The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are coming off a 48-14 win Sunday in opposition to the Carolina Panthers. Now at 9-7 and in sole possession of the NFC South after Atlanta’s loss to Washington, the Bucs will look to the New Orleans Saints subsequent week. However are the oddsmakers giving any desire to the Buccaneers this week?
Per FanDuel, they’re. Tampa Bay is a 13.5-point favourite at residence for the ultimate week of the common season.
New Orleans is coming off a nasty loss to the Las Vegas Raiders and can look to redeem themselves in Tampa by enjoying the position of spoiler. For the Bucs, they hope to construct off a convincing Week 17 victory by including one other win to shut out the season. And one other win may imply a visit to the playoffs by successful the division.
The sport between the Bucs and Saints is scheduled for subsequent Sunday with kickoff set for 1:00 PM ET.
CINCINNATI — The Broncos are set to put on their Summit White jerseys for a Week 17 matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Denver will pair the white jerseys with white pants and Midnight Navy socks, and the Broncos will put on their navy metallic satin helmets.
It will mark the primary time this season that the Broncos will put on this uniform mixture. Denver beforehand paired its white jerseys with white pants for 3 different contests, however the Broncos wore white socks for these matchups. Denver is 2-1 when carrying all white, and the workforce was additionally 2-0 in preseason competitors when carrying all white.
Denver beforehand introduced its uniform schedule, and the Broncos will shut out the common season of their 1977-inspired throwback uniforms at house in Week 18.
Denver is ready to kick off in Cincinnati at 2:30 p.m. MT.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will head right into a Week 18 matchup at residence towards the New Orleans Saints with management over their very own destiny of their quest to safe a fourth straight NFC South division title.
The Buccaneers moved into first place within the division with their dominant 48-14 win over the Carolina Panthers adopted by the Atlanta Falcons’ 30-24 additional time loss at Washington on Sunday night time. The 9-7 Buccaneers have a one-game lead over the 8-8 Falcons with one week to play, and want to keep up that edge as a result of Atlanta has the tiebreaker because of a head-to-head season sweep.
The Buccaneers will play host to the Saints on Sunday, January 5 at Raymond James Stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET on FOX. The Falcons will play on the similar time at residence towards the Panthers, with the sport broadcast by CBS.
Within the late-season division title quest, the Buccaneers struck the primary blow in Week 17 with a 551-yard offensive efficiency towards Carolina during which the the group scored on seven of its 9 possessions. Baker Mayfield threw for 359 yards and 5 touchdowns and each Mike Evans and Jalen McMillan discovered the top zone twice. Rookie operating again Bucky Irving eclipsed the 1,000-yard dashing mark on a day on which he racked up a season-best 190 yards from scrimmage. The Buccaneers’ protection sacked Panthers quarterback Bryce Younger 5 occasions and held the guests to 204 whole yards.
Atlanta’s Sunday night time efficiency in Washington was a thriller, with rookie quarterback Michael Penix throwing a 13-yard landing go to tight finish Michael Penix on fourth-and-goal to tie the sport with a minute left in regulation. Luckily for the Buccaneers, the Commanders received the additional time coin flip and took the opening possession 70 yards for a game-winning landing, ending in Jayden Daniels’ two-yard scoring go to Zach Ertz.
The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Mike Brown lower than midway via his third season with the workforce mired in a five-game dropping streak.
Common supervisor Monte McNair referred to as the transfer Friday a “troublesome resolution” and thanked Brown for his work. Assistant Doug Christie will take over as interim coach, along with his first recreation coming Saturday evening on the Los Angeles Lakers.
Brown was the unanimous selection for NBA Coach of the 12 months in his first season in 2022-23, when he helped Sacramento finish the longest playoff drought in NBA historical past at 16 seasons.
However Sacramento misplaced within the play-in event final yr and was off to a 13-18 begin this season, resulting in the transfer to fireplace Brown about six months after he agreed to a contract extension via the 2026-27 season.
