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The NCAA backpedaled on a previously-approved rule change that would have allowed student-athletes and athletic department staff, including those at the College, to bet on professional sports. NCAA membership voted to reject the change on Nov. 21. Although the governing bodies of all three divisions initially voted to approve the change in October, the Division I Board of Directors voted to delay the implementation of the new rule for a procedural period of 30 days.
The NCAA requires the approval of a two-thirds majority of schools to make revisions to any of its regulations. Just a day before the procedural period ended and the rule could go into effect, the NCAA met the necessary two-thirds majority needed to rescind its new sports betting rule. As sports betting rules are considered “common legislation,” the revision also applies to Division II and Division III. 
While the proposed policy change would have allowed student-athletes to bet on sports, it still would have prohibited them from gambling on college sports and from sharing information about college competitions that could influence a bet.
The intended policy change came as sports betting grows increasingly popular. The practice is now legal in 38 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. An NCAA survey from April 2023 found that 58 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 22 had engaged in at least one sports betting activity. Critics of the rule argue that sports betting has negative repercussions for student-athletes. 
SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, a voting member of the Division I Board, wrote a letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker in opposition of sports betting. “The integrity of competition is directly threatened when anyone with insider access becomes involved in gambling,” he wrote. “Even when the wagers are placed on professional sports, the simple act of participating in gambling normalizes behavior, blurs boundaries and erodes judgment.”
Taylor Dulaney ’28, a member of the alpine ski team, told the Record that sports betting enhances his experience of following professional sports.“It just seems like another way to enjoy something that you love,” he told the Record. “There shouldn’t be a barrier for athletes to not do that just because they play a sport.” 
“I’ve skied my whole life, but I love watching hockey. I love watching football. I’ve never played them, but being able to bet on something like that, I feel I would just be able to further enjoy watching it or going to games,” he said. 
Charlie Maier ’26, a member of the men’s crew team, pointed out the unfairness of banning sports betting at the Div. III level. “I think banning Div. III athletes is ridiculous,” he told the Record. “The reason why sports betting is banned is because of a potential connection between Div. I and professional sports. And there’s really no link in Div. III. Like if I want to bet on the PGA [Professional Golfers’ Association] Tour, I’m not going to the PGA Tour. I don’t know anyone who will play on the PGA Tour.”
“The council emphasized in approving the rule change that the action is not an endorsement of sports betting, particularly for student-athletes,” reads the NCAA’s press release announcing the rule’s initial approval.
Jason Verdugo, chair of the Division III Management Council and athletics director at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, emphasized that the organization would continue its efforts to prevent the adverse effects of sports betting. “Our focus remains on education and harm reduction,” Verdugo wrote in the press release. “We want to make sure student-athletes understand the boundaries of permissible behavior and the risks that gambling can pose to their well-being and the integrity of college sports.” 
The NCAA has educated over 100,000 student-athletes on the dangers of sports gambling through a partnership with EPIC Global Solutions, according to the NCAA Sports Betting page.  
Despite the NCAA’s education push, sports betting continues to raise issues in college athletics. Two weeks ago, the NCAA permanently revoked the eligibility of six former men’s college basketball players for sports gambling and game manipulation.  
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Sports Direct is threatening shoppers with COURT ACTION over missing parcels. The high street giant, which has branches in Birmingham, has accused shoppers of fraud after parcels were stolen from their doorsteps.
The Telegraph has revealed customers who secured refunds through their banks after packages disappeared or were delivered to the wrong address were later threatened with court action by the retailer.
The Telegraph has seen letters which show shoppers were denied replacements and refunds and then pursued by debt collectors. Customers’ details were passed on to a crime intelligence agency, which ordered them to pay hundreds of pounds more than the goods were originally worth to avoid a County Court trial.
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Adele Peacock, an NHS worker in children’s mental health services, ordered items worth £113 but says the courier left the package in “an unsafe location”.
She said: “People buy things in good faith and pay for delivery, and parcels are not being safely delivered. My neighbours are retired – they would always take a parcel in – but the courier didn’t even try. They just threw it over the fence where anyone could take it, and someone clearly did.”
She said: “The bank arranged a chargeback, and I got the £112.99 back in March. I thought that was the end of it, because Sports Direct had been completely unhelpful. Then the letters started coming.”
In July, Ms Peacock received a “notice of intended criminal and civil proceedings” from National Business Crime Solution (NBCS) demanding she pay £437 by bank transfer immediately or face defending herself from a fraud allegation in the County Court.
The email read: “We are instructed that on March 6 2025, you acted contrary to the Policies & Processes of Frasers Group, totalling £112.99 by claiming that you had not received goods which were in fact delivered successfully.
