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Harden Goes OFF for 29 of his 60 PTS in the 3rd Quarter! - NBA
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James Harden scores 60 points in 3 quarters of Rockets' blowout win over Hawks - ESPN
James Harden scored a season-high 60 points in three quarters and the Houston Rockets sent the struggling Atlanta Hawks to their 10th straight loss with a 158-111 romp on Saturday night.
Harden joins Klay Thompson and Kobe Bryant as the only players to hit 60 points in just three quarters.
He exited with the Rockets up 127-73 at the end of three, having gone 16-of-24 from the field, 8-of-14 from 3-point range and 20-of-23 at the free throw line in just 31 minutes.
His 24 shot attempts are the fewest ever in a 60-point game in NBA history.
It was his fourth career 60-point game, tying him with Michael Jordan for third-most in NBA history, trailing only Kobe Bryant (six) and Wilt Chamberlain (32). Harden is the only active player who has scored 60 points more than once.
The Rockets were missing starters Clint Capela and Danuel House Jr. because of illnesses, but still had no trouble handling an Atlanta team that hasn't won since Nov. 12 thanks to Harden's huge night.
The Rockets raced out to a 14-5 lead and stretched their advantage to 81-52 by halftime behind 31 points from Harden for their third 80-point first half in franchise history.
But as good as Harden was in the first two quarters, it was nothing compared to how he dominated in the third quarter.
Houston was up 83-56 early in the period before he scored all of the team's points in an 18-3 run that made it 101-59 with 7 minutes left in the period.
Harden made three 3-pointers and was fouled on 3-point attempts three other times in that stretch. He had eight assists, three rebounds, three steals and blocked a shot to go along with his 60-point effort. He finished as a +50.
After the third quarter, Harden was sitting on the bench with a towel draped over his shoulders when he was shown on the video board with a note that said he was two points shy of setting his career high. Harden looked at the screen, read the note and pointed at it while opening his mouth wide in fake shock as if to say: "I was so close," before smiling broadly.
There were a few halfhearted chants of: "Harden! Harden!" midway through the fourth quarter from a few fans who hoped to see Harden come back into the game to make Rockets history. But coach Mike D'Antoni kept the bearded superstar on the bench with the game well in hand.
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'Unfair' end-of-game penalty among Nick Saban's gripes with Iron Bowl officiating - ESPN
AUBURN, Ala. -- Alabama coach Nick Saban was critical of the officiating during Saturday's 48-45 loss on the road at Auburn, pointing to a penalty in the game's final seconds as well as a decision before halftime to put 1 second back on the clock that allowed the Tigers to kick a field goal.
Saban called it "unfair" that his team was given a penalty for too many men on the field on fourth-and-4 that gave Auburn a first down and effectively ended the game.
"I really feel that it was a pretty unfair play at the end of the game," Saban said. "They substituted the punter as a wide receiver, so we put the punt team in. And then when the quarterback was still in there we tried to put the defense back in. I thought they should have given us a little more time to substitute and get [Jaylen] Waddle out as a returner. We get called for 12 guys on the field. So that was very disappointing.
"We're responsible for that as coaches, but it was a very unusual circumstance to say the least. And I think that sometimes when you have those, it should be viewed that way."
Saban was also upset with a decision by officials to put 1 second back on the clock just before halftime after Auburn completed a first-down pass on the Alabama 34-yard line. Anders Carlson then made a 52-yard field goal to cut the Tide lead to four points.
"I don't know if I should tell you that," Saban said of the explanation he received from officials. "The guy beside me said, 'They won't be able to get [the kick] off anyway.' They waited and waited and waited and wound the clock and the guy snapped the ball kicked it, and they said it was good.
"I think you can snap the ball with a second to go in the game, but whether they did or didn't, that's not my judgment."
Regardless, Saban said his team didn't play well enough to win and that Auburn should get "a lot of credit."
Alabama committed 13 penalties, which is the most in a game during Saban's 13 seasons leading the program.
A Saban-coached team hasn't given up 48 points in a game since 1999, when his Michigan State squad lost to Purdue 52-48.
Two of Auburn's touchdowns came on interception returns.
"The disappointing thing to me was the idea that we came here to play with a lot of discipline, not get a lot of penalties, do a great job of executing and doing our job on a consistent basis," Saban said. "... I don't think we did that great. We got way too many penalties, put ourselves in a lot of bad situations."
Saban didn't lay the outcome at the feet of quarterback Mac Jones, who made just his third career start in relief of Tua Tagovailoa. Jones completed 26-of-39 passes for 335 yards and four touchdowns, but threw two interceptions.
Nor did Saban blame kicker Joseph Bulovas, whose 30-yard potential game-tying field goal with 2:00 remaining went off the upright.
Instead, Saban pointed to too many self-inflicted wounds from the team as a whole.
"Whether you slap a guy in the head or you rough the quarterback or we don't snap the ball when you're supposed to and we get five false starts, all those things to me are things that we need to have more discipline," he said. "... When you play against good teams, those things bite you."
Saban took up for Bulovas in particular.
"I don't think anyone feels worse than Joe does about missing that kick," Saban said.
"We all feel bad, and we all should."
