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Miss Costa de Marfil renuncia a su título de Miss Universo África y Oceanía
Por BERENICE BAUTISTA
CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Miss Costa de Marfil, Olivia Yacé, anunció el lunes que renunció a su título como representante de su país ante Miss Universo y al título de Miss Universo África y Oceanía que le fue concedido tras la final de la semana pasada en Tailandia, donde quedó como cuarta finalista.
La renuncia de Yacé, anunciada en una publicación en su cuenta de Instagram, se suma a la turbulencia tras el triunfo de la mexicana Fátima Bosch, quien superó a Miss Tailandia para reclamar la corona universal de 2025.
“Debo mantenerme fiel a mis valores: respeto, dignidad, excelencia e igualdad de oportunidades, los pilares más fuertes que me guían”, dijo. “Alejarme de este papel reducido de Miss Universo África y Oceanía me permitirá dedicarme plenamente a defender los valores que estimo”.
El título de Yacé es de reina continental y es igual al de Miss Universo Asia, Miss Universo Europa y Medio Oriente, y Miss Universo Américas, otorgados a Zhao Na de China, Julia Ann Cluett de Malta y Stephany Abasali de Venezuela, respectivamente.
Yacé, de 27 años, habla francés, inglés y español. Durante la final fue una de las concursantes favoritas del público y también de presentadores de televisión.
Vivió en Costa de Marfil y Estados Unidos, estudió administración de empresas y mercadotecnia en la Universidad Widener y una maestría de administración de marcas de lujo. Es modelo desde la adolescencia y apoya los derechos de las mujeres y la educación para los jóvenes de África a través de la Fundación Olivia Yacé.
Contaba con amplia experiencia en certámenes de belleza previa a Miss Universo. En 2021 fue coronada Miss Costa de Marfil y representó a su país en Miss Mundo, donde terminó como segunda finalista y obtuvo el título de Miss Mundo África.
“Mi mayor deseo es ser un modelo a seguir para la nueva generación, especialmente para las jóvenes. Las animo a superar sus límites, a entrar con confianza en habitaciones donde creen que no pertenecen y a abrazar con orgullo su identidad”, señaló en su publicación acompañada de fotografías de ella concursando en Miss Universo.
Además de la renuncia de Yacé, la Organización Miss Universo se ha visto afectada por las acusaciones del compositor y empresario franco-libanés Omar Harfouch quien se abstuvo de participar como miembro del jurado y sugirió que existía algún tipo de manipulación en la selección de finalistas del concurso. La acusación fue negada. El ex jugador de fútbol francés Claude Makélélé también renunció a su participación en el jurado, aunque por “motivos personales imprevistos”.
Por otra parte, la policía tailandesa investigó la supuesta promoción ilegal de casinos en línea como parte de la publicidad del evento.
Además de estos señalamientos, la atención sigue puesta en Miss Jamaica Gabrielle Henry, quien se encuentra en una unidad de cuidados intensivos tras sufrir una aparatosa caída en el escenario durante la competencia preliminar.
“Le deseo a Miss Universo Jamaica una pronta recuperación y le envío todo mi cariño”, escribió Yacé.
White House circulates a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies as Trump pledges health care fix
WASHINGTON — The White House is circulating a proposal that would extend subsidies to help consumers pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act for two more years, as millions of Americans face spiking health care costs when the current tax credits are set to expire at the end of the year.
The draft plan suggests that President Donald Trump is open to extending a provision of Obamacare as his administration and congressional Republicans search for a broader policy solution to a fight that has long flummoxed the party. The White House stresses that no plan is final until Trump announces it.
The subsidies were at the heart of the Democrats’ demands in the government shutdown fight that ended earlier this month. Most Democratic lawmakers had insisted on a straight extension of the tax credits, which expire at the end of the year as a condition of keeping the government open.
