CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Jeremiah Fears buried a 3-pointer with 11.5 seconds left and drew a foul, then calmly sank the following free throw for a four-point play as No. 14 Oklahoma edged Twenty fourth-ranked Michigan 87-86 on Wednesday evening in a wild end on the Jumpman Invitational.

Fears completed with 30 factors on 8-of-12 capturing because the Sooners (11-0) remained unbeaten. Duke Miles had 17 factors, together with two massive 3s within the second half.

Vladislav Goldin completed with 26 factors and 10 rebounds, whereas Danny Wolf had 15 factors and 10 rebounds for the Wolverines (8-3).

The Wolverines had been in management many of the sport and had a three-point lead and the ball with 30 seconds left earlier than a turnover gave the Sooners an opportunity.

After a number of passes across the perimeter, Fears broke free and made a 30-footer from the left wing and fell again as he was fouled by Roddy Gayle Jr. The Wolverines nonetheless had an opportunity to win the sport on their ultimate possession, however Tre Donaldson missed a 3-pointer and Wolf could not get the offensive rebound off earlier than the clock expired.

TAKEAWAY

Oklahoma: Exterior of a win over then-No. 24 Arizona, the Sooners hadn’t been examined a lot this season. However they confirmed their mettle by battling again towards one in every of tallest groups within the nation. Fears proved he is a gamer with an enormous shot to win it.

KEY STAT

The Sooners had been 12 of 25 from past the arc, whereas the Wolverines had been simply 4 of 28.

UP NEXT

Oklahoma hosts Central Arkansas on Sunday, Dec. 22 at midday inside Lloyd Noble Heart.

Alexandre Provider performed 18:37 in his Canadiens debut, together with 3:10 on the penalty kill, in the future after being acquired from the Nashville Predators for Justin Barron.

“He was simply so good tonight,” stated Guhle, his defensive associate. “I didn’t know that a lot about him, however he’s a very good skater and he makes fast performs with the puck.

“Clearly, he has to get used to our system stuff, however it’s enjoyable to play with him.”

Montreal completed with two even-strength targets, one on the ability play and one shorthanded.

“We went 0-fer on the ability play, they scored a shortie and clearly, they obtained the power-play aim on the finish,” Lalonde stated. “That was an enormous a part of the sport – our incapacity to execute on particular groups.”

NOTES: Evans suffered a facial lower in a third-period collision with Kane, however returned to the sport while not having stitches. … With protection associate Simon Edvinsson out with an upper-body harm, Seider performed 27:17, together with 4:46 on the ability play and three:01 shorthanded. He was a plus-1 with two photographs.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The No. 24-ranked College of Michigan males’s basketball staff fell within the ultimate seconds to No. 14 Oklahoma, 87-86, on Wednesday (Dec. 18) within the Jumpman Invitational on the Spectrum Heart. 

The Turning Level

With 11 seconds to play and trailing by three, Oklahoma’s Jeremiah Fears hit a three-pointer and the following free throw to provide Oklahoma an 87-86 lead. U-M’s Tre Donaldson could not join on a three-pointer with seconds left on the clock. And an offensive rebound and heave by Danny Wolf on the buzzer additionally fell brief.

Leaders and Finest

Vladislav Goldin led all scorers with a career-high 26 factors together with 10 rebounds. Wolf additionally had a double-double with 15 factors and 10 rebounds. Roddy Gayle Jr. had 15 factors and three assists, whereas Donaldson added 14 factors.

First Half

Michigan dominated within the paint early within the contest, with 16 of its first 21 factors coming within the paint. After Oklahoma jumped to an early 10-6 lead, Michigan mounted a 15-3 run over three-and-a-half minutes to pressure an Oklahoma timeout. U-M’s large man duo of Goldin and Wolf had eight and 7 factors, respectively, by means of the primary eight minutes to provide the Wolverines a 21-13 lead.

Over the subsequent eight minutes, U-M had extra success down low whereas struggling from three-point vary. With 3:56 to go, 26 of Michigan’s 35 factors have been within the paint. Goldin added one other eight factors to keep up U-M’s five-point lead. He completed his robust half with 16 factors and 7 rebounds.

To shut the half, Oklahoma went greater than six minutes with no discipline purpose, whereas the Wolverines suffered their very own three-minute drought earlier than Sam Walters ended it with a three-pointer. On the break, U-M led, 43-38.

Second Half

After Oklahoma tied the sport at 43 inside the opening minute of the second half, the Wolverines spurred an 11-0 run — taking a 54-43 benefit with 15:13 remaining, together with seven factors from Gayle alone.

