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PFL dips toe into crypto betting with Cloudbet deal
Your download email will arrive shortly The deal will bring “crypto-powered betting” to PFL events from January 25. (Nigel Roddis/Getty Images) The crypto sportsbook, while seemingly accessible in most countries, is not intended to be used in markets including the US, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Iran, South Korea, Singapore, China, and Australia. The deal […]
The crypto sportsbook, while seemingly accessible in most countries, is not intended to be used in markets including the US, the UK, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Iran, South Korea, Singapore, China, and Australia.
The deal will bring “crypto-powered betting” to PFL events from January 25, when the Road to Dubai Champions Series begins.
Through a multi-year deal unveiled today, Cloudbet – ultimately licensed by Curacao Gaming in the Caribbean island – becomes the MMA property’s exclusive sports betting and online casino partner.
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The crypto betting brand (which covers almost all sports, and only accepts cryptocurrency as funds) will receive significant branding across PFL events, and during live broadcasting of the series.
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Usman Nurmagomedov will take on Paul Hughes in Dubai’s City Walk in PFL’s first event of 2025, on that date.
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Cowboys Wrap Up Day One Of NCAA Action
Round 1 Results CARLSBAD, Calif. – Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team posted a 5-over 293 during the first day of play at the NCAA Championship on Friday to stand in a tie for 14th place at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa. The second-ranked Cowboys finished the day in a five-way tie for their positioning […]
Round 1 Results
CARLSBAD, Calif. –
Oklahoma State’s men’s golf team posted a 5-over 293 during the first day of play at the NCAA Championship on Friday to stand in a tie for 14th place at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa.
The second-ranked Cowboys finished the day in a five-way tie for their positioning at the par-72, 7,480-yard layout. OSU will begin its second round four shots outside of the top 10.
Sophomore Preston Stout led the way for OSU individually, posting a 1-under 71 to come in tied for 25th place. Starting on the back nine, Stout bogeyed two of his first five holes before carding birdies at the 15th and 18th to get back to even for the day. He would sandwich a bogey at the third with birdies at the second and fourth to stand at 1-under for the day with five to play.
Stout posted his fifth birdie of the day at the sixth before carding a bogey at the seventh on his way to a 1-under 35 on his second nine of the day.
Sophomore Ethan Fang also posted five birdies during his round before ultimately signing for a 1-over 73 to share 47th place.
Sophomore Eric Lee’s 74 tied him for 63rd place.
Freshman Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson and sophomore Gaven Lane each signed for 3-over 75s to finish the day tied for 79th place.
OSU will begin its second round tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. (CST) and will be grouped with Auburn and Ole Miss. Live scoring is available at scoreboard.clippd.com.
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Texas Tech Red Raiders – Official Athletics Website
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Texas Tech’s historic season added another chapter Friday afternoon as the Red Raiders secured their first trip to the Women’s College World Series following a 2-1 victory over Florida State at JoAnne Graf Field. The Red Raiders (50-12) utilized the same formula in both Super Regional wins over the Seminoles (49-12) – […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Texas Tech’s historic season added another chapter Friday afternoon as the Red Raiders secured their first trip to the Women’s College World Series following a 2-1 victory over Florida State at JoAnne Graf Field.
The Red Raiders (50-12) utilized the same formula in both Super Regional wins over the Seminoles (49-12) – an early first-inning lead and dominant pitching in the circle from NiJaree Canady. The result has the Red Raiders heading to Oklahoma City for the first time in program history where Texas Tech will face either Ole Miss or Arkansas next Thursday.
Canady further solidified her reputation as the nation’s top pitcher as she withstood a seventh-inning rally to return to Oklahoma City for a third time in her college career. Florida State led off the seventh with a leadoff walk to Katie Dack and then a double from Michaela Edenfield with Dack scoring immediately after on an RBI ground out from Shelby McKenzie. Canady fought out of the jam, leaving the tying run at third base after back-to-back foul outs to Lauren Allred at first base to end the threat.
Outside the double to Edenfield in the seventh, Canady only allowed an infield single to McKenzie in the second and then a double to Hallie Wacaser in the fifth for her second complete game gem in as many days. The victory was the 30th of the season for Canady (30-5), who combined to surrender only one run off five hits and two walks with seven strikeouts over her 14.0 combined innings in the two-game sweep of the Seminoles.
Canady (30-5) benefited from an early lead once again with Mihyia Davis coming around to score in the first inning for the second-consecutive game. Davis, who slapped an infield single and moved to second on a throwing error to start the inning, raced home to beat the tag on an Alana Johnson sacrifice fly to shallow left field for an early 1-0 lead.
It marked the fifth time in as many games the Red Raiders have scored in the opening inning as Texas Tech is now 31-1 when doing so this season and a perfect 5-0 since opening the NCAA Lubbock Regional with a 6-0 victory over Brown. Texas Tech will enter the Women’s College World Series riding an eight-game winning streak where the Red Raiders have combined to outscore opponents, 56-8, during that stretch.
The Red Raiders added what became the game-winning run in the fifth as Demi Elder shot a single up the middle to score Johnson from second. Johnson collided with the Seminole shortstop on the play, recovering in time to beat a delayed throw home to give the Red Raiders a 2-0 lead. Elder finished 2-for-3 at the plate for a Texas Tech offense that combined for six hits off the Florida State pitching staff.
