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PLAYERS CONVENTIONAL WISDOM Clinton - Best friend’s a felon, two thirds of your party wants another candidate. Happy holidays! Gingrich - Have you no decency, Senator McCar…er, Mr. Speaker? PS: How was the pot at Tulane? Elders - That needs to be ““taught’’? CW always handled it alone. Peter Principle strikes again. Panetta + Low-bologna diet gets White House on track at last. Is it too late? Hubbell - The CW has been known to fudge an expense now and then – but Victoria’s Secret?...

On Sunday, veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sat out the second half of Pittsburgh’s 28-26 home defeat against the Seattle Seahawks with an unspecified elbow injury. A day later, the franchise confirmed the signal-caller would miss the rest of the season and will be out indefinitely. While Roethlisberger has pledged to return next season, the injury casts a shadow over the remainder of his NFL career. Elbow injuries can be critical for quarterbacks, particularly ones who will be 38 by the time the next campaign kicks off....

Tomlin said following the game he feels good about the likelihood of his star quarterback returning for next Sunday’s home game against the undefeated Cincinnati Bengals. MORE: Week 7’s best photos | NFL scoreboard | Steelers’ latest letdown “I do as I sit here today, but I don’t know what the reaction to next week’s work is going to mean to him,” Tomlin said. “I say that with the understanding that how his knee reacts to the work that we give him next week could play into it as well....

Simmons plans to sign with the sports agency bankrolled by LeBron James, Yahoo Sports reported earlier this month, citing unidentified NBA sources. MORE: 2016 NBA mock draft | Simmons named USBWS freshman of the year Simmons finished his freshman season at LSU after the school declined an invitation to the NIT. A 6-10 native of Australia, Simmons, 19, averaged a double-double — 19.2 points and 11.8 rebounds — this season but has been criticized for his occasionally indifferent play....

Wojnarowski adds that the 76ers and Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul, who represents Simmons, have “progressed in talks” on a resolution to bring the three-time All-Star back. Discussions are said to be ongoing. MORE: How Simmons went from top pick to polarizing trade target The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported last week that Simmons had emptied his home in Philadelphia and his place will soon go up for sale, his mentality being that “a trade is coming at some point....

Tate has bounced between three teams since March 2014. He signed a two-year deal with the Browns last year but was released in November after his playing time receded in a three-back system. He was picked up off the waiver list by the Vikings but was released after just three game appearances. The Steelers then snagged Tate when Le’Veon Bell was injured before the playoffs.

Watkins was diagnosed when he was 13 years old with a soft tissue tumor caused by Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma. His family said doctors told them Ben was 1 of only 6 people in the entire world diagnosed with the rare illness. When he was younger, Watkins cooked and worked the front count at Big Ben’s Bodacious BBQ and Delicatessen in Gary, Indiana, the restaurant named for him and once operated by his father....

Dybala started the Serie A season in great form, but the Argentina international has only hit the back of the net twice in the league since September. The 24-year-old started Wednesday’s Coppa Italia win against Genoa, opening the scoring and setting up forward partner Gonzalo Higuain for Juve’s second goal. Defenders Mattia De Sciglio and Benedikt Howedes have been ruled out of Saturday’s home game against Roma, along with goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, although Mehdi Benatia and Wojciech Szczesny will face their former side....

The Bengals wide receiver shocked Lauren Mackenzie with a smooth proposal during the Capital One Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Sunday. The soon-to-be Mrs. Sanu had a great reaction, but check out the face on the guy behind her. MORE: Top NFL free agents | Every team’s worst contract Dropping to one knee after Liverpool scored so it feels like the crowd is cheering for your engagement? Well played, Mr....

Which begs the question: Is it time for Cincinnati to move on from quarterback Andy Dalton? From my NFL management experience, I understand why it’s not an easy call for Bengals management. MORE: Bengals plunge in NFL power rankings Dalton, a good regular-season quarterback up until this year, has led the Bengals to five straight playoff appearances. But we all know what has happened in the postseason — Dalton’s playoff numbers in four starts (injured for last season’s wild-card loss to Pittsburgh) have been abysmal: 11 points per game, one touchdown pass, six interceptions, two lost fumbles, a 57....