“As a result of your actions, our member has suffered loss, damages and costs totalling £436.99 and is considering both a formal complaint to the authorities and preparing to pursue this claim in the County Court to recoup their losses.”
A Birmingham shopper, meanwhile, bought a £1,900 bike in 2022 – but the bike was left exposed on his porch and was snatched.
The customer told the newspaper that, later, a letter from NBCS arrived at his doorstep demanding £2,076.99. NBCS also repeatedly sent him emails, which have been seen by The Telegraph.
It read: “We do not seek to profit from the cost of this recovery. Therefore, we will reduce the amount payable to £2,026.99 if payment is made in full within 14 days of the date of this email.”
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Harper Murray (27) spikes the ball during the game against the Texas Longhorns at Amalie Arena on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023 in Tampa, Florida.

Harper Murray (27) spikes the ball during the game against the Texas Longhorns at Amalie Arena on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023 in Tampa, Florida.
Nebraska volleyball has been close so many times over the past few years. This season, the team has finally built the numbers to match the expectations. As the 2025 postseason approaches, the Huskers enter with one of the strongest statistical profiles in the country, measured by Evollve analytics, and arguably one of the strongest statistical profiles in regular–season history.
To understand how strong this group truly is, Nebraska should be compared to past groups that have achieved this honor. Evollve data goes back to 2019, so the Huskers have been squared up in this exercise against 2024 Penn State, 2022 and 2023 Texas, 2021 Wisconsin, 2020 Kentucky and 2019 Stanford, all national champs.
The result shows a Nebraska team that measures up everywhere and surpasses the best in several key categories.
Nebraska hits .352, which stands as the highest figure in the entire dataset. The six champions averaged .308, and only the 2022 Texas title team came close at .336. Efficiency defines the Huskers’ attack, recording 1,426 kills on 2,993 attempts (47.6% ), recording only 371 attack errors, and they converted nearly 90% of their serve receive swings into points.
That means Nebraska does not rely on chaos to score. It builds organized, repeatable offense, posting 47.53 kills per match with an average of 14.7 kills per set, nearly as much as the 2019 Stanford squad (14.83). The Huskers’ attack conversion rate sits at nearly two points better than previous champions on average, meaning their hits are creating points at a more frequent rate.
Even elite title teams like 2021 Wisconsin often needed long defensive stretches to create opportunities. Nebraska creates its own cushion by scoring more efficiently from start to finish. The last time a team won this decisively at the net, 2019 Stanford was at full force. The Huskers have lost only seven sets all year. Stanford lost 27 during its title season. Texas only lost 14 sets in its 2022 season and Kentucky dropped just six sets in 2020 in the truncated COVID season. That gap shows the kind of control Nebraska holds every night.
On the defensive side, opponents hit .125 when facing Nebraska. The average of the other champions is .155. That is an absolutely incredible gap. The Huskers’ mark topped the NCAA this season, with Hofstra coming up at .134 but failing to make the big dance, losing a battle to auto-bid-winning Campbell in the CAA title game. The next closest Power Four team to Nebraska is Arizona State at 11th, posting a .161 opponent hit percentage.
Nebraska’s defense shows up all over the place. The back-line defense averages 
43.73 digs per match, and opponents can barely score on one of every four swings. Even in a transition offense and an out-of-system Husker defense, opponents hit under .130. Evollve ratings confirm how complete the system is, posting a 73.0 receive rating. Past champions averaged 70.10. 
Nebraska does not lead the charge in aces or raw power. Teams like Penn State and ‘23 Texas swung harder from the line. But both also averaged more errors per match than Nebraska. The Huskers have posted just under 6.5 service errors a game, and the aces-to-errors ratio (2:3) is better than the average of past winners. 
There is control without becoming passive. Nebraska’s serve quality rating sits at 62.2 vs. the past champions’ 60.42 average. The Huskers are also winning 50.4% of service points, the highest amongst the sample. Better serving positions the block. Better passing keeps the offense balanced. Tempo stays in Nebraska’s favor.
In December, when nerves tighten and gyms get loud, that kind of steady execution usually survives longer than risk-driven approaches.
Nebraska enters the postseason with strong numbers, but the bracket will not reward that without focus. The regional includes Louisville, Texas A&M and Kansas, three teams skilled at disrupting rhythm and all with great paths to make it to the second weekend.
Every champion in our sample had a signature trait. Penn State’s last year was how composed they stayed late in games, a la the Final Four reverse sweep against the Huskers. Texas was known for its transition and out-of-system offensive attacks. Wisconsin could block the ball until tomorrow. Kentucky’s ball control was some of the best in recent memory in college volleyball. Stanford had some of the nation’s top players at each position on the floor.
