OTTAWA — Attempting to get again to profitable methods after seeing their seven-game unbeaten run snapped on OK Tire Labour Day weekend, the Ottawa REDBLACKS put up a dominant efficiency towards the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday afternoon.

Enjoying within the entrance finish of Saturday’s tripleheader, the REDBLACKS had been greater than prepared for his or her East Division rival, with their defence stifling Chad Kelly, forcing three picks from Toronto’s pivot in a 41-27 victory. Damon Webb took two of these interceptions to the home for first-half scores as Ottawa remained unbeaten within the nation’s capital.

Ottawa’s Dru Brown was 30-40, throwing for 348 yards and one landing go. Operating again Khalan Laborn broke free for a 33-yard rating in his CFL debut, whereas Dominique Rhymes caught 10 balls for 138 yards. Lewis Ward knocked in 4 subject purpose makes an attempt for the REDBLACKS.

Kelly completed the sport with three interceptions and was sacked by the Ottawa defence on six events. He threw for 463 yards and three touchdowns as Toronto’s comeback effort fell quick.

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A wet afternoon in Ottawa started with two scoreless drives, however on the primary play of Toronto’s second possession, Webb took dwelling a pick-six off of Kelly to provide the house crew the lead.

Brandin Danbridge made it back-to-back picks for the Ottawa defence as Kelly overthrew one other go supposed for David Ungerer III. Caught outdoors of the purple zone, the REDBLACKS settled for a Lewis Ward subject purpose, placing them up 10-0.

Ka’Deem Carey obtained the Argos off and operating on their subsequent drive, discovering a gap via the center for a 32-yard achieve. Lirim Hajrullahu knocked in his subject purpose from 37 yards out to place the highway crew on the board.

On the following drive, the REDBLACKS prolonged their benefit on an eight-play drive. Brown regarded the way in which of Dominique Rhymes inside the tip zone however couldn’t join together with his receiver so the possession was completed off by a 20-yard kick by Ward.

Simply when it regarded like Kelly and the Argos had been entering into rhythm on offence after a 41-yard reception by Makai Polk, Webb popped up with one other enormous play on defence. Ottawa’s defensive again picked off Kelly as soon as once more, snagging the ball away from Polk and taking it 98 yards to the home for his second landing of the day.

Beginning their subsequent drive on their 48, Brown sliced via the Argos’ defence for his crew’s first offensive landing of the sport. Andre Miller got here down with a deep ball good for 50 yards and a rating, with Ward’s further level making it 27-3 for Ottawa within the second quarter.

The REDBLACKS stored pouring on the factors late within the first half. A pass-heavy drive which included a 26-yard catch by Rhymes obtained Ottawa into subject purpose vary, the place Ward was capable of convert on a 51-yard kick, placing the hosts up 31-3 on the half.

Popping out of the break, the Argos marched downfield for his or her first landing of the sport. Nield was the recipient of Kelly’s 15-yard go to the tip zone after a six-play, 66-yard drive. Hajrullahu’s level after made it a 31-10 sport.

Not wanting to provide their opponent any alternative again into the sport, the REDBLACKS replied with a landing of their very own on the follow-up drive. Laborn broke off a 33-yard rush for his first rating within the CFL to revive Ottawa’s 28-point lead.

The Argonauts had been capable of get to Ottawa’s doorstep on their subsequent drive however going through third-and-goal, Kelly’s end-zone go supposed for Ungerer sailed over the receiver, giving possession again to Ottawa late within the third quarter.

After a fourth-quarter subject purpose by Hajrullahu inched the Argos nearer, a cease by Toronto’s defence on third-and-short gave the soccer again to Toronto in REDBLACKS territory. Coxie battled his means into the tip zone after which Kelly ran in on the two-point conversion attempt to deliver the Argos to inside 17.

With simply 50 seconds remaining, one other rating by Coxie introduced the Argos nearer but it surely was too little too late because the REDBLACKS would grasp on to win 41-27 and keep undefeated on dwelling turf.

The Argonauts get one other problem on the highway in Week 15 once they face the BC Lions on Friday, September 13. Subsequent up for the REDBLACKS is a visit to Hamilton to go up towards the Tiger-Cats on Saturday, September 14.

