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More than 18 months ago, Minnesota State women's soccer player Maille Mathis tore her ACL and underwent surgery. She rehabbed diligently while sitting out the 2023 season and returned to the squad this year. On Friday, she admitted she may not be 100% healed, but showed she's most of the way back by scoring the winning goal in a 2-1 victory over St. Cloud State at The Pitch. The triumph came in the first round of the NCAA Division II Central Region Tournament and advances the Mavericks to the quarterfinals of the regional. "I've had a few setbacks but it feels pretty good right now," Mathis said after the match. "I'm sure it will continue to get better." Mathis' goal was a bang-bang-bang play which started near midfield on the left side of the pitch. Addison Clarey brought the ball up along the sideline, delivered a perfectly-timed pass to Maddix Archer who in turn sent the ball over to Mathis. Without breaking stride, Mathis quickly shot the ball into the upper-left quadrant of the net for the game-winner at the 59:18 mark. "We're getting to know each other pretty well by now," Mathis said of her teammates. "We have a feel where each of us is going to at any given time." St. Cloud dominated action in the first 10 minutes of the game, outshooting the Mavericks 4-0 and rarely letting the ball outside the MSU zone. The Mavericks withstood the blitz until the 14:46 mark, when SCSU's Grace Olson converted a free kick that appeared to glance off a defender and into the net. The 1-0 lead stood until halftime. "We know there's usually going to be a 10-20 minute span when our opponents take their best shot and that's usually at the beginning of the game," MSU coach Brian Bahl said. "We held on until halftime when we were able to make a couple of adjustments and came out a lot more aggressive." After applying constant pressure to start the second frame, the Mavericks evened things up when Archer took a straight-on shot that goalie Meriel Orham was able to stop but not able to hang on to. When the ball popped out of her hands, a hard-charging Clarey was there to clean it up and slide the ball into the net to tie the game at 53:21. "When the ball came out I just pounced on it," Clarey said. Six minutes later, Mathis scored the game-winner and MSU held on for the win. St. Cloud had a handful of opportunities in the second frame, but Mavericks' goalie Clare Longueville and the rest of the defense thwarted all of them. MSU was outshot 12-9 for the game. The decision improves MSU to 15-1-6 and ends SCSU's season at 11-4-5. The Mavericks, the No. 2 seed, are in quarterfinal action at 1 p.m. Sunday at The Pitch with a game against No. 3 seed Northwest Missouri State. NWMSU advanced with a 2-1 win over Concordia-St. Paul Saturday morning.Farage: Badenoch must apologise for ‘crazy conspiracy theory’ on Reform numbers
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4 Opportunities That College Mental Health Will Likely Have In 2025Several users of X (formerly Twitter) have raised concerns about potential censorship after criticizing Elon Musk’s support for H-1B visas, a controversial immigration policy for skilled foreign workers. Allegations have surfaced claiming that prominent voices, particularly those on the conservative side of the political spectrum, have had their verification badges removed or their content suppressed after voicing objections to Musk’s stance on the matter. There is Donald Trump supporter Laura Loomer, New York Young Republican Club president Gavin Wax, and InfoWars host Owen Shroyer who claim their accounts were being targeted because they had recently condemned Musk’s stance on H-1B visas and spoke out against the role Indian culture was playing in American business as well as condemned Musk’s association with entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who promotes the policy. The Censorship Claims: Who’s Affected? Wax, another vocal critic of the H-1B program, posted a response, labeling the removal of his verification badge “insane.” He claimed that his badge was taken away after he labeled the H-1B program a “racket.” Shroyer, too, reported that his verification had vanished, with his account placed “under review” by X’s administration. What Has Musk Said? No Official Statement Yet As of now, Elon Musk has not released any statements about the claim of censorship. However, in a previous post, Musk explained that X’s algorithm was aimed at maximizing “unregretted user-seconds.” In other