That’s when Mark Dantonio turned to Connor Cook one more time. BIG TEN: 5 things we learned | Spartans know how to win big ones | Photos “I looked at him in the huddle,” Dantonio said. “I said, ‘Can you do this? Get up there?’ He said, ‘Yeah, I could get it.” We went with that particular football play.” That play turned out to be an option keeper, and Cook took Iowa linebacker Josey Jewell’s best shot....
That’s perhaps the reason why a fighter like Jorge Masvidal, who is the next in line for a Welterweight title shot, has decided to wait and see what will happen at UFC 246 before making his next move. UFC 229 was undoubtedly the biggest fight in MMA history, garnering an estimated 2.5 million PPV buys. It was also the most talked-about and watched fight in the history of the sport and while UFC 246 may not replicate that, McGregor may be getting a better deal....
After months of trash talk and dancing around, Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather finally duked it out in “Punch-Out!!”, the classic 1980s Nintendo Entertainment System boxing game. The fight went as expected, with Mayweather being warned multiple times by referee Mario Mario to stop hugging and McGregor reaching deep down to release some sweet MMA justice. MORE: The Mayweather-McGregor trash talk has reached new heights You can catch the whole 8-bit-beatdown here:...
Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs, posted a video on his Telegram channel on Tuesday purportedly showing a Russian soldier who was mobilized five days ago from the western Rostov region, which borders Ukraine. He said it was the first case of a mobilized soldier surrendering in Ukraine since Putin’s September 21 decree. “Soldiers of the 92nd brigade captured a frightened, frozen ‘mobilized soldier’ in the forest near Kupyansk [in eastern Ukraine]....
All the players will be reporting to the camp in Delhi from December 16 onwards, with a squad of 28 members flying to Abu Dhabi for the final phase of preparation on December 20. The last date for registration of the list of 23 players for the Continental Championship is slated for December 26. As part of their preparation, the Blue Tigers are slated to play an International Friendly against Oman in Abu Dhabi on December 27....
Chelsea could sign Koulibaly Azpilicueta previously featured at either right- or left-back, but has impressed this term as the right-sided centre-back in a three-man defence. The 27-year-old has played every minute of Premier League football this term - Thibaut Courtois is the only other Chelsea player not to miss a minute - and Conte has reiterated his integralness to the team. “This system [3-5-2] was in my mind when we planned the season with the club,” Conte said....
Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud started on the bench as Eden Hazard was deployed as a false nine, with Willian and Pedro operating on the wings at the Etihad Stadium. Chelsea did not manage a single shot in the first half and fell behind to Bernardo Silva’s effort just 33 seconds after the restart, but Conte did not feel his approach was the reason for their struggles. “My tactics were not to concede space between the lines, not to concede space to Manchester City because if you do that you risk losing by many goals,” the Italian told Sky Sports....
The Peruvian forward appeared to use his hand to score from close range with 16 minutes remaining and after a long delay while the referee consulted with his assistant while taking advice through an earpiece, he allowed the goal to stand. Television pictures showed Ruidiaz grinning after the goal had been awarded but the Brazilian players were apoplectic with rage at a decision that sent them tumbling out of the tournament before the knockout stages for the first time since 1987....
Argentina captain Felipe Contepomi could close out his international career on Saturday, dealing a blow to the Pumas ahead of their entry into the rebranded southern hemisphere championship later this year. The 34-year-old utility back starred at centre last weekend as Argentina defeated France 23-20 in the first Test in Cordoba, a result that left the tourists without a win in Argentina for 13 years. Stade Francais star Contepomi is likely to be a thorn in the side of the French again in the second Test in Tucuman on Saturday in what could be an emotional farewell....
Based out of Milan, Italy, publisher 505 Games has been on a bit of a hot streak lately, releasing critically acclaimed titles like Control, Ghostrunner, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and the most recent Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising. In previous years, the publisher has held its showcase as part of a more extensive event like E3, Gamescom, or the Tokyo Game Show, where 505 unveiled the upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes....
We have forgotten how our lives were like before we had phones. We are sure, at some, point, you must have read or watched something that had ideas about how to do more things that make you forget your phone. But were you truly able to do something about it? The chances are if you are reading this, you are in a fix. May be you want to reduce the time you spend on your phone or you have tried doing it in the past and have been unsuccessful at it....
But when I watched “The Case for War,” mostly I just felt bad for the guy. At one point, Perle wades into an antiwar rally in Washington, D.C., and is immediately swarmed. “It got pretty vicious,” he tells NEWSWEEK. “When someone shouts, ‘You’re a weapon of mass destruction’ or ‘You’re worse than Hitler,’ how do you respond to that?” Throughout, however, Perle is unfailingly calm, even a bit downcast. To appease critics and give the film some objectivity, he also debates the Iraq question with several intelligent people who had the luxury of hindsight....
The series finale at The Oval starts on Friday and will bring the curtain down on a 12-year career with England, during which he became his country’s all-time leading run scorer in the longest form of the game. His time as a Test batsman began with a debut against India in March 2006, and more than a decade later the opener will bow out against the same opposition in what will surely be a celebration of his career in London....
England head to London having secured an unassailable 3-1 series lead, and the final instalment of what has been a compelling contest will be a poignant one as Cook prepares to take his guard on the international stage for the last time. There have been highs and lows aplenty for Cook since making his debut against India in March 2006, not least during his five years as captain between 2012 and 2017....
The officer witnessed the suspect driving a van in reverse on a city street before pulling into a parking lot, Des Moines police said in a news release. The 48-year-old officer, who has not yet been named, stopped to question the driver, but the suspect allegedly provided a false name and attempted to flee the scene on foot. The officer pursued the suspect, and then the two began a “physical struggle” in the southbound lanes of a street as the officer tried to take the man into custody, the Des Moines Register reported....
Both the sides have witnessed contradicting fortunes since their last meeting in Maracaibo, Venezuela way back in the final of the 2007 edition. The decade since that fatal day has seen the Albiceleste building on their success with three back to back finals, twice against Chile in the last two finals and once against Germany in the World Cup final. The talented generation though started to show glimpses of vulnerability ever since....
Ali Almoez had a great chance to put Qatar level but he squandered his chance wide of the goal. Then late into the first half, Paraguay had two promising chances to pull two goals clear of their opponents. The first chance coming from West Ham Centre half Fabián Balbuena was headed narrowly wide. Hernán Perez thought he had added a goal but a fantastic save from Qatar shot-stopper Al Sheeb meant Paraguay went into the break one goal to the good....
