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The Detroit Lions have made their big offseason hire. They moved on from John Morton as the offensive playcaller after one season, trying to replace Ben Johnson. Now, Dam Campbell has his new guy on offense. The Lions have hired Drew Petzing as the offensive coordinator, fresh off a stint in the same role with the Arizona Cardinals. The #Lions are hiring former #AZCardinals OC Drew Petzing as their new offensive coordinator, per me and @TomPelissero. An extensive search leads Dan Campbell to an experienced play-caller for his offense. pic.twitter.com/Q9bcQvDlkn — Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 19, 2026 “The Lions are hiring former Cardinals OC Drew Petzing as their new offensive coordinator, per me and Tom Pelissero,” NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported. “An extensive search leads Dan Campbell to an experienced play-caller for his offense.” The Lions missed the playoffs in their first year without Johnson calling the plays, while he led the Chicago Bears to the Divisional Round. Now, Petzing comes in to work alongside Jared Goff and an all-star cast of weapons. The post Lions hire Drew Petzing from Cardinals as new offensive coordinator appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The stage is set for the NFL Conference Championship Game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Los Angeles Rams on Jan. 25. On Saturday, the Seahawks punched their ticket after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 41-6. Meanwhile, the Rams moved on after an overtime 20-17 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Come this Sunday, many can expect a fundamental clash between two top defensive teams. In fact, one statistic jumps out as it relates to the teams’ Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA), per Aaron Schatz FTN Fantasy. Both teams have a DVOA over 30%. The Seahawks are at 41.2%, and the Rams are at 39.9%. They have a combined DVOA of 81.1%. Generally speaking, the NFL Championship Game features the highest DVOA over 47 years. Additionally, it is only the seventh playoff game in which this has occurred. In 2017, the Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints played in the championship game with over a 30% DVOA. The Vikings were at 33%, and the Saints were at 32.1%. Four years earlier, the Seahawks and the Denver Broncos had a combined 69.3%; the Seahawks were at 35.8% and the Broncos at 33.5%. The New England Patriots played in the NFL championship game in 2004 against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the two teams combined for a 68% DVOA. In 1997, the Denver Broncos faced the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl, with a combined 66.5% DVOA. The Patriots had the highest DVOA during this time span of 52.4% in 2007. Going into Sunday, the Seahawks have the 6th-highest defensive yardage average at 285, and the Rams are ranked 7th in forcing turnovers. The post Crazy stat shows Seahawks-Rams is an all-time heavyweight fight appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Jadin O’Brien was running track for Notre Dame a year ago. She’s now an Olympic bobsledder. O’Brien, who got in a sled for the first time only about three months ago, was one of the six women’s bobsledders selected Monday to be part of the U.S. Olympic team that will compete at next month’s Milan Cortina Games. O’Brien will push the sled driven by five-time Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor, who made the U.S. team for the fifth time — and has medaled in all four of her previous Olympic appearances. Kaillie Humphries Armbruster, a three-time gold medalist, will also race in the Olympics for a fifth time between her tenures with Canada and now the U.S. She’ll be in a sled with Jazmine Jones as her push athlete. Kaysha Love — the reigning world champion in monobob — is on the team as well, her second Olympic trip and first as a pilot. She’ll be in a sled with Azaria Hill, whose parents both were Olympians as well. Hill’s mother is three-time Olympic sprint medalist Denean Howard-Hill and her father is boxing medalist Virgil Hill Sr. “Being an Olympic legacy is, you know, one of a kind,” said Azaria Hill, whose aunt — Sherri Howard, Denean’s sister — was also an Olympic sprint medalist. “It’s amazing.” It was long known that Meyers Taylor, Humphries Armbruster and Love would be the pilots on the team, and Jones and Hill getting selected was generally expected as well. That basically left one push athlete spot and O’Brien, who immediately turned heads in preseason training, got the nod. O’Brien won NCAA indoor track and field pentathlon national championships for Notre Dame in 2023, 2024 and 2025. She was competing in the