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Here are the Badgers that earn game balls from their 24-22 win over Iowa Jonathan Taylor Quintez Cephus Chris Orr
Here are the Badgers that earn game balls from their 24-22 win over Iowa Jonathan Taylor Quintez Cephus Chris Orr
Here are the Badgers that earn game balls from their 24-22 win over Iowa Jonathan Taylor Quintez Cephus Chris Orr
Here are the Badgers that earn game balls from their 24-22 win over Iowa Jonathan Taylor Quintez Cephus Chris Orr
The Chicago Bears returned to their winning ways with a 20-13 victory over the Detroit Lions, which meant a return to Club Dub.
After a prolonged absence from Club Dub, the Chicago Bears returned to their winning ways Sunday notching a 20-13 victory over the Detroit Lions.
The win snapped Chicago’s four-game losing streak and kept them out of last place in the NFC North, with a 4-5 record.
While it certainly an ugly win, any win is a welcome win. Especially when it you get to return to Club Dub.
Win together.
🏄‍♂️ together.#ClubDub pic.twitter.com/oyinflq9ow— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) November 11, 2019
For all of those that are criticizing Matt Nagy for holding Club Dub with the Bears below .500 and nabbing their first win in over a month, he doesn’t care. This is how they do things. This is how they celebrate victories, even ones that are far from pretty.
“That’s who we are,” Nagy said, via the Chicago Tribune. “The guys, you’d be surprised, one of the neat things that I think we have going on right now, even in this four-game slide that we just came through, is every Saturday morning we have our own (dance-off), and it just keeps the energy going. We did it last year and why not keep doing it? So we do it. (Saturday morning) is like the appetizer and then this they come to dinner.
“I just sat back and just to be able to watch the guys, seeing them in there, they ended up doing some one-on-one dancing, which is pretty neat. It’s exciting. We enjoy it. It brings you together, you know, and then you’re able to coach off of wins a lot easier. There’s still a lot of things that we need to get better at. We understand that. But you step back in those moments and you say, this is why we do what we do.”
The Bears will be looking to make it two straight trips to Club Dub when they travel to Los Angeles to face the Rams on Sunday Night Football in Week 11.
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Rafael dos Anjos wants to welcome Conor McGregor back to the UFC.
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The two were scheduled to fight more than three years ago at UFC 196 for the lightweight title. But then-champ dos Anjos (29-12 MMA, 18-10 UFC) was forced to pull out just a couple of weeks before the fight due to a broken foot.
McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC), who was the featherweight champ at the time, was attempting to move up in weight to hold two titles simultaneously, but that was put on hold when dos Anjos suffered an injury. Nate Diaz stepped in and flipped the MMA world upside down by handing McGregor his first UFC loss.
But dos Anjos lost his title to Eddie Alvarez, and after McGregor handled his business with Diaz in a rematch, he met Alvarez for the 155-pound title and put on a masterclass to win a second UFC belt. So the fight between dos Anjos and McGregor never came to fruition, and dos Anjos thinks it’s time to make that fight happen.
He took to Instagram to call out McGregor, who hasn’t competed since his fourth-round submission loss to Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 229 more than a year ago. McGregor is rumored to face Donald Cerrone on Jan. 18, but dos Anjos is asking the UFC to not give McGregor a “tune-up fight,” and instead give him a “real contender” like himself.
“Don’t give this guy a tune up fight, give him real contender at 170 , 165 or 155. I’m in all the way @danawhite @seanshelby”
Both dos Anjos and McGregor have competed at welterweight before. Dos Anjos recently moved up to the division, and McGregor fought Diaz twice at 170-pounds.
But dos Anjos seems happy to move back down to 155 to face McGregor since he thinks they have unfinished business.
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UT News: November 11, 2019
The Tennessee Volunteers escaped Lexington this past weekend with a huge comeback victory against the Kentucky Wildcats. The game was a must-win match against their SEC archrivals for a Vols team vying for a bowl game after a rough start to the season. In other news, the Lady Vols basketball team travels to South Bend to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish tonight, and the volleyball team swept Alabama this weekend. But first, take a look at some notes from the football game on Saturday.
NEXT: Lady Vols face Notre Dame tonight
A kayak fisherman came close to being tipped over by the 200-pound alligator gar he battled for 40 minutes in a south Texas river.
A kayak fisherman in south Texas came close to being tipped over by the 200-pound alligator gar he battled for 40 minutes before paddling one-handed to shore and landing the prehistoric fish.
The 7-foot alligator gar was the biggest Chris Hernandez had ever caught and it was almost too much to handle.
Hernandez told USA Today/For The Win Outdoors he was fishing a river on the outskirts of his hometown of Benito when he landed the alligator gar last week.
At one point, it became a bit scary when the fish slammed his kayak with its tail.
“It was just a quick flip from the tail that hit my yak causing my yak to shake back and forth,” Hernandez told For The Win Outdoors. “If my yak would’ve tilted a couple more inches, it would’ve took in water.
“At one point my rod was halfway in the water while the gar was taking line. My upper body was [so] tired that I thought I was going to lose my rod to this dinosaur of a gar.”
Hernandez told MySanAntonio the fish “was dragging me all over the river.”
