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Denver linebacker Von Miller wrote a tribute letter to his former coach, who stepped down Monday after two seasons with the Broncos because of health concerns. MORE: NFL playoff predictions “He was a leader who was believable, a man of high character who always had a plan,” Miller said in the letter, which was published Tuesday at MMQB. “He used to assign me what I call side missions — after team meetings he’d pull me aside and tell me what he needed from me that day, whether it was raising the intensity level at practice or heightening the focus on the details....

It started with 68 teams, and now we have just two remaining in Villanova and North Carolina. AccuScore said it from the very beginning, picking the Wildcats from the first simulation. UNC heads into Monday’s matchup as 2.5-point favorites over Villanova, with the total set at 150. The line hasn’t had much movement since it opened at -2.5 for UNC and the total at 151.5. Since 1996, a No. 1 seed and a No....

He's already proven that he can narrate a game being interrupted by an earthquake. Now he shows us how a Hall of Fame announcer details the whimsical dance skills of a young child. MORE: Dodger Stadium montage | Million Dollar breakfast Your browser does not support iframes. Baseball is baseball because it's much more than just baseball.

On the sideline of the Bethune-Cookman vs. Alcorn State football game this weekend (before it was canceled), Carter spoke to ESPN about his future. The veteran, heading into his 19th season, knows the end is near but sees a couple more seasons in him. MORE: NBA released a Vince Carter mix tape “I just love to play. It’s not out of me yet. When I don’t want to play and don’t want to put the work in, that’s when I step away from the game, but right now I still love it....

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Vince McMahon was eager to make changes to the WWE Live Event formula as a way to increase overall attendance at these shows. It appears that some of these changes will go into effect this year following the biggest premium event of the year. On top of the return of Saturday Night’s Main Event to the schedule following WrestleMania, the company has filed to trademark ‘WWE Sunday Stunner’ for other upcoming events as well....

Tommaso Ciampa made another appearance on RAW this week. Ciampa was set to face Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode in tag team action. The former DIY member announced that he had a partner to help him deal with the Dirty Dawgz. This mystery partner was revealed to be Finn Balor. Speaking with Dr. Chris Featherstone on Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Legion of RAW, Russo mentioned that casual fans would not be aware of Balor and Ciampa’s history in NXT....

Survivor Series is no longer how it used to be, and Vince Russo was disappointed about how the quality of the pay-view-view has degraded over the years. Survivor Series used to be a Thanksgiving tradition for the WWE as fans eagerly looked forward to the pay-per-view during the holiday. Russo recalled that every match on the Survivor Series cards for Thanksgiving had a purpose and multiple overlapping storylines. The former WWE head writer wished present-day fans could witness older Survivor Series shows to understand what the event really means in wrestling history:...

Wilfork's $7.5 million in base salary for 2014 had put him on the chopping block. Given the terms of the new deal, the Patriots found a way to pay him the same annually and also extend him by two years. He's been a long-time linchpin for Bill Belichick's run defense, and he has had the interior pass-rush pop to disrupt quarterbacks. Wilfork, 31, is coming off a season mostly lost to a torn Achilles' tendon but remains an important piece to the Patriots' Super Bowl chances....

Nibali, a 29-year-old native of Messina, Italy, is the sixth rider to win all three Grand Tours — France, Italy and Spain. He is the first Italian to win cycling’s greatest race since Marco Pantani in 1998. Nibali locked up victory in the three-week race by methodically building on his lead as the race progressed, extending it to nearly eight minutes over his closest rival as the riders head toward the final stretch....

As the Selecao prepared for friendly matches against Panama and Czech Republic, Casemiro expressed his admiration for Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar and his Madrid team-mate Vinicius, both of whom are ruled out of international duty by injuries. While Neymar has made 96 appearances for Brazil in the nine years since making his bow, Vinicius has yet to be handed his full international debut. But Casemiro feels the 18-year-old’s recent form for Madrid, where he has made eight LaLiga starts and scored two goals in 2018-19, put him in the same bracket as Neymar....

