Undefeated Oregon and No. 23 Texas A&M will collide Tuesday afternoon in Las Vegas in the second game of the new Players Era Festival. Both teams are in the "Power" group of the eight-team event. All eight teams are receiving $1 million for their name, image and likeness (NIL) collectives, but placing fourth or higher in the tourney in order will net them anywhere from $1.1 million to $1.5 million. The Aggies (4-1) opened the season with a three-point loss at UCF, but since then have won four straight, all in convincing fashion. Texas A&M upset then-No. 21 Ohio State 78-64 on Nov. 15 at home in College Station, Texas. Then the Aggies crushed Southern 71-54 last Wednesday, when Wade Taylor IV led the way with 17 points and six assists. All of Texas A&M's wins have been by double digits. The Aggies and Ducks (5-0) have split the two previous meetings against each other. Until March 2022 in an NIT second-round game, they had not met since the 1970-71 season. Texas A&M tied the overall series with a 75-60 win at home in 2022. The only player on the Ducks' current roster who played in that game was 7-foot senior Nate Bittle, who has been one of Oregon's best players so far this season. Bittle's 16.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game lead the Ducks so far this season, and the big man also averages two blocked shots per game. Texas A&M guard Zhuric Phelps, a transfer from SMU, leads the Aggies in scoring at 16 points per game. Taylor adds 14 points per game. The Aggies could be the best defensive team the Ducks will have seen this season. A&M is allowing teams to shoot only 36.6 percent in games. Head coach Buzz Williams and his staff are hoping the team gets better at taking charges on defense, as the Aggies have just one so far this season. "I guess the thing that you work on most is verticality around the rim," Texas A&M assistant coach Steve Roccaforte told KBTX television. "‘Hey, once you get there, if you try and take a charge, it's going to be a block. Just jump as high as you can, stay vertical, try to go chest-to-chest. Make it a hard shot.'" Oregon is coming off a 78-75 win at Oregon State, the Ducks' first road game of the season. The Ducks trailed by 10 points at halftime but, as they have in several games this season, they found a rhythm on offense in the second half and came up with a comeback win. Bittle's 23 points and 14 rebounds led the way. Jackson Shelstad had 15 points and Jadrian Tracey and Keeshawn Barthelemy both added 10. "We started rebounding the ball a little better. Nate really got it going inside and our guys got him the ball," Oregon head coach Dana Altman told the school's athletics website. "He had a heck of a game." --Field Level MediaASX 200 down on Trump’s tariff vow
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The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Thursday announced a 13-month-long campaign centered around the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi, the architect of the Indian Constitution Bhimrao Ambedkar, and the Constitution itself — in a bid to corner the ruling dispensation on what is sees as three ideological battlegrounds between the grand old party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party said also it plans a Samvidhan Bachao Rashtriya Padayatra (Save the Constitution national march) between January 26, 2025 and January 26, 2026, aims to overhaul its organisation over the next 12 months to make it battle-ready for the future elections, and announced that an All-India Congress Committee (AICC) session will be held in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bastion Gujarat in April next year. These key decisions were taken at a special “Nav Satyagraha Baithak” of CWC in Belagavi to mark the 100th anniversary of the Belgaum (as it was called then) session of the Congress presided over by Mahatma Gandhi. “We have decided to go for massive political campaign from December 27 to January 26, 2025. The campaign on Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan will be a continuous campaign. It will include padyatras in villages, block level, district level and state level. There will be rallies, seminars, public meeting and public rallies. These will be led by our leaders. We will raise voice against attacks and degradation of Constitution. We will raise common people’s issues such as price rise, corruption,” said Congress general secretary KC Venugopal. The party said its AICC session in Porbandar, Gujarat next year will mark the place where Mahatma Gandhi was born, and send a larger political message in a state that has been under BJP rule for 36 years. At the meeting on Thursday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched a fresh attack against the BJP, saying that changing the Constitution was an “old project” of the party and its ideological fount the Rashtriya Swayamsevan Sangh, which, he said, criticised the Constitution, the Tricolor, Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Ambedkar. “When the Prime Minister was elected to the Parliament for the first time, he bowed his head on the steps of the old Parliament, after which the new Parliament was built. We are afraid that this time before taking oath in the new Parliament House, he bowed his head