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James Jones the Chicago Bears' clock management on their final play and decide whether Caleb Williams, Matt Eberflus (who was just fired) or other players are to blame. The Bears lost 23-20 to the Detroit Lions and dropped to 4-8. The Chicago Bears wasted no time to firing Matt Eberflus as head coach following a head-scratching loss to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day, and the moments after the game could explain why the move was made by the franchise. After rookie quarterback Caleb Williams was sacked with 30 seconds remaining in Lions territory, needing a field goal to force overtime, the clock ran down as the offense tried to line up and the ball remained unsnapped until several ticks were left. Williams heaved a pass to D.J. Moore, but it fell on the turf and the Lions won the game despite the Bears' second-half comeback efforts. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus looks on during a game between the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit, Michigan USA, on Thursday, November 28, 2024. (Amy Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images) What made it head-scratching was the fact that Eberflus had one timeout remaining in his pocket, yet he never used it despite Williams clearly not moving fast enough to get the play going. After the game, ESPN reported that team president and CEO Kevin Warren hung around the locker room longer than normal. "We need to be better," Warren said to players. BEARS CEO ADMITS TO MISHANDLING MATT EBERFLUS' FIRING: ‘I’LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO RAISE MY HAND' But even more telling about Eberflus's future with the franchise was his post-game speech in the locker room, which was a "s--- show," according to one player, per ESPN. Eberflus began speaking to the team after the game, but he was cut off by star cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who laid into his fellow Bears. "There was frustration," Johnson told WSCR radio in Chicago on Monday. "There was words from myself that I expressed just from my frustration from losing. "Part of what I said after the game was I've been losing for five years. I feel like a high-level player like myself, after a certain point, losing games how we've been losing games, somebody has to express something. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing, and it went the way it went." Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus on the sidelines during the second half against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. (David Reginek-Imagn Images) Eberflus reportedly walked out of the room after speaking for just "seconds," according to ESPN. And the vibe was the room was categorized as "contentious." One player told ESPN that, while Eberflus' intentions were always in the right place, his message about fighting hard and coming up short was becoming repetitive. "You only want to hear it so much," Cole Kmet said. "Coach is going to say what he's going to say." In the end, Eberflus became the first Bears head coach in franchise history to be fired mid-season, and he did so with a 5-19 record in one-score games — the worst mark in NFL history with at least 20 games. That included the tipped Hail Mary against the Washington Commanders that landed in Noah Brown's hands, while Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson was taunting fans in the stands during the play. Eberflus' job status was talked about then, and the bad endings to games since ultimately led to a decision to move on from the Bears. Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus talks to the media after an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in Detroit, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The Bears turned to Thomas Brown as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X , and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter . Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.None
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts defense started this season struggling. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts defense started this season struggling. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts defense started this season struggling. It couldn’t stop the run, couldn’t keep teams out of the end zone, couldn’t get off the field. Now the script has flipped. Defensive coordinator Gus Bradley’s group is playing stouter, holding teams — even the high-scoring Detroit Lions — largely in check long enough to give Indy a chance to win, and it’s the Colts offense that has struggled. “They are playing their tails off. You don’t want them on the field a bunch and as an offense you want to be able to play complementary football,” running back Jonathan Taylor said after Sunday’s 24-6 loss. “I would say specifically on offense, it sucks when you can’t help your defense out when they are fighting their tails off all game.” Indy’s defense held up its end of the bargain by limiting the Lions (10-1) to 14 first-half points and allowing just 24, matching Detroit’s lowest output since Week 3. The problem: Even when the Colts (5-7) did get Detroit off the field, they couldn’t sustain drives or score