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UCF coach Gus Malzahn reportedly resigning to take Florida State OC jobIreland 22-19 Australia: Late Gus McCarthy try seals a nervy win in Andy Farrell's final game before stepping away from Irish role to lead the Lions Ireland ended their Autumn schedule by beating Australia at the Aviva Stadium Gus McCarthy scored the game's winning try in the 76th minute on Saturday It was Ireland coach Andy Farrell's last game before going on tour with the Lions By RORY KEANE Published: 17:01 EST, 30 November 2024 | Updated: 17:01 EST, 30 November 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Ireland signed off on their autumn campaign with a hard-fought win against Joe Schmidt 's Wallabies on Saturday and head coach Andy Farrell, who was overseeing his final game in charge before his Lions sabbatical next year, hailed the grit of his players on a tough night for the hosts. Australia surged into a 10-0 lead thanks to a Max Jorgensen score and the boot of Noah Lolesio, with a try from Josh van der Flier keeping Ireland in the hunt during an error-strewn first half. Caelan Doris crashed over the line after the break to wrestle the lead back, but Lolesio continued to punish Farrell's side from the kicking tee and it took a late try from replacement hooker Gus McCarthy to secure a tense win at the Aviva Stadium. And Farrell revealed it took some fairly frank chat at the half-time break to turn things around. 'He (Doris) led the way with the honesty as well,' the Ireland head coach stated, praising his skipper. 'We were feeling sorry for ourselves a little bit because I understand it's human nature, and we had enough possession and territory to win the game twice over in the first half and we spilled enough ball and made enough errors in the first half to lose two matches as well. We were feeling sorry for ourselves but you've no right to think that everything's going to go your own way, all singing, all dancing the whole time. Ireland finished their Autumn on a high by beating Australia at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday Leinster hooker Gus McCarthy (centre) scored the game's winning try in the 76th minute Saturday's win was Ireland coach Andy Farrell's last game before going on tour with the Lions 'So with that in mind, we got over ourselves and I thought we came back strong. The big picture of the game is that I'm really proud of the victory because it was hard-fought against a bit of adversity, so delighted to get the win.' Not for the first time this month, Ireland lacked accuracy, making 28 handling errors and conceding 20 turnovers. It's been a worrying theme across this autumn series after sloppy displays against New Zealand and Argentina. 'I mean, if you look at them, there were 14 of them in the first half, that's a hell of a lot,' said Farrell on Ireland's high error count. Read More SIR CLIVE WOODWARD: This is my Lions team to beat Australia 'You obviously take the positives from the fact of being down there in the right parts of the field but I mean, some of them were simple ball in hand and some of them were lineout stuff. A lot of them were a bit fancy — not seeing the pass, just presuming that people are going to be there. Our timing was off a little bit.' Farrell hailed the performances of Sam Prendergast, making only his second Test start, and fellow outside-half Jack Crowley, who delivered some big moments from the bench. 'I thought Sam had some lovely stuff. He made some errors, some kicks that weren't perfect. 'His touch-finding kicks were outstanding and it's a real feature. Some of the kicks he put up in the air were obviously too long and we needed to fix that, it allowed them to relieve a bit of territory. 'But equally I thought Jack was excellent when he came on. He took hold of the game.' Ireland Rugby Australia Rugby Share or comment on this article: Ireland 22-19 Australia: Late Gus McCarthy try seals a nervy win in Andy Farrell's final game before stepping away from Irish role to lead the Lions e-mail Add commentThe 2021 iPad Is Only $200 Again At Target — But For A Limited Time
BCSS launches holiday fundraising campaignATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company for violations that included taking bets on unauthorized events, and on games that had already ended. In information made public Monday, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined DraftKings $20,000. It also levied $10,000 fines on Rush Street Interactive NJ and the sports betting technology company Kambi. According to documents released by the state, Rush Street accepted 16 bets worth $1,523 in Nov. 2021 on a college basketball game between the University of North Carolina-Asheville and Tennessee Tech University after the game had already concluded with a UNC victory. Kambi told the enforcement division that a trader had failed to manually remove that game from its betting markets, saying it had stopped receiving messages from its own sports data provider due to a network connectivity error. Kambi said it has updated its guidelines and retrained its traders to prevent a recurrence. Kambi, which is based in Malta, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment Monday. Rush Street declined comment, and DraftKings had no immediate comment Monday. DraftKings stopped using Kambi in 2021. In March 2022 Rush Street took seven bets totaling just under $2,900 on three Magic City Jai Alai games after the results were already known. Kambi told the division it experienced a connectivity issue that allowed the bets to be accepted after the games were over. An explanation of what Kambi did to address the situation was blacked out in documents released by the division. A month earlier Rush Street took 13 wagers worth $8,150 with pre-match odds on a Professional Golf Association match after the event had already begun. In this case, Kambi told the division a newly hired