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Grambling takes on Texas Southern in SWAC Championship game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

Texas Southern Tigers (13-20, 7-11 SWAC) vs. Grambling Tigers (24-8, 15-3 SWAC)Birmingham, Alabama; Saturday, 5:30 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Grambling -6.5; over/under is 132BOTTOM LINE: The Grambling Tigers and the Texas Southern Tigers meet in the SWAC Championship.The Grambling Tigers’ record in SWAC play is 15-3, and their record is 9-5 in non-conference games. Grambling has a 1-3 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.The Texas Southern Tigers’ record in SWAC play is 7-11. Texas Southern is eighth in the SWAC allowing 72.0 points while holding opponents to 43.2% shooting.TOP PERFORMERS: Cameron Christon is scoring 13.0 points per game with 5.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists for the Grambling Tigers. Shawndarius Cowart is averaging 12.5 points and 1.6 steals over the past 10 games for Grambling.PJ Henry averages 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Texas Southern Tigers, scoring 12.6 points while shooting 33.8% from beyond the arc. John Walker III is averagin...

Texas A&M Aggies take on the Vanderbilt Commodores in SEC Tournament

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

Vanderbilt Commodores (20-13, 11-7 SEC) vs. Texas A&M Aggies (24-8, 15-3 SEC)Nashville, Tennessee; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Texas A&M -5.5; over/under is 140.5BOTTOM LINE: The No. 18 Texas A&M Aggies and Vanderbilt Commodores meet in the SEC Tournament.The Aggies are 15-3 against SEC opponents and 9-5 in non-conference play. Texas A&M ranks third in the SEC in team defense, allowing 65.4 points while holding opponents to 40.1% shooting.The Commodores are 11-7 against SEC teams. Vanderbilt is seventh in the SEC scoring 72.4 points per game and is shooting 42.6%.TOP PERFORMERS: Wade Taylor IV is scoring 16.4 points per game and averaging 2.8 rebounds for the Aggies. Dexter Dennis is averaging 1.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Texas A&M.Myles Stute is shooting 36.3% from beyond the arc with 2.2 made 3-pointers per game for the Commodores, while averaging 8.5 points. Tyrin Lawrence is averaging 15.2 points over the last 10 games fo...

Toledo Rockets and Kent State Golden Flashes play for MAC Championship

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

Kent State Golden Flashes (27-6, 15-3 MAC) vs. Toledo Rockets (27-6, 16-2 MAC)Cleveland; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Toledo -1; over/under is 150BOTTOM LINE: The Toledo Rockets square off against the Kent State Golden Flashes in the MAC Championship.The Rockets’ record in MAC play is 16-2, and their record is 11-4 against non-conference opponents. Toledo averages 9.6 turnovers per game and is 2-0 when it wins the turnover battle.The Golden Flashes’ record in MAC games is 15-3. Kent State leads the MAC allowing only 65.3 points per game while holding opponents to 40.2% shooting.TOP PERFORMERS: Rayj Dennis is scoring 19.5 points per game with 4.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists for the Rockets. Setric Millner Jr. is averaging 17.5 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 55.1% over the last 10 games for Toledo.Sincere Carry is averaging 17.4 points, 4.8 assists and 1.8 steals for the Golden Flashes. Malique Jacobs is averaging 14.2 points over the last 10 games ...

Marquette Golden Eagles and Xavier Musketeers meet in Big East Championship

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

Xavier Musketeers (25-8, 15-5 Big East) vs. Marquette Golden Eagles (27-6, 17-3 Big East)New York; Saturday, 6:30 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Marquette -2; over/under is 154.5BOTTOM LINE: The No. 6 Marquette Golden Eagles face the No. 15 Xavier Musketeers in the Big East Championship.The Golden Eagles are 17-3 against Big East opponents and 10-3 in non-conference play. Marquette ranks fourth in college basketball with 39.6 points in the paint led by Oso Ighodaro averaging 9.7.The Musketeers are 15-5 against Big East teams. Xavier ranks eighth in the Big East allowing 74.3 points while holding opponents to 44.6% shooting.TOP PERFORMERS: Ighodaro is averaging 11.7 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.5 blocks for the Golden Eagles. Tyler Kolek is averaging 17.4 points over the last 10 games for Marquette.Souley Boum is averaging 17 points and 4.5 assists for the Musketeers. Colby Jones is averaging 17.1 points over the last 10 games for Xavier.LAST 10 GAMES: Golden Eagles: 9-...

Iona Gaels square off against the Marist Red Foxes in MAAC Championship

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

Marist Red Foxes (13-19, 6-14 MAAC) vs. Iona Gaels (26-7, 17-3 MAAC)Atlantic City, New Jersey; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Iona -14; over/under is 136.5BOTTOM LINE: The Iona Gaels and the Marist Red Foxes meet in the MAAC Championship.The Gaels’ record in MAAC games is 17-3, and their record is 9-4 in non-conference play. Iona is second in the MAAC in rebounding averaging 33.4 rebounds. Nelly Junior Joseph leads the Gaels with 9.4 boards.The Red Foxes are 6-14 in MAAC play. Marist is 2-2 in one-possession games.TOP PERFORMERS: Walter Clayton Jr. is scoring 16.9 points per game with 4.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Gaels. Daniss Jenkins is averaging 14.6 points and 5.6 assists over the past 10 games for Iona.Patrick Gardner is averaging 19 points and 6.6 rebounds for the Red Foxes. Kam Farris is averaging 1.8 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Marist.LAST 10 GAMES: Gaels: 10-0, averaging 78.7 points, 33.2 rebounds, 16.1 assists, 7.2 steals and 3....