Eligibility for the Obamacare subsidies, which were put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic to help people afford health care coverage, would be capped at 700% of the federal poverty level, according to two people with knowledge of the proposal. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss a White House proposal that is in draft form.
The baseline tax credits that were originally part of the Affordable Care Act were capped at 400% of the federal poverty level, but that cut-off was suspended because of the temporary COVID-era credits that allowed middle- and higher-income people to benefit from subsidies too.
The White House would also require those on Obamacare, regardless of the type of coverage, to pay some sort of premium for their Obamacare plans. That would effectively end zero-premium plans for those with lower incomes, addressing a concern from Republicans that the program has enabled fraud. One option is a requirement that everyone pay 2% of their income, or at least $5 per month, for lower-tier plans.
Even as the White House’s proposal remains in flux, the notion of extending any part of President Barack Obama’s signature legislative achievement is likely to rankle conservatives who have sought to repeal and replace the law for well over a decade.
“Until President Trump makes an announcement himself, any reporting about the administration’s health care positions is mere speculation,” White House spokesman Kush Desai said Monday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday afternoon that Trump “is very much involved in these talks” and that he is “focused on unveiling a health care proposal that will fix the system and will bring down costs for consumers.”
But there are signs that parts of the nascent White House plan could get buy-in from Democrats. New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan, one of eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus who voted to reopen the government earlier this month, said it “represents a starting point for serious negotiations.”
“The fact that President Trump is putting forward any offer at all to extend the Affordable Care Act’s tax credits shows that there is a broad understanding that inaction in this regard will cause serious harm to the American people,” Hassan said.
In 2017, Trump fell short in a push to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, an embarrassing defeat for Republicans who had just seized control of all levers of power in Washington. The GOP has failed to coalesce around a unified health care proposal since, and the expiration of the pandemic-era subsidies gives Trump and his party an opportunity to put their own stamp on the issue.
As the White House worked quietly on its plan, led by the Domestic Policy Council, key lawmakers on Capitol Hill have drafted their own proposals. For instance, Florida Sen. Rick Scott, Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and others have proposed various ideas for redirecting the program’s spending on federal subsidies into health savings accounts that enrollees could use to shop for plans or defray out-of-pocket costs.
The draft of the White House plan would allow those in lower-tier plans, such as the bronze-level or catastrophic plans, to put money into health savings accounts.
It would also codify the “program integrity rule” to further help root out fraud, waste and abuse.
Americans shopping for Obamacare coverage have already faced the sticker shock of price hikes, because the window for selecting next year’s coverage began Nov. 1. Without congressional action, the average subsidized enrollee will face more than double their current cost in premiums next year, according to an analysis by the health care research nonprofit KFF.
Recent national polls have shown Americans are concerned about health care costs, along with broader affordability issues. Those concerns played out in elections earlier this month, which swept to power Democrats whose political messaging focused on the rising cost of living.
Associated Press writers Fatima Hussein in Washington and Ali Swenson in New York contributed to this report.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/plan-extend-obamacare-subsidies/
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a rare Superman comic book! And it fetched $9.12M!
A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother’s attic, netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house which says it is the most expensive comic book ever sold.
The brothers discovered the comic book in a cardboard box beneath layers of brittle newspapers, dust and cobwebs in their deceased mother’s San Francisco home last year, alongside a handful of other rare comics that she and her sibling had collected on the cusp of World War II.
She had told her children she had a valuable comic book collection hidden away, but they had never seen it until they put her house up for sale and decided to comb through the basement for heirlooms, said Lon Allen, vice president of comics at Heritage Auctions. The brothers uncovered the box of comics and sent a message to the auction company, leading Allen to fly out to San Francisco earlier this year to inspect their copy of “Superman No. 1” and show it to other experts for appraisal.
“It was just in an attic, sitting in a box, could have easily been thrown away, could’ve easily been destroyed in a thousand different ways,” Allen said. “A lot of people got excited because it’s just every factor in collecting that you could possibly want all rolled into one.”
