The Blue Devils start no one taller than 6-8, and opponents clearly are well aware of the opportunity to exploit Duke inside. Clemson had an exceptional amount of success driving to the basket in the second half, scoring 24 of their second-half points on either layups, tip-ins or dunks. Eleven more points came courtesy of trips to the free-throw line in a 20-minute stretch in which Clemson outscored Duke 41-22....
ESPN reported Okafor is wearing a protective boot as a precaution. The injury occurred in the first half of Wednesday night’s victory against North Carolina when the freshman landed on the foot of a UNC player after taking a shot. MORE: Another thriller for UNC-Duke | Field of 68 update | Best teams that didn’t win the title Okafor, the projected No. 1 pick in the NBA lottery if he leaves Duke, stayed in the game, finishing with 12 points and 13 rebounds....
A seesaw battle with several lead changes swung when Kenny Goins hit a 3 with 39 seconds left, giving the Spartans a lead they did not relent. As expected, Michigan State’s Cassius Winston and Duke’s Zion Williamson had their footprints all of the game, with both recording double-doubles. MORE: Watch college basketball live with fuboTV (7-day trial) Winston had 20 points and 10 assists, while Williamson had 24 points, 14 rebounds, three blocks and three steals in a losing effort....
“Yeah, we’re not done breaking records yet, though,” Haskins said. “For sure, for sure,” Campbell piled on. MORE: Rose Bowl preview of Ohio State-Washington Haskins — at least in the present — is simply looking to the next time on stage. He is staying focused on No. 6 Ohio State’s matchup with No. 9 Washington in the Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1. That will be Ohio State coach Urban Meyer’s final game with the Buckeyes....
It also means he was a bit of a “Groomzilla” on his wedding day. MORE: Hawks fan cries over Shaq selfie | Latest Mock Draft | Must-see playoff photos Wade admitted on “Late Night with Seth Meyers” his wedding with Gabrielle Union was just as much about him as his wife. “You know how they say the wedding is about the woman? No, no. It is about both of us,” Wade said....
The Argentina international was linked with a move to Camp Nou during the transfer window following Neymar’s world-record transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Dybala FGS 7/1 with dabblebet Real Madrid have also been credited with an interest in the 23-year-old, who has scored seven goals in four appearances in a blistering start to the season. When asked if he could become Messi’s team-mate in future, Dybala told a news conference: “He’s already my team-mate for Argentina but I’m really good at Juventus, although I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future....
The Dynamo announced prior to the contest the forward did not dress for the game in Houston after reporting concussion symptoms following the Dynamo’s loss in Toronto. He entered the league concussion protocol and was not cleared Friday, leaving him ineligible for Saturday’s match. MLS Spotlight: Torres rejuvenated under Cabrera Mauro Manotas took Torres’ place as the central attacker in coach Wilmer Cabrera’s 4-3-3 set up. After not scoring a goal in two seasons with Houston, Torres rediscovered his game under coach Cabrera and has netted seven times in the Dynamo’s first eight games of the season – good for the Major League Soccer lead....
Since its debut last year, Los Angeles based E! has brought to almost 19 million cable subscribers across the country its bright graphic look, a crew of young hosts with great hair and teeth, and a format of endlessly rotating plugs, previews and puff pieces. Owned by Time Warner and a consortium of cable operators, E! aims to succeed in an increasingly tight cable market by servicing the need to hear celebrities talk about themselves 24 hours a day....
Gardner-Johnson, 25, helped the Eagles dispatch the New York Giants 39-7 in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs on Sunday, but then found that not everyone in the city seemed to appreciate his efforts. On Monday he posted an Instagram video suggesting that he knew who was behind the theft and it wouldn’t be long before the police had tracked down the culprits. Gardner-Johnson said: “I know exactly who stole my s***, bro....
