Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki reaffirmed his dedication to the Nittany Lions in a social media post Monday evening, amid reports linking him to the head coaching vacancy at West Virginia University. Kotelnicki, reportedly among the top three to five candidates for the WVU job, expressed his focus on Penn State’s future. "Beyond lucky to be a part of the Penn State Football Family," Kotelnicki wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, around 6 p.m. "Still a lot to accomplish this season, and I am looking forward to what 2025 has in store for our program." Conflicting reports suggest Kotelnicki either turned down an offer from WVU or the university opted to move in another direction. The Mountaineers’ coaching search appears to have narrowed to two main candidates: former WVU head coach Rich Rodriguez and Army head coach Jeff Monken. Former WVU standout Anthony Becht has also been interviewed and remains in contention, according to sources. Stay tuned for updates on the WVU coaching search and Penn State football news.MADRID (AP) — Barcelona got back to winning in the Spanish league in style, routing Mallorca 5-1 on Tuesday with a pair of goals by Raphinha. Ferran Torres, Frenkie de Jong and Pau Víctor also scored for Barcelona, which hadn't won in three consecutive league games to allow Real Madrid to inch closer at the top of the standings. Madrid is now four points back although it has two games in hand. Torres, who got to start in place of league-leading scorer Robert Lewandowski, opened the scoring in the 12th minute after Mallorca defenders failed to clear an easy ball from inside the area. One defender tried to kick it away but it ended ricocheting off a teammate to give Ferran an easy shot on goal. The hosts equalized with Vedat Muriqi in a breakaway just before halftime in what was Mallorca's only shot on target, but Raphinha put Barcelona back in front by converting a 56th-minute penalty kick. He added to the lead in the 74th after a nice assist by Lamine Yamal. Raphinha now has 11 goals in 16 league games this season. “This is probably my best moment, but I want to do more,” Raphinha said. “We knew it was important to win again after three matches in which something was lacking. It wasn't our best match, but it was important to win.” Yamal also helped set up De Jong's goal five minutes later, not long after the midfielder had come off the bench. It was De Jong who then assisted Víctor's goal in the 84th. Barcelona has scored five or more goals in a match for the sixth time this season across all competitions. It has outscored opponents 48-17 in the league alone. Barcelona had lost twice in its last three league matches — 2-1 to Las Palmas at home on Saturday and 1-0 at Real Sociedad three rounds ago. Its other setback was a 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo when it was winning 2-0 until late in the match. The game against Mallorca was moved forward in the schedule because both clubs will be playing in the Spanish Super Cup in January. Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao, the other two clubs in the Super Cup, will meet on Wednesday in Bilbao. Barcelona, which beat Brest in the Champions League last week, will visit Real Betis in its next league match on Saturday. Mallorca, sitting in sixth place in the Spanish league, faces Celta on Friday. Mallorca was coming off two straight league victories — against Valencia and at Las Palmas. In the second round of the Copa del Rey, fourth-division club Barbastro ousted top-flight club Espanyol 2-0, while Celta Vigo trounced Salamanca 7-0, Las Palmas defeated Europa 2-1 and Valladolid beat Ávila 4-2. