Southland Gives Back: New Orleans
“It was a fun experience for our team and all of the student-athletes involved,” said senior women’s basketball guard Randi Brown. “We loved assisting during the holidays and being a part of something bigger than ourselves. The Dawn Busters Kiwanis Club sells fried turkeys to help finance its many projects to benefit children in the New Orleans and Metairie area. With the help of the UNO SAAC, a record 950 fried cajun-injected turkeys were prepared with all proceeds going to the weekly Dawn Busters Kiwanis Club Feeding the Homeless, every other Monday at Lantern Light and the Dawn Busters Rewards for Reading Program, December’s event. The Dawn Busters Kiwanis Club is the largest Kiwanis Club in New Orleans. The club’s liaison is Skip Miller while the coordinator for student-athlete enrichment is Martin Lopez IV. The New Orleans SAAC represented UNO within the local community, engaging with key clubs and high schools in the area, prepping and transporting turkeys. Members of the golf, men’s and women’s tennis programs and women’s basketball participated in the event.
NEW ORLEANS – The University of New Orleans student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) teamed with the Dawn Busters Kiwanis Club for the Annual Turkey Fry on Nov. 20 and 22, marking the second year UNO Athletics has assisted with the preparation of the annual turkey fry. Gallery: http://unoprivateers.com/galleries/?gallery=367As part of the “Southland Gives Back” initiative, the Southland Conference will profile a community service outing from each of our 13 member institutions each weekday from Dec. 6 to 22.
MAURICIO POCHETTINO faces a defensive dilemma ahead of Sunday’s North London derby.Spurs are sweating over the fitness of Kyle Walker-Peters – which could lead to Moussa Sissoko or Eric Dier filling in as a makeshift right-back.2Walker-Peters has started all three of Tottenham’s Premier League fixtures this season.But the 22-year-old is a doubt for the clash against Arsenal after he limped off during Sunday’s defeat to Newcastle.He was hauled off in the 62nd minute and replaced by Christian Eriksen after appearing to injure his hamstring.Sissoko put in a good shift at right-back for the remainder of the match against the Magpies.The powerful Frenchman, 30, could start at the back alongside Toby Alderweireld, Davinson Sanchez and Danny Rose.Alternatively, Pochettino could turn to Dier to solve his problems at the back.He has experience playing at right-back for Spurs and during his time with Sporting Lisbon.Dier even made his debut for Spurs in the position in 2014 – when he scored a stoppage time winner against West Ham.2MOST READ IN SPORT THROUGH ITRobbie Keane reveals Claudine’s father was ’50-50′ in coronavirus battle’I ACCEPT’McGregor accepts Silva fight at UFC catchweight of 176lbs in huge super-fightTOP SELLERGavin Whelan has gone from League of Ireland to David Beckham’s InstagramExclusiveRIYAD RAIDMan City’s Riyad Mahrez has three luxury watches stolen in £500,000 raidPicturedA CUT ABOVEMike Tyson shows two-inch cut ‘picked up in training’ ahead of boxing returnPicturedAN EYEFULMeet Playboy model and football agent Anamaria Prodan bidding to buy her own clubI SAW ROORodallega saw Rooney ‘drinking like madman’ & Gerrard ‘on bar dancing shirtless’NEXT STEPJonny Hayes set to move to English Championship having been let go by CelticIT’S…NOT TOMMY BOWETommy Bowe discovers someone has been impersonating him on TinderMAC DADDYTriple H wants McGregor v McMahon with winner getting rights to billionaire strutSerge Aurier would be the obvious choice for Spurs, but he is expected to be left out as speculation continues to surround his future.Argentina right-back Juan Foyth is also out of action after suffering an ankle during pre-season.Tanguy Ndombele is also set to miss the match after being left out France’s squad for next week’s European Championship qualifiers. Arsenal manager Unai Emery says that Mesut Ozil is fit to face Tottenham
