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FFA announced on Thursday that the A-League Round 19 fixture between the Jets and Victory will be moved to Monday evening to avoid temperatures in the high 30s on Saturday afternoon. Based on the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) - the measurement central to FFA’s heat policy - 28 degrees is the threshold where delay or postponement of games comes into consideration. Greenacre puts heat on FFA It is predicted that the WBGT will be over 34 degrees at kick-off at McDonald Jones Stadium on Saturday....

Marshall grabbed at his left leg after he was tackled awkwardly by Bills cornerback Stephon Gilmore while catching a pass deep in Buffalo territory in the second quarter. MORE: Jets-Bills GameCenter Gilmore yanked Marshall down by his facemask at the Bills’ 8-yard line. As Marshall went down to the turf, his left knee got caught under his body. Marshall was able to walk off the field under his own power and tried to jog on the sideline before gingerly walking to the locker room for evaluation....

So he was certainly not ready to entertain questions about critics of the Syracuse basketball program. MORE: Another coach reaches 1,000 wins | BYU guard breaks record | Winslow impacts Duke According to Chris Peak of the University of Pittsburgh sports site Panther-Lair.com, when someone asked Boeheim whether people think he runs a “dirty” program, he responded, “I don’t give a s— what those people think.” Syracuse, the subject of an ongoing NCAA investigation, announced Wednesday that it was instituting a self-imposed penalty that will ban the team from participating in postseason play....

However, Brown doesn’t think the festivities should stop there. The legendary Browns running back said LeBron James should be honored with his own statue — as Brown himself will be this fall. MORE: Must-see photos from LeBron vs. Steph “[Cavaliers owner Dan] Gilbert is going to give him a statue. He’d better give him a statue,” Brown told the Akron Beacon Journal. “That young man put out so much blood, sweat and tears it’s unbelievable....

In 2016 alone, celebrities like Rich Eisen, Tom Brady and even Michael Jordan all served as honorary captains at some point in the season. And who could forget the Wolverines’ star-studded signing day party? MORE: Bowl winners and losers Now Harbaugh is at it again, and he has one of the biggest entertainers in the world repping the maize and blue. Even compared to Harbaugh’s other decisions regarding Michigan football, this one stands out as peculiar: Where previous captains had some ties to the program (Eisen and Brady are Michigan alumni, and the Wolverines wear Jordan’s Jumpman apparel), Usher appears to have no obvious connection to the program....

In no order: Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, Michigan and LSU. MORE: Top college football states | Emmert misguided on Michigan spring plans Wilson is ranked the No. 16 overall player by 247Sports.com for the 2017 class. He’s a mountain of a kid, standing 6-7 and weighing 322 pounds. He’s from Poly Prep in Brooklyn, N.Y. He named Michigan his leader in November. He’s one of 14 players in the 247Sports list of top 20 players not committed to a school....

With news of Harbaugh taking a job elsewhere, likely with Michigan, media naturally wanted a chance to question the 49ers coach. MORE: Top NFL moments of 2014 | Raiders holding out hope on Harbaugh | Johnny Manziel throws house party However, Harbaugh got tricky and switched things up to avoid the scrum. Once on the field, the coach was seen embracing San Francisco’s CEO Jed York, in what could possibly be a farewell hug....

Jordan, who has represented Ohio’s 4th congressional district since 2007, is a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump. He has rejected cooperating with the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack, which sought more information about his communication with Trump on the day of and prior to the U.S. Capitol assault carried out by the former president’s supporters. The Plain Dealer, a Cleveland-based newspaper and the largest in the state by circulation, published a Wednesday opinion cartoon taking aim at Jordan and his loyalty to the former president....

The former Buffalo Bills legend, currently in Miami to be honored at the Hurricanes homecoming game, told the Miami Herald that he’s starting an eight-week treatment for a methicillin-resistant Staphlococcus aureus (MRSA) infection. MORE: Josh Brent returns to Cowboys | Bears have many problems | Just a Tadd: Patrick Peterson is confusing Once Kelly was done with the chemotherapy and radiation for jaw cancer the pain in his jaw was gone but unfortunately it has returned....

