About 70% of eligible NBA players have "now received COVID-19 booster shots," according to sources. That number "comprises about 350 total players -- more than half of a league that has a total player count typically hovering around 500" (ESPN.com, 1/7).
There were 18,942 fans in attendance yesterday for the North Dakota State-Montana State FCS title game at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, which has a capacity of 20,500 (Mult.).
Heading into the weekend, there were 18 teams "still alive, the most the NFL has had in its final week" since '06 (BOSTON GLOBE, 1/9).
Former Univ. of Hawaii players, some parents and state senators "blasted Hawaii head coach Todd Graham and UH officials on Friday night in a nearly three-hour Senate hearing on the state of the program, amid player departures and accusations of verbal abuse from Graham" (THEATHLETIC.com, 1/8).
