Author: Michael

AKRON — The 14th seeded University of Akron men’s soccer team will host No. 15 Duke in the third round of the NCAA tournament today. Kickoff time is 4 p.m.
The Zips and Blue Devils are seeking a spot in the tournament’s elite eight.
Check back throughout the game for live scoring updates and highlights.
How Akron reached the third round of the NCAA tournament
Akron (12-4-3) earned a first-round bye and beat Notre Dame 1-0 at home in the second round.
Matthew Paiva scored the game winner in the 88th minute.

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No. 2 Indiana football is set to take on No. 1 Ohio State on Saturday at the Big Ten Football Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The game will make history for several reasons. For one, its Indiana’s first berth in the conference championship game and will be a chance to win the Big Ten for the first time since 1967. For another, it’ll be the first time the Big Ten Championship is a meeting between the No.1 and No. 2 ranked teams in the country.

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Pedri made a welcome return to action for Barcelona against Alaves on Saturday, playing 30 minutes in the 3-1 win at Camp Nou.
The word is now that the Spain star will start on Tuesday when Barca take on Atletico Madrid in a big La Liga game at Camp Nou.
According to Diario Sport, Pedri will return to the starting XI for the game and could play for around an hour against Diego Simeone’s side.

Es volver y empezar a hacer magia. 💫
LALIGAHighlights | @Pedripic.twitter.

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Carolina capped off a miserable season with a miserable performance at NC State on Saturday, racking up 11 penalties for 129 yards en route to a 42-19 loss.
As he was against Duke last week, Jordan Shipp was the best player on the field for the Tar Heels. He finished with eight receptions for a career-high 90 yards and a touchdown (which cut the Wolfpack’s lead to 14-7 early in the second quarter).

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The Houston Texans have lost running back Woody Marks to a foot injury in Week 13 against the Indianapolis Colts. Marks suffered the injury in the first quarter after three rushing attempts. He had zero yards gained at the time of the injury. The team announced he is questionable to return.
Marks had emerged as the team’s starting running back ahead of long-time veteran Nick Chubb. The fourth round pick led the team in rushing yards the past three weeks and five of the past eight weeks. He was averaging 3.7 yards per carry and also had 185 receiving yards on the season.

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Perhaps you caught the curious name of the head referee if you were watching Ohio State vs. Michigan on Saturday afternoon. A lot of people have the same last names, but when it comes to “Knueppel” it’s fairly unique — and that jumped out at people immediately.

There’s no way the ref for the biggest regular season game of the year is Kon Knueppel’s relative lmao pic.twitter.

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