1/3/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday
3 January 2023 Sports
Tuesday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
Buffalo defensive back Damar Hamlin was in critical condition early Tuesday after the Bills say he suffered a cardiac arrest on the field following a tackle hours earlier, leading to the indefinite postponement of Buffalo’s pivotal Monday night showdown against the Cincinnati Bengals.
“Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in our game versus the Bengals. His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the UC Medical Center for further testing and treatment,” the Bills said in a statement. “He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition.”
In a chilling scene, Hamlin was administered CPR on the field, ESPN reported, while surrounded by teammates, some of them in tears, while they shielded him from public view. He was hurt while tackling Bengals receiver Tee Higgins on a seemingly routine play that didn’t appear unusually violent.
The NFL announced Hamlin’s condition shortly after he was taken to a hospital, but neither the league nor the hospital released any other details about the 24-year-old’s medical condition. The team’s statement was released before its flight arrived back in Buffalo early Tuesday. There was no immediate update about the future status of the game.
On the play the 6-foot, 200-pound Hamlin was injured, Higgins led with his right shoulder, which hit the defensive back in the chest. Hamlin then wrapped his arms around Higgins’ shoulders and helmet to drag him down. Hamlin quickly got to his feet, appeared to adjust his face mask with his right hand, and then fell backward about three seconds later and lay motionless.
Hamlin was treated on the field by team and independent medical personnel and local paramedics, and he was taken by ambulance to University of Cincinnati Medical Center. Teammate Stefon Diggs later joined Hamlin at the hospital.
Jeff Miller, an NFL executive vice president, told reporters on a conference call early Tuesday that the league had made no plans at this time to play the game, adding that Hamlin’s health was the main focus.
An ambulance was on the field four minutes after Hamlin collapsed while many players embraced, including quarterbacks Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow.
Hamlin collapsed at 8:55 p.m., and when he was taken off the field about 19 minutes later in what seemed like an eternity, the Bills gathered in prayer. A few minutes after the ambulance left the field, the game was suspended, and players walked off the field slowly and into their locker rooms where they awaited word on Hamlin and the game.
“I’ve never seen anything like it since I was playing,” NFL executive Troy Vincent, a six-time Pro Bowl cornerback during his career, said in the conference call early Tuesday morning. “Immediately, my player hat went on, like, how do you resume playing after seeing a traumatic event in front of you?”
Hamlin’s uniform was cut off as he was attended to by medical personnel. ESPN reported on its telecast that Hamlin was also given oxygen.
Vincent said the league took no steps toward restarting the game and did not ask players to begin a five-minute warmup period as ESPN’s broadcasters had announced.
The Green Bay Packers announced their game hosting the Detroit Lions has been moved to Sunday night. It’s a crucial “win & we’re in” game for the Packers to make the playoffs, and they’ll be proving themselves again in front of a national TV audience.
The Packers point out, if the Seattle Seahawks lose to the Los Angeles Rams Sunday afternoon, it turns the Packers-Lions season finale into a “de facto playoff game.” The winner goes to the NFC playoffs while the loser stays home.
Kickoff at Lambeau Field is at 7:20 p.m. It’s the Packers’ sixth primetime appearance this season. The Packers went 2-3 in night games this season but both of those wins were at Lambeau Field.
The Packers say information about additional gameday activities and entertainment will be announced this week.
The Packers are off today.
College Bowl Games (Mon.)
Relia Quest Bowl
Mississippi State 19, Illniois 10
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Tulane 46, USC 45
Cheez-it Citrus Bowl
LSU 63, Purdue 7
Rose Bowl
Penn State 35, Utah 21
The Wisconsin men’s basketball team moved up one spot to No. 14 in the latest AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll. The Badgers beat Western Michigan on Friday 76-66, led by Steven Crowl who had a career-high 25 points. Three other Big Ten teams made the top 25, (1) Purdue, (15) Indiana and (24) Ohio State.
The Badgers host Minnesota tonight.
Other Men’s College
Ripon College at Grinnell College (3 pm)
Women’ College
Ripon College at Grinnell College (1 pm)
In the NBA tonight the Bucks host the Wizards. Milwaukee lost to Washington Sunday 118-95. The Bucks are 23-13 and in third place in the Eastern Conference, while the Wizards are 17-21 and in 10 place in the East.
Boys Basketball (Tues.)
Waupun at Wautoma-Tipoff at 7:15 on FM 1023, The Bug.
Berlin at Waupaca
Winnecone at Lourdes Academy
Omro at Westfield
North Fond du Lac at Oakfield
Fond du Lac at Appleton North
Kaukauna at Oshkosh North
Appleton East at Oshkosh West
Nekoosa at Portage
Wisconsin Dells at Mauston
Markesan at Lomira
Central Wisconsin Christian at Johnson Creek
Girls Basketball (Tues.)
Lourdes Academy at Berlin
Waupun at Grafton
Menasha at Winneconne
Winnebago Lutheran at Omro
St. Mary’s Springs at North Fond du Lac
Mayville at Laconia
Lomira at Campbellsport
Appleton North at Fond du Lac
Oshkosh North at Kaukauna
Oshkosh West at Appleton East
Westfield at Randolph
Markesan at Princeton/Green Lake
Oakfield at Hustisford
Central Wisconsin Christian at Dodgeland
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