In the front offices I think it's time to start seeing a year in and year out Because it's the right thing to do You know I think a lot of highly qualified people haven't been given a chance And it'll be great to see you know when people are given a chance to see what they do with it It's worth noting that two former Belichick assistants who are black went on to head coaching positions in the NFL Romeo crennel guided the Cleveland Browns the Kansas City Chiefs and on an interim basis the Houston Texans Brian Flores is currently head coach of the Miami Dolphins I'm Mike Gracia A mother in Southern California is facing criminal charges for encouraging her athlete daughter to hit an opposing player The charges of battery and contributing to the delinquency of a minor were imposed on 44 year old litera shanti hunt about a month after a punch was thrown during a girl's basketball tournament Orange County district attorney Todd spitzer says there was a physical turnover play both hunt's daughter and the victim ended up on the ground and then moments later as their heading across the court mom can be heard yelling out you'd better hit her for that And hunt's daughter did a sucker punch that knocked 15 year old Lauren ham to the floor causing a concussion and bruised neck Spitzer calls it unconscionable apparent would encourage her child to engage in violence during a sporting event But one legal expert calls the charges a stretch saying prosecutors will have a tough time proving hunt's outburst was an actual command and not just an emotional response I'm Jackie Quinn AP sports I'm Josh rowntree what appeared to be a runaway in Minnesota turned into a Thursday Night Football nail biter Dalvin cook ran for 205 yards and two touchdowns but the Vikings nearly blew a 29 nothing third quarter lead They did hold on to beat Pittsburgh 36 28 Ben Roethlisberger passed for 308 yards for the Steelers Now 6 6 and one Minnesota advanced to 6 and 7 on the year Tragic news in the NFL world is four time pro bowler and two time all pro wide receiver Damarius Thomas was found dead in his home in Roswell Georgia Thomas played 8 and a half years in Denver and had nearly 10,000 career receiving yards He was 33 years old The jazz continued their hot play in the NBA as they took a win over the 76ers one 1896 Memphis beat the Lakers one O 8 95 the spurs out lasted Denver one 23 one 11 In college basketball the nation's top team went down Thursday in piscataway Ron Harper junior hit a running deep three pointer as time expired giving Rutgers a 70 68 win over top rank perdue And in one of the NHL's biggest games of the 9th Tampa beat Toronto 5 three behind two goals and an assist from Andre Palau Josh rowntree AP sports U.S. households on average are earning higher incomes than before the pandemic but they're also paying higher prices and noticing In an AP and ORC center for public affairs research poll about a quarter say their incomes have gone up while two thirds say their household costs have risen since the pandemic Four in ten say the hit has been substantial The government's latest look at consumer prices is expected to show inflation soared by 6.7% last month compared to a year earlier and would be the highest jump in nearly four decades Top White House economist Brian D knows it's hard No one likes to pay more at the gas pump nobody likes to pay more in the grocery store But these says the stark numbers do not necessarily reflect the real world where he says gas prices are coming down and supply chain bottlenecks are easing Sagar Meghani Washington Rapper Travis Scott says in a new interview he did not hear fans screaming for help during the ASTRO world festival in Houston in November that left ten people dead I'm marching Tsar letter with the latest Travis Scott tells radio personality charlamagne the God in a YouTube video he has a responsibility to figure out what happened during his performance and how to prevent similar tragedies He denies his history of encouraging fans to rush the stage contributed to the crowd search that proved deadly Scott met privately with some of the families of the victims he says he understands why some declined his offer to pay for funeral expenses Scott says he just wanted the families to know he was there for them and will continue to be More than 300 lawsuits have been filed in connection with the festival AP.