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☆ Takeaways from the first round of the College Football Playoff
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-21 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

University Park, Pennsylvania CNN —The first round of the College Football Playoff is in the books after the expanded playoff brought games to campuses for the first time, an incredible display of the best parts of college football – even if the games weren’t particularly close. Here are six takeaways from the opening round of the College Football Playoff. Brashard Smith of the Southern Methodist Mustangs runs the ball during the first quarter against the Penn State Nittany Lions. In the very next game, Penn State trounced SMU, 38-10. The first round proved that at the highest level of college football, the game is still won in the trenches.

Persons: Notre Dame, Penn, Ole, Brashard Smith, Scott Taetsch, Kevin Jennings, Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin, “, ” Kiffin, –, Jesus, Michael Reaves, Rhett Lashlee, CNN’s Andy Scholes, Curt Cignetti, Penn State's Dominic DeLuca, Mitchell Leff, Dabo Swinney’s, Nico Iamaleava, Wade Woodaz, Eric Gay, TreVeyon Henderson, Judkins, didn’t, Will Howard, Chip Kelly, Jeremiah Smith, Carnell Tate, Jason Mowry, Treveyon Henderson, Smith, James Franklin, Ryan Day, Franklin, Drew Allar, ”, Franklin – Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, College Football, –, Notre, Southern Methodist University . Texas, Clemson, thumped, Irish, New, Penn State, Boise State, Arizona State, Ohio State, Rose, Indiana, SMU, ACC, Hoosiers, Notre Dame, Southern Methodist Mustangs, Penn State Nittany Lions, Getty Images Indiana, Alabama, Indiana Hoosiers, Notre Dame Fighting, Penn, Beaver, Southern Methodist University, Longhorn, Tennessee, Ohio, Volunteers, Buckeyes, Michigan, Buckeye, Nittany Lions, PSU, Southern Methodist, Tigers, SMU . Texas, Ohio State Buckeyes, Tennessee Volunteers, Getty, Wolverines, ” Penn State Locations: Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, Texas, Arizona, Oregon, Alabama, South Carolina, – Indiana, South Bend , Indiana, Valley, Austin, Tennessee, Ohio State, Michigan, Happy, Penn

☆ WNBA Playoffs: A’ja Wilson sparks comeback in three-peat hunt, Alyssa Thomas downs Fever with triple-double and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Jamie Barton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Wilson, quiet for so much of the contest, finished with a game-high 21 points, eight rebounds and five blocks. Newly crowned 2024 MVP A'ja Wilson drives to the basket in Game 1 against the Seattle Storm. Thomas also recorded a triple-double against Indiana in the first game of this year’s regular season. Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas looks for the open pass against the Indiana Fever in Game 1 of their first-round series at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Fever would never recover and now Indiana has to win Game 2 on Wednesday to keep its postseason alive.

Persons: A’ja Wilson, Becky Hammon’s, Tiffany Hayes, Wilson, Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie, Lauren Jackson, Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson, Barry Gossage, ”, Becky, Hammon, Sun’s Alyssa Thomas, Caitlin Clark, Caitlin Clark’s, Alyssa Thomas, Thomas, Joe Buglewicz, I’ve, Marina Mabrey, DeWanna Bonner, Bonner, “, doesn’t, Clark, ” Clark, Stephanie White –, Leonie Fiebich, Napheesa Collier, Sandy Brondello’s, Courtney Vandersloot, Brondello, “ Leo, We’ve, ” Brondello, she’s, Breanna Stewart –, Sabrina Ionescu, Haley Jones, Breanna Stewart, Corey Sipkin, Diana Taurasi, Collier –, –, Natasha Cloud, Taurasi Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Aces, Seattle Storm, Las Vegas Aces, Las, Las Vegas, Storm, Seattle, Seattle Times, Houston Comets, Indiana Fever, Indiana, Connecticut Sun, Mohegan Sun Arena, AP, Fever, AP WNBA, Liberty, Lynx, Atlanta, New York, New York Liberty, Minnesota Lynx, Phoenix Mercury, Mercury, New York Liberty Phoenix Mercury, Minnesota Lynx Indiana, Connecticut Sun Seattle Storm Locations: Las Vegas, Connecticut, Stephanie White – Indiana, Indiana, New York, New

☆ Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese face off in first WNBA game as Indiana Fever hold on to beat Chicago Sky in Commissioner’s Cup
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Issy Ronald | Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese transferred their already storied collegiate rivalry into the professional ranks of the WNBA on Saturday, and it was Clark who came out on top. But it was far from an individual effort with Clark’s teammates helping lift the Fever to their first home win of the season. A year later, Clark and Iowa got a measure of revenge by defeating Reese and LSU in the Elite Eight of the 2024 NCAA tournament. While the rivalry between Clark and Reese was the major talking point around the game, there was a tense moment late in the third quarter elsewhere. Clark and the Indiana Fever were able to record an important home win.

Persons: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Clark, Marina Mabrey, –, Indiana, Sabrina Ionescu, Reese, Chennedy Carter, Andy Lyons, Kamilla Cardoso, Cardoso Organizations: CNN, WNBA, Indiana Fever, Chicago Sky, New York Liberty, LSU, Clark’s University of Iowa, NCAA, Getty, Sky, University of South, Chicago Locations: Chicago, Clark, Iowa, University of South Carolina

☆ Abortion: Clinics in 14 of 15 states have stopped providing services, survey finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The survey found that among 15 states that were enforcing either total abortion bans or near-total abortion bans between the decision and October 2, nearly two-thirds of clinics that once provided abortion care – 66 of 79 – had been forced to stop offering abortion services. That means there are no providers offering abortions in 14 of the 15 states, says Rachel Jones, principal research scientist at Guttmacher. The 15 states included in the survey are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The impacts of these closures are being felt far beyond these 15 states. States where abortions are still legal have seen large influxes of people who are traveling to get the procedure.

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