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No. 5 Vanderbilt was a mere inch away from maybe the most historic shot in program history until the ball did everything but drop.
Tyler Tanner’s beyond-half-court heave to send the Commodores to the Sweet 16 went in-and-out to give No. 4 Nebraska a 74-72 win and advance to the Sweet 16.
Nebraska entered the half with a 39-32 lead and led by as many as 10 at one point, but Vanderbilt rallied back to lead by five with 5:34 to go.
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Tyler Tanner of the Vanderbilt Commodores shoots the ball against Sam Hoiberg of the Nebraska Cornhuskers during the final seconds of the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Paycom Center on March 21, 2026, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
The Cornhuskers then answered back with a 6-0 run to retake the lead, but Vanderbilt led 72-70 with less than a minute to go after a Tanner layup, which gave him 27 points on the night.
Those, however, were Tanner’s and Vanderbilt’s final points of the game. Rienk Mast tied the game with a putback with 37 seconds left, and Vanderbilt’s Chandler Bing missed a shot to take a late lead.
Nebraska then ran down the court, and Pryce Sandfort found Braden Frager, who made a contested layup to take the lead with 2.2 seconds left.
Nebraska Cornhuskers guard Sam Hoiberg (1) celebrates with fans after defeating the Vanderbilt Commodores in a second round game of the men’s 2026 NCAA Tournament at Paycom Center. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn Images)
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Vanderbilt called a timeout, and the inbound went to the red-hot Tanner, who clearly had the groove of his shot. He pulled up from half-court, but the shot was a striking image of Gordon Hayward’s from the 2010 national title game against Duke – off the backboard, then the rim, then out.
Quite literally everybody, even the heavy-Nebraska crowd in Oklahoma City, was in disbelief, but the party was on for the red after shock and relief quickly turned into celebration.
It’s Nebraska’s first time ever making the Sweet 16 after eight prior appearances without getting there. In fact, this year is the first time they even won a game in the tournament.
Braden Frager of the Nebraska Cornhuskers celebrates after the victory against the Vanderbilt Commodores in the second round of the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Paycom Center on March 21, 2026, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
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Four Cornhuskers finished in double-digits, with Sandfort and Frager each putting up 15. Nebraska will face the winner of No. 1 Florida and No. 9 Iowa.
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Video assistant referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made and are they correct?
This season, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game.
Andy Davies (@andydaviesref) is a former Select Group referee, with over 12 seasons on the elite list, working across the Premier League and Championship. With extensive experience at the elite level, he has operated within the VAR space in the Premier League and offers a unique insight into the processes, rationale and protocols that are delivered on a Premier League matchday.
Referee: Stuart Attwell
VAR: Craig Pawson
Time: 67 minutes
Incident: Possible penalty for Manchester United
What happened: On 67 minutes, Bournemouth defender Adrien Truffert made upper-body contact with Manchester United attacker Amad Diallo, resulting in the United player going to ground, claiming he had been pulled by Truffert. The incident was more controversial because Bournemouth scored their equalizing goal in the immediate breakaway following the penalty appeals being waved away by referee Attwell. VAR cleared the decision as a correct on-field outcome.
VAR decision: The referee’s call of no penalty for a challenge by Truffert was checked and confirmed by VAR — with it deemed the contact was not sufficient for a foul.
VAR review: Given that Bournemouth scored immediately following this penalty appeal by United, the check by VAR needed the profile of an official check as opposed to a background check, which would have been the case if the goal hadn’t occurred.
VAR Pawson would have already begun his initial checks on the Truffert challenge by the time the ball had hit the back of United’s net and would likely have been comfortable with Attwell’s on-field decision of no penalty. However, now with a Bournemouth goal to also check, the process would have started again, and the entire phase of play replayed and checked. Pawson was happy that the contact by the Bournemouth defender did not meet the threshold for a foul and confirmed the on-field decision of no penalty as a correct call.
Verdict / Insight: The arm by Truffert was considered normal contact by referee Attwell, given the dynamic of the two players moving across the area in a relatively neutral position in the penalty area, and I agree.
In real time, I was comfortable that Amad, on feeling contact, went to ground, completely unnecessarily, trying to win a penalty as opposed to it being a foul action by the Bournemouth defender. The reaction of his teammates also told a story. It was a poor decision by Amad to go to ground and was not worthy of a penalty kick.
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Time: 78 minutes
Incident: Penalty awarded to Bournemouth and Harry Maguire sent off for denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO)
What happened: Referee Attwell further frustrated Manchester United when he pointed to the spot, penalizing Maguire as he appeared to commit a holding offense on Bournemouth’s Evanilson, pulling him to the ground as he was in a clear opportunity to score. The foul was also deemed a DOGSO offense by Attwell, and he sent Maguire off.
VAR decision: The referee’s call of a penalty and red card for Maguire for the DOGSO was checked and confirmed by VAR — with it deemed to be a holding offense with no attempt to challenge for the ball.