words, its algorithm favors content that tends to encourage engagement without inducing negative feedback or regret by users. Musk said accounts that are blocked or muted by verified users most may experience a drastic drop in reach. He also added that coordinated spam attacks using blocks and mutes might flag accounts as spam. Musk further commented on the algorithm saying that these actions might silence individuals who present opposition against specific topics or policies. One such heated debate is regarding the H-1B visa. H-1B Visa Debate Heats Up The controversy over H-1B visas has resurfaced with a vengeance, especially among supporters of former President Donald Trump. The H-1B program allows U.S. companies to employ skilled foreign workers in specialized fields, such as technology and engineering. Critics argue that it contributes to job displacement for American workers, a sentiment voiced by many within Trump’s MAGA base. The debate over H-1B visas has gained further prominence following the appointment of Indian-American Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence under Trump’s government. Far-right figures have expressed concern, claiming that this move dilutes Trump’s “America First” policy, which prioritizes U.S. workers over foreign talent. Despite the disagreement, the H-1B visa debate has now turned into a divisive battleground and more so in the US political arena. The MAGA proponents maintain that the government needs stricter immigration policies as these foreigners take away jobs from American natives and strain the economy beyond what it can handle. ALSO READ | Who Was David Rivkin? Trump Pays Homage To Constitution’s Stalwart Defender
Cumby 74 Clarksville 57 CUMBY — Cumby opened its boys tournament with three victories. The Trojans opened with a 74-57 win on Thursday morning over Clarksville and then beat the Paris Chisum junior varsity 67-53 on Thursday night. They won their first game on Friday over Dodd City, 61-34. Chett Vaughan led Cumby in the victory over Clarksville with 26 points and a career-high 19 rebounds to go with four assists, three steals and two blocked shots. His brother Chayton Vaughan was next with 18 points and four steals, Montgomery Benton tossed in 11 points and Dakari Johnson added 10 points. Chett Vaughan scored a season-high 42 points in the win over the Chisum JV. He was 15-of-23 from the field, including 7-of-11 from 3-point range. He also managed 12 rebounds and three steals. Chayton Vaughan and Johnson both added eight points. Benton led Cumby against Dodd City with 17 points after going 5-of-14 from 3-point range. Chett Vaughan managed 16 points, 13 rebounds, five assists and three steals. Chayton Vaughan finished with 10 points and three steals. Wolfe City, also in the tournament, opened on Thursday with a 48-35 loss to Yantis and then bounced back to beat Dodd City 32-30. The tournament wraps up on Saturday with the championship game at 8:30 p.m. Cumby tournament First game Clarksville 17 8 23 9 —57 Cumby 18 15 9 32 —74 Clarksville: La’Broderick Rosser 10, Christian Smith 16, Braden Rosser 19. Cumby: Jackson Petty 4, Chett Vaughan 26, Chayton Vaughan 18, Dakari Johnson 10, Gunner Campbell 5, Montgomery Benton 11. Second game Paris Chisum JV 8 10 20 14 —53 Cumby 18 13 22 15 —67 PC: Sullivan 16, Gallaghan 11,. C: Channing Herman 2, Chett Vaughan 42, Chayton Vaughan 8, Daraki Johnson 8, Montgomery Benton 5, Jayden Evans 2. Third game Cumby 61, Dodd City 34 C: Channing Herman 2, Jackson Petty 5, Chett Vaughan 16, Chayton Vaughan 10, Dakari Johnson 6, Gunner Campbell 2, Montgomery Benton 17, Jayden Evans 3. Greenville 44 Dallas HSAA 34 FARMERSVILLE — Greenville’s Lions improved their season record to 10-4 with a pair of wins on Thursday at the Farmersville tournament. The Lions opened the tournament with a 44-34 win over Dallas Home School Athletic Association. Damon Jones led the Lions with 16 points and Surod Anderson banked in 10. Greenville led that game 30-19 at halftime. The Lions then beat host Farmersville 55-48 in their second game of the tournament. Damon Jones led the Lions again with 25 points, while Kylan Kennedy tossed in 12 and Dadrian Payton added eight. Matthew Salvador led Farmersville with 13 points and teammate Jaxon Donaldson added 10. Farmersville Tournament First game Greenville 12 18 7 7 — 44 Dallas HSAA 7 12 8 7 — 34 G: Kylan Kennedy 5, Damian Rodriguez 3, Dadrian Payton 3, Damon Jones 16, Anthony Zurita 2, Maddox McEwen 4, Surod Anderson 10, Jamorian Hamilton 1. D: Preston