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Alabama vs. Auburn: Twitter reacts to Crimson Tide missing late field goal in Iron Bowl loss to Tigers - CBS Sports
When Alabama and Auburn play one another in the Iron Bowl, there's usually a ton of fireworks. Saturday was no different as the Tigers edged the Crimson Tide thanks to a late missed field goal from kicker Joseph Bulovas.
Bulovas pushed the 30-yard field goal and it clanked off the right upright. In doing so, Auburn came away with a 48-45 victory over their in-state rivals.
The 48 points are the most that Alabama has ever surrendered under head coach Nick Saban. It's also the most that Saban has given up since he was at Michigan State in 1999.
Considering that Alabama fell short in the final minutes yet again, let's just say that fans had some fun at the Crimson Tide's expense on Twitter.
The kicking game hasn't exactly been kind to Alabama in recent years. In the 2013 Iron Bowl you may recall, the Crimson Tide lost on a missed field goal that Auburn's Chris Davis ran back for a touchdown as time expired in one of the great endings in college football history.
It certainly isn't the season that Alabama envisioned, but a season-ending injury to star quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw a wrench into the team's success. With two losses under their belt, the Crimson Tide won't be playing in the College Football Playoff.
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Another dominant Ohio State win proves the slog remains tough for Jim Harbaugh at Michigan - CBS Sports
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- There was that painful moment -- among many on Saturday -- when Jim Harbaugh must have been reminded how tough the slog is going to be at Michigan.
During a third-quarter pass rush, Michigan defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson pushed Ohio State tight end Luke Farrell into the left knee of the franchise known as Justin Fields. The Heisman Trophy candidate slowly rose from his back to his backside to the sideline, perhaps taking Ohio State's national championship hopes with him. Buckeye Nation gasped.
Fields then entered the mystery that is the sideline medical tent having reinjured a sprained MCL. Somewhere deep in the Michigan psyche had to be the hope this was some kind of opening. Ohio State led at the time, 35-16.
Safe but not secure. Not yet. In fact, the game looked like it was being left to the immortal Chris Chugunov, the senior backup quarterback with 95 career passes.
Five plays later, though, Fields somewhat miraculously reentered the game and somewhat remarkably threw a 30-yard dart to Garrett Wilson for his third touchdown pass of the game.
"It was a magical play," Ohio State coach Ryan Day said. "A Heisman moment."
Harbaugh has won at a high level while at Michigan but never against Ohio State. Until he does, a slog it will be.
"I'll answer your questions, not your insults," Harbaugh said to one reporter who wanted to know just what is that separates the teams after another beat down loss to the Buckeyes.
Talent gap? Coaching gap?
Harbaugh's answer is the first overt indication that his Ohio State frustration is … frustrating.
So that is what passes for hope these days at Michigan -- an almost-injury to the opposing star quarterback.
Ohio State's final margin, 56-27, at the Big House was actually greater than last year's 62-39 embarrassment at The Shoe. The gap between Harbaugh's group and That Team Down South remains significant. Michigan has been outscored by 26 points per game in the last two meetings.
That's not an insult. That's fact.
Now, what is Harbaugh going to do about it?
A streak that stretches back over the last decade and a half has seen Ohio State win 15 out of the last 16 meetings. The Buckeyes have won eight in a row. Most significantly, Harbaugh is now 0-5 against his team's greatest rival.
A difference between these teams doesn't seems as wide as it has ever been. A record 62 points in the series by Ohio State last year was followed by Day hanging half a hundred on Michigan in his first game as Ohio State's coach.
"Ever since I took the job, it's been on my mind," Day said. "I know what this game means to the people of Ohio."
Enough to almost never take your foot off the pedal. Day has been calling plays the last two seasons -- last year as offensive coordinator -- that scored a total of 111 offensive points.
Meanwhile, Harbaugh uttered the same clichés he has in the previous four losses.
"They played really good," he said. "They played better today."
They've played better most of the time since 2004 , the last time Michigan won the Big Ten. Ohio State heads to the Big Ten Championship Game ranked No. 1, undefeated at 12-0 and rolling.
"I just think we take it more seriously than they do," Fields said. "It means more at Ohio State. "
That quote will have to live on Michigan bulletin boards until next year. An answer about whether the Wolverines can do anything about it will wait at least that long.
At least now we know all of it bothers Harbaugh. The nation's No. 4 defense was shredded for 577 yards. Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins had a career-high 211 yards .
"I'm not even close to being satisfied. I feel like there's so much more I can do," Dobbins said.
The Heisman Trophy race is three-headed at Ohio State. Fields now has 37 touchdown passes to go with one interception. Dobbins has run the ball 67 times in the last two games. Defensive end Chase Young was mostly quiet against Michigan with no tackles, but he was holding his breath with the rest of Buckeye Nation when Fields went down.
"When somebody is injured, it feels like it's not about football," Young said. "He's my brother. I feel like he's the best quarterback in the country."
Fields revealed that he originally sprained his MCL last week against Penn State. He did not appear in the postgame to answer questions after that 28-17 win. This time, after a visit to that medical tent, he switched to a bigger knee brace. Problem solved.
If anything, Ohio State got better after Fields returned. The Buckeyes were at least inspired. Michigan was outscored 28-11 in the second half.