VAR review: Checking the replays for the Evanilson penalty and Maguire red card was a straightforward review for Pawson. Remember, the on-field decision will always be upheld unless there is video evidence that shows a clear error by the refereeing team.
Referee Attwell’s communication described the actions by Maguire as a clear holding offense, with no attempt to play the ball and his actions stopping an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. The replay review showed nothing different, with both the penalty and subsequent red card deemed correct by Pawson. He checked and cleared both outcomes.
Verdict / Insight: The decision to award Evanilson a penalty and a subsequent red card to Maguire has certainly created noise, with those questioning the level of contact made by Maguire, and if it impacted the attackers to stay on his feet and shoot at goal.
When you break down the detail of the action by Maguire, it’s difficult to argue against him being penalized, as it was a clear and deliberate action to disrupt and even stop his opponent from possibly scoring, while making absolutely no attempt to play the ball.
The level of the hold can be debated; however, the action, evidence of contact and his motivation are obvious, so I am comfortable with the outcome of a penalty and red card in this situation. Equally, given all the evidence on the replays, this is not a decision I would expect a VAR intervention.
Another total failure of its power grid underlines Cuba’s hardship under a US-imposed fuel blockade.
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HAVANA — HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.
The state-owned Cuban Electric Union reported a total blackout across the island without giving a cause for the outage.
Authorities said they were working to restore power.
Power outages, whether nationwide or regional, have become relatively common in the last two years due to breakdowns in the aging infrastructure. The breakdowns are compounded by daily blackouts of up to 12 hours caused by fuel shortages, which also destabilize the system.
The last nationwide blackout occurred on Monday. Saturday’s outage was the second in the past week and the third in March.
The blackouts have a significant impact on the population, whose lives are disrupted by reduced work hours, lack of electricity for cooking, and food spoilage when refrigerators stop working, among many other consequences.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel has said the island has not received oil from foreign suppliers for three months. Cuba produces barely 40% of the fuel it needs to power its economy.
Cuba’s aging grid has drastically eroded in recent years. But the government also has blamed the outages on a U.S. energy blockade after U.S. President Donald Trump in January warned of tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to Cuba. The Trump administration is demanding that Cuba release political prisoners and move toward political and economic liberalization in return for a lifting of sanctions. Trump also has raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover of Cuba.”
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who led the bureau in the tumultuous decade following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and who later served as special counsel overseeing the politically charged investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, has died, his family announced. He was 81.
“With deep sadness, we are sharing the news that Bob passed away last night,” a family statement said. “His family asks that their privacy be respected.”
The FBI Agents Association also mourned the passing of Mueller, noting he led the bureau “during a period of significant change and played an important role in strengthening its ability to confront evolving national security threats while maintaining its core criminal investigative mission.”
A spokesperson for the WilmerHale law firm, where Mueller had been a partner, commended him as an “extraordinary leader and public servant and a person of the greatest integrity.”
“His service to our country, including as a decorated officer in the Marine Corps, as FBI Director, and at the Department of Justice, was exemplary and inspiring,” the spokesperson said. “We are deeply proud that he was our partner.”
Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the Russia investigation on May 29, 2019 at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.
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Mueller was the second-longest serving FBI director in the agency’s history. He had a decorated career in public service, cultivating a reputation for steady leadership, dedication to country and commitment to protecting the nation’s security.
Born in New York City on Aug. 7, 1944, Robert Swan Mueller III studied politics at Princeton University, and then earned a master’s degree in international relations from New York University.
Emboldened by the death of a classmate in the Vietnam War, Mueller enlisted in the Marines in 1968, serving two years in Vietnam as a platoon leader, during which he was awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, two Commendation Medals and other recognition.
Upon leaving the Marines in 1970 at the rank of captain, Mueller attended the University of Virginia Law School, graduating in 1973 and then spending the next 28 years working as a U.S. attorney in San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C., as well as three years at the Department of Justice Criminal Division.
During his time at the DOJ, Mueller investigated the Gambino crime family and also prosecuted the men responsible for bombing a Pan Am Flight in December 1988, as well as former Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega.
On July 5, 2001, Mueller was appointed to be director of the FBI, nominated by then-President George W. Bush. His tenure there saw the bureau’s focus shift from domestic investigations to tackling foreign terrorists after the 9/11 attacks, during which time Mueller developed a reputation among agents for being no-nonsense.
After serving his full 10-year term as FBI director, Mueller agreed to then-President Barack Obama’s request to remain in the position for two more years, after which he returned to the private sector in 2013.
FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., June 19, 2013.
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In May 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller to oversee the investigation of alleged Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. The investigation focused primarily on the 2016 Donald Trump presidential campaign and returned numerous high-profile indictments, including political consultant and lobbyist Roger Stone, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and 32 others.
Mueller submitted his long-anticipated report in March 2019, which did not find that the Trump campaign had worked with the Russian government to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Two months later, he stepped down from his special counsel position and returned to private life.