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerLOS ANGELES — He’d been battered for weeks, lingering on the turf in pain at various points in previous wins over Nebraska and UCLA, always game enough to return a few players later after gingerly limping off. But running back Woody Marks, long USC’s Iron Man at running back, couldn’t return after another blow Saturday against Notre Dame. After a first-quarter handoff for nine yards, Marks laid on the turf for a few beats before stumbling to his feet, appearing slightly disoriented as he entered a medical tent on USC’s sideline. He eventually returned to the sideline as redshirt freshman Quinten Joyner took his place, but walked off into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum tunnel at the two-minute mark of the first half as the CBS broadcast reported he’d be out for the rest of the afternoon . It was a massive loss for USC’s offense, and could’ve served as the end of Marks’ time in a Trojans jersey depending on his bowl-game decision. If so, what a run it has been for the Mississippi State transfer: finishing with 1,133 yards on the ground in 12 games, putting together one of the more complete seasons by any USC running back in recent memory. Senior Day They came marching one by one down the barrel of the Coliseum, adorned with wreaths of honor, USC’s Easton Mascarenas-Arnold and Jaylin Smith and Woody Marks all exchanging hugs with Lincoln Riley as an early crowd erupted in claps for its program pillars. It was a moment of levity, USC honoring beloved seniors Saturday afternoon on the final day of its regular season. It was also, however, a sobering reality. With Mascarenas-Arnold, Smith and Marks went 138 combined tackles and four interceptions and 1,421 yards from scrimmage; with left guard Emmanuel Pregnon and center Jonah Monheim went two crucial pieces of a much-improved Trojans offensive line. Walking out from the tunnel on Senior Day, certainly, doesn’t provide an end-all, be-all on players’ futures. But it gave a hint, certainly, that several names who still carried eligibility – Mascarenas-Arnold, Smith, wide receiver Kyron Hudson – could be moving on come the winter. “We’ll have a few guys, obviously, who will have some decisions to make on if they go pro or if they stay and play another year,” Riley said Tuesday, when asked how he might adjust USC’s offensive personnel in the offseason. “Not a ton, but we’ve got a couple guys that have those decisions. We’ll just see. We’re going to try to get the right talent in here.” USC will be hard-pressed to add that talent, certainly, as eyes turn ahead to a bowl-game slot and the 2025 season. If every player honored on USC’s announced Senior Day graphic moves on , either via the NFL draft or the transfer portal, USC stands to lose 17 players from its offense, defense and special teams who started Saturday against Notre Dame. Here’s the breakdown: Offense: WR Kyle Ford, TE Lake McRee, RB Woody Marks, C Jonah Monheim, LG Emmanuel Pregnon, RT Mason Murphy, WR Kyron Hudson Defense: S Akili Arnold, LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, LB Mason Cobb, CB Jacobe Covington, DT Nate Clifton, DT Gavin Meyer, CB Jaylin Smith, CB Greedy Vance Jr. Special teams: P Eddie Czaplicki, K Michael Lantz It’s still probable, as Riley mentioned, that a few of those names elect to stay at USC for another season. McRee, Murphy and Hudson, in particular, are redshirt juniors and would likely see their draft stock elevated by a return for a prominent senior year at USC. Still, the Trojans will have major work to do in the transfer portal and with depth development this offseason, particularly at center, replacing Monheim, and cornerback. Caleb Williams returns Not a day after the NFL’s Chicago Bears canned head coach Matt Eberflus following a 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions , former star quarterback and No. 1 overall draft pick Caleb Williams was back at the Coliseum on for his USC jersey-retirement ceremony in a palate cleanser of a Saturday afternoon. Williams, the Heisman Trophy winner who conquered opposing defenses and NIL riches in his time at USC, took a moment to thank the Coliseum crowd upon leading the Trojans out of the tunnel Saturday. “Number 13 is back,” Williams announced over the PA, speaking in a microphone to wide cheers. “And not only – is in the rafters now, because of all of you.”
