HOUSTON – LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns because the Tigers dealt with the Baylor Bears on Tuesday afternoon to seize the Kinder’s Texas Bowl, 44-31.

LSU finishes the season with an general report of 9-4. The Tigers will return to the sector to open the 2025 season on Aug. 30 at Clemson.

Sport Recap

The Tigers had been capable of transfer the ball with ease on the opening possession. After they wanted to maneuver the chains, it was the freshman tight finish who stepped up. On 4th-and-5 from the Baylor 35, Nussmeier discovered Trey’Dez Inexperienced for a 5-yard connection for a primary down. On Third-and-5 from the Baylor 10, Nussmeier discovered Inexperienced once more for a landing connection, giving LSU an early 7-0 lead with 8:31 to play within the first quarter.

With Baylor driving into LSU territory, quarterback Sawyer Robertson was intercepted by LSU freshman linebacker Davhon Keys who returned 40 yards for a landing. The Tigers led 14-0 on the 6:40 mark.

Keys grew to become simply the third LSU participant all-time with a pick-six in a bowl sport, becoming a member of Marcus Spears (20 yards) vs. Oklahoma, 1/4/04 in BCS Nationwide Championship (Nokia Sugar Bowl) and Quad Wilson (99 yards) vs. Purdue, 1/2/23 in Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.

The Bears responded with factors of their very own as Robertson discovered Josh Cameron with a 21-yard landing connection to chop the Tiger result in 14-7 with 14:54 to play within the second quarter.

It solely took LSU 5 performs into the following drive to reply as Nussmeier discovered Chris Hilton Jr. for a 40-yard landing. With the rating, the Tigers prolonged their result in 21-7 with 12:16 to play within the first half. Nussmeier completed the drive with 12-of-13 passing and 119 yards and a pair of touchdowns for the sport.

Hilton flashed once more by working previous his defender and reeling in a 43-yard reception, the place he was downed on the 1. On Third-and-1 from the Baylor 1, Nussmeier discovered Trey-Dez Inexperienced once more for a landing rating, extending the Tigers’ result in 28-7 with 8:46 to play within the first half.

The Tiger protection continued to flex their muscular tissues. On 4th-and-10 from the LSU 40, Robertson was sacked by Whit Weeks and Sai’vion Jones for a turnover on downs. It was 28-7 LSU with simply over six minutes left within the half.

Nonetheless, the Bears captured some momentum to finish the half. A 36-yard discipline purpose try from Damian Ramos was blocked by Baylor to maintain it at 28-7 on the 3:18 mark. And a landing rush from Dawson Pendergrass minimize the result in 28-14 with 1:41 within the half.

Zavion Thomas returned the Baylor kickoff 95 yards to increase the LSU lead again to 34-14 with 1:28 remaining within the half. LSU returned a kickoff for a landing in consecutive video games for its first time within the SEC period (since 1933). Moreover, LSU recorded a number of kickoff return scores in a season for the third time (1937, 1957, 2024). Aaron Anderson had a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD vs. Oklahoma on Nov. 30, 2024.

LSU was capable of power a turnover on downs to open the second half as Baylor’s go on 4th-and-6, which was initially dominated a landing, was known as incomplete. The Tigers took over on the 9-yard line.

The Tigers gave the ball again to the Bears, nevertheless, as Nussmeier discovered Aaron Anderson for a 33-yard acquire and fumble, which was recovered by Devyn Bobby on the Baylor 45. The Bears would flip it into factors with a 4-yard go from Robertson to Ashtyn Hawkins to make it 34-24 with 6:21 to play within the third quarter.

LSU would flip it over on back-to-back possessions. On Third-and-12 with 4:32 to play within the quarter, Nussmeier’s go meant for Anderson was intercepted by Garmon Randolph and returned 17 yards to the LSU 26. Nonetheless, on 4th-and-1 from the LSU 17, an errant snap compelled a lack of 36 and a turnover on downs, giving the ball proper again to the Tigers.

LSU prolonged its lead once more with a 4-yard rush from Josh Williams. The Tigers led 41-24 with 14:56 to play within the contest.