"To make that throw just goes to show he has the heart of a lion," Day said. "For him to ad lib and make that throw, that's about as good a throw as I've seen in a long time. His heart and character and competitive toughness are as good as I've been around."
There were small victories, not for either participant. If Clemson and LSU were watching -- and eventually they will, every single snap -- Michigan provided whatever blueprint remains on how to beat the top-ranked Buckeyes.
The nation's No. 1 defense gave up 27 points and almost 400 yards. Shea Patterson became the first Michigan quarterback to throw for at least 300 yards in three consecutive games.
But that elite Ohio State defense clamped down in the second half. Patterson was 4 for 24 in the final 30 minutes.
If you are looking for progress, consider this: Patterson is out of eligibility, and Michigan has given up 118 points in the last two meetings -- a series record (seven of those points came on a blocked punt return last season).
Meanwhile, across the country, another coach pilloried for losing to his rival was at the top of his profession. Who remembers Dabo Swinney once lost five in a row to South Carolina?
Ohio State can probably look forward to facing the powerhouse that is now Clemson at some point in the College Football Playoff.
For now, Ohio State can look back to what it's accomplished.
"Continuing the legacy," Young said.
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Ex-Jet Terrelle Pryor, girlfriend arrested after stabbing - New York Post
Former Jets player Terrelle Pryor and his girlfriend were both arrested after she stabbed him in a fight, a report said.
Pryor, 30, was busted on a simple assault charge. Shalaya Briston, 24, was cuffed on a charge of criminal attempted homicide and aggravated assault, officials said.
The stunning twist came hours after cops responded to Pryor’s apartment complex, the Heinz Lofts in downtown Pittsburgh, when a caller reported a domestic disturbance at 4:16 a.m. Saturday — and a substantial amount of blood in the elevator, according to CBS’ local Pittsburgh affiliate.
He was taken to an emergency room by Briston and two other women. Briston and Pryor reportedly live together.
“The only reason I’m here was to make sure that he didn’t die,” one of the women told the station. “We should have just let him die.”
The couple argued on Friday night, according to the station, before she left with two other women for a nightclub.
When they returned, Pryor “grabbed . . . Briston and began arguing with her,” the women reportedly said.
Pryor struck one of the women, before the other two intervened, and Briston stabbed him. Two of the women reported injuries in the altercation.
Briston reportedly had a missing fake nail and a bruise on her nose, police said, according to the station.
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Quarterback controversy something new for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin - TribLIVE
With a Super Bowl ring to his credit, job security and a 20-4-1 career record against the Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn’t have many reasons to be envious of Cleveland Browns coach Freddie Kitchens.
Seven words Kitchens said during a conference call with Pittsburgh media this week certainly seem to qualify.
“We don’t have a quarterback controversy here,” Kitchens said.
The same could not be said this past week in Pittsburgh, not after Tomlin declined to name a starter for Sunday’s game against the Browns while speaking after last week’s win in Cincinnati.
Welcome to Quarterback Controversy 2019, Pittsburgh.
It had been 17 years since the Steelers changed starting quarterbacks for a reason other than injury, but when Tomlin told Devlin Hodges to warm up after an awful throw by Mason Rudolph ended the Steelers’ first drive of the second half against the Bengals, it became talk-show fodder and water-cooler talk across Western Pennsylvania.
In Pittsburgh, few things are juicier than a good, old quarterback controversy.
It’s a tradition dating back at least a half a century.
“Go back to the ‘70s,” four-time Steelers Super Bowl champion Rocky Bleier said. “(Terry) Hanratty was drafted in ’69, and he was the local favorite coming out of Notre Dame. He won the national championship his sophomore year. Then, (Terry) Bradshaw comes in 1970 as the No. 1 pick.”
Bleier broke it down in a way others would in the following years. There was Bradshaw to Joe Gilliam, Cliff Stoudt to Mark Malone, Bubby Brister to Neil O’Donnell and Kordell Stewart to Tommy Maddox.
“Bradshaw, in my estimation, the arm, he had the strength,” Bleier said. “He was an agile, a big running QB. Hanratty had the smarts and maybe not the arm and the strength that Bradshaw had.”
This year’s debate comes with an asterisk because future Hall of Famer Ben Roethlisberger is out for the season after undergoing elbow surgery. Rudolph, who won a training-camp competition to back up Roethlisberger, capped nine games of mediocre play by throwing five interceptions over a five-quarter span against Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Tomlin’s hand was forced in turning to Hodges.
Six weeks earlier, an agitated Tomlin condescendingly squashed any idea of a QB controversy when asked if Rudolph would regain the starting role after being cleared from concussion protocol.
At one point, Tomlin responded to a Hodges vs. Rudolph question with eye roll and, “Seriously, guys … ”
Even Tuesday when announcing the decision to start Hodges, Tomlin twice refused to answer questions surrounding the methodology of the choice. Tomlin also repeatedly stressed Hodges’ ascension might be temporary, and he made sure to emphasize Rudolph’s demotion “means nothing” about the organization’s view of his future.
It was obvious Tomlin was determined to minimize the slightest potential of a rift developing in his locker room or outside of it.
Steelers cornerback Joe Haden played with the Browns for seven seasons. There were 14 starting quarterbacks during his time there.
“We liked the way Coach T did it,” Haden said, “because he’s very transparent.”