The Kings have misplaced an NBA-worst 9 video games this season after main within the fourth quarter with the worst one coming in Brown’s remaining recreation as coach Thursday evening towards Detroit.
Sacramento led by 10 factors with lower than three minutes to play solely to break down down the stretch. Jaden Ivey transformed a four-point play with 3 seconds left when he made a 3-pointer in the appropriate nook and was fouled by De’Aaron Fox. That gave the Pistons a 114-113 win, leaving the Kings in twelfth place within the Western Convention.
The Kings got here into the season with hopes of ending within the high six within the West and avoiding the play-in event after buying DeMar DeRozan in a sign-and-trade deal over the summer season so as to add to a core that featured Fox, Domanta Sabonis and Keegan Murray.
Fox, who’s within the second-to-last yr of his five-year, $163 million contract, declined to signal an extension within the offseason. He mentioned on a podcast with Draymond Inexperienced earlier this month that he wished to be on a workforce that would “compete at a excessive stage.”
Sacramento has been removed from that this season, thanks largely to an NBA-worst 3-11 report in video games determined by 5 factors or fewer. Brown publicly criticized Fox for his function within the game-winning play Thursday evening, saying he ought to have been nearer to Ivey as a substitute of committing a foul on an in depth out.
“Try to be hugged as much as your man on the 3-point line,” Brown mentioned. “Everyone ought to, and why there was a closeout by Fox, I’m unsure. I acquired to return and watch the tape. However for certain 100% we informed our guys, can’t surrender a 3, can’t surrender a 3, can’t surrender a 3, keep on the excessive aspect, keep on the excessive aspect.”
Brown has a 107-88 report in two-plus seasons in Sacramento with a successful report in each of his full seasons. Rick Adelman is the one different coach to publish a successful report in a full season for the reason that Kings moved to Sacramento
Brown beforehand had two stints as coach in Cleveland and spent one-plus season as Lakers coach. He has a 455-304 report and has made the playoffs in seven of his 9 full seasons. He received Coach of the 12 months twice, additionally getting the award in Cleveland in 2008-09.
Christie would be the workforce’s eighth coach since proprietor Vivek Ranadive took over earlier than the 2013-14 season. The Kings have the fourth-worst report within the NBA and the fewest playoff berths with only one throughout Ranadive’s possession.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The Alaska Jewish Campus is celebrating the competition of lights with an “excessive trampoline present” on Sunday that will likely be a part of an occasion additionally that includes meals, arts and crafts, inflatables, music, and extra.
This yr’s “Cirque Du Chanukah” will even embody totally different exercise stations and the lighting of an ice menorah.
“Over a thousand individuals are attending, only one massive occasion, an enormous occasion, the most important Jewish occasion in Alaska of the yr,” Rabbi Yosef Greenberg of the Lubavitch Jewish Middle of Alaska mentioned. “And everyone seems to be welcome to come back, as a result of Hanukkah has such an essential message of freedom of faith, freedom of worship and respect to all range.
“And a very powerful message I’d say is the victory of sunshine,” Greenberg mentioned, “and lightweight over darkness.”
Doorways open at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion runs from 5 p.m. to eight p.m. on the Egan Middle, positioned at 555 W. fifth Avenue in Anchorage.
Tickets are $20 for adults and $13 for teenagers on the door, or you should purchase prematurely for $17 for adults and $10 for kids.
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The Sacramento Kings fired head coach Mike Brown after a 13-18 begin to the season on Friday.
Former Raptors taking pictures guard and present Kings assistant coach Doug Christie will take over within the interim.
“This was a troublesome determination, and I wish to thank Mike for his many contributions to the group,” Kings common supervisor Monte McNair stated in a press release.
Brown gained the Coach of the 12 months award simply two seasons in the past as he led the Kings to their first playoff berth after a 17-year drought. His first couple seasons even earned the 54-year-old a three-year, $30-million extension that might’ve stored him in Sacramento by means of the 2026-27 marketing campaign.