A 43-yard discipline purpose from Damian Ramos would make it 44-24 with 9:46 to play within the sport.

Pendergrass punched in a 3-yard rush for Baylor on the 6:20 mark to make it 44-31.

Trent Cull is again within the NHL.

The Georgetown coach is becoming a member of the Calgary Flames as an assistant coach. The workforce introduced final weekend that the 51-year-old can be becoming a member of the workforce on an interim foundation.

“For me it’s nice to get right here, it’s good altering gears and having new challenges and it’s nice being round new guys and a recent really feel,” Cull mentioned on the Flames’ web site. “It’s been pleasing, nevertheless it’s time to go to work.”

Cull was in his second season as the top coach of the Flames’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers. The Wranglers had been atop the AHL standings with a document of 21-9-1.

Over his two seasons with the Wranglers, Cull has put collectively a 56-37-10 document. If Cull returns to the Wranglers earlier than February, he’ll coach within the AHL all-star sport for the second 12 months in a row. However little question, he wouldn’t be upset to overlook the sport if it means he’s nonetheless on an NHL bench.

Cull’s first sport with the Flames was Dec. 31 towards the Vancouver Canucks. Cull obtained his first NHL expertise as an assistant coach with Vancouver in 2022 after 5 seasons as the top coach of their AHL groups in Utica and Abbotsford. He was let associate with head coach Bruce Boudreau in January 2023.

Cull is 217-153-42 over seven seasons as an AHL head coach.

The 2024–25 season was anticipated to be one the place the Calgary Flames’ successes have been measured upon participant improvement, crew tradition, and NHL draft lottery odds. In different phrases, it appeared the rebuild was lastly right here.

Regardless of the expectations the crew began scorching and playoff hopes have been actual dialogue. Since then the crew has had been up and down, making no floor within the standings but in addition not dropping a lot.

That is particularly essential as a result of the Flames personal first spherical decide received’t be traded to Montreal if it’s a lottery decide. The Flames at the moment maintain three 2025 first-round picks:

• Their very own decide, which might be 18th total if the season ended at this time
• The Florida Panthers decide, which might be twenty third total if the season ended at this time
• The New Jersey Devils decide, which might be twenty eighth total if the season ended at this time, however will defer to 2026 if the Devils end bottom-10.

As a part of the situations within the Sean Monahan commerce with the Montreal Canadiens, the higher of Florida or Calgary’s picks will probably be transferred to the Canadians if the Flames end exterior the underside 10. At the moment the Canadiens would obtain the 18th total decide.

Present NHL standings

The Flames started the hardest stretch of their schedule after the vacation break and to date they’re 2–2–0. It’s been .500 hockey in Calgary for many of the season and the pattern doesn’t appear to be bettering. The Devils have wavered a bit because the break, going 1–3–0, however are nonetheless a great distance from lottery territory. With the Devils rising as a contender, it appears assured they’ll end exterior the underside ten and the Flames will obtain their 2025 decide.

The Panthers have stayed neck-and-neck with the Flames for many of the season, at the moment in tenth total, separated by 5 factors.

If the season ended this fashion, the Flames would give Montreal their very own decide and retain Florida’s, choosing 5 spots decrease. As a substitute of getting their very own decide at 18th total they might have Florida’s twenty third total decide.

Course wanted

The Flames are approaching territory they know all too nicely, being simply exterior the playoffs forward of the commerce deadline. Though administration and seemingly plans have modified, being a middling crew is the worst-case state of affairs. The crew doesn’t look like any kind of playoff competitor nor ought to they attempt to be one come the commerce deadline.

The Flames are one level out of the ultimate wild card spot within the west and 6 factors out of a lottery spot. Nonetheless, the standings are tight and the Flames schedule is gruelling main as much as the 4 Nations Face-Off. Wins or losses are wanted straight away.

The subsequent stretch of play main into the 4 Nations break will begin to separate the standings. With most groups approaching their forty first sport of the season, the scales will start to tip. Hopefully, they tip a route in Calgary—all this steadiness is changing into insufferable.

