CLEVELAND (AP) — Shortly after doing a face-down snow angel, firing a few celebratory snowballs and singing “Jingle Bells” on his way to the media room, Jameis Winston ended his postgame news conference with a simple question. “Am I a Brown yet?” he asked. He is now. And who knows? Maybe for a lot longer than expected. Winston entered Cleveland football folklore on Thursday night by leading the Browns to a 24-19 win over the division rival Pittsburgh Steelers, who had their five-game winning streak stopped. Winston's performance at Huntington Bank Field, which transformed into the world's largest snow globe, not only made him an instantaneous hero in the eyes of Browns fans but added another wrinkle to the team's ever-changing, never-ending quarterback conundrum. In his fourth start since Deshaun Watson's season-ending Achilles tendon injury, Winston made enough big plays to help the Browns (3-8) get a victory that should quiet conjecture about coach Kevin Stefanski's job. Some wins mean more than others. In Cleveland, beating the Steelers is as big as it gets. But beyond any instant gratification, Winston has given the Browns more to consider as they move forward. Watson's future with Cleveland is highly uncertain since it will still be months before the team has a grip on whether he's even an option in 2025, his fourth year since signing a $230 million, fully guaranteed contract that has proven calamitous. It's also possible the Browns will cut ties with Watson. They signed Winston to a one-year contract to be Watson's backup. But the unexpected events of 2024 have changed plans and led to the possibility that the 30-year-old Winston could become Cleveland's full-time QB or a bridge to their next young one. So much is unclear. What's not is that Winston, who leaped into the end zone on fourth-and-2 for a TD to put the Browns ahead 18-6 in the fourth quarter, is a difference maker. With his larger-than-life personality and the joy he shows whether practicing or throwing three touchdown passes, he has lifted the Browns. A man of faith, he's made his teammates believe. Winston has done what Watson couldn't: made the Browns better. “A very, very authentic person,” Stefanski said Friday on a Zoom call. “He’s the same guy every single day. He's the same guy at 5 a.m. as he at 5 p.m. He brings great energy to everything he does, and I think his teammates appreciate that about him.” Winston, who is 2-2 as a starter with wins over the Steelers and Baltimore Ravens, has a knack for inspiring through fiery, preacher-like pregame speeches. But what has impressed the Browns is his ability to stay calm in the storm. “He doesn’t get rattled,” said Myles Garrett, who had three sacks against the Steelers . “He’s just tuned in and focused as anyone I’ve seen at that position. Turn the page. There was a turnover, came back to the sideline, ‘Love you. I’m sorry. We’re going to get it back.’ He was already on to the next one, ‘How can we complete the mission?’ “I have a lot of respect for him. First was from afar and now seeing it on the field in front of me, it’s a blessing to have someone who plays a game with such a passion and want-to. You can’t ask for a better teammate when they take those things to heart and they want to play for you like we’re actually brothers and that’s what we have to attain. That brotherhood.” What's working Winston has done something else Watson couldn't: move the offense. The Browns scored more than 20 points for just the second time this season, and like Joe Flacco a year ago, Winston has shown that Stefanski's system works with a quarterback patient enough to let plays develop and unafraid to take shots downfield. What needs help The conditions certainly were a factor, but the Browns were a miserable 1 of 10 on third down, a season-long trend. However, Cleveland converted all four fourth-down tries, including a fourth-and-3 pass from Winston to Jerry Jeudy with 2:36 left that helped set up Nick Chubb's go-ahead TD run. Stock up RT Jack Conklin. Garrett outplayed Steelers star T.J. Watt in their rivalry within the rivalry partly because Conklin did a nice job containing Pittsburgh's edge rusher, who was held without a sack and had one tackle for loss. Conklin has made a remarkable comeback since undergoing reconstructive knee surgery last year. Stock down Owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam. Their desire to build a dome is well intended, but an indoor game could never come close to matching the surreal setting of Thursday night, when snow swirled throughout the stadium and covered nearly all the yard lines and hash marks. “It was beautiful,” Winston said. Injuries WR Cedric Tillman is in the concussion protocol. He had two catches before taking a big hit on the final play of the third quarter. Key numbers 9 — Consecutive home wins for the Browns in Thursday night games. Three of those have come against Pittsburgh. What's next An extended break before visiting the Denver Broncos on Dec. 2. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
