dream. that a few hours ago was getting ready to play the biggest game of his nfl career. and probably nowhere else in the world he wanted to be. and now he fights for his life. we forget that part of living this dream is putting your life at risk. and tonight we got to see a side of football that is extremely ugly. shock and sadness during monday night football. buffalo bills safety hamlin is in critical condition in a cincinnati hospital. he suffered cardiac arrest during last night s game. also on capitol hill this morning, kevin mccarthy already moved into the speaker s office despite an influential group of republicans who vowed to vote against him today. plus, moscow says dozens of russian soldiers have been killed during a massive missile strike in an occupied part of ukraine. we ll take a look at what that means for the on going war. zbloom, we begin with that scary moment last night in the nfl. buffalo bills safety damar hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field
We ll go to the nba now. the atlanta hawks and golden state warriors were tied in the final seconds of double overtime. play for the lead. tipped. no! looney, yes! the warriors win it! looney s tip in at the buzz area long with 54 points scored by clay thompson lifts the warriors to a 143-140 win over the hawks. to cleveland, even bigger night for the cavaliers donovan mitchell. he scored a team record 71 points, the most by nba player in 17 years to help the cavaliers rally from 21 down and beat the chicago bulls 145-134 in o.t. there is also a major upset in college basketball last night. in indiana, rutgers took down the nation s top ranked team for the second year in a row. ending purdue s perfect season last night one year after beating the boilermakers with a half court buzzer beater.
The concern is this is where putin stops for now. he has an enormous force around ukraine. as of last night i was told preparations were continuing for something broader. in that speech he basically he s the one holding the pointed gun at ukraine but he s talking about how ukraine has made an enemy. he s turned it around that he s the victim here. jim, i want to ask you, president zelenskyy spoke a short time ago. what response is he now pushing for from the west. is sanctions enough? does he want more at this point? reporter: he wants very strong sanctions, right? this is going to be a real test when we see the administration has promised something, not the entire slate of sanctions that would have followed a full russian invasion, but they have promised something strong. we haven t seen it yet. zelenskyy says we need ukraine,
The big ten suspending michigan head coach and fined him $40,000 for his role in the sunday post game altercation. after the game he explained a late time-out call made him upset. during a post game press conference he did not apologize. he said his actions and words were unacceptable. i speak a lot about being a michigan man and representing the university of michigan with class and pride. i did not do that nor did i set the right example in the right way for my student athletes. i will learn from my mistake and this mistake will never happen again. no excuses. the big ten fined howard $10,000 for violating the sportsmanship. three players given suspension. howard will be eligible to return when the big ten tournament begins on march 9th. college basketball last night, another ugly incident.
Ignore it. you have to walk away. you ain t no punk or anything like that. you have to walk away. because all they really want you to do is hit them so they can sue you. and you re probably going to have to settle the case. my advice, fans have out of control. it s a small percentage, it s a very small percentage. but you have to walk away, plain and simple. finally, a huge upset in college basketball last night, st. mary s playing their best game of the season. beating top-ranked gonzaga to punch their ticket to the tournament. they were 15-point underdogs in this game. and they won by 13. and their head coach randy bennett, pretty proud of his squad. it s so sweet. i feel sorry for all of those guys on the bubble right now, but we re not. well, we re on the bubble, dave. and now they shocked the world beating gonzaga last night. the number one seed, right? they probably lost that one seed with that loss to st. mary s. if the cleveland browns