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Diplo is on a excessive for New 12 months’s Eve!

The DJ, 46, revealed whereas being interviewed on New 12 months’s Eve Reside with Andy Cohen & Anderson Cooper on Tuesday, Dec. 31, that he was presently tripping on LSD to shocked co-hosts Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper.

In a video posted by Pop Crave on X (previously Twitter), Cohen, 56, requested Diplo as he appeared on the particular by video transmission, “What’s essentially the most standard place that you simply’ve achieved LSD?” Diplo responded, “Proper now.”

“Proper now?” Cohen exclaimed as Cooper, 57, burst out laughing.

“Yeah, I did some on the helicopter, on the way in which right here,” replied Diplo as Cooper keeled over in additional matches of giggles. “I’m not even mendacity,” he added. 

“Oh my God, maintain on … please inform me — You’re tripping proper now?” Cohen stated. 

“Yeah, but it surely’s like a light-weight journey,” Diplo shared. He defined that he was “microdosing” and that he may have “macrodosed” earlier within the day, per The Hollywood Reporter.

PEOPLE has reached out to Diplo for remark.

Cooper praised the music producer following the interview, saying per the outlet, “I want I used to be Diplo. I bought to say. I simply assume he has a enjoyable, cool way of life. Are you able to think about his way of life? ‘I’m Diplo. I do issues.’ ”

The presenter shared that he hadn’t been following Diplo on Instagram earlier than the interview — however he’ll now. “I’m completely going to begin,” Cooper stated, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I imply … I really feel unhealthy about my very own boring life in comparison with Diplo’s. He’s bought helicopters and he’s like doing issues.” 

The co-host added that Diplo “did like 4 photographs whereas we have been speaking,” saying in admiration, “And he’s going to play. How does he work? How does anyone do something? I’ve had 4 photographs. I simply need to fall asleep.”

Diplo’s look on CNN’s NYE particular comes as he additionally carried out three reveals in Los Angeles on New 12 months’s Eve. The DJ posted a number of movies on his Instagram Tales of his reveals at Avalon Hollywood through which he appeared unfazed by his partakings from earlier within the day.

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Diplo’s LSD confession comes after he spoke about discovering his exercise on TikTok “cringey” in an interview with The Wall Road Journal‘s Katherine Finnerty at Journal Home at Cannes Lions printed on June 19.

“For me as a musician… I am additionally a DJ/producer — I wasn’t a model. Whenever you watch Doja Cat or Lil Nas X on their TikTok, they’re simply geniuses with it. They know how you can work that medium so effectively,” he stated. “I am 45. After I make a TikTok I at all times assume it is fairly cringey what I am doing … Generally I make issues which can be humorous but it surely’s actually a youngster’s format.”

Canada’s 100 highest-paid CEOs earned $13.2 million on common in 2023 from salaries, bonuses and different compensation, in accordance with the Canadian Centre for Coverage Options.

It was the third greatest yr for CEO pay for the reason that CCPA started monitoring the information in 2007, however a decline after 2021 and 2022 broke information.

“It is nonetheless nicely up from the place it has stood traditionally,” stated David Macdonald, report writer and senior economist on the CCPA.

Elements resulting in the decline included decrease earnings in 2023 and employees making wage positive factors after the latest bout of inflation, he stated.

The CCPA calculates that by 10:54 a.m. on Jan. 2, the typical CEO on the checklist had made $62,661 — the typical annual revenue for a Canadian employee.

The hole between CEOs and common employees has grown considerably, the report discovered. The 100 top-paid CEOs earned on common 210 instances greater than the typical employee did in 2023, whereas in 1998, they earned 104 instances extra.

The best-paid Canadian CEO in 2023 was Patrick Dovigi of GFL Environmental Inc., whose complete compensation was $68.5 million.

He was adopted by Joshua Kobza of Restaurant Manufacturers Worldwide Inc. at $39.1 million, then R.M. Kruger of Suncor Vitality Inc. at $36.8 million.

Salaries have been usually not the principle supply of CEOs’ complete compensation, with most of it coming as an alternative from different types of compensation like share-based awards and option-based awards.

