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

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 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 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 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 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 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 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 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 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 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 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 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 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 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 ...

CIF state volleyball: Mitty falls to Mater Dei in in Open Division final

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 GMT

In the CIF Open Division state title match, Archbishop Mitty gave powerful Mater Dei a fierce battle but fell to the Monarchs from southern California 25-18, 23-25, 25-15, 25-21. Mater Dei (43-2) won via a strong offense, a huge block and solid defense from the back row.For Mitty (33-5), the appearance in the state finals was their second in the last three years. They remain the overwhelming leader in state titles with 14, ahead of Francis Parker of San Diego and St. Francis of Mountain View, each of whom has nine crowns.Mitty was paced by sophomore Makenna Crosson with 16 kills, NYU-bound middle Amiya Kuchibhotla with 11 kills, Fairfield-committed Katelyn Cook with 10 kills, and right-side Izzy Romero with nine kills.“To be able to come to this event and to compete at the highest level is awesome,” Mitty coach Jon Wallace said. “We blocked well and we got some good touches but they were pretty fast.”Mater Dei was led by Michigan-bound Cymarrah Gordon with 17 kills, Layli Ostovar wi...

CIF water polo regionals: Miramonte girls, Sacred Heart Prep boys win Division I titles

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 GMT

Girls Division INo. 1 Miramonte 10, No. 2 Campolindo 5Before they met on Saturday for the NorCal Division I championship at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, rivals Miramonte and Campolindo had played six previous times this season.Miramonte won each of them.The regional championship match proved to be no different as the Mats took command in the first quarter, building a 5-1 advantage, and never looked back as they captured their third consecutive Division I title and fourth in the five tournaments that have been played.Rosalie Hassett had four goals, three steals and an assist, Ally Larsen added three goals and Alison Sagara handed out six assists to lead the way.Audrina Kang, Bea Hearey and Marta Maninetti also scored a goal for Miramonte, which got eight saves from goalie Eliana Bottene.The Mats finished the season 27-2, their only losses to Acalanes. Campo fell to 21-8.Boys Division INo. 1 Sacred Heart Prep 13, No. 3 Miramonte 10SHP captured its third consecutive NorCa...

Hundreds of elected API leaders across US gather in San Francisco

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:05:37 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The APEC Summit brought thousands of visitors to San Francisco, including President Joe Biden and other world leaders. The week-long event concluded Friday, but festivities continued on Saturday with the National API Elected Officials Summit. Biden jokes about extending APEC five more days in SF Hundreds of elected leaders across the United States gathered at The Westin St. Francis in Union Square. This is the first event of its kind in which 300 Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) politicians from all over the country gathered for a convention, the API Coalition says. "This week, San Francisco was really really busy," said San Francisco Mayor London Breed. "We had leaders from all over the world -- from the Philippines, from Japan, from Malaysia, from China, from Hong Kong, everywhere you can think of. "One of the things I always appreciated about San Francisco is we have been the gateway to the Asian Pacific. This city has been r...