CAPITAL CASE

The Supreme Court docket on Thursday refused to cease the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be killed by deadly injection in Texas Thursday evening for the 2002 loss of life of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki. Prosecutors had argued that Nikki suffered from shaken child syndrome, a analysis for sure mind accidents that has since been questioned. Roberson and his supporters contended that he was harmless, as a result of new proof exhibits that Nikki really died from double pneumonia and a associated fall from her mattress.

In a press release concerning the courtroom’s resolution to not intervene, Justice Sonia Sotomayor emphasised that “[f]ew instances extra urgently name for” a keep of execution “than one the place the accused has made a severe exhibiting of precise innocence, as Roberson as right here.” However there was no declare beneath federal legislation for the Supreme Court docket to behave on, she concluded. As an alternative, she wrote, Roberson’s solely remaining hope is a reprieve from Tex. Governor Greg Abbott.

Shortly earlier than the Supreme Court docket launched its order declining to intervene, a choose in Travis County, Tex., quickly halted Roberson’s execution. State lawmakers from each events on Wednesday issued a subpoena to require Roberson to seem subsequent week earlier than the Texas Home Committee on Judiciary and Jurisprudence. The workplace of the state’s lawyer common has indicated that it intends to enchantment that call.

Within the week earlier than her loss of life, Nikki had been significantly ailing with what docs recognized as a respiratory an infection, together with a fever that typically reached 104.5 levels. On the morning that she died, Nikki fell off the bed. Each Roberson and Nikki went again to sleep; when Roberson awoke once more, she had stopped respiratory and turned blue.

Roberson took Nikki to the hospital, the place CAT scans revealed bleeding and swelling in her mind, in addition to bleeding in her retinas. On the time, Roberson says, these three situations have been presumed to be the results of shaken child syndrome. Mixed with a scarcity of emotional response from Roberson (who was recognized with autism after his trial), they prompted prosecutors to cost him with Nikki’s homicide. He was convicted and sentenced to loss of life by a jury in 2003.

Roberson now contends that the idea of shaken child syndrome on which prosecutors relied to convict him 20 years in the past has been “solely discredited” and that he’s harmless. New proof, he says, exhibits that Nikki’s loss of life was brought on by “a virulent double pneumonia” that had “progressed to the purpose of sepsis” and was made worse by drugs, now not prescribed to youngsters, that suppressed respiratory.

In a quick order, Texas’s highest courtroom for prison instances declined to overview the brand new proof introduced by Roberson, prompting him to come back to the Supreme Court docket. By dismissing his request with none clarification, Roberson contended, the Texas courtroom “successfully slammed the courthouse doorways to” him “with none courtroom ever reviewing the deserves of his claims establishing his precise innocence.”

Brian Wharton, the lead detective who initially investigated Nikki’s loss of life, says he now has “unassailable doubt that Robert didn’t do it.” In a video produced by the New York Instances, Wharton – who’s now a minister – mentioned that police and prosecutors didn’t contemplate some other prospects aside from shaken child syndrome for Nikki’s accidents, however he’s “satisfied we did the fallacious factor.”

A bipartisan group of 86 Texas lawmakers has additionally expressed assist for Roberson. In a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state’s board of pardons and paroles searching for clemency for Roberson, the group steered that Roberson ought to at a minimal get a brand new trial based mostly on a Texas legislation that enables challenges to convictions that rested on “disproven or incomplete science.”

However the state urged the justices to permit Roberson’s execution to go forward. Roberson doesn’t present that he’s harmless, it contended. As an alternative, Nikkie’s accidents “are inconsistent with a brief fall from a mattress or issues from a virus.” At most, the state steered, “Roberson’s new scientific proof … engages a ‘battle of the consultants’ concerning the analysis” of shaken child syndrome.