Other than Rick Adelman, Brown was the one different Kings coach to steer the staff to a successful document in any season because the franchise moved to Sacramento in 1985. Brown has a 107-88 document in two-plus seasons in Sacramento with a successful document in each of his full seasons.
Sadly for the veteran coach, the attract of his early success has rapidly worn off. The Kings missed out on the playoffs final yr, getting bounced within the second spherical of the play-in because the ninth seed, and are on tempo for simply 34 wins this season, which might’ve been the bottom since Brown took over.
A middling document, lack of id and season-worst five-game skid seemed to be sufficient for the entrance workplace to pursue a change in course.
When the Brown-led Kings had been at their peak two years in the past, Sacramento was the league’s prime offence. But, by means of 31 video games in 2024-25 the Kings rank eleventh in factors per recreation and ninth in offensive ranking and stay a middle-of-the-pack defensive bunch.
Issues acquired particularly bleak this week because the Kings allowed 70 factors within the second half of a 122-95 loss to the Indiana Pacers, and adopted it up by blowing a 19-point result in the Detroit Pistons on Thursday.
Sacramento led by 10 factors with lower than three minutes to play solely to break down down the stretch. Jaden Ivey transformed a four-point play with three seconds left when he made a three-pointer in the proper nook and was fouled by De’Aaron Fox. That gave the Pistons a 114-113 win, leaving the Kings in twelfth place within the Western Convention.
The Kings have misplaced an NBA-worst 9 video games this season after main within the fourth quarter with the worst one coming in Brown’s ultimate recreation as coach Thursday evening in opposition to Detroit.
Not what most anticipated out of a staff constructed round an All-Star pairing of Fox and Domantas Sabonis — and a squad that additionally added a six-time All-Star in DeMar DeRozan by means of free company in the summertime.
Extra change may very well be on the best way in Sacramento as effectively. Fox’s time with the franchise that drafted him fifth total in 2017 may very well be nearing an finish because the 27-year-old opted to not signal an extension coming into the yr and is 2 seasons away from unrestricted free company.
Rumours have already begun swirling, linking the All-Star guard to groups just like the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets ought to he be dealt.
Non secular narratives are redolent with tales of management, leaders, inspiring moments, and, in fact, religion. But, regardless of my very own private observance and selection of apply, I’ve at all times discovered essential and motivating classes throughout the spectrum of beliefs and within the tales of all.
Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Native American: I’ve listened to and studied the chronicles, origin tales, and lesson fables of all, and located solace, hope, motivation, and generally only a good previous heat smile.
On a snowy mountain prime with a member of the Sioux Nation, every of us chanting our personal liturgy however in wonderful concord; within the Grand Mosque in Dubai, listening to the decision to prayer; within the Vatican with the pope, discussing the results of social media; in a church in Harlem, misplaced within the rhythm of the second; or in a temple in Bangkok, letting my thoughts go to the silent sound of my private mantra.
Every event was particular, and made extra so by my associates and guides who have been with me and the ideas they shared earlier than and after. Every expertise added to my understanding of the world. My tolerance. And sure, humility, as I noticed simply how a lot connects us and the way little really separates.
Humility is a key management trait, as I’ve written about many occasions, and conceitedness is the nice separator between actual leaders and mere energy trippers. The “l” that begins the phrase chief says all of it.
L – Study: Leaders are at all times studying. They’re at all times open to all. Their humility is rooted in realizing that they don’t know all of it, they don’t have all of the solutions, nor do they assume they ever will, however they are going to set the tone for all of us, encourage us, and consider the long run and what is perhaps vital, even when they aren’t certain. Studying is about hope; it says there’s extra to return.
All of which leads me to Hanukkah, the Jewish vacation we’re celebrating this week, and a narrative my late father, a rabbi, liked to inform.
Hanukkah is a vacation of lights. Each evening over a complete of eight, we mild candles in an ascending crescendo, starting with one, that culminates with a full eight on the final evening.