The Carolina Panthers are opening their season on the highway towards the New Orleans Saints. 2024 and the Bryce Younger Redemption Tour start right here. It’s additionally 12 months 1 of the Dave Canales Experiment. The query of whether or not or not sheer will and self-belief can spur a workforce to being aggressive is about to be answered.

This offseason has featured a extra quiet positivity as in comparison with final yr’s PR prepare jamming confidence and supreme competence on each air wave. Whether or not or not that may translate to a unique consequence on the sphere is one thing we get to begin studying about in just some minutes.

I’m tempering my expectations for right now. It’s at all times arduous to attract conclusions off of 1 recreation. I’m simply hoping we get to see that first Younger to Xavier Legette connection. That could possibly be the start of a particular relationship.

As at all times, use this area to speak concerning the motion because it unfolds.

You understand the drill.

That is now an open thread!

Within the two remaining fights of final evening’s UFC Vegas 97 struggle card, two rising fighters handed the UFC matchmakers’ checks, defeating two higher-ranked veterans. These fighters, Sean Brady and Natalia Silva answered some lingering questions surrounding their rise of their respective divisions.

In the primary occasion, Sean Brady confirmed a extra full sport in his first UFC essential occasion than he did in his previous seven UFC outings. Brady, identified for his grappling expertise, fought nicely behind his jab towards former UFC welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns, including some combos to his hanging sport whereas choosing up takedowns and floor management at essential factors of the UFC Combat Evening headlining contest.

Silva earned a dominant win over former UFC strawweight champion Jessica Andrade in final evening’s UFC co-main occasion. Her dynamic hanging sport, alongside along with her motion and technical expertise, left Andrade struggling to seek out openings to make use of her energy and energy, one thing the previous champ has been identified for all through her UFC profession.

Each Brady and Silva look able to face fighters ranked of their divisions’ high 5.

Beneath, we have a look at the outcomes, reactions, winners and losers, scorecards, bonus winners and video highlights from final evening’s UFC Combat Evening occasion.

UFC Vegas 97 Winners

Sean Brady: Sean Brady may have fought higher towards Belal Muhammad in 2022. Nonetheless, that knockout loss has aged fairly nicely for the Philly-born fighter. Muhammad has since earned the UFC welterweight title, and Brady has bounced again to beat two former title challengers in his previous two outings. In 2023, he topped ex-UFC interim middleweight challenger Kelvin Gastelum by submission. On Saturday evening, Brady defeated ex-welterweight title challenger Gilbert Burns by choice. Extra importantly, Brady seemed higher in every of these outings, which is to say that the 31-year-old won’t have reached the head of his expertise.

Brady, who is an exceptional grappler, added some new wrinkles to his hanging sport at UFC Vegas 97, preventing nicely behind his jab, and even including some combos to his repertoire, when he had time and house to make use of his hanging effectvily. He additionally did a superb job of negating Burns’s hanging, limiting him to simply 47 landed vital strikes on 97 makes an attempt. For his half, Brady racked up 130 vital strikes on 217 makes an attempt.

Brady additionally landed seven takedowns and earned 10:34 of management time.

Jessica Andrade vs. Natalia Silva: The co-main occasion of UFC Vegas 97 was a coming-out social gathering for Natalia Silva. Within the greatest check of her younger UFC profession, the 27-year-old carried out fantastically towards probably the most formidable veterans within the UFC ladies’s divisions in Jessica Andrade.

Silva used her velocity, motion, and technical expertise to defeat Andrade by choice. Andrade did her finest to power Silva to struggle in tight areas through the use of her stress and energy, however Silva’s kicking sport and skill to combine up her targets and methods allowed her to make use of her offense it doesn’t matter what Andrade tried.

Silva has solely been with the UFC since 2022, however the former Jungle Fights champion is 6-0 with the promotion and appears able to face top-five competitors within the UFC ladies’s flyweight rankings.

Steve Garcia: Steve Garcia stumbled early, permitting Kyle Nelson to take benefit, getting his opponent’s again and getting the hooks in early. Nonetheless, Garcia was capable of finding the house to get the reversal; from there, he simply unloaded on Nelson, touchdown punches and elbows to carry the struggle to a detailed within the first spherical.