The state added that the Supreme Court docket has by no means required state courts contemplating claims for post-conviction reduction to “present an in depth clarification for the applying of a state procedural rule.” However even when it had, the state continued, the Supreme Court docket couldn’t overview the state courtroom’s resolution in Roberson’s case as a result of it rests solely on state legislation.

In a quick order issued shortly earlier than 6 p.m. Jap time on Thursday, the justices turned down Roberson’s plea to place his execution on maintain.

Sotomayor’s 10-page assertion noticed that “[c]urrent postconviction treatments typically fail to appropriate convictions ‘secured by what we now know was defective science.’ This case is emblematic of that downside.”

However the Supreme Court docket, she defined, might solely keep Roberson’s execution if he can present that he’s more likely to succeed on a declare beneath federal legislation – one thing Roberson didn’t elevate earlier than the Texas Court docket of Prison Appeals. As an alternative, she noticed, his solely federal-law declare challenged the state courtroom’s failure to elucidate its dismissal of his petition for reduction. And the Supreme Court docket has made clear that it “has no energy to inform state courts how they have to write their opinions,” Sotomayor wrote.

On the identical time, Sotomayor acknowledged the proof that Roberson had introduced to assist his declare that he’s harmless. In mild of that proof, she wrote, a keep to permit reconsideration of that proof “is crucial; but this Court docket is unable to grant it.” She subsequently urged Abbott to provide Roberson a 30-day reprieve. “That,” Sotomayor concluded, “might stop a miscarriage of justice from occurring: executing a person who has raised credible proof of precise innocence.”

This text was initially printed at Howe on the Court docket. 

An uncommon authorized transfer has purchased extra time for a Texas man who was set to be executed Thursday night.

A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers, who mentioned Robert Roberson was really harmless and shouldn’t be executed, issued a subpoena for the dying row inmate.

Roberson was convicted of the capital homicide of his 2-year-old daughter in 2002. Prosecutors mentioned she died from shaken child syndrome however new proof confirmed she died from pneumonia and never abuse. That new proof was not thought-about in any of his rejected appeals.

“For over 20 years, Robert Roberson has spent 23.5 hours of each single day in solitary confinement in a cell no greater than the closets of most Texans, longing and striving to be heard. And whereas some courthouses could have failed him, the Texas Home has not.” mentioned Texas Reps. Jeff Leach (R-Plano) and Joe Moody (D-El Paso) in a joint assertion.

The lawmakers mentioned they subpoenaed Roberson to listen to his testimony on Texas capital punishment. Roberson was scheduled to testify on Monday, Oct. 21, a number of days after the scheduled execution of 6 p.m. Thursday.

Simply 90 minutes earlier than the dying warrant was to be carried out, a Travis County decide presided over a court docket listening to to resolve which carried extra weight and needs to be honored — a Texas legislative subpoena or a dying warrant for execution.

Choose Jessica Mangrum granted a short lived restraining order to stop the execution. This started an evening of authorized limbo for Roberson.

The state, intent on going by with the execution, succeeded in having Choose Mangrum’s restraining order overruled by the Texas Legal Court docket of Appeals.

The lawmakers then appealed to the Texas Supreme Court docket, arguing their effort to subpoena Roberson was a civil matter. The state’s highest court docket agreed.

“Whether or not the legislature could use its authority to compel the attendance of witnesses to dam the chief department’s authority to implement a sentence of dying is a query of Texas civil legislation, not its felony legislation,” wrote Justice Evan Younger.

“Should the chief yield if the legislature invokes its authority—that’s, would continuing with an execution in these circumstances entail the chief department’s intrusion into the broad authority of the legislative department?” Younger continued. “Or, contrariwise, would permitting varied committees of the legislature to subpoena an inmate who’s topic to an impending dying sentence represent the legislative department’s intrusion into the orderly functioning of the legislation, risking manipulation of the judicial course of and the chief operate?”

The Supreme Court docket left it to the Travis County District Court docket to resolve the separation of powers challenge.

It is unclear when a brand new execution date will probably be scheduled, because the dying warrant for Roberson expires midnight Friday.