Trump took to social media Saturday as news of Mueller’s passing broke.
“Robert Mueller just died,” the president said. “Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
The president’s statements were quickly met with pushback on Capitol Hill.
“I think that that’s a sad statement about where we are in our political discourse to be honest with you,” Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina, told reporters upon learning of the president’s remarks. “I certainly don’t celebrate the death of somebody who you could disagree maybe on certain matters, but this is a person who served this country and deserves more respect than that.”
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner, of Virginia, said: “I join many Americans mourning the loss of Robert Mueller, he led a career of public service always committed to rule of law. I didn’t always agree with him, but I join many in mourning his passing.”
Addressing the 2017 graduating class at Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts, Mueller advised the graduates to live their lives with “integrity, patience and humility.”
“Whatever we do, we must act with honesty and with integrity, and regardless of your chosen career, you’re only as good as your word,” Mueller declared. “If you are not honest, your reputation will suffer, and once lost, a good reputation can never, ever be regained.”
Mueller is survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Ann Cabell Standish, as well as two daughters and five grandchildren.
Young people are driving a gym boom as more fitness spaces are transformed into vibrant hangouts.
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The BBC, working in collaboration with analysts Jeremy Carrasco and Angel Nulani from Riddance, has identified 60 such accounts, mainly on Instagram, that have carried links, or chains of links, to paid-for sexually explicit content on third-party sites. The sites labelled the imagery as AI-generated, but the Instagram accounts did not.
Murphy came into the contest after missing out on a title fight against champion Alexander Volkanovski in January, with Diego Lopes being given the opportunity instead.
Murphy did not get the rousing reception from the home fans like Aspinall or Pimblett have in the past as he made a business-like walkout, but he was cheered as he stepped into the octagon.
Evloev was booed heavily but embraced his reception as he smiled and made a heart-shaped gesture with his fingers towards the crowd.
Encouraged by chants of “Oh Miracle Murphy”, some of the Mancunian’s best work was done with his back to the cage, as he landed a one-two uppercut combination and tried to keep Evloev at bay with leg kicks.
Evloev was predicted to grapple with Murphy but it was not until the third round, with the Briton gaining the upper hand in the striking, that he attempted his first takedown.
Murphy got to his feet quickly and drew roars from the crowd with a counter right hook, but Evloev would end the round on top as a flurry of strikes opened a cut above the Mancunian’s left eye.
The contest was delayed in the fourth round as Murphy took time to recover from an accidental groin strike in a move for which the Russian was docked a point.
But after telling his corner he had hurt his hip, Murphy struggled to defend takedowns like he had before and Evloev gained the upper hand in the closing stages.
Murphy was roared on by the crowd as he continued to get back to his feet, but Evloev’s nine takedowns by the end of the bout told a telling story.
“I told you I was a better striker than him – joking!” said Evloev.
“Me and my coach were preparing more fakes, takedowns and punches. I think my punches are hard, I can hurt the opponent. Look at his face, he is damaged. I don’t have to use my wrestling to get the win.”
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New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo apologized for a “lapse in judgment” after he said CTE was not real and asthma was “fake.”
Skattebo appeared on the “Bring the Juice” podcast when he was asked if CTE was “a real thing,” and he replied that it was “an excuse.”
He also implored “soft” asthmatics to “just breathe air.”
“I recently did an interview and had a lapse in judgment, which resulted in me making a tasteless joke about CTE and asthma. It was never my intention to downplay the seriousness of head injuries or asthma,” Skattebo wrote on his Instagram story Saturday after the clip began to go viral.
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New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo warms up before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles Oct. 26, 2025, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. (Terence Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“I sincerely apologize to anyone that was offended by my remarks, and I assure you that I’ll be more mindful and respectful going forward. MUCH LOVE!!!”
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive, degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head impacts rather than a single injury, according to the Mayo Clinic. More than 100 former NFL players have been posthumously diagnosed with CTE, according to a University of Utah study published in the Journal of Neurotrauma.
The New York Giants’ Cam Skattebo reacts after scoring a touchdown during the first half against the Philadelphia Eagles in East Rutherford, N.J., Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
The running back became an instant fan favorite last season, scoring seven touchdowns in as many games while showing off his bulldozing abilities before a gruesome ankle injury cut his season short.
Skattebo’s quarterback, Jaxson Dart, was checked for concussions at least five times throughout the season and even missed two games after being diagnosed with one. Skattebo was once fined for entering the medical tent while Dart was being evaluated.
Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo of the New York Giants walk off the field after winning a game against the Philadelphia Eagles at MetLife Stadium Oct. 9, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (Kathryn Riley/Getty Images)
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The Giants hired John Harbaugh in the offseason after he was let go by the Baltimore Ravens after 18 seasons with them. New York fired Brian Daboll, who was named the NFL Coach of the Year in his first year with Big Blue, during the season.
Fox News Digital’s Khloe Quill contributed to this report.
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