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On Monday, Hecker was supposed to be reporting on a local heat wave for local Fox station KRIV in Houston. Instead, she said the network had been “muzzling” her and other reporters so they would keep quiet about unspecified “information.” She then announced that a “behind the scenes” recording would be shared on Tuesday. “I want to let you, the viewers, know that Fox Corp. has been muzzling me to keep certain information from you, the viewers,” Hecker said during the live broadcast....

Unfortunately, a more subjective on-field distinction — being regarded as the best defensive player in league history — is no longer viable for J.J. Watt. For the second straight year, Watt had his season end before it ever really got started. Watt suffered a tibial plateau fracture in his left leg Sunday night during Houston’s 42-34 loss to Kansas City. Watt was rushing up-field when he crossed legs with a teammate doing the same....

Twitter made some highly amusing jokes about the free-agent guard after it was reported Thursday that the NBA plans not to test players for marijuana use in the 2020-21 season, continuing a policy that began last summer in the Orlando bubble. NBA reporter Ben Dowsett reported that the league’s decision is a safety measure related to COVID-19 as it wants to reduce unnecessary contact, though it’s possible the policy could become permanent moving forward....

Wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase will reportedly be out for the next four to six weeks with a hip injury. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported he is not expected to need surgery, and the issue is not expected to be season-ending, but it could result in an injured reserve stint. This is a massive blow to an offense that had finally clicked after a slow start to the season....

NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) It’s been a breakout year for the Grizzlies guard, who appears to have taken the next step towards superstardom this season. In 18 games he’s averaging 25.3 points per game, 7.1 assists, and 5.8 rebounds. Just prior to the start of the new season Morant told Michael Scotto of HoopsHype that he felt he was a top-five point guard in the league....

Protesters reportedly shook a fence surrounding the Kenosha County Courthouse and threw bottles, rocks and fireworks while facing off against law enforcement officers who aimed tear gas and pepper balls at them. Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers had called in the National Guard to support local law enforcement at the protests on Monday. Blake, a 29-year-old unarmed Black man, was shot in the back by members of the Kenosha Police Department multiple times as he attempted in enter his vehicle on a residential street as his young children sat inside on Sunday....

Patrick Cafferty, Blake’s local lawyer, told Reuters that the restraints were removed after a court hearing on the warrants, where they were vacated. Additionally, police officers who had been guarding Blake’s hospital room have now left, he said. Cafferty told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Friday that the warrants were vacated after $500 bail was posted. The criminal case against Blake remains open, however. “The charges are still pending and we will be dealing with those,” Cafferty told the Journal-Sentinel....

And in the latest episode of her Facebook Watch show, the actress welcomed her son, Jaden Smith, to join her and her mother, Adrienne Banfield Norris, to discuss the use of magic mushrooms. Pinkett Smith, 50, revealed that they landed on the subject after Smith, 23, said he wanted to discuss the psychedelic drug, which he told his mother he first tried out of “curiosity” before finding purported mental health benefits....

“If you are so lucky in life as to have that be your medical problem, just say ’thanks God,’” Maher said during his HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher. “It’s not life threatening. It’s part of…aging.” Alopecia is an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss. However, its impact differs from one individual to the other. Some could lose some parts of their hair while others could lose more. Some individuals also could find their hair growing back or lost permanently, according to WebMD....

But we must remember that when he is on the field, he is a scary, scary man. MORE: Week 8 live scoreboard | Heisman Watch | Midseason All-Americans Tennessee running back Raijon Neal found out the hard way. (GIF via GIFD Sports) (GIF via Buzzfeed Sports) While it wasn't as vicious as his Outback Bowl hit, it was pretty similar. (GIF via Guyism) Yeah, he still has it. 

They made the acquisition of the former Texans edge pass-rusher a reality with their shrewd trade for him during NFL final roster cuts on Saturday. Houston was set to part ways with Clowney ever since he was disappointed to be franchise-tagged as a defensive end/outside linebacker for 2019. The other teams most in the mix for Clowney were the Dolphins, who seemingly didn’t offer enough, and the Eagles, who would have had a hard time fitting Clowney under their tight salary cap....

He was involved this week in a closest-to-the-pin contest at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., in advance of The Players Championship, and on the fabled No. 17 island hole, DeVille put his shot just a few feet from the cup. The 117-yard 17th is one of the most iconic holes in golf, and one of the most difficult ones, too. Hitting the green is not easy to do for pros, let alone a person in a giant mascot suit....

There are too many teams ahead of the Jaguars for them to earn the No. 7 seed and third wild card; finishing, at best, a game above .500 isn’t likely to cut it. But they have a more promising path to the Super Bowl 57 tournament as AFC South champions — which would give them a No. 4 seed and a first-round home game. MORE: Updated NFL standings, playoff picture for Week 15...

So it’s logicial that Okafor, the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2014 who hails from Whitney Young High in Chicago, would be in attendance at the game. He confirmed as much on Twitter. He then followed up that news snippet with something open-ended that could be taken so many ways. So is Okafor’s heart with Duke and his head with Kansas? Or is Okafor’s heart with Kansas and his head with Duke?...

The pitches upset the Pirates, and reliever Tony Watson retaliated by plunking Arrieta in the hip in the seventh. MORE: Top photos from wild-card game | Arrieta fulfills wild-card destiny | Postseason schedule “I anticipated that,” said Arrieta after the Cubs’ 4-0 win. “It’s just one of those situations where you expect Tony to protect his guys.” Watson’s plunking of Arrieta led to the benches emptying and the ejection of Pittsburgh’s Sean Rodriguez, who appeared to throw a punch at David Ross....

Paul and Robinson clashed at the Staples Center in Los Angeles this weekend during a boxing match that came to a swift end in the second round, with Paul landing a K/O on the three-time Slam Dunk Champion to earn a second professional victory. They entered the ring as the Mike Tyson v.s. Roy Jones Jr. undercard, a long-awaited confrontation that was hosted by a social media company called Triller....

Guillermo del Toro, writer and director of acclaimed films like 2017 Oscar-winner The Shape of Water, heaped praise onto the forthcoming flick in a Wednesday tweet. “I say it again: Avatar 2 - seeing it you realize how long it has been since you saw a MOVIE-MOVIE (like that, in caps),” he wrote. Del Toro, who has been friends with Cameron for some time, gave Avatar 2 an earlier endorsement in a tweet last month: “A staggering achievement- AVATAR TWOW is chokefull of majestic Vistas and emotions at an epic, epic scale....

Steelers third-year running back James Conner is questionable to return to Sunday’s home opener against the Seahawks, the team announced. Conner suffered the left knee injury in the second half and limped off the field, though he was able to make it to the medical tent under his own power. The Steelers have also lost linebacker Vince Williams and safety Sean Davis to injuries. The Seahawks held a 28-25 lead through the fourth quarter....