In the meantime, Roberson — who has been on dying row for 22 years — will dwell one other day.

“We’re deeply grateful to the Texas Supreme Court docket for respecting the function of the Texas legislature in such consequential issues,” mentioned Leach and Moody. “We stay up for welcoming Robert to the Texas Capitol, and together with 31 million Texans, lastly giving him-and the reality—an opportunity to be heard.”

This can be a creating story that will probably be up to date.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jhonkensy Noel saved Cleveland’s season. David Fry prolonged it.

With two enormous swings, the Guardians hit again on the huge, dangerous New York Yankees and tightened an AL Championship Collection that was nearly over.

Noel related for a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs within the ninth inning and Fry hit a two-run shot within the tenth as Cleveland rallied previous New York 7-5 on Thursday night time in an unforgettable Sport 3 to drag the Guardians to 2-1 within the best-of-seven collection.

Cleveland’s surprising season that included 92 wins and the AL Central title was on the brink after Aaron Decide hit a two-run homer off All-Star nearer Emmanuel Clase and Giancarlo Stanton adopted with a solo drive within the eighth to provide the Yankees a 4-3 lead.

However Noel, a burly outfielder generally known as Massive Christmas, delivered an October reward and Fry adopted together with his second momentous homer in these playoffs.

“That’s precisely who we’re,” first-year Guardians supervisor Stephen Vogt mentioned. “We by no means give up. We get punched within the enamel fairly laborious there within the eighth, and our guys stepped up enormous for the man that carried us all 12 months lengthy. That was actually enjoyable to see.”

It was exhausting, thrilling and dramatic because the Yankees and Guardians jammed a season’s price of highlights into three innings.

“That was playoff baseball,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “Each side simply saved coming with haymakers and massive at-bats, huge moments off of two actually good bullpens. They outlasted us. They’d another good swing than us. That’s a part of it. We’ll be able to roll tomorrow.”

The Guardians trailed 5-3, had no runners on base within the ninth and had been moments from falling right into a 3-0 deficit when Lane Thomas doubled towards Luke Weaver, who had been good in eight save possibilities since taking up because the Yankees nearer in September. Noel then delivered his towering homer.

As he rounded the bases, Progressive Subject followers danced on their seats and within the aisles in a second paying homage to Rajai Davis’ tying homer off Aroldis Chapman within the eighth inning of 2016 World Collection Sport 7.

It was becoming that Davis, who now works for Main League Baseball, was readily available to see Noel’s homer that now belongs beside his in Cleveland historical past.

“We’re a crew that don’t give up,” Noel, who got here in 1 of 15 within the playoffs, mentioned by way of an interpreter. “We play 27 outs, in order that’s sort of what occurred right this moment.”

Fry joked Noel’s homer was beautiful and no shock in any respect.

“It was amazement,” he mentioned of the response in Cleveland’s dugout. “It was a lot pleasure, however then it was similar to, oh, yeah, in fact Jhonkensy hit a game-tying homer towards a man throwing 98 hits it for a homer.

“No person does that. Like Vogter mentioned coming within the recreation, it’s like, right here you go, huge boy, hit a two-run homer, and he did. It’s so cool.”

Fry’s swing ended an prompt fall traditional.

Bo Naylor singled main off the tenth towards Clay Holmes and Brayan Rocchio sacrificed. Naylor took third on Steven Kwan’s comebacker earlier than Fry, who hit a Division Collection-saving homer in Sport 4 at Detroit, despatched a 1-2 sinker into the left-field bleachers.

Fry watched the ball sail into the stands earlier than heading towards first. He was mobbed by teammates after crossing residence plate as followers tossed drinks within the air whereas making an attempt to course of the emotional rollercoaster that they had endured.

“I blacked out,” Fry mentioned. “I bear in mind being like midway down the primary baseline wanting again on the dugout and looking out and saying, alright, I simply have to ensure I contact all 4 bases and get residence and have a good time.”

