Report: Packers’ LT David Bakhtiari suffers season-ending knee injury

According to a report a knee injury will cost the Green Bay Packers David Bakhtiari for the season

The Green Bay Packers suffered a major loss on Thursday as left tackle David Bakhtiari suffered a knee injury at practice,  according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.

Per NFL.com: David Bakhtiari suffered a season-ending knee injury in practice, according to an informed source. Ian Rapoport added that the injury is believed to be a torn ACL.

Bakhtiari is a three-time Pro Bowler, including 2020.

 

Watch: Florida Twitter goes into meltdown mode after loss to Oklahoma

Florida football Twitter goes into meltdown after loss to Oklahoma

Wednesday, the Oklahoma Sooners dominated the Florida Gators by a score of 55-20 in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl.

Take a look at how Gators twitter reacted to the blowout loss.

DE Ali Gaye to remain at LSU in 2021

LSU defensive end Ali Gaye will be back in Tiger Stadium for the 2021 college football season.

LSU defensive end Ali Gaye isn’t going anywhere in 2021.

Gaye took to Twitter on Thursday afternoon with the announcement that he would remain with the team in Baton Rouge for the upcoming season — something the LSU defense should be ecstatic about.

Gaye was a difference-maker in 2020 on more than one occasion, tallying 9.5 tackles for loss (a team high), two sacks, an interception, a fumble recovery, a forced fumble and six passes defended.

Gaye and LSU are set to open the 2021 college football season against UCLA in Rose Bowl Stadium on Sept. 4.

It will be interesting to see how the Tigers’ defense looks in wake of the departure of former defensive coordinator Bo Pelini.

Look: Dan Mullen gets lit up for foolish comments

Florida coach Dan Mullen got roasted for making some silly comments after the loss to Oklahoma on Wednesday

Wednesday, the Oklahoma Sooners destroyed the Florida Gators in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl.

Despite a plethora of opt-outs for the Gators to make excuses, Oklahoma still won the game by 35 points.

After the contest, Mullen was his typical self with the media, making a few stupid comments.

Here’s what Twitter had to say…

 

 

Top 10 LeBron Wire stories from the year of 2020

A year in our year of covering LeBron James.

2020 was a year in which top-ten lists fail to capture all of the feelings from a difficult year in almost every aspect. For the NBA, it involved a season that started and ended multiple times and for LeBron James, a year unlike any other, somehow ending in a championship. For LeBron Wire, it was a difficult year for us too, starting and stopping a season amidst a pandemic, creating other content when no games were happening, and otherwise trying to keep the lights on. But I’m not going to take any more time describing the past year before showing you the stories that most people clicked on in 2020.

 

Texas Football: Joseph Ossai makes FWAA’s All-American first team

Joseph Ossai was named to the FWAA All-America First Team. He finished with 15.5 tackles for a loss, 5.5 sacks, and three forced turnovers.

Going into the 2020 season, there was one player who was a home run on Texas’ defense, Joseph Ossai. The junior broke out during the 2019 Alamo Bowl game against Utah when he moved from outside linebacker to Jack. Throughout the year, he was consistently the best player for the Longhorns.

Ossai was named to the Football Writers Association of America All-America First Team. He finished with 15.5 tackles for a loss, 5.5 sacks, three forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery before opting out of Texas’ bowl game to prepare for the NFL Draft.

JaQuan Bailey of Iowa State was the only other Big 12 player to make the first team. He and Ossai were two of the best pass rushers within the conference this season, combining for 28.5 tackles for a loss and 12.5 sacks.

Here is the full first-team defense:

DL JaQuan Bailey, Iowa State 6-2 261 Sr Jacksonville, Fla.
DL Tarron Jackson, Coastal Carolina 6-2 260 Sr Aiken, S.C.
DL Daviyon Nixon, Iowa 6-3 305 Jr Kenosha, Wis.
DL Rashad Weaver, Pitt 6-5 270 Sr Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
LB Zaven Collins, Tulsa 6-4 260 Jr Hominy, Okla.
LB Joseph Ossai, Texas 6-4 253 Jr Conroe, Texas
LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, Notre Dame 6-1 215 Sr Hampton, Va.
DB Ahmad Gardner, Cincinnati 6-2 188 So Detroit, Mich.
DB Kyle Hamilton, Notre Dame 6-4 219 So Atlanta, Ga.
DB Tiawan Mullen, Indiana 5-10 176 So Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
DB Patrick Surtain II, Alabama 6-2 202 Jr Plantation, Fla.

Along with the Football Writers Association of America, Ossai was named to the AP’s first-team All-American team. Even when the Texas defense was struggling early in the year, the future first-round draft pick was able to excel against team’s best pass blockers.

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Rams DE Michael Brockers unlikely to play season finale vs. Cardinals

The Rams will likely be without a number of key starters on Sunday, including Michael Brockers.

The Rams will most likely be without Michael Brockers in addition to Jared Goff, Cooper Kupp and Darrell Henderson on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals. Sean McVay said Thursday that Brockers windy likely won’t be available after being placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list.

In Brockers’ place, the Rams will need Morgan Fox to step up, as well as A’Shawn Robinson. Fortunately, they’re deep across the defensive line, with Greg Gaines also being able to contribute at nose tackle.

Brockers is having a career year, recording 51 tackles, five sacks and 10 QB hits.

Five stats that defined Wisconsin football’s 42-28 Duke’s Mayo Bowl win

In a Duke’s Mayo Bowl game where both schools had two-touchdown leads, the trophy ended up shattered in the Wisconsin locker room, and there was an expected celebration mayo bath that never panned out, the Badgers wound up with a 42-28 win to finish …

In a Duke’s Mayo Bowl game where both schools had two-touchdown leads, the trophy ended up shattered in the Wisconsin locker room, and there was an expected celebration mayo bath that never panned out, the Badgers wound up with a 42-28 win to finish the year at 4-3.

As you can expect from that quick primer, there were some strange statistical anomalies in this one. From four second half interceptions thrown by Wake Forest QB Sam Hartman to a serious contrast in pace of play between these two teams, here is a look at how Wisconsin was able to come away with a win:

Remembering the longest year in Celtics Wire’s top five stories of 2020

These were our top stories of 2020.

2020 might just have been the most chaotic year in the history of the NBA, but with a foundation like no other, the sport not only survived a global pandemic, but thrived and set the gold standard for how to hold a team sport season in the midst of the era of COVID-19.

From Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert’s positive test and the subsequent shutdown lasting nearly four months, nationwide protests for racial justice taking place at the same time — the league successfully navigated several major crises to make a restart at Walt Disney World a success. It was truly the wildest of rides imaginable.

Let’s not forget the loss of Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant, or the passing of Celtic greats Tommy Heinsohn and K.C. Jones — nor the arrival of Kemba Walker and the outstanding season Boston put together despite all the chaos around them.

Here at the Celtics Wire, we’re glad you were along for the ride — let’s take a look back at the top stories of one of the most memorable years in league history in ever sense of the word.