Oklahoma responded with a 9-2 run of its personal, however the Wolverines rapidly responded with a 7-0 run in only one minute — to reclaim a double-digit lead at 68-57 with 9:54 to play. The Sooners responded with one other 9-2 run as U-M maintained its lead, 70-66, on the 7:25 mark.

Oklahoma answered once more with a 9-0 run to assert its second lead of the sport, 78-74. With below three minutes to play, Nimari Burnett grabbed a key offensive rebound — one among Michigan’s 14 — and scored to chop Oklahoma’s result in 82-80 with 2:26 to go.

What’s Subsequent

Michigan will return to Ann Arbor when it hosts Purdue Fort Wayne at Crisler Heart on Sunday (Dec. 22). The sport can be broadcast stay on Huge Ten Plus. Tip is slated for 1 p.m.

Notes

• Michigan’s matchup with No. 14 Oklahoma within the Jumpman Invitational is the third ranked opponent in 11 video games. U-M defeated No. 22 Xavier (78-53) within the championship sport of the Fort Myers Tip-Off and had a street win at No. 11 Wisconsin (67-64).

• Michigan is now 0-3 on the Jumpman Invitational.

• Goldin set a brand new profession greatest with 26 factors, surpassing his 25-point efficiency at Wisconsin earlier this season. This was Goldin’s fifth straight sport with 15 factors or extra, and his third straight sport with 20-plus factors.

• Goldin has scored double figures in 5 straight video games and 6 of his final seven. He reached double figures within the first half, scoring 16 factors on 7-for-9 capturing and a pair of free throws.

• Goldin’s 26 factors and 10 rebounds mark his second double-double this season — the twelfth of his profession.

• Wolf recorded his 18th profession double-double and fifth on the season.

• Wolf snapped a two-game drought from lengthy vary with a three-pointer within the first half. He was 0-for-4 in opposition to Iowa (0-for-2) and Arkansas (0-for-2).

• Rubin Jones made his first three-pointer within the second half since Thanksgiving (Virginia Tech, Nov. 25). It was his fifth of the season.

Indiana was no match for Notre Dame.

The No. 7 Combating Irish cruised to a 27-17 win over the No. 10 Hoosiers within the inaugural sport of the 12-team Faculty Soccer Playoff on Friday night time. The sport was successfully over when Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love tied a faculty report and set a Faculty Soccer Playoff report when he ran 98 yards for a TD within the first quarter.

In fact, no one watching knew on the time that Love had ended the sport. However because it went on, it turned clearer that Love’s run was the nice instance of how the night time was going to go for Indiana.

Love’s TD gave Notre Dame a 7-0 lead and the Combating Irish led 17-3 at halftime. Indiana’s three factors got here when the Hoosiers determined to kick a area purpose with lower than 5 minutes to go within the second quarter after spending a timeout to make the choice. You can perceive why Indiana would have chosen to go for it; the distinction between 11 and 14 factors remains to be a two-possession sport. Had Indiana by some means reduce the result in seven, there might need been a believable path to a win.

As a substitute, Indiana kicked the sphere purpose. Notre Dame responded with a area purpose of its personal earlier than halftime.

Any likelihood of an Indiana upset disappeared within the third quarter. Notre Dame obtained the ball first and returned the kickoff previous midfield. The Hoosiers have been in a position to rapidly drive a punt, however went three-and-out as soon as they obtained the ball again.

Indiana appeared to have Notre Dame stopped on the Irish’s subsequent drive, however James Carpenter obtained flagged for hitting Notre Dame QB Riley Leonard as Leonard went out of bounds. The third-down penalty gave Notre Dame a free first down and the Irish prolonged their result in 17 factors and three possessions.

It was undoubtedly over from there. And if that wasn’t sufficient of a clue, Indiana’s resolution to punt the ball whereas trailing by 17 with lower than 11 minutes to go ought to have given many impartial observers sufficient of an incentive to vary the channel earlier than Indiana obtained two late touchdowns to make the ultimate scoreline respectable.

Notre Dame will get Georgia

The win provides the Combating Irish a matchup in opposition to No. 2 Georgia within the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. It’ll be the fifth Sugar Bowl look for Notre Dame and the college’s first since 2007, when Notre Dame misplaced 41-14 to an LSU staff led by JaMarcus Russell. In 1981, Georgia beat Notre Dame within the Sugar Bowl to (unofficially) declare a nationwide title.

This Notre Dame staff is able to beating Georgia on the primary day of 2025, particularly with the questions surrounding the Bulldogs at quarterback. Gunner Stockton appears to be like set to start out for the Bulldogs after Carson Beck’s elbow harm within the SEC title sport. Beck may miss the whole thing of the Faculty Soccer Playoff.