Garcia won’t be a family identify, however he has 5 straight wins by way of TKO beneath the UFC banner, which is kind of an accomplishment.

Cody Durden: Cody Durden took the struggle towards Matt Schnell on lower than per week’s discover. He opened the struggle with lots of aggression, getting concerned in a firefight on the toes together with his opponent. That call appeared dangerous as Schnell seemed to have the benefit in energy and protection on the toes. Nonetheless, Durden confirmed his submission expertise, capitalizing on an ill-advised takedown try from his foe and rapidly trying up a choke that ended the struggle 29 seconds into the second stanza.

Yanal Ashmouz: Yanal Ashmouz caught to his sport plan and picked up a win over Trevor Peek. That plan was to keep away from Peek’s energy and tendency to aim to entice his foe right into a brawl. As a substitute, Ashmouz used Peek’s aggression towards him, countering and utilizing his wrestling to get the win.

Chris Padilla: Chris Padilla struggled to seek out the timing and vary of Rongzhu within the first spherical of their UFC Vegas 97 preliminary contest, nevertheless it was clear that he was seeking to exploit Rongzhu’s tendency to overthrow. He discovered his alternative to capitalize on that truth within the second spherical. When Rongzhu loaded up, Padilla stepped in and planted an elbow in his opponent’s eye. The blow brought on Rongzhu’s left eye to swell shut, giving Padilla the stoppage win.

Isaac Dulgarian: Isaac Dulgarian began his struggle towards Brendon Marotte by speeding throughout the Octagon and choosing up a takedown. From there, he took again management, seeking to land floor strikes whereas trying to find a gap for a submission. The second spherical began the identical, however Dulgarian discovered the house to lock up the submission win.

Dulgarian was a large betting favourite heading into UFC Vegas 97, and he made simple work of his foe. The win was a bounce-back efficiency following his March choice loss to Christian Rodriguez.

Andre Lima: Andre Lima moved to 10-0 total and 3-0 within the UFC with an excellent win over Felipe dos Santos. He used stress and protection within the hanging division within the first spherical after which picked up greater than 4 minutes of management time in every of the following two rounds.

Gabriel Santos: Gabriel Santos saved his UFC profession with a dominant and thrilling efficiency towards Yizha on the UFC Vegas 97 prelims. Santos opened his UFC run with setbacks to Lerone Murphy and David Onama in 2023. In his first outing of 2024, the 27-year-old Brazilian seemed glorious on his toes whereas additionally exhibiting that he wouldn’t cruise to a victory when forward on the scorecards.

Santos blended his methods and targets nicely whereas having a velocity benefit over his opponent. His entrance kick to the face close to the top of the primary spherical practically completed the struggle. He additionally brought on a lot injury to Yizha within the first two rounds. The third spherical showcased Santos’ grappling expertise as he seemed to remain busy and seek for a gap for a submission.

Santos’ efficiency on Saturday was glorious.

Jaqueline Amorim: Jaqueline Amorim picked up a simple takedown inside the first 30 seconds of her struggle towards Vanessa Demopoulos after which labored to an armbar to complete the struggle. She was in management from the begin to the end of the bout. With the win, Amorim moved to 3-1 within the UFC with three finishes.

There was some controversy to the end as Demopoulos loudly complained that Amorim grabbed inside her glove earlier than locking up the armbar. The digital camera angle through the broadcast wasn’t clear on how true that was, however the referee disagreed with Demopoulos.

Andre Petroski: Andre Petroski cruised to a call win over the overmatched Dylan Budka. Petroski held Budka to 17 landed vital strikes whereas racking up greater than 2:46 of management time in every spherical after a single takedown in every of these stanzas.

Petroski may have been extra aggressive on the mat. He did not have one official submission try, however he dominated the competition, did not put himself at an excessive amount of danger, and picked up the win.