“Salaries make up an ever smaller proportion of their total compensation,” stated Macdonald, including that typically an government will even take a wage of only a greenback — together with Tobi Lutke of Shopify and Murray Edwards of Canadian Pure Assets Ltd., each on 2023’s checklist.

The typical money bonus for these CEOs was $2.3 million in 2023, the CCPA stated, including that although in principle bonuses are supposed to be tied to the corporate’s efficiency, in actuality bonuses are inclined to rise no matter whether or not the corporate is having yr.

The three predominant sorts of non-salary compensation are direct share awards — the place an individual is paid in shares as an alternative of {dollars} — money bonuses, and inventory choices, stated Macdonald.

Many of the CEOs on the checklist are males, with simply three girls making the checklist — outnumbered by each CEOs named Scott (5) and Michael (4).

However the report is not all unhealthy information, famous Macdonald — for instance, employees’ pay went up considerably in 2023 because it caught as much as inflation, he stated. As nicely, these three girls on the checklist made on common greater than the Scotts and Michaels.

For the reason that CCPA has been monitoring CEO pay, it is also been monitoring coverage modifications that would assist slim the hole between executives and common employees.

One such change occurred in 2024, when the inclusion charge for taxing capital positive factors was elevated to greater than 66 per cent (in contrast with 100 per cent for employment revenue) for positive factors above $250,000 for people, although this in fact did not have an effect on CEOs in 2023.

Nonetheless, capital positive factors do not apply till shares are literally bought, famous Macdonald, that means the tax income from the change is potential — some individuals would possibly maintain on to these shares within the hopes the coverage will change sooner or later.

One other such change occurred in 2021, when the federal authorities capped the inventory choice tax deduction at $200,000 a yr.

“We’re seeing the affect on CEO pay” from that change, stated Macdonald. “Inventory choices as a method of being paid have been reduce in half for CEOs since 2021.”

As a substitute, there is a “fairly decisive shift” towards direct share awards, he stated.

“It was once that the inventory choices … have been, from a tax perspective, a greater method to be paid.”

This yr’s report additionally investigated the concept corporations want to supply excessive compensation to draw prime CEOs.

“In the true world, it is a way more mundane clarification,” stated Macdonald.

He stated in truth, greater than three-quarters of the CEOs on the checklist received the job from inside the firm, working at their corporations for a median of 21 years.

This “actually reveals the chapter of this concept that these insane pay ranges are about competitors,” stated Macdonald.

The report recommends a “wealth tax” on Canadians price greater than $10 million, which it says may increase $32 billion a yr. This can be a far more direct strategy than addressing inventory choices or capital positive factors, stated Macdonald.

The report additionally recommends increased prime marginal tax brackets.

“Traditionally talking, Canada’s marginal tax charge for the richest is low,” the report stated, with the highest brackets inside the 70 per cent vary within the postwar years, in contrast with roughly 50 per cent now.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 2, 2025.

Diplo admitted to being on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) whereas on stay TV.

On CNN‘s New 12 months’s Eve Reside With Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper, the present’s co-hosts had the DJ on as one in every of their friends. Throughout their dialog, Andy Cohen requested Diplo, “What’s probably the most typical place that you simply’ve performed LSD?,” to which Diplo stated with amusing, “Proper now. I did some on the helicopter, on the best way right here.”

Although Diplo was laughing, he added, “I’m not even mendacity.”

Anderson Cooper immediately broke down laughing (a typical New 12 months’s Eve for the CNN anchor) whereas Cohen, who was in shock, continued to ask Diplo: “You’re tripping proper now?”

And Diplo replied: “Yeah, but it surely’s like a lightweight journey.” He famous how he was “microdosing” but additionally may have “macrodosed” prior throughout the day.

After the interview, Cooper shared this admiration for the DJ: “I want I used to be Diplo. I acquired to say. I simply suppose he has a enjoyable, cool way of life. Are you able to think about his way of life? ‘I’m Diplo. I do issues.’”

Cohen then requested Cooper if he adopted Diplo on Instagram, and though he doesn’t, Cooper insisted he now will.

