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Alabama and Clemson are heavy favorites in Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal games against Notre Dame and Ohio State, respectively. And while coaches and scouts warned the Rose Bowl between Alabama and Notre Dame could get ugly (the Irish are a 20-point underdog), the games are played on the field — and anything can happen. [Opposing coaches break down Alabama-Notre Dame semifinal] Ohio State is a 7.5-point underdog against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl, the second CFP semifinal, and… Source link

France 24 US election week anxieties in the world’s most powerful democracy As 2020 draws to a close, FRANCE 24’s François Picard digs into his reporter’s notebook to recount the prime-time jitters while covering the November 3 US election as the world watched democracy being put to the test. That sinking feeling was back. It’s US Election Night 2020, and as the first returns trickle in, our FRANCE 24 crew immediately senses that once again, the pollsters have got it wrong. Would… Source link

The Canadian Press NFL on pace to set scoring record in 2020 season After getting gashed by Cleveland for nearly 500 yards and six touchdowns and still coming out on top in a high-scoring, back-and-forth thriller, Baltimore star linebacker Matthew Judon summed it up well.“That’s how football is, man,” he said after the Ravens won 47-42 on Dec. 14. “You leave enough time (against) a good offence, and they go right back and score.”That’s NFL football in 2020, where no lead is safe,… Source link

The Guardian Belichick’s exit plan and a JJ Watt trade: NFL subplots to watch in 2021 Will Aaron Rodgers depart Green Bay after an MVP-caliber season? Will Bill Belichick leave New England before it turns ugly? There’s no shortage of meaty NFL plotlines in 2021The NFL’s general attitude towards 2020 can be summed up succinctly: What pandemic?Whereas other leagues ground to a halt, considered voiding their seasons, entered into complex bubbles or faced existential crises, the NFL thundered… Source link

Urban Meyer’s name shot through the NFL stratosphere on Sunday after an ESPN report indicated at least two NFL franchises made initial contact about him being their next head coach. Meyer becoming an NFL coach could become a reality over the next 10 days or so, as sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports that there has been outreach by multiple franchises to gauge Meyer’s interest. The news broke on a day when Jacksonville solidified itself as perhaps the NFL’s most intriguing destination, as Source link

TipRanks Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 30% From Current Levels After a true annus horribilus, we’re all ready for better times. The US equity strategy team at Goldman Sachs, led by David Kostin, sees those better time ahead, and in the near-term. The team is predicting a 25% gain for the S&P 500 within the next 24 months – or to put it in absolute numbers, they believe the index will hit 4,600 by December 2022. Kostin lays out four clear reasons for believing that… Source link

(Want to get this newsletter in your inbox? Here’s the sign-up.) Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. On a day of hope, a reminder of the coronavirus’s devastation. The number of people who died from the coronavirus in the U.S. passed 300,000 today, but the day also marked a turning point for frontline health care workers as they began to receive the first clinically authorized vaccine as part of the mass vaccination program. “I believe this is the weapon that will end the war,” Gov…. Source link

Almost eight months into the coronavirus pandemic, Zoom has emerged as a staple of online learning among colleges across the country, with more than 700 colleges and universities now using the video communications platform. The San Jose-based company, which is Yahoo Finance’s Company of the Year, was in some ways prepared the unprecedented shift from on-campus to online learning. “Universities and the higher education space were some of the earliest adopters of Zoom,” the company’s… Source link

Boston College has decided to opt out of a bowl game in 2020, with the team and administrators choosing to return home for the holidays instead. Boston College athletic director Dr. Patrick Kraft informed Yahoo Sports of the decision on Thursday, which marks the first program to publicly announce it does not want to play in a bowl game. BC finished 6-5 in head coach Jeff Hafley’s first season and were likely to play in either the Gasparilla Bowl or the Military Bowl, according to bowl… Source link

There are few feelings in the life of a college football player that equal the adrenaline rush that accompanies a signature victory. The tailgates begin at dawn, the anticipation rises throughout the day and crescendos when the final seconds tick off the clock and fans rush the field. Those are the moments often seared in memories, the tradeoffs for all the 5 a.m. workouts, endless film sessions and mandatory study tables that enable them. The 2020 football season came with even more demands… Source link