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Ohio State Goes Viral for Trolling Indiana After Week 13 BlowoutThe contest between No. 16 Colorado and Kansas was full of emotion on Saturday. The Buffaloes entered the contest with hopes of making the Big 12 Championship Game and College Football Playoff. Josh Pace with CBS Sports had put Colorado on upset alert before the game, as Kansas had defeated two ranked opponents, including then-undefeated No. 6 BYU, in their last two games. Colorado struggled early on during the matchup at GEHA field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. A feisty Kansas team led Colorado 23-14 at halftime. In the third quarter, with Colorado trailing 30-21, Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders had a moment he might regret. On third-down and one, he took a five-yard sack. While down on the ground, a couple of the defenders were celebrating the play while getting up, and one of Kansas' defenders tripped over the expected future first-round NFL quarterback. Nick Tre. Smith-Imagn Images When he eventually got up, Sanders took issue with one of the officials blocking him from getting the face of the Jayhawks and chose to shove the official, as captured by a Fox Sports video . Things are getting chippy between Colorado and Kansas pic.twitter.com/lXXEaDTX0a The officials did not throw a penalty on Sanders for the shove. Sanders had been upset with other hits he had taken during the game. He took a helmet to the knee earlier in the contest. Related: No. 16 Colorado Issued Warning Before Playing Kansas

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo is in giving-back mode WHAT A YEAR it has been for Carlos “Caloy” Yulo. He did the incredible and carry an entire country’s hopes on his shoulders — on the way to notching an unprecedented two golds in the Paris Olympics — and reap a resulting well-deserved windfall. But even before he shot to greater prominence through his Olympic feat, Mr. Yulo was already a proud Global Team Toyota Athlete (GTTA) — under the mobility brand’s Start Your Impossible (SYI) program. This is Toyota’s first-ever global corporate initiative — inspired by Olympic and Paralympic athletes “who are constantly challenging their impossible.” SYI supports some 250 athletes from 49 markets worldwide. Caloy is one of two Filipino GTTAs, with champion para swimmer Ernie Gawilan being the other. Incidentally, in Asia, Toyota calls its GTTAs “dual heroes” because they are not only sports heroes but champions for doing social good as well. When we were in Paris to catch the tail end of the Paralympics, we got to talk to both Caloy and Ernie. Even then, Mr. Yulo expressed how he envisioned giving budding athletes much-needed coaching, motivation, and support. Recently, he collaborated with Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) for the Start Your Impossible Gymnastics Camp held over the course of two days at the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines (GAP) MVPSF Gym in Manila. The camp is part of the embodiment of this commitment to give back to the community, “aiming to inspire and empower young gymnasts by providing opportunities to help them become better athletes.” Caloy enlisted the help of his own team, led by coach Aldrin Castañeda of GAP, not only to vet the participants but also to manage the warmup exercises and subsequent training of the 30 youngsters aged seven to 16 from Metro Manila, Davao, and Cebu. Caloy also sought the assistance of his own sports nutritionist Jeanette Aro to advise the kids and their parents on what constitutes a proper diet for these gymnasts. So what’s next? I asked Caloy at a subsequent question-and-answer session. “We’re looking for those with potential, and we plan for them to continue training here more intensively,” he said in Filipino. “This clinic won’t mean anything without a next step for them. Even if I don’t get to train them myself, I look forward to training with them — to at least give them a program of training.”

