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To that end, the club’s famous lemon pepper wings — both the ones named after three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year Lou Williams and the “regular” version — will be on sale, along with a special version of the Hawks’ Peachtree City Edition hoodies. A live episode of the team’s “Hawks AF” podcast (Hawks And Friends, Proctor made sure to note), with the elder Barney and three-time Grammy Award-winning rapper T.I., will be broadcast pregame. T.I. will perform at halftime. The club’s dancers will not take part in any aspect of the evening, Proctor said, but employees of the club will have access to a suite at the arena to watch the game. “This wasn’t a cakewalk, easy decision,” Proctor said. “We had to make sure we positioned the experience in a way that made sense for our business. That was 100 percent of how we landed where we did. So, dancers, no, but they talked extensively in the documentary about the music being a big part of the experience and culture.”

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Since the draw yesterday, it is clear that Real Madrid will face Manchester City in the Champions League round of 16 in mid-March. However, before the two decisive matches, there was bad news for Los Blancos. 

Kylian Mbappé could miss the first leg due to injury. This was reported by the radio station 'Cadena SER'. Jude Bellingham could also be sidelined with an injury. 

The French superstar has been struggling with knee problems for weeks. Before the match against Benfica, he finally had to take a break. When Álvaro Arbeloa was asked about the situation after the match, he remained cautious and said: "It is not my place to say how long he will be out."

He could be missing for up to three weeks, so he would be fit again for the second leg of the Champions League round of 16. 

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As his 30-year quest for another Super Bowl continues, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says that he plans to "spend more money in free agency than we have" in order to win another title.

Speaking to reporters at the NFL scouting combine this week in Indianapolis, the 83-year-old Jones said he feels he's let Cowboys fans down by not constructing a roster worthy of another championship.

How desperate is Jones to be back on top? He said he would "hitchhike back to Dallas to win a Super Bowl."

The Cowboys missed the playoffs for the second straight season 2025 with a 7-9-1 record. The franchise has won five playoff games since winning Super Bowl XXX, which is also the same season they last advanced out of the second round.

After the NFL announced this week that the 2026 salary cap will be $301.2 million, that left the Cowboys $56.1 million over the ceiling, per OverTheCap.com. According to ESPN's Todd Archer, the contracts of quarterback Dak Prescott, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and guard Tyler Smith will be restructured in order to make $66 million of cap room. 

It's the second straight year that Prescott's deal will be re-worked.

Kenny Clark, Quinnen Williams and Osa Odighizuwa will also see their contracts adjusted, Jones said, as the three defensive tackles combine for $63 million against the salary cap.

Pro Bowl wide receiver George Pickens was given a non-exclusive franchise tag on Friday, meaning he can negotiate a deal elsewhere but it puts the Cowboys in command of the negotiations considering the price tag required for a prospective team.

"I look at where we are with Dak and I look at where he is in his career. And I look at some of the pluses that we have on our front and what we think we can do there. And what we can do with [George] Pickens and Lamb and what we can do with our running back that we just signed [Javonte Williams]," Jones said. "And so all of those things I want to do everything we possibly can to stop somebody and to basically win some third downs more than we did last year. And so I think that would be the area that you would see me bust the budget. Where you would see me do that is what we're doing defensively.

"And I would expect anybody that's a Cowboy fan or a critic of the Cowboys to say, 'Duh, that's not hard to see, Jerry, to do.' But I guess what I'm doing is saying, yes, I intend to do that if given the opportunity."

Defensive help will be atop Jones' free agency wish-list. Last season, the Cowboys were last in the NFL in defensive third-down success (47.3%).

There's a new defensive coordinator in town in Christian Parker, which Jones believes will be a plus for returning defensive players "because the situation has changed."

The Cowboys will have money to spend in free agency as Jones wants, and they'll also have two first-round pick in April's NFL draft to help continue to build towards the owner's only goal.

"It's every bit the prize of anything I have, with the exception of family and your love for family," Jones said. "I guess what I would say is make no mistake about it, I don't have a higher priority than to go and win a Super Bowl."