“When I looked in the mirror, people wonder why I’m thankful for the Dallas Stars and (general manager) Jim Nill for what they did even though I understand that I disappointed Jim Nill, the staff I worked with and the players especially. I let them down,” Montgomery reflected. “That firing was deserved. I wasn’t doing the right things. “I felt I was being a hypocrite. I was asking my players to do the right thing and yet I wasn’t....

The most notable player cards are 97 OVR Carmelo Anthony (Syracuse), 96 OVR Jimmer Fredette (BYU), 95 OVR Christian Laettner (Duke), 95 OVR Emeka Okafor (UCONN), 94 OVR J.J. Redick (Duke) and 92 OVR Jason Terry (Arizona). For players interested in using throwbacks from a previous era, there is a 97 OVR Pete Maravich (LSU) card and, by finishing the collection of cards in the set, a 98 OVR Oscar Robertson card (Cincinnati)....

The Suns are declining the six-year NBA pro’s team option for 2019-20, according to a report from The Athletic, which cites unidentified league sources. Now Fredette has his sights set on the Warriors and is expected to play on Golden State’s summer league team this offseason with the hope of earning a roster spot. Fredette made a name for himself as a long-range sniper at BYU and was selected by the Bucks with the 10th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, but was later traded to the Kings....

Johnson, who will be racing for his sixth Sprint Cup championship Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, has won six races this season and carries a 28-point lead into the season’s final race. Perhaps more importantly, Johnson is being honored for helping others. The five-time champ’s Jimmie Johnson Foundation has raised more than $5.6 million to help children, families and communities across the country. MORE: NASCAR’s most respected drivers | Johnson’s winning edge | Johnson deserves fan support...

That isn’t the case for Jimmy Graham — especially after the Seahawks tight end was told his NFL career was likely over after suffering a ruptured patella tendon during the 2015 season. MORE: SN’s NFL 2016 All-Pro Team “All the doctors, all the statistics of everyone saying that I could never play again … They said 70 percent of the guys never play again,” Graham told co-host Kirk Morrison and me on SiriusXM NFL Radio earlier this week following a Pro Bowl practice at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex....

“I’ve seen it in the way people react to signs and having to wear masks,” said Gladys Roann-Watson, chair of Jefferson County’s Democratic Executive Committee. “It seems like a form of subtle aggression toward people who are not supporting the administration that’s in there now.” Roann-Watson said numerous people have told her that many of the 200 Biden signs the county Party distributed recently are disappearing from their yards overnight....

Former officials who spoke with Newsweek urged Biden to hold the line against Russian aggression and expand American support for the Kyiv government led by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid reports of Russian troops massing along Ukraine’s eastern and northern borders. “It’s another attempt at blackmail, not only of Ukraine but also of our alliances and our partners,” Ukraine’s former ambassador to the U.S. Valeriy Chaly told Newsweek. “Sanctions must be implemented—including the high impact economic sanctions—now, not in a sequence following a Russian military invasion....

“The way to deal with that [women’s rights] is putting economic, diplomatic, and international pressure on them [ruling leaders] to change their behavior,” he said during an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos. Biden said that women’s rights are also violated in other parts of the world, including western China and Congo, and added that to “deal with that is not with a military invasion.” Afghan women have been trying to flee their country since the Taliban rapidlly took over the nation....

Biden took to Twitter to wish people a happy holiday and highlight the U.S. military, while Trump made a series of posts on his Truth Social platform complaining about ongoing investigations. “From the Biden family to all of yours, Happy Thanksgiving,” Biden tweeted. “This holiday, we celebrate all that brings us together, grounded in history and our shared hopes for the future.” Biden and first lady Jill Biden later shared a video showing them serving Thanksgiving dinner to personnel at Marine Corps Station Cherry Point in North Carolina....

Biden appeared to hesitate when addressing FEMA director Deanne Criswell during a press briefing on Tropical Storm Henri and the evacuation operation in Afghanistan. Footage has been widely shared across social media, with many criticizing the president for seemingly forgetting the name of the agency’s director after speaking with her moments earlier. It is unclear whether the pause was an attempt to suppress a stutter, a condition Biden has struggled with from an early age....