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Continued prayers for Damar Hamlin 🙏

Hamlin's uncle spoke to the media Tuesday evening and provided these updates:

• Hamlin remains in critical condition at UC Health

• After suffering cardiac arrest Monday night, Hamlin was resuscitated twice: Once on the field and a second time at the hospital

• The great news: "Hamlin is trending upwards in a positive way"

Damar Hamlin recently completed his third annual toy drive for his hometown with a goal of raising $2500. As of Tuesday night, fans have donated over $5 Million 🙌

Here's what we got for you today:

• NFL Hot Seat Watch

• 50-Point + Games Are Normal Now?

• Memes of The Day

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NFL COACHING NEWS

Some Seats Are Getting Awfully Warm

It's that time of the year. One week left in the regular season and teams are starting to accept their fate. (Unless you're the Panthers and Colts. They accepted their fate early on and fired their coaches in Week 5 and Week 9, respectively.)

As for the Broncos, they fired Nathaniel Hackett after Week 16 — not even a year into his contract. That was still about 15 weeks too late if you ask most Broncos fans.

Coaches Left On The Hot Seat

• Kliff Kingsbury, Arizona Cardinals: The Kingsbury era in Arizona is expected to come to an end after four seasons.

• Ron Rivera, Washington Commanders: A loss Sunday would mark three consecutive losing seasons with Rivera at the helm.

• Kevin Stefanski, Cleveland Browns: Two years ago he was Coach of the Year and led the Browns to a playoff victory over the Steelers. Since then, the Browns are 14-18. Savage Sports prediction: Cleveland gives him one more year with a full season of Deshaun Watson

• Lovie Smith, Houston Texans: The Texans have the worst record in the league at 2-13-1. But honestly, can any coach succeed in Houston right now?

Read More

• 5 coordinators who could become head coaches in 2023 (Fansided)

• NFL Hot Seat: Coach, GM, QB Changes and more (OutKick)

NBA NEWS

Are 50-Point Games Becoming Routine?

These are the performances that typically happen over the course of a season, but in today's NBA, this is what went down over the last week. It's absurd:

• Monday night, Donovan Mitchell recorded the highest-scoring game since Kobe Bryant's 81. Not even LeBron could do that in a Cavs jersey.

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• Klay Thompson Monday night: 54 points, including 10 threes

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• Luka Doncic is playing a real-life video game

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• LeBron in his first two games since he turned 38

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• Giannis' last 3 games 🤯

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The bottom line: What would the 10-time scoring champ, Michael Jordan, average in today's game? Reply to this email and let us know!

POLL OF THE DAY

MEMES + TWEETS

Let the defensive players have their fun too

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For real though

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Every golfers' dream come true

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Fight On (Next Year) ✌️

TWO-MINUTE DRILL

•  Damar Hamlin jersey sales skyrocket and Fanatics says all proceeds will go to his charity 🙌

• NFL: Bills-Bengals game won't resume this week 🏈

• For the degenerates: Ohio sports betting is officially underway and Pete Rose kicked things off 🤑

• Could Jim Harbaugh leave Michigan for the Carolina Panthers? 😳

• Best food celebrations from Bowl Season: Cheez-its, fries, mayo, and more 🤣

• Trouble for Dana White: UFC President admits to slapping his wife on New Years

THE BUZZER

That's a wrap for today. We'll be back on Friday to preview NFL Week 18.

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