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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Boise State has two states competing on New Year’s Eve.One was a division champion and had a dream season. A team led by star running back Ashton Jeanty made the College Football Playoff and once again finished atop the Group of Five conference.Boise State’s other team was a shorthanded G5 team that put up a valiant but futile effort against a better, more talented Penn State team.Both versions existed Tuesday night as No. 3 Boise State lost 31-14 to No. 6 Penn State in the playoff quarterfinals of the Fiesta Bowl. The first one is worth celebrating.…

[EXPLOSION] “The people are running away from the bombing. People are dying. We just send this to the nation to see what is happening in Nuba Mountains.” [GUNSHOTS] “Yeah.” Sudan is in the grip of a brutal civil war. Eleven million people have been driven from their homes, and tens of thousands have been killed. As a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces — [CRIES] — battles the Sudanese Army for control of the country. The U.N. has accused both sides of abuses. But a six-month investigation by The New York Times shows that the R.S.F. is committing systemic…

World number one chess player Magnus Carlsen will return to the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship in New York after withdrawing after refusing to change out of his jeans.The 34-year-old withdrew from the World Speedboat Championship on Friday after breaching the dress code and choosing not to change his outfit.However, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced on Sunday that Carlsen will return to the World Blitz Championship. Arkady Dvorkovich, the organization’s president, confirmed that while the official dress code will remain the same, it will be relaxed to accommodate “minor deviations from elegance.”A post on Carlson’s X account read:…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — This wasn’t Joe Judge’s infamous 11-minute rant at the end of the 2021 season. But according to Brian Daboll at a press conference, the New York Giants head coach was unusually generous after the Giants ended a 10-game losing streak with a 45-33 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday.Daboll, who usually mumbles monosyllabic answers after games, was full of praise for his team’s character and work ethic Sunday. Like Judge’s epic rant three years ago, Daboll’s message seemed meant to be heard by bosses who will decide his fate after next week’s season finale.”I have…

Red is often thought of as a statement color, but it can be incorporated into your wardrobe in lots of different ways.

Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd said the home of 25-year-old star Luka Doncic was burglarized Friday, the latest in a series of break-ins at professional athlete homes over the past few months.”I contacted him, texted him,” Kidd said Saturday. “He’s doing well after that incident. I’m glad no one was hurt. I spoke to him today.Doncic business manager Lara Beth Seager told multiple media outlets that no one was home at the time of the break-in and that the investigation into the incident is ongoing. Jewelry worth about $30,000 was taken from the home, according to The Dallas Morning…

We are now exactly 10 weeks away from the NHL’s March 7 trade deadline.This leaves plenty of room for buyers and sellers’ needs to shift before major decisions are made, or for buyers and sellers to switch places. But in a season that’s already been filled with trade action, it’s not too early to try to find fit between teams and players on our latest NHL trade board.With that in mind, here’s part two of the Trading Board Matcher.go deeperNHL Trademakers: LeBron, Johnston predict where top targets will go before deadline, Part 1team: san jose sharksLocation: Fshooting: Lage: 32Contract term:…

As a child, Ashton Jeanty was more interested in basketball than football. So before he grew into a 5-foot-9, cleat-wearing battering ram, his favorite athlete was LeBron James. The son of a Navy officer who traveled around the world, Gendy spent much of his childhood in Florida while James was playing for the Miami Heat.”Seeing (LeBron) overcome everything,” Gendy said, “I feel like I’ve been doing the same thing throughout my career.”That’s why Boise State running backs are always the answer to the same question – who is your favorite athlete? — for a generation of Broncos fans.Jeanty did not…

new video loaded: ‘Nosferatu’ | Anatomy of a ScenetranscriptBacktranscript‘Nosferatu’ | Anatomy of a SceneRobert Eggers narrates a sequence from his film featuring Nicholas Hoult.“Hi, I’m Robert Eggers, the writer and director of “Nosferatu.” Nicholas Hoult is on a journey to Castle Orlok, and he is stopping in a Transylvanian village that we built in the Czech Republic outside of Prague. We went to a lot of vernacular architecture museums in Romania, in Transylvania, to study what we would be building, and this is based on all that. It was a very difficult sequence to cast. We have Roma non-actors and…

new video loaded: From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad DamascustranscriptBacktranscriptFrom Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad DamascusAs the rebels who ousted Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad, transition from insurgents to administrators, maintaining order in the streets of the capital has become a top priority.Until recently, these men were at war with the Syrian government. Now, they’re manning checkpoints across the capital. They’re former fighters for Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or H.T.S. The Islamist group, once an Al Qaeda affiliate, overthrew the government of Bashar al-Assad in early December. After 13 years of civil war, restoring security is one of the…