The “Superman No. 1” comic, released in 1939 by Detective Comics Inc., is one of a small number of copies known to be in existence and is in excellent condition. The Man of Steel was the first superhero to enter pop culture, helping boost the copy’s value among collectors, alongside its improbable backstory, Allen said.
The previous record for the world’s most expensive comic book had been set last year, when an “Action Comics No. 1” — which first introduced Superman to the world as part of an anthology — sold for $6 million. In 2022, another Superman No. 1 sold for $5.3 million.
A small, in-house advertisement in the comic book helped experts identify it as originating from the first edition of 500,000 Superman No. 1 copies ever printed. Allen estimates there are fewer than 500 in existence today.
The copy was not given any special protection, but the cool Northern California climate helped preserve it, leaving it with a firm spine, vibrant colors and crisp corners, according to a statement from Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. The copy was rated a 9.0 out of 10 by comics grading company CGC, meaning it had only the slightest signs of wear and aging.
The three brothers, in their 50s and 60s, did not wish to be identified due to the windfall involved nor did the buyer of the comic book, according to the auction house.
“This isn’t simply a story about old paper and ink,” one brother said in a statement released by the auction house. “This was never just about a collectible. This is a testament to memory, family and the unexpected ways the past finds its way back to us.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/24/rare-superman-comic-book-auction/
FAFO: Pentagon Probes Unhinged Democratic Senator After Video Urging Troops To “Refuse Illegal Orders”
FAFO: Pentagon Probes Unhinged Democratic Senator After Video Urging Troops To “Refuse Illegal Orders”
The Pentagon has opened a misconduct investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly following his participation in a video, alongside several other crazed Democratic lawmakers, urging military and intelligence personnel to “refuse illegal orders.”
The video message, delivered as “You must refuse illegal orders,” has been assessed as a direct challenge to lawful command authority and has been described as “sedition at the highest level” by President Trump.
On Monday, the Department of War wrote in an X post that an investigation has been launched into the Arizona lawmaker and former US Navy officer, Mark Kelly, over “serious allegations of misconduct.”
DoW emphasized that military retirees remain subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and to federal laws that bar efforts to undermine military loyalty or discipline.
.@PressSec: “You can’t have a functioning military if there is disorder and chaos within the ranks, and that’s what these Democrat members were encouraging. It’s very clear.” pic.twitter.com/2HH2SZ2UQG
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) November 24, 2025
The department also reiterated that servicemembers must obey lawful orders, which are presumed lawful, and that personal views do not justify disobedience.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations…
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) November 24, 2025
Here’s the video:
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship. pic.twitter.com/N8lW0EpQ7r
— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) November 18, 2025
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich, also featured in the video, was forced to acknowledge after pressuring military and intelligence personnel to “refuse illegal orders” to admit on Monday to ABC’s Martha Raddatz that “To my knowledge, I am not aware of things that are illegal—but certainly there are some legal gymnastics that are going on with these Caribbean strikes and everything related to Venezuela.”
‘NOT AWARE’: SLOTKIN PRESSED OVER URGING MILITARY TO DEFY ‘ILLEGAL’ TRUMP ORDERS
After urging members of the military to refuse “illegal orders” from the Trump administration, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., admitted she is not aware of any such orders.
“Do you believe President… pic.twitter.com/XTqE84c9tq
— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) November 24, 2025
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called left-wing lawmakers, including Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Chris DeLuzio (D-Pa.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), as well as Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), all featured in the video, the “Seditious Six.” He described their actions as “despicable, reckless, and false” in the propaganda video to encourage “our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders.”
The video made by the “Seditious Six” was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of “good order and discipline.” Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion — which only puts our warriors in… https://t.co/UvLXChZnmF
— Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) November 24, 2025
What’s troubling is that the real aim of the video appears to be delegitimization, paralysis, or even an attempt to undermine the Trump administration. It mirrors the broader color-revolution playbook that Democratic operatives and their billionaire-funded dark-money NGO networks have been deploying for years in regime-change style operations against Trump.
