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Arizona State makes College Football Playoff with 45-19 win over Iowa State in Big 12 title game ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Big 12 newcomer Arizona State will represent the conference in the 12-team College Football Playoff. Cam Skattebo ran for 170 yards and two scores while adding a touchdown catch the 12th-ranked Sun Devils beat No. 16 Iowa State 45-19 in the Big 12 championship game. The Sun Devils with 34-year-old head coach Kenny Dillingham are 11-2 after being the preseason pick to finish at the bottom of their new 16-team league. They have won six games in a row. Iowa State is 10-3, already the first 10-win season in the program's 133-year history. Arizona State roars into college football playoffs, and waits to see who else makes the bracket INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Forget about rankings, analytics or any other number they might place next to Arizona State’s name. Instead, go straight to the “eye test,” or check the scoreboard. Does anyone really want to face the Sun Devils in the College Football Playoff? Someone will have to after ASU clobbered Iowa State 45-19 in the Big 12 title game. The Sun Devils have won their last two games by a combined score of 94-26. More spots will be handed out when Georgia plays Texas, Oregon plays Penn State and SMU meets Clemson, all with conference titles at stake. Lindsey Vonn competes in a pair of downhills, another step on her comeback trail at the age of 40 COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) — Lindsey Vonn finished in the middle of the pack in a pair of lower-level downhill events as she competed for the first time in nearly six years. The 40-year-old Vonn is on the comeback trail after stepping away from the sport because of injuries. Vonn wasn't concerned with times and places in the races so much as getting used to the speed again and gaining the necessary points to compete on the World Cup circuit. Vonn accomplished both, finishing 24th in the first downhill race of the day and 27th in the second. She posted on social media after the FIS races she had enough points to enter World Cup events. Man City drops more points after draw with Crystal Palace and Man United loses again Manchester City’s Premier League title defense has taken another blow after a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace. Four-time defending champion City ended a seven-game winless run on Wednesday by beating Nottingham Forest. But City has dropped more points on Saturday after the draw at Selhurst Park. It could have been worse for City after Palace led twice. Pep Guardiola’s team is fourth in the standings and eight points behind leader Liverpool. Liverpool has a game in hand after its derby with Everton was postponed due to a storm. Malinin and Glenn win as US figure skaters take 3 gold medals at Grand Prix Final GRENOBLE, France (AP) — Ilia Malinin has landed six quadruple jumps and Amber Glenn has ended a 14-year wait for gold for the United States on an historic day for American figure skaters at the Grand Prix Final in Grenoble. Malinin and Glenn won their individual events and Madison Chock and Evan Bates retained their ice dance title on Saturday to earn the U.S. three of the four senior gold medals. Glenn continued her breakout unbeaten season and three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto had to settle for third place. Norris takes pole for season-ending Abu Dhabi GP and Hamilton 18th in Mercedes farewell ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lando Norris took pole position for the last Formula 1 race of the season alongside teammate Oscar Piastri to put McLaren on the verge of a first constructors’ title in 26 years. Norris’ last lap put him .209 of a second faster than Piastri, with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr. .020 further back. Seven-time F1 champion Hamilton qualified 18th for his last race with Mercedes after a bizarre incident wrecked his final qualifying lap. A plastic pole marking the inside of a corner was knocked loose by Kevin Magnussen’s Haas and Hamilton drove over it. Big 12's Yormark brings up hard choices for fans before sparsely attended title game ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — College football fans are facing some hard choices in the expanded playoff system with some teams set to play away from home multiple times. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark raised that point No. 12 Arizona State's 45-19 victory over 16th-ranked Iowa State. The announced crowd of 55,889 at the home of the Dallas Cowboys appeared far smaller. Yormark says he remains committed to having a Big 12 title game. Besides the issues of fans, there have been suggestions that some leagues might be better off without title games as it relates to playoff hopes. Everton vs. Liverpool postponed because of Storm Darragh. Other Premier League games remain on LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool has been postponed because of Storm Darragh's dangerous winds and heavy rain on the west coast. The Met office says parts of Wales have experienced wind gusts of over 90 mph. The four other Premier League games Saturday remained on as planned. Manchester United will host Nottingham Forest at 5:30 p.m. local time at Old Trafford. The remaining games start at 3 p.m. local time. Aston Villa hosts Southampton and urged fans to use extra time to get to Villa Park in Birmingham. In London, Brentford will host Newcastle, and Crystal Palace will host Manchester City. Ashton Jeanty lets his play do the talking for CFP-bound Boise State BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After Ashton Jeanty streaked through the middle of UNLV’s defense on his way to a 75-yard touchdown run Friday night in the Mountain West Conference title game, he didn’t strike the Heisman pose. He didn’t even lobby for it after the game, instead letting his play do the talking in No. 10 Boise State's 21-7 victory over No. 19 UNLV 21-7. Jeanty added another 209 yards — his sixth game over 200 yards this season — to push his total to 2,497 — just 132 yards short of passing Barry Sanders’ FBS season rushing record. The Broncos earned a spot in the College Football Playoff with the victory. No. 24 Army wins AAC championship in first attempt as Daily runs for 4 TDs in 35-14 win over Tulane WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Bryson Daily rushed for four touchdowns to tie the American Athletic Conference championship game record, and No. 24 Army completed a perfect first season in the league by beating Tulane 35-14. Kanye Udoh rushed for 158 yards, including a 72-yarder to set up a Daily TD, and a score. Daily added 126 yards on the ground for the Black Knights, who overwhelmed AAC opponents with their bruising, clock-eating rushing attack during their first around the league, then ran it to perfection in the championship game. Army moved to 11-1. Daily had runs of 5, 3, 4 and 7 yards.NoneNordstrom to be taken private in $6.25 billion deal from founding family and Mexican retail group