The Brazilian winger has been in outstanding form for the LaLiga leaders since the season’s restart, but his involvement in their next match was in doubt. Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane revealed on Thursday that Vinicius had missed training to take a coronavirus test. An initial test “went badly” - seemingly returning an anomalous result - and had to be repeated, Zidane said. Madrid offered no update on Vinicius but named the 19-year-old among their 22-man group for the meeting with Alaves....

RELATED: Vinland Saga: How Much Of Real-World History Is The Series Based On? The Vikings in Vinland Saga accomplish many amazing feats, but the backstories of these guys are arguably more incredible. In fact, people may be surprised not only by the liberties taken, but by how faithful these versions are in certain areas. 7 Thorfinn The main protagonist of the series, Thorfinn starts as a young boy who wants to be a great hero like his father....

In case you didn’t know Recently, the BCCI gave an advertisement where it invited applications to fill in the spots for the coaching staff. They also announced that Shastri and his support staff would get automatic entries in the process. Heart of the matter The shortlisted applicants will be interviewed by a three-member CAC. The committee comprises of legends of the ilk of Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shanta Rangaswamy....

The humbling loss should definitely make the Indian contingent sit up and take notes, as they will now play three must-win games if they have to win the series. Meanwhile, Virat Kohli has spoken up on his back-strain that kept him away from the field on Day 4, and which later hindered his batting in India’s second innings. He has said that he is confident of playing in the next Test, scheduled to begin by Saturday, August 18th at Trent Bridge....

After a victory in Mumbai Test against Sri Lanka in 2009, Virender Sehwag had an astonishing yet an eloquent response on his thunderous 293 - “I got out early in the last Test. So I decided to watch the ball very closely today.” On listening this response, just like Ravi Shastri did, I too gulped down astonishment because Sehwag had made a mere 131 in the last Test, at Kanpur....

Referring to Sachin as Godji and his wife Aarti as Biwiji, Sehwag posted that he was forced to miss out on the premiere as his wife insisted that they go on a holiday and added that even though God can be pacified some way or the other, there was no way that he could force his wife to delay the vacation so that he could catch Sachin Tendulkar’s movie....

The move follows a December 2020 incident in which police officers pulled over and used pepper spray on Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino. According to ABC7 News, police had pulled him over for not having a rear license plate, but an April lawsuit said Nazario had recently purchased his vehicle and had cardboard temporary plates taped to its back window. The incident was captured on one of the officers’ body cameras....

No. 11 Virginia pulled off an improbable comeback at Wake Forest, winning 72-71 thanks to three 3-pointers in the final 17 seconds. The Cavaliers (16-4, 5-3 ACC) finished the game on a 9-1 run after trailing 70-63. MORE: Projected Field of 68 | Shaq ‘just joking’ about being paid by LSU Darius Thompson sunk the game-winner with one second remaining as UVA avoided an embarrassing loss to the Demon Deacons (10-10, 1-7)....

Though Northam talked about eliminating the tax when he ran for governor in 2017, it was not as much of a key campaign base as it was for Youngkin. The governor-elect, set to take office in mid-January, included the measure in his “Day One game plan.” He said that the tax is regressive and disproportionately affects low-income people. “As governor, I will eliminate Virginia’s grocery tax. Career politicians will call it radical, but to me, it’s just common sense,” Youngkin said in a campaign video posted on his Twitter page in September....

On Sunday, police in Bristol, Virginia arrested Dustin Tyler Edwards and charged him with a felony count of animal cruelty causing death or injury. Around 7:30 p.m., officers received multiple calls from people who allegedly saw the animal being dragged behind Edward’s vehicle. People had unsuccessfully tried to alert Edwards, the Bristol Virginia Police Department (BVPD) said in a statement. BVPD officers finally spoke with Edwards after a person got him to stop his vehicle....