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Pittsburgh plays Clemson following Hinson’s 22-point performance

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

Clemson Tigers (6-0) at Pittsburgh Panthers (5-2)Pittsburgh; Sunday, 2 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Panthers -1.5; over/under is 146.5BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh plays the Clemson Tigers after Blake Hinson scored 22 points in Pittsburgh’s 71-64 loss to the Missouri Tigers.The Panthers are 4-1 on their home court. Pittsburgh scores 84.7 points while outscoring opponents by 20.4 points per game.The Tigers have gone 1-0 away from home. Clemson is sixth in the ACC with 34.5 rebounds per game led by Ian Schieffelin averaging 8.2.Pittsburgh makes 44.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.9 percentage points higher than Clemson has allowed to its opponents (40.5%). Clemson averages 10.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 4.2 more made shots on average than the 6.0 per game Pittsburgh allows.The matchup Sunday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams in conference play.TOP PERFORMERS: Hinson averages 3.4 made 3-pointers per game for the Panthers, sc...

Furman visits Battle and Arkansas

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

Furman Paladins (4-4) at Arkansas Razorbacks (5-3)Fayetteville, Arkansas; Monday, 8 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Arkansas hosts the Furman Paladins after Khalif Battle scored 21 points in Arkansas’ 80-75 victory against the Duke Blue Devils.The Razorbacks are 4-1 on their home court. Arkansas ranks fourth in the SEC with 25.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Trevon Brazile averaging 5.6.The Paladins have gone 0-2 away from home. Furman is 0-1 in one-possession games.Arkansas’ average of 7.1 made 3-pointers per game this season is just 0.2 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Furman gives up. Furman scores 7.0 more points per game (82.3) than Arkansas gives up to opponents (75.3).TOP PERFORMERS: Tramon Mark is scoring 18.4 points per game and averaging 2.7 rebounds for the Razorbacks. Battle is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers for Arkansas.JP Pegues averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Paladins, scoring 15.7 points while shooting 32.6% from beyond the arc. Ma...

US defense chief: Israel must protect civilians or risk ‘strategic failure’ in Gaza

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

France, Germany deplore Paris knife attack that left German national dead

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

The French president and Germany’s foreign affairs minister condemned Saturday’s knife attack in Paris that injured two and left a German national dead.Police arrested a 26-year-old Frenchman, who had been on the security services watchlist, soon after the assault Saturday night near the Eiffel Tower, on Quai de Grenelle.“I send all my condolences to the family and loved ones of the German national who died this evening during the terrorist attack in Paris and think with the emotion of the people currently injured and in care,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on X. “The national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office … will be responsible for shedding light on this matter so that justice can be done in the name of the French people.” Emergency services treated the two injured, a French national and a foreign tourist, whose wounds are not life-threatening.Following his arrest, the assailant told police he was distressed over how “many Muslims are dying in Afghanistan an...

Pentagon: US arms industry struggling to keep up with China

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — America’s defense industry is struggling to achieve the kind of speed and responsiveness to stay ahead in a high-tech arms race with competitors such as China, an unreleased draft of a new Pentagon report on the defense industry warns.The first ever National Defense Industrial Strategy, which is set to be released in the coming weeks by Pentagon acquisition chief William LaPlante, is meant to be a comprehensive look at what the Pentagon needs in order to tap into the expertise of small tech firms, while funding and supporting traditional companies to move faster to develop new tech.As it stands now, the U.S. defense industrial base “does not possess the capacity, capability, responsiveness, or resilience required to satisfy the full range of military production needs at speed and scale,” according to a draft version of the report, obtained by POLITICO.The document, dated Nov. 27, adds that “just as significantly, the traditional defense contractors in the ...

