The Detroit Lions have officially lost another member of their coaching staff, this time to a familiar face.

According to NFL insider Adam Schefter, the New York Jets are hiring Lions assistant tight ends coach Seth Ryan as their new passing game coordinator, continuing what has become a steady pipeline from Detroit to New York under head coach Aaron Glenn.

Ryan’s move marks the latest example of Glenn pulling from the Lions organization as he continues to build his staff with coaches he knows and trusts.

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At just 31 years old, Ryan has quickly established himself as a fast-rising assistant in NFL circles. He joined Detroit in 2021 as an offensive quality control coach, later moved into an assistant wide receivers role, and most recently served as the Lions’ assistant tight ends coach. His versatility across multiple offensive positions made him an attractive candidate for an expanded role.

The hire also carries a strong family legacy. Ryan becomes the third generation of Ryans to coach the Jets, following his father Rex Ryan and grandfather Buddy Ryan, both of whom left significant marks on the franchise.

While the loss stings for Detroit, Ryan’s departure is also a reflection of how highly regarded the Lions’ coaching staff has become across the league. Coaches leaving for promotions elsewhere is often the price of success — and a sign that Detroit is developing top-tier talent both on and off the field.

For Aaron Glenn, it’s another trusted voice added to his staff. For the Lions, it’s another reminder that their assistants are in demand.

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Senior NFL insider Dianna Russini wrote on Saturday that she’s “increasingly skeptical” that Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby will remain with the Las Vegas Raiders.

Russini’s report comes amid rampant trade rumors linking the superstar edge rusher to the New England Patriots.

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“But to coaches and general managers around the league, it’s pretty obvious. The Las Vegas Raiders’ star edge rusher would be highly interested in pursuing a change of scenery,” Russini wrote for The Athletic. “Crosby remains under contract, but there’s a strong sense in league circles that he could be there for the taking, despite the Raiders likely demanding a high price (think a Micah Parsons-like package). Las Vegas is not expected to try to make Crosby stay if he truly wants out.”

The insider added that even the Raiders’ expected hiring of Klint Kubiak as their next head coach isn’t likely to sway Crosby’s desires.

“Once the Raiders, as expected, hire Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, Crosby will have a fifth full-time head coach since he debuted in 2019. He has played in one career playoff game. Imagine what he could do with a stable organization accustomed to winning,” Russini said. “The reality is, if Crosby does become available, the Patriots would be just one of many interested teams. It’s unclear how this will play out, but I’m increasingly skeptical he’ll play a down for Kubiak.”

The 28-year-old addressed the trade chatter on Friday, saying “For me, I just sit back and laugh. Because I know my truth…”

Crosby underwent knee surgery in January after missing the end of the regular season with a meniscus injury.

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When the Seattle Seahawks take the field against the New England Patriots on Sunday, it will be their fourth Super Bowl appearance.

The franchise’s first appearance came in 2006 in Super Bowl XL, as quarterback Matt Hasselbeck led them to a 13-3 record in the regular season. However, the Seahawks’ first trip to the big game did not go as they hoped, as they lost 21-10 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In that game, Hasselbeck completed 26 of his 49 passes for 273 yards with one touchdown and one interception. In a recent interview with Fox News Digital, the 50-year-old said there is only one thing he would have done differently.

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Seattle Seahawks quarterback (8) Matt Hasselbeck warms up before the Super Bowl XL against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on Feb. 5, 2006. (Matthew Emmons/USA TODAY Sports Copyright © 2006)

“I don’t think there’s anything that I would have done differently other than maybe not losing my poise. There were a couple of calls in the game that didn’t go our way, and I lost my cool on the referee and didn’t regain my poise by the time the 40-second clock had, you know, it was time to snap the next play,” Hasselbeck told Fox News Digital in a recent interview with the Family Heart Foundation.

“So, I did throw an interception on that play that I’m talking about and then I made the tackle on that interception and then I got flagged again for making the tackle which, you know, that’s a whole (other thing) I got even more upset.”

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Quarterback Matt Hasselbeck (8) of the Seattle Seahawks throws a pass in the second quarter against the Chicago Bears in the 2011 NFC divisional playoff game at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, on Jan. 16, 2011. (Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

The three-time Pro Bowler said that he learned the lesson of just taking things at a time. That lesson from the Seahawks’ Super Bowl loss didn’t just help him as an athlete, but also a father.

“If something in your mind (that’s) ridiculous happens, move on. And so I think that’s something that’s helped me certainly as an athlete, it’s helped me as a dad. You know, you get in the car, my kids would tell you, you get in the car after a sporting event with me, you are not allowed to talk about the referees. You can talk about whatever you want to talk about, but you’re not talking about the officials. Not doing it. And it’s a lesson I had to learn the hard way,” Hasselbeck said.

