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No hypothetical brackets here. Instead, for every team that would earn an at-large berth if the season ended today (can you believe we’re almost there?), you get a plethora of numbers that will be relevant to the selection committee. Note the first: This update is through Thursday’s games. We’ll update Saturday and Sunday, too. Y’know, because we can. Other notes: Automatic bids that have already been earned are designated with an asterisk....

The four candidates people are talking about are Duke, Virginia, Wisconsin and Arizona. Both Duke and Virginia, as you know, lost in the ACC Tournament semifinals on Friday. MORE: Hoosiers run out of luck | Notre Dame topples Duke DeCourcy: Duke, UVa create No. 1 seed headaches So who gets the spot? Let’s take a look. Arizona, though a team very capable of winning a national championship, has three losses to teams outside the RPI top 100....

Researchers from the German Centre of Gerontology analyzed three years of data from over 5,000 participants from the German Aging Survey. The survey asked its participants, who were 40 years old and older, questions that fell into the three following categories: Functional age: Whether subjects had any limitations in completing 10 everyday activities, including bathingSubjective age: How old the subjects of the survey feel versus their chronological agePerceived stress: If the subjects had issues in their life that they felt were overwhelming...

Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and American Rescue Plan Act, individuals who paid for a funeral as a result of death by COVID-19 could receive up to $9,000 in reimbursement. Though submissions opened five months ago, FEMA has not set a deadline to apply. “At FEMA, our mission is to help people before, during and after disasters,” said Former Acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton in March....

Two of these women, Washington Football Team’s Jennifer King and Buccaneers’ Lori Locust, made history this year in their own right. After King was promoted as an assistant running back coach in January, she became the first Black female assistant coach in the NFL. After the Buccaneers won Super Bowl 55 in February, Locust, also known as “Coach Lo,” became one of the first female coaches to work for the Super Bowl champions (alongside Maral Javadifar, the strength and conditioning coach)....

Because it seems like all the world is on the bubble as we stand nearly one month away from Selection Sunday, which this year is March 12. If you’re a Kansas fan or North Carolina fan, you have no such concerns. But then, you never really do. MORE: SN’s latest Field of 68 If records were kept of such things, there would be a record-setting number of teams that are either on the bubble or aspire to be there....

Officials in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, California and Oregon all said they were planning to phase out masks. They are part of a group of less than ten that currently require most people to wear masks in indoor public places regardless of vaccination status. This list comprises California, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, and Washington according to the American retiree group AARP. Others may require masks in other situations....

The extent of the Cloud and Sephiroth crossover event in Mobius Final Fantasy is unclear so far, but a Japanese language trailer showcasing both characters has been revealed. In it, players can see that the more modern looks for Cloud and Sephiroth are on display – the representations seen most recently in the Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children film. For those who have been keeping track, this is the second trailer for Mobius Final Fantasy’s FF 7 crossover event, which is set to go live on Tuesday, February 7th....

Akaaroa Stadium Allianz Arena – Bayern Munich Aloha Park Amsterdam ArenA – Ajax Anfield – Liverpool Arena D’Oro BC Place Stadium – Vancouver Whitecaps British Modern Camp Nou – Barcelona Century Park Arena Court Lane Crown Lane Eastpoint Arena El Bombastico El Medio El Reducto Emirates Stadium – Arsenal Estadio Azteca – Club America, Mexico Estadio Latino Estadio Mestalla – Valencia Estadio President G.Lopes Estadio Vicente Calderon – Atletico Madrid...

What comes in as heartening news for FIFA fans across the globe is that in the new Team of the Week, the former German international is invincible in front of goal, for it renders him unstoppable from any possible range. In case you didn’t know… Lukas Podolski retired from international football just last week ago post a friendly fixture against England wherein he scored a brilliant goal. In his 130th and final appearance for Germany, Podolski fired a shot from 30 yards out into the top corner for his effort was beyond the reach of English keeper Joe Hart....

And that’s exactly what makes FIFA career mode so great. There is nothing more satisfying than rooting out a diamond in the rough, paying peanuts, and turning him into a world-beating superstar. This year is no different, and with football fans now well invested into this year’s edition, we have put together a list of the best players in their positions under the age of 20 that you may have missed in FIFA 18’s Career Mode....

The TOTW cards are available for a limited time and one could either unlock them by opening FUT packs or purchase them using FIFA Coins. Having these players with increased overalls in your team would go a long way in helping you build your ultimate team. Without further ado, let us look closer at all the players who are a part of FIFA 19 Ultimate Team’s Team of the Week 7....

Federer was pushed all the way by Medvedev, but the top seed will face Roberto Bautista Agut in round three after winning 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the final match on Wednesday. Zverev will qualify for the season-ending tournament in London if he reaches the semi-finals this week and he remains on course to do just that after seeing off Basilashvili 7-5 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro, who could move above Federer in the rankings into second spot if he wins the title, provided Novak Djokovic does not advance to the last four, progressed with a 7-5 7-6 (9-7) defeat of Richard Gasquet....

The Swiss, a seven-time champion in Dubai, had not lost any of his previous six meetings with Verdasco but the world number 32 forced a decider and then had a chance to go a break up in the third set before Federer came through 6-3 3-6 6-3. Federer won his 99th title in Basel four months ago and this ATP 500 event represents his fourth chance to bring up the century landmark....

Federer had only featured at the Laver Cup since the US Open yet made relatively light work of Albert Ramos Vinolas. Murray, meanwhile, succumbed to Fognini in a three-set match which included a heated exchange in the deciding set. Last season’s runner up Borna Coric fell to Andrey Rublev, while third seed Daniil Medvedev beat Cameron Norrie in straight sets. Defending champion Novak Djokovic will go up against Denis Shapovalov on Wednesday, though got into his groove at the tournament with victory in the doubles alongside compatriot Filip Krajinovic....

A bad actor moving company launches with phony online reviews and promises to save customers money. Next, real reviews start to roll in with horror stories from people complaining they had been dramatically overcharged or had valued personal effects damaged or held hostage. When the bad reviews overtake the good ones, the owner renames the company or launches a new one—along with newly purchased five-star reviews and a new DOT license....

The Justice Department said Tuesday that he has been arrested on disorderly conduct charges, as well as disorderly conduct in a restricted building. Over 725 people have been arrested for their involvement in the riot across all 50 states, the press release states, along with over 225 charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement. The statement of facts attached by federal investigators states that Gerwatowski allegedly opened a door recently closed by Capitol Police officers, encouraged other rioters to enter along with him and entered the building, leaving after about three minutes....

During the months of June and July, the department spent nearly $1.3 million in taxpayer money on the less-lethal weapons and other riot control supplies, according to data published on the USASpending.gov website and highlighted by the Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC). “Data from USASpending.gov reveals that CBP has gone on a shopping spree as it looks to become a national police force, spending taxpayer money to buy less-lethal weapons to use against civilians in cities nationwide who are engaging in First Amendment activities,” the SBCC said in a press release....

District Attorney John Weddle confirmed the identification in a Facebook post, saying that experts confirmed it by matching the remains’ DNA to Amber Miskelly, Cox’s daughter. He added that the autopsy results are expected to come in the next two weeks. On November 17, David Neal Cox, Felicia Cox’s brother-in-law, was executed for the 2010 of killing his estranged wife, Kim Kirk Cox, and for sexually assaulting his stepdaughter Lindsey Kirk as her mother was dying....