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Conference championship Saturday scores, highlights: Houston, UNC stumble in title games

Conference championship Saturday scores, highlights: Houston, UNC stumble in title games

Selection Sunday is nearly upon us and bids are at stake as conference championships play out. Before the Madness begins, a jam-packed slate of Saturday action delivered as teams punched their tickets to the Dance. With 13 conference final games and NCAA tourney implications abound, there’s plenty to monitor. Wisconsin won a thriller over Purdue to advance to the Big Ten final. No. 2 UConn outlasted No. 10 Marquette in the Big East tourney final, making a case for itself to be the No. 1… Source link

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How Whitney Houston biopic ‘Dance With Somebody’ brings late singer’s same-sex relationship to the forefront

How Whitney Houston biopic ‘Dance With Somebody’ brings late singer’s same-sex relationship to the forefront

Nafessa Williams as Robyn Crawford and Naomi Ackie as Whitney Houston in I Wanna Dance With Somebody. (Photo: Sony) Naomi Ackie was little-known in the U.S. when she was tapped for a role as Jannah in J.J. Abrams’s 2019 saga capper Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. But the pressure and intense fanfare that comes with joining the Star Wars universe could only partly prepare the 30-year-old London native for her latest high profile role: playing the beloved late pop star Whitney Houston in the… Source link

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Cadence Bank Houston Open Picks and Strategy

Cadence Bank Houston Open Picks and Strategy

Cadence Bank Houston Open Houston, TexasMemorial Park Golf Course – Par 70 – 7,412 yardsField – 132 entrantsPurse – $8.4M The Preview Nearly 50 players finished in double-digit red numbers last week at Mayakoba, but 10-under-par could be close to the winning score this week in Texas as a much tougher Memorial Park Golf Course hosts the Cadence Bank Houston Open for the third time since 2020. Length is emphasized on this 7,412-yard layout that features a trio of difficult par-5s, two of which… Source link

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Houston Texans are favorites to be the worst team in football

Houston Texans are favorites to be the worst team in football

The Houston Texans drafted Deshaun Watson in 2017. He missed most of his rookie season with an injury, but when he returned, the Texans won football games. They made the playoffs in 2018 and 2019, and even won a playoff game against the Buffalo Bills. With a young quarterback at the controls, it looked like the Texans were set up to be a consistently good team in the AFC for years to come. Things changed quickly. They basically gave away an elite wide receiver in DeAndre Hopkins. They won… Source link

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Bobby Brown details Whitney Houston making the 1st move in doc

Bobby Brown details Whitney Houston making the 1st move in doc

It’s Bobby Brown‘s prerogative to dish some dirt in his A&E original biography — and he delivers. Part one of the two-night event took place Monday and was chock full of juicy tidbits about the singer’s decades in the spotlight. The singer gave his unfiltered takes on his rise to stardom, getting booted from New Edition after clashing with his bandmates over his scene-stealing antics and then striking out on his own as a solo performer in Biography: Bobby Brown. The performer known for his… Source link

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Houston knocks off Illinois to make Sweet 16

Illinois has bowed out of the NCAA tournament in the second round for the second straight season. Last year as a No. 1 seed, the Illini were shocked in the Round of 32 by Loyola Chicago. This time around as a No. 4 seed in the South region, Illinois was no match for the physicality and athleticism of No. 5 Houston. Houston out-hustled Illinois, the Big Ten champions, throughout the first half to build a double-digit lead, withstood an Illinois run that tied the game early in the second half… Source link

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Yahoo Mock Draft: Packers Take Houston DL Logan Hall in First Round

GREEN BAY, Wis. – A first-round pick in 2016, Kenny Clark has carried the Green Bay Packers’ defensive line for most of his six NFL seasons. It’s just not a position the Packers have dedicated a lot of resources. Over the last eight drafts, Clark is the only defensive lineman they’ve selected within the first 90 picks. Could that change this year? A lot of that depends on Green Bay’s list of needs following free agency, but it’s a possibility. In Yahoo’s latest mock draft, the… Source link

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