Nathan Fletcher: Nathan Fletcher used his wrestling and grappling expertise to choose up a second-round submission over Zygimantas Ramaska. Fletcher had no issues getting takedowns within the first spherical however struggled to maintain Ramaska on the mat within the first half of the opening stanza. The second spherical was a distinct story, as one other takedown led to Fletcher getting mount. From there, he discovered the house he wanted for an arm triangle that ended the struggle.

UFC Vegas 97 Losers

Gilbert Burns: Gilbert Burns noticed his UFC shedding skid lengthen to a few fights on Saturday evening when he got here up quick towards Sean Brady. Burns put forth a high quality effort within the welterweight scrap, however the 38-year-old could not discover the mark for his energy strikes, nor may he out-wrestle or out-grapple his youthful foe.

Burns stays a troublesome fighter who ought to be capable of give anybody within the UFC’s 170-pound division issues within the cage, however his time among the many division’s elite probably ended on Saturday evening together with his loss to Brady. The altering of the guard is occurring in a number of divisions, and it seems welterweight is a kind of weight lessons.

Matt Schnell: Had Matt Schnell saved his struggle reverse Cody Durden on the toes, he may need had an opportunity to make use of his energy and protection to choose up a win. Nonetheless, Schnell determined a takedown try from distance within the second spherical was sensible. It wasn’t, and that gamble value him the struggle, as he was rapidly submitted.

Schnell left his gloves within the Octagon following the loss, seeming to finish his MMA profession.

Trevor Peek: Trevor Peek is an all-action fighter, and followers love him for that. Nonetheless, that model can be his weak point. If an opponent refuses to interact him in a slugfest, Peek isn’t efficient, particularly if that opponent can use Peek’s aggression towards him. That’s what occurred on Saturday, and that’s why Peek misplaced to Yanal Ashmouz.

Rongzhu: Rongzhu used his velocity and skill to time Chris Padilla to take management of the early moments of their matchup. Nonetheless, Rongzhu didn’t combine issues up nicely. As a substitute, he threw each strike with full energy, which allowed Padilla to seek out his opening and land the struggle ending elbow.

Felipe dos Santos: Felipe dos Santos had a good first spherical towards Andre Lima, however his opponent was capable of defend lots of his hanging makes an attempt. After that, Dos Santos was on the defensive for the remainder of the struggle.

Yizha: Yizha confirmed coronary heart, toughness, and good cardio, however he didn’t have sufficient within the tank to return again from two rounds down towards Gabriel Santos.

Dylan Budka: Dylan Budka missed weight and seemed horrible on the size earlier than this struggle, to the purpose the place he most likely ought to have been pulled from the occasion. When struggle evening rolled round, Budka confirmed that he’s a piece in progress.

Budka has highly effective hanging, however his strikes have been one-and-done. He didn’t throw combos, even when he harm Andre Petroski. However what harm Budka was his incapability to defend takedowns and the truth that he may do nothing off his again or return to his toes.

Zygimantas Ramaska: Zygimantas Ramaska had some early success reversing Nathan Fletcher on the mat, however he ended up there after Fletcher simply picked up a number of takedowns. Ramaska’s luck ran out early within the second spherical when his opponent picked up one other takedown and gained mount earlier than forcing an arm triangle choke submission.

UFC Vegas 97 Combat Card Outcomes

UFC Vegas 97 Essential Card Outcomes

Sean Brady defeats Gilbert Burns by way of unanimous choice (50-45, 50-45, 49-46)

Natalia Silva defeats Jessica Andrade by way of unanimous choice (30-27 x 3)

Steve Garcia defeats Kyle Nelson by way of TKO at 3:59 of Spherical 1 (Elbows to go from half guard)

Cody Durden defeats Matt Schnell by way of submission at 0:29 of Spherical 2 (Anaconda choke on floor)

Yanal Ashmouz defeats Trevor Peek by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

UFC Vegas 97 Preliminary Card Outcomes

Chris Padilla defeats Rongzhu by way of TKO at 4:14 of Spherical 2 (Physician stoppage – eye damage)

Isaac Dulgarian defeats Brendon Marotte by way of submission at 4:19 of Spherical 2 (Arm triangle)

Andre Lima defeats Felipe dos Santos by way of unanimous choice (30-27, 29-28, 29-28)

