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[ad_1] Southern Miss running back Frank Gore Jr. rushed 21 times for 329 yards and two rushing touchdowns, the most rushing yards in bowl game history, as the Golden Eagles defeated Rice 38-24. Here’s what you needed to know: Gore rushed for a career-best 1,382 yards and nine touchdowns in 13 games this season. Southern Mississippi finished the season 7-6 with the victory. Gore even added a 19-yard touchdown pass to Tiaquelin Mims to his record-setting day. Backstory Gore led the Golden Eagles from start to finish, scoring on the ground…

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[ad_1] PHILADELPHIA — K’Andre Miller has a few breakaway moves, but maybe not one exactly like the one he pulled out in the second period on Saturday. This was (deep breath): Exit the penalty box, go to the top of the Rangers zone, chip the puck past Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim, zoom around him, cut into the middle of the ice entering the Flyers zone, get clipped by Sanheim, go down, get back up, backhand, forehand, tuck around Carter Hart’s right pad. Miller’s goal celebration, with both palms facing upward…

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[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS — Parris Campbell let out a deep sigh as he sank deeper in his chair. Grover Stewart stared at the floor, statuesque and silent. E.J. Speed sat frozen at his locker with his head buried in his hands. “We’re a part of history,” Speed said. “For all the wrong reasons.” The Colts blew the largest lead in NFL history Saturday in Minnesota, losing 39-36 in overtime after being up 33-0 at halftime. Before the game, teams that held a lead of 30-plus points were 1,548-1-1, including the regular…

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[ad_1] NEW YORK — Look at Mick Cronin. Does he scream Los Angeles? Lacking the Southern California tan, boiled- and pent-up energy, always looks ready to burst. Sure, he’s dressed up with snazzier suits since relocating and has taken nicely to the West Coast lifestyle. He’s talking about grilling on Christmas, for heaven’s sake. But the grind is in his DNA. It’s how he was raised by his father, Hep. His coaching mentors, Bob Huggins and Rick Pitino, made sure he knew that coaching basketball meant a life of suffering,…

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[ad_1] The Washington Capitals were ready to watch history being made at Capitol One Arena. Balloons were pumped, objects were ready to be thrown, and the crowd went wild as Erik Gustafsson became the fifth Swedish defenceman in NHL history to score a hat trick. Although it wasn’t the history-making moment many expected, Gustafsson’s three goals led the way to a blue line strike from Washington as four of their five goals came from defencemen. The Leafs, on the other hand, had only one of their line contribute offensively while…

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[ad_1] It would have been so awkward. Picture the highest-ranking members of the Cubs’ organization, dressed in their tailored sport coats and quarter-zip pullovers, filing in to face the crowd at the Sheraton Grand Chicago. The team just released the schedule for the 2023 Cubs Convention, stuffing one day (Jan. 14) with Q&A sessions for the Ricketts family, club presidents Jed Hoyer (baseball operations) and Crane Kenney (business operations), general manager Carter Hawkins, and manager David Ross and his major-league coaching staff. Instead of venting their frustrations on Twitter or…

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[ad_1] Devin Booker scored 58 points Saturday night to carry the Suns out of a 24-point hole versus the Pelicans and complete the comeback, winning 118-114. Here’s what you need to know: Booker’s outburst came on 21-of-35 shooting, including 6-of-12 from 3. This marks Booker’s second 50-point game of the season and the fifth of his career. The Suns trailed New Orleans by 24 with seven minutes to play in the third quarter before closing the quarter on a 26-6 run. Backstory New Orleans and Phoenix have now split their…

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[ad_1] Lionel Messi walks like a camel. That’s not a description of his gait — unfortunately for every defender who’s ever tried to tackle him, Messi’s short legs and long body are anything but spindly or top-heavy — but of his ability to think on his feet. “You must walk like a camel,” Henry David Thoreau advised, “which is said to be the only beast which ruminates when walking.” Messi thinks best while wandering his little patch of Qatari desert. He chews things over mid-shuffle. “He’s not running, but he’s always…

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[ad_1] By Joe Buscaglia, Tim Graham and Austin Mock The Bills won a snowy Saturday night thriller over the Dolphins 32-29 to clinch their fourth straight playoff berth. Here’s what you need to know: After taking a 21-13 halftime lead, Buffalo allowed 16 unanswered points to fall behind 29-21 with 11:56 remaining. Josh Allen tossed a touchdown on the Bills’ next drive and narrowly broke the plane on a diving two-point conversion to tie the game at 29. Tyler Bass kicked a 25-yard field goal as time expired to clinch…

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[ad_1] From 10 involved to one left — William Saliba is the last man standing for Arsenal at the World Cup. As his club-mates returned to action with a 2-0 defeat against Juventus, Saliba, who has played just 27 minutes in Qatar, was readying himself for the final against Argentina. Considering the illness that has swept through the France camp he may even get a late call-up. Arsenal’s other nine players who went to Doha had varied success but it is the injury to Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus that could…

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