It wasn’t like that in Cleveland?
“No,” Haden said with a wry smile. “Not anything like that. It was what it was.”
The last time the Steelers made a QB switch for performance reasons was September 2002. Despite finishing fourth in NFL MVP voting the season before, Stewart was benched after an 0-2 start and the Steelers trailing at home to the Browns in Week 3. Maddox led the Steelers to a comeback victory that day and into the playoffs that January.
Coincidence or not, the Steelers defense played better from the moment Maddox took over (21.8 points, 200.7 yards allowed per game) than in the two games Stewart played (30.0 points, 403.5 yards). Quarterback is such an important position it’s possible the starter can have an intangible effect for a unit that never takes the field with him.
“He’s just got that moxie,” Pro Bowl linebacker T.J. Watt said of Hodges.
Even Tomlin likes to talk about the “spark” Hodges provides.
“We have a job to do, no matter who the quarterback is,” linebacker Bud Dupree said. “We play for all our guys: Ben, Mason, Duck. But when you have a guy come in and make a play right away like Duck did (79-yard touchdown pass on his third snap vs. the Bengals), it gives everyone a lift.
“As a defense, without Ben, we know we need to step up. And we love Mason, too. But right now, Duck has something that everyone wants to play for him.”
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Chris Adamski is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Chris by email at [email protected] or via Twitter .
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The four qualities Jim Sterk should be looking for in Mizzou’s next football coach - Rock M Nation
Welcome to coaching search season, Mizzou fans. Buckle in, because it’s about to be a bumpy ride.
Missouri just did the easy thing. It fired its head coach. That doesn’t make the decision right or wrong. But anyone is capable of firing a coach for not living up to expectations. I could put my uncle Mike in charge of the athletic department, and he’s fully willing and able to tell someone they’re out of a job.
What comes next is the hard part.
This is the part of the job Jim Sterk is paid the big bucks to handle.
Sterk fired Barry Odom because he deemed Odom to be the wrong coach for the job at this time. Now it’s time to find the right coach. That will not be a simple task.
Over the coming days and week(s?), you’ll undoubtedly hear dozens of names connected with the opening. Agents and search firms and AD’s and media outlets alike will toss out names like it’s an Oprah show giveaway.
You’ll love a name one day and hate it the next. There are pros and cons to every candidate. At the end of the search, you’re more than likely to emerge with a coach you talk yourself into but deep down have no idea if they’ll actually work out or not.
You’re not alone.
That’s how this works. That’s how a coaching search at any school not named Alabama, Texas, Ohio State, Oklahoma, etc goes.
And, honestly, that’s how it’s worked for certain “blue bloods” in recent years, too.
The coaching market has changed.
Smaller schools are able to pay the big bucks to keep coaches in place. Top candidates are willing to stay a year too long to get the right job instead of leaving a year too early for any power five gig. Someone like Iowa State’s Matt Campbell is a legend in Ames. Twenty years ago, he may have bolted for the next gig to keep climbing the ladder. In 2019, he’s reportedly already declined interest in Mizzou.
Top coaches in the group of five are making more than $2 million per year. The same applies to top coordinators at a select group of blue blood universities. Those coaches aren’t leaving for the first job that presents itself. They’ll be selective while they wait for their next opportunity to build their own program (see: Venables, Brent).
For all of these reasons and so many more, what Sterk is trying to accomplish is really, really difficult. Probably more so than most Mizzou fans would like to believe.
With that in mind, what should Sterk be looking for? Who is the right coach at the right time for this program?
Here are a few qualities I would look for while searching for the next Mizzou football coach:
1 - A proven program builder.
One thing ADs tend to do in a coaching search is seek out the opposite of the last coach. Well, one thing Barry Odom didn’t have on his resume prior to getting the job at Missouri was the head coach label.
I expect Missouri to go a different route on the next hire.
I would expect Sterk to look for someone who has been a head coach and has shown an ability to build a program. This would apply to many current group of five head coaches, power five coaches or former head coaches that have either taken a step back to being a coordinator or are out of the business for whatever reason.
2 - An offensive background.
This is a trend that’s been taking place for years. It hit the NFL last year and I expect it to continue with Missouri in its coaching search. I believe it will be important to Sterk to hire someone who has a history of fielding successful offenses.
Everyone in the SEC seemingly has a good defense. It’s hard to “out-defense” Kentucky or Florida or Georgia or any of the top programs from the SEC West. It’s too hard to win that way in this conference.
The best way to get back to winning is by developing quarterbacks and putting them in the best position to succeed. That’s obviously easier said than done, but it was the single biggest factor behind Pinkel’s success at Mizzou and I expect it to be a priority when Sterk is differentiating between individual candidates this time around.
3 - A coach who “fits” in Missouri.
I don’t care if the next coach has ties to Missouri or St. Louis or Kansas City or anything like that. Those things are largely overblown.
What I do care about is whether or not the next coach has a personality type that “fits” in Missouri. There are certain coaches who - for whatever reason - just wouldn’t be a good culture fit at Mizzou.
An example of this is Mike Leach. I would love to see Missouri hire Leach from a pure football perspective. He has a proven track record of building a program, scheming one hell of an offense and developing quarterbacks who fit his system.
