USC is the comeback king of college football. The No. 15 Trojans (5-0) stormed down the field to score with 16 seconds left to beat UCLA 43-38 on Saturday night. It’s the third comeback in the final two minutes for the Trojans over five games in 2020. This comeback took 36 seconds. UCLA (3-3) took a 38-36 lead with 52 seconds to go thanks to a 43-yard field goal by Nicholas Barr-Mira. USC returned the ensuing kickoff across midfield and QB Kedon Slovis hit WR Tyler Vaughns on a 35-yard pass… Source link
Read More »This Russell Westbrook training camp video caught LeBron James’ attention
This Westbrook training camp video caught LeBron‘s attention originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington All eyes have been on the Washington Wizards this offseason after a shocking trade sent John Wall to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Russell Westbrook. Saturday, Los Angeles Lakers forward, LeBron James revealed he’s watched the Wizards as well and Westbrook caught his attention. “Love this dude!!!” James said on Twitter. The video James commented on is a peek into Westbrook’s on-court… Source link
Read More »LaMelo Ball’s passing dazzles in scoreless preseason debut
It didn’t take long for LaMelo Ball to establish a couple of facts in his preseason debut on Saturday: He has a lot to work on before becoming a reliable threat on offense. He is already one of the most entertaining facilitators in the NBA. In his preseason debut, the Charlotte Hornets rookie finished with zero points on 0-of-5 shooting, 4 assists, 10 rebounds and 4 turnovers in 16 minutes. It was an uneven night for one of the most divisive prospects of the 2020 NBA draft, but it was also… Source link
Read More »LSU DB Jay Ward scores wild deflected INT
LSU’s Jay Ward got the craziest interception of the season against Florida on Saturday night. Ward somehow came up with an interception while kneeling along the sideline after Kyle Trask’s pass bounced off a hand and a helmet before ricocheting back towards Ward while he was laying down on the field at the time of the deflections. You have to see this to believe it. Toney reached back to try to catch the ball. His right hand deflected the ball toward LSU’s Dwight McGlothern. The ball then… Source link
Read More »UFC 256 live blog: Figueiredo-Moreno, Ferguson-Oliveira results, highlights and more – Yahoo Sports
The Associated Press 76ers fan to give memorabilia back to Johnny Bench The winning bidder on over $1 million worth of memorabilia from a recent auction of Johnny Bench’s personal collection is returning the items to the Hall of Fame catcher, with whom he’s been friends since 1967. Businessman Alan Horwitz, a fan of the Philadelphia 76ers who sits courtside at home games wearing his Sixth Man jersey, successfully bid for Bench’s 1975 and ’76 World Series rings last month. Horwitz said he and… Source link
Read More »North Carolina ruins Miami’s NY6 hopes
Miami might have played its final game of the season at Hard Rock Stadium. Entering Saturday, the No. 10 Hurricanes were in line for a New Year’s Six bowl berth and a potential spot in the Orange Bowl in their home stadium. Instead, North Carolina could be the school playing in Miami on Jan. 2 after the No. 17 Tar Heels obliterated the Hurricanes’ defense in a 62-26 win. North Carolina totaled 778 yards, the most yards Miami has ever given up in a single game. UNC rushed for 554 yards and… Source link
Read More »Anthony Joshua vs. Tyson Fury next?
Anthony Joshua officially, firmly and finally put Andy Ruiz Jr. in the rearview mirror on Saturday. For most people, 2020 has been the nightmare year of their lives. For Joshua, the 2012 Olympic super heavyweight gold medalist, it was 2019 that was the disastrous year. Joshua was stunningly knocked out by Ruiz on June 1 in one of the sport’s biggest upsets. He regained the IBF-WBA-WBO heavyweight titles on Dec. 7 by outpointing a chubby and overweight Ruiz, but he fought timidly and… Source link
Read More »Dr. Timnit Gebru says Google’s memo was ‘dehumanizing’ – TechCrunch
Welcome back to Human Capital, where I break down the latest in diversity, equity and inclusion, and labor in tech. This week, Twitter dropped its latest diversity report and Tesla released its first one ever. Meanwhile, Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized for the way things went down with Dr. Timnit Gebru, a prominent researcher in artificial intelligence ethics. Sign up here to get this as a weekly newsletter in your inbox every Friday at 1 p.m. Google’s Sundar Pichai will… Source link
Read More »Google adds more AR animals to mobile Search and most of them are pretty cute
Google has added 50 new augmented reality animals to Search which can be either cute, or in the case of the giant cat in the photo above, a bit disconcerting. Of course it’s possible that I find the giant kitty menacing because I hate fun (or so I have been told), but I do not think I want that creature to greet me, anywhere, ever, in AR or any other reality. I do, however, want this red panda to play with a pumpkin in my dining room as long as she wants to. … Source link
Read More »Ball State beats Western Michigan after forward lateral nullifies crazy last-second bench-clearing TD – Yahoo Sports
MMA Weekly Kevin Holland’s brutal knockout tops UFC 256 performance bonuses The UFC closed out its 2020 pay-per-view events with a fight card that suffered from several title bouts dropping off, but which delivered when it came to action come fight time. There were numerous candidates for the UFC 256 performance bonuses, including both the Fight of the Night honors and the Performance of the Night awards, for which fighters receive a $50,000 bonus. Performance of the Night: Kevin… Source link
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