AP Sports SummaryBrief at 5:51 p.m. ESTPublished 4:45 pm Monday, December 9, 2024 By Associated Press EAGAN— Sam Darnold pinballed around his collapsed pocket to dodge a sack on third-and-8, before slicing through a skinny opening to sprint right in search of more space as Justin Jefferson’s hand shot up downfield. Darnold let rip an on-the-run throw that sailed 45 yards in the air and straight into Jefferson’s arms, where he was stunningly wide open inside the 10. He danced his way into the end zone to give the Minnesota Vikings a 21-13 lead, the harbinger of a fourth-quarter surge past the Atlanta Falcons. “I’m not going to tell you what I told him in regards to my opinion on how many guys make that throw,” coach Kevin O’Connell said with a smile. The 42-21 decision on Sunday not only gave the Vikings (11-2) their sixth consecutive victory but further validated their decision to let Kirk Cousins leave in free agency for a cheaper replacement. With O’Connell directing the quarterback development program and calling the plays and Jefferson leading a dangerous and diverse group of pass-catchers, Darnold has finally found a place he can thrive in after such an environment had long eluded the third overall pick in the 2018 draft — even in this roundabout way after the season-ending injury to rookie J.J. McCarthy. Factor in a defense that’s allowing only 18.5 points per game, sixth best in the NFL, and leads the league in interceptions (20), and these Vikings are going to be a tough team to outscore in the playoffs. Darnold became the ninth quarterback in NFL history and the first since Aaron Rodgers in 2019 to hit these benchmarks in a game: at least 325 passing yards, five touchdown passes, a 75% completion rate, no interceptions and a 155-plus passer rating. Jefferson and Jordan Addison combined for 15 catches, 265 yards and five scores. “This is definitely the ball that we want to play every single game,” Jefferson said. “Just the energy, the tempo that we had, just going out there and executing the plays.” None more spectacular than that on-the-run 52-yard touchdown pass from Darnold to Jefferson, who started the play in motion from left to right into a three-man bunch with Addison and Jalen Nailor to set up a favorable matchup with nickel cornerback Dee Alford. Addison ran a clear-out route toward the opposite corner, initially drawing the attention of three defenders. Pro Bowl safety Jessie Bates, who was in a single-high alignment while the other Pro Bowl safety Justin Simmons blitzed, diverted from Addison toward an uncovered Nailor on the other side while ignoring Jefferson streaking behind him. Cornerback Clark Phillips left Nailor to try to catch Jefferson, who’d blown by Alford. “He absolutely cooked the dude on the route,” Darnold said. The Falcons couldn’t have played their coverage worse, leaving three receivers open, but that’s the type of stress the Vikings can put on a defense with the way Darnold is throwing the ball. “We already knew what he was about once we got him on our team, that he could throw any pass,” Addison said. “He’s just put it on display for everybody else.” What’s working Though Darnold has been sacked 40 times this season, he has the athleticism and instinct to extend plays and find one of his tough-to-cover receivers on longer-developing routes even if pressure comes. What needs help The Vikings have allowed their two highest rushing yardage totals of the season in the last two weeks for an average of 4.95 yards per attempt, a trend worth watching for a defense that still ranks second in the NFL against the run. Their final two games against division rivals Green Bay and Detroit will pit them against two of the top five rushing teams in the league. Stock up Rookie Jalen Redmond made his first career start and played 39 of 74 snaps, the most among the interior defensive linemen, and had two tackles for loss and two deflected passes at the line. One came on a third-and-goal throw by Cousins that forced Atlanta to settle for a short kick right before halftime. Redmond went undrafted last year out of Oklahoma, was released by Carolina during the preseason and played this spring in the United Football League. Stock down Will Reichard made all six extra point attempts in his return from a four-game absence to let a quadriceps strain heal, but his only field goal try from 47 yards in the third quarter clanked off the left upright. Injury report CB Stephon Gilmore (hamstring) and backup OLB Patrick Jones (knee) were held out on Sunday. LB Ivan Pace (hamstring) must miss at least two more games. Key number .660 — O’Connell’s winning percentage at 31-16 during the regular season is the highest in Vikings history, ahead of Bud Grant (.621). He’s fourth among active NFL coaches, trailing Nick Sirianni (.703), Jim Harbaugh (.682) and Matt LaFleur (.677). Up next The Vikings finish their three-game homestand next Monday night against Chicago (4-9), three weeks after beating the Bears 30-27 on the road in overtime. The Vikings have a two-game edge on the Packers for the first NFC wild card, the No. 5 seed, and will clinch a spot in the playoffs with one more win or one more loss by the Los Angeles Rams, who were the last team to beat them on Oct. 24. The tiebreaker outlook in the NFC North, however, will likely require an additional loss by the Lions (12-1) in the next three games, even if the Vikings were to win their next three, to set up a division title game on the final weekend at Detroit.