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Britain is in danger of abandoning a generation of boys to a life without hope with “destructive” consequences for the nation, leading campaigners have warned. It is feared the UK will face more riots and even higher prison numbers if the country’s crisis of “lost boys” spirals further out of control. There is alarm that Britain is storing up problems for the future if it turns a blind eye to boys’ educational failings and young men’s high suicide and imprisonment rates. Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio called for society to stop treating boys and young men as the “lowest of the low”. He is fed up seeing youths “on the employment scrapheap and filling up our prisons”. Declaring that “enough is enough”, he said: “Boys and men matter just as much as anyone else, and it’s time that we got serious about that.” The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is launching a major new research project on how boys can avoid disaster. Miriam Cates, a former MP and senior fellow at the CSJ who battles to protect the quality of childhood in the UK , said: “We must step in to rescue a generation of boys and men who are at risk of falling out of society at great cost to themselves and us all.” She warned that “large numbers of disenfranchised young men are always a destructive force in society” and claimed the “riots over the summer were in large part a reaction to the sharp decline in value and status felt by working-class British males”. The think tank states men have a suicide rate more than three times that of women and are much more likely to be behind bars or sleeping rough. Ninety-six percent of prisoners are men, and in London, 82% of those on the streets are male. A top concern is that boys struggle in school and get into trouble early on. They are twice as likely to face suspension and permanent exclusion than girls. There is a glaring difference in how well boys and girls perform academically. Three-quarters of girls are judged “ready to learn” at age five, but just six out of 10 boys. When it comes to post-school education, 1,279,970 women and just 882,225 men with permanent in-home in the UK enrolled on an undergraduate or postgraduate course. The CSJ is launching the Lost Boys project to identify how boys can have a better start in life. It accuses Britain’s political class of “wilful institutional neglect” towards boys and is pushing for a radical change in attitudes. Mrs Cates claims the modern focus on “fashionable identity politics” has led to the neglect of boys and men – especially if they are poor. She says that much attention has been given to the dangerous impact of social media on girls; many boys suffer from “debilitating gaming addiction” and “exposure to violent and extreme pornography from a young age”. The mother of two boys argues that the condemnation of “toxic masculinity” in schools and the media has left boys wondering if it is possible to be a “good man”. She warns that if our culture “turns traditional male attributes such as strength and risk-taking from virtue into vice,” we should “not be surprised when young men struggle to find their place in education, employment and wider society”. “Almost all of the post-pandemic increase in young people who are not in education, employment in training is driven by men – a 40% rise amongst males compared to just seven percent for females,” she said. She claims that “boys are more likely now to own a smartphone than to live with their dad” and says that they must be “taught, trained, encouraged and inspired” to “harness their natural masculine tendencies for good”. Nearly one in four pupils in England qualifies for free school meals – a key indicator that children may be at risk of deprivation. This is the equivalent of around one million boys. The latest figures show that just 33.5% of “white British” boys on free school meals gained a grade four or above in English and mathematics at GCSE in 2022-23. This compares with 57.3% of boys from a “Black African” background who also qualified for free school meals and 67% of boys from an Indian background. Nick Fletcher – who has campaigned for a dedicated minister for men and is now running to be mayor of Doncaster – is in no doubt what will happen if white working-class boys continue to fall behind. He said: “All we’ll end up doing is building more prisons.” If this challenge is not addressed, he warned, more men will suffer from mental health issues and drug addiction. Labour MP Shaun Davies, who is backing the Lost Boys project, said: “The challenges facing men and boys in Britain are a cross-party issue that affect all of us and I am glad to see that serious work is happening in this space. Whether it’s education, family life, crime or health, boys are faced with increasingly poor outcomes.” Former education minister Robert Halfon is concerned about the plight of both white boys and girls from disadvantaged backgrounds and wants this to be one of the top priorities for the Government. He said: “At every stage, right from early years to university, the white working class are one of the most underperforming groups in the country.” Mr Halfon said this is partly because “all the investment goes into big cities whereas often these communities live in towns”. He is also concerned that talk of “white privilege” can have a harmful effect. “If you tell people from disadvantaged backgrounds they are privileged, you are just perpetuating angst and resentment, and it doesn’t help at all,” he said. Mr Halfon wants extra funding for “outstanding teachers and mentors in those disadvantaged areas”. When chair of the education committee, Mr Halfon led an investigation into the struggles of white pupils from poorer backgrounds. It found just 16 per cent of white pupils who were eligible for free school meals had started higher education by age 19 in 2018-19 – the lowest of any ethnic group other than those of Irish traveller or Gypsy/Roma heritage. This is compared with 72.8% of children from a Chinese background who qualified for free school meals. A spokeswoman for the Department for Education said: “Our Plan for Change sets out our clear mission to give every child the best start in life, breaking the link between background and success. “We know there are baked-in inequalities that remain in our education system, which is why we are taking swift action to break down barriers to opportunity. “This government will drive high and rising standards in schools by recruiting 6,500 new teachers, rolling out career advice, guaranteeing work experience, improving mental health support, reforming the SEND system and delivering a cutting-edge curriculum to set young people up for life, work and the future.” The Samaritans can be reached round the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you need a response immediately, it’s best to call them on the phone. You can reach them by calling 116 123, by emailing jo@samaritans.org or by visiting www.samaritans.org .