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Things were going quite well for Nebraska on Saturday, but it took just one decision from coach Scott Frost to cause all of those good vibes to vanish. After falling behind Northwestern 17-14 at halftime, Nebraska scored twice in a 28-second span to flip that three-point deficit into a 28-17 lead with 9:09 remaining in the third quarter. Nebraska’s defense had already forced a punt and a fumble in the early part of the second half, so surely the Huskers would kick it deep and let the defense… Source link

A female Duke volleyball player was repeatedly called a racial slur during her match against BYU on Friday night, according to the player’s godmother. “My Goddaughter is the only black starter for Dukes volleyball team,” Lesa Pamplin tweeted on Saturday. “While playing yesterday, she was called a [racial slur] every time she served. She was threatened by a white male that told her to watch her back going to the team bus. A police officer had to be put by their bench.” “Not one freaking adult… Source link

New season, same Nebraska. Nebraska’s miserable 3-9 record in 2021 included an impressively bad 0-8 mark in one-score games. To start off the 2022 campaign, the Huskers added another one-score loss to Scott Frost’s resume. In a brutal 31-28 loss to Northwestern on Saturday in Ireland, Nebraska blew two double-digit leads. The Huskers jumped out to a 14-3 lead in the first half and then again went ahead by 11 in the third quarter. But Frost’s team never scored again as Northwestern stormed… Source link

Beer and other concessions were free at Aviva Stadium at the Northwestern-Nebraska game in Dublin, Ireland, because all the credit card machines were down. And because the venue doesn’t accept cash and the machines can’t connect to Wi-Fi, workers at the game gave away as much as they could. How’s this for some Irish hospitality? The Omaha World-Herald, which was covering the event on-site, wrote that people were given “as many as he or she could carry in a cardboard drink carrier. One man… Source link

College football is finally here. Though the real fun begins next week with Week 1, there are seven FBS vs. FBS games on the schedule on Saturday. The headliner is the Big Ten game in Ireland between Nebraska and Northwestern. Elsewhere, there are a few Conference USA games on the slate, Florida State and North Carolina host FCS opponents and an SEC team travels to Hawaii. What are the best games? Nebraska at Northwestern (12:30 p.m. ET, Fox) Coming off a miserable 3-9 record in 2021, Scott… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. Sure, it’s “Week 0” of college football, but are you really going to spend your time watching Northwestern and Nebraska? The MLB docket is much more enticing! We have 11 games to look at in the main slate of DFS contests. That’s a lot of lineup options, but here are some recommendations to make your decisions a little easier. Good luck! Pitching Yu Darvish, SD at KC ($51): Darvish is expected back from paternity leave to take the… Source link

Pete Carroll has finally named the Seattle Seahawks‘ starting quarterback, and it’s Geno Smith. “Geno’s gonna start,” Carroll said Friday night after Seattle’s 27-26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in which Drew Lock threw three interceptions. “He’s gonna start the opener, and he’s earned it, he’s won the job. With the time frames that got messed up for Drew, he just ran out of time.” After Lock missed the Seahawks’ second preseason game due to COVID-19, Carroll wanted to give Lock a shot to unseat… Source link

Vanessa Bryant’s $16 million verdict in her civil trial against Los Angeles County has been reduced by $1 million after a juror discovered an error. Bryant was initially awarded $16 million in her case after a jury unanimously found Los Angeles County liable for damages following the death of her husband, Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, and their daughter, Gianna, along with seven others in a helicopter crash in 2020. Her fellow plaintiff, Chris Chester, was awarded $15 million by the… Source link

Buffalo Bills rookie punter Matt Araiza didn’t play in the team’s final preseason game on Friday night against the Carolina Panthers, following civil lawsuit allegations that he and two former San Diego State teammates gang raped a 17-year-old girl in 2021. Araiza traveled with the team to Charlotte, and was at Bank of America Stadium while Buffalo’s other special teams players took the field for warmups. Backup quarterback Matt Barkley assumed the Bills’ punting duties. Araiza released a… Source link

In this edition of the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Andy Behrens explain why fantasy managers shouldn’t worry about a player or team’s strength of schedule. Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] ANDY BEHRENS: People get hung up on strength of schedule all the time. And they particularly talk about, like– you know, I’ve seen this a little bit lately with Najee Harris, a discussion about Najee Harris’s strength of schedule. Oh, it’s really bad. You got to avoid this guy– can’t be… Source link