Nevertheless, Notre Dame will have to be higher on offense than it was on Saturday night time. Riley Leonard threw an interception on the Irish’s first drive and the run sport didn’t do a lot exterior of Love’s 98-yard run. Notre Dame was clearly the higher staff on Friday night time, however it could have been a a lot nearer sport if not for Love’s huge play.

The Irish may even have an harm concern on the defensive position. Rylie Moss limped off the sphere following a sack of Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke when his proper leg whipped right into a teammate within the second half.

Don’t name Indiana a fraud

Blowouts occur. Particularly within the Faculty Soccer Playoff. Indiana is much from the primary staff to not have an opportunity within the postseason. And the entire earlier blowouts got here in a four-team playoff.

But it surely’s truthful to have a look at Indiana’s season and think about it lucky. In actual fact, it’s completely acceptable and fairly correct.

After years of being in the identical Massive Ten division as Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State, the Hoosiers didn’t get the Nittany Lions on their schedule in 2024. In trade, they obtained Washington, the staff that misplaced to Michigan within the nationwide title sport practically a 12 months in the past.

Sure, each Michigan and Washington have been far worse than they have been in 2023 because of participant departures and training adjustments. However that’s not Indiana’s fault. The Hoosiers beat each of them in addition to everybody else on their common season schedule exterior of Ohio State. That sport didn’t go nicely. The Buckeyes gained, 38-15.

Ohio State overwhelmed Indiana’s offensive line in that sport and the mismatch was clear once more on Friday as Notre Dame was by far the higher staff in opposition to Indiana’s offensive line. The Hoosiers have been one of many highest-scoring groups within the nation, however it’s clear from its video games in opposition to Ohio State and Notre Dame that they occupied an area in school soccer above most groups however beneath the very best.

That’s OK. Not each staff that makes the 12-team playoff goes to be nice and there are myriad groups all through the historical past of school soccer who posted double-digit win seasons because of lucky schedules. And at 11-1 within the Massive Ten, Indiana greater than deserved an opportunity to play for the nationwide title. In contrast to a sure staff within the SEC, it didn’t have two regular-season losses to .500 groups.

ATLANTA, Ga. – President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Georgia soccer nice Herschel Walker to be the ambassador to the Bahamas.

“Herschel has spent many years serving as an envoy to our nation’s youth, our women and men within the army, and athletes at house and overseas,” Trump stated in a submit on Fact Social.

Walker, a Republican, tried to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock two years in the past with Trump’s endorsement. Walker benefited in the course of the marketing campaign from practically unmatched title recognition from his soccer profession on the College of Georgia and within the NFL. However he fell quick in his efforts, unable to beat a bevy of damaging allegations, together with claims that he paid for 2 former girlfriends’ abortions regardless of supporting a nationwide ban on the process.

He campaigned for Trump this yr in his house state of Georgia.

Walker was born in Augusta however raised elsewhere in Georgia.

To carry the ambassador place, Walker will want his nomination accredited subsequent yr by the Republican-led Senate.

Trump stated Walker, a “profitable businessman, philanthropist, former Heisman Trophy winner, and NFL nice,” has been a “tireless advocate for youth sports activities.”

“Throughout my first time period, he served as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports activities, Health, and Vitamin,” Trump stated. “Herschel has traveled to over 400 army installations all over the world, eradicating the stigma surrounding psychological well being.”

Walker lately graduated from the College of Georgia, the place he’s thought-about the best operating again within the state’s sports activities historical past.

“He represented the USA on the 1992 Winter Olympics as a member of the U.S. bobsled workforce. Congratulations Herschel! You’ll make Georgia, and our complete nation proud as a result of we all know you’ll at all times put America first,” Trump stated.

On the time of the election, Georgia’s Senate race drew nationwide consideration and was a battleground for management of the legislative chamber.

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The USA has seen some chilly climate lately, and a few areas have been downright freezing earlier than winter had even began. Now, the winter solstice, Saturday, Dec. twenty first, is upon us.

Will probably be each the shortest day and longest night time of 2024.

The solstice additionally marks the beginning of the Pagan vacation, Yuletide, in accordance with the Outdated Farmer’s Almanac. The vacation is believed to rejoice the solar’s return and the land’s rebirth as days start to get longer after the longest night time of the 12 months.

The solstice is well known by many as a time of rebirth and alter. Many cultures all through human historical past have noticed the shift in season as an essential image, and other people of various faiths proceed to acknowledge it in the present day.

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What’s the winter solstice?

The winter solstice ushers within the astronomical winter within the Northern Hemisphere. In the meantime, the Southern Hemisphere will greet summertime with the summer time solstice.

