Warrants have been issued for the arrest of senior cornerback Amir Riep and redshirt senior linebacker/safety Jahsen Wint. According to a criminal complaint obtained by ElevenWarriors.com, both players face first-degree felonies for allegedly raping a woman on February 4. The affidavit states that shortly before 10 p.m. last Tuesday, the two players “forced vaginal intercourse with another […] by purposely compelling said victim to submit by force.” The complaint states that the victim had consensual intercourse with Riep....

In the video it’s easy to see the Buckeyes are more than a championship team, especially when it comes to the seniors. They’re a family now. These guys have been with Ohio State for years and get the chance to exit on a high note. Urban Meyer and other team coaches spoke a little about each senior before handing them the box of rings. Obviously, things got a little emotional....

“I was thinking last week that this could be the highest handled college football game we’ve ever seen, and it might have been if it played on a Saturday night or even last night, but it’s pretty quiet here right now. Things will pick up a few hours before the game, but I’m not as optimistic as I once was about seeing a larger handle for a title game than ever before....

“To allow IceDogs players time to cope and access resources for support, games scheduled for Saturday, December 14 in Peterborough, and Sunday, December 15 in Ottawa have been postponed and will be rescheduled at dates still to be determined,” the team wrote in a statement. MORE: Niagara IceDogs game cancelled after goalie Tucker Tynan suffers scary cut to leg Tynan was severely cut in the leg by a skate during Thursday’s game against the London Knights following a netfront collision with an opposing player....

This type of epilepsy is associated with a characteristic pattern that can be recognized on an electroencephalogram (EEG). Anti epilepsy drugs (AEDs) are usually needed to help manage the seizures. This condition is not curable, and children who have Ohtahara syndrome are not usually expected to survive beyond early childhood. There are exceptions, and some people with this syndrome may continue to live into adulthood, but they tend to have persistent epilepsy and physical and cognitive deficits....

Yakupov, already encumbered by a monthlong goalless drought, was lined up on the right wing during a second-period faceoff when linesman Matt MacPherson dropped the puck, lost his balance and reached for Yakupov’s shoulder, sending both men toppling to the ice. Yakupov’s left leg or ankle got caught under the weight of MacPherson, and the winger lay prone in pain for a moment before being helped off the ice....

“It is with great sadness to share the news that our Colby Cave passed away early this morning,” Cave’s family said in a statement. “I (Emily, Colby’s wife) and both our families are in shock and know our Colby was loved dearly by us, his family and friends, the entire hockey community, and many more. We thank everyone for their prayers during this difficult time.” Cave was placed in a medically-induced coma Tuesday after undergoing surgery to remove a colloid cyst from his brain....

Trevor Pearson, 31, of Lexington, was set to appear in Garvin County District Court this week after the victim decided to press charges against him, the Pauls Valley Democrat newspaper reported. The incident reportedly occurred close to the town of Paoli back on May 19. In an affidavit obtained by the local newspaper, a woman who was driving the car Pearson was in at the time said another driver “flipped her off” while passing her vehicle northbound on Highway 145....

That’s what LSU defensive back Dwayne Thomas said the Tigers would do to the top-ranked Crimson Tide when it came to Death Valley. Instead, Alabama emerged from college football’s toughest venue with a couple bruises and a 10-0 win. MORE: Top 25 updates Perhaps the Tigers can take pride in having limited the Tide to their lowest offensive output of the season, and for keeping the Tide defense from scoring yet another touchdown this season....

The teenage girl takes a deep breath, expanding her powerful yet flat chest. She flexes her short, sinewy legs, tensing from her tiny toes through her overdeveloped hamstrings, all the way up to her hips, which are hidden, preternaturally hollow. She breaks into a run; her arms slam at full tilt into a vaulting horse, 3 feet 9 inches high. She flies through the air like a careering javelin and then lands with a disturbing thud on a padded mat, the shock absorbed by what little is left of her ankle and knee cartilage....

Then the world turned upside down and before you knew it, the Wicked Witch was dead. For a week, anyway. MORE: Top 25 roundup | Best performances | Week 6 in photos | The upsets If we learn one thing from Ole Miss’ heart-stopping, champagne-popping, once in a lifetime, white-knuckle victory over SEC king Alabama, it’s this: it all begins again next week. “It’s not over,” says Ole Miss tight end Evan Engram....

A couple of Instagram posts on Tunsil’s account showed alleged text message exchanges between the top NFL prospect and Ole Miss coaches or staffers asking for help paying his rent and his mother’s bills. MORE: Teams ‘just say no’ to Tunsil | Round 1 winners and losers When asked if those messages claiming he received money were doctored or actually happened, he said, “I made a mistake.” Then, when asked if he indeed accepted money from Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze, Tunsil confirmed....

After a 3-1 quarterfinal defeat to Finland, the fallout has begun — and it is not pretty. Away we go. MORE: Russian players, fans are really sad UPDATE: Someone help the Sochi Bear.

In the first of two semifinal games Friday in Sochi — the USA and Canada play at noon ET (NBC Sports) — the Swedes beat Finland 2-1 behind a solid performance from Henrik Lundqvist and goals by Loui Eriksson and Erik Karlsson. MORE: USA-Canada TV info, rosters, projected lines Olli Jokinen scored for the Finns, who were without starting goaltender Tuukka Rask (illness). Kari Lehtonen started in Rask's place. It was more of the same for Sweden; offense when necessary, particularly from their defenseman, and reliance on Lundqvist, who's looked more himself in Sochi after an uneven first half of the NHL season with the New York Rangers....

MORE: Why are Olympic medalists in Pyeongchang holding stuffed animals? Soohorang is a star in PyeongChang and is popping up in several funny videos. A small plush version of the white tiger is being awarded to Winter Games medalists in lieu of flowers.

That extends to my country, too. While I abide by the strictures of my profession, which demands “no cheering in the press box,” my heart is with our lads and gals. Though they may never know it-certainly, I hope, not from my coverage-I have been and will be quietly pulling for Michelle, Sasha, Sarah, Bode, Casey, Picabo, Tim, Bergy, Cammi and the rest of our Olympic team. All of them except for our U....

Spicoli had to bum pizza money off his mother. He only dreamed of winning the big championships where a Jersey Devil like you was smart enough to ignore the other bad-boy boarders who said the Olympics were only for sellouts. Recall that golden television network jacket that mesmerized and eluded Spicoli? You strode around a stage surrounded by 20,000 screaming fans, wearing a silver medal and an official Team USA leather Roots jacket with the collar turned up....

Absolutely everybody I know inevitably asks me exactly the same thing. “Aren’t you thrilled to be going to the Olympics?” And when I demurred even briefly, hesitant to puncture their fantasies that attach to my job, they answered the question for themselves with unwavering conviction. “Well, of course you are,” they’d say, before capping our exchange with a little Lou Gehrigism. “You are the luckiest man on the face of the earth....

The state and country data was reported by The New York Times on December 12, which showed that the variant has been reported in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. This is a notable increase from just a few days prior....

The study, which collected the data of thousands of COVID cases through November, found that once Omicron patients were admitted to hospital, the risk of severe disease didn’t differ from other variants. The scientists who authored the study said that some of the reduction was probably due to South Africa’s high population immunity. According to antibody surveys, between 60 and 70 percent of people in the African country may have been infected by COVID previously....