Calling on the military to “disobey unlawful orders” without identifying a single unlawful order, combined with judicial lawfare, deploying the protest-industrial complex, and a long list of coordinated pressure attacks, makes it increasingly clear that the billionaire power brokers behind the Democrats are manufacturing chaos, and some of these sinister NGOs coordinating chaos are from other countries.
Sigh.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/24/2025 – 18:00
Espanyol vuelve a la senda del triunfo con victoria 2-1 sobre Sevilla
Associated Press
BARCELONA, España (AP) — Espanyol venció a Sevilla 2-1 el lunes para volver a la senda del triunfo tras un par de derrotas recientes.
Pere Milla anotó con un cabezazo sin marca tres minutos después del inicio del segundo tiempo para poner al club de Barcelona al frente.
Roberto Fernández luego duplicó la ventaja del equipo local a seis minutos del final tras ver al portero fuera de su línea y marcar con un disparo elevado desde 25 yardas.
Dos minutos después, un cabezazo de Marcão desde un córner de Sevilla encontró su camino hacia la red, pasando por el defensor Leandro Cabrera, para preparar un posible final emocionante, pero los visitantes no pudieron igualar.
La victoria de Espanyol mantuvo su mejor inicio de campaña en La Liga desde la temporada 2018-19. Está en sexto lugar.
Sevilla, que se encuentra en la mitad de la tabla, ha perdido cuatro de sus últimos cinco partidos de liga.
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Ja’Marr Chase de los Bengals se disculpa por incidente de escupitajo que causó su suspensión
Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) — Ja’Marr Chase se disculpó el lunes por escupir a Jalen Ramsey durante el último cuarto de la derrota de los Bengals de Cincinnati ante los Steelers de Pittsburgh el 16 de noviembre.
Chase fue suspendido por la NFL para el partido del domingo. Su declaración de disculpa fue dirigida a su equipo, las organizaciones de los Bengals y los Steelers y a la comunidad de la NFL, pero el destacado receptor no mencionó a Ramsey por su nombre.
“Por favor, sepan que hablo desde el corazón cuando digo que asumo toda la responsabilidad por mis acciones durante el partido del domingo pasado en Pittsburgh”, afirmó Chase en la declaración, que fue publicada en las redes sociales. “Lo que hice estuvo mal. Las circunstancias no importan. Mi pasión por el juego no es una excusa. No hay lugar en nuestro deporte ni en la vida para ese nivel de falta de respeto. Quiero disculparme personalmente con todos dentro de la organización de los Steelers de Pittsburgh. Dejé que mis emociones en el momento me superaran.”
“Esta ha sido una temporada difícil con algunas derrotas increíblemente duras. Todos hemos estado frustrados. Pero en lugar de actuar con calma, clase y liderazgo, les fallé. Tener que sentarme fuera del partido de ayer hace que mis acciones sean aún más inexcusables”, añadió Chase.
Según la base de datos de la Asociación de Jugadores de la NFL, a Chase se le descontaron al menos 448.333,33 dólares de su salario base como resultado de la suspensión.
Cincinnati perdió 26-20 ante Nueva Inglaterra el domingo y no tuvo a sus dos principales receptores en el campo para la serie final. Tee Higgins sufrió una conmoción cerebral con 4:50 restantes.
Higgins ha sido descartado para el partido del jueves por la noche en Baltimore. Los Bengals (3-8) han perdido ocho de nueve, pero esperan tener de regreso al quarterback Joe Burrow de una lesión en el dedo del pie que requirió cirugía y lo ha mantenido fuera durante nueve partidos.
Chase es cuarto en la liga con 79 recepciones y quinto en yardas recibidas con 861. Lideró la NFL en recepciones, yardas recibidas y recepciones de touchdown la temporada pasada.