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Former Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck greets fans before the NFC Championship game against the Los Angeles Rams at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, on Jan. 25, 2026. (Jane Gershovich/Getty Images)

While the Seahawks did not win Super Bowl XL, they returned to the Super Bowl in the 2013 season, and trounced the Denver Broncos 43-8 to capture the franchise’s first-ever title. They made the Super Bowl the following season, against the Patriots, but lost 28-24 as Russell Wilson was intercepted on the goal line by Malcolm Butler to seal the loss.

Now, the latest iteration of the Seahawks hopes to bring the franchise’s record in Super Bowls to .500 and get revenge on the Patriots for the heartbreaking defeat from over 11 years ago.

The Seahawks play the Patriots at 6:30 p.m. ET on Sunday.

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Afghanistan’s cricketers have toured continents, lifted trophies and earned global recognition, yet one deeply personal ambition remains unrealised — the chance to play an international match on home soil. For Rashid Khan, that absence still outweighs any silverware collected abroad.

Decades of conflict have meant Afghanistan has never hosted a full international fixture in Kabul. With infrastructure repeatedly damaged and security concerns persistent, the team has been forced to adopt overseas venues as makeshift homes. Across different phases, Greater Noida, Dehradun and Lucknow in India, along with Sharjah and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, have all served as Afghanistan’s de facto bases.

Despite the prolonged exile, Rashid refuses to let go of the dream.

“Yes, that’s bigger than the World Cup to be honest, for me and for the team and every individual. We play an international game in Afghanistan and then all these people will see how people back home in Afghanistan are, how they are welcoming players and how they are enjoying cricket and that’s something which is more than a dream to be playing international cricket in your own country,” Rashid said, speaking on the eve of Afghanistan’s T20 World Cup clash against New Zealand.

The Afghan captain acknowledged the affection the team receives wherever it travels, especially during stints in the IPL, but stressed that nothing compares to playing before one’s own people.

“When we play IPL here (in India), when we play an international game, we see how much their international stars are supported by the local fans and how much they give them love, like we get so much love, I am not saying we don’t get love here.

“Whenever we play here, we get lots of love and support, especially playing in IPL and also the World Cup we played (2023), we haven’t felt like being away from Afghanistan. But when you play in your own country, it’s a kind of different feeling and the world will see the country Afghanistan as well, how beautiful it is. But hopefully, one day we make that possible for an international team to come and they play cricket there,” he said.

Beyond the absence of home internationals, Rashid highlighted another structural challenge — the lack of a robust domestic cricket ecosystem. He admitted that talent identification becomes increasingly difficult without regular white-ball competitions.

“We don’t have much cricket in Afghanistan, especially the shorter format. We have four-day cricket, but not much of the white ball cricket and then some time for you as a captain, it becomes very hard to pick the team because you don’t have many options like in India where lots of tournaments are happening every day and you see lots of talents,” he said.

According to Rashid, what Afghanistan cricket misses most is sustained competition, something he believes is essential for growth.

“For me, what we are missing at the moment is competition. When you have competition, you will try your best. Any spinner from Afghanistan who wants to play for Afghanistan will know that he will have to compete with Rashid, to compete with Noor or Mujeeb. The target is set very high and I also have to work very hard.

“I feel if we get that kind of competition in the batting as well, we are going to go to different level. But it only comes when you have a very strong domestic cricket, you have lots of competition back home, that’s where you can get the talent and I hope we focus more on our domestic cricket. But whatever you see on TV, it’s all just natural talent,” he said.

Rashid also expressed his desire to see Afghanistan’s women cricketers represented on the international stage, while acknowledging that such decisions lie beyond a player’s control.

“I feel like that’s the kind of criteria for, I think, being a full member. So, the ICC, the Afghanistan Cricket Board, they have the better idea. But we love to see anyone representing Afghanistan on any stage, it’s a proud moment. But I think it’s all about the decision to be taken by the ACB and ICC, sometimes things as a player, you don’t have much in the control and we only think about the controllable things.

“But in this situation, we are in a kind of situation where you can’t really have much say in it, but yes, the support you have there, it’s always there, but bigger people come in and they take the decision and they take it forward,” he said.

After becoming WBO super-lightweight champion and being stripped of his lightweight belt, it seems as though Shakur Stevenson may stick around in the 140lb division.

Stevenson beat Teofimo Lopez concincingly in New York last weekend and despite calling out welterweight Conor Benn, he also had the option of returning to the lightweight scene in an attempt to become undisputed champion

However, the WBC have since made the sudden decision to strip Stevenson of their green and gold belt – a decision that did not go down well with the fighter himself.

As a result, Stevenson may now remain at super-lightweight and continue his WBO reign, particulary given the fact that he is only willing to take on welterweight contenders that agree to a 10-pound rehydration clause – a stipulation many not be willing to sign up for.

