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NFL fans saw two game-changing blocked field goals that were returned for touchdowns minutes apart on Sunday.First, Philadelphia’s Jordan Davis blocked a 44-yard attempt by the Rams’ Joshua Karty on the final play of the game that would have won it for Los Angeles. Davis scooped the ball and returned it 61 yards for a touchdown to give the Eagles a 33-26 victory in a playoff rematch.Jalen Carter blocked Karty’s 33-yard try earlier in the fourth quarter, helping the Eagles rally from a 19-point deficit in the second half.Shortly after Davis’ heroics in Philadelphia, the Jets’ Will McDonald jumped over…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored a playoff-career high 34 points and the Indiana Fever beat the Las Vegas Aces 89-73 on Sunday in Game 1 of the best-of-five semifinal series.After seeing their double-digit lead shrink to three points with 2:51 left in the third, the Fever closed the quarter on an 11-0 run to extend their advantage to 14 points, seizing control of the game and never looking back.Mitchell, who finished fifth in MVP voting with 93 points, scored 17 points in the first half, setting the tone for the Fever’s offense. The veteran guard, who finished the…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield led the Buccaneers to another thrilling finish, ensuring Tampa Bay’s best start in 20 years.Chase McLaughlin kicked a 36-yard field goal as time expired and the undefeated Bucs rallied Sunday for a 29-27 victory over the New York Jets and the team’s first 3-0 start since 2005.Mayfield, who has resurrected his career since signing with Tampa Bay to compete for Tom Brady’s old job two years ago, has produced the decisive points in the final minute of each of the come-from-behind victories for the four-time defending NFC South champions.This win also gave Todd Bowles…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jordan Davis clutched the ball in his outstretched right hand as he reached the end zone and had no choice but to freeze and meet the mob of Eagles sprinting his way.“If I tried to run away,” Davis said, “I was going to get moshed.”Davis got swept up in the celebration after the 336-pounder capped off Philadelphia’s block party with an improbable special-teams touchdown that kept the Super Bowl champs unbeaten.Davis blocked a field-goal attempt by the Rams’ Joshua Karty on the final play of the game and returned it 61 yards to the end zone —…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — There was no cooling off Isaiah Rodgers no matter how many towels his fawning teammates used to fan the white-hot Vikings cornerback on the sideline.Rodgers’ historic domination of the Cincinnati Bengals was so disruptive the Vikings’ offense had to shush the home crowd at U.S. Bank Stadium for serenading the one-man turnover machine too loudly on the videoboard while Carson Wentz was trying to run a play.That’ll happen when you score a pair of defensive touchdowns and force another fumble — all in the first half — to help Minnesota rout the Bengals and backup quarterback Jake…
Remember the sadness that came with the last time you failed miserably at something? Or the last time you were so anxious about an upcoming event that you couldn’t concentrate for days?These types of emotions are unpleasant to experience and can even feel overwhelming. People often try to avoid them, suppress them or ignore them. In fact, in psychology experiments, people will pay money to not feel many negative emotions. But recent research is revealing that emotions can be useful, and even negative emotions can bring benefits.In my emotion science lab at Texas A&M University, we study how emotions like…
Miami jumped LSU and Penn State into the No. 2 spot behind Ohio State in The Associated Press college football poll on Sunday while Oklahoma climbed into top 10 for the first time in two years and Indiana and Texas Tech made big moves after lopsided wins over Top 25 opponents.The Hurricanes have beaten two ranked opponents, and they turned in another complete performance in a 19-point home win over Florida to earn their highest ranking since 2017.Penn State, which had been No. 2 since the preseason, was idle and slipped to No. 3. LSU fell one spot to No.…
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Time’s ticking. Register by September 26 at 11:59 p.m. PT to save up to $668 on your pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening at San Francisco’s Moscone West on October 27-29. Join 10,000+ startup and VC leaders in San Francisco At Disrupt 2025, you’ll have access to: Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images An exclusive look at 100+ startup innovations across Moscone West in an immersive, hands-on showcase. Plus, catch live demos on the industry stages from tech leaders at Apptronik and Waabi. Three full days of unparalleled networking, investor-founder meetings, hands-on workshops, and parties with 10,000+ Disrupt attendees and…
Elon Musk’s xAI has designed its Grok chatbot to be deliberately provocative. It has a flirtatious female avatar that can strip on command, a chatbot that toggles between “sexy” and “unhinged” modes, and an image and video generation feature with a “spicy” setting.The workers who train xAI’s chatbot have seen firsthand what it means to carry out this vision. In conversations with more than 30 current and former workers across a variety of projects, 12 told Business Insider they encountered sexually explicit material — including instances of user requests for AI-generated child sexual abuse content (CSAM).Sexual material and CSAM crop…