Camara 8-13 0-0 21, Jones 2-3 0-0 4, Kelly 10-18 0-0 20, Berry 1-7 4-4 7, R.Johnson 8-14 4-6 23, Gibson 1-2 0-1 2, Oden 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 32-63 8-11 83. B.Johnson 7-13 3-5 23, Kidd 4-8 1-1 9, Bethea 3-8 0-0 6, Blackmon 4-11 0-0 9, Staton-McCray 4-8 3-4 13, Swartz 4-6 4-4 15, Cleveland 1-2 0-0 2, Djobet 1-2 0-0 2, Ugochukwu 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 28-59 11-14 79. Halftime_Charleston Southern 45-37. 3-Point Goals_Charleston Southern 11-24 (Camara 5-10, R.Johnson 3-6, Oden 2-4, Berry 1-3, Kelly 0-1), Miami 12-33 (B.Johnson 6-12, Swartz 3-4, Staton-McCray 2-4, Blackmon 1-8, Cleveland 0-1, Djobet 0-1, Ugochukwu 0-1, Bethea 0-2). Rebounds_Charleston Southern 31 (Kelly 11), Miami 27 (B.Johnson 8). Assists_Charleston Southern 15 (Kelly 6), Miami 16 (Kidd, Djobet 4). Total Fouls_Charleston Southern 14, Miami 13.
Bridging Thailand's climate finance gapSpaceX continues dominating the global space race as the premier rocket launcher for satellite operators, outpacing entire nation-state space programs. New data for the third quarter shows the Elon Musk-led company "launched an astonishing 362 metric tons of upmass to space — this represents 85.7% of all upmass launched in the world in the third quarter of this year," according to one Tesla investor. NEWS: @SpaceX in Q3-2024 launched an astonishing 362 metric tons of upmass to space — this represents 85.7% of all upmass launched in the world in the third quarter of this year. pic.twitter.com/bxXq2lkEVd SpaceX accounted for 63% of all space launches in the third quarter. Data showed that SpaceX launched 518 spacecraft in the quarter, the most of any launch provider worldwide. Musk chimed in on X, "If rest of Q4 goes well, should be 90%." If rest of Q4 goes well, should be 90% More data on heavy-lift launches via BryceTech : BryceTech projects near-term growth in spacecraft and heavy-lift launches open to U.S. commercial providers, driven primarily by the deployment of megaconstellations. Near-term the average annual number of spacecraft open to launch from U.S. providers is about 3,100, with about 1,900 being non-Starlink spacecraft. Between 2029 and 2033, the average is about 2,500 spacecraft per year. Heavy-lift launches will play a central role, with an estimated annual average of 110 launches from 2024 to 2028, decreasing to an average 50 launches annually from 2029 to 2033. Note: Forecast data does not include spacecraft captive to international launch providers. The next Starship test flight window will open up on January 11. This will be the seventh test flight of the program while the company refines the world's largest launch vehicle. STARSHIP FT7 UPDATE! #SpaceX #Starship #Flight7 According to new documents filed by NASA to the FAA; SpaceX is targeting NET January 11th, 2025 for Starship Flight 7; and NASA5, a Gulfstream V will be used to observe the reentry of Ship 33 when it enters over the Indian Ocean,... pic.twitter.com/AajauuRtSd The sixth test flight of Starship was earlier this month. With data and flight learnings as our primary payload, Starship’s sixth flight test once again delivered → https://t.co/oIFc3u9laE pic.twitter.com/O6ZKThQRr6 Starship's fifth test flight in early October was groundbreaking ... Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! pic.twitter.com/6R5YatSVJX Just weeks ago, Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, told investors the company plans hundreds of Starship rocket launches during President Trump's second term . The latest valuation placed on SpaceX was around $250 billion , according to a recent Financial Times report that cited sources who expect the company to offer existing shares around $135 in December. The era of Greta reading the global warming script is over. Greta Thunberg: "There is no planet B, there is no planet blah blah blah blah blah blah blah." Elon Musk: "Hold my beer for a sec." 😎 We can't remain a single-planet species forever, we must have an alternative planet in case something bad happens to Earth. pic.twitter.com/9DPuFvuAlL SpaceX is why America is years ahead of the rest of the world in the space race. Let's not screw this up.