Hunt, who was meant to start the game at hooker, was switched to the bench an hour before kick-off, with Bennett wanting to field the strongest defensive line-up possible during the first 20 minutes of the match.It meant Sam Thaiday played majority of the first quarter of the clash in the hooking position, shoring up Brisbane’s defence as the Titans put together set after set on the Broncos’ line.So dominant were Gold Coast in the first 20 minutes that they had amassed 63 per cent of possession, but it was not enough to crack Brisbane’s line as Bennett’s tactical masterstroke paid dividends.Hunt then came on in the 22nd minute and the Broncos scored one minute later, with the versatile utility sparking Brisbane’s attack through his running game and infectious energy.Hunt stayed on the field until the 69th minute, finishing his 47-minute stint with three tries, two try assists and 87 run metres.It was the performance Bennett wanted to see from his former halfback and the master coach hoped to see more of the same in the coming weeks.”Ben got it easy. They had done all the work when he got on, but that’s what he brings and that’s what we want,” Bennett said. “He’s a threat there. Kodi [Nikorima] is a threat, Darius [Boyd] is a threat at the back and [Anthony] Milford is a threat at five-eighth.”If we make sure we can defend well and be good with our ball control then we will put teams under pressure.”[Ben] probably will come off the bench for a little while until we get him more match fit in that position and more used to it. It worked well for us on Saturday.”I think [it’s a simpler role]. It makes it easy for him. There’s not as much pressure there as there would be if he was playing halfback and trying to organise the team.”Hunt has made the shift from the halves to hooker due to a season-ending knee injury to Andrew McCullough and his performance on Saturday night showed that the Broncos could perform without their workhorse No.9.It will take time for Brisbane to perfect their new combinations without McCullough but Bennett remained confident.”We are still a work in progress. We have a lot tougher teams than what we played on Saturday in front of us. That’ll challenge us,” he said.”It’s nice to see what they did tonight without Andrew there. It gives us confidence going forward.”The only worry for the Broncos going forward will be the fate of Joe Ofahengaue after the up-and-coming forward was put on report for a dangerous throw on Titan Max King in the 58th minute.Bennett did not try and defend the 21-year-old’s actions after the match, saying the tackle was “not the look the game needs”.
Sunday night’s Ed Sheeran concert at Mt Smart prevented Warriors staff from gaining access to the club’s headquarters to store playing gear and other equipment, including GPS trackers and game jerseys, after returning from Canberra.They were forced to temporarily stash it away in an unmarked van outside a staff member’s home on Auckland’s North Shore, where it was pillaged overnight.Warriors CEO Cameron George said they were “devastated” by the turn of events.”All the playing jerseys from our historic win over the Raiders have been stolen and they obviously hold special significance for the guys,” George said on the team’s website.The New Zealand side went to the top of the NRL ladder with their scintillating last-gasp win over the Raiders on Saturday, marking the first time in club history they’ve opened a season with three consecutive wins.”It’s taken the gloss off what was an incredible weekend, but it’s just another challenge and one we are certainly not going to let distract us from making our fans even prouder in the coming weeks.”George is reaching out to the public for help in tracking down their stolen goods.”We think someone might have followed the van all the way home,” he said.”But we’ve got a massive fanbase and we are hoping our supporters can keep their eyes peeled in case any of this special gear ends up for sale.”The police have been notified and we are confident that we will be able to get our gear back.”The Warriors travel to Sydney next Saturday to take on the Roosters.