Moore 11, Zech Stanley 9. Second game Greenville 15 13 10 17 —55 Farmersville 11 12 17 8 —48 G: Kylan Kennedy 12, Damian Rodriguez 2, Dadrian Payton 8, Damon Jones 25, Maddox McEwen 2. Cayden Bell 2, Surod Anderson 6. F: Matthew Salvador 13, Jaxon Donaldson 10, Braxtin Turney 6. Record: G 10-4. Bland 67 McLeod 48 HARTS BLUFF — The Bland Tigers split in two games in the Harts Bluff tournament. They lost their first game 54-36 and bounced back to beat McLeod 67-48. Mateo Alvarez led Bland against Harts Bluff with 13 points, while Weston Wigington added 11, Ashton Stepp scored nine and Tristan Burns had three. Wiginton fired in 29 points to lead Bland over McLeod followed by Teagen Hurst (17), Stepp (8), Alvarez (7) and Dakota Blankenship (6) as Bland improved to 8-5 on the season.The clever packing hack that stops your clean clothes getting dirty on holiday
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Several veteran contributors are expected to be available on the trade market ahead of the NBA's Feb. 6 deadline. According to NBA insider Marc Stein , Jonas Valančiūnas and Malcolm Brogdon of the Washington Wizards are among the players that can be moved for second-round picks. "Other veterans believed to be available for second-round draft compensation with 39 days to go until the trade deadline include Valančiūnas and Brogdon, Toronto's Kelly Olynyk and Bruce Brown and Utah's Jordan Clarkson," Stein wrote on Sunday. This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis. For more from Bleacher Report on this topic and from around the sports world, check out our B/R app , homepage and social feeds—including Twitter , Instagram , Facebook and TikTok .Philadelphia star quarterback Jalen Hurts remains in concussion protocol and has been ruled for Sunday's game against the visiting Dallas Cowboys, with the Eagles expected to start Kenny Pickett. Hurts missed practice all week, and head coach Nick Sirianni confirmed before Friday's session that Hurts remains in the concussion protocol, adding, "It's going to be tough for him to make it this week." Hurts and Pickett (ribs) were both injured during last weekend's 36-33 loss to the Washington Commanders, but Pickett was a full participant in Thursday's practice and was limited on Friday. The Eagles also have Tanner McKee as the emergency third quarterback and signed Ian Book to the practice squad this week. Pickett, who grew up as an Eagles fan in Ocean Township, N.J., will have a chance to help Philadelphia (12-3) clinch the NFC East title in his first start for the franchise. "I'm very excited. It's a big opportunity," he told reporters Thursday. "I've been working hard to stay ready and I felt like I was in a good position last game with my preparation and now having a week to practice, I'll feel even better going into the stadium. So, I'm excited. I just want to get the win." Pickett relieved Hurts in the first quarter against Washington and completed 14 of 24 passes for 143 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Prior to that, he had appeared in three games in mop-up duty. "He's done a great job," Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown said on Friday. "He did a great job last week. I know he had a few hiccups, but overall he's doing a great job. It's not his first rodeo. We have a lot of confidence in him, I do, and I'm excited. "(He's) poised, confident. He comes in, he's commanding the huddle and that's what you want to see." Pickett, 26, compiled a 14-10 record as the starter for the Steelers from 2022-23 after being drafted by Pittsburgh in the first round (20th overall) in 2022. After the Steelers acquired Russell Wilson in March, Pickett was traded along with a 2024 fourth-round pick to the Eagles in exchange for a 2024 third-round pick and two 2025 seventh-rounders. Pickett has completed 62.3 percent of his pass attempts for 4,622 yards with 14 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in 29 career games. He has rushed for 303 yards and four scores. Hurts, 26, has completed 68.7 percent of his passes this season for 2,903 yards with 18 TDs and five picks in 15 starts. He has rushed for 630 yards and is tied for the NFL lead with 14 rushing touchdowns. --Field Level MediaEagles rule out QB Jalen Hurts (concussion protocol) vs. Cowboys
