Month: December 2021

By ROB MAADDI, AP Pro Football Writer Since his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Brian Dawkins has worked hard to break the stigma surrounding mental health. The NFL and many players are also doing their part to tackle the issue. Dawkins, a nine-time Pro Bowl safety and four-time All-Pro during 16 seasons with the Eagles and Broncos, has been on a mission to spread awareness about Hey Dude Women's Shoes  what he calls cerebral wellness since revealing a few years ago that he suffered from depression and had suicidal thoughts early in his playing career. “There’s so much negative connotation still attached to mental health,” Dawkins said recently on the AP Pro Football Podcast. “Matter of fact, when I say mental health, the thing that usually...

By SIMMI BUTTAR, AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After another dominating win, Aaron Rodgers still owns the Chicago Bears. Another thing his team owns: the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll for the first time in a month. The Green Bay Packers earned five of the 12 first-place votes for 375 points in balloting Tuesday by media members who regularly cover the NFL. The Packers gained a spot in the poll and currently have Skechers Shoes Outlets the top seed in the NFC going into Week 15 and the final month of the regular season. They beat the Bears 45-30 on Sunday night for their sixth consecutive victory over their longtime rival. “Aaron Rodgers still owns the Bears, and the Packers are in the driver’s seat for home-field advantage throughout...

By BRIAN MAHONEY, AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Curry never wanted to say it himself, even if others have been saying it for years. He struck the same pose hours earlier Tuesday night after shooting his way to the top of the NBA record book with his 2,974th 3-pointer in the first quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ win over the New York Knicks. Curry broke the record set by Ray Allen, who held it for Hoka Shoes  10 years after passing Reggie Miller. They were both at the game and presented Curry with a jersey with a 2,974 on the back. That number could be 4,000 or more by the time Curry is done playing a game in a way that barely existed before him. “He has totally changed the game of basketball as we know it,” teammate Draymond...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A telethon hosted by the University of Kentucky Athletics has raised more than $3 million in donations with matching funds to benefit victims of last weekend’s deadly tornadoes in western Kentucky. Proceeds from the “Kentucky United for Tornado Relief” telethon will go to the American Red Cross. Donations had reached $3,031,241 with more coming in as the four-hour telethon concluded Tuesday night at Kentucky’s Kroger Field football stadium. The total included $50,000 from Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtman, a Nicholasville, Kentucky, native. The event, televised by WLEX-TV with assistance Clarks Shoes  from JMI Sports and streamed on the station’s and Kentucky athletics’ Facebook pages, included Wildcats student athletes and area head co...

By CLAY BAILEY, Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — DeAndre Williams had 20 points and six assists, Jalen Duren added 14 points and Memphis finally played to its potential, beating No. 6 Alabama 92-78 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game skid. Landers Nolley added 13 points for Memphis (6-4), Hoka Shoes which came into the season with a highly touted recruiting class and topped out with the No. 9 ranking in the AP Top 25. But the Tigers got pounded by Iowa State and lost close games to Georgia, Ole Miss and Murray State to fall out of the poll. “I’m definitely enjoying every moment of this,” Memphis coach Penny Hardaway said. “This team is together now.” Keon Ellis led the Crimson Tide (8-2) with 19 points. Jahvon Quinerly finished with 12 points and ...

Running footwear has embraced carbon plates for their propulsive and energy-giving characteristics. But those same carbon plates that move runners forward fast have struggled to handle changing terrains underfoot. Hoka Shoes has a solution with parallel carbon fiber plates in the brand's Tecton X trail racing shoe, designed to provide the propulsive benefits of carbon fiber but with an update to improve a runner's agility on uneven trails. "When you incorporate a carbon fiber plate into a shoe, you get a ton of propulsive benefits that help with speed, but the rigidity of a typical plate can also pose a potential challenge," says Gretchen Weimer, Hoka vice president of product. "Hoka developed the dual plate design in the Tecton X, hereby maintaining the propulsive benefits of a carbon ...