Patriots-Chargers preview: Can Bill Belichick scheme an upset of Justin Herbert?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

Welcome back to Zappe Hour.Backup quarterback Bailey Zappe will make his first start of the season Sunday against the Chargers. Hopes are not high for Zappe, who went 9-of-14 for 54 yards and an interception last week in his fourth relief appearance of the season. But change should be a positive for a languishing Patriots offense.As for the Chargers, losers of three straight, quarterback Justin Herbert remains one of the NFL’s best and dangerous passers. Though he is 0-2 in his career against Bill Belichick, who is responsible for two of the worst performances of Herbert’s career. Could Belichick cook up an upset Sunday?Here’s what to watch for:When the Patriots runLast week, offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien called six more passes than runs, despite averaging a full yard more on handoffs than dropbacks. Here’s hoping that changes.The Patriots boast one of the league’s most efficient run games, ranking in the top 10 by success rate and EPA since ...

Bridge: Dec. 3, 2023

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

Unlucky Louie is no physicist but insists he can prove that sound travels slower than light: Louie says that some of the advice he gave his daughters at 16 didn’t get through to them until they were 22.Louie held today’s North hand in a duplicate game and heard his partner open 1NT.“Our 1NT range was 15 to 17 points,” Louie told me. “Should I raise to 2NT with a balanced eight-point hand?”Louie had raised, and since South had a tiptop maximum, he went on to 3NT. West led a heart: eight, ace, three. South played low on East’s heart return, and West took the queen and led a third heart. East discarded a diamond.“My partner took the king,” Louie said, “led a diamond to dummy, returned a club to his queen — and exhaled when the finesse won. He went to the king of spades and won a second club finesse with his jack, but when he took the ace, West threw a spade. My partner took eight tricks and gave me some advice: Pass 1NT....

Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson won’t seek reelection next year

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson announced that he won’t be seeking reelection in the Virginia city next year.Wilson, who also works for Amtrak, made the announcement in his weekly newsletter.“I would be thrilled to do this job forever. But doing two full-time jobs and being a good husband and father is not sustainable forever. Nor should anyone be in elected office forever,” Wilson said.“Good governance requires the constant injection of new ideas and energy.”He was elected as mayor in 2019 after serving on the city council for a decade. He ran unopposed in the general election after defeating sitting incumbent Allison Silberberg in an upset in the Democratic primary in 2018.As a mayoral candidate, Wilson campaigned on boosting affordable housing and small businesses along with expanding classrooms across the city.Under his leadership, Alexandria opened a new Metro station and a graduate engineering campus at Potomac Yards. He also secured a deal to turn...

Nantes supporter dies before French league game in latest incident to mar French soccer

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

NANTES, France (AP) — A supporter from Nantes died on Saturday following a fight that took place before the club’s 1-0 win over Nice in the latest outbreak of violence to mar French soccer this season.Nantes said in a statement overnight that the fan was “fatally injured” close to the club’s stadium. According to the L’Equipe newspaper, the fan was a member of the Brigade Loire, Nantes’ main group of diehard fans. “In circumstances which are the subject of an ongoing judicial investigation, the 31-year-old collapsed, hit in the back,” the club said. “Despite the intervention of emergency services, the fan could not be saved.”Nantes said the public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into voluntary manslaughter.Nantes public prosecutor Renaud Gaudeul said the incident took place shortly before 8 p.m. local time, when several private hire vehicles carrying Nice fans on their way to the match were attacked by groups of Nantes supporters.“The very f...

Philippine president blames foreign militants for a bombing that killed 4 Christian worshippers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:34:51 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president blamed “foreign terrorists” for a bomb blast that killed four people Sunday, wounded dozens of other Catholic worshippers in the south and sparked a security alarm, including in the capital, Manila, where state forces were put on alert.The suspected bomb, which the police said was made from a mortar round, went off and hit students and teachers who attended a Mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in southern Marawi city, Taha Mandangan, the security chief of the state-run campus, told The Associated Press by telephone.Dozens of students and teachers dashed out of the gym and the wounded were taken to hospitals.Regional military commander Maj. Gen. Gabriel Viray III said four people were killed by the explosion, including three women, and 50 others were brought to two hospitals for treatment.Six of the wounded were fighting for their lives in a hospital, said Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr. of the Islamic province of Lanao del S...