It’s all the other “stuff” that, in my opinion, takes him out of the running for the job at Missouri. I don’t believe Sterk will look at Leach as a legitimate candidate. There will certainly be other coaches who would otherwise be quality candidates who aren’t considered because of this criteria.
4 - A coach who is willing to be innovative.
This is something that’s really tough to grasp of as a fan. Let’s be honest, how much Wake Forest, Tulane or Louisiana-Lafayette have you been watching? How many Joe Brady interviews have you seen?
It’s also a difficult characteristic to quantify. But it’s something I would definitely be looking for it in Missouri’s next coach.
Let’s take a step back for a moment and talk about where Mizzou stands among SEC football programs. It ranks among the bottom 3-4 annually in revenue. Historically, it’s probably in that same tier when it comes to winning. The stadium is fine. The fan base is solid... but it certainly doesn’t stack up against some of the upper-tier SEC programs. That’s not a shot in any way against Mizzou fans, it’s just the reality of the situation. Florida, Alabama, Georgia, etc. simply have larger fan bases.
So, there are clear and obvious limitations at Mizzou. It’s harder to be a successful coach at Missouri than it is at Florida or Tennessee or Alabama. It’s not impossible by any stretch of the imagine. But it does require a coach that’s a cut above. It requires a coach willing to try new things to gain an edge.
If you were on Twitter for any amount of time on Saturday you undoubtedly saw the amount of praise former Mizzou players had for former MU strength & conditioning coach Pat Ivey. You know why? Because he implemented things into the MU S&C program that were new and innovative. That was one way Gary Pinkel kept his program a step ahead.
I don’t know what that next frontier will be for the next Missouri head coach. But I would hope the next coach is open to those types of ideas.
So there you have it.
Missouri is looking for is an innovative current or former head coach with an offensive background who fits the Midwest and has a history of building programs.
There might be 20 coaches who fit that criteria. It could be as few as 10 of them who are interested in leaving their current job. Maybe five of them are interested in the Missouri job. That’s your short list.
From there, it’s Jim Sterk’s job to hire the right guy at the right time for the long-term growth of Mizzou football.
Like I said, the easy part is over. The hard part is only just beginning.
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Mikaela Shiffrin Learns a New Way to Win: Without Her Mother as Coach - The New York Times
KILLINGTON, Vt. — Mikaela Shiffrin, the two-time Olympic gold medalist, has charged through the opening stage of a new ski racing season with customary success, winning once and finishing second and third in her two other races.
But this year, for the first time in her career, Shiffrin has not had her mother, Eileen Shiffrin, constantly at her side as her primary coach and nearly year-round traveling partner. For the last seven years, the two have been a rare and much-chronicled combination that has produced unprecedented and historic results in a perilous sport. This season, Eileen has stepped away from her on-hill coaching and training role to remain at home in Colorado, a decision that Mikaela and Eileen said was mutual and borne of discussions after the recent death of Eileen’s mother, Pauline Condron.
“We sat and talked a lot about family and being home, and regrets really,” Shiffrin, 24, said on Friday night at the Killington resort, where she was preparing for two World Cup races this weekend. “We felt like it was important for her to get back to her life. But it’s not easy for either of us.”
In a telephone interview on Saturday after her daughter finished third in a World Cup giant slalom race, Eileen Shiffrin said that the death of her mother, who was 98, caused her to re-evaluate some of her priorities and responsibilities.
“There are other people in our family I have to pay attention to,” Eileen said, mentioning her husband, Jeff, and son, Taylor. “People are not around forever. And it will be good for Mikaela to learn to do more coaching of herself without me being around. She also has an entire staff already in place.”
For several years, Mikaela Shiffrin also has had two full-time United States ski team coaches, Mike Day and Jeff Lackie, who have worked in tandem with Eileen Shiffrin, a former ski racer who has coached Mikaela since she was 3 years old.
The Shiffrins have planned and tried to reduce Eileen’s role in recent years. There have been separations that were expected to last, including a low-key trial in 2015. But that year, when Shiffrin went to a World Cup race in Sweden and tore a knee ligament while training before the event, Eileen was back in the traveling party after Mikaela returned to racing. The two have been on the road together navigating the globe-trotting World Cup circuit since 2012 when Mikaela became a regular on the tour as a 16-year-old. Mikaela won the first of her 61 World Cup races that season and is now the three-time defending World Cup overall champion, seemingly on her way to shattering every Alpine racing record.
“People have asked me, ‘What’s your secret?’ Well, it’s my mom. Isn’t it obvious?” Mikaela said on Friday. “She was the advantage I had that no one else had, and she gave me that edge over everyone else. But I felt like I couldn’t ask her to do it anymore.”
Both Shiffrins referred to the change as a transition, and Mikaela said that she was especially relieved when she won a slalom last weekend in Levi, Finland, without her mother there to coach her on the hill.
“It was a big relief because that’s the first World Cup or Olympic or world championship win that she has not been at,” Mikaela said. “It was a test, and I obviously had a good race and was able to do what I needed to do to stay focused.
“And even if she’s not here with me every step of the way, we’re still FaceTiming every night and talking about skiing. It’s just different.”
Eileen, who expects to visit Mikaela during some European races next month, predicted that the “ups and downs” of the new arrangement would lead to “Mikaela coming out stronger on the other side of this.”
