Jack Della Maddalena, UFC’s welterweight champion, will make his first title defense against a man expected to take the title away. Islam Makhachev has moved up to the 170-pound division in search of a second division championship after vacating his title at the 155-pound lightweight division. It’s no surprise Makhachev is the betting favorite, considering he’s won 15 matches in ...
We’ve reached the critical juncture of the college football season where a good or bad result can make or break a team’s season. The schedule for Week 12 There are two showdowns in the SEC matching teams in the top 10 that will have an impact on the conference race and which teams will reach the College Football Playoff. Another ...
Laney College athletic director John Beam, a prominent figure on Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U’ series, was shot on the school’s campus in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 13, and later died on Nov. 14, according to the Oakland Police Department. Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced Beam’s death at a news conference on Nov. 14. Assistant police chief James Beere ...
In his iconic dissent in Morrison v. Olson (1988), the late, great Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia brilliantly articulated why the Independent Counsel Statute unconstitutionally intruded upon the Executive Branch. This dissent laid the groundwork for the Supreme Court’s current constitutionalist majority to restore sanity to separation-of-powers jurisprudence by returning power to its rightful place: the Executive Branch, all of ...
Former NBA player Patrick Beverley was arrested and charged with felony assault Friday, Nov. 14 in Fort Bend County, Texas. The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s public information office confirmed the arrest to USA TODAY Sports. Deputies were dispatched to a home in Rosharon, Texas, a suburb of Houston, in reference to an assault on Friday morning, the sheriff’s office said. ...
The New Orleans Pelicans fired head coach Willie Green after four-plus seasons on Saturday, the team announced. Assistant coach James Borrego, who served as the Charlotte Hornets’ head coach from 2018 to 2022, will take over as the team’s interim head coach. “After careful evaluation, we have made the difficult decision to make a change at head coach,” Pelicans Executive ...
Mikaela Shiffrin can fill in if Santa Claus ever needs a break. Shiffrin now has a herd of nine reindeer after winning the season’s first World Cup slalom race, at Levi, Finland, on Saturday. The winner of the race gets a reindeer, and this one will join Rudolph, Sven, Mr. Gru, Ingemar, Sunny, Lorax, Grogu and Rori. Shiffrin was presented ...
The West Virginia women’s basketball team upset No. 11 Duke, 57-49, on Friday despite losing its entire bench during a skirmish at the end of the second quarter that led to seven total ejections between both teams. The incident happened at the halftime buzzer at Colonial Hall in West Virginia as the Blue Devils led the Mountaineers 23-20. Duke forward ...
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the injury occurred at a team dinner on Thursday night. ESPN described the incident as a ‘freak accident.’ ‘The expected return to play timeline is eight weeks and he will be re-evaluated at the six-week mark,” the Devils said in a statement. Hughes played for Team USA at the 4 Nations Face-Off and is expected ...
Former Penn State coach James Franklin and Virginia Tech are in early talks for the Hokies’ coaching vacancy, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Nov. 15. A resolution is expected in coming days, according to ESPN. There is mutual interest between both sides, although Virginia Tech is still conducting a full search. Franklin was fired by Penn State on Oct. 12 after ...