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The Horned Frogs are 12.5-point underdogs against No. 1 Georgia in the College Football Playoff championship game Monday. There have been four previous double-digit underdogs in the championship game since the BCS era started in 1998. Those are still long odds. “I’m not surprised with it given we were picked to be seventh in the Big 12 and ended up coming out on top,” TCU receiver Quentin Johnston said on the CFP teleconference Tuesday....

The 2013 finalists for the Canadian Videogame Awards span seventeen categories and include 29 games, narrowed down from 75 nominated titles. To qualify titles, at least in part, must be developed in Canada. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag leads the pack this year with an impressive 12 nominations. Last year’s show saw Far Cry 3 take him the most awards, including Game of The Year. The 2014 show will include 2013 and 2014 made games to be awarded separately, based on the nomination year, in one ceremony....

While there was some speculation as to how closely Candyman 2021 would relate to Candyman 1992, it’s clear from the beginning that they are very closely intertwined. The new Candyman is a direct sequel to the first film, they take place in the same universe, but it’s set close to 30 years later. This means that the story of Helen from the first film, the baby being kidnapped, and Tony Todd’s Candyman character all exist in this world and play a huge part in the story....

Then came the chaos. Jacobs (35-2, 29 KOs) stepped on the scale and weighed in at 160 pounds. The IBF titlist screamed in excitement and looked right at Alvarez when he got off it. Alvarez (51-1-2, 35 KOs), the WBA and WBC champion, followed and came in at 159.5. The two men then did the customary square-off, with Alvarez and Jacobs putting their heads up against one another. MORE: Join DAZN to watch Canelo-Jacobs and 100-plus fight nights a year...

The first fight in which GGG should have been declared the outright winner ended in a draw, according to the majority of boxing fans and pundits it was a robbery in Canelo’s favor. The second fight which happened exactly after a year was again thrilling as expected, breathtaking as expected but the result? Not as expected. This fight was more brutal as both of them were having a go at each other, the only thing which went against GGG in this fight was that he allowed Canelo to dictate the pace of the game for the starting 6 rounds....

There was a time when it didn’t seem that the fight would happen. It had been the talk of boxing since Alvarez defeated Miguel Cotto to win the WBC middleweight title in November 2015. Alvarez knew one day their paths would cross inside the ring. “I was very enthusiastic this fight would come together,” Alvarez told Sporting News. “I had a lot of faith that we would be able to work things out....

He sure picked a perfect moment to finally beat them — at last, in his 10th major league season, and in a meaningful September meeting. Mark Canha homered and Matt Chapman hit an RBI double to back Cahill, leading the Oakland Athletics past New York 6-3 on Monday in a matchup between teams in the AL wild-card race. The A’s jumped on CC Sabathia early and pulled within 3 1/2 games of New York for the first wild card....

Released in February 2021, Capcom Arcade Stadium features 32 classic Capcom games that were published between 1984 and 2001. A few months later, Capcom Arcade Stadium expanded to other platforms including PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Switch. Additionally, this offered some modern touches such as varying difficulty options, a “rewind” feature, the ability to save/load any part of a game, and more. However, there were mixed reactions from fans owing to high price tags and certain features like invincibility being locked behind Capcom Arcade Stadium paid DLCs....

Resident Evil Village fans are already more than well accustomed to the vampiric Alcina Dimitrescu as well as her three daughters, though otherwise details about what to expect inside the Castle have been scarce. Still, the matriarch no doubt has plans for Ethan Winters while the protagonist searches for his daughter Rose. Much like the other main villains in Resident Evil Village, Lady Dimitrescu will have her own encounters and boss mechanics that intensify the gameplay experience....

Capitals VP of communications Sergey Kocharov just wanted to get some groceries, but as he walked into the store, the Annandale, Virginia, resident recalled that something caught his eye. “I saw the Powerball sign and said, ‘I may as well try it,’” he said (via the Virginia Lottery). On an impulse, he bought five lottery tickets for the July 27 drawing, using Easy Pick, which let the computer randomly select his numbers: 1-19-31-48-61, and the Powerball number 6....

