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Pizza quite literally depends on a doink happening in The Big Game.
There is still a week and change to go between now and the Super Bowl, but odds are you have at the very least started to plan what you are going to eat.
I’d imagine that there will be some sort of wings or nachos option to start, maybe somebody’s famous dip, but at the end of the day there will be a main course so to speak.
Perhaps you will go big and do a brisket like me (nbd) but maybe you decide to go with an all-time classic… a pizza pie.

The most troubling paragraph perhaps of the entire NFL season was written about the New York Jets this week. 
And if you’re a Jets fan and you’re hoping the 2024 season can finally deliver the championship promised you in 2023 – not to mention about 40 years before that – fuhgeddaboudit, as they say in town, because your team has a problem. And the problem is terminal.
The Jets, you see, are rife with betrayal.
And disrespect.
And obvious dysfunction.

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We went around the league to find the likeliest candidates to be dealt ahead of next week’s NBA trade deadline.
With the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline less than a week away, there seemed like no better time than to hop around the SB Nation NBA network and ask our local writers which player(s) they think each of the teams they cover and/or root for is most likely to trade.
What follows is a roundup of those exact conversations, along with a few picks and bits of analysis from yours truly.

This is the first weekend since August that we don’t had an NFL games (no, the Pro Bowl Games don’t count), so what better time but now to look ahead to the 2024 fantasy season with a mock draft! Sure, a ton of things are going to change in the weeks and months to come, but this mock will give you an idea of how player values have changed, for better or worse, after a challenging 2023 campaign.
This one-man, five-round fantasy mock draft includes 12 teams and is based on a PPR scoring system.

Corbin Burnes is going from Milwaukee to Baltimore in exchange for infielder Joey Ortiz, left-hander DL Hall and a draft pick.

We’ve arrived at the top 10 teams.
Over the past week, Sports Illustrated has embarked barked on a journey to find the 50 most impactful teams in NFL history. Our process was simple.
During the offseason we brought together a 31-person blue-ribbon panel consisting of media members, analysts, former front office personnel and more, having each vote on more than 100 candidates. Each panelist voted for 50 teams, with their top team earning 50 points and their 50th team garnering a single point.

Lane Kiffin is free and clear after being sued by Ole Miss player DeSanto Rollins.
The Ole Miss football coach was sued for $40 million by Rollins on allegations of racial discrimination, discrimination on the basis of disability, sexual discrimination, intentional affliction of emotional distress, negligence and gross negligence, but the case is now over, according to the Clarion Ledger.
Rollins’ case was dismissed Wednesday, according to the outlet.

The Wisconsin Badgers blew an 18-point lead against Nebraska in stunning fashion Thursday night.
Wisconsin is in an unbelievably important week of the regular season, and fans were amped going into games against Nebraska and second-ranked Purdue.
A clean sweep of the week could have put the Badgers into the top three teams in America. It looked like that was going to be the case early against the Cornhuskers.
The Badgers built an 18-point lead early in the second half, and it appeared the first challenge of the week was going to be cruised through.
Nebraska had different plans.

Harbaugh’s success with the Chargers will lie largely with his ability to develop Justin Herbert. His track record says he’s the right man for the job.

A New Mexico State Aggies basketball player was ejected from Thursday’s game against the Liberty Flames after landing a sucker punch to the face of his unsuspecting opponent.
New Mexico State forward Robert Carpenter was tossed during the first half of play after an incident with Shiloh Robinson that resulted in the Liberty player clutching his face in pain on the ground.
Replay showed that Carpenter threw a punch directly to the face of Robinson following a change in possession as the Flames forward turned to head back down court.