Speaking to Smitty Lewis, WBA super-lightweight world champion Gary Antuanne Russell explained that Stevenson’s fight with Lopez went exactly how he thought he would, before declaring that he is ‘belt chasing’ – opening the door to a clash with Stevenson.

“I already said how the fight was possibly going to go. I said that Shakur was going to put him on the ropes and keep him on the end of that stick. If Teofimo didn’t got the game plan, he was going to lose.

“If he didn’t come with the right game plan and the right mental, in the right shape, like how he fought [Vasyl] Lomachenko, he was going to lose.

“It was a 50/50, he got the ability to win, both of them is nice but styles make fights and I saw that Teofimo didn’t show up how he was supposed to.

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“[I will fight any champion at 140lbs] and 140 is boomin’. I am straight belt chasin’.”

Before Russell can truly focus on unifications, he must first get past mandatory challenger Andy Hiraoka, whom he fights in two weeks’ time on the Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia undercard in Las Vegas.

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Robert Kraft’s Blue Square Alliance Against Hate antisemitism ad faced criticism from a columnist on Thursday.

The ad called on Americans to stand up against antisemitism and all forms of hate through the “Sticky Note” campaign. The commercial featured a young student who is victimized in the halls of his school for being Jewish, with classmates sticking a degrading, antisemitic note on his backpack without him noticing.

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft before the 2026 AFC Championship Game at Empower Field at Mile High on Jan. 25, 2026. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn Images)

It goes on to show a fellow student silently overlaying the hateful sticky note with one of his own, a blue square. The student also places a similar blue square on his chest and proudly walks alongside the Jewish boy.

Tablet Magazine’s Liel Leibovitz appeared to be seeing more red than blue. He wrote that Kraft would “go down in history as having created the single most embarrassing, idiotic, abominable, counterproductive, no good, very bad ad in the big game’s history.”

Leibovitz went on to compare Kraft’s push to raise awareness about stopping hate against Jews to the Black Lives Matter movement. He wrote that the New England Patriots owner “thought it was a swell idea to promote precisely the same spineless brand of clicktivism that embodied the worst of the #BLM moral panic days.”

Owner Robert Kraft introduces Mike Vrabel as head coach of the New England Patriots during a press conference at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Jan. 13. (Billie Weiss/Getty Images)

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“But the new ad is so offensive not only because it blows—or because, in reality, prominent American Muslims have spent the past three years acting very un-Bilal-like and drumming up everything from modern-day blood libels to violent antisemitic pint-sized pogroms on college campuses—but also because of what it tells us about the mindset of so much of organized Judaism these days,” he added.

Leibovitz argued that ads like that need to be tougher and more to the point.

The Blue Square Alliance Against Hate has released ads calling on Americans to rid of antisemitism. The group has had previous campaigns showcasing powerful ads, including its “When There Are No Words” message that had a heavy impact in October 2025.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft smiles before the NFL 2025 game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 19. (Kara Durrette/Getty Images)

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During last year’s Super Bowl, Tom Brady and Snoop Dogg were among those featured in “No Reason To Hate.” Blue Square also ran its “Silence” ad during the Super Bowl in 2024.

Fox News’ Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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Former New York Jets first-round draft pick Darron Lee was arrested in Tennessee and charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend earlier this week, according to police. 

Lee, 31, was arrested by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Thursday and charged with first-degree murder and tampering with or fabricating evidence, according to online records. He is currently being held without bond and is due back in court Wednesday. 

New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in the first move made by interim general manager Adam Gase. (Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com)

The Ohio State standout’s arrest stems from the death of his girlfriend, who has not yet been identified by law enforcement pending family notification. 

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ESPN reported that deputies were dispatched to residence with reports of CPR in progress Thursday afternoon. Once on the scene, first responders attempted to perform life-saving measures on a woman before she was later declared dead.

The sheriff’s department later ruled her death a homicide.

“Due to the condition of the victim and the residence, HCSO Criminal Investigative Services Detectives responded. Preliminary findings indicate the victim’s death was the result of a homicide,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

Lee, 31, was arrested by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Thursday and charged with first degree murder and tampering with fabricating evidence. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office)

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Lee has had previous run-ins with the law. In 2023, he was arrested in Ohio following allegations of domestic violence against his own mother and the mother of his son. He reached a plea agreement, which included a one-day jail sentence. 

A national champion with the Buckeyes, Lee was drafted by the Jets in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. He played three seasons with the Jets, but was suspended four games at the end of the season due to a PED violation.

Kansas City Chiefs inside linebacker Darron Lee (50) reacts as he defends against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second quarter at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh won 17-7 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Aug. 17, 2019. (Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports)

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 He was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019 and was a member of the Super Bowl-winning team that season, though he was not active for the game. 

He was suspended a second time in 2020 and later signed with the Buffalo Bills and played in two games that year.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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