The military of Judah the Maccabee. (credit score: Wikimedia Commons)
The celebration is in commemoration of the victory of a ragtag indigenous militia over the Seleucid Greek military who have been spiritual oppressors – limiting, limiting, and making an attempt to get rid of a lot, if not all, of the Jewish custom.
However there’s a facet story that’s linked to the lights themselves. When the Jews got here again into their holy Temple and cleared out the idols and different symbols of Greek rule and faith, they’d no oil to relight the huge candelabra as the entire oil had been defiled.
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That’s, no oil till they discovered a small hidden flask that gave the impression to be sufficient possibly for a day, actually not sufficient to final till the messengers they despatched out might deliver again sufficient of a provide.
But, what might they do? They lit the Menorah, and miracle of miracles, it lasted eight days and nights… You get the remainder.
A brand new perspective
It’s an amazing story. Miracles are at all times enjoyable. However my father checked out it another way.
You see, there are numerous heroes on this story – generals, troopers, excessive monks, and others – however in his view, the actual hero is at all times ignored.
We do not know who it was, however somebody had foresight, imaginative and prescient, and management knowledge to know that at some point the Temple could be reconsecrated. So, because the idols went up and the Jewish presence was erased, that individual, whom we by no means meet or hear about, hid a flask of oil for a greater future.
And right this moment, we dispel the darkness of hatred and repression with mild… not by brandishing weapons.
So, there you might have it, my vacation share.
One closing thought. A verse from the attractive and universally significant vacation music written by my pricey buddy Peter Yarrow and sung by the legendary Peter, Paul and Mary:
Mild one candle for the power that we needTo by no means turn out to be our personal foe;Mild one candle for individuals who are suff’ringA ache they realized so way back;Mild one candle for all we imagine in,That anger not tear us aside;And light-weight one candle to bind us togetherWith peace because the music in our coronary heart!My vacation want: Let anger not tear us aside…Be a frontrunner.
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The world’s prime chess participant stop a serious event in New York Metropolis after officers informed him he could not put on denims to compete.
Magnus Carlsen, 34, was competing within the Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE)’s World Blitz Chess Championship and the World Speedy Chess Championship. Throughout these occasions, chess gamers compete beneath particular time guidelines. Carlsen received each tournaments in each 2022 and 2023. He has received the Blitz Chess Championship seven occasions and the Speedy Chess Championship 5 occasions up to now 10 years.
The 2024 occasions started on Thursday. Carlsen arrived at Friday’s occasions in denims, which officers stated is “explicitly prohibited” beneath the federation’s laws for the occasion. Carlsen stated he was coming from a lunch assembly and had performed a number of rounds earlier than officers informed him he needed to change, in line with CBS Information associate BBC Information.
Carlsen was informed he could be fined $200, and was requested to vary his garments, the federation stated. Carlsen declined to take action however provided to vary for the subsequent day. When that provide was refused, Carlsen stated it “turned a little bit of a matter of precept,” in line with the BBC.
Carlsen was not permitted to play within the event’s ninth spherical, disqualifying him from additional participation. Carlsen stated he wouldn’t attraction the choice, in line with the BBC. He later shared a photograph of himself in denims, a blazer and blue shirt on social media, captioning it “OOTD,” an acronym for “outfit of the day.”
The federation stated in an announcement shared on social media that gown code guidelines are made clear to contributors, are communicated forward of every occasion, and are “designed to make sure professionalism and equity for all contributors.” The occasions had been additionally inside a “brief strolling distance” from the gamers’ lodging, the federation stated, “making adherence to the principles extra handy.
Earlier within the day, one other participant, Ian Nepomniachtchi, was fined for breaching the gown code by sporting sports activities sneakers, the federation stated. Nepomniachtchi modified his sneakers and was allowed to proceed taking part in within the event, officers stated.
The event will conclude on Saturday.
