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| Axios Sports |
| By Kendall Baker · Nov 28, 2022 |
| 👋 Good morning! Welcome back. Today's word count: 1,380 words (5 minutes). Let's sports... |
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| 1 big thing: ⚽️ Where things stand in Qatar |
 Table: Axios Visuals Stunning upsets have left the door open for an exciting end to the World Cup group stage, which is nearly two-thirds complete. Where it stands: Just three of 32 nations have either clinched a spot in the knockout round or been eliminated. - Advanced: France avoided the winner's curse, becoming the second defending champ in the past six World Cups to survive the group stage.
- Eliminated: Qatar suffered the earliest exit ever by a host. Canada, which scored its first-ever World Cup goal on Sunday, is also out.
Notes: - Stars make history: Cristiano Ronaldo is the first man with a goal in five World Cups; Lionel Messi is the first man with an assist in five World Cups; Kylian Mbappé, 23, tied Pelé for most World Cup goals before age 24 (seven).
- Riots in Belgium: Riots erupted in Brussels after Sunday's shocking loss to Morocco, the African nation's first World Cup win in 24 years.
- Scoreless draws: There have already been five 0-0 draws, two shy of tying the record for a single World Cup. Four years ago in Russia, there was just one such game.
- Tidiness is contagious: Japanese fans and players have gone viral for their efforts to leave stadiums and locker rooms cleaner than they found them. Some French supporters followed their lead.
Go deeper: U.S. Soccer briefly alters Iranian flag in show of support for protestors (Axios) |
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| 2. 🏈 NFL Sunday: Thrillers galore |
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| Josh Jacobs. Photo: Steph Chambers/Getty Images |
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| Sunday delivered a host of thrilling conclusions, with two games ending on walk-off scores in OT and two more decided by go-ahead two-point conversions in the final 20 seconds of regulation, Axios' Jeff Tracy writes. More from Sunday: - Denver's offense stinks: The Broncos' 23-10 loss to the Panthers dropped their season scoring average to 14.27 points, the worst mark by any team since 2000.
- Rushing attack: The Eagles ran for 363 yards in a 40-33 win over the Packers, their most rushing yards in a game since the Truman administration (1948).
- 26 straight Ws: Patrick Mahomes eclipsed 300 yards for his sixth straight game in a 26-10 win over the Rams and is now 26-0 in his last 26 starts in the months of November and December.
- Jets have a QB: Mike White (22/28, 315 yards, 3 TD) led the Jets past the Bears, 31-10, throwing almost as many TDs as Zach Wilson has all season (4).
Beasts of the East … If the season ended today, all four NFC East teams would make the playoffs. (And three of four AFC East teams would). Go deeper: Week 12 winners and losers (The Ringer) |
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| 3. 🏈 AP top 4: Georgia, Michigan, TCU, USC |
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| Caleb Williams. Photo: Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images |
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| Heisman favorite Caleb Williams and USC climbed into the top 4 of this week's AP poll after four top-10 teams lost on the final day of regular-season games. Reminder: The Trojans went 4-8 last year. State of play: Six teams — Georgia, Michigan, TCU, USC, Ohio State and Alabama — have a realistic shot at making the College Football Playoff entering championship weekend. - If the top four teams win their conference title games (Georgia over LSU, Michigan over Purdue, TCU over Kansas State, USC over Utah) they seem like locks to make the playoff.
- In fact, Georgia and Michigan — and maybe even TCU and USC, according to some — can lose and still get in.
