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Barkley and Henry have proved well worth the money the Eagles and Ravens invested into the running back position during the offseason.

WIth the NBA Cup group phase wrapping up on Tuesday, numerous teams are still fighting for a quarterfinal spot.

LaMelo Ball has a strained left calf and will be reevaluated in two weeks, the Hornets announced. Ball has averaged 40.3 points in his past four games.

The Cardinals have signed running back James Conner to a two-year contract extension, the team announced. A source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter the deal is worth $19 million.

The Lynx have bolstered coach Cheryl Reeve’s staff with the additions of franchise legend Lindsay Whalen and former Mystics head coach Eric Thibault.

They haven’t met in more than a decade, but the rivals never missed a chance to take a shot at each other.

Mikaela Shiffrin crashed after catching a ski edge in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race, doing a somersault before winding up in the protective fencing.

Former Stanford star Andrew Luck is returning to the Cardinal to become the football program’s general manager, he told ESPN in a phone interview.

Antonio Pierce said there wasn’t anything he and his staff would have done differently on the fateful botched snap that resulted in a lost fumble with the Raiders in position for a potential game-winning field goal in Kansas City.