Mikaela agreed.
“I wouldn’t judge things based on wins but more on how I learn to do some of these things for myself, which is also very important,” she said. “It’s going to be a process.”
On Saturday, Eileen watched the giant slalom race at the Killington resort from the stands with her husband. The race had been considered a rematch of the season-opener in Austria, when Alice Robinson, a 17-year-old from New Zealand, earned an upset victory over Shiffrin. But Marta Bassino of Italy won this time; Robinson slid off the racecourse early on Saturday with about 10 gates remaining.
At a post-race news conference, Shiffrin smiled and said: “I enjoyed today. And I’m really looking forward to tomorrow.”
The World Cup tour continues on Sunday with a slalom, Shiffrin’s specialty.
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Auburn takes down No. 5 Alabama in Iron Bowl, ending the Crimson Tide's playoff hopes - USA TODAY
AUBURN, Ala. — So many times this season, it has come down to Auburn's defense needing the offense to make a play, to finish a drive, to score a point. Something to make a typically standout effort worthwhile.
In Saturday's Iron Bowl, the script was flipped. Auburn's offense scored 34 points. A pair of pick-sixes from the defense made gave the home team 48.
But Alabama had the ball, down three points, with 8:03 remaining. This time, it was the defense that needed to win the game.
It did, with a little help from Alabama's longstanding kicker placekicker and a well-placed upright in the south end zone at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Auburn won the Iron Bowl, 48-45, ending the College Football Playoff hopes of the Crimson Tide. Alabama has appeared in the semifinals in all five editions years since the system started in 2014. But not this year.
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The Crimson Tide didn't have much trouble getting into scoring range on its final drive. Mac Jones, in for the injured Tua Tagovailoa, led the offense 52 yards down the field in 12 plays. The drive got as far as the 9 yard line.
Nine yards from a possible victory in by far the biggest stage the sophomore had ever played on in his young career.
But Auburn's defense held firm in that moment.
Marlon Davidson and Tyrone Trusdell stuffed Najee Harris for a loss of 1 on first down. Jones broke free and scrambled for 5 yards on second down, setting up third-and-10.
But Derrick Brown knocked down the quarterback's third-down pass at the line of scrimmage. Jones caught it, but the play went for a loss of 1.
No matter, right? Alabama was on the 11-yard line. All Joseph Bulovas had to do was make a 30-yard field goal. The game wouldn't have been over, but it would have been tied. Overtime was on the table.
Then, "Doink." Off the left upright.
Auburn ran off the final two minutes of game time on offense.
And no, they did not keep them off the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
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Mikaela Shiffrin rallies for podium as Italy goes 1-2 in Killington giant slalom - OlympicTalk
KILLINGTON, Vt (AP) — Victory eluded Mikaela Shiffrin once again in a World Cup giant slalom at Killington, edged into third place by an Italian 1-2 led by Marta Bassino on Saturday.
Bassino sealed a first career World Cup win by retaining her first-run lead to beat Federica Brignone by 0.26 seconds. Full results are here.
“Celebrating together with Federica fills me with even more pride,” said Bassino, whose teammate was first to greet her and hug her in the finish area. Brignone won this race last year.
Shiffrin was a further 0.03 back in third for a fourth straight top-five finish in GS at the Vermont venue without taking the win.
Still, the three-time defending overall World Cup champion extended her standings lead with a third podium finish to start the season. She also leads the giant slalom standings after two races.
“I felt pretty good with my skiing in both runs so, yeah, I’m pretty happy with the day,” Shiffrin said.
Shiffrin is favored to win a fourth straight Killington slalom on Sunday. NBC Sports’ full weekend broadcast schedule of World Cup Alpine skiing is here.
Brignone dedicated her podium finish to a friend, named Edoardo, who died “just hours ago” before the race in an avalanche on Mont Blanc on the border of France and Italy.
“My thoughts are with him,” said Brignone, who put down the fastest second run to rise from seventh.
Bassino is a former junior world champion in giant slalom, who had four previous third-place finishes on the World Cup circuit. She also placed fifth at the PyeongChang Olympics, where Shiffrin won and Brignone took bronze.
“I finally put together two runs,” Bassino said. “I tried to focus just on myself and to ski like I know how. Then I saw the green light and I thought, ‘Wow.’
“I hope this can be a turning point for my career. I knew I had a result like this in me, I just needed a spark to transform what I do every day into gold.”
Bassino clocked under 50 seconds in bright sunshine for each run which was shortened due to gusting winds at the scheduled start higher up the mountain.
Alice Robinson of New Zealand, who won the season-opening giant slalom last month at Soelden, Austria, failed to finish the first run, racing the day before she turns 18.
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For the first time, the world’s top-ranked female cross-country skier is an American.
Sadie Maubet Bjornsen claimed the yellow bib awarded to the World Cup overall standings leader by placing third and fourth in the opening races of the season in Finland the last two days.
No American woman previously led the standings at any point in a World Cup season, according to U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Bill Koch won the men’s title in 1982.
Maubet Bjornsen, a two-time Olympian who got married in July, finished third in a classic sprint (by one hundredth of a second) on Friday. Then she was fourth in a 10km classic race on Saturday, missing the podium by 1.3 seconds.