touchdowns. Again. Anthony Richardson provided the bulk of the ground game by rushing 10 times for 61 yards, mostly early. Taylor managed just 35 yards on 11 carries and a season-high 10 penalties constantly forced the Colts to dig out from deep deficits. Part of that was by design. “We knew Jonathan Taylor was going to be the guy we needed to shut down,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said. “We did that. The quarterback runs. It got us on a couple but overall, we did what we needed to do, and we kept them out of that game.” Part of it could be because of an injury-battered offensive line that has started three rookies each of the past two weeks and finished the previous game with the same three rookies. Whatever the fix, Indy needs a good solution. There is good news for Indy is that its schedule now gets substantially more manageable. After losing four of five, all to teams in playoff position and three to division leaders, Indy faces only one team with a winning record in its final five games. The most recent time the Colts played a team with a losing mark, Richardson rallied them past the New York Jets 28-27. But Colts coach Shane Steichen knows that’s not the answer. The Colts must get this offense righted now. “We’ve got to get that figured out. We’ve got to get him going on the ground,” Steichen said when asked about Taylor, who has 92 yards on his past 35 carries. “We’ll look at the offensive line. We’ll look at everything.” What’s working Pass rush. Pro Bowl DT DeForest Buckner’s presence certainly has been felt since he returned from a sprained ankle Oct. 27. In those past five games, the Colts have had 14 sacks, including three of Jared Goff on Sunday. What needs work Penalties. The Colts have had one of the cleanest operations in the league most of this season. Sunday was an anomaly, but one that can’t merely be written off. Stock up WR Michael Pittman Jr. The five-year veteran is one of the league’s toughest guys, but playing through a back injury appeared to take its toll on Pittman’s productivity. Since sitting out in Week 10, Pittman has 11 receptions for 142 yards including six for 96 yards, his second-highest total of the season, Sunday. Stock down Tight ends. Each week the Colts want their tight ends to make an impact. And each week, they seem to fail. It happened again Sunday when Drew Ogletree dropped a TD pass that would have given Indy a 10-7 lead. Instead, Indy settled for a field goal and a 7-6 deficit. Through 12 games, Indy’s tight ends have a total of 26 catches, 299 yards and two TDs. That’s just not good enough in a league where versatile, productive tight ends increasingly signal success. Injuries Pittman and WR Josh Downs both returned to the game after leaving briefly with shoulder injuries. WR Ashton Dulin did not return after hurting his foot in the second half. But the bigger questions come on the offensive line. LT Bernhard Raimann (knee) was inactive Sunday, and rookie center Tanor Bortolini entered the concussion protocol Monday. Bortolini was one of three rookie starters the past two weeks, replacing Pro Bowler Ryan Kelly who is on injured reserve. Key number Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop. 55.88 — Indy has scored touchdowns on 55.88% of its red zone trips this season. While it puts it near the middle of the NFL, it’s cost the Colts multiple wins. Next steps Richardson needs to rebound from this latest 11 of 28 performance and show he can lead the Colts to victories week after week. He’ll get plenty of chances over the season’s final month, starting with next week’s game at the New England Patriots. ___ AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl Advertisement AdvertisementIt’s that odd time of year between Christmas and New Year’s where it is easy to lose track of what day it is, what year it is, if you have to work tomorrow and other basics that are so cut and dried the other 51 weeks of the year. 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JERUSALEM (AP) — A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization's director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured. “The air traffic control tower, the departure lounge — just a few meters from where we were — and the runway were damaged,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the social media platform X. He added that he and U.N. colleagues were safe. “We will need to wait for the damage to the airport to be repaired before we can leave,” he said, without mentioning the source of the bombardment. U.N. spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay later said the injured person was with the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service. Israel’s army later told The Associated Press it wasn’t aware that the WHO chief or delegation was at the location in Yemen. The Israeli strikes followed several days of Houthi launches setting off sirens in Israel. The Israeli military in a statement said it attacked infrastructure used by the Iran-backed Houthis at the international airport in Sanaa and ports in Hodeida, Al-Salif and Ras Qantib, along with power stations, asserting they were used to smuggle in Iranian weapons and for the entry of senior Iranian officials. Israel's military added it had "capabilities to strike very far from Israel’s territory — precisely, powerfully, and repetitively.” The strikes, carried out over 1,000 miles from Jerusalem, came a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “the Houthis, too, will learn what Hamas and Hezbollah and Assad’s regime and others learned" as his military has battled those more powerful proxies of Iran. The Houthi-controlled satellite channel al-Masirah reported multiple deaths and showed broken windows, collapsed ceilings and a bloodstained floor and vehicle. Iran's foreign ministry condemned the strikes. The U.S. military also has targeted the Houthis in recent days. The U.N. has said the targeted ports are important entryways for humanitarian aid for Yemen, the poorest Arab nation that plunged into a civil war in 2014 . Over the weekend, 16 people were wounded when a Houthi missile hit a playground in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv , while other missiles and drones have been shot down. Last week, Israeli jets struck Sanaa and Hodeida, killing nine people, calling it a response to previous Houthi attacks. The Houthis also have been targeting shipping on the Red Sea corridor, calling it solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The U.N. Security Council has an emergency meeting Monday in response to an Israeli request that it condemn the Houthi attacks and Iran for supplying them weapons. Meanwhile, an Israeli strike killed five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in Gaza overnight , the territory's Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said all were militants posing as reporters. The strike hit a car outside Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The journalists were working for local news outlet Al-Quds Today, a television channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group. Islamic Jihad is a smaller and more extreme ally of Hamas and took part in the Oct. 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel that ignited the war. Israel's military identified four of the men as combat propagandists and said that intelligence, including a list of Islamic Jihad operatives found by soldiers in Gaza, had confirmed that all five were affiliated with the group. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other Palestinian militant groups operate political, media and charitable operations in addition to their armed wings. Associated Press footage showed the incinerated shell of a van, with press markings visible on the back doors. Sobbing young men attended the funeral. The bodies were wrapped in shrouds, with blue press vests draped over them. The Committee to Protect Journalists says more than 130 Palestinian reporters have been killed since the start of the war. Israel hasn't allowed foreign reporters to enter Gaza except on military embeds. Israel has banned the pan-Arab Al Jazeera network and accused six of its Gaza reporters of being militants . The Qatar-based broadcaster denies the allegations and accuses Israel of trying to silence its war coverage, which has focused heavily on civilian casualties from Israeli military operations. Separately, Israel's military said a 35-year-old reserve soldier was killed during fighting in central Gaza. A total of 389 soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the ground operation. The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed across the border, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250. About 100 hostages are still inside Gaza, at least a third believed to be dead. Israel's air and ground offensive has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry. It says more than half the fatalities have been women and children, but doesn't say how many of the dead were fighters. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 militants, without providing evidence. The offensive has caused widespread destruction and hunger and driven around 90% of the population of 2.3 million from their homes. Hundreds of thousands are packed into squalid camps along the coast, with little protection from the cold, wet winter. Also Thursday, people mourned eight Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations in and around Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The Israeli military said it opened fire after militants attacked soldiers, and it was aware of uninvolved civilians who were harmed in the raid. Shurafa reported from Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. Associated Press writers Edith M. 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Cardiol Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRDL) Advances Orphan Drug Designation for CardiolRx Trademark at the American Heart Association...more stocks inside... 11-21-2024 09:16 PM CET | Business, Economy, Finances, Banking & Insurance Press release from: ABNewswire Cardiol Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRDL) presented breakthrough Phase II MAvERIC-Pilot data at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2024, showcasing CardiolRx Trademark as a potential game-changer for recurrent pericarditis treatment. The results revealed rapid pain relief within just 5 days and a dramatic reduction in pericarditis episodes, from 5.8 to 0.9 annually. CardiolRx Trademark also shows promise in treating myocarditis, a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in younger individuals. With its non-immunosuppressive, anti-inflammatory properties, CardiolRx Trademark offers a safe and convenient oral therapy option, addressing critical gaps in care for patients at high risk of severe cardiac complications. 