Braathen pulls off upset for World Cup slalom win
Soaring from 29th place after the first run, Lucas Braathen scored a stunning win in a World Cup slalom on Sunday at Wengen, Switzerland.
No skier had made such a jump up the standings to win a two-run men’s World Cup race for more than 20 years at least, according to the ski-db.com.
Braathen sat in the finish-area leader’s box for 45 minutes looking steadily more disbelieving and then in tears. His Norway teammate Henrik Kristoffersen then straddled a gate within sight of a clear victory. The error gifted the win to Braathen who was almost one second faster than any rival in the second run on snow that cut up in the warm sunshine before Kristoffersen started with two seconds to protect his lead.
Braathen was 0.22 seconds ahead of Daniel Yule of Switzerland. The 2010 Olympic champion, Giuliano Razzoli of Italy, was 0.29 back in third for his best result in six years.
Texas Tech’s Garibay to enter NFL draft
Texas Tech kicker Jonathan
Garibay is bypassing his final season of eligibility, opting to declare for the NFL draft after making the longest game-winning kick in FBS history and being the most accurate field goal kicker in school history.
Garibay kicked a 62-yard field goal on the final play of Tech’s 41-38 win over Iowa State on Nov. 13. That was the longest kick for the winning points ever in an Football Bowl Subdivision game with less than a minute remaining. That was the longest field goal in Texas Tech history, and longest for a Big 12 kicker since 1999. That winner was among his
school record 13 consecutive field goals this past season. He finished 15-of-16, a 93.8 percent success rate that led the Big 12.
Ferentz disbands group after dismissal suggested: Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz has disbanded an alumni advisory committee that was created after a 2020 investigation found evidence of racial bias against Black players in his program and bullying behavior by some of his assistants.
The Cedar Rapitds (Iowa) Gazette reports that Ferentz’ decision to end the committee came shortly after its leader, former offensive lineman David Porter, suggested it was time for Iowa to part ways with Ferentz.
But Ferentz said he had decided to overhaul the committee last fall before Porter made his comment to other committee members in a text message.
“I have come to a decision that this is an appropriate time to dissolve our committee as it stands currently,” Ferentz wrote in an email to the 10-member committee on Tuesday. “As we start a new calendar year and prepare to move forward with our preparation for the 2022 season, I am giving thought to how we restructure the committee/board in a way that best serves our program moving forward.”