Cincinnati built a 14-3 first-quarter lead behind back-to-back 80-yard touchdown drives. MORE: Must-see Week 4 images | Picks, predictions, odds Andy Dalton completed 8 of 8 passes for 122 yards against the league’s 29th-ranked pass defense. A.J. Green had five catches for 73 yards, and Jeremy Hill and Giovani Bernard each scored rushing TDs. 

The right tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals suffered a torn ACL and MCL after undergoing an MRI according to The Enquirer’s Kelsey Conway, Collins is out for the remainder of the season. His expected recovery time is seven months. ACL recoveries have often been nine-month endeavors. Collins suffered the injury during the first half of the Bengals’ 22-18 win over the New England Patriots on Christmas Eve. He passed the initial ACL test on the field, and it was believed everything was OK....

Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes was 28 of 39 for 358 yards and four touchdowns. It was is his sixth consecutive game with over 300 passing yards, the longest streak in Chiefs’ history. Running back Kareem Hunt had three touchdowns — one rushing and two receiving — and a total of 141 yards. The Bengals’ offense struggled. Andy Dalton was 15 for 29 with an interception, and he was sacked twice....

MORE BENGALS-CHIEFS:Best props | SGP | DK lineup | FD lineup | Why is Cincinnati favored? Whether walking, limping, or hop-skip-jumping, Mahomes was not to be denied a victory at the finish line of last week’s divisional tilt. Jacksonville’s defense clearly got some good shots on the former MVP, including a high-ankle sprain that took him off the field for a stretch that must have felt harrowing for the Arrowhead faithful....

The game is a rematch of Week 17 matchup in Cincinnati, won by the Bengals in comeback fashion, 34-31. There should be another shootout in store when elite young quarterbacks Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow duel for a second time. Here’s a complete breakdown of Bengals vs. Chiefs in the 2022 AFC championship game, including our pick to win and reach Super Bowl 56. NFL POWER RANKINGS:3 reasons Chiefs, 49ers, Rams, Bengals will (and won’t) win Super Bowl 56...

Both coaches had totally different views of the game after the match. Losing coach Marjan Sekluvoski felt his side put up a good effort against a very good side in Bengaluru FC. “We played great against a great side. My players gave their all”, said Sekluvoski. Speaking to the press after the game, the man from Macedonia cried foul about the way his lads were treated on the pitch and felt his side was denied justice on the day....

The 24-year-old forward will join the Wolves who are currently atop of the Championship table in their chase for the league title until the end of the season. Afobe struggled for game time in the Premier League this season, making 17 league appearances - 12 as a substitute - for the Cherries without scoring a goal. The DR Congo international returns to the Molineux Stadium where he scored 23 goals in 48 games before leaving for Bournemouth in 2016....

The French striker replaced Borja Mayoral in the 64th minute of the La Liga contest at the Santiago Bernabeu, allowing Zinedine Zidane to deploy the famous ‘BBC’ trio up front. Los Blancos hadn’t used the star trio since April 23, when they started together in a 3-2 loss to rival Barcelona. Bale gave way to Marco Asensio in the first half of that match after suffering a calf injury....

Berizzo’s illness was revealed following Sevilla’s stunning comeback in a 3-3 Champions League draw against Liverpool last month. Ernesto Marcucci was placed in charge of first-team affairs in Berizzo’s absence, with Sevilla offering no timescale for the coach’s return to the dugout. A Sevilla statement released on Saturday read: “Eduardo Berizzo has been discharged from hospital this Saturday after four days of recuperation after undergoing surgery on Tuesday on the prostate adenocarcinoma he was diagnosed with a few weeks ago....

Berkeley’s rapidly morphing student body has sparked one of the fiercest debates in higher education. The school’s Asian-American population had already been surging for years when, in 1996, California voters approved Proposition 209, a ballot initiative that banned affirmative action at all state institutions. At the time, the campus was torn by protests. And the result seemed to confirm the doomsayers’ predictions: enrollment of African-American, Hispanic and Native American students plunged at Berkeley, while the Asian-American population continued to rise....