I used to think they were an acceptable form of chocolate, not the best, but passable. Worst of all, I would willingly choose them over actual treats with taste, especially around Easter.Then somewhere along the way I changed my mind, my standards were raised.Flavourless, pretend chocolate was no longer good enough because it was not nearly as delicious as the real thing, and why would I waste time (and calories) on a sub-par substitute? Yes, I’m still coming down from my post-holiday sugar high, but I have a point. I promise.At the moment rugby league is experiencing a transitional period. We’re caught somewhere between a dusty old chocolate coin and a Lindt bunny and slowly but surely we’re starting to figure out a way to demand the quality we’re all looking for.In most areas of the game the standards have been raised. It has certainly the case on the field, where the referees have been cracking the whip when it comes to off-side penalties, poor play-the-balls, slow peels and basically everything that has very slowly but very deliberately crept into the game over the past few years.Yes, penalties make the game slower. But we’re aiming for the best rugby league possible here, and to do that, the rules need to adhered to. It’s short-term pain for long-term gain.It’s here that the common argument for “consistency” tends to pop up, to which I would say of course we should aim for it, but when we have human beings refereeing the game it will never be perfect.They only have two eyes, after all. If we stick with this, we might get to see the game the rules were designed to give us – fast and free-flowing and better than even the best chocolate.Obviously, there is work to do. I thought the decision to suspend Sam Burgess for two weeks after his collision with Josh Morris on Good Friday was definitely harsh.I thought for sure he was going to be let off, but perhaps this is another attempt to draw a line in the sand and hold our players to a higher standard.Off the field, you can also feel the plates shifting. Right or wrong there was a huge uproar when Matt Lodge was registered by the Broncos and it’s started a conversation bigger than the situation itself – we’re now talking about what we stand for and what we want our game to be for another 110 years.Higher standards are being enforced in the bush as well, away from the headlines and media pressure.Recently, Group Nine club Junee terminated the contract of former State of Origin player Dane Neilsen, who had signed on to captain-coach the club this year.The season hasn’t even started yet, but after an alleged wild night out, the Diesels decided that behaviour wasn’t good enough.The difference between what is acceptable and what isn’t is changing, and even struggling clubs in the bush know it.The Diesels have had their fair share of issues over the years but they should be commended for knowing when enough is enough. It’s a fantastic example to set for the younger players and a step in the right direction towards establishing a successful culture.I’m certainly not saying that every time someone stuffs up they should be sacked, just that we’re facing a moment in time where we’re making decisions about what we’re willing to accept for ourselves and for our game.We’re not there yet and there is no way to make everyone happy. It might be the Easter leftovers talking, but I’m optimistic. I genuinely have faith that the bar is being raised for future of the game.
Last year, Fong beat Marcus Ng Ng 5-2 in the best of nine frames final.Fong won the first three frames but Ng came back winning the next two including the highest break of 69.But Fong kept his cool winning the sixth and seven frames to win the final.The New Irelander has been in Port Moresby for the past two weeks polishing up on his preparations to defend his title.He will be expecting stiff opposition from Kavieng and Alotau Open winner Marcus Ng.In June this year, Ng defeated former PNG champion, Peter Fong to win the Alotau Open.Also set to feature this week will be 2015 Moresby Open winner Ralph Kaina, Arua Simoi, Noel Ramos and Roger Ng.Then there is the Kavieng team of Stallone, Brian and Harry Fong and Alotau’s ever improving Robin Charles are expected to feature when the top 16 and quarter finals are held on Saturday.PNG Billiards and Snooker Association (PNGBSA), vice president, John Chan said 40 players have confirmed their participation for the men’s.He said the semi-finals and finals will be held on Sunday at the Lamana Q club.”There will be plenty of top class snooker action starting on Wednesday and ending with the finals on Sunday,” said Chan.
Clear and manifest errors in the playing field according to IFAB: “Sometimes it depends on the image you choose. In Spain it is with the same philosophy of clear and manifest. If with a frame forward or behind that position is still advanced if we intervene, if not, we do not. We share the opinion of IFAB. In Spain we do not do it and in some cases the VAR has followed that criterion “. Show VOR room: “The VOR image is always sent in LaLiga to television production, but they have decided not to show it. We do want it to be shown for transparency and clarity.” Television production in the Super Cup and League: “I am not going to compare the work of others. We are calm with the television production of LaLiga. We are 200% calm. It is true that with the production of the Super Cup we have had improvements because we had in our hands the tools to have the transparency that we have”. Penalty errors: “Our goal is to reduce that number, but it is impossible. The referees are human and rarely make mistakes.” Heel tickets: “More red cards have been drawn for those actions. The CTA has never changed the criteria mid-season. It is the same as at the beginning of the season.” Suspend matches: “There is a protocol that indicates the steps to follow in cases of racism, violence and xenophobia. It is the one our arbitrators follow. If the arbitrator detects these types of incidents or the suggested coordinator takes the measures. It should be done in coordination with that person, as happened in the unfortunate incident of Vallecas. As a general principle, the maximum should be for the parties to be held. ” Real Madrid and the Classic audios: “No one has asked us.”Clos GomezOffside: “The images are always sent