Michigan upsets No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 for Wolverines' 4th straight win in the bitter rivalry COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dominic Zvada kicked a 21-yard field goal with 45 seconds left and Michigan stunned No. 2 Ohio State 13-10, likely ending the Buckeyes’ hopes of returning to the Big Ten title game next week. Late in the game, Kalel Mullings broke away for a 27-yard run, setting up the Wolverines at Ohio State’s 17-yard line with two minutes remaining. The drive stalled at the 3, and Zvada came on for the chip shot. Ohio State got the ball back but couldn’t move it, with Will Howard throwing incomplete on fourth down to seal the Wolverines’ fourth straight win over their bitter rival. Sellers' 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to go lifts No. 16 South Carolina to 17-14 win over No. 12 Clemson CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — LaNorris Sellers' 20-yard TD run with 1:08 to play lifted No. 16 South Carolina to a 17-14 victory over No. 12 Clemson. The Gamecocks won their sixth straight game, including four over ranked opponents, and may have played themselves into College Football Playoff's 12-team field. They wouldn't have done it without Sellers, who spun away from a defender in the backfield, broke through the line and cut left on his way to the winning score. Sellers rushed for 166 yards and threw for 164 in South Carolina's second straight win at Clemson. Mikaela Shiffrin is alert and being evaluated after crashing in final run of World Cup giant slalom KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — American ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin is alert and being evaluated for injuries after crashing in her second run of a World Cup giant slalom race. Shiffrin was going for her 100th World Cup win when she crashed, did a flip and slid into the protective fencing. She stayed down on the course for quite some time as the ski patrol attended to her. The 29-year-old was taken off the hill on a sled and waved to the cheering crowd. The U.S. Ski Team said she was taken to a medical clinic for evaluation. Shiffrin was leading after the first run of the GS. Reigning Olympic champion Sara Hector of Sweden won. Andrew Luck returns to Stanford as the GM of the football program STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Luck is returning to Stanford in hopes of turning around a struggling football program that he once helped become a national power. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced that Luck has been hired as the general manager of the Stanford football team and tasked with overseeing all aspects of the program that just finished its fourth straight 3-9 season. Luck will work with coach Troy Taylor on recruiting and roster management, and with athletic department and university leadership on fundraising, alumni relations, sponsorships, student-athlete support and stadium experience. Luck has kept a low profile since his surprise retirement from the NFL at age 29 in 2019. Saka stars in Arsenal rout at West Ham as Van Nistelrooy watches new team Leicester lose Arsenal was inspired by Bukayo Saka in scoring five goals in a wild first half before settling for a 5-2 win over West Ham that lifted the team into second place in the Premier League. Arsenal is attempting to chase down Liverpool and is now six points behind the leader. Saka was one of five different scorers for Arsenal at the Olympic Stadium and also had a hand in three goals, by Gabriel, Leandro Trossard and Martin Odegaard. Ruud van Nistelrooy witnessed at first hand the scale of his task to keep Leicester in the league. Leicester was beaten at Brentford 4-1 in front of Van Nistelrooy, who watched from the stands after being hired on Friday. Jared Porter acknowledges he sent inappropriate text message to reporter, leading Mets to fire him Jared Porter acknowledged he sent an inappropriate text message to a reporter while he was a Chicago Cubs executive in 2016, which led to the New York Mets firing him as general manager in 2021 after just 38 days. Porter made his first public comments on his firing during an episode of the “Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast released Friday. Porter was hired by the Mets on Dec. 13, 2020, and fired on Jan. 19, 2021, about nine hours after an ESPN report detailing that he sent sexually explicit, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter. Norris defies orders and gives Piastri the Qatar sprint while Verstappen takes pole LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lando Norris ignored team orders as he handed his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri the win the sprint race at the Qatar Grand Prix in a one-two finish for the team. Norris started on pole position and kept the lead at the start as Piastri squeezed past the Mercedes of George Russell for second. Norris gave the lead to Piastri with the finish line in sight, paying back Piastri for gifting him a win in a sprint race in Brazil when Norris was still fighting Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title. Champion Max Verstappen secured pole position for Sunday’s Grand Prix. Face facts: Statues of stars like Kane and Ronaldo don't always deliver. Sculptors offer advice LONDON (AP) — One art critic compared the new Harry Kane bronze statue to a bulging-jawed comic strip character. The infamous Cristiano Ronaldo bust in 2017 gave the chiseled soccer star a chubby face and goofy smile. Sculptors are offering tips to avoid