U.S. track championships as recently as September and was initially skeptical when invited to try bobsled. And now she’s an Olympian with a serious chance of winning a medal. “These athletes have earned their place through their incredible effort, talent, and perseverance,” USA Bobsled and Skeleton CEO Aron McGuire said. The men’s team saw the U.S. qualify two pilots, and the Americans are sending six brakemen as well. Frank Del Duca, racing in his family’s homeland at these Olympics, will drive USA-1 and have Josh Williamson, Boone Niederhofer and Bryan Sosoo in his sled. Kris Horn was the other men’s pilot to make the team, with Carsten Vissering, Hunter Powell and Caleb Furnell in his sled. ___ AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics Source

A photo of aurora captured in the D.C.-area in November 2025.(WTOP/Greg Redfern) A photo of aurora captured in the D.C.-area in November 2025.(WTOP/Greg Redfern) There’s a possibility the Northern lights will be visible from the D.C. area on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. During my 12-hour drive returning from Florida to see the rollout of Artemis II, a strong solar flare erupted on the sun. That solar flare brings the possibility for the D.C. area to have its first aurora sightings of 2026 on Monday night. The D.C. area last saw aurora in November 2025. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space Weather Prediction Center issued this statement Monday morning: A G4 (Severe) geomagnetic storm watch is in effect for the 20 January UTC-day due to Earth-arrival of a coronal mass ejection (CME). The CME blasted from the Sun on 18 Jan, in association with an energetic R3 (Strong) solar flare from a sunspot region near center-disk, and is anticipated to arrive at Earth as early as late 19 Jan EST to early 20 Jan. While the G4 Watch is out for the 20 Jan UTC-day, geomagnetic storm levels could range from G1-G3 (Minor-Moderate) upon CME arrival later on 19 Jan EST. CME passage is expected to continue through 20 Jan, but conditions are likely to weaken later in the day. G1 levels remain possible on 21 Jan due to residual CME related effects.” The Space Weather Prediction Center has provided the potential effects of this geomagnetic storm, which is expected to mostly impact areas poleward of 45 degrees geomagnetic latitude: Induced currents — “Possible widespread voltage control problems and some protective systems may mistakenly trip out key assets from the power grid. Induced pipeline currents intensify.” Spacecraft — “Systems may experience surface charging; increased drag on low earth orbit satellites, and tracking and orientation problems may occur.” Navigation — “Satellite navigation (GPS) degraded or inoperable for hours.” Radio — “HF (high frequency) radio propagation sporadic or blacked out.” Aurora — “Aurora may be seen as low as Alabama and northern California.” The Space Weather Prediction Center predicted possible radio blackouts. “Radiation from the flare ionized Earth’s atmosphere over the Americas, especially South America. This caused a shortwave radio blackout that may have lasted more than an hour at frequencies below 10 MHz,” spaceweather.com reported Sunday. On Monday, spaceweather.com wrote, “Shortwave radios inside the Arctic Circle aren’t working right now due to this storm, which is causing a polar cap absorption event.” These geomagnetic storms and associated aurora events forecast are not predicted to reach the historic levels of May 10, 2024. But you should be watching the skies just in case the aurora appear. For the D.C. area, the Space Weather Prediction Center’s current two-day aurora forecast and the forecast skies means there may be a good chance of detecting aurora to the north. If the center’s forecast holds — readers need to keep checking the website for updates — aurora conditions for the D.C. region may be strong enough Monday night at 10 p.m. into the early morning hours of Tuesday, especially 1 a.m. to 7 a.m., to allow us to detect aurora visually and with our cameras. The predicted G4 level makes aurora a real possibility. It will be well worth taking a look to the north Monday night after dark until dawn from a dark sky site with a clear horizon. You might be able to visually detect some color in the sky if bright aurora are present, but they will likely be low on the northern horizon. Your camera or smartphone significantly improve your chances of detecting and imaging the aurora due to their digital sensors. Even if you do not see aurora, photograph the northern horizon to possibly get an image of them. Use a camera or smartphone that can take exposures of several seconds — including using “Night Sky” or “Low Light” settings if your camera has them — of the northern horizon. Steady…