Cleveland can tie the collection with a win Friday.

The Guardians nonetheless have an opportunity to finish baseball’s present longest World Collection drought, stretching to 1948.

Decide homered in Sport 2 however was batting simply .143 (3 of 21) with eight strikeouts this October earlier than coming to the plate towards Clase, the AL’s saves chief and MLB’s most feared reliever.

After falling behind 1-2 within the rely, Decide, who was on the sector taking batting observe 5 hours earlier than the sport, sat again and drove a 99 mph cutter from Clase the alternative approach to proper, the ball simply clearing the outfield wall.

New York’s gamers poured out of the dugout to have a good time as Decide, the seemingly AL MVP after hitting 58 homers within the common season, circled the bases following his fifteenth postseason homer.

The Yankees, who had been held to a few hits over the primary seven innings, had been nonetheless exchanging hugs and high-fives when Stanton crushed a 1-2 slider from Clase, sending it over the center-field wall.

However though that they had the lead, the Yankees weren’t taking something with no consideration.

“I wouldn’t say we had been looking forward to the World Collection,” Decide mentioned. “We nonetheless have one other recreation, even when it was 3-0.”

Clase had been impeccable all season, permitting simply 5 runs and recording 34 consecutive saves whereas dominating nearly each time he took the mound. However he was tagged for a three-run homer within the ninth by Kerry Carpenter within the ALDS earlier than Decide and Stanton bought him inside a span of eight pitches.

New York had two on with no outs within the ninth however scored only one run, on Gleyber Torres’ sacrifice fly. Eli Morgan ended the inning by throwing a referred to as third strike previous Juan Soto.

Rookie Kyle Manzardo hit a two-run homer within the third for Cleveland.

The thirtieth postseason matchup between the Guardians and Yankees was one other tightly contested matchup between two franchises who know one another effectively this time of 12 months. That is their seventh assembly within the playoffs.

Cleveland lastly bought some size from a starter as Matthew Boyd went 5 innings, essentially the most Vogt has permitted this postseason. The left-hander gave up two hits within the second earlier than retiring 10 straight, seven on straightforward grounders.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Yankees: Reliever Ian Hamilton was lifted within the sixth inning after showing to harm himself whereas protecting first base. The crew mentioned he had left calf tightness. … Boone mentioned LHP Nestor Cortes got here by way of a short batting observe pitching session on Wednesday with none points. Cortes is recovering from an elbow pressure and hasn’t pitched in a recreation since Sept. 18. If New York advances, he might be added to the World Collection roster.

UP NEXT

Guardians RHP Gavin Williams will begin Sport 4, his first look of the postseason. The hard-throwing Williams had a disappointing common season (3-10, 4.86 ERA), which started with him on the injured listing for a number of months with an elbow challenge. He’ll face Yankees RHP Luis Gil, who went 15-7 through the common season.

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Bruins

The matchup will mark 100 years to the day for the reason that franchise first took the ice towards the Montreal Maroons on Dec. 1, 1924.

By Amin Touri, The Boston Globe

October 17, 2024 | 10:19 AM

After a yr celebrating the franchise’s a centesimal season within the NHL, the Bruins have one last century celebration up their sleeves, because the crew on Thursday unveiled its commemorative uniforms for its “Centennial Recreation” towards the Canadiens on Dec. 1.

The matchup will mark 100 years to the day for the reason that franchise first took the ice towards the Montreal Maroons on Dec. 1, 1924.

“Symbolizing the flip of the century, the sweater contains a new, color-inverted model of the Centennial patch that was beforehand displayed on the three Centennial uniforms worn in the course of the 2023-24 season,” the Bruins mentioned in a press release. “The brand new patch features a nod to December 1st because the date of the Bruins’ inaugural sport, and brings again the celebratory, metallic gold as an accent across the Bruins bear.