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Everton vence 1-0 al Man United pese a quedarse con un hombre menos
Associated Press
MANCHESTER, Inglaterra (AP) — Everton venció el lunes 1-0 al Manchester United para frenar el reciente resurgimiento del equipo local en un partido de la Liga Premier que será recordado por una tarjeta roja temprana mostrada a Idrissa Gueye de Everton por golpear a su compañero de equipo Michael Keane.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall anotó con un magnífico disparo en el minuto 29, después de lo cual Everton se vio obligado a defender su ventaja. United dominó a los diez hombres visitantes en un segundo tiempo unilateral, pero no logró igualar.
Fue la primera derrota de United desde que perdió 3-1 en Brentford hace casi dos meses y la primera vez en 47 partidos de la Liga Premier que un equipo visitante gana en Old Trafford con diez hombres.
Sin embargo, el tema inolvidable de la noche llegó después de 13 minutos.
Gueye estaba furioso por lo que parecía ser la falta de Keane dentro del área de penalti de Everton. Bruno Fernandes intervino y disparó desviado, pero un enfurecido Gueye confrontó a Keane.
Keane empujó a Gueye, quien respondió con una bofetada en la cara de Keane. El árbitro Tony Harrington mostró la tarjeta roja por “conducta violenta”.
“La decisión del árbitro de mostrar tarjeta roja a Gueye por conducta violenta fue revisada y confirmada por el VAR, considerando la acción como un claro golpe en la cara de Keane”, dijo la liga en una publicación en redes sociales.
El senegalés fue el primer jugador en ser expulsado en la Liga Premier por pelear con un compañero de equipo desde que Ricardo Fuller de Stoke City vio la roja tras enfrentarse con Andy Griffin en 2008.
A pesar del contratiempo, el equipo de David Moyes silenció a la multitud local al tomar la delantera 16 minutos después cuando Dewsbury-Hall lanzó un impresionante disparo de 18 metros al rincón lejano de la red.
Después de eso, todo fue United. El equipo local tuvo 25 disparos a la portería de Jordan Pickford, en comparación con los tres de Everton en el otro extremo, pero un gol fue suficiente.
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Waste Of The Day: California’s Clean Energy Investment Doesn’t Pay
Waste Of The Day: California’s Clean Energy Investment Doesn’t Pay
Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations,
Topline: In 2007, California invested $468.4 million of its pension funds into private companies through its Clean Energy and Technology Fund. Today, the money is worth just $138 million, and the state won’t explain why its investment performed so poorly. Several open records requests filed by The Center Square were denied by the California Public Employees Retirement System, citing legal exemptions.
Key facts: CalPERS’ clean energy investments declined by 71% and lost the state $330.4 million. It’s unclear where the money was spent, except that it was invested “across the spectrum of the global clean energy and technology value chain.” The state’s website lists two equity firms that received nearly $48 million in investments and lost almost $32 million of it.
The Center Square estimated that if California had invested its $468.4 million in an S&P 500 index fund in 2007 instead of the Clean Energy Fund, the money would now be worth $3 billion.
Private equity firms were paid at least $22 million to manage California’s clean energy investments, according to The Center Square.
CalPERS has been increasing its investments in private companies for years, as opposed to public equity investments in publicly-traded stocks and bonds. The state now plans to invest 17% of its pension fund in private equity, up from 7% in 2021, according to The Center Square.
Critical quote: State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio was among those to respond to the report. He wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice asking for an investigation into how California’s pension savings were spent, and claimed that “If CalPERS were a private entity, people would be going to jail over this outrageous violation of fiduciary responsibility — but California politicians have passed laws allowing CalPERS leadership to get a pass.”
“CalPERS’ job is to safeguard retirement funds, not gamble them away to score political points,” DeMaio said. “This is financial malpractice and a betrayal of public trust, and the public deserves to know exactly who made these reckless decisions.”
