Will Campbell says he tore knee ligament during 2025 season

New England Patriotsleft tackleWill Campbellbroke his media silence with a significant revelation on Feb. 10.

After leaving thePatriots' locker room after the Super Bowl without talking to members of the media, Campbell spoke to reporters a couple of days later. According toMark Danielsof MassLive, the first-yearoffensive linemansaid he tore a ligament in his knee during the season.

Campbell said he played at less than 100% during thePatriots' Super Bowl runbut also said it was not an excuse for his struggles down the stretch.

Campbell missed all of December after landing on injured reserve with a knee injury he sustained in a Week 12 game against theCincinnati Bengals. Campbell had to be carted to the locker room after the injury, and he landed on injured reserve the following week. After missing the minimum four games on IR, Campbell returned for Week 18 and the playoffs.

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) makes a catch for a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa's effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.

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Week 1: Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18)makes a catch for a touchdownagainst the Green Bay Packers during the fourth quarter at Lambeau Field. The play was originally ruled an incomplete pass, but the call was overturned. Despite TeSlaa's effort, the Packers won the game 27-13.

The No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft allowed 14 pressures against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl 60, according to Next Gen Stats. That was the most allowed by a single player in any game during the 2025 season, including the playoffs.

Next Gen Stats also attributed 29 total pressures allowed to Campbell over the course of the Patriots' playoff run, which is the most of any player since 2016, the beginning of the Next Gen Stats era.

In the days after the Super Bowl, more than a handful of current and former offensive linemen took to social media to analyze Campbell's struggles. Several pointed to a lack of solid base/foundation in his stance, which could be chalked up to the knee injury he was still recovering from.

Patriots head coachMike Vrabel saidon Feb. 10 that he and the team have no plans to move Campbell to the interior after his rough outing.

"Will's 22 years old. He's our left tackle," Vrabel said. "He'll get better and get stronger. (There were) moments where he played well, moments where he blocked a guy. There's plays he'd like to have back; we're not moving him to guard or center or tight end or anywhere else."

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Braves add catching depth, sign former Rangers All-Star Jonah Heim to $1.25 million. 1-year deal

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — The Atlanta Braves added catching depth while awaiting the return of Sean Murphy by signing former Texas Rangers All-Star Jonah Heim to a $1.25 million, one-year deal on Tuesday.

Heim was with the team for the first workout with pitchers and catchers.

The Braves announced the signing of Heim and placed right-hander Spencer Schwellenbach on the 60-day injured list. Schwellenbach, whose 2025 season was cut short by abroken right elbow, has inflammation in the elbow.

Braves first-year manager Walt Weiss told reporters Schwellenbach has "bone spur type stuff" in addition to the inflammation. "It's going to be significant time he's going to miss," Weiss said.

"I always say before a season even starts your pitching depth is going to get tested. It's inevitable. You'd rather it not be right away in February."

Heim, 30, was an All-Star and Gold Glove winner in 2023, when he hit .258 with 18 homers and 95 RBIs with Texas. He hit .220 in 2024 and .213 last season.

Murphy hadseason-ending surgeryin September to repair a labral tear in his right hip. He began running on Tuesday and said he had no timetable on when he expects to be ready to play.

The Braves are expected to rely on 2025 NL Rookie of the YearDrake Baldwinto handle most starts at catcher to open the season. Heim will serve as depth, possibly allowing Baldwin to remain in the lineup as the designated hitter when he's not catching.

Murphy told reporters: "I feel good. I think we're making good progress on the hip and now we're checking boxes as we go. So far no setbacks and everything is going well."

Infielder Nacho Alvarez also worked with the catchers during the first workout.

Brian Snitker, whoretired after last seasonas manager to assume an advisory role, sat in a golf cart as he chatted with new manager Walt Weiss for the first day of workouts. Snitker will be inducted into the team's hall of fame this year after 49 years in the organization. He led the Braves to the 2021 World Series championship.

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LeBron James bluntly says Lakers aren't a championship team after loss to Thunder: 'We can't sustain energy and effort'

Since starting the season 15-4, in part thanks to a seven-game win streak down the stretch of November, the Los Angeles Lakers have yet to stack more than three wins in a row. They had another chance to accomplish that feat for the first time in the New Year on Monday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

With injuries sidelining reigning NBA MVPShai Gilgeous-Alexanderand 2025-26 NBA scoring leaderLuka Dončić, Crypto.com Arena featured a physical contest that included a combined 52 free throws.

A scrappy Thunder bunch, which leads the league in defensive rating for the second straight season,outlasted the Lakers 119-110, pulling away in the final minute.

Although Oklahoma City (41-13) had dropped its previous two games in the absence of Gilgeous-Alexander, who will be out through at least the All-Star break, and has looked increasingly vulnerable this season, the Thunder are still the defending NBA champions and the Western Conference's top team.

Plus, they're 2-0 against the Lakers (32-20), currently the fifth-place team in the West. More than just eight games separate the Thunder and the Lakers in the conference standings, according to LeBron James.

"That's a championship team right there,"James told reporters postgame. "We're not."

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The 41-year-old James was then asked what's keeping the Lakers from joining the Thunder in that echelon.

"We can't sustain energy and effort for 48 minutes, and they can," he said bluntly. "That's why they won a championship."

James scored 14 of his 22 points in the second half of the loss. He also logged 10 assists and six rebounds. Austin Reaves, in his fourth game backfrom a calf injury, pitched in 16 points off the bench. Marcus Smart finished with 19 points and went 4 of 7 from deep.