By the numbers: Despite Saturday's loss to Michigan, ESPN's Football Power Index still gives Ohio State the third-best CFP odds (88%), ahead of TCU (83%), Alabama (14%) and USC (12%). Clearly, their model doesn't like the Trojans' chances of avenging their loss to the Utes. Looking ahead: All eyes now turn to Tuesday's CFP rankings. The committee will likely have the same top six as AP voters, but could they put Michigan over Georgia? Alabama above Ohio State? Go deeper: It's absolutely insane how quickly USC got this good (The Athletic) |
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| 4. ⚡️ Lightning round |
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| Photo: Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images |
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| 🏈🏀 Purdue's big weekend: The Boilermakers won the Big Ten West in football on Saturday and blew out Gonzaga and Duke on the hardwood in back-to-back games on Friday and Sunday. 🏈 New hires: Nebraska has hired former Panthers coach Matt Rhule and Wisconsin has hired Luke Fickell away from Cincinnati. 🏒 Historic start: The Bruins are 12-0 in Boston so far, the most home victories to start a season in NHL history. 🏈 Watson's return: Browns QB Deshaun Watson has served his 11-game suspension and is officially eligible starting today. He'll play his former team, the Texans, next week. 🏀 0-7: Cal is the first major conference men's basketball team in the past 40 seasons to start the season 0-7. Louisville will join them unless they beat No. 23 Maryland tomorrow. |
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| 5. 🏀 Women's hoops in Vegas: "A disaster" |
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| The basketball court inside of The Mirage. Photo: Courtesy of Austn Render, Indiana Athletics |
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| College basketball's early-season slate has featured events in beautiful venues like an aircraft carrier and baseball stadium. Unfortunately, the Las Vegas Invitational snapped that trend in a big way, Jeff writes. Driving the news: 10 women's hoops teams descended on The Mirage's basement ballroom this weekend, where they were welcomed by an environment hardly suited for a youth league, much less Division I. Details: The setup was a far cry from what they were promised, with attendees relegated to folding chairs instead of bleachers. - The scoreboards were flat screen TVs on a sideline table and caused visibility issues for teams during every game.
- Worst of all, there were no EMTs present, which became dangerous when it took paramedics nearly an hour to arrive after Auburn's Kharyssa Richardson fell and hit her head hard in Saturday's game.
The big picture: There's no shortage of stories detailing the growth of women's sports, be it more media coverage, bigger rights deals, or the NCAA adopting the March Madness moniker for its women's tourney. - But even amid such growth, events like this are a reminder of the gap that still exists.
- There was a men's tournament held simultaneously in a ballroom in the Bahamas, and it looked like a real venue.
The last word: "We're trying to move our game forward," Indiana coach Teri Moren told ESPN. "It felt like [we took] a couple steps backward in this moment. … This was a major miss." |
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| 📸 Photos from Qatar: On the field |
| Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images Enzo Fernández's first Argentina goal was one to remember. A gorgeous strike. Photo: Maja Hitij/FIFA via Getty Images Germany players posed with their hands over their mouths in response to FIFA's ban on players wearing LGBTQ armbands. "It was a sign from the team, from us, that FIFA is muzzling us," said coach Hansi Flick. Photo: Hector Vivas/FIFA via Getty Images Robert Lewandowski expressed sheer joy after scoring his first career World Cup goal in his fifth World Cup game. |
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| 📸 Photos from Qatar: Off the field |
| Photo: Catherine Ivill/Getty Images People pray outside Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium ahead of Friday's match between Wales and Iran. Photo: David Ramos/FIFA via Getty Images These Japanese fans understood the assignment. Photo: Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images Locals watch a game at their home in Al Ruwais, a port town on the northern tip of Qatar. |
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| 8. 📺 Watchlist: Day 9 in Qatar |
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| Photo: Nelson Almeida/AFP via Getty Images |
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| Today's World Cup action began with a 3-3 draw between Cameroon and Serbia. Three more matches to go: More to watch: |
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| 9. ⚽️ World Cup trivia |
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| Adidas outfitted Lionel Messi and Argentina. Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images |
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| Nike (13) and Adidas (7) produced the most team uniforms for this year's World Cup. - Question: Which brand is third with six?
- Hint: German company.
Answer at the bottom. |
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| 10. 🍿 Top plays: Weekend edition |
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| Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios |
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| Hello, friends! I'll be posting the top 30 — yes, 30! — plays from Thanksgiving break on Twitter later today. Follow me so you see it in your feed. |
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| Talk tomorrow, Kendall "Mashed potatoes are better than turkey" Baker Trivia answer: Puma 🙏 Have a great day! Follow me for more (@kendallbaker). Friends can sign up here. Thanks to Nick Aspinwall for copy edits. |
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