in front of the Constitution! We know, this is their old project. They have criticized the Constitution, the tricolor, Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, opposed everyone. They have burnt effigies of everyone,” Kharge said. The CWC meeting thus became an attempt to the Congress’s new ideological battle against the BJP, and to give a fillip to the grand old party’s quest to revive itself as an election-winning matching. Both pose major challenges for the Congress, which has faced a series of electoral losses in the past 10 years even as a Narendra Modi-led BJP has not just stormed to election victories but also appropriated the legacy of ideological and freedom movement icons such as Sardar Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose and Swami Vivekananda. Citing Union home minister Amit Shah’s recent statement on Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha, Kharge said: “We heard the home minister’s extremely insulting statement about Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar during the discussion on the Constitution in the Parliament session. We objected, protested, demonstrated. Now protests are taking place all over the country.” “But the Prime Minister and the government are not ready to accept their mistake. Far from seeking an apology and resignation from Amit Shah, they supported the objectionable statement. A false case was registered against Rahul Gandhi. This is the attitude of today’s rulers towards the Constitution and its creator. But we are neither going to be afraid of anyone nor are we going to bow down. We will fight till the end for the ideology of Nehru-Gandhi and the respect of Babasaheb,” the Congress president said. Kharge accused the BJP of “falsely accusing us” for not respecting Ambedkar but “the statue of Babasaheb in the Parliament was installed by Congress in 1967”. Kharge backed the idea of Nav Satyagraha and said, “today His Excellency, who holds a constitutional post, is also questioning Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha. Those who have taken oath on the Constitution are the ones who are spreading lies.” The CWC expressed “distress” over “the ongoing degradation of our democracy” saying institutions like the judiciary, Election Commission, and media have been politicised. It condemned the Centre’s proposed amendments to pave way for simultaneous elections, the tweaks in election rules on disclosure requirements for poll panel, and said it was “deeply concerned by the state-sponsored increase in communal and ethnic hatred.” While reiterating its demand for a socio-economic caste census and removal of the 50% ceiling on reservations, the Congress said it remains “fiercely committed to protecting the Indian Constitution and the ideals of the Indian Independence Movement.” The Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan Abhiyan will start with a rally in Belagavi on December 27 and culminate at Mhow on January 26, 2025, followed by the nationwide Samvidhan Bachao Rashtriya Padayatra which will be conducted as a relay from village to village until January 26, 2026. “This Padayatra will be from village to village, township to township in the form of a relay. The details will be announced shortly,” the resolution said.star and his wife, , are grieving an unimaginable loss after the death of their twin babies. shared the tragic news on Instagram, recounting their journey and honoring the memory of their son, , who was stillborn on November 24. In a heartfelt video posted to Instagram, detailed her pregnancy journey, sharing moments of joy and heartbreak. , who weighed 4 pounds, 8 ounces, was diagnosed with 13, also known as , a rare genetic condition. "My firstborn and only son, I've always wanted you, but God wanted and needed you more," wrote. She expressed her deep sorrow at leaving the hospital without her baby and celebrating without him. also revealed that earlier in the pregnancy, twin sibling had passed away, compounding the family's grief. Despite the pain, she found solace in the time she was able to bond with her son. "Thank God for allowing us to bond for 35 weeks and for me to birth you so I could hold you in my arms," she continued. "Although I will never hear your soft coos and cries or see those beautiful little eyes staring up at me, I am grateful to God for the time I shared with you." A family's strength , a cornerstone of the ' offensive line, was inactive for the team's game against the on Sunday due to an ankle injury. He has not yet publicly commented on the tragic loss. , who shares three daughters with , emphasized her gratitude for the moments she had with her son and his twin sibling, even amidst the heartbreak. She expressed hope and faith, believing her son would always watch over her and his sisters. Support from the NFL community The devastating news has prompted an outpouring of support from fans and the community. While the family navigates this deeply personal loss, they have shared their story with grace and strength, reminding others of the profound impact of love and loss. The organization has not released an official statement but is expected to stand in solidarity with the family during this difficult time.
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