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NFL

SUPER BOWL LV
 

WELL, THE STAGE IS SET FOR SUPER BOWL LV, SCHEDULED TO BE TELEVISED ON  CBS AT 6:30 PM EDT, FEBRUARY 27, 2021, BETWEEN THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS & TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS. THIS WILL BE TOM BRADY’S 10TH TRIP TO THE SUPER BOWL.

 

EAGLES NEWS
 

NICK SIRIANNI, FORMER OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS, HAS BEEN HIRED AS THE EAGLES NEW HEAD COACH, AFTER DOUG PEDERSON WAS FIRED.  DUCE STALEY WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED FOR HEAD COACH, AND SOME OF THE PLAYERS ADVOCATED FOR HIM BEHIND THE SCENES AND PUBLICLY, BUT FOR SOME REASON MANAGEMENT CHOSE TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION. DUCE HAS SERVED AS SPECIAL TEAMS QUALITY CONTROL COACH, RUNNING BACKS COACH, AND ASSISTANT HEAD COACH DURING HIS TENURE WITH THE EAGLES. BUT, DON’T FRET, DUCE HAS BEEN HIRED AS ASSISTANT HEAD COACH/RUNNING BACKS COACH FOR THE DETROIT LIONS, JOINING HEAD COACH, DAN CAMPBELL. WE WISH YOU WELL, DUCE!!!  THE EAGLES, ALSO, HIRED SHANE STEICHEN AS THEIR NEW OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR.

 

NBA
 

THE PHILADELPHIA 76ER’S ARE CURRENTLY IN 1ST PLACE IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE, WITH A RECORD OF 14 WINS, 6 LOSSES. THE TEAM IS PLAYING WITH A CHIP ON THEIR SHOULDER FROM  2019-2020’S DISAPPOINTING SEASON. JOEL EMBIID SCORED 30+ POINTS AND 10+ REBOUNDS IN THREE CONSECUTIVE GAMES, EARNING HIM THE EASTERN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK FOR 1/18/21 TO 1/22/21. JOEL IS GETTING SOME MUCH NEEDED HELP FROM NEW TEAM MATES, SETH CURRY, DWIGHT HOWARD AND DANNY GREEN. PLUS, BEN SIMMONS, TYRESE MAXEY AND TOBIAS HARRIS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE TEAMS SUCCESS.
 

LATEST NBA SCORES: 1/30/21 & 1/31/21
 

ROCKETS 126/PELICANS  112
TRAILBLAZERS  123/BULLS  122
HEAT  105/KINGS  104
HORNETS  126/BUCKS   114
LAKERS   96/CELTICS    95
GRIZZLIES  129/SPURS   112
SUN  111/MAVERICKS  105
WARRIORS  118/PISTONS   91
CLIPPERS   129/KNICKS  115
NUGGETS  128/JAZZ    117

 

REST IN POWER COACH JOHN CHANEY
 

WNBA
 

NO SCHEDULE PUBLISHED AS YET FOR 2021

THE WASHINGTON MYSTICS ARE CLOSE TO SIGNING LONG-TIME SEATTLE STORM FORWARD ALYSHA CLARK. CLARK IS A TWO-TIME ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM PLAYER WHERE SHE MADE THE SECOND TEAM IN 2019 AND THE FIRST TEAM IN 2020.

THE MINNESOTA LYNX HAVE ADDED FREE AGENTS KAYLA MCBRIDE, AERIAL POWERS AND NATALIE ACHONWA.

 

BOXING
 

CALEB PLANT SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED HIS IBF MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST CALEB TRUAX  ON 1/30/21 AT THE SHRINE AUDITORIUM & EXPO HALL IN LOS ANGELES.

IN A CO-MAIN EVENT HEAVYWEIGHT MICHAEL COFFIE DEFEATED DARMANI ROCK.

UNDEFEATED JOEY SPENCER KNOCKED OUT ISIAH SELDON IN THE FIRST ROUND OF A MIDDLEWEIGHT FIGHT.


 

NHL

LATEST NHL SCORES: 1/30/21
 

SABRES  4/DEVILS  3
FLAMES 2/CANADIENS  0
OILERS   4/MAPLE LEAVES  3
FLYERS   3/ISLANDERS  2
CAPITALS  4/BRUINS  3
PANTHERS  3/RED WINGS  2
HURRICANES  4/STARS  1
LIGHTNING  4/PREDATORS 3
PENGUINS  5/RANGERS  4
AVALANCHE  5/WILD  1
BLUES   6/DUCKS  1
CANUCKS  4/JETS  1

 

CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH!!!  
     

By Danette Clement

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