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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Week 13 playoff picture: making up ground on two frontsThe recruitment of five-star offensive tackle Michael Fasusi won't be over until pen hits paper. Fasusi verbally committed to Oklahoma in August and has held his pledge to this day. However, Texas and Texas A&M have continued pushing hard for the Lewisville (TX) product and have seemed to make a decent amount of headway over the last few weeks. The Longhorns hosted Fasusi for their game against Kentucky last week and the Aggies will host Fasusi for the Texas-Texas A&M game on Nov. 30. That marks back-to-back weeks that Fasusi will be in attendance for a Longhorns game. If Steve Sarkisian's squad delivers another impressive showing, Texas could certainly emerge as a legitimate player in his recruitment. On3's Chad Simmons reported that Fasusi's visit to Texas last weekend went well. "The way the offensive line has developed under coach Flood impresses me," Fasusi told On3. "That is big for me. The development part. Seeing how that group played with aggression was great to see.” While the five-star tackle did reaffirm his verbal pledge to Oklahoma for the time being, his comments regarding the upcoming in-state showdown between Texas and Texas A&M are interesting. "This is going to be a great game. I am not looking for anything in particular on this visit, but I want to be at this game and see what they are going to provide." Fasusi has repeatedly stressed the importance of relationships and player development when deciding on which school to attend. Sarkisian and his staff have a massive opportunity to make up ground in his recruitment with a win on Saturday. The 6-foot-5, 295-pound offensive tackle is ranked the No. 13 prospect in the nation for the 2025 recruiting class, according to 247Sports. Related: Texas A&M Player Fires Warning Shot at Texas Longhorns Ahead of Week 14
When Jon Montgomery’s moustache was just a patch of reddish stubble, it could only dream of becoming an astronaut. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * When Jon Montgomery’s moustache was just a patch of reddish stubble, it could only dream of becoming an astronaut. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? When Jon Montgomery’s moustache was just a patch of reddish stubble, it could only dream of becoming an astronaut. The Movember movement started in 2003 in Australia, when a group of friends grew moustaches during the month of November to bring attention to men’s health issues, charging $10 to take part in the challenge with the money going to prostate cancer. The Movember movement started in 2003 in Australia, when a group of friends grew moustaches during the month of November to bring attention to men’s health issues, charging $10 to take part in the challenge with the money going to prostate cancer. It has since grown to a worldwide initiative that now encompasses many other ways of fundraising during the month, including walking 60 kilometres to remember the 60 men who die by suicide globally every hour, or hosting a Mo-Ment event. The ruddy muzzy always knew it was destined to go fast, to go far and to live life on the edge. That much was certain when it held on for dear life while its host whipped around the skeleton track in Vancouver to win a record-setting, beer-soaked gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. But in the 14 years since, as the Russell-born Montgomery’s gone on to enjoy a successful post-athletic afterlife as a television host, his whiskers still yearned to go where no Manitoban “lip sweater” had ever gone before. And so, Montgomery partnered with Movember for a manscaped mission, aiming to raise awareness for men’s physical and mental-health causes. ( host, who has raised $10,000 for Movember since 2012, has a personal connection to the cause; his father went through prostate cancer.) On Sept. 22, in a field in Kingston, N.Y., Montgomery’s moustache trimmings were strapped into a space-proofed container, attached to a balloon, and launched to a cruising altitude of 35,472.9 metres above mean sea level for a two-hour-long solo flight at the very edge of the earth’s stratosphere. “It just really changed my perspective,” the moustache told the upon its return. “Made me wonder whether other lifeforms exist, and whether they grow facial hair, too.” SUPPLIED Manitoba Olympian Jon Montgomery sent his ’stache into space in September. Its adventures left the discussing the most memorable Manitoban moustaches, sifting through old boxes of hockey cards, scanning LP sleeves and asking the general public for suggestions. The following star soup-strainers made the barbershop cut. About 150 years before Montgomery’s moustache witnessed the vastness of the universe, a