“The jersey design attracts inspiration from the Eighties, a pivotal period in Bruins historical past that embodies the crew’s core values. The uniform equipment options dipped gold sleeves and socks with a contemporary tackle conventional striping, paying tribute to Bruins alumni who beforehand repped the Spoked-B.”

The anniversary patch used on final season’s Centennial uniforms returns, this time with the colours inverted because it options black lettering towards a gold backdrop.

The anniversary crest can be extra paying homage to the spoked-B sported by Bruins legends similar to Bobby Orr and Ray Bourque.

“Further particulars contained in the jersey embrace a particular design on the collar and on the underside hemline,” the crew mentioned. “The collar shows the rating of the membership’s first-ever sport performed at Boston Enviornment on Dec. 1, 1924 — Boston Bruins 2, Montreal Maroons 1. Embedded within the backside hem are the crew’s core values — custom, grit, ardour and coronary heart — which the membership will carry with them into the longer term.

“In honor of the membership’s inaugural yr, the ProShop and TD Backyard can have a symbolic 1,924 Genuine Professional Centennial Recreation jerseys accessible for buy.”

Puck drop for that Sunday afternoon matchup at TD Backyard is at 3 p.m.

The Boston School Eagles (4-3, 1-2 ACC) soccer crew misplaced to the Virginia Tech Hokies (4-3, 2-1 ACC) 42-21 on Thursday night time at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va. 

The styling duo of Hokies quarterback Kyron Drones and operating again Bhayshul Tuten led Virginia Tech’s offensive success. 

Drones scored first two touchdowns of the sport on the bottom with an 11-yard and one-yard run. Tuten adopted with a pair of touchdowns on an 83-yard run and a 20-yard reception move from Drones. 

Nevertheless, the Eagles didn’t go down with out a battle. 

Boston School recorded 21 unanswered factors, totally on Hokies turnovers. After stopping Virginia Tech to open the second half, the Eagles bought on the board with an 11-yard landing move from quarterback Thomas Castellanos to tight finish Jeremiah Franklin. 

After that, Boston School scored on a 20-yard landing reception by operating again Treshaun Ward and a five-yard landing run by operating again Kye Robichaux. The Hokies turned the ball over on an interception and fumble on back-to-back drives. 

Sadly for the Eagles, the power and ability of Tuten was an excessive amount of to deal with. The senior scored two extra touchdowns within the fourth with a six-yard run and a 61-yard run to seal the sport for the Hokies.

In complete, Tuten tallied 18 carries for 266 yards and three touchdowns. The outing broke a program file for many speeding yards in a single recreation. 

Boston School returns to Alumni Stadium on Friday, Oct. 25 to tackle the Louisville Cardinals for homecoming. 

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Pregame:

Who: Boston School Eagles (4-2, 1-1 ACC) and Virginia Tech Hokies (3-3, 1-1 ACC)

When: Thursday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. ET. 

The place: Lane Stadium, Blacksburg, Va. 

TV: ESPN

Radio: WEEI 93.7 FM

Final Outing, Virginia Tech: The Hokies received their third recreation of the season with a 31-7 highway victory over the Stanford Cardinal on Oct. 5. 

Final Outing, Boston School: The Eagles suffered their second lack of the season to the Virginia Cavaliers 24-14 on Oct. 5. 

Final Assembly:The final assembly between these two packages was an everyday season matchup on Nov. 11, 2023. Virginia Tech defeated Boston School 48-22. 

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitzi Gaynor, the bubbling dancer and actor who starred as Nellie Forbush within the 1958 movie “South Pacific” and appeared in different musicals with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, has died. She was 93.

Gaynor, among the many final survivors of the so-called golden age of the Hollywood musical, died of pure causes in Los Angeles on Thursday morning, her long-time managers Rene Reyes and Shane Rosamonda confirmed in a press release to The Related Press.

