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Good morning sports fans, it's Wajih AlBaroudi here with everything you need to know on this Tony Watson Jersey  marvelous Tuesday morning. We had two NFL games last night and have another pair to watch tonight. But it's not all NFL today. We'll also go over what the NHL is doing about its COVID-19 crisis and much more.Without further ado, let's roll. Good morning to everyone but especially to... MIKE ZIMMER AND THE MINNESOTA VIKINGSIt's been a stre sful season for the Minnesota Vikings and coach Mike Zimmer, but Monday's game was anything but. The  in a game that felt much more lopsided, and Minnesota did so with a play style a defensive guru like Zimmer surely appreciated.A final-second, garbage-time pa sing touchdown from Bears quarterback Justin Fields to tight end Jesper Horsted kept the Vikings from their best single-game defensive performance (three points), but the Vikings stillosted a 33-24 pa s-run rateForced three fumblesBlocked a field goalHere's our scribe Tyler Sullivan with :  Sullivan:With so many Vikings games having come down to the wire this season, Zimmer finally enjoyed a game incapable of raising his blood pre sure. Defensive end D.J. Wonnum was the star of Minnesota's defensive outing, posting eight tackles, three sacks and four quarterback hits. Safety Jandel Gustave Jersey  Harrison Smith and cornerback Cameron Dantzler added seven and six tackles, respectively.The Vikings (7-7) will play the Los Angeles Rams at home next and then the Green Bay Packers on the road before closing their season against the Bears in Minnesota. Zimmer will surely be happy to see the offensively-inept Bears again. Honorable mention:Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) earned , a distinction given to the top high-school football team, for the second time in five seasons. And not such a good morning for...THE CLEVELAND BROWNSThe Browns Dave Dravecky Jersey  came into this season with sky-high expectations after winning a playoff game in coach Kevin Stefanski's first year at the helm. This season, however, has borne a closer resemblance to the downtrodden Browns teams of old, including .  Raiders quarterback Derek Carr picked the Browns apart on the final drive to set up a 48-yard game-winning field goal for Daniel Carlson (more on that later), dropping Cleveland to 7-7 and last in the AFC North. The game was postponed from Saturday to Monday due to a COVID-19 outbreak among the Bears.The lo s was crushing for Cleveland, which desperately needed a win to keep its playoff hopes alive. The team did, however, play without Stefanski - who tested positive for COVID a second-consecutive season - and 18 regular contributors, includingB Baker MayfieldQB Case KeenumRB Kareem HuntWR Jarvis LandryTE  Willie Mays Jersey Austin HooperOT Jedrick WillsDE Jadeveon ClowneyDT Malik McDowellLB Mack WilsonCB Troy HillS Ronnie HarrisonS Grant DelpitP Jamie GillanCleveland has a tough remaining schedule: at the Green Bay Packers, at the Pittsburgh Steelers and home to the Cincinnati Bengals. With five AFC teams locked at 7-7, the Browns' chances of making the playoffs for a second time since 2002 are now murkier.   NHL pausing season through Christmas over COVID-19 concerns After  Matt Williams Jersey a rash of , the league announced late last night that they've to prevent any further spread. As of Monday night, 11 teams had individually paused their seasons and over 15% player of the league's players remained in virus protocols.Only three games remain until the 's pause on Wednesday night. Here's a timeline for what's aheadec. 22: All team facilities closeDec. 26: Players return, get COVID testsDec. 27: Games resumeThe NHL is hoping its decision to pause the season now will end - or at least slow - the rapid spread of COVID within the league. All players -- except the Detroit Red Wings' Tyler Bertuzzi -- have received the vaccine, but over 40 games have been postponed while over a third of the league had to individually pause their seasons.  Earlier this week, the NHL suspended all games involving Canada-U.S. travel to combat the spread of COVID and instituted new rules in its virus protocols. 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He's a 14-time All-Star, 10-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time Gold Glove winner who led the New York Yankees to a World Series title in 2009.The 46-year-old is also:One of three players with 2,000 career runs and RBI, joining Hank Aaron and Babe RuthFourth on the all-time home run list Kevin Pillar Jersey  with 696Seventh on the all-time extra-base hit list with 1,27512th in career WAR among position players at 117.5While those numbers are impre sive, it's, uh, pretty well known that MLB suspended Rodriguez for the entire 2014 season, citing his use and po se sion of PEDs "over the course of multiple years" and his attempt to obstruct the league's investigation into steroid usage.So, the case  Pat Burrell Jersey for Rodriguez is complicated -- to say the least:Snyder: And the Rodriguez debate rages on.Why watching Tiger Woods and his son golf together is special Just 10 months after Tiger Woods suffered , the 82-time PGA Tour winner made his return to competitive golf at Sunday's PNC Championship in Orlando. He competed with his son, Charlie, to produce one of