In the handshake line after the game, Brownell was clearly heated with Williams, who appeared to be trying to apologize. MORE: ACC tops our conference rankings, but not by much According to multiple reports, Brownell was upset that Kennedy Meeks was yelling and celebrating in front of Clemson’s bench. The Tigers coach may also be frustrated with Kenny Williams, who celebrated after being sent to the free-throw line with 17 seconds remaining in overtime and again after making a layup to give the No....

The Tigers have won the conference six straight years and have reached the College Football Playoff in each of those seasons. But when the betting lines came out for the college football Week 8 slate of games, the Tigers found themselves in an unusual place: as an underdog. To whom, exactly? To No. 23 Pitt, a team they demolished in 2018 and 2020 in the two most recent matchups. The opening line had the Panthers favored by three points....

“I just got [Urban Meyer’s] book,” the coach told reporters Monday. “So trying to get that thing read by the end of the week. We’ll see if I can. MORE: Top 10 Clemson Tigers of all time “I’m looking for any little edge I can get. If you all got the Cliff Notes, shoot them my way.” Swinney laughed while he said it, knowing it’s a ridiculous thing, but he wasn’t joking....

No. 1 Clemson vs. No. 2 Alabama. MORE: QBs take center stage | Five things to watch The Tigers are after their first national title since 1981 while the Crimson Tide are looking for their fourth championship in the past seven seasons. Follow SN writers Matt Hayes and Bill Bender for their insight into the matchup. In the meantime, here’s some Clemson and Alabama content you may have missed (check back, we’ll add all of our championship stories here)....

On Sunday, Mayfield—who helped the Browns beat the Houston Texans in a final score of 31-21—paid tribute to Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton “Max” Soviak. The cleats featured a picture of the 22-year-old sailor from Berlin Heights, Ohio along with the words, “Rest In Peace Navy Corpsman Maxton Soviak.” Mayfield had reached out to graphic artist Marcus Rivero to commission the shoes. Rivero uploaded a picture of the cleats onto his Instagram business page @solesbysir....

President Bush is at war with his own party, tearing it apart over an issue that was supposed to be the GOP’s ticket to an enduring governing majority. In his Rose Garden press conference Thursday, he pleaded with lawmakers to recognize that the way they deal with the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants is about “the heart and soul of America,” a country founded by immigrants. “I would rather they come here legally than stuffed in the back of an 18-wheeler,” Bush said....

The AllRise group filed a dossier with the International Criminal Court Tuesday, calling for the probe. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. The call comes less than three weeks before the United Nations’ 26th Climate Change Conference of the Parties, known as the COP26, starts on Oct. 31 in Glasgow. The 12-day summit aims to secure more ambitious commitments to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius with a goal of keeping it to 1....

Effective immediately, Brian Pattie will become the crew chief for the David Ragan in the No. 55 car. Billy Scott will become the crew chief for Bowyer in the No. 15 car. PHOTOS: Sprint Cup winners in 2015 | NASCAR families “Our goal is to best position the 15 and 55 teams for a berth in the Chase for the Sprint Cup,” said co-owner Rob Kauffman in a release. “MWR has an enormous amount of bright, motivated and quality people working to solve the endless challenges inherent to racing....

He showed it, dominating the preliminary race to earn a spot in Saturday’s Sprint All-Star Race. AJ Allmendinger finished second to also earn a spot in the all-star race. MORE: Sprint All-Star lineup | Format, rules | All-Star favorites, picks | Where will Carl Edwards land? Josh Wise finished 18th in the race but won the Sprint Fan Vote to also earn a spot in the all-star race. Only the top two finishers advanced to the all-star race....

[youtube:8_2_N3L0OAU] There you have it: Clinton’s closing argument in Pennsylvania. With only four days left before a primary that she needs to win–and win big–the New York senator and her surrogates have clearly decided to flesh out the emerging caricature of Obama as an effete elitist with debate-related taunts. Speaking yesterday from the front porch of an American Legion Hall in St. Mary’s, former President Bill Clinton kicked off the festivities....