Previous research has identified a tentative link between stressful life events and the onset of some autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis (but not celiac disease, which also is autoimmune in nature). What Does the Research Show? The most definitive study, conducted in Italy and published in the medical journal Nutrients, sought to see if stress might also contribute to the development of the celiac disease. The researchers compared stressful events in the lives of 186 adults with newly diagnosed celiac disease to stressful events in a control group made up of adults with a diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), which is not an autoimmune condition....

After a scoreless first-half at the Pinatar Arena in Murcia, Ricketts collected Dejan Jakovic’s pass before firing beyond goalkeeper Max Crocombe in the 54th minute of the friendly fixture. Canada missed opportunities to extend their advantage in the closing stages, with Liam Millar twice going close to marking his international debut with a goal. The Liverpool forward saw a rising attempt headed off the line before narrowly failing to steer Tesho Akindele’s low cross from the right wing on target....

In an interview with Newsweek, Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said that while Canada is lucky to have a population that “generally supports immigration,” it is not immune to the “anti-immigrant narratives” being espoused in the U.S. and around the world. “I think we’re very lucky in Canada, by and large, to have a population that generally supports immigration, understands the positive role that immigration has had on our country and understands the positive contributions of immigrants,” Hussen said on Wednesday, following a roundtable discussion organized by the Concordia Forum at Canada House in London....

The line of Logan Stankoven, Kent Johnson and Tyson Foerster again paced the Canadians. Johnson picked up a goal and two assists, Stankoven had one of each and Foerster added an assist. Connor Bedard, Mason McTavish and Joshua Roy scored the other goals for Canada. Olen Zellweger registered three assists and Dylan Garand made 30 saves on 32 shots. MORE: Watch the 2022 World Juniors live with fuboTV (free trial, U....

While Trudeau’s party didn’t win by a landslide, the Liberals still will have more seats in the parliament than any other Canadian party. Right now, the Liberals are projected to win 161 seats, which is not enough to win a majority in the parliament. Conservatives are projected to win 116 seats. Canadian Twitter was rapt as election results came in, with both conservative and liberal citizens tweeting their opinions. Canadian resident Marg Ford tweeted she knew Trudeau would continue to “make us proud to be Canadians!...

But before we get back to “ces cretins” (very loose French translation of “those knuckleheads”), here is what Anson Carter — former NHL player, current studio analyst and executive producer of “Soul on Ice: Past, Present and Future” — said about his participation in the movie with director Damon Kwame Mason: “I said to him, I didn’t want to be involved in a project that was all negative. I wanted to be involved in a project that was educational, that gave the full picture....

Depression is a mental health condition that involves feelings of sadness or decreased interest in activities. About 25% of people with cancer experience depression. This article will discuss lung cancer and depression, signs of depression, treatment options, and tips for preventing symptoms of depression. Lung Cancer and Depression Receiving a cancer diagnosis and going through treatment can be hard, and it can lead to sad or even hopeless thoughts and feelings....

On Tuesday, the organization made sure to show love to one of its own, as forward Oskar Lindblom was the guest of honor for the team’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. Lindblom was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, last week and will miss the rest of the season while undergoing treatment. MORE: Reddit rallying for Lindblom to be voted into NHL All-Star Game The 23-year-old returned to the Wells Fargo Center ahead of Tuesday’s contest, visiting teammates and sharing in some “pretty good energy” in the Flyers dressing room....

The Fuller House actress has taken on a new role as the network’s chief creative officer. She had been with the Hallmark Channel for more than a decade but left this past spring. “I knew the people behind Great American Family were Christians that love the Lord and wanted to promote faith programming and good family entertainment,” Bure told The Wall Street Journal in a Monday story. She went on to say that she doesn’t expect her new network to include same-sex relationships in its holiday films....

Candelario connected on a 102 mph sinker from Cardinals reliever Jordan Hicks, hitting a two-run homer in the ninth inning Friday night that gave the Detroit Tigers a 5-3 victory. “There are guys who throw a soft 100 mph fastball — you can see it coming and you can time it,” Tigers catcher James McCann said. “Hicks is throwing a hard 103. It is right on top of you, and it moves....