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The 13-0 Warriors, ranked No. 1 in the state of Alabama and No. 6 in the nation by MaxPreps, faced a seemingly insurmountable deficit against the 11-1 Tigers, who commanded a 28-19 lead with less than a minute remaining in the game. It seemed as if Auburn, ranked third in the state, would win its first ever state title (ironically, at the University of Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium). Somehow, some way, Thompson managed to erase that nine-point deficit with fewer than 30 seconds to win 29-28, giving the school its second straight state title....

That was the case for Nick Saban on Wednesday after the Alabama coach signed a historic seventh No. 1 class, according to 247Sports’ Composite rankings. MORE: Former No. 1 recruits: Where are they now? Yes, the familiar crimson behemoth has once again claimed supremacy over the rest of college football. You’d have to go all the way back to 2010, when fellow Southeastern Conference school Florida earned the top spot in the rankings, to find the last time Alabama wasn’t atop the recruiting rankings....

The game could not have started worse for Alabama (4-0, 4-0 SEC) after Georgia’s Azeez Ojulari forced an interception on the first play from scrimmage by Mac Jones. Three plays later, a Justin Eboigbe interception of Stetson Bennett set the tone for what would be a wild first half. Bennett was efficient early, matching Jones’ stat line of two touchdowns and an interception in the first 30 minutes. For a while, it seemed as if Alabama’s defense — which put up a historically bad effort against Ole Miss — would cost the Tide again: Georgia (3-1, 3-1 SEC) took a 24-17 lead with less than a minute remaining in the half on a 5-yard touchdown connection between Bennett and Jermaine Burton....

How would that translate in an NFL matchup? After all, Alabama and Georgia combined to put 88 active players on rosters in Week 1 of the NFL season. The schools combined for four Pro Bowl selections this year, center Ryan Kelly, defensive lineman Jonathan Allen and cornerback Trevon Diggs from Alabama, and running back Nick Chubb from Georgia. More talent is on the way, too. In Sporting News’ latest NFL Mock Draft, Alabama’s Evan Neal and Georgia’s Jordan Davis and Nakobe Dean are projected to be first-round picks....

Despite having long resisted calls from progressive lawmakers to launch impeachment proceedings, Pelosi on Tuesday announced that the House will begin a formal impeachment inquiry of Trump. The Democratic leader’s mind appears to have changed on the matter after the emergence of the whistleblower scandal and Trump’s flubbed attempts at defending himself. “Today I’m announcing the House of Representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry,” Pelosi said in a scathing statement in Washington, D....

According to an interview the event’s producer, Alexandra Laliberte, gave BuzzFeed News, Wednesday’s installment of Actor’s Hour was the second that Weinstein attended. The venue released a statement Friday afternoon, explaining that it has no plans to host the former movie mogul anytime soon. The statement released on Twitter also provided background including that Weinstein had allegedly attended Actor’s Hour prior to the incident on Wednesday. The venue management made it clear that Weinstein is not welcome, writing, “Harvey Weinstein has NEVER BEEN to House of Yes and NEVER will be....

This time it involves Gerald Green, whose agent stepped out to defend his client on Wednesday after coach Jeff Hornacek criticized Green’s defense in the news media. MORE: Morris twins accused of assaulting mentor | Green still throwing down insane dunks “It’s completely unfair to misrepresent Gerald and his game like this," Kevin Bradbury of BDA Sports told Sporting News. “You’re talking about a player that wants to win at any cost and is a tremendous locker guy and teammate....

The Manchester City striker travelled to Amsterdam on Thursday on his day off to attend a concert by Colombian singer Maluma but hit the headlines when he was involved in a taxi crash. Man City 9/1 to win Champions League Aguero sustained a rib injury that will keep him out of the Premier League meeting with Chelsea on Saturday, and Keown has slammed the 29-year-old’s actions. “As a professional player, you need to prioritise football,” he told the Daily Mail....

Aguero, who has scored five goals in as many games for City in the Premier League so far this season, had an eventful international break, missing a penalty for Argentina in a World Cup qualifying defeat to Paraguay and suffering a calf issue that has seen him left out of the starting XI by Guardiola. Meanwhile, Sterling and De Bruyne, who missed the latest international fixtures due to injury, are selected from the start....

