UNC loses six-overtime heartbreaker to Virginia Tech
  • By michael@cvcteam.com
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It took six overtimes, but North Carolina’s game against Virginia Tech on Saturday night finally ended. But it wasn’t how the Tar Heels hoped it would end.

UNC got the ball to start the sixth overtime period and was stopped.

Virginia Tech received the next possession and won the game 43-41 on a quarterback draw by Virginia Tech quarterback Quincy Patterson II. The Hokies were down to their third-string quarterback,

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Florida vs. South Carolina score takeaways: No. 9 Gators pull away late in key SEC East win
  • By michael@cvcteam.com
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For the second straight week, No. 9 Florida hit the road for an SEC game. And for three quarters on Saturday, South Carolina had the Gators on the ropes. However, a 21-point fourth quarter surge helped Florida win 38-27 and stay in the thick of the SEC East race as it enters a bye week ahead of its annual showdown with No. 10 Georgia.

In the soaking rain, Florida quarterback Kyle Trask threw for a career-high four touchdown passes as the Gators staved off a noble upset bid by the Will Muschamp’s Gamecocks.

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Jenna Dewan ‘felt blindsided’ by ex Channing Tatum dating Jessie J
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Jenna Dewan is opening up about her 2018 split from Channing Tatum.

According to E! News and Entertainment Tonight, the dancer, 38, writes about “the separation storm” in her new book “Gracefully You: Finding Beauty and Balance in the Everyday.”

“I was learning things about my ex most people wouldn’t have to face – and over the internet, as it was happening,” she writes. “There I was, on a plane,

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California earthquakes just caused a major fault line to move for the first time a study shows
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(CNN)The Ridgecrest earthquake in July was the strongest to strike Southern California in 20 years. And the main quake, along with more than 100,000 aftershocks, caused a major fault to move for the first time, researchers say.

The movement attributed to the quake is less than an inch along the surface of the fault and would be virtually undetectable to an ordinary resident. But it has intrigued researchers for two reasons. They’re not clear what it means,

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Cummings powerful congressman leading Trump probe has died
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper’s son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees leading an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, died Thursday of complications from longstanding health problems. He was 68.

Cummings was a formidable orator who advocated for the poor in his black-majority district , which encompasses a large portion of Baltimore and more well-to-do suburbs.

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Thursday Night Football odds: Broncos vs. Chiefs picks optimal predictions from expert who’s 5-1 on Denver games
  • By michael@cvcteam.com
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The Denver Broncos will try to continue their unlikely turnaround when they host the rival Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday Night Football at Empower Field at Mile High. The Broncos (2-4) started the season losing four straight games, and eight overall dating to last season, but have bounced back with two consecutive wins. Denver has an opportunity to get back into the AFC West race with a victory over division-leading Kansas City on Thursday night.

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Bella Hadid deemed world’s most beautiful woman
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder — and apparently, those beholders are still the ancient Greeks.

London facial cosmetic surgeon Dr. Julian De Silva has determined supermodel Bella Hadid, 23, to be the most beautiful woman in the world, based on modern mapping techniques that implement the classic Greek “Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi.”

“[Hadid] was the clear winner when all elements of the face were measured for physical perfection,” De Silva told the Daily Mail of Hadid,

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Boxer Patrick Day dies after suffering traumatic brain injury in super welterweight fight
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Boxer Patrick Day died Wednesday after suffering a traumatic brain injury Saturday night during a bout in Chicago. He was 27.

Day was hospitalized and in “extremely critical condition” Saturday night after he was knocked out by Charles Conwell in the 10th round of their USBA super welterweight title fight. Day was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and underwent emergency surgery. He lapsed into a coma and never regained consciousness.

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Rams trade Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Peters to Ravens for a player plus draft pick
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The Los Angeles Rams are trading cornerback Marcus Peters to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for linebacker Kenny Young and an undisclosed 2020 draft pick, as announced by each respective team on Tuesday. Peters was taken No. 22 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. It has to be a bit concerning that the two-time Pro Bowl cornerback has been dealt twice prior to his 27th birthday. He was previously sent from the Chiefs along with a 2018 sixth-round pick to the Rams on Feb.

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New football league still values experience: Five takeaways from Day 1 of first XFL draft
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The XFL has TV deals with ESPN and Fox and eight franchises with spiffy new team logos. It has name coaches like Jim Zorn, Bob Stoops, June Jones and Kevin Gilbride, a respected administrator in commissioner Oliver Luck and a famous owner in WWE CEO Vince McMahon.

Now the XFL finally has players.

The fledgling league, scheduled to start play in 2020, held Day 1 of its two-day draft Tuesday, 

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