Julia Apsel (12-2) took the loss in the circle for Florida State as the left-hander allowed one unearned run off three hits and a strikeout over her 2.2 innings. She was relieved midway through the third by Jazzy Francik, who similarly gave up an unearned run off three hits and three strikeouts over the final 3.1 innings. Florida State combined for four errors as a team.
The Red Raiders will face the winner of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional between No. 4 seed Arkansas and unseeded Ole Miss in their Women’s College World Series debut next Thursday. Game times and television designations will be announced later this weekend by the NCAA.
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Texas vs. Clemson weather delay: When will Game 1 of Austin Super Regional resume
The opening game of the Austin Super Regional between Texas and Clemson was delayed due to lightning strikes in the surrounding area. Game 1 was called to a stop just fourth pitches into the matchup for a minimum of 30 minutes. There was a second reported lightning strike 16 minutes following the first one. A […]
The opening game of the Austin Super Regional between Texas and Clemson was delayed due to lightning strikes in the surrounding area. Game 1 was called to a stop just fourth pitches into the matchup for a minimum of 30 minutes.
There was a second reported lightning strike 16 minutes following the first one. A third strike restarted the timer 30 minutes later. If there was not another lightning strike after that, the game would resume roughly around 10:10 p.m. ET. However, this would not be the case as lightning continued to linger in the area.
After a prolonged delay, Clemson’s softball account on X provided an update. They revealed that the teams were set to retake the field at 10:30 p.m. ET, with the game resuming 15 minutes later — nearly two hours after the first pitch was thrown.
Clemson is the No. 11 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, and earned their way into into the Super Regional after sweeping the Clemson Regional in three games against USC Upstate, Northwestern and finally Kentucky in extra innings during the championship game. This set up a 6-11 seed matchup against the Longhorns.
For the Longhorns — they experienced more of the same success last weekend. During the Austin Regional, they went 3-0 in their matchups, defeating Eastern Illinois, Michigan and UCF. They won all three of those games by at least eight points and outscored their opponents 35-6, dominating their competition as the No. 6 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Before the NCAA Tournament, Texas was eliminated from the SEC Tournament in the semifinals against Texas A&M. This came after the Longhorns finished with 45 regular season wins, as well as a 16-8 record against SEC opponents.
Meanwhile, Clemson is coming off an ACC Conference Tournament for the first time in program history. That means the Tigers are yet to taste defeat this postseason.
Something that the Clemson Tigers are likely aware of, however — Texas is 25-3 in games played inside McCombs Field this season. They’re 49-10 overall compared to Clemson’s 47-12.
Once the opening game of the series is able to be played, Game 2 between Texas and Clemson in the Austin Super Regional will begin on Friday at 9 p.m. ET. The series is currently scheduled to conclude on Saturday if the two programs split the first two softball matchups.
A series win would send the Longhorns to the Women’s College World Series for the eighth time in program history, and the second time in as many seasons. In both 2022 and 2024, Texas finished as the national runner-up. Clemson, seeking an upset on the road, has never made it past the Super Regional stage of the NCAA Tournament.
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Miami Gave Carson Beck $4M NIL Deal But Ex
The Miami Hurricanes football team gave Carson Beck, who was the top quarterback in the transfer portal this offseason, a $4 million NIL deal. Despite his clear physical talent and ability as a quarterback, there have been questions surrounding his maturity going back to his days with the Georgia Bulldogs. Former Bulldogs quarterback Aaron Murray […]
The Miami Hurricanes football team gave Carson Beck, who was the top quarterback in the transfer portal this offseason, a $4 million NIL deal. Despite his clear physical talent and ability as a quarterback, there have been questions surrounding his maturity going back to his days with the Georgia Bulldogs. Former Bulldogs quarterback Aaron Murray recently spoke to On3’s Hard Count about some things that Miami should be wary of with Beck after watching him this offseason and during his time at Georgia.
Aaron Murray On Carson Beck Maturity Concerns:
Murray spoke about potential maturity concerns with Beck that he heard about at Georgia:
“He needs to learn to continue to play within himself, play a very mature style of football. And, speaking of the word mature, I think that’s the biggest red flag for me right now is where is he in the maturity factor. Because you have heard in the locker room at Georgia, there was some disconnect with Carson and his teammates.”
Aaron Murray On Carson Beck’s Red Flags:
He also spoke about possible red flags regarding social media and Beck’s girlfriend drama this offseason:
“But there are some possible character flaws that you heard from the locker room. Then you’re seeing in the offseason with all the nonsense on TikTok and then the girlfriend stuff, and it’s too much mess. It’s too much for a guy that’s going to be 23, 24 years old. I need you focusing on football.”
Aaron Murray’s Advice To Carson Beck:
He gave some advice about how he should be handling this offseason:
“You’re on a brand new team. You’re coming off an elbow injury. I don’t need you in the media other than, ‘Hey man, I’m throwing five yards today. I’m throwing 10 yards today. I’m throwing 20 yards today. I’m progressing. I’m learning the playbook. I’m here to lead Miami, the Miami Hurricanes to an ACC championship next year.’ Not TikTok news, girlfriend news.”
Aaron Murray On Carson Beck’s Talent:
Despite all the noise surrounding Beck, Murray doesn’t question his talent:
“But from a pure talent standpoint, there is no doubt Carson Beck is a very gifted passer of the football.”
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This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/miami as Miami Gave Carson Beck $4M NIL Deal But Ex-UGA QB Warns Of Maturity Red Flags.
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Connecting NIL money to school work would help them remain balanced and responsible while pursuing their athletic goals.
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