This isn’t the primary time Carlsen, who turned a chess grandmaster at 13, has drawn controversy. He accused American participant Hans Niemann of dishonest after Niemann beat him in a event. Per week later, the 2 had been paired in a web-based chess recreation, which Carlsen stop after only one transfer. Niemann, who had beforehand admitted to dishonest in on-line video games, denied Carlsen’s allegations. Carlsen stated he believed the American participant had cheated greater than he had admitted. The pair settled a $100 million lawsuit in August 2023.
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The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention reported double the instances of norovirus in comparison with earlier years in early December after outbreaks have been reported throughout the nation.
Through the week of Dec. 5, the CDC reported 91 instances of norovirus, extra generally generally known as the abdomen flu, which is over double the very best quantity recorded between 2021 and 2024.
The report comes after a Minnesota Division of Well being press launch stating Minnesota noticed double the common quantity instances of abdomen flu in December.
As instances improve, this is what to find out about norovirus.
What’s norovirus?
Norovirus is extra generally generally known as the abdomen flu, and is the main reason for vomiting and diarrhea from irritation of the abdomen and intestines, or gastroenteritis, in keeping with the CDC.
The virus can also be the primary reason for foodborne sickness within the U.S. and causes 58% of the diseases acquired.
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Norovirus not too long ago discovered on cruise ships, at meals occasions
Over 80 individuals at an occasion in Los Angeles had been additionally reported to have been made sick this month after consuming oysters on the Los Angeles Occasions 101 Greatest Eating places occasion, USA TODAY beforehand reported.
Oysters from British Columbia, Canada had been additionally recalled after the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration issued a number of advisories warning people who the shellfish could possibly be contaminated with the virus.
Outbreaks of norovirus have additionally been discovered on a number of cruise ships this month.
Final week, 83 friends and a dozen crew members on a Holland American Line cruise reported being sick on a voyage that departed Fort Lauderdale Dec. 8 and ended Dec. 20. Their principal signs had been vomiting and diarrhea.
The outbreak adopted a separate norovirus outbreaks on Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess in a voyage that ended Dec. 18 and a cruise on Holland America’s Zuiderdam that ended Dec. 14.
Seniors and kids most affected by norovirus
Whereas anybody can contract the virus, it impacts sure age teams extra severely than others.
People who find themselves extra more likely to go to an outpatient or emergency division division are kids 5 years and youthful or seniors over the age of 85, in keeping with the CDC.
The virus is is chargeable for nearly 1,000,000 pediatric medical care visits, in keeping with the CDC.
What are the signs of norovirus sickness?
The next are signs of norovirus an infection, in keeping with the Minnesota Division of Well being and the Cleveland Clinic:
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Abdomen cramping
Urinating much less or having dark-colored pee
Dry mouth
Feeling weak
Dizziness
Much less frequent signs are:
Low-grade fever or chills
Headache
Muscle aches
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An individual who’s sick and has been contaminated with the virus will usually expertise the signs abruptly.
“The contaminated individual could really feel very sick and vomit usually, generally with out warning, many occasions a day,” in keeping with the division.
Kids with the virus could also be fussy, sleepy all through the day and cry with out tears.
When do norovirus signs seem?
Folks will start to indicate signs between one to 2 days after they have been uncovered to the virus, in keeping with the the Minnesota Division of Well being. However, generally, signs could seem 12 hours after ingesting it.
The sickness will normally final between one to 2 days.
Whereas an individual contaminated with the virus could expertise disagreeable signs, others could also be symptomatic and present no signs in any respect. Nonetheless, they will nonetheless be contagious and move the virus to others.
How does norovirus unfold?
The next are methods an individual can contract the extremely contagious virus, in keeping with the Cleveland Clinic:
Consuming meals or drinks contaminated with the virus
Being in shut contact with an contaminated individual
Touching their mouth or nostril after touching contaminated surfaces
Persons are extra more likely to unfold the virus to individuals with whom they share meals or utensils, or individuals with whom they’ve shut contact or are caring for.