The state’s GOP-controlled House passed a bill that would dissolve the Reedy Creek Improvement District as well as a handful of similar sectors by a vote of 70-38 on Thursday. The state Senate, also controlled by Republicans, approved companion legislation in a 23-16 vote on the previous day. The bill will become law if signed by DeSantis and take effect on June 1, 2023, although Disney could still launch legal challenges....
Overnight, Ian was upgraded to a Category 3 storm. The hurricane will exit Cuba later on Tuesday and continue its path toward Florida. Models show that the storm has shifted its track and is expected to make landfall in Sarasota on Wednesday. Monday’s models showed Hurricane Ian hitting the Tampa area hard, then slowing its path, leading to extended rain, winds and storm surge. Ian was expected to move up Florida’s west coast, but new models show the storm cutting east across the state and exiting into the Atlantic Ocean....
Former Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was in Fort Worth, Texas, to accept an award at the Davey O’Brien awards ceremony on Monday, and during his speech, Watson jokingly begged the Cowboys to draft him. MORE: Mock Draft | NFL Combine 2017 “I like being back in Fort Worth, Texas. I told you I would be back here. I told coach Garrett if I’m back here, you have to draft me,” Watson told the audience, via the Star-Telegram....
According to a report by Aaron Wilson of the Houston Chronicle, the Texans don’t consider Tagovailoa, coming off his rookie season, “an adequate replacement” to their three-time Pro Bowl quarterback: “Miami has a quarterback with upside in Tua Tagovailoa, but that could be a deal-breaker for the Texans,” Wilson reported. “Tagovailoa isn’t regarded as a quarterback the Texans will view as an adequate replacement for Watson, according to multiple league sources....
All modesty aside, his description does more justice to the house. Whether I’m in the yard or walking home from work, I often stop and gaze at the structure and its setting. And my colleague’s opinion seems unanimous. Guests, delivery people, the mailman, even kids asking for contributions for a school band trip always say how much they like the house. The form of the house is clearly a success, and achieving it was one of the reasons my wife and I hired an architect....
Nelson, back in camp in Green Bay, did his annual offseason regimen, returning to the family farm in Riley, Kansas (population: 982), and putting in some real work, farm work. MORE: Camp battles to watch | Why the Packers are SN’s pick to win the Super Bowl In an interview in the new issue of ESPN the Magazine (via Business Insider), Nelson acknowledged again what media outlets have been reporting for almost as long as Nelson has been in the NFL (some even longer): He works up to 12 hours a day on the farm, driving a combine to harvest wheat or rounding up the 1,000-head herd of cattle near the tiny town northwest of Manhattan, where Nelson starred for the Kansas State Wildcats....
Although three from the 30 players he called up to the training camp ahead of the 2018 AFC U23 Championship have not turned up, the fact that it is one of the bets starts to his training camps this year is not lost on Malaysia U23 head coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee. Earlier in the year, Malaysian clubs had refused to cooperate by releasing their players to Ong ahead of the AFC qualifiers and 2017 SEA Games training camps....
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) remain under fire from political opponents, with the new package agreed upon almost nine months since the last was signed. Since the CARES Act, Democrats in the House twice passed proposals—in the form of the HEROES Act then an updated version—though these were rejected in the Senate. Republican proposals of so-called skinny deals also failed to gain traction, prior to the roughly $900 billion compromise agreement being reached....
How to Complete Destiny 2 Iron Banner Daily Challenges To find the Iron Banner daily challenges in Destiny 2, open your Director and head to the Destinations screen. Here you can see all of the different planets and locations that you can visit in Destiny 2. To locate the Iron Banner, hover over the Crucible option and select it. From here, you’ll be taken to a screen with multiple options. Hover over Iron Banner, which is on the right of the screen, and you should see the challenges listed below....
Energy Transfer, the owner of Sunoco Pipeline LP, is facing 48 criminal charges, most of them for releasing industrial waste at 22 sites in 11 counties across the state. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the case at a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downington, where Sunoco spilled thousands of gallons of drilling fluid. The spill occurred during the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, which has been plagued with problems....