man named Telrean noted the absence of Manitoba’s most important moustache in a diary entry, written on Sept. 23, 1874, in Saint Hyacinthe. ARCHIVES The founding father of Manitoba, Louis Riel, is known for his trademark moustache. “With emotion, I shook the hand of Riel, the young hero of Manitoba,” he wrote after meeting the Métis icon. “He was tall, bronze like the Métis, without showing much trace of his Indian blood. He wore sideburns without a moustache.” As detailed in a 1949 entry in the Manitoba Historical Society’s Transactions series, a publication that preceded Manitoba History, in 1874, the 29-year-old Riel had just visited Washington, where he’d met with sitting American president Ulysses S. Grant. (Grant had by that point tamed his Civil War scruff). Meanwhile, Riel’s father, Louis Sr., who died in 1864, is seen in most photographs with a sideburn-full-beard combo. You might have a hard time envisioning Louis Riel without his ‘stache, which has become an indelible element of our province’s founder’s visual identity, a downward crescent blending revolution and grandiose intelligence in one follicular swoop. Riel’s is without a doubt Manitoba’s most consequential moustache. There are more than 1,200 members of the , a tribute to the hirsute frontman of the Guess Who, the biggest band to ever emerge from Winnipeg. “I AM NOT BURT HIMSELF!” the group’s administrator writes. “This is the official UNOFFICIAL fanclub of Burton Cummings’ moustache — the moustache is what contains all Burt’s superpowers.” SUPPLIED Singer Burton Cummings once shaved his moustache, but the hair returned by 1981. There might be some Samsonian truth in that: on each of his first three solo albums, the St. John’s neighbourhood-raised songwriter made the muzz — and those curly locks — a focal point of the album art. But when he released the singer debuted a naked lip. “Singer Burton Cummings has a new image,” The Canadian Press reported on April 2, 1980, one month before the album’s release. “Cummings, now a short-haired rocker, says he woke up one morning, took a look at himself and realized he was bored with what he saw. Deciding to make a change, he hacked off his hair close to his scalp and shaved off his moustache.” For 1981’s Cummings hired photographer John Rowlands to handle the cover art. With his thumbs meeting in the album’s centre, forming a crude W, Cummings framed the lower third of his face, his lip once again graced by that superpowered moustache. Yes, these Jets featured current head coach Scott Arniel and a 19-year-old star centre named Dale Hawerchuk, but there’s a case to be made that the 1982-1983 Winnipeg club is the greatest moustache team of all time. KEN GIGLIOTTI / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg Jets 1.0 defenceman Dave Babych sported a legendary bushy ’stache. Coached by reigning Jack Adams winner Tom Watt — a mustachioed dead ringer for Soviet filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky — and co-captained by bare-lipped American Dave Christian and the gloriously stached right-winger Lucien DeBlois, the Jets limped to a 74-point finish before losing to the eventual Smythe Division champion Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the playoffs. The Oilers later lost the Stanley Cup to the New York Islanders, who won their fourth straight championship behind a roster featuring St. Boniface’s Butch Goring, a Lady Byng-winning gentleman with an incongruently grizzly moustache. Perhaps the Jets blew it by having an all-time lineup of dusters well before it came time to grow playoff beards. The unofficial leader was defenceman Dave Babych, who wore the thickest moustache this side of Lanny McDonald for most of his 19-year career, the first five spent as a Jet. (In a January 1984 column, sports editor Hal Sigurdson noted, “Dave Babych has shaved his moustache, while Dale Hawerchuk is growing one.”) KEN GIGLIOTTI / FREE PRESS FILES Winnipeg Jets 1.0 player Doug Smail was a speedy, and hirsute, forward. On the blueline, Maurice Mantha earned the nickname Moe. Saskatchewan speedster Doug Smail donned a horseshoe moustache above his Moose Jaw. Wearing No. 16 and a respectable ‘stache, former Brandon Wheat King Laurie Boschman scored 74 points in only 61 games, trailing only the baby-faced Hawerchuk (92 points) and the French-born Paul MacLean — a first-ballot moustache Hall of Famer who finished the year with 76 points. While the all-star MacLean is remembered as a prototypical power forward who scored 40 goals for the Jets on three occasions, most modern hockey fans became acquainted with him during his tenure as a cantankerous, award-winning bench boss. During the 2013 season, MacLean, then coaching the Senators, went viral when an Ottawa fan sitting behind him in a suit and tie — and walrus moustache — was dubbed “Paul MacClone” by Sportsnet. The auto parts salesman’s facial hair was covered by local and national press. “Now, some of my customers call me Coach,” Watson told the ben.waldman@winnipegfreepress.com Ben Waldman is a National Newspaper Award-nominated reporter on the Arts & Life desk at the . Born and raised in Winnipeg, Ben completed three internships with the while earning his degree at Ryerson University’s (now Toronto Metropolitan University’s) School of Journalism before joining the newsroom full-time in 2019. . Every piece of reporting Ben produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the ‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about , and . Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. 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Dejounte Murray is rejoining the Pelicans vs. Toronto and drawing inspiration from his motherMiddle East latest: Israel agrees to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon starting at 4 am
Experts Urge Earthquake-Resistant Techniques for Hyderabad’s High-RisesIsrael and Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire to end nearly 14 months of fighting JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes meanwhile carried out the most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs since the start of the conflict and issued a record number of evacuation warnings. At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signaled it aims to keep pummeling Hezbollah before the ceasefire is set to take hold at 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. President Joe Biden, speaking in Washington, called the agreement “good news” and said his administration would make a renewed push for a ceasefire in Gaza. AP finds that a Pentagon-funded study on extremism in the military relied on old data Early this year, Pete Hegseth told a Fox News audience a new, Pentagon-funded study proved that the number of military service members and veterans involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection did not indicate a wider problem in the armed forces. Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, wasn’t alone. The Wall Street Journal’s opinion page highlighted the same report as evidence that extremists in military communities were “phantoms” created by a “false media narrative.” The X account for Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee posted that the study showed the focus on extremism in the military was a “witch hunt.” But The Associated Press has found that the study relied on old data, misleading analyses and ignored evidence that pointed to the opposite conclusion. Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for relief DETROIT (AP) — If Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on everything imported from Mexico and Canada, the price increases that could follow will collide with his campaign promise to give American families a break from inflation. Economists and industry officials say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for food, clothing, automobiles, booze and other goods. The president-elect floated the tariff idea and an additional 10% tax on goods from China, as a way to force the countries to halt the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the U.S. But his posts Monday threatening tariffs on his first day in office could be a negotiating ploy to get the countries to change behavior. Mexico suggests it would impose its own tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has suggested Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on Mexican goods if the country doesn’t stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border. Sheinbaum says she is willing to engage in talks on the issues, but said drugs were a U.S. problem. She says "one tariff would be followed by another in response, and so on until we put at risk common businesses,” referring to U.S. automakers that have plants on both sides of the border. After delay, Trump signs agreement with Biden White House to begin formal transition handoff WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a required agreement with President Joe Biden’s White House to allow his transition team to coordinate with the existing federal workforce ahead of taking office on Jan. 20. The overdue agreement was supposed to have been signed by Oct. 1, according to the Presidential Transition Act, and the Biden White House has issued appeals in both public and private for Trump’s team to sign on. The agreement is a critical step in the process meant to ensure an orderly transfer of power at noon on Jan. 20 and limits the risk that the Trump team could find itself taking control of the massive federal government without being aware of ongoing programs and operations. Brazil’s Bolsonaro planned and