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2025 Stock Playbook: Tap Into AI's $1 Trillion Potential, US Growth OpportunitiesNoneThe Ottawa Senators are in a difficult position . They're trying to make the playoffs for the first time since 2017, but haven't been able to separate themselves from the pack in a below-average Eastern Conference. They're currently 9-11-1 on the season, and sit four points out of a playoff spot. Ottawa's path to the postseason has only become more difficult after losing their top-pairing right defenseman, Artem Zub. Zub was injured on November 23rd in a game against the Vancouver Canucks, and it has since been reported that he has a fracture in his foot, and has been placed on long-term injured reserve . The Senators are reportedly " aggressive in their pursuit of another defenseman ." One team that should look to take advantage of Ottawa's desperation is the New York Rangers, who are apparently once again trying to trade their captain Jacob Trouba . Trouba would be very, very difficult to move. On top of his $8 million contract that lasts until the end of the 2025-26 season, he also has a 15 Team No Trade List. Trouba could waive this, of course, but after he blocked a potential trade this summer , that seems very unlikely. Let’s pretend, for the sake of this article, that Ottawa isn’t listed on Trouba’s No Trade List. What could the Rangers expect to get in return for Trouba? Honestly, probably not very much. Yes, he's a 6'3" hard-hitting right shot defenseman. But he's not the world's greatest defensive defenseman, and his offensive production is no longer anything to write home about. And, again, he makes $8 million for another season after this one. New York would likely have to retain some salary, as well as taking on one of Ottawa's bad contracts– say, David Perron, or maybe Nick Jensen– for this to work within the salary cap. So, should the New York Rangers try to trade Jacob Trouba and his $8 million contract? In short... probably not. It won't be easy, and there are only three teams– the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Calgary Flames, and the Anaheim Ducks– who would be able to take on his contract without salary retention or some form of bad contract going back the other way. It might be worth it, but it also might not be. Sometimes, the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t.

Bukayo Saka is likely to be sidelined until at least March following surgery on his hamstring, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has revealed. Arsenal moved back up to second in the Premier League table with a 1-0 victory over Ipswich at the Emirates – their first fixture without Saka after the England winger tore his right hamstring in a 5-1 win against Crystal Palace last weekend. Prior to Friday’s fixture, Arteta said Saka, 23, would be sidelined for “many weeks”, but speaking in the moments after his side saw out a win that keeps the pressure on leaders Liverpool, Arteta afforded a grizzlier timeframe for his star man. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta will be without a key player for months (Adam Davy/PA) “It will be more than two months. I don’t know exactly how much longer. It will depend on how the scar tissue starts to heal, the first week or so, and the mobility of that. It is very difficult to say. “The replacement of Bukayo is going to be the team. There were moments where it flowed well tonight and moments where you could see there is still work to do. But I am certain that we are going to do that. We have to rely on the team and not the individual.” The length of Saka’s injury will come as a significant blow to Arteta, who is bidding to oversee Arsenal’s first Premier League title in two decades. Capping off 2024 with a W! Thanks for all the support this year Gunners ❤️ pic.twitter.com/5o8qIS6Dzq — Kai Havertz (@kaihavertz29) December 27, 2024 In Saka’s absence, and in the Gunners’ final fixture of 2024, Kai Havertz scored the game’s sole goal midway through the opening period. Gabriel, Havertz and Martin Odegaard all spurned chances to increase Arsenal’s lead in the second period, but their victory takes them back to within six points of leaders Liverpool – having played one match more than the Reds – and a point clear of Chelsea following their Boxing Day defeat to Fulham. Arteta continued: “I am very happy with the victory and the clean sheet and big parts of the game. They are difficult opposition and we are playing so many games. “You see that teams are winning from small margins. Today we could have made that margin bigger but we didn’t and we held our nerve in the last few minutes to defend well. Kai, what position are @Arsenal in? ✌️ #ARSIPS | #FestiveFixtures pic.twitter.com/JAlw7fkzAI — Premier League (@premierleague) December 27, 2024 “We should have scored more. We had big openings in the second half, the big header of Gabriel from one yard, but the team was consistent and conceded nothing and that is something that will always give us the chance to win games.” Arsenal will next be in action against Brentford on New Year’s Day. Ipswich, who remain second from bottom, three points away from safety, host Chelsea on Monday night. Ipswich suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat at home to Newcastle in the fixture which preceded their trip to the Emirates, and this marked their fifth loss from six games. “It was a good step back in the right direction for us,” said boss Kieran McKenna. “We didn’t hit our levels against Newcastle. We knew today we had to be resilient and we did that.”

