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Seahawks general manager John Schneider's red cup negotiating at Seattle's Super Bowl 2026 parade on Wednesday quickly turned awkward.

Schneider started to negotiate with himself in public about the contract of Kenneth Walker III, the Seattle running back who wasnamed Super Bowl MVPafter rushing for 135 yards on 27 carries.

"Ken Walker being the MVP, let's go!" Schneider, who appeared a bit tipsy, yelled to nearly a million fans at the parade celebration. "He tried negotiating with me five minutes ago. It was really weird. Anyway. hey, M-V-P! M-V-P!"

But Walker, who was ruefully smiling and shaking his head no while Schneider was negotiating against himself, later hopped on Instagram stories to directly refute what the general manager said, blaming it on booze.

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"Must've been da liquor he drinking cuz I never said dat shi!" followed by two laughing emojis.

Walker is projected to command north of $13.5 million per year,according to Outkick.

Schneider's public joke about "negotiating" may have caused Walker's price tag to tick up a bit for the Seahawks, who have roughly $73 million in cap space,according to Spotrac.

Schneider was apparently flushed with joy after winning his second Super Bowl as the team's GM, but now may have to do a little fence-mending with Walker after the ill-timed remark.

For Josh Schertz and No. 18 Saint Louis, offensive performance starts with the effort provided on the defensive end.

The Billikens, riding a 17-game winning streak, will look to remain sharp on defense when they travel to face Loyola Chicago on Friday.

Saint Louis (23-1, 11-0 Atlantic 10) turned up the intensity in the second half of a resounding 82-58 home win over La Salle on Saturday. The Ramblers (6-19, 2-10) are coming off an 84-64 defeat at Davidson on Feb. 6.

After a sluggish first half in which they hit just 3 of 10 3-point attempts and led 31-27, Saint Louis heated up coming out of the locker room. The result: The Billikens converted 10 of 20 shot attempts from 3-point range in the second half and pulled away.

Sixth man Ishan Sharma continued his hot shooting streak. He led the Billikens with 15 points and drained 5 of 9 3-point attempts. Sharma is one of four Billikens shooting better than 40.0% from long range. Quentin Jones and Amari McCottry added 13 points apiece, and Dion Brown chipped in 12 points.

However, Schertz believes it's the defense that allows the Billikens to get on the run. Saint Louis ranks fourth nationally with 18.67 fastbreak points per game. The Billikens are first in the country in field-goal-percentage defense at 36.3%. On the other end of the floor, Saint Louis rates third in effective field-goal percentage at 61.3%.

It all adds up to a team chasing down the school record 19-game winning streak set in the 2013-14 season.

"When you play good defense that allows you usually to play into transition on offense," Schertz said, "because you are getting a stop and a rebound. When you play good offense and score or take a good shot, it allows you to set your defense. Then your defense is better. So it's always the complementary phases. It's very hard to be good at offense if you are bad at defense because you are always taking the ball out of the net and going against a set defense.

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"Basketball is the most fluid game in terms of how intertwined the two sides of the floor are. When we make our runs, it usually starts with stops. Then we get stops and clean rebounds and get out into transition and run."

Five Billikens average double-figure scoring, led by Robbie Avila at 12.8 points per game. The senior center also leads Saint Louis with 4.3 assists per contest.

"Robbie is so good in the two-man game with (Sharma) and Brady (Dunlap)," Schertz said. "Robbie is so good at unlocking those guys because he is a hard cover. And those guys (are threats) with their movement and shooting."

Meanwhile, Loyola Chicago has battled injuries throughout a forgettable season. Miles Rubin was the only Ramblers player to score in double digits against Davidson, finishing with a game-high 17 points on 8-of-11 shooting.

The junior center also pulled down seven rebounds. Miles, a Chicago product, is the Ramblers' second-leading scorer (11 points per game) and leading rebounder (7.6 rpg). Loyola's leading scorer, Justin Moore (11.4 ppg), was held to just four points in 24 minutes at Davidson.