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t's been another stellar season for the , who extended their dominance with a convincing win over the , improving their record to an impressive . The reigning have not only locked in the but are now eyeing the coveted But this weekend's headlines weren't all about football prowess. Instead, social media was abuzz with chatter about an entirely unexpected topic: The uproar began when from the podcast's account showed an image of with his arms outstretched after the victory. The caption read, But it wasn't the message or Kelce's celebratory stance that caught fans' attention-it was what appeared to be that fueled endless jokes. Despite the post being taken down, immortalized the moment online. The internet, as it does, wasted no time in turning the snapshot into a viral spectacle. joked one user, while another chimed in with, " The roasting continued with comments like, and It seemed no corner of social media was immune to the chatter. This moment of levity comes during a season where has been under scrutiny. The tight end and has struggled to post significant yardage in recent games. Yet, his impact on the team goes far beyond the stat sheet. Mike Tomlin's high praise reminds everyone why Travis Kelce is a game-changer head coach offered a glowing assessment of ahead of their clash. . Tomlin's comments highlight why , even in a down statistical stretch. His ability to adapt, find space, and foster connections with quarterback keeps defenses on edge. As the prepare for their next game, and his teammates remain focused on clinching the . While the internet's jokes will fade, the tight end's legacy as a game-changer is firmly intact. Whether it's catching passes or catching the internet's attention, continues to be an integral part of .A New York woman whose grandparents went missing 44 years ago said on Friday their disappearance haunted her for decades, but the recent discovery of what could be their car submerged in a Georgia pond has her family believing the mystery may soon be solved, according to NBC News . “I never went a day without worrying or thinking about if they had a terrible ending to their life,” Christine Heller Seaman, 60, of Manhattan, said about her grandmother Catherine Romer, who was married to Charles Romer. The couple was reported missing in April 1980. “For years and years, we didn’t hear anything. ... It’s something that you held with you every single day of your life ... if they were tortured or harmed,” Seaman told NBC News on Friday in a phone call. Charles Romer, a retired oil executive, and his wife, vanished along with their 1978 Lincoln Continental while traveling home from Miami Beach, Florida. At the time, law enforcement expressed concerns about potential foul play against the couple from Scarsdale, New York, partly because Catherine Romer was wearing approximately $81,000 worth of jewelry. They had checked into a Holiday Inn in Brunswick, Georgia, where hotel employees grew concerned that their bed had not been slept in and reported them missing. But decades later, answers appear to be emerging from a Georgia pond. One human bone was discovered in the submerged Lincoln Continental on Nov. 22, according to a Saturday statement from the Glynn County Police Department . “The vehicle is similar to the description of a vehicle that Charles and Catherine Romer were believed to be driving,” the police department said in the statement posted to Facebook. The car was found in a pond between the Royal Inn Hotel and Interstate 95 on New Jesup Highway in southeast Georgia, police said, adding that the agency is collaborating with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Seaman said a detective informed her family that along with a femur found in the Continental, personal belongings such as jewelry and a license plate bearing the couple’s initials were also discovered in the car. Lawton Dodd, a spokesperson for Glynn County police, said on Friday the human remains have not been identified as belonging to either of the Romers, and the vehicle has not been determined to belong to the couple. Dodd declined to elaborate. Although a positive identification or identifications are not expected for months, Seaman said the developments have led her family to believe the couple died in some kind of accident rather than falling victim to a vicious crime. Seaman, who spoke from Scotland, said she and her family enjoyed Thanksgiving and reminisced about their missing relatives. “The whole family just shared stories about them. It was a happy time because of this resolve we’re feeling,” Seaman said. “It sort of gave us permission to celebrate their lives and talk about the fun memories without the feeling of dread, sorrow and sadness.” Seaman said she was only 15 when her grandmother and her step-grandfather — Charles was Catherine’s second husband — vanished. She still remembers the look on her dad’s face after he spoke to a detective in Georgia who told them the couple was missing. “We saw his face and he said, ‘Something is very, very wrong.’” Seaman explained that her father was his mother’s only child and he had not heard from her, which was unusual. Seaman described her grandmother as the “life of the party” who was very close to Seaman and her eight sisters. Catherine Romer loved thoroughbred racing and enjoyed traveling with her granddaughters, introducing them to new foods and restaurants, Seaman said. “She was like the celebrity of our house. She was always visiting us. She was very much part of our upbringing,” she