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JONES CALLED UP, BUT WILL HE PLAY? ... POCHETTINO SAID LEAVING USMNT FOR MANU

  STOP THE PRESSES … The NHL Utah Mammoth recalled  ZAC JONES  from the  AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners late Sunday. But, don’t hold your  breath. There are no guarantees the 26-year-old defenseman  from Richmond will get any ice time. So, what else is new? …  Despite putting up some big numbers in previous AHL stints,  including 52 assists and 62 points in 60 games to earn the   EDDIE SHORE  Award as the league’s best defenseman a  season ago for Buffalo’s top farm team, Jones hasn’t appeared  in an NHL game since 2024-25 when he basically was reduced  to an afterthought by the New York Rangers … even though he  proved to be a more than adequate replacement for perennial  all-star  ADAM FOX , among others sidelined with injuries …  Off to another strong start in Tucson (13 games: 8 assists and 3  goals, among them a game-winner in OT last time out), Jones  apparently has been summoned to serve as U...
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CIGNETTI CONTINUES TO WIN DESPITE POOR SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY

  Weekend Stuff … college football, mostly: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT … from the song of the same  name we give you  CURT CIGNETTI , whose 4th-ranked,  defending national champion Indiana Hoosiers beat Minnesota  23-16 despite enough mistakes to last a lifetime … not the least  of which was one by the coach himself ... for not using No. 2  kicking specialist  PADDIE McATEER sooner… For it was the  transfer from Troy State who booted a 60-yard field goal – his  longest ever, by far – on the last snap of regulation to force  overtime … matching one a few minutes earlier from the same  distance by arguably the Big Ten’s best kicker, New Mexico  transfer  LUKE DRZEWIEDKI , who enrolled at Minnesota in  August and had made his last 25 field goal attempts (longest  active streak in the nation) coming into this one. So it was no surprise he made it 26 straight … and that, with 19  seconds left in regulation, seemin...
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FROM 'PATHETIC' WNBA TO ANTSY LEBRON TO WALKING -- WHAT'S THAT? -- IN THE NBA

  Of All Things: WHAT’S LEFT … for those pathetic losers in the WNBA who are doing their best to overcome all the interest in women’s  hoops built by  CAITLIN CLARK ’s arrival? … Now both  teams in the league finals are leaving the floor prior to the  National Anthem … returning as soon as it is over. Introducing a segment he called “They’ve got gripes with the  stars and stripes,” late-night talk show host/comedian  GREG  GUTFELD  said, “Protesting the anthem has been common  practice for many WNBA teams for years … The league’s rule  book says players, coaches and trainers must stand and line up  for the anthem but nobody enforces it … so they get up and  leave when they play the Star-Spangled Banner … just like  when men leave a bar when the WNBA is on.” SPEAKING OF WHICH … You’ve got to believe that  eventually the NBA’s legion of fans will become weary of  such nonsense and find other, more satisfying, ...
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