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Saturday Night Five: Washington clinches in Corvallis, Oregon rolls, WSU and Cal on the brink and possible policy change

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

Instant reaction to Pac-12 developments on the field …1. Purple Reign in evening rainWe’ll start at the top — the top of the Pac-12 standings and, perhaps, the top of the Pac-12 heap.Washington survived a wet, rowdy environment in Corvallis and held on for a 22-20 victory over Oregon State, the winning margin courtesy of an OSU special teams mistake that resulted in a safety.As a result, the Huskies have clinched the regular-season title and the No. 1 seed in the conference championship game in Las Vegas.And they are one victory away from becoming the first team in the Pac-12 era to produce a 9-0 mark in conference play.Since the conference expanded in 2011 with the additions of Colorado and Utah, 14 teams have finished with 8-1 records. Nobody has made it through nine games unscathed.UW will be an overwhelming favorite at home Saturday against Washington State. (With much the same team, the Huskies demolished WSU last year in Pullman, 51-33.)The victory Saturday n...

Cook drives No. 11 Missouri to winning field goal with 5 seconds left for 33-31 victory over Florida

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Harrison Mevis kicked a 30-yard field goal with five seconds remaining, and Brady Cook completed 20 of 34 passes for 326 yards and a touchdown to help No. 11 Missouri rally past Florida 33-31 on Saturday night.“It’s what they brought me here to do,” Mevis said. “I’m an operation kicker. I’m supposed to go in and make those kicks for the team and help us win. It’s a testament to the offense for putting me in position to go do that.”Cody Schrader carried the ball 23 times for 148 yards and a touchdown, Luther Burden III caught nine passes for 158 yards, and Mevis converted all four of his field goal attempts as Missouri (9-2, 5-2 SEC, No. 9 CFP) narrowly avoided losing to an unranked opponent for the first time this season.Montrell Johnson Jr. had 12 carries for 85 yards and Trevor Etienne ran 15 times for 82 yards and a touchdown as Florida (5-6, 3-5) gained 261 yards on 40 carries in its fourth straight loss.Gators starting quarterback Gr...

Es hora de pasear al perro (y a usted mismo) para estar mejor en forma

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

Nota del editor: antes de comenzar cualquier programa de ejercicios nuevo, consulte a su médico. Deténgase inmediatamente si siente dolor.(CNN) —  Si tiene dificultades para iniciar o mantener un régimen de ejercicio regular, la respuesta puede estar fielmente a sus pies.Pasear a tu perro es una manera fantástica de ponerse en forma y te beneficia tanto a ti como a tu perro.Unos 69 millones de hogares estadounidenses albergan al menos un perro. Sin embargo, muchos dueños de perros nunca sacan a pasear a sus mascotas, o lo hacen con poca frecuencia. Además, mientras que el 61% de los dueños de perros paseaban a su cachorro al menos 10 minutos a la vez, según una encuesta de 2011 en el Journal of Physical Activity and Health , solo el 27% paseaba a su perro 150 minutos por semana, según los Centros para el Control de Enfermedades de EE. UU. y Recomendación de Prevención para la actividad física semanal de intensidad moderada en adultos.Si estás entre los que no son tan activos f...

Braelon Allen’s 3-yard TD run in OT gets Wisconsin bowl eligible with 24-17 win against Nebraska

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin first-year coach Luke Fickell said he didn’t expect Braelon Allen to play against Nebraska on Saturday night. But the standout running back came up with big runs when they were needed most.Allen scored the game-winning touchdown on a 3-yard run in overtime to lift Wisconsin to a 24-17 win against the Cornhuskers. Nebraska’s Chubba Purdy threw an interception to Preston Zachman to end the game.Allen ran for two touchdowns and finished with 62 yards rushing on 22 carries for the Badgers (6-5, 4-4 Big Ten), who snapped a three-game losing streak and are bowl eligible for the 22nd straight season. Only Georgia and Oklahoma have longer active bowl streaks.Allen suffered a lower left leg injury in the Badgers’ loss to then-No. 3 Ohio State on Oct. 28. “It’s been hard on us because you get emotionally tied — all of a sudden he’s in there and then he’s not,” Fickell said. “I just thought I can’t have that tonight.” Allen sat out a few series to start the game ...