Look at this year’s Nebraska team. Undefeated, only losing seven sets. Their hitting percentage in transition ballooned to over .600% by year’s end. Opponents hit historically low against the Huskers’ defense this season, and that defense helped post the best receiving rating in the NCAA. A little piece of all of those characteristics from past winners has morphed into this 2025 Nebraska squad. Granted, statistics cannot measure nerves or belief, but they do show a profile shared by teams that have already proved capable of winning everything.
There is no certainty in postseason sports. One swing can change everything. But the data suggests something clear: Nebraska does not look like a team hoping to rise to the level of recent champions. The Huskers have already reached that level statistically, and in many areas, surpassed it. More points won. More sets controlled. More balance between strength and consistency.
Fans recognized the feeling behind Kentucky in 2020 and the Texas teams that followed. Nebraska’s numbers indicate a similar moment building in Lincoln. The next step is not about projections. It is about performance under the lights, with a trophy in sight. 
The Huskers have given themselves every advantage a team can create before the first whistle. What happens next will decide whether these numbers form the story of a season that ends with a title — or one remembered as a chance waiting to be claimed.
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Dec 3, 2025
West Virginia guard Gia Cooke, left, attempts a shot against Villanova’s Kennedy Henry during a game on Monday. (Photo by Benjamin Powell, The Dominion Post)
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s string of 21 consecutive wins inside the Hope Coliseum ended Monday night, and that’s the very least of concerns at the moment for WVU women’s head coach Mark Kellogg.
Villanova, behind career performances from both Jasmine Brascoe and Brynn McCurry, dismantled the 25th-ranked Mountaineers, 81-59, handing WVU its largest loss under Kellogg.
“They did everything better than we did, to be completely honest,” Kellogg said. “It’s a feeling that we haven’t had in this building. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt this way.
“Really disappointed in this one. (Villanova) is a good basketball team, but I think we should be better than what we showed tonight.”
WVU (6-2) has now lost two straight and both of those losses could be pinned on its defense. Villanova shot 52.4% (33 of 63) from the floor, with Brascoe going for 24 and McCurry adding 21. Ohio State shot 48% in its 83-81 victory last week in The Bahamas.
“We’ve got to fix quite a few things, defensively, obviously being one of those,” Kellogg said. “We’ve not been very good on the defensive end for the last three games. That’s what we typically pride ourselves on and we’re not where we need to be.”
It wasn’t so much the loss to the Wildcats (6-2), who came into the game having lost to both Fairfield and Princeton earlier this season, it was more about how WVU lost this one.
Villanova blitzed right through the Mountaineers’ full-court pressure to the point where Kellogg eventually had to call it off and try something else.
“They were just kind of picking us apart,” was the way WVU point guard Jordan Harrison explained it. “We could have done better as a team, because we had already worked on what they were going to do. I don’t know why we were so surprised by it. They definitely had a good game plan and took us completely out of (the press).”
WVU turned the ball over 16 times, many of them coming from passes that were either tipped or intercepted. One inbounds pass from under the basket sailed out to Meg Bulger.
The only problem with that is Bulger is now a TV analyst and hasn’t played for the Mountaineers since 2008.
WVU was held to just 33% (19 of 58) shooting from the floor, with a bulk of that coming from close misses around the rim. The Mountaineers finished just 12 of 37 on lay-up attempts. Those misses included shots that went completely over the rim, didn’t make it to the rim or were shot so hard that the ball came off the backboard without hitting the rim.
“We didn’t get a great whistle and I thought we were looking for fouls instead of trying to finish,” Kellogg said. “That was disappointing that we were going in there and just throwing crap up and hoping that we would get bailed out by the official. We did not, so you have to be able to slow down and convert.”
And then there was the play of Bascoe and McCurry. Both had already surpassed their individual scoring averages before the end of the first half and went on to score more than half of Villanova’s points. The two combined to score 35 points in the first half, the same amount of points WVU had as a team.
“She’s a really good player, but we did everything we weren’t supposed to do,” Kellogg said of Bascoe, an all-Big East freshman selection last season. “We allowed her to get comfortable. She got to the rim and got to the mid-range and made a couple of threes. I thought we got her off-balance and uncomfortable a couple of times, but it obviously didn’t matter at that point.”
Meanwhile, WVU’s only offense came from guard Gia Cooke, who finished with 20 points. It was her third consecutive game with at least 20 points.
“It was just being aggressive,” Cooke said. “The game plan told us they could guard, but a lot of those baseline drives were going to be there.”