But James, Reaves and Smart each missed a 3-point attempt in the final 40-some seconds, as the Thunder held on to win, bolstered by a clutch-time, midrange jumper by Jalen Williams that made it a 115-110 game with 51.9 seconds remaining. Williams had a game-high 23 points, most notably 10 in the final five minutes.

In James' eyes, shotmaking and 50-50 balls made the difference.

While the Lakers' defense has been criticized during the JJ Redick era, including by Redick himself, and they rank 22nd in the NBA in defensive rating this season, James maintained that defense wasn't the problem on Monday against the Thunder.

James conceded that the Lakers let Isaiah Joe get way too many 3-point looks in the first half and weren't executing their switches to a high enough level. Joe hit four 3s and scored 19 points.

"But I mean, listen, for the majority of the second half, I thought we was really good defensively," James said. "We didn't have that many lapses."

Redick was even pleased with his group's effort overall.

"I think when you play the best teams — and Oklahoma City is clearly — you know, you have to have a really high level of effort and you have to have a really high level of execution," Redick said,per ESPN.

"It's got to be both, and I thought for the most part our effort was fantastic. In key stretches of the game, our execution wasn't great."

Regardless if it's execution, effort or energy, these Lakers are too often missing a key ingredient for championship-level success. James called them out after a setback against the defending champs.

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French artist finds happiness drawing spectators at his 17th Olympics in Cortina

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the2026 Olympic Winter GamesMonday night who did not watch any of the runs.

French artist Marc Ahr focused on the spectators to capture their reactions as their national teams triumphed or fell short, and on the beauty of the mountains.

Calling himself the "unofficial painter of the Games," this is Ahr's 17th Olympics. He started in Milan to paint the opening ceremony, hockey and a city panorama, then traveled to Cortina to see luge, women's Alpine skiing and curling. He worked quickly Monday in Cortina, using a black pen to draw the entire scene during thewomen's singles luge event.

"I don't really care if they go fast or not fast," he said as luge athletes hurtled down the icy track. "What's important is, emotion of people."

He drew groups of people watching the screen displaying results and cheering, kids playing in the snow, fans dancing with the Olympic mascot, Tina, and Italian parents comforting their child. Ahr even danced with Tina and drew that, too.

Many people approached Ahr to see what he was up to, especially when they noticed he looked their way as he sketched. He offered to add their names next to their likeness.

For Isabel Hernandez of Mexico, Ahr drew Mexico's flag so she would be recognizable. For a German fan, he drew their face paint.

"I also draw, so it's nice to see people doing it for events like this," Hernandez said. "It's something that I will share with my friends. And people probably won't believe me, but it's fun to know that I have this memory of it."

Bette Wiley, Cheryl Ann Husby and Cynthia Brictson stood together with their arms over each other's shoulders while Ahr put them into the scene. Brictson said she loved it.

Explaining why, she said, "Have you ever been standing in the middle of the Dolomites and had a man sketch you? It doesn't get any more unique than that."

When Ahr finished for the night, he finally looked at the track in time to see a luger. He added a directional arrow to the track he had drawn in black pen.

Ahr had been paying so little attention that he thought athletes went the other way around. Later, he would draw the winner and use watercolors to complete the artwork. He sells his pieces online and at the Olympics.

Ahr does like the athletes, too. In fact, he paints many of their portraits after the Games are over. But during the Games he is happiest interacting with the spectators and soaking up their good energy.

"I use my talent to make people happy," he said. "Why not? This is why I am happy to do it."

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Indiana announces plans to build bronze Bob Knight statue in honor of Hall of Fame coach

For multiple decades, Bob Knight led Indiana University's men's basketball team to unparalleled success. Knight won three national championships, one NIT title and 11 Big Ten Conference titles over his 29 seasons as the team's head coach.

As acknowledgement of Knight's excellence, Indiana University announced Monday that it would build a bronze statue of Knight as a way to immortalize his accomplishments.

The statue of Knight will be displayed at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, where Indiana's men's and women's basketball teams play their home games. Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall opened in 1971, Knight's first year coaching Indiana, and already houses statues honoring the 1976 national championship team. Knight's statue will "be displayed prominently alongside" those statues, per a school release.

That 1976 national championship team was special, as Knight led it to a perfect 32-0 record during the 1975-76 season. That team remains the last Division I men's college basketball team to turn in an undefeated season.

During his 29-year run at Indiana, Knight put up a 662–239 record. That, combined with his national championships, led to Knight being inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Knight's time as Indiana's head coach ended in controversy, as he was fired shortly after being accused of choking one of his former players. After that story emerged, then-Indiana University president Myles Brand put Knight on a "zero-tolerance" policy. After multiple complaints about Knight's conduct, Brand fired Knight in 2000. Indiana students were outraged, marching in protest following the firing. Knight took a year off from coaching before heading to Texas Tech, where he spent his final seven seasons as a head coach. Knight put up a 138-82 record with Texas Tech before retiring in 2008.

For many years following his firing, Knight held a grudge against Indiana. That fence was finally mended in 2020, when Knight attended his first game at the school since his firing in 2000. His presence was met with a rousing ovation.

Three years later,Knight died after a lengthy illness. He was 83.

Indiana University did not reveal a timetable for Knight's statue, but promised to release more information on the project — which is being designed by Hanlon Studios — in the coming months. The project is being fully-funded thanks to an anonymous men's basketball supporter, the school said.

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