whenever the decision is changed. On other occasions they are also sent. They depend on the VAR. The VAR analyzes the play, talks with the referee and assembles the play and sends it. Sometimes the immediacy of another play has prevented the play from being sent, but in 99% of things it is shown. ” Hand: “We do not value any play. But it is considered when it is voluntary, unnaturally, occupies space, hand at shoulder height or above and when a goal is scored or generates a goal occasion. It is considered infringement even if it comes bounce the ball. It is one of the most complicated concepts of football. ” Debate centimeters offside: “I find the debate weird. Before we were killed for not getting right in an offside for three centimeters. Now he protests for being right for three centimeters.” Review timen: “There is a difference between First and Second for the period that each one has been working with the VAR. The operators are also being trained to make them faster and faster.” Velasco Carballo, president of the Technical Committee of Referees, appeared at a press conference to give his impressions on the balance of the VAR.Angry with the VAR: “Every week we send several clips of videos to our referees to see how they can improve. We also meet them once a month to have a critical spirit. External criticisms are assumed normally. We have just shared that 150 times we have corrected to the referees. If on those occasions the presidents had come out to say how wonderful. The 7, 8, 9 complaints that there are would be very few compared to the 150. No one comes out to say ‘this has worked.’ Positive things don’t they recognize each other. In this Supercopa the intervention of the VAR has been decisive. The Barcelona-Atlético would have been different without VAR. There was a millimetric offside that was solved. The Supercopa arbitration has had a very high level. We must be proud ” . Transparency and goal technology in LaLiga: “In the FEF’s own competitions you will continue to see it. From the eighth there will be VAR in the second round. The League competition depends on LaLiga and the clubs. There are League video markers that do show images, although not with the power of this We did not meet with LaLiga yesterday and I invited them and shared what was done in this Super Cup, there are some First and Second video markers that are not prepared, there has to be coordination with the televised broadcast. We are willing. to advance a lot. This Committee wants to be the driver of this progress. ” VAR image request: “It is a serious issue and it hurts competition, football and arbitration. Doubting the integrity of it is very serious. You will find my maximum opposition. We accept even criticism of scarf, but do not tolerate doubts what the referee does in the field and in the VAR. I am very honest. Although its defect, they have been wrong. That is intolerable. ” Out of tight games: “The rule does not talk about centimeters, only if it is more advanced or not. This rule was not created when the VAR was. The referees have always been told that if they had doubts they would let the play continue. The VAR comes with a technology that draw a few lines and if you are ahead of time you have to warn. You cannot wait for it to be 5, 10 or 15 centimeters. We will always talk about centimeters even if we establish a point. It would have to be the IFAB that establishes when a player has an advantage for being more in advance. While the VAR will apply the norm. If the lines are superimposed we tell the VAR not to intervene. If there is distance between the lines we cannot do anything. It is a beautiful debate that has been created in the world of football. ” 
At the moment, Cristiano has to his credit 722 goals in matches officers. He scored 5 goals with Sporting de Portugal, 118 with Manchester United, 450 with Real Madrid, has 50 with Juventus of Turin and 99 With the selection of your country.Individual awardsTheir list of individual or collective trophies is very extensive, although stand out their 5 Golden Balls and other times named Best Player of the World by FIFA. At the collective level, one Eurocup and five Champions Leagues, 4 with Real Madrid and one with Manchester United.In social networks, Ronaldo is also the king at 35, already which has 201 million followers on Instagram, 33 million more that the second most followed person on this network, singer Selena Gomez.Cristiano Ronaldo, who monopolizes all kinds of records in the world of football, still has a dream to achieve: proclaim winner of the League of Champions with three different clubs. At the moment, the only one who has achieved it has been the former Dutch soccer player Clarence Seedorf, who got it with Ajax, Milan and Real Madrid. The world of football celebrates this Wednesday Cristiano Ronaldo’s 35th birthday and among the countless messagesof congratulation, the one of the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez who, in a message sent to the Portuguese newspaper “Record”, said: “Congratulations the best player in the world, we remember you a lot. “The Portuguese sports medium also collects the player’s congratulations Portuguese of Atlético de Madrid, Joao Felix, who does not doubt that it is “the best player in the world “and who wanted to” continue playing “by his side, already that share offensive position in the Portuguese national team.For his part, one of the most important people in the career of Ronaldo, Alex Ferguson, who took it to Manchester United of Sporting from Portugal, Cristiano highlighted his human facet and told the Portuguese newspaper which is “a great player and, most importantly, a great man”.Age does not seem to play against him, since with Juventus he has been this season 22 goals: 19 in the League, 2 in the Champions League and one in The Italian CupFor the vast majority of his countrymen, Cristiano is the best ambassador From Portugal and with the selection of the “kinas” their motivation, after 164 matches and 99 goals, it is “extra”, as you could see in the European Euro Cup, when the lusos were proclaimed winners in 2016.Maybe, Ronaldo can reach his long-awaited 100th goal with the national team from Portugal in Madridduring the friendly that Spain and Portugal will play on June 5 at the Wanda Metropolitano to prepare for the 2020 Eurocup.