trader failed to enter the correct closing time time for bets on the event. The trader and a supervisor underwent retraining. DraftKings was fined for taking bets on unapproved events including Russian basketball for nine months in 2020 and 2021. It eventually voided over $61,000 in bets and returned the money to customers after being directed to do so by the state. In this case, Kambi told the division it misidentified this particular Russian basketball league as one that was approved for wagering in New Jersey. DraftKings told the state it did not catch the error, either. In 2020, DraftKings accepted 484 wagers on unapproved table tennis matches. Kambi incorrectly enabled the events for wagering without conditions required by the state, the division said. In Feb. 2022, the division said DraftKings took pre-season NFL bets involving specific players but did not give the state specific information on what information was to be included in the bets, drawing 182 wagers worth nearly $7,000 that were later voided and refunded to customers. Follow Wayne Parry on X at www.twitter.com/WayneParryAC
ORLANDO, Fla. — UCF coach Gus Malzahn is resigning after four seasons with the school. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the move, which will see Malzahn to leave to take the offensive coordinator job at Florida State. Malzahn previously worked with FSU coach Mike Norvell during their time at Tulsa under then-coach Todd Graham from 2007-08. The Knights ended a disappointing 4-8 season in which they lost eight of their last nine games, the longest losing streak since 2015. Malzahn, 59, was in the fourth year of a contract through 2028. His buyout, it is reported, would have been $13.75 million. He finished 27-25 at UCF but lost 16 of his last 22 games and was a dismal 4-14 in two seasons in the Big 12. After back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2021-22, the Knights went 6-7 in 2023 and 4-8 in 2024. This season started with high expectations as Malzahn made sweeping changes to the program. He retooled the strength and conditioning department and hired Ted Roof and Tim Harris Jr. as defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively. He also added nearly 50 new players to the roster, leaning heavily on the transfer market. UCF started by winning its first three games against New Hampshire, Sam Houston and a thrilling comeback at TCU, but offensive struggles saw the Knights tumble through a TBD-game losing streak to finish the season. Terry Mohajir hired Malzahn on Feb. 15, 2021, six days after he was hired to replace Danny White. The move came eight weeks after Malzahn had been fired at Auburn after eight seasons of coaching the Tigers. The two briefly worked together at Arkansas State in 2012 before Malzahn left for the Auburn job. “When he [Mohajir] offered the job, I was like, ‘I’m in.’ There wasn’t thinking about or talking about ...,” Malzahn said during his introductory press conference. “This will be one of the best programs in college football in a short time. This is a job that I plan on being here and building it.” UCF opened the 2021 season with non-conference wins over Boise State and Bethune-Cookman before traveling to Louisville on Sept. 17, where quarterback Dillon Gabriel suffered a fractured collarbone in the final minute of a 42-35 loss. Backup Mikey Keene would finish out the season as Gabriel announced his intention to transfer. The Knights would finish the season on the plus side by accepting a bid to join the Big 12 Conference in September and then by defeating Florida 29-17 in the Gasparilla Bowl. Malzahn struck transfer portal gold in the offseason when he signed former Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee. Plumlee, a two-sport star with the Rebels, helped guide UCF to the American Athletic Conference Championship in its final season. However, Plumlee’s injury forced the Knights to go with Keene and freshman Thomas Castellanos. The team finished with losses to Tulane in the conference championship and Duke in the Military Bowl. Plumlee would return in 2023 as UCF transitioned to the Big 12 but would go down with a knee injury in the final minute of the Knights’ 18-16 win at Boise State on Sept. 9. He would miss the next four games as backup Timmy McClain took over the team. Even on his return, Plumlee couldn’t help UCF, on a five-game losing streak to open conference play. The Knights got their first Big 12 win at Cincinnati on Nov. 4 and upset No. 15 Oklahoma State the following week, but the team still needed a win over Houston in the regular-season finale to secure a bowl bid for the eighth straight season. From the moment Malzahn stepped on campus, he prioritized recruiting, particularly in Central Florida. “We’re going to recruit like our hair’s on fire,” Malzahn said at the time. “We’re going to go after the best players in America and we’re not backing down to anybody.” From 2007 to 2020, UCF signed 10 four-star high school and junior college prospects. Eight four-star prospects were in the three recruiting classes signed under Malzahn. The 2024 recruiting class earned a composite ranking of 39 from 247Sports, the highest-ranked class in school history. The 2025 recruiting class is ranked No. 41 and has commitments from three four-star prospects. Malzahn has always leaned on the transfer market, signing 60 players over the past three seasons. Some have paid huge dividends, such as Javon Baker, Lee Hunter, Kobe Hudson, Tylan Grable, Bula Schmidt, Amari Kight, Marcellus Marshall, Trent Whittemore, Gage King, Ethan Barr, Deshawn Pace and Plumlee. Others haven’t been as successful, such as quarterback KJ Jefferson, who started the first five games of this season before being benched for poor performance. Jefferson’s struggles forced the Knights to play musical chairs at quarterback, with true freshman EJ Colson, redshirt sophomore Jacurri Brown and redshirt freshman Dylan Rizk all seeing action at one point or another this season. This season’s struggles led to several players utilizing the NCAA’s redshirt rule after four games, including starting slot receiver Xavier Townsend and kicker Colton Boomer, who have also entered the transfer portal. Defensive end Kaven Call posted a letter to Malzahn on Twitter in which he accused the UCF coaching staff of recently kicking him off the team when he requested to be redshirted. Get local news delivered to your inbox!UCF coach Gus Malzahn reportedly resigning to take Florida State OC job