She earned 83 World Cup points for those results, eight better than Russian Natalya Nepryaeva, last season’s No. 2 skier in the overall standings. There are still more than 30 races left this season, which runs through March. Maubet Bjornsen is better at classic races, and seven of the next eight races are freestyle.
Maubet Bjornsen was 14th in last season’s standings, 1,069 points behind champion Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg of Norway. Four different Norwegians combined to win the last six World Cup overall titles.
Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins, who teamed to win the U.S.’ first Olympic cross-country title in PyeongChang, are the only American women to finish a season in the top three of the standings. Randall was third in 2013; Diggins second in 2018.
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Ten years ago, a nurse practitioner told a crying Kyra Condie that climbing wasn’t that important. Condie needed back surgery for severe idiopathic scoliosis, which could have ended her sport climbing career at age 13.
“Turns out, climbing IS pretty important to me and it was that moment that made me choose a different surgeon,” was posted on Condie’s social media.
She underwent 10-vertebrae spinal fusion surgery to correct a 70-degree curvature the following March.
“I’m lucky I did [the surgery], because his approach was to fuse less vertebrae and leave me with more mobility which has been crucial to my climbing,” was posted on Condie’s social media.
That decision led Condie on a path that, on Friday, hit a milestone marker — qualifying for the first U.S. Olympic sport climbing team. Condie earned her spot by reaching the final of an Olympic qualifier in Toulouse, France.
She is the third American to qualify for the sport’s Olympic debut in Tokyo, joining Brooke Raboutou and Nathaniel Coleman. One more man can make the U.S. team at a Pan Am qualifier in three months.
Condie is a Twin Cities native who graduated from the University of Minnesota last year and recently moved to Salt Lake City. She was 25th at the world championships in August.
Overall, 26 athletes have qualified for the U.S. Olympic team across all sports. A full roster is here. The team will eventually eclipse 500 athletes.
Olympic sport climbing will feature one set of medals per gender, the event combining three disciplines: lead, speed and bouldering.
From Tokyo 2020: Speed climbing pits two climbers against each other, both climbing a fixed route on a 15-meter wall at a 95-degree angle. Winning times are generally between five and eight seconds. In bouldering, climbers scale a number of fixed routes on a four-meter wall in a specified time without safety ropes. In lead climbing, athletes attempt to climb as high as possible on a wall measuring over 15 meters in height within a fixed time with safety ropes.
The sport debuted at the Youth Olympics in 2018 in Buenos Aires, but no Americans were entered.
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Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens seen wearing 'Pittsburgh started it' T-shirt - CNN
The shirt is from Cleveland-based boutique GV Art + Design and is a reference to the November 14 game between the teams that ended in a brawl.
Kitchens wore the shirt to see the movie "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" with his family, and his daughter got him the shirt as a joke, a Browns spokesman told ESPN. The Browns told ESPN the head coach didn't mean for anyone to see him.
"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" stars Tom Hanks as the late children's television pioneer Fred Rogers, who was from Pittsburgh.
"Doesn't get much better than this! Someone spotted Freddie Kitchens rocking our Pittsburgh started it shirt tonight!" the company said in an Instagram post.
The Browns and Steelers will go head-to-head Sunday at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh in their first game since the November 14 brawl that resulted in 33 players getting disciplined. The NFL fined the Steelers and the Browns $250,000 each.
During the brawl, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett ripped off the helmet of Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and struck him in the head with it, resulting in an indefinite suspension for Garrett.
Rudolph was fined $50,000, the most for any of the players and more than the usual fine of $35,096 that accompanies a first-time fighting offense, according to a source with direct knowledge of how the NFL disciplines players. Rudolph was not suspended.
Garrett was fined $45,623, the source said. However, Garrett will not be paid during his indefinite suspension.
Garrett said during an appeal hearing that Rudolph had directed a racial slur toward him, ESPN reported. Rudolph, through the Steelers, denied that allegation.
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WATCH: Alabama's Jaylen Waddle etches his name in Iron Bowl lore with four touchdowns in loss to Auburn - CBS Sports
The Iron Bowl has played host to so many memorable individual performances over the years. Alabama wide receiver Jaylen Waddle etched his own name into the stones of history for this rivalry in a losing cause Saturday as he had four touchdowns against Auburn in a 48-45 loss. Though the Crimson Tide didn't win the game, Waddle's performance was one for the ages.
Waddle scored his first touchdown of the day on a 98-yard kickoff return to tie the game at 17. This came immediately after Tide quarterback Mac Jones threw a pick-six to Auburn's Smoke Monday. If nothing else, Waddle's touchdowns were often well-timed to steal momentum Auburn might have had in the game.
The second came with under a minute remaining in the half. This time, Auburn had tied the game at 24 thanks to some truly acrobatic catches from the Tigers' receiving corps. However, Waddle came right back with a 58-yard catch-and-run to give the Tide a 31-24 lead.
Waddle's third touchdown came in the third quarter on a nice pass from Jones. It may have been Waddle's least dramatic score of the day, but he showed nice concentration on an over-the-shoulder catch.
His final touchdown came in the fourth quarter with the Tide down 40-38. Waddle went deep down the middle of the field and high-pointed the ball in the end zone.
