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NFC, AFC Championship Games Schedule For Sunday
Shannon Sharpe Nailed His Rams-Bucs Prediction Perfectly
SHANNON SHARPE
Shannon Sharpe ab- solutely nailed his prediction for the Tampa Bay Bucca- neers-Los Angeles Rams play- off game on Sunday.
Sharpe, co-host on FS1’s “Undisputed” with Skip Bay- less, predicted a 30-27 Rams win. Not only did he get the score right, but he also said the game would end on a Rams field goal.
Steelers Requested To Interview Giants Defensive Coordinator Patrick Graham
PATRICK GRAHAM
The Pittsburgh Steelers have put in a request to inter- view New York Giants defen- sive coordinator Patrick Graham for their vacant po- sition, according to a report by Tom Pelissero of NFL Net- work.
Steelers defensive coordi- nator Keith Butler retired on Saturday, giving the Steel- ers a vacancy for their top de- fensive assistant for just the second time since Mike Tomlin became head coach in 2007.
Graham, 43, spent the last two seasons as assistant head coach and defensive co- ordinator with the New York Giants under recently fired coach Joe Judge.
The Giants finished the 2021 season tied for 11th in yards per play allowed, 21st in yards allowed and 23rd in pots allowed.
NBA Star Dwight Howard
PATRICK JOE MAHOMES BURROWS
MATTHEW STAFFORD
JIMMY GAROPPOLO
Dwight Howard, the NBA star, would want to hang up his sneakers at some point, but he wants his legacy to live beyond his retirement or life.
The Los Angeles cham- pion who joined the league in 2004 hopes to leave behind a legacy of helping other still- invisible stars to rise and shine, just as he did.
To achieve this dream, he has collaborated with Arrow- head Water. In the signed $500,000 deal, the company
DWIGHT HOWARD
will sponsor Howard for years to come and commit $75,000 toward Howard’s “Grand Champions Founda- tion.”
Signs $500,000 Legacy Deal
With Arrowhead Water
The best NFL Divisional Playoff Round in history is in the books and we now know the four teams that will be playing in the AFC and NFC Championship Games for a spot in the Super Bowl.
It will be the Los Angeles Rams hosting the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC and the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Cincin- nati Bengals in the AFC.
Disappointment, Anger, Hope:
P. K. Subban Discusses
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Cincinnati Bengals at Kansas City Chiefs
Date: Sunday, Jan. 30 Time: 3:00 p.m. ET TV: CBS
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
San Francisco 49ers at Los Angeles Rams
Date: Sunday, Jan. 30 Time: 6:30 p.m. ET TV: FOX
Standing in front of the New Jersey media after Sun- day's match against the Los Angeles Kings, Devils de- fenceman P. K. Subban had more on his mind -- and more to say -- than what happened in one of the 82 times his team will take to the ice dur- ing this regular season.
During an ECHL game the night before, Jordan Sub- ban, P. K.'s younger brother, was subjected to what was widely recognized as a racist gesture from a player on the opposing team, Jacob Panetta.
Panetta can then be seen gesturing in a way that resem- bled an impersonation of a monkey, an action known to be dehumanizing and racist when directed toward a Black person.
“More like @JPanetta12 was too much of a coward to fight me and as soon as I began to turn my back he started making monkey ges- tures at me so I punched him in the face multiple times and he turtled like the coward he is,” Subban wrote. “There fixed it.”
Since the incident, which led to Panetta being released from his club and suspended indefinitely by the ECHL, pending an investigation, Panetta has said that his ges- ture did not have racist intent, even though that was how it was perceived, and described
P. K. SUBBAN
it instead as an attempt to mock Subban for acting like a “tough guy.”
How is Jordan after what happened on Saturday?
P. K. Subban: Jordan
will be fine. I mean, that's what we always say. When things happen, we'll be fine. You know, I got asked today 'How are you doing?' And I'll be fine. You know, I'll be fine. Unfortunately for us, regard- less of what happens, we have to continue to move forward. And that's something that I've learned to deal with in my life, not just in my career, in my life. And there's no one that's going to pay me for those damages, or pay to help with those damages that my brother has to go through, that I've had to go through, that other people have to go through every day.
For me, I get annoyed by the questions. I'd rather peo- ple focus on how can we make it better so the next kid that looks like P. K. Subban or Jordan Subbban doesn't have to go through this.
Anti-Black Racism In Hockey
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