Loyola went 0-9 in January. After it notched its first win of the new year against La Salle, 71-61 on Feb. 3, the Ramblers again struggled to find their way.

"I think our guys did a good job from a mentality standpoint of still doing whatever they could to compete," Loyola coach Drew Valentine said following the latest loss. "Those guys walking into the arena today, they didn't think they were going to do that. I commend our guys for doing that. I commend our guys for fighting."

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PHILADELPHIA — The little man stood up for the big man. And it had a big impact.

It's not a sight that has been common around these Knicks this year — someone actually getting in an opponent's face to stick up for a teammate.

Mitchell Robinson, while going up for a dunk, was brought down hard by Trendon Watford at the end of the first quarter of theKnicks' 138-89 win over the 76erson Wednesday night at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Immediately, with Robinson still on the ground, Alvarado tried to push Watford away.

When Watford didn't budge, Alvarado exchanged a few words with him, and the two had to be separated.

Alvarado and 76ers coach Nick Nurse were both given technical fouls.

"He did a hard foul, but I think he did a little extra with the staring," Alvarado said. "I'm just not gonna go for none of that. It was just in the moment. That's when I'm at my best, I guess, getting a little active. It worked out in my favor."

And it sparked the Knicks run that blew the game open and put them firmly in control.

After the incident, the Knicks outscored the 76ers by 15 points before Alvarado checked out in the second quarter to increase their lead from nine to 24 points.

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Alvarado scored nine of those 15 points with a trio of 3-pointers.

"He ignited us," coach Mike Brown said, "in a lot of different ways.

It wasn't a major fracas, but it was a bit of snarl that the Knicks were missing this year, one of the reasons they acquired Alvarado just ahead of the deadline.

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It was a major contrast to their lack of response when Draymond Green grabbed Karl-Anthony Towns' leg and dragged him down during the loss to the Warriors on Jan 15.

Now, though, the Knicks have an enforcer. Even if he's generously listed at 6 feet.

Brown gives out a defensive player of the game afterward, and the recipient poses with a pair of Timberland boots, among other accessories, to represent a hard-nosed mentality.

It was fitting that Alvarado, who got the recognition Wednesday, was already wearing his own pair.

"That's what we need," Josh Hart said. "That's what we want from him. Obviously that toughness, ability to help us get organized, ability to knock down shots. And defensively bring energy, bring physicality, get in the passing lanes, those kinds of things. That's why he's here."

Alvarado's dogged on-ball defending and toughness are what he's known for. His offensive game is usually much more of a question mark.

But he was their unlikely leading scorer Wednesday, finishing with 26 points, almost all via 3-pointers.

Garbage time became Alvarado time, as he began toying with the 76ers during the fourth quarter, using his patented sneak attack to come up with steals while jacking up 3s on the other end. He hit four more 3s in that fourth quarter.

His 26 points and five steals were both season highs. He was a team-high plus-35 in just 19 minutes. His eight 3s tied a career high.

"I had it rolling," Alvarado said. "I didn't know I had eight [3s] — I should've made one more so I could break my tie."

By the fourth quarter, the plethora of Knicks fans in attendance were chanting "Jose, Jose, Jose, Jose" and getting on their feet for every shot. A potentially key Knicks energizer has firmly arrived.

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NEED TO KNOW

• The cause of death for a woman who was found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree in Miami has been revealed

• Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, a 32-year-old mother of two, was found dead inside a freezer at the discount store on Dec. 14, 2025

• Authorities previously said Sanchez climbed inside the freezer the night prior and was there overnight, before being found by employee at around 8:00 a.m.
  

The cause of death for a mother of two found dead inside a freezer at a Dollar Tree in Miami has released.

Helen Massiell Garay Sanchez, 32, was found dead inside a freezer at the discount store on SW 8th Street on Dec. 14, 2025,PEOPLE previouslyreported.

