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Josh Allen wins AP NFL Most Valuable Player award NEW ORLEANS (AP) Josh Allen edged two-time winner Lamar Jackson for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award in the closest race since Matt Ryan beat out Tom Brady in 2016.

Allen, who led Buffalo to a fifth straight AFC East title, got 27 first-place votes to Jacksons 23 and finished with 383 points.

He received 22 second-place votes and one third.

Jackson, who led the Ravens to a second straight AFC North championship, got 26 second-place votes and one fourth for a total of 362 points.

How Josh Allen beat out Lamar Jackson for AP NFL MVP NEW ORLEANS (AP) For the past 11 seasons, being named the AP first-team All-Pro quarterback was a prelude to winning the NFLs MVP award.

There was some logic to that with quarterbacks providing the most value to a team and the same panel picking the All-Pro team and all of the awards.

There was a rare flip this year with Buffalos Josh Allen narrowly edging Baltimores Lamar Jackson in the MVP voting after finishing second in All-Pro voting revealed last month.

The NFL announces the Steelers will play in Dublin in 2025 for Ireland's first regular-season game NEW ORLEANS (AP) Dublin will host Irelands first NFL regular-season game when the Pittsburgh Steelers play at Croke Park in 2025, the league announced Friday.

The announcement came two days before the Chiefs and Eagles meet in the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

The Irish capital joins Madrid and Berlin as first-time hosts next season as the league continues to expand its global footprint.

The NFL announced earlier this week that a game would be played in Australia in 2026.

The Steelers have long-standing ties to the Emerald Isle and a partnership with the Gaelic Athletic Association, which operates Croke Park.

The date and Pittsburghs opponent will be announced this spring.

The revamped Superdome is set to host its 8th Super Bowl after half a century of memorable moments NEW ORLEANS (AP) NFL coach Sean Payton says he can't think of a major American sporting venue that has aged as well as the nearly 50-year-old Superdome.

The unmistakable figure in the New Orleans skyline is hosting its eighth Super Bowl on Sunday.

Many major professional stadiums from the Superdome's era are no longer standing.

Neither are many built years after it.

But the Superdome's expansive and sturdy design has allowed its interior to be updated multiple times over the years.

That's kept it viable as the home of the NFL's New Orleans Saints and in the Super Bowl rotation.

The Superdome also has hosted six NCAA mens Final Fours and 13 college football games that decided that sport's national champion.

Lindsey Vonn hit pause on her life to 'set a new standard of whats possible' back on the ski slopes SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) She helped Salt Lake City secure hosting rights for the 2034 Winter Olympics and designed her own skiwear and goggles lines.

She invested in and advised companies and made a film about childhood idol Picabo Street.

She hosted a reality TV dog show while staying in shape between surgeries to repair her various skiing injuries.

Lindsey Vonn had plenty going on during her nearly six years of retirement.

All those ventures are on hold now though.

Thats because Vonn recently came out of retirement and is back ski racing at the age of 40.

She's currently at the world championships preparing to chase a medal in Saturdays downhill.

Hubie Brown, a basketball coach, broadcaster and always a teacher, calls his final game at 91 Hubie Brown taught basketball as an elective when he took his first college coaching job in 1968.

He hasn't stopped teaching the game since.

He did it both as a coach and later as a broadcaster.

Now 91, the Hall of Famer will call his final game Sunday when Philadelphia plays at Milwaukee on ABC.

Brown was twice the NBA Coach of the Year and has called 18 NBA Finals between TV and radio.

Mike Breen, his broadcast partner Sunday, says Brown has probably taught more people about the game of basketball than anybody thats ever lived.

Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe make the Pro Football Hall of Fame NEW ORLEANS (AP) Antonio Gates, Jared Allen, Eric Allen and Sterling Sharpe have been voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the smallest induction class in 20 years following offseason rule changes meant to make it harder to get inducted.

Sharpe got in as a seniors candidate and will join younger brother Shannon as the first siblings ever inducted into the Hall.

Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning fell short and won't join older brother Peyton in Canton.

The induction ceremony will be held Aug.

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Nielsen says Christmas had more viewing on streaming services than any day ever NEW YORK (AP) Christmas Day marked a milestone in media history, even if it's likely to be surpassed.

The Nielsen company said it there was more viewing on streaming services that day than ever before.

Netflix showed two NFL games on Christmas Day, with Beyonce performing at halftime of the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans contest.

Roughly half of all viewing that day was on streaming services, the rest television networks, and it was the first day Nielsen had recorded more than 50 billion streaming minutes.

The second most-streamed day came two weeks later, when Prime Video showed an NFL playoff game.

Streaming has methodically increased its share of viewing compared to television networks over the past decade.

Silicon Valley and Indian investors spend big as English cricket goes up for sale Foreign investors have been googly-eyed about English soccer for decades.

Now they are buying into an even more quintessential English sport - cricket.

Auctions of franchises in a tournament called The Hundred have attracted investors from India, Silicon Valley and New York.

With the eight franchises now up for auction, English cricket is set to make more than 500 million pounds through the sale of teams that have American-style nicknames while playing in some of the most-storied cricket stadiums in the world.

Investors in the London Spirit include Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

LeBron James becomes oldest player to score 40 points in NBA history, dropping 42 in Lakers' victory LOS ANGELES (AP) Age is more than just a number to LeBron James.

Its also a target.

The 40-year-old James became the oldest player to score 40 points in an NBA game when he put up a season-high 42 in the Los Angeles Lakers 120-112 victory over the Golden State Warriors.

James passed the record held by Michael Jordan, his idol and the only other NBA player to score 40 after his 40th birthday.

Jordan did it for the Washington Wizards just three days after turning 40 in February 2003.

James is 38 days removed from his 40th birthday last Dec.

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