The performance of Denis Suarez at the opening of The league against him Real Madrid fed his star signing status of Celtic For this season. The attacker drove his marker crazy Álvaro Odriozola and led the Vigués team, even more than Iago Aspas. A week later he signed another excellent game against him Valencia and on the third day he scored the equalizer in the Sánchez Pizjuán. A return through the big door to the club of his land. That bright start to the season began to wither after autumn fell and winter is proving absolutely dark for the midfielder of Salceda de Caselas. Denis has served two months without being a starter in LaLiga and in the last two days he has not even had minutes. The Celtic squad seemed to have hit bottom in early November when in the last game of Fran Escribá under the command of Celta collapsed emotionally on the bench after being replaced. Days later he took over the team Oscar Garcia, a technician who had recommended the signing of Denis by the Barcelona during his coach stage in the Youth A culé.The preparer of Sabadell did not bet on the ‘6’ start in his debut in the Camp Nou, but he did include it in the eleven of the next three days. The third game of that series was played in Leganés, where the Spanish international requested the change before the break due to discomfort in an ankle.Mirandés. Denis has not re-entered a league lineup since his unfortunate passage through Bumper December 8th. He stayed in the stands due to injury to Mallorca and Osasuna, and in the rest of duels he started on the bench. He had the opportunity to claim as a holder in the Copa del Rey against him Merida and the Mirandés. The elimination of Celtic in Anduva It also meant the disappearance of the hitch in Oscar’s plans.The former of Manchester City and Barcelona accumulates four consecutive substitutions. In the last two he did not have to remove the tracksuit because the one chosen to act as a revulsive on the left was Pione Sisto. Despite this ostracism, It cannot be ruled out that Denis will start Sunday at the Bernabéu.
Subjected to an arthroscopy in the right knee last December 14, two days after being called up for Espanyol-CSKA Moscow of the Europa League and a couple of weeks before the arrival of their last coach at the club, Abelardo Fernández could not count on Sébastien Corchia. And so it seemed that the course was going to close. But the suspension by the Covid-19 raises a second chance for the French in case LaLiga resumes. To play and not to leave being practically unpublished. Corchia can become a kind of spring signing for Abelardo, every time abandoned crutches on February 19 to start with weights, endurance and muscle strengthening, and Since the 5th of this month, he has been running a continuous career, in the final phase of a recovery that, according to what some sources in France pointed out when he went under the knife, was going to last between six and eight weeks. The side of the card does not have, since Espanyol gave him the federal low for long illness, but even that would not be a problem, since he reserved a free number in case he recovered in time to play again. Loaned by Sevilla until June 30, Corchia has had knee discomfort since September, after playing in Cornellà-El Prat against Granada (0-3), so he followed a conservative treatment and even played several more games, until he abruptly opted to operate on him.With David Gallego he played his only three league matches, the last one on October 6 against Mallorca (2-0) that led to the removal of the Súria coach, while Pablo Machín, who had coached him last season at Sánchez Pizjuán, barely counted on him more than for the Europa League, in which he did complete both games against Ludogorets (0-1 and 6-0) and the visit to Ferencvaros (2-2) in the group stage.