NonePenn State is the fourth AP top 25 team to face P.J. Fleck’s Minnesota team this season. And by top 25, let’s be clear – top 25 at the time the teams faced the Golden Gophers. Minnesota beat USC 24-17 when the Trojans were ranked No. 11 and Illinois 25-17 when the Fighting Illini were No. 24. The Gophers lost to then-No. 12 Michigan 27-24 in Ann Arbor. So, 9-1 Penn State would be a real top 25 that Minnesota is facing Saturday in Minneapolis. Here are a few notes on Fleck’s Gophers. Aireontae, meet Abdul. The Lions will deploy standout edge rusher Abdul Carter at both defensive end spots. He has also played some snaps at linebacker in the middle of PSU’s defense. Gophers’ left tackle Aireontae Ersery is one of the team’s best players. The 6-6, 330-pound Ersery will see plenty of Carter, who has 17.5 tackles for loss and eight sacks. “My approach each week never changes, no matter who the opponent is,” Ersery said when asked about Carter. “I can say Penn State is a great team. They got athletes everywhere.” Walley wary of Warren. Minnesota corner Justin Walley is one of the leaders of the Gophers’ secondary. He leads the team in pass breakups (9) and Walley has two interceptions. Walley could find himself in the vicinity of Penn State star tight end Tyler Warren quite a bit. PSU moves Warren all over the field. Warren has accounted for five touchdown receptions, four touchdown rushes and Warren threw a touchdown pass to Nick Singleton in PSU’s win over Kent State. “He’s one of the best players in college football,” Walley said of Warren earlier this week. “He plays every position there is to play. We just gotta always know where he is.” Daniel Jackson to test Penn State corners. Jackson, the Gophers’ 6-0, 195-pound veteran wideout, is bidding to lead Minnesota in receiving for the third consecutive year. He would become the third Gopher to accomplish the feat, joining to program standouts – Tyler Johnson (2017-2019) and Eric Decker (2007-2009). Jackson leads Minnesota in catchers (63), yards (712), receiving yards per game (71.2) and targets (99). •Sign up for the PennLive’s Penn State newsletters, the daily Penn State Today and the subscriber-exclusive Penn State Insider. ©2024 Advance Local Media LLC. Visit pennlive.com . Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.How they stack up: Top stats, moments and storylines for Colorado’s Travis Hunter, Heisman Trophy finalists
GLENDALE, AZ — Some of the Valley's biggest names are grabbing their paddles for a good cause Friday: Operation Santa Claus! Among the players at Friday's pickleball tournament in Glendale are D-backs legend Luis Gonzales and Burns and Gambo of Arizona Sports. More than 60 teams are playing in the tournament, with the proceeds going to ABC15's biggest charitable event for nearly 25 years. Hear from Gonzo and more by watching the video in the player above.Fully Fitted Conservatory Prices Launch New Online Resource To Provide Comprehensive Transparency for UK Conservatory Pricing
USC QB Miller Moss enters transfer portal after losing starting job to Jayden MaiavaBirthdays for Dec. 4Falcons visit Vikings as a struggling Cousins returns to old home to find a thriving DarnoldThe Buffalo Bills have won the AFC East with five games to go, are a game out of the conference's top seed, and a top favorite to get to Super Bowl LIX. When you are in the same conference as the Kansas City Chiefs and their back-to-back Super Bowl titles, though, it's hard to be taken seriously as a true threat. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Thanks for the feedback.