“I’m completely going to start out. I imply…I really feel dangerous about my very own boring life in comparison with Diplo’s,” he stated. “He’s acquired helicopters and he’s like doing issues. He did like 4 pictures whereas we have been speaking.”

He continued, “And he’s going to play. How does he work? How does anyone do something? I’ve had 4 pictures. I simply need to fall asleep.”

Diplo gave a New 12 months’s Eve efficiency at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Taylor Corridor and Tyler Bertuzzi scored, however the Blackhawks (12-24-2) gave up two power-play objectives within the first 8:10 of the sport and Petr Mrazek allowed six objectives on 28 pictures. Chicago misplaced its fifth straight and fell to 0-5-0 in Winter Basic video games, together with 0-2-0 at Wrigley Subject.

“Chicago is aware of the right way to rejoice sports activities and our followers didn’t disappoint at the moment, and I feel that’s what makes it so [darn] troublesome proper now,” Chicago captain Nick Foligno stated. “It’s simply embarrassing to lose 6-2 in an setting like that at house. Our followers deserve higher. It’s on this room to determine it out as a result of that’s three video games in a row the place it’s not ok. I don’t know. I actually want I had a solution for you. On this stage, with the thrill we had earlier than the sport, I assumed this was going to be a turning level for our membership and clearly it wasn’t.”

The temperature for puck drop at 4:26 p.m. native time was 38 levels. The attendance was 40,933, the NHL’s second sellout at Wrigley, which additionally hosted the 2009 Winter Basic between the Blackhawks and Detroit Crimson Wings. Detroit defeated Chicago 6-4 in entrance of 40,818.

The Smashing Pumpkins bought the gang began by enjoying their hit “Tonight, Tonight” because the gamers emerged out of their respective dugouts and made the stroll to the ice.

Blackhawks anthem singer Jim Cornelison delivered a stirring rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” with the house followers cheering alongside, getting louder and louder as Cornelison pointed to the flag, simply as they do at United Heart.

After the fireworks and flyover, the sport began, and in 100 seconds the Blues have been on the board.

Fowler, the primary participant to skate open air in his 1,000th recreation, gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead with a power-play objective at 1:40 of the primary interval. He minimize down from the purpose, acquired a Pavel Buchnevich cross from the objective line and scored from between the hash marks.

Jordan Kyrou made it 2-0 at 8:10, scoring a power-play objective from beneath the left face-off circle off a cross from Jake Neighbours, who was beneath the suitable circle.

Kyrou additionally had an NHL outdoor-game file 4 factors (two objectives, two assists) within the Blues’ 6-4 win towards the Minnesota Wild within the 2022 Winter Basic at Goal Subject in Minneapolis.

“Our first 10 minutes was glorious,” Montgomery stated.

Matty Beniers scored for the third sport in a row for the Kraken (17-19-3), who had received their earlier two video games, together with a 5-4 comeback additional time win on the Canucks on Saturday. Philipp Grubauer made 19 saves.

“I believed we possessed it properly [in overtime],” Beniers stated. “We obtained some beauty, and [Lankinen] made some huge saves.”

Seattle rallied from down two targets within the third interval after getting back from down three targets towards Vancouver on Saturday.

“We needed to come again once more within the third interval, and it actually began with the chance on the facility play with 12 minutes left,” Seattle coach Dan Bylsma stated. “We obtained an enormous aim from Matty, and we had been full courtroom after that aim.”

Beniers lower it to 3-2 with a power-play aim at 9:05 of the third, one-timing a Shane Wright go within the slot over Lankinen’s shoulder.

“We got here again within the third robust and had been capable of tie it up,” Beniers stated. “It was an excellent pushback, but when we will put ourselves in higher conditions going into the third, I believe we’re going to have extra success.”

Dunn, who scored in additional time to cap the comeback on Saturday, then tied it with Grubauer pulled for an additional attacker.

“It was a gutsy effort,” Tocchet stated. “Clearly, you’re dissatisfied they tied it up, however the guys caught collectively, and we obtained the 2 factors.”