For coach and team president Doc Rivers, that’s a bit of a hassle. He is not officially able to sit down and work out details with Ballmer, but said he has “accidentally” run into Ballmer a few times. “(A meeting is) not really allowed,” Rivers said here Monday as NBA Summer League play continued. “Bump-ins like today, I don’t know how that happened — things like that. It’s good, I look forward to that....

The tragic incident has started a conversation about large audiences and the responsibility that performers have to their fans who attend their shows. Over the past few days, numerous clips of other musicians stopping shows mid-song to get help for revelers in need of medical assistance have gone viral. Adele, Harry Styles and Billie Eilish are being praised for their efforts to help fans at various shows, while One Direction’s Niall Horan went viral for a 2018 concert in which he stopped his performance to tell the crowd: “Your security is my responsibility....

title: “Close Call” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-16” author: “Alvin Mcclellan” “We want Shays! We want Shays!” screamed his supporters late Tuesday at his Election Day headquarters, a hotel in Norwalk, Conn., as the incumbent declared victory, with roughly 51 percent to 48 percent of the vote. (His opponent, Democrat Diane Farrell, said, “We’re not there yet,” asking that all the votes be counted before she conceded.) Blowing kisses to his supporters, Shays’s acceptance speech humbly referenced what many considered his biggest weakness: his support for the war in Iraq....

But a double from Silvio Romero helped Las Aguilas come back from a goal down to top Korean side Jeonbuk Motors 2-1, and move into a Club World Cup semifinal against Real Madrid. Last year’s failure against Guangzhou Evergrande had to come into the America players’ minds. How could it not? Oribe Peralta, who scored the opening goal in the 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Chinese side, was among the players who spoke before the match about seeking revenge, about doing right by the proud Mexican club....

Hop-fu has just bubbled up from the underground film fests and into the waiting arms of an MTV development deal. The hop-fuers see a franchise: hop-fi (sci-fi) and hop-noir. This month, they’ll be passing the “hip-hop suey” (sake and Courvoisier) at Manhattan’s tony Joe’s Pub.

“Is there anything he could do, or anything that could happen, that would make you not vote for him?” CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota asked. “No,” the panelist, Crystal Arlington, responded. Camerota then asked: “If he shot someone on Fifth Avenue [in New York City], would you vote for him?” Panelist Marian Taylor was the first to reply, saying: “You’d have to know why he shot him.” “Yeah, why did he shoot him?...

During a Sunday morning segment of CNN’s State of the Union, host Dana Bash showed Warner a video of Democratic strategist James Carville complaining that the party is full of “stupid wokeness”—with measures such as the defund the police movement—and that some Democratic politicians should go to a “woke detox center.” Bash then asked Warner, a moderate Democrat, if he believes the party has swayed too far left for some voters....

“Former President Donald Trump is returning to the CPAC stage tomorrow,” Acosta said at the start of a segment on CNN Newsroom on Saturday, with a chyron on screen that said: “How Trump is pretending he’s still the president.” “Hide the flags,” Acosta quipped, before playing clips of Trump hugging and kissing the U.S. flag at previous CPAC appearances. “And now the same man who gripped the Stars and Stripes won’t let go of something else: the idea that he’s still president....

Gauff, who’s only 17, is the highest-profile American athlete to withdraw from the Tokyo Games, so far. She tweeted her news Sunday. “I am so disappointed to share the news that I have tested positive for COVID and won’t be able to play in the Olympic Games in Tokyo,” Gauff wrote. “It has always been a dream of mine to represent the USA at the Olympics, and I hope there will be many more chances for me to make this come true in the future....

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hornets power forward Cody Zeller suffered a right shoulder injury in his team’s 95-69 loss to the Wizards on Monday. Zeller skied to block a dunk attempt from the Wizards’ Bradley Beal, smacking his right shoulder on the backboard and landing awkwardly. He will miss the Hornets’ Wednesday game against the Kings as a result, and could sit out of Friday’s game against the Bulls. “It’s a sprain,” Hornets coach Steve Clifford said....