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After his team's 102-89 home win on Wednesday night over Purdue Fort Wayne, Penn State coach Mike Rhoades challenged his team's fan base to show up and make more noise. "Sweat with us," he said at one point. At 5-0, the Nittany Lions haven't had to sweat much to get off to a fast start. They might not have to expend much perspiration to make it 6-0 on Monday when they meet Fordham in a semifinal matchup at the Sunshine Slam tournament in Daytona Beach, Fla. Penn State hasn't played a strong schedule so far, but the team has been impressive. It's averaging 98.2 points per game and 13.8 steals per game, both of which ranked second in Division I through Saturday's play. The Nittany Lions were seventh per kenpom.com in turnover rate, forcing 25.3 per 100 possessions. Point guard Ace Baldwin Jr. is leading the charge, scoring 16.4 points and dishing out 7.8 assists while chipping in 2.6 steals. Zach Hicks has nearly doubled his scoring average from 8.4 last season to 15.8 this season, while Northern Illinois transfer Yanic Konan Niederhauser has beefed up the interior, tallying 12.2 points and 7.2 rebounds. Meanwhile, Fordham (3-3) is coming off a 73-71 home loss Friday night against Drexel in New York. The Rams blew a seven-point lead early in the second half and missed a chance to force overtime when leading scorer Jackie Johnson III missed a layup as time expired. Johnson, a UNLV transfer, is averaging 19 points per game and is making nearly 48 percent of his shots as one of three Rams with double-figure scoring averages. Jahmere Tripp scores at an 11.0 clip while Japhet Medor is contributed 10.5, but Fordham is struggling to make shots, canning only 41.5 percent from the field. The Rams were picked for a 14th-place finish in the Atlantic 10 despite returning more scoring than any team in the league except for VCU. Third-year coach Keith Urgo thinks his team can defy low external expectations. "We're experienced and I think we're poised to have a tremendous year," he said. --Field Level MediaSouthern University Jaguars head coach Terrence Graves shakes hands with Prairie View A&M Panthers head coach Bubba McDowell following Southern's 31-24 overtime victory over Prairie View A&M Panthers in an NCAA football game at Panther Stadium on September 21, 2024. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Prairie View announced Sunday football coach Bubba McDowell won’t return as the Panthers' head coach next season. McDowell, 58, compiled a 17-18 overall record and 14-10 in Southwestern Athletic Conference play over the past three years. He was the defensive coordinator at Prairie View and took over the head coaching reins when Southern hired Eric Dooley in 2022. “Coach McDowell’s commitment to helping our student-athletes succeed in life both personally and professionally is admirable and a true reflection of his character,” Prairie View athletic director Anton Goff said. Assistant head coach Ashton Green will assume head coaching duties in the interim. Goff said the university’s priority will be identifying a head coach who has the vision and leadership skills to move the program into the upper echelon of SWAC and FCS football. PVAMU will begin a national search for its next head football coach immediately. McDowell is a former Houston Oilers and Carolina Panthers safety who played college football at University of Miami. He started his coaching career at Prairie View as defensive backs coach from 2012-18 and became assistant head coach under Dooley from 2019-21 before succeeding him. McDowell had only one winning season of the three, going 6-5 and 5-3 in his first season, sharing the SWAC West Division title with Southern but lost the tiebreaker with Southern to advance to the championship game. Last year, the Panthers won the West title and advanced to the championship game in a tiebreaker with Alcorn State but lost to Florida A&M in the championship game, 35-14. The Panthers finished this season 5-7 and 3-5 in SWAC play, losing their finale at Alabama State, 9-6.
