NBA Podcast: Sam Amick on DeMarcus Cousins, Russell Westbrook and more; The players who can win you, or cost you, a fantasy football title; The best and worst fantasy football matchups for Week 16; DeMarcus Cousins and the Kings are stuck on a treadmill that leads nowhere; Diversity group issues list of recommended candidates for NFL head coaching jobs; It’s Jon Gruden rumor season, y’all; Western Kentucky’s interim coach made the most of his one game by calling two great trick plays; How awful is it to share a flight with a coach who has just been fired? Really awful.; Salty Iowa refuses to shake hands after North Dakota’s meaningless buzzer-beater; Richard Sherman and DeMarcus Cousins apologize for threatening media members; Former NFL player shot to death in Detroit; Lakers to erect nine-foot, 1,200-pound statue of Shaquille O’Neal; Aaron Hernandez identified in court as shooter in 2012 double murder; Cowboys rookies Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott make Pro Bowl; seven Raiders selected; Gregg Popovich attends Craig Sager’s funeral in Atlanta, hours before game in Houston; Answering five big questions the NBA will unwrap on Christmas Day; Fantasy Football Week 16: Start Todd Gurley, sit Dak Prescott and win a championship; NFL playoff projections: The games with the most on the line in Week 16   National sports stories and blog updates   It’s Jon Gruden rumor season, y’all The Rams become approximately the 1,983rd team interested in hiring him. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more » NBA Podcast: Sam Amick on DeMarcus Cousins, Russell Westbrook and more On this episode of "Posting Up," host Tim Bontemps and USA Today's Sam Amick discussed a variety of NBA topics. By Tim Bontemps  •  Read more »   The players who can win you, or cost you, a fantasy football title There are some stars who should shine as always in Week 16, but with the title on the line, a few look like they could burn out against bad matchups. By Mike Hume  •  Read more »   The best and worst fantasy football matchups for Week 16 Can Philip Rivers win you a title? Could Ezekiel Elliott cost you one? See what the matchup data says. By Daniel Kelley  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Western Kentucky’s interim coach made the most of his one game by calling two great trick plays Nick Holt goes out in a blaze of glory. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   How awful is it to share a flight with a coach who has just been fired? Really awful. “Yeah, that sucked,” is how defensive tackle Sen’Derrick Marks described it. By Cindy Boren  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   DeMarcus Cousins and the Kings are stuck on a treadmill that leads nowhere A combustible star and a woebegone franchise, nothing has changed — which means something has to give. By Tim Bontemps  •  Read more »   Salty Iowa refuses to shake hands after North Dakota’s meaningless buzzer-beater The Hawkeyes probably have crossed the Fighting Hawks off their Christmas card list. By Matt Bonesteel  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Richard Sherman and DeMarcus Cousins apologize for threatening media members The Seahawks cornerback and the King center issue statements on the same day, after separate incidents that took ugly turns. By Des Bieler  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Former NFL player shot to death in Detroit Robert Eddins, 28, was mostly a practice-squad player for two seasons. By Cindy Boren  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Diversity group issues list of recommended candidates for NFL head coaching jobs Anthony Lynn, Terry Robiskie, Teryl Austin are among the top minority candidates named by the Fritz Pollard Alliance. By Mark Maske  •  Read more »   Lakers to erect nine-foot, 1,200-pound statue of Shaquille O’Neal That's actually a little larger than the Big Aristotle himself. By Des Bieler  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Aaron Hernandez identified in court as shooter in 2012 double murder “We were in panic. Screaming, crying, crazy,” a witness told a Massachusetts courtroom. By Des Bieler  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Cowboys rookies Ezekiel Elliott, Dak Prescott make Pro Bowl; seven Raiders selected Dallas's first-year stars are rewarded, along with three of the team's offensive lineman, for helping lead the way to a 12-2 record. By Des Bieler  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Gregg Popovich attends Craig Sager’s funeral in Atlanta, hours before game in Houston The history between these two runs deep. By Marissa Payne  •  Early Lead  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Redskins & NFL Roundup Recapping the week's NFL action. Sign Up »         Share Sports Break:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Sports. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071