Whereas the virus will be contracted at any time of the yr, it’s mostly unfold from November to April, in keeping with the CDC. Through the years when a brand new pressure of the virus, there are 50% extra instances of the sickness.
What to do you probably have norovirus
Whereas it could be tough, individuals contaminated with the virus ought to nonetheless eat and drink all through the day, in keeping with the Cleveland Clinic.
The CDC advises these sick with the virus to remain hydrated and drink fluids usually. Sports activities drinks, like Gatorade or Physique Armor, may also help with rehydration, however could not replenish vitamins and minerals the best way oral rehydration fluids, like Pedialyte, can.
Don’t take any antibiotics, as they will not deal with the virus, in keeping with the CDC.
The way to cease the unfold of the sickness
The next are solution to stop the unfold of norovirus, in keeping with the CDC:
Keep at house for at the very least two days after signs cease should you’ve been contaminated
Wash fingers usually for at the very least 20 seconds with cleaning soap and water
Washing laundry in sizzling water
Clear and disinfect any contaminated surfaces
Completely clear produce, like vegatables and fruits, and shellfish
Be sure to all the time wash your fingers after doing the next:
Touching frequent surfaces, like elevator buttons or door handles.
Shaking fingers with one other individual
Caring for a sick individual
Altering diapers
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World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen stop the World Fast Chess Championship on Friday after he refused to vary out of the denims he was carrying, in response to the Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE).
Carlsen, who has gained 5 world speedy and 7 world blitz titles within the final 10 years, additionally withdrew from the World Blitz Championship which follows the match.
FIDE stated in a press release that Carlsen breached the match’s costume code by carrying denims, then declined to vary his garments after the Chief Arbiter requested him to and issued a superb of US$200.
In consequence, Carlsen wouldn’t have been paired for spherical 9, although he might have returned for the remainder of the match had he not determined to stroll away, per Chess.com.
Since he had carried out poorly within the earlier rounds, there was little probability that Carlsen might have defended his title regardless.
“This choice was made impartially and applies equally to all gamers,” FIDE stated, including that fellow competitor Ian Nepominatchi additionally breached the costume code by carrying sports activities footwear however continued to play as soon as he had modified.
The standoff turned “a matter of precept” for Carlsen, he instructed chess channel Take Take Take. “I haven’t appealed, truthfully I’m too previous at this level to care an excessive amount of, if that is what they need to do … no one needs to again down, if that is the place we’re, that’s superb by me,” he stated. “I’ll most likely head off to someplace the place the climate is a bit nicer than right here and that’s it.”
He defined that he had been at a lunch assembly earlier than heading to the match’s second day and “barely had time to go the room, change, placed on a shirt, jacket and truthfully I didn’t even take into consideration the denims.
“I bought right here and I don’t know if it was after the primary recreation or the second recreation … I bought a superb, which is ok, after which I bought a warning that I’d not be paired if I didn’t go change my garments,” he stated.
“They stated I might do it after the third spherical right this moment. I stated I’ll change tomorrow, if that’s okay, I didn’t even realise right this moment. However they stated you need to change now.”
Relations between Carlsen, chess’ most well-known participant, and FIDE, the game’s governing physique, have been rising extra strained not too long ago.
Carlsen stated that his “endurance with (FIDE) wasn’t very huge to start with,” accusing the group of “actively going after gamers to get them to not signal with Freestyle (Chess),” a match the place the items on the again rank begin in a random place and which Carlsen promotes.
FIDE’s CEO Emil Sutovsky responded with a press release on social media platform X, calling that declare a “lie.”
“We had been completely happy to cooperate (as we cooperate with Grand Chess Tour, for instance), to align the calendars, and many others,” he stated.
“The one factor we insisted on – no Sequence or Tour could be referred to as World Championship except FIDE approves it. FIDE is the governing physique of chess, and any World Championship ought to both be performed or permitted by FIDE.”
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