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More than 2,100 high school seniors from the East Baton Rouge Parish School System attended an event dubbed the “Day of Hope” on Tuesday, according to local newspaper The Advocate. The event was sponsored by the Christian group 29:11 Mentoring Program and held at Living Faith Christian Center in northeast Baton Rouge. While the event was billed as a “college and career fair,” some students and parents later said that it was more focused on pushing religious indoctrination than providing any real career advice....

This sequence describes a meeting that took place in late July in Las Vegas, when four men met in a hotel room with an assistant coach from the basketball program at an institution identified as “University-6” and described as being a public research institution in the state of Kentucky with a student body of 22,640 students that sponsors 21 NCAA Division I sports teams. MORE: Louisville confirms inclusion in federal case...

After Tuesday’s win, India have now taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the five-match Test rubber, after having won the second game at Visakhapatnam by 246 runs. Kohli, who remained unbeaten on six with opener Parthiv Patel (67 not out off 54 balls) as India overhauled the meagre target of 103 runs in just 20.2 overs, said the team is getting more confident after every win. “It was amazing to see the lower order contribute which is a proud achievement....

One day I went to the dentist to have a tooth pulled, and the dentist told me that my blood pressure was too high for them to do it. They recommended that I make an appointment with my primary care doctor as soon as possible. Around this time, I noticed my coworkers casually talking about their health and taking their blood pressure at home. I work as a health communication specialist focusing on heart disease and stroke prevention, so I explored hypertension online....

Just in case you were wondering, there are 99 players on LSU’s roster, which means each guy ate roughly 40 wings. MORE: LSU will play in the Citrus Bowl without Leonard Fournette The feast happened at a Buffalo Wild Wings in Orlando. LSU is in Orlando for the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl against Louisville on Dec. 31. If the Tigers have a sluggish start on Saturday, you’ll know why....

LSU gymnast Olivia Dunne, who’s from New Jersey, has 1.1 million followers on Instagram, which is one platform in which athletes can potentially earn money. Throw in her TikTok followers (3.9 million), and she has more than 5 million combined followers. Those two social media platforms are just a few direct paths in which athletes can make money through the new NIL guidelines. Louisiana state law allows college athletes to profit off their names, images and likenesses....

MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona are in a slump after exiting the Champions League at the hands of Atletico Madrid, their coach Luis Enrique said on Wednesday. Last season’s treble winners were firm favourites to become the first team to retain the trophy and travelled to the Spanish capital with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg, but they were outwitted and outfought by Diego Simeone’s side in a 2-0 loss....

The trio of Messi, Suarez, and Neymar scored 122 goals between them in the 2014/15 season as Barcelona completed the treble of La Liga, Copa Del Rey, and the UEFA Champions League and Enrique believes the three should have been together in the award shortlist announced by UEFA on Wednesday. The Catalan club are set to take on Athletic Club in the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup tomorrow and Enrique made his thoughts clear on the matter while speaking at a press conference ahead of the match....

The Catalans’ coach saw his 15-game European winning streak at Camp Nou come to an end as Juve’s stubborn defence held firm to record their fifth straight Champions League clean sheet. Luis Enrique felt his side did enough to win on the night but noted it was always going to be tough to produce a repeat of their miraculous comeback performance in the last round against Paris Saint-Germain, when three goals in the last seven minutes saw Barca through....

Lionel Messi, back in the starting lineup following a groin injury, capitalized on a slip from Fernandhino to put the hosts in front, but the Group C encounter was an evenly contested affair until ex-Barca goalkeeper Claudio Bravo was sent off after 53 minutes. Bravo’s botched clearance and subsequent handling of Luis Suarez’s goal-bound shot left referee Milorad Mazic with little choice and Messi clipped home from the edge of the area in the 61st minute before a further mistake from Ilkay Gundogan allowed him to complete his hat trick....

The compatriots are close friends off the pitch and also form one of International football’s deadliest strike partnership on it, with over 60 goals between them for La Celeste. The pair will carry Uruguay’s weight of expectation at the World Cup in the summer as they attempt to build on their fourth place finish in South Africa. Meanwhile, Suarez pushed for a move away from Anfield in the summer amidst feelings of unrest following a 10 game ban and interest from Arsenal and Real Madrid, but eventually opted to stay....

Lukaku, 24, only completed his move to United from Everton for a reported £75 million on July 10. The Belgium international scored his first goal for the club on Monday, netting in a 2-1 friendly win over Real Salt Lake. Lukaku – who scored 25 Premier League goals last season – said Mourinho, his former boss at Chelsea, had already helped him improve. Derby date: Utd v City ICC odds...

Lukaku failed to have an impact as United played out a 0-0 draw against rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Saturday. The Belgium international has a league-high seven goals this campaign, but questions remain over his ability to produce against the big sides. The former Everton striker has scored 15 goals in 58 games against United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham. But Lukaku, 24, dismissed suggestions he was a flat-track bully, saying it was different, and more difficult, for him at former club Everton....

The home side battled from 2-0 down to win 3-2 at Old Trafford and alleviate some of the pressure on manager Jose Mourinho. Sanchez has struggled for form since joining from Arsenal in January but came off the bench to head home in the 90th minute and end his side’s four-game winless run. And Lukaku was full of praise for his team-mate’s determination after he netted for the first time this season....

Belgium international Lukaku netted just five minutes into the meeting at Old Trafford, firing home from inside the box after being teed up by Alexis Sanchez. It was the 24-year-old’s 15th top-flight effort since joining the Red Devils from Everton for a reported £75million last July. Lukaku failed to score a Premier League goal for Chelsea, but hit 17 during a loan spell at West Brom and 68 for Everton....

Though Genie Francis sparkles with the wholesome gleam o a typical teenager, she has spent the better part of her adolescence in a sunless television studio playing a girl who had her first lover at 14, then was accused of murder and raped. Anthony Geary, meanwhile, has always looked like the weird kid in town; he’s made a career playing off beat characters that he describes as being “left of the sun....

As the Panthers were preparing to face the Falcons in the 2014 regular-season finale, Panthers coach Ron Rivera kicked Kuechly out of Bank of America Stadium. MORE: Panthers’ greatest players of all time “Last year, it’s Christmas Eve and this guy’s in here watching tape,” Rivera said Wednesday at the stadium. “I asked him and he said, ‘My family doesn’t get in until tomorrow afternoon. I’ve got nowhere to go....

Speaking on the Submission Radio podcast, the recently retired Luke Rockhold was asked for his thoughts on the upcoming vacant lightweight title bout. Rockhold predicted that Islam Makhachev’s “man strength” will give him an advantage over Charles Oliveira: Rockhold did offer high praise for Oliveira, stating that the No.1-ranked lightweight is a demon with plenty of weapons. However, he would continue to praise Islam Makhachev, his American Kickboxing Academy teammate....