Author: Michael

Could the Oregon Ducks be on the move and follow Colorado to the Big 12?
After months of speculation, the Buffaloes have pulled the trigger on leaving the PAC-12 and returning to the Big 12, according to multiple reports.
An official announcement is expected at some point Thursday. The PAC-12’s inability to land a new media deal was finally hit with major consequences.
The Buffaloes are out, and that’s really bad news for the future of George Kliavkoff’s conference.

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The sequence changed the game, and it could come to epitomize this team. The Netherlands’ Daniëlle van de Donk knocked down the U.S.’s Lindsey Horan. Horan was most displeased. They jawed at each other. The fact that van de Donk and Horan are club teammates for Lyon was either irrelevant or especially relevant; they would have to say how they truly feel about each other. It was so testy that the ref tried to negotiate some sort of truce. Well, world peace has to start somewhere. But not there, not then. Horan did not go all the way to Wellington, New Zealand, to make peace.

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The U.S. women’s national team survived a scare from the Netherlands, walking away from Wednesday’s group-stage game with a 1–1 draw after trailing the Oranje for much of the match. After going down a goal in the 17th minute, the USWNT was forced to play from behind in the Women’s World Cup for the first time since 2011. A dramatic second-half set piece from Lindsey Horan ultimately saved the USWNT from disaster, with the U.S. captain nodding in a corner in the 62nd minute following an impassioned exchange with Lyon teammate Daniëlle van de Donk over a crunching tackle.

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