participated in a 2022 coup plot, unsealed police report says SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro was fully aware of and actively participated in a coup plot to remain in office after his defeat in the 2022 election, according to a Federal Police report that has been unsealed. Brazil’s Federal Police last Thursday formally accused Bolsonaro and 36 other people of attempting a coup. They sent their 884-page report to the Supreme Court, which lifted the seal. Bolsonaro called a meeting in December 2022, during which he presented a draft decree to the commanders of the three divisions of the armed forces, that would have declared the vote fraudulent, to justify a possible military intervention. Bolsonaro has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs for millions of obese Americans WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Zepbound covered by Medicare or Medicaid under a new rule the Biden administration proposed Tuesday morning. The proposal, which would not be finalized until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office, could cost taxpayers as much as $35 billion over the next decade. It would give millions of people access to weekly injectables that have helped people shed pounds so quickly that some people have labeled them miracle drugs. New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV. That's according to a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials. Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies. The new rule takes effect Wednesday. It's expected to shorten the wait for organs for all, regardless of HIV status, by increasing the pool of available organs. The practice is supported by a decade of research, during which 500 transplants of kidneys and livers from HIV-positive donors have been done in the U.S. Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump's promised crackdown on immigration President-elect Donald Trump will return to power next year with a raft of technological tools at his disposal that would help deliver his campaign promise of cracking down on immigration — among them, surveillance and artificial intelligence technology that the Biden administration already uses to help make crucial decisions in tracking, detaining and ultimately deporting immigrants lacking permanent legal status. One algorithm, for example, ranks immigrants with a “Hurricane Score,” ranging from 1-5, to assess whether someone will “abscond” from the agency’s supervision. Ukraine says Russian attack sets a new record for the number of drones used KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian air force says Russia launched 188 drones against most regions of Ukraine in a nighttime blitz, describing it as a record number of drones deployed in a single attack. It said Tuesday that most of the drones were intercepted, but apartment buildings and critical infrastructure such as the national power grid were damaged. No casualties were immediately reported in the 17 targeted regions. Russia has been hammering civilian areas of Ukraine with increasingly heavy drone, missile and glide bomb attacks since the middle of the year. The Russian Defense Ministry, meanwhile, issued a rare official acknowledgement of its assets being hit on its own soil by U.S.-made longer-range missiles that the U.S. recently authorized Ukraine to use.The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . Texas and Georgia are battling for recruiting supremacy before duking it out for a Southeastern Conference title. Alabama, which also appears to be headed to the playoffs, is right behind them. The two Atlanta-bound and presumably playoff-bound SEC powers are leading the way in recruiting league-wide and nationally during the early signing period that started Wednesday. They’ll meet Saturday in the SEC championship game in Mercedes-Benz Stadium. They’re currently No. 1 (Texas) and No. 2 (Georgia) nationally, but the SEC holds a sweep of the top three with the Crimson Tide ranked third in Kalen DeBoer’s first full recruiting cycle. The league holds eight of the top 11 spots. The final rankings are pending the decision of the nation’s top uncommitted prospect, defensive tackle Justus Terry, who is expected to choose among three SEC schools: Georgia, Texas and Auburn. Leader of the pack The Longhorns landed four five-star prospects, per the 247Sports composite rankings of recruiting sites. They also picked up No. 1-ranked athlete Michael Terry III on signing day when he chose Texas over Nebraska. Steve Sarkisian’s Longhorns class is led by five-star safety Jonah Williams of Galveston, Texas, the nation’s No. 8 overall prospect, according to the composite rankings. They signed five-star wide receivers Kaliq Lockett and Jaime Ffrench, along with edge rusher Lance Jackson. Only Florida’s Ffrench was