WVU didn’t generate much offense otherwise. Jordan Harrison didn’t make a shot until the third quarter and finished 3 of 12 from the floor. Sydney Shaw was 2 of 7 shooting and finished with a season-low five points.
Kierra Wheeler was the only other WVU player in double figures. She finished with 10 points and eight rebounds.
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Dec 3, 2025
Photo by Samantha Davis: Lakeview guard Brooke Gunlogson dribbles down the court during a prep girls basketball game against Ortonville on Jan. 16 in Cottonwood. Gunlogson scored 18 points in the Lakers’ come-from-behind win over Yellow Medicine East on Tuesday.
Lakeview 65, YME 55
COTTONWOOD — Facing an 18-point deficit with about 15 minutes to go, the Lakeview girls basketball team prevailed for a 65-55 comeback win over Yellow Medicine East Tuesday night in a Camden Conference game behind a trio of Lakers finishing in double-digit points.
YME held a 39-25 halftime lead and stayed within reach the entire night, but Lakeview’s comeback effort was ultimately too much to control.
Brook Gunlogson led the Lakers with 18 points behind a trio of 3-pointers, while Brynn Stensrud followed with 14 points and four steals. Addyson Jorgenson also shared a team-high four steals along with her six rebounds and 12 points. Lakeview finished with 12 steals on the night.
Anah Schmidt led the Lakers with 12 rebounds.
Lakeview (2-1) remains in Cottonwood on Thursday, hosting Renville County West (0-3) for a Camden Conference game at 7:30 p.m.
Stats for YME were not available at the time of publication.
Yellow Medicine East (1-2) plays the final of three consecutive road games on Thursday, taking on Canby (0-0) at 7:15 p.m.

MCC 71, RRC 19
SLAYTON — The Murray County Central girls basketball team’s 26 steals led the Rebels to a dominant 71-19 Red Rock Conference win Tuesday night over Red Rock Central. Ava Deacon led the way with nine steals along with her 11 points.
Four different Rebels scored in double-digits, led by Kat Miller’s 14 points. Reese Gilbertson and Calleigh Doeden finished with 13 and 12 points, respectively, in addition to Deacon.
Nearly everyone for MCC got a touch on defense, finishing also with a collective 37 rebounds. Blankenship led with 10 boards along with four steals.
Suttyn Schryvers also had a trio of steals on the night.
For the Falcons, Ally Linder led the way with 6 points, two rebounds and a steal. Celia Vogel had a team-high three steals, while RRC finished with eight overall.
Lillian Batalden finished with four rebounds.
Murray County Central (3-0) hits the road on Friday, traveling to Westbrook to take on the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers (2-1) in Red Rock Conference play at 7:15 p.m.
Red Rock Central (0-3) also continues its conference schedule on Friday, heading to Tyler to take on the Russell-Tyler-Ruthton Knights (0-2) at 7:30 p.m.
Wabasso 58, GFW 56
WINTHROP — Kenley Guetter, Cassie Bliss and Ava Samyn led a balanced Rabbit scoring effort on Tuesday night, scoring 12 points apiece to give the Wabasso girls basketball team its first win of the season by a score of 58-56 against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop on Tuesday.
Bliss and Samyn were both adept at getting to the free-throw line, where Bliss shot 7 of 12 and Samyn shot 6 of 12. As a team, the Rabbits made 21 free throws in the game.
Eliza Morin and Sara Carlson each contributed 8 points for Wabasso, along with four assists and a pair of steals from Carlson.
Samyn and Bliss each grabbed six rebounds.
Wabasso (1-3) returns to its home court on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. to take on Lac qui Parle Valley (0-2) for a non-conference matchup in its next game.

No. 3 MACCRAY 69, Dawson-Boyd 40
CLARA CITY — Kylar Hjelmeland’s team-highs of 17 points and seven rebounds weren’t quite enough as the Dawson-Boyd girls basketball team had the tall task of tacking on No. 3 MACCRAY, and fell short 69-40 Tuesday night in a Camden Conference matchup.
The Blackjacks faced a 36-22 halftime deficit, and despite a handful of contributions, Dawson-Boyd couldn’t fully rally back.
MACCRAY out-shined Dawson-Boyd on the defensive end with 40 rebounds and 23 steals, and were powered by Brielle Janssen’s 33 point, 12-steal double-double.
Alyssa Swedzinski finished with 9 points and four rebounds, while Claire Stratmoen tallied another 7 points and three steals. Hjelmeland also had a trio of steals on the night.
Both teams played with solid protection of the ball, Dawson-Boyd committing eight turnovers to MACCRAY’s four.