Gabriel Santos defeats Yizha by way of unanimous choice (30-26, 30-26, 30-27)

Jaqueline Amorim defeats Vanessa Demopoulos by way of submission at 3:28 of Spherical 1 (Armbar from again management)

Andre Petroski defeats Dylan Budka by way of unanimous choice (30-27 x 3)

Nathan Fletcher vs. Zygimantas Ramaska by way of submission at 1:14 of Spherical 2 (Arm triangle from mount)

Video Highlights

Official Scorecards

Combat-Evening Bonuses

Combat of the Evening: Silva vs. Andrade

Efficiency of the Evening: Steve Garcia

Efficiency of the Evening: Cody Durden

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Philadelphia’s Sean Brady solidified himself as one of many prime welterweights on the earth on Saturday, outpointing Gilbert Burns in a five-round principal occasion in Las Vegas.

Brady (17-1) defeated Burns (22-8) through unanimous choice in the primary occasion of UFC Struggle Night time contained in the Apex. Brady, 31, maintained a gradual tempo all through the five-round combat and dominated Burns in each facet of the 170-pound contest. The judges scored it 50-45, 50-45 and 49-46 for Brady.

The win improved Brady’s mark within the UFC to 7-1. His solely loss got here to present champion Belal Muhammad in October 2022.

“He is robust as f—, however I really feel like I did higher work on the toes than on the bottom,” stated Brady, who is understood for his wrestling fashion. “He was robust to get down and powerful towards the fence. I needs to be ranked approach forward of [No. 7-ranked Ian Machado Garry] now. Clearly, I would like somebody within the prime 5 [next].”

Tempo was Brady’s pal on Saturday, as he maintained a gradual quantity of strikes and takedown makes an attempt towards Burns. In line with UFC Stats, he outlanded Burns 251-71 in complete strikes and tried 17 takedowns to solely six for Burns. He successfully labored his jab within the first half of the combat, and highlighted a fifth and ultimate spherical with a gradual food regimen of efficient leg kicks.

Burns, who unsuccessfully challenged Kamaru Usman for the championship in 2021, struggled to get something going over the 25-minute affair. He had a pair moments with boxing exchanges on the toes, together with a proper hand that appeared to stun Burns a bit bit within the second spherical, however his moments have been few and much between.

He additionally had a short window of alternative within the fourth spherical, when he almost took Brady’s again in a scramble within the ultimate minute. Brady calmly defended the place although and went on to win the body. Burns has misplaced three in a row — to Brady, Jack Della Maddalena and Muhammad.

Muhammad doesn’t have a title protection booked however is anticipated to face undefeated contender Shavkat Rakhmonov subsequent.

Boeing’s first astronaut mission ended Friday night time with an empty capsule touchdown and two take a look at pilots nonetheless in house, left behind till subsequent yr as a result of NASA judged their return too dangerous.

Six hours after departing the Worldwide Area Station, Starliner parachuted into New Mexico’s White Sands Missile Vary, descending on autopilot by means of the desert darkness.

It was an uneventful near a drama that started with the June launch of Boeing’s long-delayed crew debut and shortly escalated right into a dragged-out cliffhanger of a mission suffering from thruster failures and helium leaks. For months, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ return was in query as engineers struggled to know the capsule’s issues.

Boeing insisted after intensive testing that Starliner was protected to carry the 2 house, however NASA disagreed and booked a flight with SpaceX as an alternative. Their SpaceX journey gained’t launch till the top of this month, which implies they’ll be up there till February — greater than eight months after blasting off on what ought to have been a fast journey.

Wilmore and Williams ought to have flown Starliner again to Earth by mid-June, per week after launching in it. However their journey to the house station was marred by the cascade of thruster bother and helium loss, and NASA finally determined it was too dangerous to return them on Starliner.

So with contemporary software program updates, the totally automated capsule left with their empty seats and blue spacesuits together with some outdated station tools.

“She’s on her manner house,” Williams radioed because the white and blue-trimmed capsule undocked from the house station 260 miles (420 kilometers) over China and disappeared into the black void.

Williams stayed up late to see how every little thing turned out. “An excellent touchdown, fairly superior,” mentioned Boeing’s Mission Management.