Also on FTW Outdoors: Shark helps fisherman land huge tuna
Since there was no way he was going to pull the fish onto his kayak, Hernandez used one hand to paddle to shore as he held on to his fishing rod. A friend helped him through branches on the bank so he could to land the gar.
“This was an awesome experience and an awesome joy ride on the yak,” Hernandez wrote on his Facebook page. “Man, the heart was really pumping.”
Alligator gar are often referred to as “living fossils” because scientists can trace them back 100 million years in the fossil record, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. They can grow up to 10 feet and 350 pounds.
Hernandez is probably lucky not to have hooked one that big.
Photos courtesy of Chris Hernandez.
Previewing Monday’s Minnesota Timberwolves at Detroit Pistons odds and lines, with NBA matchup analysis and picks.
The Minnesota Timberwolves (5-4) visit the Detroit Pistons (4-6) Monday at Little Caesars Arena for a 7 p.m. ET start. We analyze the Timberwolves-Pistons odds and lines, with NBA betting advice and tips around the matchup.
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Timberwolves:
Pistons
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Timberwolves 114, Pistons 108
The +125Â line for the visiting TIMBERWOLVES is quite inviting. Even with the Pistons’ anticipated return of PF Blake Griffin, there expects to be a decent amount of rust.
Can Detroit keep up with Minnesota? The Pistons have shown tendencies of having a tough time piling up points. Griffin will help but maybe not right away.
New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Timberwolves to win outright returns a profit of $12.50. Detroit has too much uncertainty and is a -150 favorite which seems a bit high.
The moneyline is a better play but a TIMBERWOLVES (+3.5, -106) pick is not a terrible choice. A Minnesota cover here (lose by three or fewer points or win outright) returns a profit of $9.43 on the same $10 wager.
Minnesota is 3-2 against the spread on the road with a higher point cover projection (plus-2.2 points per game). Detroit is 3-2 ATS at home but there’s just too much uncertainty with Griffin returning to the lineup.
Let’s take the OVER 219.5 (+105). There is a tendency to acknowledge offense comes first over defense when players return. The two teams combine for around 224 points per game.
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One of the greatest to ever play for MSU has died.
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One of the greatest to ever don the Michigan State green and white, Charles Rogers has died.
The former All-American was only 38.
Former Michigan State tight end Chris Baker confirmed the news on Twitter this morning.
Devastated to learn of the passing of my spartan brother Charles Rodgers. Spoke with his mom this morning. Please pray for her and his children. Please also be respectful of their privacy at this difficult time. Rip Chuck đź’”
— Chris Baker (@Toten86) November 11, 2019
Rogers starred at MSU from 2000-02. He finished his MSU career with 2,821 yards on 135 catches to go with 27 touchdowns. He also caught a touchdown in 13 straight games. Rogers entered the NFL draft early and was selected by the Detroit Lions with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2003 draft.
A look at Rogers' MSU career stats:
2001 – 67 rec., 1,470 yards, 14 TDs
2002 – 68 rec., 1,351 yards, 13 TDs pic.twitter.com/1sgULsvWfa— Michigan St. on BTN (@MichiganStOnBTN) November 11, 2019
Injuries and drug problems kept his NFL career from ever amounting to what it could have been.
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Houston Rockets forward Danuel House Jr. appears unlikely to miss any games after turning his left ankle late in Saturday’s win at Chicago.
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Houston Rockets forward Danuel House Jr. appears unlikely to miss any games after turning his left ankle in Saturday’s win at Chicago.
Though House limped off the court in the fourth quarter, Houston Chronicle beat writer Jonathan Feigen says the 26-year-old was not limping after the game Saturday or during Sunday’s travel day.
The Rockets (6-3) return to game action Monday night in New Orleans, where House’s length and athleticism could be critical in guarding 22-year-old Brandon Ingram.
Acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers in the Anthony Davis trade this offseason, the athletic 6-foot-7 forward has had a breakout season with the Pelicans (2-7) by averaging 25.9 points per game. Ingram’s total ranks just outside the NBA’s top 10 in scoring.
House is fifth in the NBA in catch-and-shoot 3s, hitting 23 (2.6 per game) on 46 percent shooting. He also has the top defensive rating among the Rockets regulars. roughly the same as Clint Capela's. https://t.co/X2eUhZJmOQ
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) November 10, 2019
House was not listed on Monday’s injury report issued by the Rockets, so native Houstonian appears set to play in New Orleans.
#Rockets Injury/Status Report:
Michael Frazier (G League – Two Way)
Gerald Green (Not With Team – Left Cuneiform Fracture)
Nene (Not With Team – Left Adductor Strain)No Danuel House on the injury report.
— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) November 11, 2019
House has been a revelation for the Rockets this year, scoring 12.9 points per game on 48.7% shooting and a blistering 47.2% clip from three-point range. The 6-foot-6 forward has also averaged 5.3 rebounds in his 31.2 minutes, and his net defensive rating of 103.7 is the best of any player in Houston’s current rotation.
Head coach Mike D’Antoni announced before Saturday’s game that he was sticking with House as his starter at small forward, even after the return of Eric Gordon from an injury absence.
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