Background: CalPERS only has 79% of the money it needs to pay pensions it has already promised to retirees. If the money does not materialize before the pensions are due, taxpayers will likely be responsible for the remaining 21%.
In dollar terms, CalPERS is underfunded by $174.6 billion, according to Equable. No other retirement system in the country has more than $85 billion worth of debt. Executive Officer Marcie Frost earned a $530,000 salary last year.
California also manages a separate pension fund for teachers, which is underfunded by $69 billion. Its Chief Investment Officer Christopher Ailman made $561,000 last year, the highest salary on the state payroll.
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Summary: Taxpayers deserve full transparency into even small amounts of government spending, but oversight of one of the largest pools of state funding in the U.S. is especially important.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/24/2025 – 17:40
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/waste-day-californias-clean-energy-investment-doesnt-pay
Defensa de Cowboys pasa de ser problema a fortaleza tras el intercambio de Williams
Por SCHUYLER DIXON
ARLINGTON, Texas, EE.UU. (AP) — Dak Prescott participó en los tres touchdowns y realizó lanzamientos importantes en la serie que llevó al gol de campo ganador, mientras los Cowboys de Dallas remontaron un déficit de 21 puntos para vencer al campeón defensor y rival de la NFC Este, los Eagles de Filadelfia.
El quarterback estrella sabía por dónde empezar al intentar explicar la improbable remontada que mantuvo a Dallas (5-5-1) en la conversación de los playoffs, entrando en una semana corta antes de un encuentro de Acción de Gracias el jueves con Kansas City (6-5), el otro equipo del Super Bowl de la temporada pasada.
“Defensa, defensa, defensa, defensa”, afirmó Prescott después de romper el récord del club de Tony Romo en yardas por pase en la victoria 24-21 sobre los Eagles el domingo. “No habríamos ganado este juego sin las oportunidades que nos dieron una y otra vez”.
Prescott logró decirlo un mes después de que los Cowboys permitieran a una ofensiva de Denver, de nivel medio, anotar seis touchdowns en un lapso de siete posesiones completas durante la victoria de los Broncos por 44-22 y terminaran esa semana clasificados en el último lugar, 32º en defensa de pase y 31º en defensa de anotación y defensa total.
Por supuesto, algo significativo ha cambiado desde entonces. Los Cowboys utilizaron una de las dos selecciones de primera ronda adquiridas en el intercambio que envió al destacado cazamariscales Micah Parsons a los Green Bay Packers una semana antes de la temporada para obtener al destacado tackle defensivo Quinnen Williams de los Jets de Nueva York en la fecha límite de intercambios.
Dallas tiene un récord de 2-0 con Williams, comenzando con la victoria de la semana pasada por 33-16 sobre Las Vegas, en la que los Cowboys registraron los mejores números de la temporada al permitir solo 236 yardas y mantener a los Raiders en una tasa de conversión del 25% en tercera oportunidad. Dallas todavía tiene la peor defensa de tercera oportunidad de la liga.
Los Cowboys siguieron eso dejando en cero a los Eagles durante los últimos 41 minutos.
“Estamos encontrando nuestro ritmo y todo está encajando”, comentó Williams. “No puedo salir ahí y hacer todo por mi cuenta. Nadie puede. Solo creo que todos estamos uniendo nuestras cabezas y ejecutando como uno solo”.
Odighizuwa tuvo la captura en tercera oportunidad de Jalen Hurts que le dio a los Cowboys la oportunidad de avanzar para el gol de campo final de Brandon Aubrey después de que Prescott y compañía no aprovecharan dos balones sueltos en el último cuarto por parte de los Eagles. El jugador de quinto año que fue seleccionado por los Cowboys dirá que tiene más espacio para moverse con Williams alrededor.