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Cameras on the house station and a pair of NASA planes caught the capsule as a white streak coming in for the landing, which drew cheer.

There have been some snags throughout reentry, together with extra thruster points, however Starliner made a “bull’s-eye touchdown,” mentioned NASA’s business crew program supervisor Steve Stich.

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Even with the protected return, “I feel we made the precise determination to not have Butch and Suni on board,” Stich mentioned at a information convention early Saturday. “All of us really feel completely happy in regards to the profitable touchdown. However then there’s a chunk of us, all of us, that we want it could have been the best way we had deliberate it.”

Boeing didn’t take part within the Houston information briefing. However two of the corporate’s prime house and protection officers, Ted Colbert and Kay Sears, informed staff in a word that they backed NASA’s ruling.

“Whereas this may occasionally not have been how we initially envisioned the take a look at flight concluding, we help NASA’s determination for Starliner and are pleased with how our staff and spacecraft carried out,” the executives wrote.

Starliner’s crew demo capped a journey stuffed with delays and setbacks. After the house shuttles retired greater than a decade in the past, NASA employed Boeing and SpaceX for orbital taxi service. Boeing bumped into so many issues on its first take a look at flight with nobody aboard in 2019 that it needed to repeat it. The 2022 do-over uncovered much more flaws and the restore invoice topped $1 billion.

SpaceX’s crew ferry flight later this month can be its tenth for NASA since 2020. The Dragon capsule will launch on the half-year expedition with solely two astronauts since two seats are reserved for Wilmore and Williams for the return leg.

As veteran astronauts and retired Navy captains, Wilmore and Williams anticipated hurdles on the take a look at flight. They’ve stored busy in house, serving to with repairs and experiments. The 2 at the moment are full-time station crew members together with the seven others on board.

Even earlier than the pair launched on June 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Starliner’s propulsion system was leaking helium. The leak was small and considered remoted, however 4 extra cropped up after liftoff. Then 5 thrusters failed. Though 4 of the thrusters had been recovered, it gave NASA pause as as to if extra malfunctions would possibly hamper the capsule’s descent from orbit.

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Boeing carried out quite a few thruster assessments in house and on the bottom over the summer time, and was satisfied its spacecraft might safely carry the astronauts again. However NASA couldn’t get snug with the thruster state of affairs and went with SpaceX.

Flight controllers carried out extra take a look at firings of the capsule’s thrusters following undocking; one didn’t ignite. Engineers suspect the extra the thrusters are fired, the warmer they turn into, inflicting protecting seals to swell and impede the stream of propellant. They gained’t have the ability to study any of the elements; the part holding the thrusters was ditched simply earlier than reentry.

Starliner can be transported in a pair weeks again to NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart, the place the analyses will unfold.

NASA officers pressured that the house company stays dedicated to having two competing U.S. corporations transporting astronauts. The purpose is for SpaceX and Boeing to take turns launching crews — one a yr per firm — till the house station is deserted in 2030 proper earlier than its fiery reentry. That doesn’t give Boeing a lot time to catch up, however the firm intends to push ahead with Starliner, in keeping with NASA.

Stich mentioned post-landing it’s too early to know when the subsequent Starliner flight with astronauts would possibly happen.

“It would take some time to find out the trail ahead,” he mentioned.

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The Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott have agreed to a four-year, $240 million contract that may make him the highest-paid participant in NFL historical past, in keeping with a number of stories.

The deal contains $231 million in assured cash. ESPN reported the signing first.

Prescott had been set to enter the ultimate 12 months of his present contract. The lengthy, drawn-out negotiation ended with him incomes the largest contract in league historical past, valued at $60 million a season.

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Hours after the deal was completed, Prescott led his workforce to a 33-17 win in opposition to the Cleveland Browns.

Prescott, 31, was a fourth-round choose within the 2016 NFL draft. He’s headed into his ninth season within the NFL, all with the Cowboys. He has a 73-41 file however solely 2-5 within the postseason.

Final season, Prescott set profession highs in completions (410) and touchdowns (36), throwing for 4,516 yards with solely 9 interceptions. He led Dallas to a 12-5 file, however the Cowboys misplaced at residence within the first spherical of the playoffs to the Inexperienced Bay Packers.