“As we have a good time her legacy, we provide our because of her pals and followers and the numerous audiences she entertained all through her lengthy life,” Reyes and Rosamonda mentioned in a joint assertion. “Your love, help and appreciation meant so very a lot to her and was a sustaining reward in her life.”

Her leisure profession spanned eight many years throughout movie, tv and the stage, and appeared in a number of notable movies together with “We’re Not Married!” and “There’s No Enterprise Like Present Enterprise,” however she is finest remembered for her flip in “South Pacific.”

The display model of “South Pacific” acquired three Academy Award nominations and gained for finest sound, whereas Gaynor was a finest actress nominee for a Golden Globe.

The position of the love-sick nurse Nellie, created on Broadway by Mary Martin, had been eagerly sought by Hollywood stars. Sinatra helped Gaynor land it.

She was starring with him in “The Joker Is Wild,” when she had a one-day alternative to audition for lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. It was the identical day she was scheduled for her greatest scene with Sinatra. When she defined her plight, he instructed her, “Don’t fear, I’ll change the schedule.”

Hammerstein was impressed with Gaynor, who had already gained the approval of director Josh Logan and composer Richard Rodgers. She was forged reverse Rossano Brazzi, about whom she sang “I’m in Love with a Fantastic Man.”

“South Pacific” was not the turning level in her profession that Gaynor had hoped it might be, and he or she shifted her focus from movie to tv, making early appearances on Donald O’Connor’s selection collection “Right here Comes Donald,” and on CBS’ “The Jack Benny Hour.” In October of 1959, she was the one ladies to visitor star alongside Sinatra, Crosby, Dean Martin and Jimmy Durante on ABC’s “The Frank Sinatra Timex Present” particular.

Later in her profession, Gaynor reinvented herself as a performing entertainer. Working along with her husband and supervisor Jack Bean, she starred in her personal musical revue that was a giant attract theaters all through the U.S., Canada, the U.Ok. and Australia.

Gaynor grew to become a mainstay in Las Vegas for a number of years, performing in weeks-long residencies for over a decade, notably on the Flamingo Resort and the Riviera Resort.

When touring with a full orchestra, a corps of dancers and backstage personnel grew to become too unwieldy and costly, Gaynor slimmed down the manufacturing, ultimately making it a one-woman present. They continued touring yearly till 2002 when Bean’s sickness required a hiatus.

“I like touring; I’ve been doing it a lot of my life,” Gaynor mentioned in a 2003 interview. “We return to the identical locations; it’s like visiting pals. After the present, individuals come backstage to the dressing room, and we renew friendships. We ship out virtually 3,000 Christmas playing cards yearly.”

“Off stage, she was a vibrant and extraordinary girl, a caring and dependable buddy, and a heat, gracious, very humorous and altogether superb human being. And she or he might prepare dinner, too!” the assertion from Rosamonda and Reyes mentioned, referencing a music from the musical “On the City” that Gaynor sang in one among her revue reveals.

Gaynor additionally starred in a number of tv selection specials, together with “Mitzi…Zings Into Springs” and “Mitzi…Roarin’ within the 20’s.” Lots of the specials acquired nominations for Emmy Awards, with wins for choreography, lighting, artwork design and costume design, the final of which was awarded to Gaynor’s longtime collaborator, Bob Mackie. The specials have been the topic of the 2008 documentary “Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Particular Years.”

Born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber (Mitzi is diminutive for Marlene) in Chicago on Sept. 4, 1931, she was part of a musically inclined household and began singing and dancing at a younger age.

In a 2003 AP interview, Gaynor mentioned she has a transparent reminiscence of her stage debut. She had been taking ballet and faucet classes and at age 7 she was scheduled for a faucet routine on the dance college recital. She had uncared for to make use of the lavatory, and when she confronted the viewers, a puddle fashioned on the stage.

“I ran kicking and screaming off the stage,” she recollects. “However I obtained enormous applause. So I dried off and put some lipstick on. After the following woman did a hula with batons and slipped on the moist flooring, I went out and mentioned, ‘I’m OK now. Can I do it?’ And I obtained cheers!”

