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Marie Newman, U.S. representative from Illinois’s 3rd congressional district, speaks as the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights holds a rally to “demand a pathway to citizenship and an immediate halt on deportations” at the Thompson Center, Thursday, July 8, 2021. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune)
Iowa State defensive back Beau Freyler (17) celebrates with teammate Iowa State defensive tackle Isaiah Lee (93) after a tackle during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma State, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State won 24-21. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Charlie Neibergall/AP)
Former Giants All-Pro Landon Collins was this week’s scapegoat for Washington’s defensive dysfunction, with head coach Ron Rivera publicly insisting Collins belongs at linebacker and not safety. Meanwhile, no one takes less heat for the defense’s disappointing season than its coordinator, Jack Del Rio … Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Joe Brady is the pick of LSU alumni at the moment to succeed outgoing head coach Ed Orgeron with the Tigers, according to sources. Brady, 32, rose to stardom as the offensive coordinator of Joe Burrow’s national championship offense in 2019. He is in his second season running Matt Rhule’s offense with the Panthers. Will it be his last? … Brian Flores’ Dolphins (1-5) are one of the most disappointing teams in the league, and there is some strange stuff going on in Miami. While Flores has co-offensive coordinators in George Godsey and Eric Studesville, for example, neither of them called the plays the first four weeks. QBs coach Charlie Frye did, per the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, apparently due to his rapport with Tua Tagovailoa. Flores kept that a secret until this week. Miami’s defense is bad, too, though, giving up 29.5 points per game, tied for third worst in the NFL with the Giants.
Your less-rational mind is telling you that if you had been in closer touch, or perhaps been a better friend to him, then maybe the outcome would have been different. At the very least, you would have known about it sooner and perhaps chosen to keep in closer touch.
Also in 8A, ninth-seeded Lincoln-Way East (7-2), which won the 2019 state championship, will start its quest for back-to-back titles with a home game against Oswego East (6-3). Fourth-seeded Lockport (8-1) hosts 29th-seeded Lyons (5-4), and 18th-seeded Marist (6-3) visits 15th-seeded Glenbard East (7-2).
The Braves will be going for their first Series title since 1995, when they beat the Cleveland Indians with a team that included Hall of Famers Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Jon Smoltz and Chipper Jones — a no-nonsense group that became better known for numerous postseason flops during a momentous run of 14 straight division titles.
Grad quarterback Coan completed 20 of 28 passes for 189 yards and one touchdown, a 4-yard pass to Avery Davis that put the Irish up 7-0 in the first quarter. Jonathan Doerer hit a 21-yard field goal in the second quarter. Freshman Tyler Buchner scored on a 3-yard run with 4 minutes, 52 seconds remaining to close out the Irish scoring.
“We didn’t shoot it great, but I thought defensively we hung in there,” Bulls coach Billy Donovan said. “When you have a night like we did shooting the basketball, you want to be able to give yourself an opportunity to win. Without question, the defense did that.”
Jordan’s legacy, other than the six rings, is making the Bulls into an iconic, New York Yankees-like brand. They led the NBA in average attendance from 2009-10 through 2017-18 before falling to second behind the Philadelphia 76ers in 2018-19. But they dropped all the way to 11th in 2019-20, the last season before the COVID-19 pandemic forced teams to play in empty stadiums or with crowd restrictions, proving there’s only so much losing basketball a fan base can take.
Bullish backs Chase Brown and McCray blasted through wide-open holes and flanked Penn State’s defense for a combined 365 rushing yards and a touchdown, and James McCourt kicked three field goals, including 39- and 32-yarders in overtime, on a soggy day at Beaver Stadium. The Illini (3-5, 2-3 Big Ten) outgained the Nittany Lions 370 yards to 207 in regulation and battled back from an early 10-0 deficit.