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#injuries

A few torn ACLs later, those plans are in disarray. The Chiefs aren't in the bracket at all. The Packers are here, but they're walking wounded as a 7-seed. So this year, because my preseason pick is officially impossible, I'm freeing myself to make a new Super Bowl prediction. The chance of me picking all 13 games correctly is zero point zero percent, but maybe we can learn something along the way.

SANTA CLARA Linebacker Eric Kendricks will be new to the 49ers' starting lineup come Sunday's wild-card playoff game at Philadelphia. The footsteps he follows are not new to him. There's a standard that's upheld in this room, Kendricks said Wednesday. This organization has always had good linebackers, as far as I'm concerned, so I don't plan on it being any different. That history includes the surnames Hazeltine, Wilcox, Turner, Norton, Woodall, Willis, Bowman, Warner, Greenlaw and many more.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- Bears nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon, who was limited in his first practice Wednesday since going on injured reserve for a second time this season, is being factored into the gameplan for Saturday's wild-card game against the Packers. Gordon was designated to return from his second injured reserve stint of the season on Monday after missing Chicago's last four games with a groin injury.

The Blaugrana, who won the title last season by beating Real Madrid handsomely, will be eager to retain the trophy. For that to happen, they must first deal with Athletic Club tonight to secure a place in Sunday's final. Barcelona go into the game on the back of a strong run of results, racking up eight wins in a row in all competitions, most recently beating local rivals Espanyol 2-0 this past weekend.

Santos is my place, I'm at home,

The NHL Awards races this season have been anything but predictable, given some of the chaotic variables. Florida Panthers star Aleksander Barkov won the past two Selke Trophies as the NHL's best defensive forward. He has yet to play a game this season after a preseason injury required knee surgery. Winnipeg Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck has won the past two Vezina Trophies as the NHL's top netminder, as well as the Hart Trophy as league MVP last season.

Manchester City are considering a move for Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi, with the south London club expected to demand around 40m for the defender who is out of contract in the close season. Palace's fee for their captain is 5m more than the price offered to Liverpool when the Merseyside club came close to signing him last summer. This reflects the disruption to Palace's season if Guehi does depart and their need to replace the 25-year-old.

Jake McCabe is probably a week with a lower-body injury. It could be sooner, but I would guess a week. Chris Tanev is a possible surgery (situation). This last injury is totally different, so that is the surgery part. He is going to get looked at this week. Anthony Stolarz is skating and getting better. Right now, he is still (indefinite). He hasn't even been in a practice with us. He is just (skating) on his own.

Herro missed his 13th consecutive game for the Heat during Sunday's win over the New Orleans Pelicans, despite being upgraded to available before the start of the game. The team listed him as "available as part of his ramp-up but is not expected to play." After already missing the first 17 games recovering from offseason ankle surgery, it didn't take long for Herro to almost instantly get sidelined with yet another injury after he returned. Now he has been dealing with a toe injury, and the way that he and the Heat have handled it has been odd.

Fans are seeing ups and downs in the Raptors' 2025-26 campaign. After a rough 2-4 start in October, they posted a 12-3 record in November, then went on somewhat of an underwhelming 6-8 run in December. But mind you, there are plenty of uncertainties surrounding the Raptors lately - especially when it comes to Jakob Poeltl's injury issues, whether the high-cost Immanuel Quickley investment is really paying off, and thought-provoking trade scenarios that could unfold as the deadline approaches.

The Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons will be without starters Jalen Duren and Tobias Harris for at least the next few games, the team announced Saturday. Duren, who has a left ankle strain, and Harris, who has a left hip strain, won't travel to Cleveland for Sunday's game against the Cavaliers. Duren will be reevaluated in one week; Harris will be reevaluated in two weeks.

If I run hard I don't enjoy that moment but I know I need to keep my head down and run hard to get through it. We are in a situation where you need to run hard, to stay in it. When we look back on this spell or maybe this first year when it was tough, you'll think: What a learning, what an experience, it made us so much better for the future.'

Leonard has taken over the league over the last two weeks, racking up 37.2 points, 3.3 3-pointers, 8.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.2 blocks on 53% field goal shooting. He's also a high-volume free throw shooter and has missed only three of them in December, two of which came in his last two games, snapping a streak of nine games without missing one. He's hit 96% of his freebies this month and has led the Clippers to five straight wins,

No, we haven't trained yet, so today's going to be the first training session with the players who started against Villa. We will know more this afternoon. On Declan Rice's fitness Not yet, and we have another session today, so let's see how he comes in today and how that's feeling, but [the Villa] game was too early for him.