another all-in move from the Bucks. Milwaukee made the bold decision to trade for Damian Lillard in August, a decision that’s yielded mixed results so far.

Chiefs All-Pro guard Joe Thuney is unlikely to play Sunday against the Ravens, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in recent days amid a report that five members of that team have been asked to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges.

Grant Hill said Draymond Green was left out of Team USA’s player pool for the Paris Olympics because of his suspensions with the Warriors.

Vic Fangio is out as the defensive coordinator of the Dolphins, who announced Wednesday that they have “mutually agreed to part ways” with the veteran assistant coach.

The Eagles will keep Nick Sirianni as their head coach, but he will have less say over the offense.

If you know nothing else about the 2023 San Francisco 49ers, you probably know they are a team of stars.
They have a star running back in Christian McCaffrey, the league’s leading rusher. They have a star tight end in George Kittle, and a star wide receiver in Deebo Samuel, and if you really wanted to stretch that definition you could call quarterback Brock Purdy a budding star as well.
And then there are the 49ers’ NFC championship opponents, the Detroit Lions.