Gaynor and Bean married in 1954 and in 1960 purchased a spacious home in Beverly Hills that grew to become their residence till his dying in 2006. They hardly ever appeared at Hollywood occasions, preferring to entertain a number of shut pals. The couple had no youngsters.

Heading right into a key convention conflict, Virginia Tech and Boston School every search for a primetime victory after they meet inside Lane Stadium on Thursday night. Kickoff is about for 7:30 p.m. E.T., with the sport set to air on ESPN.

Defensive Line Destruction
It’s not laborious to focus on the impression that Tech’s line of defense continues to have week in and week out. 

Led by standout Antwaun-Powell Ryland, who’s tied for fifth within the nation with seven sacks, the Hokies have been swarming on the defensive entrance as of late. Midway by the 2024 season, Tech finds itself tied for fourth nationally in sacks as a complete, racking up a powerful 21 over the course of the marketing campaign. 

That’s ramped up as of late, too. Up to now two weeks, the Hokies have tallied eight complete sacks between journeys to Miami and Stanford – with 5 of these coming towards the Cardinal – and the wealth being unfold amongst seven completely different guys. 

The gathering of Powell-Ryland, Aeneas Peebles, Caleb Woodson, Kaleb Spencer, James Jennette, Malachi Madison and Josh Fuga have every posted a sack prior to now two contests, with the group serving as an enormous motive why Tech finds itself on the prime of the league in sacks as a group.

Turning Over The Tides
Curiously sufficient, one of many extra fascinating traits that follows the Hokies stays to be the group’s potential to create takeaways when the opposition enters the pink zone. 

Up to now three weeks, Tech has pressured 4 pink zone turnovers, rapidly turning potential alternatives into empty possessions. On the flip aspect, the Eagles have scored on 14-of-18 journeys to the pink zone – with 13 of these leading to touchdowns. 

Tech has pressured 9 turnovers in the course of the 2024 marketing campaign, whereas BC has turned it over 9 instances – with three of these coming within the current 24-14 loss at Virginia.

It’s cliche to say it, however takeaways are going to be an element on Thursday night time come what may. Tech’s performed nicely in that class thus far, with the Hokies additionally having gained the turnover battle in every of their final two contests. 

Thursday Evening Roots
Serving as a staple of the custom of Tech soccer, Thursday night time soccer has lengthy been worshiped in Blacksburg for over 30 years. And in 2024, that’s actually no exception. 

The Hokies discover themselves 24-12 all-time in Thursday night time affairs – and are 13-7 all-time in Lane Stadium. Oddly sufficient, Boston School is considered one of Tech’s commonest opponents on Thursday evenings, with either side 3-3 all-time after they meet on that specific day. 

With all that being mentioned, it’s the primary time the 2 sides have met up on a Thursday since 2007, with the Hokies seeking to win their second contest in a row and to proceed to construct some momentum in an important swing recreation in 2024.

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College of Virginia males’s basketball head coach Tony Bennett is about to announce his sudden retirement on Friday, in response to the college.

A 3-time nationwide coach of the yr, Bennett has posted a 364-136 report with the Cavaliers. He guided the boys’s program to their first NCAA nationwide championship in 2019, a yr after Virginia was famously upset within the first spherical of March Insanity.

In 2018, UVA was a No. 1 seed and a heavy favourite to beat No. 16 seed College of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) within the annual NCAA males’s basketball postseason tourney. The Retrievers made historical past once they beat the Bennett-led Cavaliers, changing into the primary No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed in match historical past.

To Bennett’s credit score, he orchestrated one of the outstanding redemption tales in sports activities historical past a yr later.

UVA returned to the title sport the next yr once more as a No. 1 seed and defeated Texas Tech in extra time to clinch this system’s first title.

Throughout his 15-year tenure as head coach of the Cavaliers, Virginia has received two ACC match titles and 6 ACC common season championships.