pitfalls. London-based Hywel Pratley says sculptors must first get the subject's profile correct “and then you can go forward with more confidence.” Probably best to avoid smiles, Pratley adds because it's “really difficult to do teeth looking good in sculpture." London-based sculptural conservator Lucy Branch suggests an open vote because the public tends "to know whether the artist has hit the nail on the head.” Colorado State advances to MW volleyball final and will take the court against San Jose State LAS VEGAS (AP) — Colorado State coach Emily Kohan said her team will take the floor against San Jose State in the Mountain West volleyball championship rather than become the latest team to forfeit to the Spartans. The top-seeded Rams advanced to the tournament final on Friday by beating San Diego State 20-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23. An automatic bid to the 64-team NCAA Tournament is on the line in Saturday’s final. Several schools have forfeited to San Jose State this season. In a lawsuit recently filed by players from various schools against the conference and San Jose State officials, plaintiffs cited unspecified reports asserting there was a transgender player on the San Jose State team. Bears fire coach Matt Eberflus after skid marked by poor decisions late in games CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Eberflus has been fired by the Chicago Bears, one day after botching a timeout in a loss to Detroit. Offensive coordinator Thomas Brown will serve as interim coach. Eberflus was 14-32 in two-plus seasons with the Bears, who fell to 4-8 with their sixth straight loss on Thursday. The Bears began the season eyeing a playoff spot following an offensive overhaul but are now last in the NFC North. Eberflus’ 14-31 record in 2 1/2 seasons ranks among the worst in the history of the founding NFL franchise. 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County to host open house to share information on I-90 Exit 31 Interchange improvementsWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — said Saturday he had an “excellent conversation” with at his Mar-a-Lago club after the president-elect’s threat on two of America’s leading trade partners raised alarms in and . It was unclear, as Trudeau headed back to Canada from Florida, whether the conversation had alleviated Trump’s concerns. A person familiar with the details of the leaders’ hastily arranged meeting Friday night said it was a “positive wide-ranging dinner that lasted three hours.” The official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said topics included trade, border security, fentanyl, defense, Ukraine, NATO, China, the Mideast and pipelines, as well as the the Group of Seven meeting in Canada next year. The Republican president-elect has threatened to impose tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico if the countries don’t stop what he called the flow of drugs and migrants across their borders. He said he would impose a 25% tax on all products from Canada and as one of his first executive orders when he takes office in January. As he was leaving his West Palm Beach hotel, Trudeau stopped briefly to answer a reporter’s question about the dinner meeting, saying it was “an excellent conversation.” Trump’s transition team did not respond to questions about what the leaders had discussed. Trump, during his first term as president, once called Trudeau but it was the prime minister who was the first G7 leader to visit Trump since the Nov. 5 election. “Tariffs are a crucial issue for Canada and a bold move was in order. Perhaps it was a risk, but a risk worth taking,” Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal. Among those at the dinner were Howard Lutnick, Trump’s pick for commerce secretary; North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, in line to lead the Interior Department; and Mike Waltz, Trump’s choice to be his national security adviser. Accompanying Trudeau were Canada’s public safety minister, Dominic LeBlanc, whose responsibilities include border security, and Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff. Trudeau had said earlier Friday that he would resolve the tariffs issue by talking to Trump. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said a day earlier after speaking with Trump that she is confident will be averted. Trudeau said Trump got elected because he promised to bring down the cost of groceries but now he’s talking about adding 25% to the cost of all kinds of products including potatoes from Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada. “It is important to understand that Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. There’s no question about it,” Trudeau said before his leaving for Florida. “Our responsibility is to point out that he would not just be harming Canadians, who work so well with the United States, but he would actually be raising prices for Americans citizens as well and hurting American industry and business,” he added. To Nelson Wiseman, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, Trump “doesn’t need convincing that new tariffs on Canadian products would not be in U.S. interests. He knows that, but cannot say it because it would detract from what he has said publicly. His goal is to project the image that he gets action when he talks.” Those tariffs could essentially blow up the North American trade pact that Trump’s team negotiated during his first term. Trudeau noted they were able to successfully renegotiate the deal, which he calls a “win win” for both countries. Trump made the tariff threat Monday while citing an influx of migrants entering the country illegally, even though the numbers at the Canadian border pale in comparison to those at the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump also spoke about fentanyl from Mexico and Canada, even though seizures from the Canadian border are few in comparison to the Mexican border. Canadian officials say lumping Canada in with Mexico is unfair but say they are ready to make new investments in border security. When Trump imposed higher tariffs during his first term in office, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own. Canada, for instance, announced against the U.S. in a response to new taxes on Canadian steel and aluminum. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian (US $2.7 billion) worth of goods and services cross the border each day. ___ Gillies reported from Toronto. Rob Gillies And Fatima Hussein, The Associated PressThe life story of Luigi Nicholas Mangione changed dramatically Monday. Eight years ago, he was the valedictorian at Gilman, an elite, all-boys school in Baltimore, where the tuition is more than $37,000 per year for ninth through 12th grades. In 2020, he graduated with undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school. Now, he’s the subject of a manhunt that began a week ago after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered outside of a Hilton in New York City. That search led to a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where the 26-year-old was arrested on gun charges. Here’s a timeline based on police and public reports: Sunday, Nov. 24: Thompson’s killer arrived at 9 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, in New York City by bus, surveillance video shows, according to police. The bus traveled from Atlanta to New York, but it’s not clear where the suspect joined the ride. Wednesday, Dec. 4: The suspect was seen on surveillance footage at 5 a.m. outside a hostel on the city’s Upper West Side, where he is believed to have stayed, according to multiple reports. At 6:19 a.m. that morning, surveillance video shows him walking along 55th Street. More than 20 minutes later, at 6:44 a.m., Thompson was shot by a masked gunman outside of the Hilton Midtown. The gunman continued to shoot as he walked toward the victim. The suspect then fled the scene on a bike and rode into Central Park, according to police. The bike was left around 86th Street and Columbus Avenue, and then the suspect took a taxi to a bus depot at 178th Street. Monday, Dec. 9 Mangione was arrested in Altoona after getting off a Greyhound bus and being recognized by a McDonald’s employee. New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said he had a handwritten note that spoke to “his motivation and mindset,” including an “ill will toward corporate America.” Police said Mangione had a ghost gun — a homemade firearm — and a fake New Jersey driver’s license like the one used to check into a New York hostel. Have a news tip? Contact Candy Woodall at cwoodall@baltsun.com.

Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus: Heartbreak for hosts as Morgan Rogers' late goal is ruled out by VAR as winless run continues Morgan Rogers' extra time strike was chalked off following a foul in the build up Aston Villa are still without a win since beating Bologna 2-0 back in October Liverpool correspondent LEWIS STEELE tells all on bombshell chat with Mo Salah - LISTEN NOW to It's All Kicking Off! New episodes every Monday and Thursday By RIATH AL-SAMARRAI Published: 22:07 GMT, 27 November 2024 | Updated: 22:36 GMT, 27 November 2024 e-mail 19 shares View comments If the fears around a revamped and remodelled Champions League were that some of these extra group matches would lose their bite, then this was an evening to confirm a few suspicions. And what a shame that is. There is no end of beauty to evoke when you think of the grand Old Lady of European football under the grand old lights of Villa Park, but she shuffled around with little purpose and those beams were the only source of brightness. The rest was forgettable, a dull shade of grey, with the exception of two fleeting moments. The second of those came three minutes into stoppage time and was of greater consequence, for Morgan Rogers thought he had bundled the winner, only for it be disallowed somewhat harshly for a challenge by Diego Carlos on the Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio as they tussled under a high ball. As with so many of the decisions made by the referee, Jesus Gil Manzano, it felt an overly officious ruling on a routine clash of shoulders, and yet to say either of these sides deserved more than a point would be a risky manoeuvre. The only other glimmer of excitement, of quality even, came half an hour prior to that flashpoint, when Francisco Conceicao headed at a half empty goal from four yards and Emiliano Martinez flew across his line and somehow kept the ball from fully crossing the line. Aston Villa were held to a 0-0 draw by Juventus after Morgan Rogers' late strike was chalked off The new England international thought he had struck the winner deep into time added on Juventus goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio was judged to have been fouled just before the goal At a push, he had two inches to spare before the goal-line technology would have buzzed, so it was a corker of a save. Before the match, the Argentine had paraded the trophy he was recently awarded for being the world’s best goalkeeper – delivering a stop like that