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WASHINGTON — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee highlighted Tuesday the costs and human toll of President-elect Donald Trump’s stated plans to deport all undocumented immigrants, while Republicans sought to limit some of those concerns. Chair Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., said in his opening remarks the estimated 13 million undocumented immigrants in the United States fill every sector of American society. “It was an undocumented worker who was watching your grandchild this morning at the daycare center, an undocumented worker who walked carefully with your mother back to her room after breakfast, so she didn’t fall down,” Durbin said. “It was an undocumented worker with that leaf blower in your front yard over the weekend.” Democrats held the hearing as a kind of last stand for their views on immigration in the waning days of their majority in the Senate. They invited among their witnesses one of the undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers, who were brought to the U.S. as children and raised and educated here, yet face uncertain futures. Foday Turay, an assistant district attorney at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, said during his opening statement the mass deportations currently planned would be devastating if they include immigrants like him. “Mass deportation hurts all of us, our family, our community and our society,” Turay said. “We owe it to ourselves and to our country to reject mass deportation and look for a solution for Dreamers whose lives have become deeply rooted in the country and strengthen our borders.” Durbin referenced a recent interview Trump gave on “Meet the Press,” when he said he’d be open to a legislative solution for the Dreamers, as among the “positive things” coming from the president-elect. “He really challenged us on the Democratic side to work with him when he came to the Dreamers,” Durbin said. “I accept the challenge. Name the time and place, Mr. President. I’ll be there.” Republicans on the committee, for their part, signaled an openness to working with Democrats on the solution for the Dreamers, although it appears it would have to be a component of a larger immigration scheme. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., suggested he’d be open to solution that would include them: “As to the Dreamers, hopefully we can find a solution to that problem.” “I think President Trump is pretty clear about DACA, but what do we tell the kids who’ve been brought here in the last year who are 7 years old?” Graham added. “Do you ever break this chain? So I’m hoping, Mr. Chairman, that once we regain control of our border and try to shut down the poisoning of America, we can have a logical, fractional discussion about Dreamers and others.” “But until we control that border, until we get control of the crime coming into this country, into the poison of America, that discussion cannot happen,” Graham said. Graham said Republicans are preparing a “transformative” border security funding bill, which by some reported estimates may total as much as $85 billion. Republicans at the hearing seemed to downplay the scope of the deportation effort, making the case that immigrants convicted of crimes should be a priority for removal, as well as undocumented immigrants who had received their final deportation orders after having their cases adjudicated in immigration court. The senators heard one estimate that the cost of Trump’s deportation plan could be as high as an annual cost of $88 billion, for the hiring and infrastructure needed to deport 1 million people a year, and a mass deportation campaign would lead to a loss in total GDP of 4.2 to 6.8 percent at minimum, as much as the Great Recession. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, delivered those numbers to the committee as part of his testimony urging Congress to advance legislation creating pathways to citizenship instead of mass deportation. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said he is “part of a group of people here who ... believes there should be a path for Dreamers,” but that advocates such as Reichlin-Melnick were personally responsible for the failure of Congress to enact protections. “You cause people to go into their corners and get nothing done,” Tillis said. “That is why Chair Durbin has not been able to fulfill the promise on Dreamers every single year he’s tried for the last 20 because people like you make it impossible to have a — let me finish, and then I’ll let you speak, as long as the chair wants to — have a rational discussion about it, because if we don’t secure the border, I can’t get a path to citizenship for the DACA population.” Tillis’ time expired and he exited the committee hearing before Reichlin-Melnick had a chance to respond. After the hearing, Reichlin-Melnick said among the things he would like to say in response to Tillis was the importance of finding a solution that enables a “rising tide to lift all boats.” “If the choice is rupture the social fabric by deporting 13 million people or work to build greater prosperity, that’s what we should be doing,” Reichlin-Melnick said. Some Democrats on the committee made comments seeking common ground, asserting the 2013 immigration reform measure or the bipartisan border bill currently pending before Congress would be good starting points. Neither have any serious prospects with Republicans in control of the White House and Congress. The bipartisan border bill has been declared dead even by its supporters. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., brought up the bipartisan legislation, which was supported by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., as a legislative solution for immigration that should be revisited. “Hopefully that can be at least a starting point for discussing it, even though it didn’t go anywhere last year,” Klobuchar said. Klobuchar pointed to proposals on “path to citizenship for Dreamers, on doing something for the temporary status people, on looking at people who have not committed crimes and what we can do to make sure our workforce is strong, I think there is a path here and I’m just continuing to focus on where we can go.” ©2024 CQ-Roll Call, Inc., All Rights Reserved. Visit cqrollcall.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Insider Selling: Salesforce, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) Director Sells 15,353 Shares of StockChildren, pregnant women and people with mental health conditions will receive better support for alcohol and drug issues in a major funding boost. or signup to continue reading The $235 million package, expanding or establishing more than a dozen services, comes as policing, health and political leaders prepare to chart a new course for drug policy in NSW. Some $6.4 million across four years has been set aside to provide early intervention for 11 to 17-year-olds with moderate to severe substance use. The Cicada service, connected to Sydney's children's hospitals, links children and parents with pediatricians, nurses, social workers and other experts. Rates of underage drinking have been declining in recent decades but about one in every 11 underage teens engages in risky drinking at least once a month, according to . Funding will also be directed to programs targeting pregnant women, Aboriginal people, people with mental health conditions and people in the criminal justice system. They are among the most vulnerable groups that make up an estimated 1.4 million Australians with a substance abuse problem. The NSW government said the funding would significantly boost the alcohol and other drug workforce including those with Indigenous or lived experience backgrounds. "The programs we are investing in will ensure that people with complex needs receive wrap-around support and care to help people recover and rebuild their lives in the community," Health Minister Ryan Park said on Sunday. The new funding is drawn from $500 million set aside by the then-coalition government in 2022 in response to a major independent inquiry into the drug ice. About two-thirds of the newly announced package will be directed to government and non-government services in regional NSW. That's in addition to more than $30 million dedicated to support services in Murrumbidgee and northern NSW in early November during the regional swing of the state's landmark drug summit. The last and largest set of meetings will be held on Wednesday and Thursday in Sydney. Modelled on a week-long forum in 1999 that was the impetus for Australia's first supervised injecting room, the summit is bringing together experts, senior police, community leaders and MPs from across the political spectrum to build consensus for drug policy changes. Harm reduction advocates hope it can deliver health-focused reforms after recent inquiries delivered little more than incremental change. Lifeline 13 11 14 beyondblue 1300 22 4636 DAILY Today's top stories curated by our news team. WEEKDAYS Grab a quick bite of today's latest news from around the region and the nation. WEEKLY The latest news, results & expert analysis. WEEKDAYS Catch up on the news of the day and unwind with great reading for your evening. WEEKLY Get the editor's insights: what's happening & why it matters. WEEKLY Love footy? We've got all the action covered. WEEKLY Every Saturday and Tuesday, explore destinations deals, tips & travel writing to transport you around the globe. WEEKLY Going out or staying in? Find out what's on. WEEKDAYS Sharp. Close to the ground. Digging deep. Your weekday morning newsletter on national affairs, politics and more. TWICE WEEKLY Your essential national news digest: all the big issues on Wednesday and great reading every Saturday. WEEKLY Get news, reviews and expert insights every Thursday from CarExpert, ACM's exclusive motoring partner. TWICE WEEKLY Get real, Australia! Let the ACM network's editors and journalists bring you news and views from all over. AS IT HAPPENS Be the first to know when news breaks. DAILY Your digital replica of Today's Paper. Ready to read from 5am! DAILY Test your skills with interactive crosswords, sudoku & trivia. Fresh daily! Advertisement Advertisement
President-elect Donald Trump called his meeting with Justin Trudeau productive and says the prime minister made a commitment to work with the United States to end the drug crisis amid the threat of stiff tariffs. Trudeau flew to Florida Friday evening to attend a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, where Trump’s transition team is based. The in-person meeting came at the end of a rocky week in which Trump threatened to impose stiff tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico, unless the two countries stop illegal border crossings and prevent illicit drugs from entering the U.S. In a post on Truth Social, Trump says he and Trudeau discussed the drug crisis, particularly fentanyl, illegal immigration, as well as trade, energy and the Arctic. Trump’s post did not directly mention tariffs. Trudeau told reporters in West Palm Beach Saturday morning that he had an excellent conversation with Trump’s transition team. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 30, 2024.