Bennett and Virginia had agreed to a contract extension within the offseason, which might’ve stored him with this system till 2030. The varsity gave no cause for his sudden retirement.

Bennett will formally announce his retirement at a press convention at John Paul Jones Area on Friday, October 18 at 11 a.m. ET.

Virginia males’s basketball will open their season in opposition to Campbell on November 6.

Stargazers will likely be in for a uncommon deal with tonight as they’re going to get an opportunity to not solely catch a glimpse of the elusive Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) because it soars via the western sky simply after sundown, they’re going to even be handled to a supermoon present afterward.

October’s full moon, additionally known as the hunter’s moon, will take middle stage Thursday night time because the third of 4 consecutive supermoons of 2024 – and it is anticipated to be the largest.

A supermoon is how individuals consult with a full moon that has reached its closest method to Earth. The time period “supermoon” is not a scientific one. Throughout this time, the complete moon will seem barely bigger and brighter than regular.

Here is when to catch the complete supermoon in Florida.

What time can I see the Oct. 17 full moon/supermoon in Florida?

Individuals across the globe will have the ability to see Thursday’s full moon round 7:26 p.m. EDT, however right here in Florida, round 8:48 p.m. would be the greatest time to seize your digicam and snap some pictures. That is when the moon will attain its closest level to Earth, in accordance with Joe Rao of House.com.

What occurs throughout a supermoon?

All of it begins with the moon’s 27-day orbit round Earth. The moon has an elliptical orbit round our planet and there are two key phrases to know when figuring out whether or not a moon is a “supermoon.”

Perigee is when the moon’s orbit reaches its closest level to Earth (about 226,000 miles). The alternative of a perigee, when the moon is at its farthest level (about 251,000 miles), is named apogee.

Perigee and apogee happen as soon as each orbit across the earth, however a supermoon solely occurs when the perigee coincides with a full moon.

The moon’s orbit is not an ideal path, so supermoons can seem bigger or smaller at completely different instances.

How lengthy does a supermoon final?

Like all fleeting second, the moon is at its fullest for under a short second earlier than it continues its orbital path.

In actuality, a full moon can sometimes be seen for as much as three days in some instances. So, in case you miss tonight’s supermoon, you will have an opportunity at seeing a barely smaller model of it Friday night time.

How uncommon are supermoons?

Supermoons aren’t uncommon however they’re unusual. In a typical 12 months, supermoons occur about three or 4 instances they usually all the time occur consecutively, in accordance with NASA.

There will likely be a complete of 4 supermoons in 2024 and 2025.

Why can we name it a supermoon?

Astrologer Richard Nolle got here up with the time period again in 1979, in accordance with NASA. He used it to explain a brand new or full moon that happens when the moon is inside 90% of its closest method to Earth.

When is the subsequent supermoon?

The subsequent supermoon will coincide with November’s full moon, which is named the Beaver Moon. You’ll test that one out on Nov. 15.

Can Florida see comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight?

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will likely be seen once more in Florida Thursday night time, and in case you catch it on the proper time, you must have the ability to see it with out the necessity for a telescope or binoculars, although they’ll provide help to get the very best look.

The Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet was beforehand seen within the southern hemisphere, and now it’ll be seen within the northern hemisphere till Oct. 31. The perfect instances to see it will likely be tonight via Oct. 24.

When will the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet be seen tonight in Florida?

The perfect time to see the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS comet will likely be simply after sundown. NASA says that the comet’s tail will likely be well-illuminated by the remaining daylight, so that you gained’t want any particular gear to identify it because it soars previous Earth.

In response to Astronomy Journal, the comet will turn out to be seen quarter-hour previous sundown on Wednesday, adopted by half-hour previous sundown the next 4 days earlier than fading from our view.

In Florida, the solar will set round 6:14 p.m. CDT within the western Panhandle and roughly 6:52 p.m. EDT all through the remainder of Florida.