5 for Good: Kiefer Sutherland performs in Norwood to support music charityNone
American taxpayers tied to potential funding of $7.5B loan
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Cobie Montgomery had 21 points in Southern Miss' 81-64 win over Alabama State on Thursday. Montgomery shot 6 for 10 (6 for 9 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Golden Eagles (4-4). Denijay Harris scored 20 points and added 20 rebounds. Neftali Alvarez shot 4 of 6 from the field and 3 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 13 points, while adding six rebounds. The Hornets (3-6) were led in scoring by CJ Hines, who finished with 18 points. Amarr Knox and Shawn Fulcher each had 11 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Patrick Brown says foreign interference did not affect Tory leadership race outcome
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California quarterback Miller Moss is entering the transfer portal after losing the Trojans' starting job last month. Moss made his announcement on social media Monday. Moss started the Trojans ' bowl victory last season and their first nine games this season before coach Lincoln Riley replaced him with Jayden Maiava in early November. “Being a USC Trojan was a lifelong dream of mine,” Moss wrote. “Putting on the cardinal and gold and competing on behalf of my teammates and school is something I will forever take pride in. I poured everything I have into this — body, heart, mind and soul — and am humbled by and proud of what my teammates and I accomplished.” Moss, who was born in Los Angeles and went to high school in the San Fernando Valley, signed with USC before Riley arrived at the school. Moss also stayed with the Trojans after Caleb Williams transferred from Oklahoma to rejoin Riley, and he served as Williams’ backup for two seasons before getting his chance to play with six touchdown passes in last year's Holiday Bowl. Moss completed 64.4% of his passes this season for 2,555 yards with 18 touchdowns and nine interceptions. After a spectacular 378-yard performance to beat LSU in the Trojans' season opener, Moss didn't play poorly as a starter, but he also wasn't a difference-maker while USC stumbled to a 4-5 record. Moss threw seven interceptions in his final five starts before losing the job to Maiava. The Trojans went 1-4 in that stretch under Moss, who plays as a more traditional pocket passer while Maiava has the mobility usually favored for quarterbacks in Riley's spread offense. “Looking towards the future, I'm unwaveringly committed to becoming an even better quarterback and leader, and to achieving this at the next level,” Moss wrote. Moss has already graduated from USC, putting him in the portal as a graduate student. USC (6-6) is headed to a lower-tier bowl game again to finish this season, its third under Riley. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballFalcons visit Vikings as a struggling Cousins returns to old home to find a thriving DarnoldU.S. stock indexes got back to climbing on Wednesday after the latest update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% to break its first two-day losing streak in nearly a month and finished just short of its all-time high. Big Tech stocks led the way, which drove the Nasdaq composite up 1.8% to top the 20,000 level for the first time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, lagged the market with a dip of 99 points, or 0.2%. Stocks got a boost as expectations built that Wednesday’s inflation data will allow the Fed to deliver another cut to interest rates at its meeting next week. Traders are betting on a nearly 99% probability of that, according to data from CME Group, up from 89% a day before. If they’re correct, it would be a third straight cut by the Fed after it began lowering rates in September from a two-decade high. It’s hoping to support a slowing job market after getting inflation nearly all the way down to its 2% target. Lower rates would give a boost to the economy and to prices for investments, but they could also provide more fuel for inflation. “The data have given the Fed the ‘all clear’ for next week, and today’s inflation data keep a January cut in active discussion,” according to Ellen Zentner, chief economic strategist for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. Expectations for a series of cuts to rates by the Fed have been one of the main reasons the S&P 500 has set an all-time high 57 times this year, with the latest coming last week. The biggest boosts for the index on Wednesday came from Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks. Their massive growth has made them Wall Street’s biggest stars for years, though other kinds of stocks have recently been catching up somewhat amid hopes for the broader U.S. economy. Tesla jumped 5.9% to finish above $420 at $424.77. It’s a level that Elon Musk made famous in a 2018 tweet when he said he had secured funding to take Tesla private at $420 per share. Stitch Fix soared 44.3% after the company that sends clothes to your door reported a smaller loss for the latest quarter than analysts expected. It also gave financial forecasts for the current quarter that were better than expected, including for revenue. GE Vernova rallied 5% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500. The energy company that spun out of General Electric said it would pay a 25 cent dividend every three months, and it approved a plan to send up to another $6 billion to its shareholders by buying back its own stock. On the losing end of Wall Street, Dave & Buster’s Entertainment tumbled 20.1% after reporting a worse loss for the latest quarter than expected. It also said CEO Chris Morris has resigned, and the board has been working with an executive-search firm for the last few months to find its next permanent leader. Albertsons fell 1.5% after filing a lawsuit against Kroger, saying it didn’t do enough for their proposed $24.6 billion merger agreement to win regulatory clearance. Albertsons said it’s seeking billions of dollars in damages from Kroger, whose stock rose 1%. A day earlier, judges in separate cases in Oregon and Washington nixed the supermarket giants’ merger. The grocers contended a combination could have helped them compete with big retailers like Walmart, Costco and Amazon, but critics said it would hurt competition. After terminating the merger agreement with Kroger, Albertsons said it plans to boost its dividend 25% and increased the size of its program to buy back its own stock. Macy’s slipped 0.8% after cutting some of its financial forecasts for the full year of 2024, including for how much profit it expects to make off each $1 of revenue. All told, the S&P 500 rose 49.28 points to 6,084.19. The Dow dipped 99.27 to 44,148.56, and the Nasdaq composite rallied 347.65 to 20,034.89. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.27% from 4.23% late Tuesday. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for the Fed, edged up to 4.15% from 4.14%. In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across much of Europe and Asia. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was an outlier and slipped 0.8% as Chinese leaders convened an annual planning meeting in Beijing that is expected to set economic policies and growth targets for the coming year. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1%, up for a second straight day as it climbs back following last week’s political turmoil where its president briefly declared martial law. ___ AP Writers Matt Ott and Zimo Zhong contributed. U.S. stock indexes got back to climbing on Wednesday after Donald Trump used his image as a successful New York The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that U.S. stock indexes drifted lower Tuesday in the runup toThousands of UK social media users experiencing ongoing Meta blackout