The additional lengthy night time and brief day happen due to the Earth’s tilt from the solar. Through the winter solstice, the lean brings the Earth to its farthest level from the solar, leading to much less daylight. The solstice itself solely lasts moments, in accordance with the Outdated Farmer’s Almanac, within the “actual second when a hemisphere is tilted as distant from the solar as attainable.”

What date does the solstice often fall on?

The date of the winter solstice can fall at any level between Dec. 20 and 23, relying on the 12 months, however the twenty first and twenty second are the most typical.

In 2023, the solstice fell on the identical date however a unique day, Thursday, Dec. twenty first.

Stonehenge and the Solstice

A number of areas world wide are significantly identified for celebrating the solstice, together with Newgrange in Eire. Solstices are sometimes related to pagan religions and draw revelers of various faiths.

One of the vital well-known solstice celebrations happens on the historic Stonehenge ruins in Wiltshire, England, the place many collect to herald the season.

Many theories exist as to the unique objective of Stonehenge, together with a burial website, astronomical observatory, spiritual or worship website, some form of gesture or image, or a spot of formality or therapeutic. Regardless, it has been the topic of many myths, tales, and folklore.

It was in the course of the twentieth century that Stonehenge turned a website of spiritual significance to individuals who subscribed to New Age beliefs, together with Neopaganism and Neo-Druids. When constructed, the stone circle was aligned with the solar, and to today, 1000’s of individuals collect to witness the second the solar peeks completely via its pillars.

There could be no Christmas tree with out Pagans

Lots of the practices we affiliate with Christmas in the present day got here from pagan celebrations of the solstice, equivalent to Christmas bushes and wreaths, which originated from the celebration of Yuletide. The solstice has been revered by human cultures all through historical past, and it’s honored as a illustration of recent beginnings as folks welcome within the subsequent season.

Pagans nonetheless come by the 1000’s to Stonehenge, the prehistoric ruins of a monument constructed from round 3100 to 1600 BC. It is likely one of the most well-known landmarks within the UK, however there’s little identified in regards to the civilization that constructed it or why, as these historic peoples left no written data behind.

Contributing: Maxwell Hauptman, USA TODAY

Two pilots had been killed when a small aircraft crashed into an deserted constructing close to Daniel Ok. Inouye Worldwide Airport in Honolulu on Tuesday afternoon, unleashing flames and black smoke. 

A Kamaka Air Cessna 208 was conducting a coaching flight when it crashed into the constructing round 3:15 p.m. native time Tuesday, Ed Sniffen, the director of Hawaii’s Division of Transportation, informed reporters. 

“It’s not a constitution flight; it was a coaching flight,” Sniffen mentioned. “Two souls had been on board. Each perished.”

The constructing, owned by the Transportation Division, was vacant.

Sniffen famous that the pilots, in response to witnesses, averted “fairly a little bit of constructions, together with our gasoline farm, to attenuate the impacts.”

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the reason for the crash. 

Audio transmissions from Kamaka Air 689 revealed the air site visitors management tower requested, “You’re turning proper, right?” And a pilot on board responded, “We’re uncontrolled right here,” NBC affiliate KHNL reported.

Witnesses reported seeing the small aircraft flying low, then listening to a loud growth, adopted by plumes of smoke.

“I used to be sitting at my desk, and unexpectedly, I noticed a small aircraft fly previous my workplace window, which is on the seventh ground. And I went, ‘Oh, he’s actually, actually low,’ and he began banking and going again in the direction of the airport, after which I heard a loud bang,” witness Nancy Timko informed KHNL. 

Firefighters had been in a position to comprise the fireplace to the outside a part of the constructing. Honolulu Hearth Chief Sheldon Hao mentioned the Cessna had hit an exterior stairwell space. He mentioned the particles discipline was not more than 50 toes. 

Kamaka Air mentioned in an announcement Tuesday: “It’s with heavy hearts that Kamaka Air confirms the lack of two members of the Kamaka Air household in an accident at 3:13 this afternoon.”

The corporate, which conducts air cargo flights and constitution companies, didn’t disclose the names of the pilots. 

Airport services had been operational after the crash, however Ualena and Aolele streets close to the wreckage had been closed.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Inexperienced mentioned in an announcement: “Jaime’s and my hearts exit to the pilot and passenger and their households in addition to to all who’ve skilled this traumatic occasion.”

“Our Division of Transportation workforce will present all crucial help to federal officers, whose job will probably be to research this incident and decide a trigger, which might not be recognized for a while,” he added.

Sniffen mentioned the constructing hit within the crash had been scheduled for demolishment earlier than the crash, and will probably be demolished quickly.