Keep in mind Waddle entered Saturday with four touchdowns on the year -- three receiving and one return. He matched that in one game. Waddle's acceleration and top-end speed are ridiculous. Normally that would be the type of playmaking ability you'd get from a No. 1 wideout -- except Waddle is fourth on the team in catches. The embarrassment of riches Alabama has at wide receiver might be unrivaled by any team in the country. The Tide legitimately have four speedsters who could be first-round draft picks.
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Auburn's Zakoby McClain pulls off insane pick six against Alabama in Iron Bowl - USA TODAY
The 84th edition of the Iron Bowl was one of the most entertaining college football games of the year, with Auburn pulling out a wild 48-45 win Saturday.
It was crazy afternoon of SEC football at Jordan-Hare Stadium. After Alabama and Auburn combined for a series-record 58 points in the first half, things got strange in the second half, which featured one of the most insane plays in the rivalry's history.
Six years after the famous "Kick Six" game, this year's game had a wild pick six (Back-Pick Six?). On first-and-goal from the Auburn 2-yard line, Auburn's Zakoby McClain intercepted a Mac Jones pass intended for Najee Harris in the end zone, and then went the distance for a touchdown that gave Auburn a 37-31 lead in the third quarter.
The ball appeared to bounce off the back of Harris before McClain swiped it for the 100-yard interception return touchdown.
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Following the back-and-forth nature of this contest, Alabama retook the lead a minute and a half later as Jones connected with wide receiver Jaylen Waddle to put Alabama back on top, 38-37.
With two minutes remaining, a potential game-tying field goal by Alabama's Joseph Bulovas bounced off the upright. The Crimson Tide defense but their team in position to get the ball back with a minute remaining, but a substitution infraction gave Auburn the ball back and ran out the clock and win its second Iron Bowl in three years.
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Michigan's Jim Harbaugh testy after his fifth consecutive loss to Ohio State - ESPN
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- After Ohio State cruised to a 56-27 win over Michigan on Saturday, coach Jim Harbaugh took exception to questions about where the biggest gap is between two programs that seem to be further apart than ever.
Ohio State beat Michigan for the eighth straight time -- the Wolverines' longest streak in the series -- and Harbaugh dropped to 0-5 against his team's biggest rival. In their past two games in the series, Ohio State has scored 118 points, leaving Michigan with few answers in the aftermath.
When asked whether the biggest gap involved talent, preparation or coaching, Harbaugh responded, "I'll answer your questions, not your insults."
Pressed again about the biggest gap, Harbaugh said, "They played really good. They played better today."
Harbaugh refused to give much else in response to his team's struggles to beat Ohio State, saying only, "I thought our team was well prepared. I thought they were playing good football. I thought it was a good football fight, and it got away from us today. Give them credit for playing well."
After another question about how much he personally wants to beat Ohio State, Harbaugh offered, "We really want to win the game. Yes."
Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields believes something else might be in play.
"We take it more seriously than they do," Fields said. "Like (strength coach) Mickey Marotti said, 'We're preparing for them next year right now.' It just means more at Ohio State. That's pretty much the big reason.
"I know a few players on (Michigan), and I just know the things we do in terms of workouts and how serious we take it at Ohio State. So, talking to those guys, and getting their perspective on things, I definitely see we take it more serious."
Those on the Michigan sideline would certainly take exception to that notion, but it is hard to argue with the way Ohio State has made a once-competitive rivalry so one-sided. That has led to renewed criticism about Harbaugh and whether he can get Michigan to the same level as Ohio State.
Five years in, this is his team, with his players and his vision, yet the Wolverines have looked lost with so much on the line. His players batted down the idea that there is a mental roadblock when it comes to playing Ohio State despite their recent frustrations.
"We're just as talented, I feel like, and maybe they just made a few more plays than us today, but I feel like we should have been right there, and I don't think this result should have been the result we should have seen, but it's the one that we have, and we've just got to live with that," Michigan linebacker Jordan Glasgow said.
The game Saturday started well enough for Michigan, with an opening touchdown drive that showcased the strides its offense has made over the past six weeks. But Michigan could never slow down J.K. Dobbins or Justin Fields, giving up 577 total yards. Dobbins had 211 yards rushing and four touchdowns.
This is one year after Ohio State scored 62 points, prompting even more questions about defensive coordinator Don Brown and what has gone wrong two straight seasons.
"We've got to dig down next year, see what we've got," defensive lineman Aidan Hutchinson said. "You're not going to win ball games when you're letting up 50, 60 points. It's not going to happen. We're a better defense than this. We're a better team than this. We're a lot better than the numbers on this sheet."
Once again, there were too many mistakes for Michigan to overcome, including Shea Patterson's fumble inside the red zone, a penalty on an Ohio State punt that the Buckeyes turned into a touchdown, and a failed fourth-and-1 in the fourth quarter when Hassan Haskins missed a wide-open hole and was stopped short.
That all led Michigan players to lament the lack of execution.
"No one's happy," Michigan tight end Sean McKeon said. "Definitely really frustrating. Just kind of the same thing every year. We've got to execute better, and it gets old, but just have to play better against them.
"They're just a team. They're not an NFL team. Just got to win your one-on-one matchups and got to have every guy on the field do his job."
Tom VanHaaren contributed to this report.
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