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The Hoosiers coach was accidently tackled by Michigan’s Moritz Wagner as Wagner was trying to get back on defense after hitting a 3-pointer. DeCOURCY: Crean risks losing locker room with postgame rant Twitter had some fun with the fall, at Crean’s unfortunate expense. To add insult to injury, the Wolverines beat the Hoosiers 75-63, giving Indiana its third consecutive Big Ten loss. Then it was Crean who knocked his team’s confidence to the floor after the game....

Images shared on social media earlier Friday showed an Outback Bowl patch obscuring the Big Ten logo on the front of Indiana’s jersey and the acronym “LEO” (short for Love Each Other) replacing the league’s helmet insignia. The Big Ten kept Indiana out of its title contest in favor of Ohio State despite the Buckeyes not meeting the predetermined requirement for games played. Ohio State defeated Northwestern for the conference crown to secure a College Football Playoff bid....

Counties have seen all-time highs in requests for such ballots, with Lake County announcing that it is expecting nearly five times the number of its previous record high in 2008. LeAnn Angerma, assistant director of the Lake County Board of Elections and Registration, told Newsweek the county anticipates 50,000 vote-by-mail applications and 30,000 had already been made. WBBM Radio News reported 11,594 voted by mail in the 2008 presidential election in the county....

He’ll get more time to make them champions. Francona and the Indians agreed Tuesday to a two-year contract extension, a deal which carries through the 2018 season and includes team options for 2019 and 2020. Financial terms of the extension were not immediately known. Francona has been worth every penny since the Indians hired him following a disastrous, 94-loss season in 2012. He’s helped reshape the team’s culture, infused enthusiasm into the organization and made Cleveland a more attractive destination for free agents....

The Indians rested several of their regulars a day after clinching the AL Central and lost to the Detroit Tigers 6-4 Sunday as Jim Adduci homered and drove in a career-high four runs. Cleveland rolled to a 15-0 win Saturday and celebrated its third straight division championship following the game. Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez and Michael Brantley — three of Cleveland’s All-Stars — were among the regulars given the day off by their manager....

Cespedes, who hit .291/.328/.542 with 35 homers for the Tigers and Mets last year and has a cannon arm out of left field, was not eligible for a qualifying offer because he was traded during the season, so a team signing him won’t have to lose a draft pick to add an impact player. Possible destinations already bandied about include the Angels, Astros, Nationals and White Sox. There is one more team that should be in the mix for Cespedes, even if it probably won’t happen....

In women’s singles, PV Sindhu took on A Ohori. It was a dominating performance by the Olympic silver medallist who outplayed the Japanese opponent winning it 21-17,21-14 to progress into quarterfinals. The birthday girl PV Sindhu outclassed A Ohori in 36 minutes. In the quarterfinals, she will face Chinese He Bingjao tomorrow. Saina Nehwal took on Chen Yufei in the other women’s 2nd round match. In the first game, Chen began well taking an early 3-1 lead, Saina leveled the score at 3-3....

In case you didn’t know… Emma was released from her WWE contract back in October ending her six-year run with the company. Her last televised match was against Asuka on the Oct. 23 edition of Monday Night Raw. Eventually, Emma revealed that she would be taking independent bookings in 2018; presumably after her 90-day no-compete clause with WWE expires. The heart of the matter Most of Emma’s bookings will take place in the United States, particularly New Jersey and Ohio, but she will be wrestling for a German wrestling promotion in late Spring 2018....

AB pushed the Raiders to release him with an alleged threat, an alleged racial slur, alleged subordination and an impossible-to-deny series of absences that consumed a majority of the team’s training camp. They were on the hook for $30 million if they kept him around. By choosing to release him, they retain some (small) measure of their self-respect and get back a chunk of money for their 2020 salary-cap budget that can perhaps be used to purchase someone who will actually play football....

To me, Braben’s death knell rings true. A video game franchise like Call of Duty is nothing less than popular art: the developer is the artist, the publisher the canvas, and the game the painting. To replace the developer is to create a mere copy, a shadow in the place of what existed before. What would a Picasso be without Picasso? A cheap replica that you can buy at Ikea for 10 bucks....

The original creators of the Call of Duty franchise have stepped up and are taking extra precautions to assure that experiences in games like Call of Duty 4 and Modern Warfare 2 are not spoiled on the PS3. This hacking is a legitimate problem and has caused some players to opt out of playing with strangers through matchmaking processes. Considering the popularity of Modern Warfare 2, there are many gamers who have spent countless hours boosting their ranking in online modes, and the thought of having their accomplishments erased is sickening....

Through a blood test or other type of test, clinicians can get information about different aspects of inflammation in the body. These tests measure what are called inflammatory biomarkers. What Are Biomarkers? A biomarker, also called a biological marker, refers to an objective measurement of something happening inside a person’s body. Such biomarkers provide a lot of important information to clinicians, who use them to help diagnose and properly treat medical conditions....

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is the latest to call on President Joe Biden to extend student loan forgiveness through the end of the year. The U.S. Department of Education recently set aside $6.2 billion for 100,000 student loan borrowers as part of its Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. In order for the debt to be forgiven, program participants must provide 120 “qualifying payments” over up to 10 years. According to KABC, Bennet sent a letter to the president, then posted it to his official website....

Modric has not featured for Madrid since suffering a knee injury in the 2-2 Champions League draw with Borussia Dortmund on Sept. 27 and head coach Zinedine Zidane recently stressed the need for patience in his recovery. Nevertheless, Ante Cacic has ignored Zidane’s pleas not to select Modric for a World Cup qualifier against Euro 2016 surprise package Iceland and a friendly against Michael O’Neill’s side. Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren, meanwhile, has been left out of the squad for the matches at his own request....

But the Mexico coach finds himself handcuffed by injuries to Jesus “Tecatito” Corona, Giovani dos Santos, Hirving Lozano, Marco Fabian and Javier Aquino. Chicharito headlines Mexico squad, Gio out injured Still, you’d expect the Mexico attack to be fine. Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez is always going to lead the line when healthy, and Raul Jimenez has been more than serviceable for Osorio in previous games against Central American opposition. Costa Rica is no typical Central American team, though....

Aguirre stated: “We have many players in form, and they are ready to fill the gaps in our team when we meet Al Dhafra today in matchday 17 of Arabian Gulf League.”

Bounchan Keola, a 41-year-old permanent U.S. resident whose family is based just outside San Francisco, is among the many inmates who fought wildfires in California this year. Keola suffered a “traumatic neck injury,” according to medical records, The Guardian reported. With about two weeks left before his prison release, he was sent back to prison in Sacramento where he was not treated or monitored by doctors. He took ibuprofen every day while in prison to help with his injury, according to Keola....

If you suffer from low back pain or sciatica, you’re probably well aware that finding relief can be difficult, even with pain medication, massage, pr, heat pads, and frequent trips to the chiropractor. That’s where inversion tables, like the Innova ITX9600 come in: they’re a non-medicated form of pain relief that is theorized to work by flipping your body upside down to relieve some of the pressure from the bones, joints, and discs in your lower back....

In its first match, India had beaten Ireland 4-1. The Indians displayed strong defence to keep Great Britain at bay. India attacked with a vision to create chances through penalty corners and from one of those Sangita Kumari scored to hand her side the winner. Though the Indians earned few more penalty corners towards the end of the game, they could not convert but did enough to hold on to the slender lead....