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It shows that support for the Fianna Fail party is at 21% ahead of polling day, only slightly ahead of their coalition partners Fine Gael and the largest opposition party Sinn Fein, who were neck-and-neck at 20%. The Red C-Business Post poll showed support for Fianna Fail unchanged, while Fine Gael had a slide of two percentage points and Sinn Fein gained two. The near dead-locked poll results came on Wednesday as fears over future economic threats took centre stage in the final stretch of the campaign. Taoiseach Simon Harris said he is taking a “project truth” approach to calling out Sinn Fein’s spending pledges as election results on the other side of the Atlantic put Ireland’s economic model into sharp relief. Donald Trump’s presidential election victory in the US has brought heightened concern around what his proposals for corporation tax and tariffs could mean for Ireland. Mr Harris, leader of Fine Gael, has argued Ireland and other EU countries need to prepare for the possibility of trade shocks as he criticised the scale of Sinn Fein’s spending pledges as well as their saving plans. He said: “I think that is irresponsible, I think it is dangerous and I think it is reckless.” He accused Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald of not being able to say what her party was prepared to do in the event of an economic crash, adding that Fine Gael would borrow and stop putting money towards a rainy-day fund. Asked if the party was engaging in “project fear” to dissuade voters against Sinn Fein, Mr Harris said: “I call it ‘project truth’. It’s telling people what’s being discussed right across European capitals.” Ms McDonald told an RTE interview on Wednesday morning that a Sinn Fein government would also be prepared to start borrowing in the event of an economic downturn. Both Mr Harris and Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin, who were partners in the last coalition government in Ireland, have made clear they will not countenance Sinn Fein as a potential partner in the next administration in Dublin. One day after the only three-way debate featuring the leaders of the main parties, Mr Martin accused Sinn Fein of being “dishonest” about how they will fund their manifesto plans. Speaking in Dublin on Wednesday, he said he is anxious to get clarity on the issue. “I think Sinn Fein have been very dishonest, frankly, in terms of the funds, because if you go through their figures, and this is a matter of fact, not opinion, they’re predicting a surplus of a billion in 2026, a billion in 2027. “Even in 2025, they’re talking about a mini budget, which would mean reducing the surplus that we’re anticipating in 2025. “There’s a legislative obligation now on any new government to put 0.8% of GDP to one side, and into the funds. There’s no way you can do that with a surplus of a billion in 2026 or 2027, and we would argue they would not have enough funds next year either to put into the funds.” He added: “It means they have no room to manoeuvre if things go wrong, if there’s headwinds come externally, or there are shocks internationally, Sinn Fein is not allowing any headroom at all in terms of room to respond or to move it.” Ms McDonald accused the other two parties of conspiring to keep Sinn Fein out of government and prevent change in Ireland. She said the two men were now “indistinguishable” from each other as she claimed they were suffering “acute amnesia” in regard to their records in government. On a visit to Naas fire station in Co Kildare, she said: “To listen to them, you’d imagine they had just arrived on the scene and that they were going to come up with all of these solutions. “They have had ample chances, ample opportunity, to make things better, and they have failed, and in between the two of them I make the case that now we ask for our chance, with our plans, with our team, to demonstrate how change can happen, how your community, your family, yourself, can be supported when the government is actually on your side.” Mr Martin’s and Mr Harris’ coalition partner Roderic O’Gorman, the leader of the Greens, issued a warning to the public over a future government without his party. On Wednesday, he said it is looking likely that Fianna Fail and Fine Gael will be returned to government – but cautioned they may not want the Greens to continue “fighting hard” on policies. He told reporters: “My sense is certainly the mood music from Fianna Fail and Fine Gael is that they’d like an easier life in the next government – and my concern is they use these small populist parties and right-wing independents.” Mr O’Gorman argued that the Greens could continue to provide stability to government at a time when economic shocks may be around the corner. As the Green leader suggested that relying on independents would be unstable, Mr Martin has also argued that “too much fragmentation would lead to incoherence in government”. Reflecting on Tuesday night’s debate, the Fianna Fail leader said the race remained “too close to call” while Mr Harris said it is “all to play for”. The leaders of Ireland’s three main political parties clashed on housing, healthcare and financial management in the last televised debate before Friday’s General Election. The tetchy debate, which was marked by several interruptions, saw the parties set out their stalls in a broadcast that commentators said did little to move the dial before polling day. After the 2020 general election delivered an inconclusive result, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, two parties forged from opposing sides of Ireland’s Civil War of the 1920s, agreed to set aside almost a century of animosity and share power – with the Greens as a junior partner. From 2016 to 2020, Fianna Fail had supported Fine Gael in power through a confidence-and-supply arrangement from the Opposition benches in the Dail parliament. Sinn Fein won the popular vote in 2020 but a failure to run enough candidates meant it did not secure sufficient seats in the Dail to give it a realistic chance of forming a government.None

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