The New York Giants were hoping a change at quarterback would provide a spark coming out of the bye week. After benching and then releasing Daniel Jones, and promoting third-string quarterback Tommy DeVito to the starting role, things remained the same for the lowly NFC East basement dwellers. As DeVito and the Giants offense struggled in nearly every phase of the game during a 30-7 blowout loss against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers , no one inside New York's locker room had an answer. Star rookie wideout Malik Nabers couldn't provide a solution, but he also didn't hold back his thoughts after the embarrassing defeat. "Same outcome as we had when DJ (Daniel Jones) was the quarterback," Nabers told reporters . "It ain't the quarterback." When asked what the problem is with the Giants, Nabers said, "I don't know what it is. Everybody knows better than me." The visibly frustrated Nabers wound up putting together a solid game with six receptions for 64 yards on a team-high, but he didn't see his first target of the game until the second half. The Giants offense gained just 245 total yards and averaged 4.4 yards per play. The defensive side of the ball didn't fare much better, allowing a rushing touchdown to four different players on the Bucs offense. This isn't the first time Nabers has called out his own team this season, but it's clear the tensions are beginning to boil over amid another disastrous campaign. MORE NFL: NFL insider reveals likeliest landing spots for Daniel JonesPublished 4:08 pm Sunday, November 24, 2024 By Data Skrive Top-25 teams will hit the court across eight games on Monday’s college basketball slate. That includes the Duke Blue Devils squaring off against the Kansas State Wildcats at Lee’s Family Forum. Watch women’s college basketball, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. Use our link to sign up for a free trial. Catch tons of live women’s college basketball , plus original programming, with ESPN+ or the Disney Bundle.
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After a rough start to the 2024-25 season, the Kings part ways with 2023 Coach Of The Year Mike Brown , ESPN reported. The Kings are currently 13-18 and have a four game losing streak. After being the 3rd seed in the Western Conference just two seasons ago, the Kings have failed to reach those heights again. Currently, Sacramento has the longest championship drought in the NBA at 73 years. They are likely to miss the playoffs again this year, and a championship looks very far away. What Is Going On In Sacramento? The Kings signed DeMar DeRozan in the offseason, looking to make a splash in the competitive Western Conference. Since then, the signing hasn’t looked as great as it sounded. DeRozan has had his worst season in years, only averaging 21 points and lower shooting splits. De’Aaron Fox has been involved in trade rumors recently, as he may want out from Sacramento. Fox was drafted there in 2017 and has only been involved in one playoff appearance. The All-Star has been the bright spot for the poor franchise, and his time there may be coming to an end. What To Expect Next Sacramento is likely to miss the playoffs again, and firing Brown is honestly a questionable move. He led them to their first playoff appearance since 2006 and genuinely shifted the culture in the city. The blame should be placed more on the front office than Brown, as they haven’t made significant moves to fight for a championship. They will likely select a new head coach in the next few hours, and Mike Brown will be looking for a new home. This move will give De’Aaron Fox more leeway to request a trade, as their relationship was close. The Kings will have to find some type of rhythm for the rest of the season to push for a playoff spot. This article first appeared on Hardwood Heroics and was syndicated with permission.
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By KENYA HUNTER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington . As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2017. Even in an election this year where Trump questioned his opponent’s race , held rallies featuring racist insults and falsely claimed Black migrants in Ohio were eating residents’ pets , he didn’t just win a second term. He became the first Republican in two decades to clinch the popular vote, although by a small margin. “It’s like the people have spoken and this is what America looks like,” said Smith, the Los Angeles-based founder of the advocacy social media agency, Get Social. “And there’s not too much more fighting that you’re going to be able to do without losing your own sanity.” After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris , many politically engaged Black women said they were so dismayed by the outcome that they were reassessing — but not completely abandoning — their enthusiasm for electoral politics and movement organizing. Black women often carry much of the work of getting out the vote in their communities. They had vigorously supported the historic candidacy of Harris, who would have been the first woman of Black and South Asian descent to win the presidency. Harris’ loss spurred a wave of Black women across social media resolving to prioritize themselves, before giving so much to a country that over and over has shown its indifference to their concerns. AP VoteCast , a survey of more than 120,000 voters, found that 6 in 10 Black women said the future of democracy in the United States was the single most important factor for their vote this year, a higher share than for other demographic groups. But now, with Trump set to return to office in two months, some Black women are renewing calls to emphasize rest, focus on mental health and become more selective about what fight