Jarod Lucas’ 30 points leads Nevada over Portland 108-83

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Jarod Lucas’ 30 points led Nevada over Portland 108-83 on Saturday night. Lucas shot 9 for 14 (6 for 8 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Wolf Pack (4-0). Tre Coleman scored 15 points, going 4 of 6 from the floor, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and 5 for 5 from the line. Tyler Harris led the Pilots (3-2) in scoring, finishing with 19 points and seven rebounds. Vasilije Vucinic added 17 points for Portland. In addition, Juan Sebastian Gorosito had 15 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 40 as Thunder send Warriors to 6th straight loss, 130-123 in OT

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Golden State’s Andrew Wiggins hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with fewer than two seconds remaining in regulation, it seemed to be the difference that the Warriors had been searching for all game long.Instead, the Thunder forced overtime with a frenzied sequence. As the final 1.6 seconds ticked down, Oklahoma City rookie Chet Holmgren grabbed the inbound pass and knocked down a game-tying shot from deep to beat the final buzzer.“It felt like a movie in the moment,” Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said.Gilgeous-Alexander had 40 points, six rebounds and six assists, and the Thunder sent the Warriors to their sixth straight loss with a 130-123 overtime victory on Saturday night.The Thunder outscored the Warriors 13-6 in the extra period to seal back-to-back wins at Chase Center and secure the season series, 2-1.Holmgren scored a season-high 36 points and added 10 rebounds and five assists, and Jaylin Williams had 22 points and six rebounds.Isaiah Joe’s st...

King throws 2 TD passes, adds scoring run as Georgia Tech holds off Syracuse 31-22

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech found a way to contain Syracuse’s barrage of direct-snap runs — and to put the Yellow Jackets back in the bowl picture.Haynes King threw two touchdown passes and added a 19-yard scoring run late in the fourth quarter as Georgia Tech stopped Syracuse’s comeback to beat the Orange 31-22 on Saturday night and become bowl-eligible for the first time in five years.Jamal Haynes’ 30-yard scoring run to open the second half gave Georgia Tech (6-5, 5-3 Atlantic Coast Conference) a 24-3 lead. Haynes’ scoring run came after Darrell Gill Jr. fumbled a kickoff return that was recovered by Georgia Tech’s Jacob Cruz.Syracuse’s run-dominant offense was a surprise in last week’s 28-13 win over Pittsburgh when the Orange rushed for 392 yards, the high mark in the ACC this season. Three players, including quarterback Garrett Shrader, ran for more than 100 yards.“We really challenged the defense this week and they accepted the challenge,” said Georgia...

UN team says 32 babies are among scores of critically ill patients stranded in Gaza’s main hospital

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — A United Nations team said Sunday that 291 patients were left at Gaza’s largest hospital after Israeli troops had others evacuate. Those left included 32 babies in extremely critical condition, trauma patients with severely infected wounds, and others with spinal injuries who are unable to move.The team was able to tour Shifa Hospital for an hour after about 2,500 displaced people, mobile patients and medical staff left the sprawling compound Saturday morning, said the World Health Organization, which led the mission. It said 25 medical staff remained, along with the patients. “Patients and health staff with whom they spoke were terrified for their safety and health, and pleaded for evacuation,” the agency said, describing Shifa as a death zone. It said more teams will attempt to reach Shifa in coming days to try to the evacuate patients to southern Gaza, where hospitals are also overwhelmed.Israel has long alleged that Hamas maintains a sprawling comm...

Do snitches net fishes? Scientists turn invasive carp into traitors to slow their Great Lakes push

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp. Over the last five years, agencies such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources have employed a new seek-and-destroy strategy that uses turncoat carp to lead them to the fish’s hotspot hideouts. Agency workers turn carp into double agents by capturing them, implanting transmitters and tossing them back. Floating receivers send real-time notifications when a tagged carp swims past. Carp often clump in schools in the spring and fall. Armed with the traitor carp’s location, agency workers and commercial anglers can head to that spot, drop their nets and remove multiple fish from the ecosystem.Kayla Stampfle, invasive carp field lead for the Minnesota DNR, said the goal is to monitor when carp start moving in the spring and use the tagged fish to ambush their brethren. “We...

A law that launched 2,500 sex abuse suits is expiring. It’s left a trail of claims vs. celebs, jails

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:50:33 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For a year, a special New York law has cleared the way for a wave of headline-grabbing lawsuits against famous men accused of sexual misconduct, including former President Donald Trump, hip hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs and the comedian and actor Russell Brand.But when the Adult Survivors Act expires after Thanksgiving, it also will have led to a multitude of legal claims by women who say they were sexually abused while serving time in the New York’s prisons and jails.More than 2,500 lawsuits have been filed so far under the law, which created a year-long suspension of the usual time limit to sue over an alleged sexual assault.Some of those lawsuits have targeted employers, or institutions such as hospitals, accused of failing to do enough to stop abuse by doctors or other workers. The large majority, though, have been filed against the state, New York City and local counties and involve allegations of abuse at state prisons and local jail systems.Survivors ...