Dawson-Boyd (1-1) heads to Kerkhoven to take on the Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg Fighting Saints (1-0) for a Camden North battle on Thursday at 7:15 p.m.

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Dec 3, 2025
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Two of the most dominant Pennsylvania high school football programs in Class 1A over the past 20 years will meet Thursday for the state championship at Cumberland Valley’s Chapman Field in Mechanicsburg when Bishop Guilfoyle Academy takes on Clairton at 1 p.m.
The District 6 champion Marauders are in the PIAA championship for the eighth time since 2014 and have already won six, including two against Clairton in 2014 and 2016.
The Bears, the WPIAL champions, are playing in their eighth state final since 2008 and won four straight from 2009 through 2012 but haven’t played in one since losing to BG, 17-0, in 2016.
“Both teams have to be in the conversation for sure,” Bishop Guilfoyle coach Justin Wheeler said. “Clairton with Tyler Boyd (former Pitt and NFL receiver) and what they did winning four in a row before us. Then, for the past decade, we have been good. They are starting a resurgence back to where they were. I think when you look at both of our programs, they are pretty similar other than maybe the NFL players — they have a couple more of them.”
Obviously none of the players on either team were involved in the previous matchups, but some of them like star senior BG athlete Jake Kissell, Wheeler’s nephew, were around the games as children.
“Watching as a kid as BG played Clairton in 2014 and 2016, you could see they were fast and coached well,” Kissell said. “They have tons of talent all across the board. We have one of the best coaching staffs in the state. We’re going to put together a good gameplan, and we’ll be ready on Thursday. It’s going to be a fight, but we have played a lot of tough games — and I think we’ll be ready.”
Clairton coach Wayne Wade said his team also has players on this year’s roster who have been around the team a long time but that the games against Bishop Guilfoyle were so long ago that they don’t mean much to this year’s team.
“It’s a little too far removed,” Wade said. “Some of the kids may have been with us as managers and just been around, because that’s what we do. We invite our little guys around all the time. The guys that played in that game like the Lamont Wades and Harrison Drehers and all of those kids — they are still around and still part of our little league program. It’s been mentioned, but they are kind of too far removed from it. This is their year, and they are just looking to win a state championship.”
The Bears never fell off a cliff as a program — their worst season in 20 years was a 6-6 mark in 2022 — but they haven’t been among the best teams in the state at 1A until last year when they suffered their first loss of the season by a single point in the WPIAL championship to Fort Cherry in a game that was also a PIAA quarterfinal.
This season, Fort Cherry was the top seed but was upset by Laurel, which played Clairton in the WPIAL championship. The Bears won, 8-6, the same weekend BG squeaked past Westinghouse, 7-6.
Wade said he sees a lot in BG that he did in 2014 and 2016.
“Everything we have seen from them in the past,” Wade said. “We played them a few times before in the state championship game. They are a well-coached team, a well-disciplined team. We’re just going to have to make plays. Watching them on film, I thought the Westinghouse team had more team speed than them. It kind of showed. Westinghouse had a touchdown called back and a couple penalties late that took the game away from them, but I think we’re just as good or better than Westinghouse, so hopefully our defense shows up to stop their run and we stay away from those penalties.”
Clairton lost its season opener to Imani Christian and has won 14 straight. The Bears won nine straight games by shutout (10 if you include a forfeit win over Shady Side Academy) and have outscored their opponents, 677-80, which will likely lead a lot of people to view them as the favorite on Thursday.
But as Wheeler pointed out, that was also the case in 2014 when Bishop Guilfoyle was making its first-ever appearance in a state football final.
“Especially in 2014, I don’t think anybody picked us to win,” Wheeler said. “It might be similar this year with how talented they are and with as much skill and college offers as their kids have. But when I reflect on that game, we played really well as a group. We didn’t back down and played hard. We’re going to use our experience and some of those lessons we learned and come in and play well.”
In addition to Clairton and Bishop Guilfoyle, Steelton-Highspire certainly has to be considered among the top teams in 1A over the last two decades although the Rollers are currently playing in 2A. They have won five state championships since 2007.
But Wade says teams like Clairton and Steel High are tough to compare to a school like Bishop Guilfoyle Academy.
“It’s a big game,” Wade said. “They have a great program, but they are a little different than us, though. They are a Catholic school. We are a public school. Rosters and things like that are different. I think they have maybe 42 players on their roster. We’re dressing 25. That’s a big difference for us, but I couldn’t be more proud of this team we’re taking to the state championship game on Thursday. It really doesn’t matter for us the opponent. It’s about what we’re doing. It just happens to be Bishop Guilfoyle this year.”
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