Top of the highlight reel in the latest exhibition by City was a 70-meter pass from goalkeeper Ederson Moraes from his own penalty area that found Aguero running behind Huddersfield’s defensive line. Aguero cut inside and chipped Huddersfield’s stranded ‘keeper Ben Hamer, setting City on its way to its second straight win to open the season. With eight goals already, it’s an ominous start by the defending champions. “The pass was outstanding, the control by Sergio Aguero,” City coach Pep Guardiola said, before adding about Aguero: “I never saw him like this since I was here, he is in an incredible condition with the ball and without the ball....

The former CSKA Moscow forward is yet to play a game for the Foxes in the Premier League this campaign after featuring in 21 league games in his debut season in England. Musa was an unused substitute in Michael Appleton’s side Carabao Cup win over Leeds United after making his maiden appearance for Leicester City U23s in their victory over Chelsea U23s in September. With Nigeria’s qualification for next year’s World Cup in Russia, the former Schalke 04 and Nice attacker thinks the Nigeria international needs a move to secure his regular playing time irrespective of the tier....

Ahn claimed her first three grand slam match wins to reach the last 16 at Flushing Meadows, beating former major champions Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Ostapenko before losing to Elise Mertens. The 27-year-old climbed 48 places in the rankings as a result - from 141st to 93rd - breaching the top 100 for the first time in her career. Making her first appearance since the final grand slam of the year, wildcard Ahn carried on in impressive fashion as she took apart Timea Bacsinszky 6-0 6-0 in Seoul....

New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently said on Good Morning America that he wants to install artificial intelligence-driven weapons detectors in the subway system. Evolv Technology said its AI scanner could replace conventional metal detectors, bypassing the need for people to stop and empty their pockets. “With AI, we are able to detect many different objects of all sizes and types. Detecting if someone is carrying a gun might be highly beneficial to prevent attacks as well as to detect threatening situations,” Mikaela Pisani, the chief data scientist of AI company Rootstrap, told Lifewire in an email interview....

Aikman led the Cowboys to three Lombardi Trophies in 12 seasons with Dallas, and they have not been to the Super Bowl since his last triumph at the end of the 1995 season. And he believes significant changes are need to restore the franchise to its former glory, telling 1310 The Ticket: “Go through the list and this team, over a long period of time, has been what it’s been....

AIM Mail IMAP Settings Before you set up an email client to use your AIM Mail account, get the Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) server settings. If you set up an email client and can’t receive AIM Mail, check the settings. The AIM Mail IMAP server settings used to access AIM Mail messages and folders through any email client are: AIM Mail IMAP server address: imap. aim. comAIM Mail IMAP username: Your full AIM Mail email address (such as example@aim....

PARIS (Reuters) - Air France pilots went on a four-day strike over pay cuts on Saturday that could disrupt transport plans for football fans on the second day of Europe’s soccer championship. Air France, part of Franco-Dutch group, said on Saturday it estimated that about 25 percent of its pilots would strike. Union SNPL said 70 percent of pilots would not show up. “I heard this morning the SNPL president saying that 70 percent of the pilots would strike, which is not the case....

The company said anyone who is “affiliated with hate groups” has no place using their service having been made aware of a booking by an apparent self-described Proud Boys member. Airbnb was alerted to a booking made by Ronald Gaudier by the We Will Be Ruthless Twitter account, which shared a screenshot of Gaudier writing on encrypted messaging service Telegram describing how he will be attending the march on Saturday in order to stop the “f*****g pinkos” from “taking down the country....

Joe Gebbia, co-founder and chief product officer of San Francisco-based Airbnb, said the number of reservations was still rising ahead of the start on Friday of the first Olympics to be held in South America. Gebbia, who co-founded Airbnb in his living room in San Francisco in 2007, showed a map of Rio indicating reservations were spread across 54 of the 80 neighbourhoods in the city of 6 million....

Pogba leads United to emotional Europa League triumph After a nervy opening for the Amsterdammers, Paul Pogba’s strike all but sealed the ending of their exciting campaign just 18 minutes in. In awe of their opponents, Ajax just could not settle at the Friends Arena. Theirs was the youngest ever starting XI in the final of a European competition and they also boasted the youngest ever finalist playing at centre-back, and at times it seemed like boys against men....