By any reasonable measure, Myron Cope should not have been allowed anywhere near a radio microphone. Far from the soothing, modulated tones of announcers and disc jockeys that have populated the airwaves almost since radio’s inception, Cope’s voice was less the equivalent of a sweetly tuned violin than a busted muffler dragging on the concrete. Perhaps reflecting his four-pack-a-day cigarette habit, Cope’s voice was a nasally, high-pitched instrument, with a Pittsburgh accent as thick as a bowlful of pierogies. To top it off, Cope was given to flights of excited chatter that made it sound like he had mixed his nicotine regimen with equally high doses of caffeine. Any strangers to the Pittsburgh region flipping around on the radio dial and hearing Cope’s voice could well have thought, “Who is that guy?!” “It was not a typical broadcast voice,” said Dan Joseph, a Mt. Lebanon native who co-wrote the recently published biography of Cope, “Behind the Yoi,” along with Cope’s daughter, Elizabeth Cope. “And it was incredibly unique because it didn’t sound like anybody’s voice. There’s nothing like it.” But to Pittsburghers, Cope was the much-beloved uncle whose presence was an indispensable part of being a Pittsburgh Steelers fan. And his inimitable voice arguably made him relatable, like the fella two stools over at the bar. A color commentator on Steelers’ radio broadcasts from 1970 to 2005, Cope brought the word “yoi!” into everyday regional parlance, made the Terrible Towel the flag of Steelers Nation and became as recognizable as some of the football greats whose exploits he described. Cope “made it 10 times as fun,” to listeners, Joseph said. “He got so excited. ... He made every touchdown seem so special, and he helped cement the bond the city and the team had.” A 1988 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School, Joseph’s day job is editing scripts for the Voice of America radio service. A baseball enthusiast, he has also penned two books on the sport, and has co-authored a book on African terrorist organization Al-Shabaab. Along with the recollections of Cope’s daughter, he was able to access the correspondence, recordings and other material Cope left behind after his death in 2008 for “Behind the Yoi,” which was published in September by the University of Nebraska Press. Some of the TV and radio appearances that had been squirreled away have now been placed on YouTube in a channel dedicated to Cope. Although Cope was best-known for his work in broadcast media, “Behind the Yoi” details the extensive work Cope did in print media earlier in his career. A graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill, an editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette changed his name to Myron Cope from Myron Kopelman because the editor didn’t want so many “Jewish-sounding” bylines in the newspaper. It stuck, and Cope formally made that his last name when he was 26. He left the Post-Gazette and embarked on a freelance career writing about sports. His work appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and Sports Illustrated, and he wrote well-regarded pieces about such luminaries as Howard Cosell and Muhammad Ali. Cope was “an elite sportswriter,” Joseph said. “He was very plugged into the sports scene nationwide.” His broadcasting career “came out of left field,” Joseph explained, when he started doing sports commentary for WTAE-TV in 1968. He was picked up by the Steelers two years later. He continued doing commentaries for WTAE later in his career – one clip now on YouTube has Cope jokingly dispensing “health tips” to viewers. Cope was considered to be such an indispensable part of the WTAE stable that he was allowed to smoke in the studio even as it was officially not allowed. “He was Myron Cope,” Joseph said. In fact, Joseph believes that “Behind the Yoi” not only tells Cope’s story, but it also tells the story of Pittsburgh and the football team to which it is so strongly attached. “I think he will be remembered as an important historical figure,” Joseph said.Ángela Aguilar is the only Hispanic artist trending on Google Search in 2024
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rodney Johnson Jr.'s 33 points led Tennessee Tech over NAIA-member Milligan 95-75 on Sunday. Johnson added five rebounds for the Golden Eagles (6-7). Kyle Layton scored 11 points and added five assists. Ray Glasgow had 10 points and went 4 of 7 from the field (2 for 4 from 3-point range). Handje Tamba finished with 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Buffs. Sam Gold added nine points and six rebounds for Milligan. Jayme Peay also put up nine points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .
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