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Liverpool boss Arne Slot talks up ‘special player’ Mohamed SalahJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Israeli leader’s corruption trial. The Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a terse message late Thursday., saying the investigation would focus on the findings of a recent report by the “Uvda” investigative program into Sara Netanyahu. The program uncovered a trove of WhatsApp messages in which Mrs. Netanyahu appears to instruct a former aid to organize protests against political opponents and to intimidate Hadas Klein, a key witness in the trial. The announcement did not mention Mrs. Netanyahu by name, and the Justice Ministry declined further comment. But earlier Thursday, Netanyahu blasted the Uvda report as “lies.”
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Each week, Yardbarker is monitoring the 2025 NFL Draft, scheduled for April 24-26 in Green Bay. From Ohio State's star-studded backfield to a Texas ballhawk, here are five players we are tracking. How are Ohio State stars Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson distinguishing themselves as top RBs? In his Wednesday column, the Draft Network's Ryan Fowler noted Henderson and Judkins' attention to detail separates them from other RBs in the class. "Both players are household names thanks to their explosive talent," wrote Fowler. "However, what sets the two apart isn't just their natural ability to create with the ball in their hands, it's a dedication and attention to the finer aspects of the game that makes them such interesting case studies." Per Pro Football Focus , Henderson (5-foot-10, 208 pounds) and Judkins (6-foot, 219 pounds) have allowed zero sacks on 50 combined pass-block snaps in 10 games. The duo has 1,385 rushing yards collectively. The tandem must quash the Hoosiers' stingy run defense when Ohio State hosts Indiana on Saturday. Indiana — No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings — leads the Big Ten in rushing yards allowed (72.2). Indiana's Kurtis Rourke could be a sleeper QB Could Rourke — an Ontario, Canada native — be one of the most underrated QB prospects in the 2025 class? "In a top-heavy quarterback class for the 2025 NFL Draft, Indiana Hoosiers QB Kurtis Rourke is the unheralded sleeper who could turn into a legitimate starter at the next level," wrote The 33rd Team's Tyler Brooke on Thursday. The 6-foot-5, 223-pounder plays a pivotal role in Indiana's second-ranked scoring offense (43.9 PPG). Through nine starts, he has the FBS' second-best QBR (88.1) and is tied for the 16th-most TD passes (21). Per ESPN's Football Power Index , the Hoosiers' strength of schedule is 106th out of 134 FBS teams. Excelling against the No. 2 Buckeyes would prove Rourke isn't just dominating weak competition and should boost his stock. Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders' commitment to the East-West Shrine Bowl is significant On Wednesday , Sanders (6-foot-2, 215 pounds) accepted his invitation to the East-West Shrine Bowl, scheduled for Jan. 30 at AT&T Stadium. The annual college all-star game allows NFL clubs to scout top prospects before the draft. "The Colorado star would be wise to take every opportunity during the draft process to make his case for QB1 status and as a first-round prospect," wrote The Athletic's Dane Brugler . "Maybe even more important than what happens on the field, the Shrine Bowl will be an important week for Sanders as he interviews with NFL teams to answer any questions and sell himself." In September, a former general manager told The Athletic's Jim Trotter he had questions about Sanders' maturity and ability to bond with teammates. If he alleviates these concerns during Shrine Bowl interviews, some teams may tab the 22-year-old as their QB1. Through 10 starts, he ranks third in the FBS in completion percentage (72.9 percent) and is tied for second in TD passes (27). As of Thursday, ESPN's Football Power Index gives Colorado (8-2) the best chance (43.6 percent) to win the Big 12. Texas DB Jahdae Barron's impressive senior season has him climbing draft boards Returning for a fifth season is paying off for Barron (5-foot-11, 200 pounds). In 10 games, he has career highs in interceptions (four) and passes defensed (eight). "Jahdae Barron can play wide and in the slot," wrote Pro Football Focus' Trevor Sikkema , who ranked the Texas star as his No. 1 slot corner. "He was a high-impact player in the slot over the past two years and is now an interception machine on the outside." On Tuesday , the Jim Thorpe Award — given to the best DB in college football — named Barron a semifinalist for a second consecutive season. Barron is certainly an ascending prospect and could land in the first round. In his latest mock draft, ESPN's Matt Miller has the Green Bay Packers taking him with pick No. 26.