On Wednesday, Feb. 11, Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Sanchez's cause of death as environmental hypothermia, with ethanol use being a contributory cause, according to local media outletsNBC6,WPLGand theMiami Herald.

Sanchez's ethanol levels were found to be at 0.112% in her toxicology report, per NBC6. A reading of ocular fluid ethanol was also at 0.156%, according to WPLG.

Ethanol is used in alcoholic beverages. A blood ethanol level of 0.112% is also above the legal limit to drive, per the outlet.

Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature drops below 95 degrees. "Left untreated, hypothermia can cause the heart and respiratory system to fail and eventually can lead to death," according to theMayo Clinic.

PEOPLE has contacted the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office for comment

Authorities previously said Sanchez entered the Dollar Tree without buying anything on Dec. 13, according toNBC 6andWPLG.

She then reportedly went to an employee-only area and stayed inside the freezer overnight.

Sanchez was found deceased in the freezer by an employee at around 8:00 a.m. the following morning, PEOPLE previously reported.

In January, Sanchez's familyfiled a wrongful death lawsuitin Miami-Dade County against Dollar Tree and the location's manager, perNBC 6.

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Sanchez's family, who are suing the chain and store's manager for over $50 million, claimed Dollar Tree was negligent in not preventing Sanchez from accessing the store's freezer.

They also claimed that the manager was "placed on actual notice" that Sanchez was missing and hadn't exited the store and that the manager "failed to take reasonable action to locate or assist Sanchez," per NBC 6.

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Sanchez's husband and two children.

A  police spokesperson previously told PEOPLE that they obtained footage from a family member and from the store.

"This is why we know there was no foul play," the spokesperson said. "She went into the freezer on her own."

A police officer who spoke toWPLGalso previously ruled out mental illness as a factor in her death.

In a statement, a Dollar Tree spokesperson previously told PEOPLE that the company was "cooperating fully with the authorities at this time." "We are aware of this tragic incident, and our thoughts are with the individual's family and loved ones," they added.

A company spokesperson also added in a statement shared with PEOPLE on Feb. 2, "Our thoughts continue to be with the individual's family and loved ones. While we do not comment on active legal matters, we continue to cooperate fully with authorities."

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Sanchez, who was from Nicaragua, worked as a doctor and was "dedicated her life to medicine," according to aGoFundMepage started to support her family in the wake of her death.

She was recognized as an anesthesiologist specializing in congenital heart disease and "brought hope and healing to countless children and families," according to organizer Stefany Pereira.

Her loved ones said she died while abroad, and that her two children "who remain in Nicaragua" "were the center of her world."

"The family is currently raising funds to cover the costs of repatriation, transportation, and funeral services in Nicaragua," a message on the fundraiser read. "Any contribution, no matter the amount, will help honor her life and legacy and support her children during this devastating time."

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Russia is yet to respond to a U.S.-backed energy truce, as the two combatants continue to exchange long-range drone and missile strikes amid American-led peace talks.

Recent trilateral U.S.-Ukraine-Russia talks in the United Arab Emirates were described by all sides as constructive, though appear to have failed to find a breakthrough on several contentious points or secure a new truce covering critical energy infrastructure.

After the most recent round of talks last week, Zelenskyy said that U.S. officials proposed a temporary pause in attacks on energy targets, which would have mirrored the brief pause on such attacks that occurred at the end of January.

Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Kyiv is yet to receive a response from Moscow on the purported offer. "On the contrary, we've received a response in the form of drone and missile attacks. This suggests that they are not yet ready for the energy ceasefire proposed in Abu Dhabi by the American side," he said.

Russian drone strikes undermining 'all diplomatic efforts,' Zelenskyy says

Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 25 missiles and 219 drones into the country overnight, of which 16 missiles and 197 drones were shot down or suppressed.

The impacts of nine missiles and 19 drones were reported across 13 locations, the air force said. "The main targets are Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Odesa," the air force wrote on Telegram.

