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The Browns enter Week 14 of the 2020 NFL season with a 9-3 record, good for second place in the AFC North and currently sitting pretty in the top AFC Wild Card spot. Cleveland has already guaranteed its first winning record in more than a decade, and now it’s trying to secure its first playoff berth in even longer. Maybe some analytics would point to luck being on Cleveland’s side, but even that in itself is remarkable....

They both played their valuable chips as best they could. The Browns, so far, have played theirs better. MORE: First round winners and losers | Teams that nailed the first round That’s saying a lot considering that Cleveland’s last pick of Day 2 on Friday night was Cody Kessler, who nobody seemed to be that fond of except them. Still, give the new Browns brain trust a hand. They made more out of the lower draft pick than the Titans (and their new brain trust) did with the higher one....

Williams narrated one of Cleveland’s four interceptions Sunday night on his Instagram account, making sure to point out Smith-Schuster, who had talked trash in the build-up to Pittsburgh’s humbling 48-37 wild-card loss. “He ain’t no factor,” Williams shouted in his narration. “Look at his a—! He ain’t no factor. . . . He talked that s—, he gotta put that s— on first.” Once the Browns finished off their victory, their active players were able to express their distaste for Smith-Schuster, too....

The outspoken Cardinals coach is particularly unhappy that the sport he loves is being harshly criticized, and he knows exactly where to direct the blame. “We feel like this is our sport. It’s being attacked, and we got to stop it at the grass roots,” Arians said Friday, via NBC Sports 1060 in Phoenix. “It’s the best game that’s ever been f— invented, and we got to make sure that moms get the message; because that’s who’s afraid of our game right now....

Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians is never one to shy away from misleading headlines or narratives, so much so that he takes to the media to refute reports he paints as inaccurate. One of the latest reports, this time from former offensive lineman Rich Ohrnberger, indicated that tension between Tom Brady and Arians played a part in the quarterback deciding to call it quits. “Everybody is speculating he’s going somewhere else....

After Washington’s NFC East-clinching victory on “Sunday Night Football,” rookie standout defensive end Chase Young was caught on tape shouting a simple request: He wants Tom Brady. “Tom Brady, Tom Brady, I’m coming!” Young said. “I want Tom! I want Tom.” MORE: NFL playoff QB power rankings Tampa Bay head coach Bruce Arians offered praise of Young and many other Football Team players, but he also took notice of Young’s request and offered a simple bit of advice for the rookie....

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Campbell addressed the claims with an intriguing response that seems to tease his involvement in Doctor Strange 2. While he didn’t confirm or deny anything outright, he did mention that Raimi’s movies are not good if he is not in them. “If Sam wants a good movie, he’ll put me in it,” he said, adding that things are always unpredictable with these types of epic movies....

A youth hockey game at Nassau Coliseum delayed the Bruins' practice on Sunday afternoon. They're in town to play the New York Islanders on Monday.

Rask — a Vezina Trophy finalist who led the NHL in the regular season with a 2.12 goals-against average and who was second in save percentage and shutouts — said he opted out due to a desire to be with his family: MORE: NHL playoff bracket 2020 Rask and his wife Jasmiina have three young girls together, including newborn Livia, who arrived in late April. Bruins general manager Don Sweeney on Saturday said Rask’s return to his family wasn’t triggered by a specific incident, saying they were safe and healthy amid the coronavirus pandemic....

What happened next was not pretty. After the funeral, Kuczynski sped across town to her doctor, who blasted her skin with crystals that swept away dead cells. Then she asked for a quick injection of Restylane, a mucouslike substance that she hoped would plump up her upper lip. The needle had barely been withdrawn when Kuczynski felt a strange mass on her face. Her lip was so grotesquely swollen (eventually reaching the size of a yam) that she missed the tribute and barely left home for the next five days....

It will add layers as Bickell battles the effects of multiple sclerosis, the incurable disease that ended his playing career effective Sunday. It will become more and more about how sports and humanity intersected at multiple junctures: — Bickell worked extremely hard to return for the final four games of the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2016-17 season, five months after being diagnosed. When he came back, he realized his body was already betraying him....

Stow began an intense rehabilitation process and just over four years later, Stow found his way back inside the ballpark. On Thursday, Stow was on hand at the home opener of the Single-A San Jose Giants to throw out the first pitch. MORE: #FranchiseFour picks for the AL A truly inspirational story that is far from over.

The Nationals outfielder was once again voted the league’s most overrated player in an ESPN the Magazine anonymous poll of 117 major leaguers . Harper received 41 percent of the vote. Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was voted the second-most overrated with 15 percent of the vote. MORE: The 10 most overrated players of 2014 In the same poll, the Nationals were voted as the most likely to win the World Series....

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Resume builders Marquette 75, Georgetown 73. In what was a showdown of two teams squarely on the bubble, the Golden Eagles (17-11, No. 73) got a victory they certainly needed to stay in the chase. They have three games left, starting Saturday at Villanova. Then come bubble opponents Providence and St. John’s. The Hoyas (16-12, No. 65) have a difficult closing stretch that looms either as an extraordinary opportunity or the sequence that will finish them; they get a few days to rest and then face Creighton at home Monday — the Jays will be coming off a Saturday game against Xavier — and then a road trip to Villanova to end the regular season....

The Bucks have a few players on the roster who play the position in Brandon Knight, Nate Wolters and Kendall Marshall, but Kidd has decided to experiment with Giannis Antetokounmpo at the point in Tuesday’s preseason against the Cleveland Cavaliers. MORE: Westbrook doesn’t know what a meme is | Durant out 6-8 weeks for foot injury This won’t be the first time at point guard for Antetokounmpo, who stands at 6-11 and played the position in NBA Summer League and FIBA World Cup....

But on Sunday, the team rallied back against the Steelers, and won the game with seven seconds remaining following a remarkable drive to set up the field position. MORE: Week 4 scoreboard | Watt is a TD machine | Steve Smith gets revenge | Philly fire alarm First, the play that set up the touchdown. Then the game winner. Vincent Jackson’s celebration did not go so well. A horrific Steelers’ punt gave the Buccaneers solid field position with under a minute left, and following Murphy’s 41-yard catch, Glennon delivered the game-winner....

RELATED: Gamer Dies From Heart Attack in Tournament At the 2019 KKU Nong Khai Fair in Thailand, several competitors submitted to compete in the online racing game. Among the competitors were three novice Buddhist monks from Balee Sathit Suksa high school. Speed Drifters is a mass multi online racing gaming by developer Garena publishing content for Southeast Asia and Taiwan. The game features cartoon-like characters, a variety of cars and bikes, and can be played on mobile or PC....

This narrowing restricts blood supply, which eventually leads to damaged skin tissue, infection, and in severe cases gangrene or complete tissue death. In cases of extreme gangrene, this may lead to amputation of the body part affected. Most cases of Buerger’s disease occur in young men ages 20 to 40 who are heavy smokers. It is most prevalent in countries whose residents use tobacco heavily, such as in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and India....