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Florida Wins USA Today Network SEC Women’s All-Sports Title
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida won the 2021-22 USA Today Network Southeastern Conference Women’s All-Sports title. It was the 24th women’s SEC All-Sports title for the Gators program, which celebrates its 50th season in this academic year. Tennessee claimed its first SEC Overall All-Sports title. The Vols also claimed their first SEC Men’s All-Sports title since 2007-08. UT won two SEC titles in 2021-22 – baseball and women’s swimming. Tabulation for the USA Today Network SEC All-Sports standings finished after the close of regular-season baseball play, the final sport to determine a league champion in the 2021-22 season. Florida was second in the league with four SEC team titles…
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‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ screenshot wins Virtual Photographer Of The Year
During London Games Festival, a Red Dead Redemption 2 screenshot won a competition promoting the art of virtual photography. The winning entry was submitted by Joe Meizies and featured a silhouetted figure on horseback. All entries were displayed around Trafalgar Square as part of the London Games Festival, which ends on April 10. “The challenge celebrates the new artistic medium of virtual photography where creators can bring video game design and virtual worlds to life. From a stunning landscape to intimate portrait, candid street to abstract architecture or historical to sci-fi fantasy,” said London Games Festival. The competition was supported by Nvidia Studio and The Fourth Focus, with the latter…
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Carothers team wins warm 3X9 Series event with 15.66 pounds | Outdoor Sports
On Tuesday evening, 69 two-angler teams turned out on the shores of Stillhouse Hollow Lake under warm, breezy conditions to compete in the weekly 3X9 Series bass fishing tournament which runs from March through September. The goal each week is to catch the heaviest three-fish limit of bass in the event’s three-hour time limit which begins at 6 p.m. As the event concluded, a three-fish limit weighing 15.66 pounds took first place. This catch was made by the team of Canyon and Skyler Carothers. The anglers’ limit was anchored by the tourney’s second-largest fish. That fish weighed 7.95 pounds and helped the men earn a check for $1,150. Second place…
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US Open 2021 women’s final: Emma Raducanu wins first career Grand Slam in magical run to final as qualifier
In the first US Open final between two unseeded players, 18-year-old Emma Raducanu took home her first Grand Slam championship when she defeated 19-year-old Leylah Fernandez in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Raducanu became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam, also doing so in just the second Grand Slam tournament of her career. With the victory, Raducanu became the first British woman to win a Grand Slam title since Virginia Wade won Wimbledon in 1977. Wade was also the last British woman to win the US Open, back in 1968. Furthermore, Raducanu is also the youngest women’s tennis player to win a major since Maria Sharapova upset Serena Williams…
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Brazil vs. Argentina result: Lionel Messi wins first title with Argentina, ending nation’s 28-year drought
Lionel Messi has finally done it. After years of championship final heartbreak with Argentina, the 34-year-old soccer legend won his first major title with his national team after a 1-0 victory over archrival Brazil in the 2021 Copa America final Saturday night in Rio de Janeiro. The Copa America triumph ended a 28-year drought for Argentina, which last won the title in 1993. It also marked the first time Brazil has failed to win a Copa America tournament that it has hosted. A 22nd-minute goal by Angel Di Maria was all that Argentina needed in a chippy final with nine yellow cards. Midfielder Rodrigo De Paul, who was the best player on the field, found Di…