from out of state. RELATED COVERAGE SMU’s ‘Pony Express’ ride to the top of the ACC in its league debut makes Dickerson proud No. 10 Boise State returns to cusp of playoffs 14 years after heartbreaking loss to Nevada Ryan Day admits mistakes in Ohio State’s loss to Michigan and looks to playoffs to redeem himself Georgia had pledges from five five-star prospects entering signing day, led by No. 3 overall recruit defensive lineman Elijah Griffin, edge rusher Isaiah Gibson and linebacker Zayden Walker. Alabama got a potential successor to quarterback Jalen Milroe. Keelon Russell of Duncanville, Texas, is rated as the No. 2 quarterback and overall prospect per the composite rankings. Best of the rest Auburn coach Hugh Freeze has been touting his recruiting success frequently as building a solid foundation amid losing records in his first two seasons. The Tigers are currently at No. 6 and landed a much-needed quarterback in five-star Deuce Knight from Lucedale, Mississippi. LSU had the eighth-ranked class, a group led by five-star prospects in cornerback DJ Pickett, running back Harlem Berry and offensive lineman Solomon Thomas. Texas A&M stands at No. 9 after late flips in five-star signees in wide receiver Jerome Myles (from USC) and offensive tackle Lamont Rogers (Missouri). The Aggies are followed in order by LSU, Tennessee and Florida. The Volunteers were still awaiting the letter-of-intent from top-five prospect offensive tackle David Sanders Jr., who has been committed since August but is reportedly considering Ohio State. The Gators’ class was highlighted by five-star receiver Vernell Brown III. Under the radar Ole Miss wide receiver signee Caleb Cunningham is too highly rated to be truly under the radar for most programs. But Lane Kiffin has built the Rebels into an SEC contender largely with transfers, not blue-chip high school recruits. Cunningham, who de-committed from Alabama on Nov. 13, is rated as the No. 2 receiver and 18th-best player in the class. Ole Miss is looking for a replacement to star receiver Tre Harris. Star of the class Alabama’s Russell was the highest-rated recruit and plays at the most prized position. The 6-foot-3, 175-pounder led Duncanville High School to state championships in 2022 and 2023 and was MVP of the Elite 11 quarterback competition this year. Alabama returns Ty Simpson and Austin Mack at quarterback, so there may not be a pressing need for an immediate impact. Biggest surprises Myles was a big addition to the Aggies at a position of need. The nation’s No. 5 receiver and 23rd-rated recruit had decommitted from USC after visiting College Station last weekend. Texas A&M coach Mike Elko’s team is down to five scholarship receivers entering the postseason. Billy Napier and Florida flipped four-star safety Lagonza Hayward from rival Tennessee. Hayward ranks as the No. 9 safety in the country and had decommitted from the Vols on Sunday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 football throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
Former Alabama and Miami defensive lineman Jamil Burroughs is expected to transfer to MSU for the 2025 season in a story that was first reported on Saturday. The 6-3, 310-pounder from Powder Springs, Ga., is a former four-star prospect coming out of high school and was the No. 33 defensive tackle in the country by the Composite for the 2020 class. Burroughs had offers from Alabama, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Oregon, Arkansas, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, MSU, Kentucky, LSU, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma and many others. He chose the Crimson Tide and would play his first three years in Tuscaloosa. In those three seasons, Burroughs played in 20 games with 15 tackles, three tackles for loss and two sacks. He transferred out to Miami but didn’t play in 2023 due to missing the transfer portal window. He decided to sit out again this past season and play his final year elsewhere. Burroughs adds some depth to a Bulldog defensive line that is looking for quality players on the front after a tough season defensively. He’s the second player added to the roster for 2025 out of the portal as he joins Kennesaw State defensive back Jayven Williams. With the transfer portal opening on Monday, more action is expected from the MSU coaching staff in the coming weeks. In related news coming from the Bulldogs on Monday, freshman wide receiver Mario Craver is on the move from Mississippi State after one season. Craver’s transfer was first reported by Pete Thamel but Maroon and White Daily subscribers were notified of the likelihood earlier on Monday. For more on this story, read our news edition from Tuesday, December 10 or click here to subscribe to our e-edition.
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