Sexy y sonriente: Shakira llega con Bizarrap a The Tonight Show, que conduce Jimmy Fallon

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

NUEVA YORK – Shakira vive uno de los más grandes momentos de su carrera. La intérprete colombiana llegó este viernes en compañía del joven músico y productor argentino Bizarrap a The Tonight Show, que conduce el estadounidense Jimmy Fallon.La presencia de Shakira en ese show generó grandes expectativas a lo largo de la tarde y no fueron pocas las personas que esperaban que se refiriera a los momentos de ruptura del padre de sus hijos que inspiraron la famosa Music Session #53, que interpreta con Bizarrap y que, por primera vez, presentaron en vivo, pero la entrevista fue por otro camino.Shakira lució un vestido muy corto con brillos diminutos y escote corazón, combinado con unas botas de cuero negras brillantes hasta la rodilla, para sentarse junto al argentino y revelarle a Fallon todos los pormenores de su sesión, que fue impulsada por Milan, el hijo mayor de la cantante y gran admirador de Bizarrap.Para Milan, reveló Shakira, Bizarrap es el “nuevo dios argentino” musicalmen...

White House’s cloud security problem: ‘It could take down the internet like a stack of dominos’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

Governments and businesses have spent two decades rushing to the cloud — trusting some of their most sensitive data to tech giants that promised near-limitless storage, powerful software and the knowhow to keep it safe.Now the White House worries that the cloud is becoming a huge security vulnerability.So it’s embarking on the nation’s first comprehensive plan to regulate the security practices of cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Oracle, whose servers provide data storage and computing power for customers ranging from mom-and-pop businesses to the Pentagon and CIA.The cloud has “become essential to our daily lives,” Kemba Walden, the acting national cyber director, said in an interview. “If it’s disrupted, it could create large potentially catastrophic disruptions to our economy and to our government.”In essence, she said, the cloud is now “too big to fail.”The fear: For all their security expertise, the cloud giants offer concentrated targets that hackers could us...

Tractors head to The Hague, defying ban on farms protest

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Farmers drove tractors toward The Hague early Saturday in defiance of a ban on the heavy vehicles imposed ahead of a protest against the government’s plan to reduce nitrate emissions.The municipality imposed an emergency order in the city on a day when thousands of farmers were set to gather in a park and environmental activists from the Extinction Rebellion group were also planning a protest action on a major road. Authorities placed army trucks near some crossroads ready to block the streets if tractors tried to drive into the city center.The demonstrations come days before Dutch voters go to the polls in provincial elections Wednesday that indirectly also elect the national parliament’s upper house and could have an effect on proposals for reducing nitrate pollution.Rotterdam broadcaster Rijnmond showed video of a convoy of tractors crossing the city’s Erasmus Bridge early Saturday, apparently on their way to The Hague. One of the t...

The Weeknd, Avril Lavigne, Tate McRae among top nominees at Junos pre-telecast

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

TORONTO — Some of Canada’s brightest music stars will be toasted in Edmonton tonight as a pre-telecast Juno Awards celebration gets underway. More than 40 Juno categories will be handed out at the Juno Opening Night Awards, which stream live on YouTube and CBC Gem from the Edmonton Convention Centre, co-hosted by “Run the Burbs” star Andrew Phung and CBC Music’s Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe. Toronto singer the Weeknd holds a leading six Juno nominations, with four of those categories set to be handed out tonight, including contemporary R&B recording, artist and single of the year. Tied with five nods this year are Napanee, Ont. pop princess Avril Lavigne and Calgary newcomer Tate McRae. They’ll compete with each other in two of those categories tonight — single and pop album of the year.The industry show will toast several others, including Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew who receives the MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award for his philanthro...

Clocks across Canada to jump forward, but U.S. could consign time change to history

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:18:02 GMT

VANCOUVER — Most Canadians will wind their clocks forward an hour tonight, but legislation in the United States that could put an end to the seasonal time change is also moving ahead.U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio last week reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act that would allow states to make daylight time permanent.If passed, the law would have knock-on effects across Canada with provinces including British Columbia and Ontario waiting on neighbouring U.S. states to ditch the time change before they do so too.B.C. Premier David Eby says the province wants to remain “in sync” with West Coast American states and he’s “very much looking forward to getting rid of daylight saving time.”The U.S. bill, first proposed in 2018, has repeatedly failed to get through both chambers of Congress, and last March it stalled in the House without a vote.University of British Columbia business professor Werner Antweiler says the latest version of the bill has bipartisan backing...