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5 Black Quarterbacks And 1 Black Coach Are In The The Playoffs This Year
NFL Wild-Card Weekend Saturday And Sunday
The NFL playoffs are now set, and the postseason be- gins this weekend with the wild-card round.
In the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs (12-4) and New Eng- land Patriots (12-4) each earned first-round byes, while in the NFC the New Orleans Saints (13-3) and Los Angeles Rams (13-3) will be idle as they await their divisional op- ponents.
AFC
Indianapolis Colts (10-6)
at
Houston Texans (11-5)
Saturday, 4:35 p.m. EST, ESPN.
Los Angeles Chargers (12-4)
Philadelphia Eagles
(9-7)
at
NFC
RUSSELL WILSON Seattle Seahawks
DESHAUN WATSON Houston Texans
DAK PRESCOTT Dallas Cowboys
PATRICK MAHOMES Kansas City Chiefs
LAMAR JACKSON Baltimore Ravens
ANTHONY LYNN Head Coach- Los Angeles Chargers
Seattle Seahawks (10-6)
Dallas at Cowboys (10-6)
Saturday, 8:15 p.m. EST, Fox.
at
Baltimore Chicago
Ravens
(10-6)
Sunday, 1:05 p.m. EST, CBS.
Bears
(12-4)
Sunday, 4:40 p.m. EST, NBC.
On Saturday, Seattle Sea- hawks star quarterback Rus- sell Wilson goes up against Dallas Cowboys star quarter- back Dak Prescott. The Sentinel pick - the Sea- hawks.
On Sunday, Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson plays Phillip Rivers and the Los Angeles Chargers. The team is led by head coach, An- thony Lynn. Sentinel
pick - the Chargers, even though we want the Ravens to win.
On Saturday, Houston Texan star quarterback De- shaun Watson vs star quar- terback Andrew Luck. Sentinel pick - Houston- this one is a toss-up.
Sunday, Super Bowl MVP Nick Foles goes up against Khalid Mack and the Chicago Bears. Sentinel pick - the Eagles.
Steph Curry marked “10 years in The Town” with his new Curry 6 sneakers, commemorating a decade since the Golden State War- riors star landed in Oakland, Calif.
Earlier in the last month, Curry invited members of the press to the Golden State Warriors practice facility in Downtown Oakland, where he gave a preview of his lat- est sneaker collaboration with Under Armour.
The line's signature shoe, the Curry 6 Fox Theater col- orway (released on Decem- ber 11) pay tribute to an Oakland landmark that has been a staple in the city for decades. The Fox Theater has endured its share of highs and lows over the years, but underwent a multi-million dollar renova- tion that reopened its doors in 2009.
Curry, a native of North Carolina, was drafted to the Golden State Warriors in 2009. He also lived in Down- town Oakland, near the Fox Theater.
“When I got here I didn’t know what to expect but I embraced it with open arms,” Curry told VIBE at the Warriors practice facility moments after the Fox The- ater colorways were re- leased.
“I stayed here in Down- town Oakland, I [used to] walk around,” he recalled. “I can’t do that anymore, but it was just a part of me feeling
STEPH CURRY
Floyd Mayweather
continued to boast about his $9million exhibition bout against Tenshin Na- sukawa by claiming he did- n’t even train for the fight.
Mayweather, 41, took just one round to dispatch of the kickboxing star Na- sukawa, 20, who competed under straight boxing rules for the first time.
Not only was May- weather facing another box- ing debutant, Nasukawa also came up from his natural weight of 122lbs to fight the American at 147lbs.
So comfortable was May- weather it took almost one minute for the American to throw a meaningful shot - be- fore he dropped Nasukawa three times as the fight was
Mayweather dominated Nasukawa in the one round.
stopped.
Speaking after the fight,
Mayweather claimed he sparred just a few times with rising super-lightweight Daquan Mays in what was a limited training camp.
Mayweather said: “Did I have a training camp for this fight? No.”
Steph Curry Celebrates 10 Years In Oakland With Curry 6 Sneakers
comfortable in a city that embraced us [the Warriors],
even when we weren’t win- ning.”
Floyd Mayweather Didn’t
Even Train For $9M
Tenshin Nasukawa Fight
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