Prescott is the Cowboys second key offensive participant to signal a brand new contract after prolonged negotiations this offseason, becoming a member of his high receiver, CeeDee Lamb. Now each Prescott and Lamb are signed by means of 2028.

The Cowboys are enjoying the Cleveland Browns of their Week 1 opener.

The beleaguered Starliner spacecraft, constructed by Boeing, efficiently landed in New Mexico simply after midnight Jap time, ending a vital check flight that proved to be an actual headache for NASA.

Officers on the house company feared that Starliner’s thrusters may malfunction throughout its return, simply as some thrusters had on its journey to the Worldwide Area Station.

That’s why, when the gumdrop-shaped house capsule parachuted right down to Earth, it carried solely cargo — and its first crew remained safely on board the Worldwide Area Station.

Leaving them there “was a tricky determination to make. It was actually arduous to find out whether or not to be uncrewed or not,” Steve Stich, this system supervisor for NASA’s Business Crew Program, informed reporters earlier this week.

However there was sufficient uncertainty with regard to how the thrusters would carry out that NASA officers most popular to err on the facet of warning. The house company, in any case, stays haunted by two previous disasters, the lack of house shuttles Columbia and Challenger and their crews.

After Starliner made a picture-perfect touchdown, Stich informed reporters that the spacecraft did nicely throughout its return flight.

“It was a bullseye touchdown,” he mentioned. “It is actually nice to get the spacecraft again.”

Requested by a reporter if he had any second ideas about NASA’s determination to not fly astronauts dwelling on Starliner, Stich mentioned “it is all the time arduous to have that retrospective look” however “I feel we made the proper determination.”

He mentioned whereas he and others on the workforce felt completely happy concerning the profitable touchdown, “there is a piece of us, all of us, that we want it will’ve been the best way we had deliberate it” with astronauts on board when it landed.

“I feel there’s, relying on who you’re on the workforce, completely different feelings related to that,” he continued. “I feel it’ll take some time to work by way of that, for me just a little bit, after which for everyone else on the Boeing and NASA workforce.”

Starliner launched on June 5 with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams on board, and Boeing and NASA initially mentioned their check flight would final about eight days.

As a substitute, the mission stretched out for weeks as Boeing and NASA employees tried to know why some thrusters had failed as Starliner approached the station.

The choice to convey Starliner again with out its crew signifies that the astronauts should dwell on the station till February.

“Since we knew this was a check flight, with intention we put them by way of long-duration house station coaching,” says Dana Weigel, NASA’s program supervisor for the station, who provides that the astronauts have been serving to out with chores and science experiments. “We had them nicely ready to maneuver into this function.”

The astronauts will probably be going dwelling on a beforehand scheduled flight by Boeing’s competitor, SpaceX. NASA needed to rejigger its plans to ensure two seats can be free in that SpaceX capsule.

What’s extra, in case the house station suffers an emergency that forces an evacuation earlier than that capsule arrives, the station’s crew needed to jerry-rig two further seats in a special SpaceX spacecraft that’s at present docked there.

All of this has been a blow to aerospace big Boeing. Starliner had two earlier flights, with out a crew on board, and each skilled issues — its first flight, in 2019, didn’t even make it to the station.

SpaceX, in the meantime, acquired much less cash from NASA to develop a business house taxi service, but nonetheless managed to develop a automobile that’s been taking astronauts to and from the station for years.

NASA began its business crew program to encourage trade to take over the job of ferrying astronauts and cargo to the station, in order that it might concentrate on going again to the moon and past.

Now that Starliner is again on the bottom, Boeing and NASA will additional analyze the thrusters to see if modifying the spacecraft or the way it’s flown might hold the thrusters from overheating sooner or later.

Mission managers put the thrusters by way of their paces after Starliner undocked from the station and earlier than it piloted itself to a secure touchdown at White Sands Area Harbor in New Mexico.

“Many components of the flight went extraordinarily nicely, and Starliner is a good spacecraft,” Stich mentioned. “What we actually have to go do is take a look at the issues that didn’t carry out the best way we anticipated.”

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