“La ofensiva ha estado funcionando todo el año”, expresó Odighizuwa. “Así que sabemos que solo con detenerlos un poco, devolviéndoles el balón, dándoles tantas oportunidades como puedan para anotar, van a hacer el trabajo. Poder hacer eso y tener una victoria complementaria como esta, especialmente en una remontada así, siento que solo habla de nuestro estilo de juego y nuestro carácter. Vamos a luchar, rasguñar, arañar, cada jugada, hasta que termine”.
Lo que está funcionando
La conexión entre Prescott y George Pickens es algo digno de ver después de que el receptor fuera añadido en un intercambio de temporada baja con Pittsburgh. La espectacular atrapada en salto de Pickens de 43 yardas preparó el touchdown de empate de ocho yardas de Prescott en el último cuarto contra los Eagles. Pickens ha igualado su récord personal de nueve recepciones tres veces y ya tiene un récord personal de 67 atrapadas esta temporada. Sus 1.054 yardas de recepción están a 86 de su mejor marca, y está en camino de superar las 1.700.
Lo que necesita ayuda
El compañero de Pickens, CeeDee Lamb, necesita un impulso de confianza después de que las caídas lo afectaran contra los Eagles, al igual que en el partido inaugural de la temporada de la NFL, una victoria de Filadelfia por 24-20 que podría haber sido una victoria de Dallas si Lamb hubiera mantenido alguna de las tres caídas cruciales. Lamb tuvo una gran atrapada en la serie que acercó a los Cowboys a un touchdown, pero las caídas son una mala imagen cuando Pickens sigue haciendo atrapadas increíbles.
A la alza
El ala cerrada Brevyn Spann-Ford tropezó al salir de un quiebre en una ruta en la zona de anotación con Prescott observándolo todo el tiempo, esperando que no cayera. Spann-Ford se mantuvo en pie y terminó con su primer TD de carrera en una atrapada de cuatro yardas.
A la baja
El receptor y retornador de patadas KaVontae Turpin perdió un balón suelto después de recibir un traspaso desde el backfield y fue penalizado cuando señaló a medias para una captura libre en un despeje y corrió de todos modos. La penalización le costó a Dallas la posición de campo en la última serie, pero los Cowboys lo superaron.
Mientras Turpin es cuarto entre los retornadores de patadas de salida calificados un año después de ser nombrado All-Pro, no se le encuentra en la lista de retornadores de despejes. Sin valor en esas áreas, la seguridad del balón podría amenazar la seguridad laboral del diminuto Turpin.
Lesiones
La mayor preocupación fue que Williams permaneciera en el suelo después de una jugada y dijera después del juego que Saquon Barkley le dio un golpe en las costillas en una jugada de pase. Sin embargo, Williams regresó. El tackle izquierdo Tyler Guyton se lesionó un tobillo y fue reemplazado por Nate Thomas durante casi la mitad del juego.
Número clave
34.378 — Yardas de pase en la carrera de Prescott después de superar el récord anterior de Romo de 34.183. El próximo gran número son los pases de TD. Prescott tendría que promediar dos TD por juego el resto de esta temporada para superar la marca de Romo de 247. Tiene 236.
Próximos pasos
La primera racha ganadora de la temporada le da a Dallas una oportunidad contra los Chiefs de superar el .500 por primera vez. Los Cowboys tienen un récord de 0-3 cuando juegan por un récord ganador esta temporada.
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Vietnam-era veterans honored at rescheduled event: ‘Nice to welcome them home’
Three U.S. Armed Forces veterans who served during the Vietnam era between 1955 and 1975 received pins from U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, during a delayed Veterans Day event honoring their service.
Like many who fought in Vietnam, Ross Franke of Tower Lake did not receive a warm welcome when he came home. It took several years before the now-retired CTA motorman was no longer ridiculed by the people he encountered.
“It was not very welcoming when I got home,” he said. “They called us ‘baby killers.’ Finally, there was a parade for us in downtown Chicago. I marched it in and (finally) felt welcomed.”
