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Giants-Seahawks Week 13: Offense, defense and special teams snap counts

The New York Giants won their Week 13 game against the Seattle Seahawks. Here are the snap counts on offense, defense and special teams.

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Big Ten winners and losers: Wisconsin down along with Michigan football and this highly paid coach

As it endured a shutdown last week, Michigan football weathered its latest setback during a season full of them.

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Breaking, also known as breakdancing, becomes an Olympic sport and some hope the move won’t dilute its soul

Breaking or breakdancing as it’s called by outsiders, is the latest new-wave sport to join the Olympic program. It will be in the 2024 Paris Games.

      

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Maggie Alphonsi’s team of the Autumn Nations Cup: How many of England’s winners make the cut?

15 Brice Dulin (France) Came into the squad for the last two games and was effective, scoring his first Test try in four years at Twickenham. Accurate kicking out of hand and he helped a young French side. Hugo Keenan had a good debut campaign. 14 Keith Earls (Ireland) Consistent as ever and does the basics so well. Ireland need that experienced figure in the back-three with Rob Kearney gone. A word for Nemani Nadolo on his Test return for Fiji. 13 Giorgi Kveseladze (Georgia) No real standout candidates but that try from Kveseladze in Dublin was sensational, right up there for the try of the Autumn Nations Cup along with May’s wonder score against Ireland. 12 Johnny Williams (Wales) Amazing story, making his professional comeback after recovering from cancer and going on to become a Test player. Adds real physicality to Wales’ midfield. France’s Jonathan Danty has looked good. 11 Jonny May (England) I’ve been impressed by Louis Rees-Zammit, but while he didn’t shine as brightly against Wales and France, it has to be May after that wonder try against Ireland to go move second on England’s try-scoring list. 10 Matthieu Jalibert (France) Based on his performance at Twickenham and with Ntamack not available, Jalibert put in a stellar performance against England and gives Fabien Galthie a brilliant alternative option. Still young and full of talent. 9 Gareth Davies (Wales) Not given as many starts as usual but made a huge impact off the bench when Wales used him, helping to turn the game against Italy. Ben Youngs played well for England against Georgia. 1 Mako Vunipola (England) England missed him against France after he was player of the match against Wales in Llanelli. His contribution in the loose is just brilliant with his offloading and passing game. 2 Jamie George (England) Outstanding against Georgia when he grabbed his hat-trick before dropping off a bit in the following games. Luke Cowan-Dickie is providing serious competition off the bench, however. Julian Marchand and Camille Chat are both quality. 3 Tomas Francis (Wales) Helped Sam Parry over for a try against Italy and reconfirmed his status as Wales’ best tighthead prop during this campaign having missed the Six Nations through injury earlier this year. Andrew Porter of Ireland stood out. 4 Maro Itoje (England) Must have made every team of the week and certainly is the player of the tournament. Brilliant in defence, at the breakdown, disrupting opponents’ lineouts and brings energy and leadership to the squad. 5 Bernard le Roux (France) Joe Launchbury has been a machine around the park, as has Iain Henderson too, but Le Roux’s work-rate was excellent in particular in the win over Scotland, making 20 tackes. 6 Tom Curry (England) France have a fine young player in Cameron Woki, but Curry has been consistently outstanding in England’s back row, epitomising their defensive efforts over the past few weeks and strong at the breakdown. 7 Sam Underhill (England) Not as sharp against France as we saw in previous games, with his best performance coming against Wales, but he’s had a fine tournament. Justin Tipuric has been vital for Wales and Hamish Watson rarely performs poorly. 8 Billy Vunipola (England) We saw the best out of Taulupe Faletau against Italy while Caelan Doris has rarely put a foot wrong, but Vunipola has quietly been excellent, getting through tons of carries and tackles.

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NFL Week 13 winners, losers: Behind Joe Judge, New York Giants pull off upset of the season

The New York Giants scored what could be a season-shaping win over the Seahawks on Sunday as they look to finish strong and seize the NFC East crown.

      

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Lefevere: Mark Cavendish came to me and said ‘I can’t stop like this’

Sprinter helped bring funds to support his return to the Belgian team

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Pennsylvania’s Top Quarterbacks in 2023

Who are the top in-state football players within the Class of 2023? PA Preps answers that question now!

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Five burning questions heading into Minnesota week

Here are five of the biggest questions facing Nebraska as it returns home this week to take on Minnesota.

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Iowa’s Top 225 Baseball Players in 2022 (31-35)

Who are the top in-state baseball players within the Class of 2022? Iowa Preps answers that question now!

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Citing health, Urban Meyer tells Texas officials he’s not returning to coaching

Urban Meyer has informed Texas that he is not pursuing another coaching position. However, “no decision” has been made about current coach Tom Herman.

      

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