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A week ago, Matt Gaetz was on his way to becoming Donald Trump’s avenging angel as U.S. Attorney General, the nation’s top law enforcement official. But now that the former Florida congressman has withdrawn his nomination amid persistent questions about his involvement in a sex scandal involving a 17-year-old girl, his political prospects are not so clear put. “His future is not as bright as it once was,” said Aubrey Jewett, a political science professor at the University of Central Florida. “I don’t mean to imply this is the end of his political career, or lobbying career, because he still has the ear of the president-elect.” Gaetz’s fall has left him politically adrift and battered by allegations of drug-fueled sex parties. One option — considered a remote possibility — would be to try to reclaim the North Florida congressional seat he resigned from on Nov. 13, a move that effectively shut down the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations. In his resignation notice, Gaetz said he was stepping down from his current term to pursue the Attorney General nomination and didn’t “intend to take the oath” for the upcoming term he was reelected to on Nov. 5. Technically, Gaetz could show up when Congress reconvenes on Jan. 3 to be sworn into that new term, said Michael T. Morley, a professor of election law at Florida State University College of Law. Ultimately, the House would decide whether Gaetz could change his mind and keep his seat, Morley said. Mark Herron, a Tallahassee lawyer specializing in state and federal election and ethics laws, agreed that Gaetz has wiggle room on his future in Congress. “I don’t think anything is real until Jan. 3,” he said. The Constitution requires that House vacancies be filled by a special election, and state governors are responsible for scheduling those special elections. Gov. Ron DeSantis has already ordered Secretary of State Cord Byrd to schedule a special election for Gaetz’s district seat but no date has been set as of Thursday. GOP state Reps. Joel Rudman and Michelle Salzman announced they would run for the opening, but they signaled Thursday they would step aside if Gaetz needs to run to get his old job back. Gaetz easily won reelection in November with 66% of the vote in the solidly red North Florida district. Salzman called Gaetz a “real friend” and said she “will stand with the congressman and whatever he decides.” In a post on X, Rudman wrote he will support Gaetz “100%” if he wants to return to Congress. Politically, though, it might not make sense for Gaetz to return to Congress, which would resurrect a House ethics report said to contain damaging testimony against him, Morley said. His colleagues could vote to censure or expel him based on the report’s findings. One of Florida’s U.S. Senate seats likely will be open as Trump has tapped Sen. Marco Rubio to be his Secretary of State. But it seems unlikely that DeSantis would appoint Gaetz to take Rubio’s Senate seat, Jewett said, especially if DeSantis wants to stay in Trump’s good graces by appointing his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, as many MAGA supporters want. Gaetz can also expect other high profile political candidates to run for Rubio’s senate seat when a special election is held in 2026, he added. “They would have no compunction going after him and the baggage he brings.” Gaetz has been mentioned as a possible GOP gubernatorial candidate in 2026, when DeSantis leaves office. But U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is Trump’s most likely choice for governor in 2026, said state Sen. Joe Gruters, a Trump backer and former chair of the Republican Party of Florida, and the president’s endorsement could effectively end the race. “It’s a primary of one,” Gruters previously told The Orlando Sentinel. Gaetz has repeatedly denied accusations that he paid for sex, had sex with a 17-year-old girl and used illicit drugs. The U.S. Department of Justice investigated those allegations for several years but did not file charges. But House ethics investigators continued with a separate investigation and were preparing to release their findings when Gaetz resigned. Two women who testified to the committee behind closed doors said Gaetz paid them for sex, and one of the women testified she witnessed Gaetz having sex with her 17-year-old friend at a July 2017 Orlando-area house party, their attorney Joel Leppard said. The ethics panel had a paper trail linking Gaetz to more than $10,000 in Venmo payments made to two women who were witnesses in the probe, ABC News reported. Although his political brand his tarnished, Gaetz continues to hold favor with Trump, and “he could still get a soft landing somewhere,” Jewett said. In his statement, Gaetz didn’t describe his future plans — only that he will “remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful President in history.” In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that Gaetz has a “wonderful future.” Gaetz’s wife, Ginger, posted a photo on social media of the couple walking up the Capitol steps after news broke that he had withdrawn. “The end of an era,” she wrote. ©2024 Orlando Sentinel. Visit at orlandosentinel.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Before diving into the game, familiarize yourself with the layout of your keyboard. Lenovo gaming keyboards are designed with ergonomic key placements to enhance your gaming performance. Make sure your keyboard is connected securely to your computer and adjust the lighting settings to your preference for an immersive gaming experience.
Recently, Zhou Changqiang has been appointed as the Secretary of the Qionghai City Committee of Hainan Province, marking a significant milestone in his political career. Zhou, an experienced and capable leader, has been promoted to the level of Deputy Director, signifying the trust and recognition he has earned from the Party and the people.Scottish artist Jasleen Kaur who put doily on a car wins Turner Prize 2024