John Gerend of Lake Villa went to college in the early 1970s, graduated, was drafted into the U.S. Army and decided to go to officer candidate school. Commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1971, he led a signal corps unit near Chu Lai, Vietnam. The war was all around him.
“I went to work for Corning Glass,” Gerend said. “They hired me because of my (military) leadership. I had a lot of support and didn’t experience what a lot of the others did.”
Veteran Genevieve Petruzelli of Gurnee served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1977, specializing in cyber security. She said the military was in her blood, from a great-grandfather who fought in the Spanish-American War to a father and uncles who served in World War II.
Vietnam veteran Ross Franke, center, of Tower Lake, receives a Vietnam era service pin from U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, right, and Andrew Tangen at Schneider’s rescheduled Veterans Day celebration Monday in Grayslake. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun).
“For me, it was easy,” Petruzelli said, referring to how she was treated when she left the service as a Vietnam-era veteran. “As a woman, I blended right into society, so it was an easy transition.”
Petruzelli, Gerend and Franke were among 28 veterans to receive Vietnam Era pins at Schneider’s eighth annual Veterans Day breakfast rescheduled for Monday at the College of Lake County in Grayslake because he had to return to Washington on Nov. 11 to help reopen the government.
Since the U.S. Congress established the Vietnam pin program in 2012 with a sunset date of Nov. 11, 2025, Schneider said rescheduling the Veterans Day breakfast was a necessity. He wanted all Vietnam-era vets who wanted a pin to receive one.
“From the time I presented the first Vietnam pins in 2013, this is the most important act I have done,” Schneider said after the event. “There was no question about rescheduling the event. The way these men and women were treated was a disgrace.”
U.S. Air Force veteran Genevieve Petruzelli of Gurnee, second from right, was one of 28 people to receive a Vietnam veterans pin at U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider’s rescheduled Veterans Day celebration Monday in Grayslake. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun).
Of the approximately 500 Vietnam pins Schneider has presented since 2013, he said everyone has their unique story, but the “common thread” is their “answering the call to service.”
“They all have an important story, and they’re interconnected,” Schneider said, referring to Petruzelli, Gerend and Franke. “Some people were able to brush it aside, and others had a heavy impact. It’s important to recognize them all and welcome them home.”
Many of the more than 125 people at the event were veterans who served after the Vietnam era. For example, Sara Davis of Lake in the Hills, who served in the U.S. Navy from 1993 to 1997, went to get to know other veterans and enjoy their company.
“I got to know some great people,” Davis said of her time in the military. “There is no other kind of camaraderie like that.”
A crowd of more than 125 people stand for the National Anthem at U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider’s rescheduled Veterans Day celebration Monday in Grayslake. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun)
Lalena Zoe Magnetta, a Grayslake village trustee, served in the Navy from 2002 to 2012. She said she came because it was an opportunity “to talk to my brothers and sisters.” She welcomed the chance to see the Vietnam-era veterans honored.
“I’ve heard stories about how people were not very nice to them,” Magnetta said. “Many of them were the people next door. It is nice to welcome them home.”
Andrew Tangen, the executive director of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Lake County, is a Navy veteran who devotes himself now to making sure all veterans receive the services they earned and deserve.
Tangen said at the breakfast that the Army, Navy and U.S. Marine Corps all celebrated their 250th birthdays this year, but the state of Illinois did not establish veterans’ assistance until 1874. Their mission is an important one.
“These benefits are free of charge to veterans,” he said. “Many of the veterans need them.”
Navy Capt. Steve Yargosz, the commanding officer of Naval Station Great Lakes, said at the breakfast that every Navy recruit does basic training at Great Lakes, where they learn the values of honor, courage and commitment. Those attributes do not go away when they leave the service.
“Veterans carry them into every corner of our nation, into our schools, our businesses, our hospitals and our neighborhoods,” Yargosz said. They remind us, through quiet strength and daily example, what it means to serve something greater than ourselves.”
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