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It’s not just that Syracuse didn’t cover. It’s that it never was in danger of not covering, until overtime. Syracuse was an 8- or 8.5-point underdog at BetMGM vs. North Carolina on Monday night, and it almost won straight up. Somehow, the Orange didn’t cover the spread. There are garden-variety bad beats like a meaningless 3-pointer going in at the buzzer, but the worst type of beat might be having a healthy underdog play well for two halves, then somehow not cover in overtime. Syracuse… Source link

Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday that if Russia decides to attack Ukraine, “it would be horrific,” and that such a move would result in “a significant amount of casualties,” particularly in Ukraine’s dense, urban areas. Milley offered this grim assessment during a Friday press conference at the Pentagon, where he addressed the latest developments in the mounting crisis alongside Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. While both men insisted that… Source link

New Covid-19 cases are declining across the United States, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations, but experts say the nation paid for the situation “with deaths”. But almost all states bucking that trend have lower-than-average vaccination rates, and experts warn that relief from the pandemic could be fleeting in regions where few people get inoculated. Case totals nationally have declined in a week from a seven-day average of nearly 21,000 on May 29 to 14,315 on Saturday,… Source link

A Queensland woman has detailed the excruciating pain caused by one of the world’s “most venomous” fish. Whitney Jones was getting out of the water at the Mooloolaba Spit when something stung her foot and when she looked down she saw a stonefish, she told ABC Sunshine Coast. Ms Jones said the pain set in when she was walking up the beach. She soon collapsed due to the immense pain and two women tended to her until the lifeguards were on the scene. “I’ve given birth completely naturally… Source link