said. “She made everyone feel like her favorite child — her favorite granddaughter.” Seaman called Charles Romer a “lovely and generous man.” She expressed gratitude toward investigators and a diving team from Florida, the Sunshine State Sonar team, that found the submerged Continental. “We’re all in shock, but ... we have this gratitude for the people that hunted this whole mystery down,” Seaman said. “People who don’t know us and we’re not related to and are perfect strangers would go to extensive measures to find answers and ... help give a family peace of mind and resolve.” This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com . Read more on NBC News:When the Ireland team were presented jerseys for the final Test of 2024 against Australia at their Shelbourne Hotel base on Wednesday evening, they were given them by legendary former fly-half Ollie Campbell. The irony will not have been lost on experienced watchers of Irish Rugby. It was Campbell, after all, who formed one half of Ireland's first great number 10 debate. His back-and-forth with Tony Ward was perhaps the side's most famous divide over the most important jersey in the sport, but sequels would include David Humphreys over Ronan O'Gara and then O'Gara versus Johnny Sexton. That the latter would become the first name on the teamsheet for over a decade put a temporary halt to such chatter, but the skipper's retirement after last year's World Cup has brought about a widespread renaissance. Munster's Jack Crowley got the first crack and led the side to a fantastic win against France in the first game of the post-Sexton era that set up a Six Nations title triumph. The 24-year-old was still in situ by the summer tour to South Africa but the trip ended with replacement Ciaran Frawley snatching glory with a pair of late drop-goals to beat the back-to-back world champions in Durban. Crowley still started the defeat by the All Blacks to begin this month but underperformed in a showing that was down across the board. Against Argentina a week later, his strong first-half showing was seemingly lost in the shuffle after the debut of Sam Prendergast off the bench set tongues wagging. The Leinsterman was handed a first start against Fiji in game three of the autumn, his performance featuring a yellow card, a few mistakes, but plenty of the classy touches that have had the former under-20s standout marked as one to watch for quite some time. Conventional wisdom still indicated Crowley would return along with a group of frontliners against the Wallabies, especially when he was sat in front of the media in Dublin on Tuesday. If some attending journalists felt Crowley was downbeat that day, the reason for his demeanour became clear on Thursday when Farrell revealed his team and, a selection that otherwise was a return to the tried and tested, featured Prendergast's name nestled between Jamison Gibson-Park and Bundee Aki. Some, perhaps those looking through Munster red-tinted glasses, have already grown weary of the discourse surrounding the latest next big thing. Yet, in a game full of subplots, from the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour featuring the two head coaches to an Irish cap record for Cian Healy, come kick-off it felt like all eyes were trained on the 21-year-old in the green 10 jersey. In the main, Prendergast looked exactly what he is - a hugely promising player with just three caps to his name. There were some lovely touches, and more evidence of that languid style that seems to give him that extra split-second on the ball, as well as a few moments he would like back, namely a missed conversion and contestable kicks that yard or two too long. When, with 14 minutes remaining, Crowley entered the fray, he did so with the game in the balance. Ireland were 19-15 behind and pressing to avoid having their 150th anniversary celebrations spoiled by defeat. After what was surely a difficult week for a player without an abundance of Test experience himself, he contributed to the comeback with a prod in behind that set-up the line-out from which Gus McCarthy scored the winning try. His heart, though, will have been in his mouth when a kick out on the full gave Australia a chance to launch a late attack from halfway. "I thought Sam had some lovely stuff. He made some errors, some kicks that weren't perfect," said Andy Farrell. "But equally I thought Jack was excellent when he came on. "He took hold of the game. The little ball that he put into the corner, nice weighted kick, rather than just putting it out. We got the lineout from that that really kicked us on. "So delighted with them both." Questions about both have been a feature of this November, with Australia head coach Joe Schmidt neatly summing up how one will now be viewed through the prism of the other. When asked about the performance of Prendergast, the former Irish coach spoke about a player with "great potential" who had occasionally looked "a little bit flustered, which is unusual for him" against his Wallabies. Unprompted, he then added he "would be a fan of Jack Crowley as well", calling him he "a super player". Both now return to their provinces but to differing situations. Crowley is the undisputed first-choice at Munster. The man who finished the autumn in the Irish ten jersey, however, is yet to nail down that jersey at Leinster. It will be another two months before both are back in green. There will be no prizes for guessing the main topic of debate ahead of Ireland's Six Nations opener against England.
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