Four people, including two children, were also injured in strikes on the central city of Dnipro, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said. An earlier strike on the Synelnykove city just outside of Dnipro killed four people and injured three others, the regional administration said in posts to Telegram.

The Interior Ministry said that at least 13 people were injured in a series of drone strikes in the city of Barvinkove in the northeastern Kharkiv region.

The regional military administration in Odesa said one person was also injured there by Russian strikes.

Russian border regions face blackouts after Ukrainian strikes, governors say

The Interior Ministry reported damage to several areas of the capital. At least two people were injured by the attacks on Kyiv, according to the head of the city's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that almost 2,600 residential buildings were left without heating due to "damage to critical infrastructure targeted by the enemy."

In total, approximately more than 1 million people without heating in the Ukrainian capital, according to Klitschko and Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba.

DTEK -- Ukraine's top private energy firm -- reported major damage to its energy infrastructure in Odesa, plus an attack on a thermal power plant.

Ukrenergo, the state energy transmission operator, reported power outages in Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha described the attacks as "Russian terror" in a post to X. "Each such strike is a blow to peace efforts aimed at ending the war. Russia must be forced to take diplomacy seriously and deescalate," he said.

Zelenskyy said in a post to Telegram, "There needs to be more protection against these attacks."

Russian strikes kill 3 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy calls for Western air defense aid

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"The most effective defense against Russian ballistic missiles is the 'Patriot' system, and the supply of missiles for these systems is needed every day," he added, referring to the U.S.-made surface-to-air missile platform.

"Everything currently available in the air defense program should arrive faster," he said.

Ukraine continued its own drone strike campaign overnight. The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 106 Ukrainian drones overnight into Thursday morning.

Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that two people were killed in drone attacks. At least 15 other people were injured across the region by Ukrainian attacks, the governor said. Gladkov also said Ukrainian forces fired several missiles into the region.

Local officials in the Volgograd, Tambov and Voronezh reported damage to industrial sites and falling drone debris in or close to residential areas.

'Normal life has disappeared': Russia's energy offensive plunges Ukraine into dark and bitter cold

Russia's federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsiya, reported temporary flight restrictions for airports in Kaluga, Volgograd, Saratov, Yaroslavl, Kotlas, Ukhta, Perm and Kirov.

Ukraine's General Staff said in a statement posted to social media that among the targets of the strikes were the main arsenal of Russia's missile and artillery forces in the Volgograd region. "This arsenal is one of the largest ammunition storage sites of the Russian army," the General Staff said.

The ongoing peace talks have seen no easing of long-range strikes by either side, as the fourth anniversary of Moscow's February 2022 full-scale invasion approaches.

As yet, no next round of talks have been scheduled. Zelenskyy said the U.S. had proposed a new trilateral meeting to be held in Miami, but that, "So far, as I understand it, Russia is hesitating."

"We are ready. It doesn't matter to us whether the meeting will be in Miami or Abu Dhabi. The main thing is that there should be a result," the Ukrainian president said.

Trump-Putin Alaska summit looms large in Kremlin's Ukraine negotiating strategy

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Thursday that Moscow had "a certain understanding" regarding the next round of talks. "We expect the next round to take place soon. We'll also give you directions on the location," he added, as quoted by the state-run Tass news agency.

Russian Foreign Ministry officials have this week been critical of the ongoing peace push.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week suggested that the U.S. side had drifted from the understandings reached between Moscow and Washington at the August meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Lavrov also said Trump's administration had failed to roll back former President Joe Biden-era sanctions against Moscow.

Lavrov and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova framed the lack of progress as the fault of Kyiv and its European backers.

Russia downs 4,300 Ukrainian drones in December, setting new record, Moscow claims

"At the current stage, it is the European Union that is preventing the Kyiv regime from making any compromises in exchange for promises to provide everything necessary to continue military operations," Zakharova said in a briefing on Thursday, as quoted by Tass.

ABC News'Oleksiy Pshemyskyiand Morgan Winsor contributed to this report.