on a freezing night of little activity was a fine way to validate the judges. In the bigger picture, the draw keeps Villa in decent health in the Champions League, but failed to arrest a run of winless matches that has now stretched to seven. With Chelsea next up on their domestic agenda, there is a pressing need for Unai Emery to break the inertia that has taken hold of his side. Their presence in these European nights will compensate for what ground they have lost in the Premier League, but they are curiously lacking in confidence compared to what we saw last season. Once upon a time, they would have played with more zip, more aggression, but here they seemed more afraid to lose, which made this a missed opportunity against a young Juventus side that is not quite the vision of its famous name. To understand where Juventus currently find themselves on the development curve, consider their team sheet – there were no recognised strikers in Thiago Motta’s starting XI, no one above the age of 27 and only six men on the bench, two of whom were goalkeepers. Injuries have hit hard and often in a season where they sit sixth in Serie A. Granted, it is still Juventus but not as we know them, and certainly not the vintage of 1983, when they were last at Villa Park with half a dozen members of Italy’s World Cup-winning side and Michel Platini. From the Villa perspective, Emery made three changes to the bunch that drew 2-2 against Crystal Palace on Saturday. Most notable among those coming in was Boubacar Kamara, who was deemed sufficiently fit for his first start in three weeks but has rarely looked as effective as he did alongside Douglas Luiz. The latter’s move to Juventus has seemingly benefitted no party beyond Villa’s bean counters, with Luiz injured and Kamara not kindling quite the same synergy with those filling the space. Here, that meant a stationing alongside Youri Tielemans, but, in the first half at the very least, they struggled get a grip on the centre of the pitch. As such, Juventus were able to dominate much of the possession, but with the exception of Francisco Conceicao they lacked the dynamism to capitalise. He was lively; they were blunt. Emiliano Martinez's stunning stop was the second of only two moments of quality in the tie Francisco Conceicao headed at a half-empty net from four yards out but Martinez managed to somehow keep it out Unai Emery needs to break the inertia that has taken hold of his side at this stage of the season Martinez appeared to mock his opposite number after the match ended in a 0-0 draw Though the draw puts Villa in good health in the Champions League they are without a win in seven games MATCH FACTS ASTON VILLA (4-4-2): Martinez 7; Cash 7, Carlos 7, Torres 7, Digne 6.5; Bailey 6.5 (Philogene 86), Kamara 6.5 (Barkley 78), Tielemans 6, McGinn 6; Rogers 6, Watkins 6 (Duran 78). Subs: Bogarde, Buendia, Gauci, Konsa, Maatsen, Mings, Nedeljkovic, Olsen Booked: Tielemans, Bailey, Torres. Manager: Unai Emery 6. JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio 7; Savona 6 (Danilo 66, 6), Kalulu 6, Gatti 6.5, Cambiaso 6; Locatelli 6.5, Thuram 6.5 (Fagioli 86); Conceicao 7.5, Yildiz 6 (Mbangula 82), Koopmeiners 6.5; Weah 6. Subs: Mbangula, Perin, Pinsoglio, Rouhi Booked: Kalulu, Weah, Koopmeiners. Manager: Thiago Motta 6. Referee: Jesus Gil Manzano (Spa) 5. Attendance: Not provided. Advertisement Of the chances that were created, Villa had the best of them. In one early move, Pau Torres glanced a Leon Bailey corner onto the roof of the net and in the final moments Lucas Digne dipped a free-kick onto the bar. Barring one other drive from Ollie Watkins that was saved by Michele Di Gregorio, there was almost nothing in between. For all the glory of the setting and occasion, this was shaping into a mediocre contest characterised by three Villa bookings, a fiddly referee, and not a single Juve opening of note. That will have partially satisfied Emery – he has highlighted lately the need to tighten up at the back and to those purposes, the first half was a success. The second started with a fraction of anxiety and, again, it was caused by Conceicao, one of three sons of famous fathers in this team. As it happens, his old man, Sergio, won the Cup Winners’ Cup at this ground with Lazio in 1999, and here the lad’s threat was shown with a quick step around Digne and a drive that clattered off the elbow of Torres. The appeal for a penalty went nowhere. Another of the sons, Khephren Thuram, was less impressive with a chance on the hour, when he had a decent sight at goal from the edge of the area and leathered his shot so far wide elements of the crowd began to laugh. It was that kind of night, or it was until Emiliano Martinez injected some quality. That came after 64 minutes, when Conceicao reacted fast to a bouncing ball off a set-piece at the far post and headed for the bottom corner. Martinez dived low to his right and clawed it off his line with a quite brilliant save, the importance of which was underlined by replays showing the ball was no more than an inch or two from fully crossing. It was a brilliant intervention from a man who had so little to do. At the other end, John McGinn had a flicked shot scrambled clear by Manuel Locatelli before Rogers brought a moment of excitement at the death that felt out of keeping with the game and was duly ruled out. Juventus Aston Villa Champions League Share or comment on this article: Aston Villa 0-0 Juventus: Heartbreak for hosts as Morgan Rogers' late goal is ruled out by VAR as winless run continues e-mail 19 shares Add comment