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In Philadelphia, the Sixers are dealing with a roster situation that has the whole league paying attention. LeBron James and Joel Embiid are both sitting out Saturday night in the second game of a back-to-back — the first time Philly has been without both stars simultaneously. That's a massive hole to fill, and whoever suits up tonight better be ready to carry an enormous load.
Shifting to college football, and a story that has Raleigh buzzing — Philip Rivers could be heading home. After NC State parted ways with Dave Doeren following a stunning loss to Stanford that ended a fourteen-year tenure, the Wolfpack have reportedly zeroed in on Rivers as the focus of their head coaching search. The former NFL quarterback is an NC State alum, and the program clearly believes his name carries enough weight to reset the culture.
And in NASCAR, Riley Herbst is cleared to race at Martinsville on Sunday, just one week after a terrifying crash at Talladega left him with a wrist injury. The twenty three eleven Racing team will have a backup driver on standby, and whether Herbst can complete all five hundred laps is genuinely uncertain — but the young driver is strapping in regardless.
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