they lend their organizing power to. “America is going to have to save herself,” said LaTosha Brown, the co-founder of the national voting rights group Black Voters Matter. She compared Black women’s presence in social justice movements as “core strategists and core organizers” to the North Star, known as the most consistent and dependable star in the galaxy because of its seemingly fixed position in the sky. People can rely on Black women to lead change, Brown said, but the next four years will look different. “That’s not a herculean task that’s for us. We don’t want that title. ... I have no goals to be a martyr for a nation that cares nothing about me,” she said. AP VoteCast paints a clear picture of Black women’s concerns. Black female voters were most likely to say that democracy was the single most important factor for their vote, compared to other motivators such as high prices or abortion. More than 7 in 10 Black female voters said they were “very concerned” that electing Trump would lead the nation toward authoritarianism, while only about 2 in 10 said this about Harris. About 9 in 10 Black female voters supported Harris in 2024, according to AP VoteCast, similar to the share that backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. Trump received support from more than half of white voters, who made up the vast majority of his coalition in both years. Like voters overall, Black women were most likely to say the economy and jobs were the most important issues facing the country, with about one-third saying that. But they were more likely than many other groups to say that abortion and racism were the top issues, and much less likely than other groups to say immigration was the top issue. Despite those concerns, which were well-voiced by Black women throughout the campaign, increased support from young men of color and white women helped expand Trump’s lead and secured his victory. Politically engaged Black women said they don’t plan to continue positioning themselves in the vertebrae of the “backbone” of America’s democracy. The growing movement prompting Black women to withdraw is a shift from history, where they are often present and at the forefront of political and social change. One of the earliest examples is the women’s suffrage movement that led to ratification in 1920 of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution , which gave women the right to vote. Black women, however, were prevented from voting for decades afterward because of Jim Crow-era literacy tests, poll taxes and laws that blocked the grandchildren of slaves from voting. Most Black women couldn’t vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Black women were among the organizers and counted among the marchers brutalized on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama, during the historic march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery that preceded federal legislation. Decades later, Black women were prominent organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police and vigilantes. In his 2024 campaign, Trump called for leveraging federal money to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs in government programs and discussions of race, gender or sexual orientation in schools. His rhetoric on immigration, including false claims that Black Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating cats and dogs, drove support for his plan to deport millions of people . Tenita Taylor, a Black resident of Atlanta who supported Trump this year, said she was initially excited about Harris’ candidacy. But after thinking about how high her grocery bills have been, she feels that voting for Trump in hopes of finally getting lower prices was a form of self-prioritization. “People say, ‘Well, that’s selfish, it was gonna be better for the greater good,”’ she said. “I’m a mother of five kids. ... The things that (Democrats) do either affect the rich or the poor.” Some of Trump’s plans affect people in Olivia Gordon’s immediate community, which is why she struggled to get behind the “Black women rest” wave. Gordon, a New York-based lawyer who supported the Party for Socialism and Liberation’s presidential nominee, Claudia de la Cruz, worries about who may be left behind if the 92% of Black women voters who backed Harris simply stopped advocating. “We’re talking millions of Black women here. If millions of Black women take a step back, it absolutely leaves holes, but for other Black women,” she said. “I think we sometimes are in the bubble of if it’s not in your immediate circle, maybe it doesn’t apply to you. And I truly implore people to understand that it does.” Nicole Lewis, an Alabama-based therapist who specializes in treating Black women’s stress, said she’s aware that Black women withdrawing from social impact movements could have a fallout. But she also hopes that it forces a reckoning for the nation to understand the consequences of not standing in solidarity with Black women. “It could impact things negatively because there isn’t that voice from the most empathetic group,” she said. “I also think it’s going to give other groups an opportunity to step up. ... My hope is that they do show up for themselves and everyone else.” Brown said a reckoning might be exactly what the country needs, but it’s a reckoning for everyone else. Black women, she said, did their job when they supported Harris in droves in hopes they could thwart the massive changes expected under Trump. “This ain’t our reckoning,” she said. “I don’t feel no guilt.” AP polling editor Amelia Thomson DeVeaux and Associated Press writer Linley Sanders in Washington contributed to this report. The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. 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