Travis, No. 13 Florida State defeat Oklahoma 35-32 in Cheez-It Bowl
Jordan Travis threw for 418 yards and two touchdowns and No. 13 Florida State beat Oklahoma 3532 on Thursday night in the Cheez-It Bowl.
Johnny Wilson made a one-handed grab for a 58yard gain to set up Ryan Fitzgerald's 32-yard field goal with 55 seconds left in Orlando, Fla. The Seminoles (10-3) held on, sacking quarterback Dillon Gabriel on the Sooners' comeback bid.
Jovante Barnes tied it at 32 for Oklahoma (6-7) with 3:37 left on a 12-yard run. That was after Travis fired a 17-yard pass to tight end Markeston Douglas in the end zone to put the Seminoles up 32-25 midway through the fourth. The Seminoles had gotten the ball off an Oklahoma fumble.
Treshaun Ward's 1-yard rushing touchdown late in the third quarter gave the Seminoles an 18-17 lead — their first advantage since leading 3-0 in the opening quarter.
Florida State won its first bowl since the 2017 season, and its first under coach Mike Norvell.
Travis, who has already announced his intention to return to the team for the 2023 season, became the 11th player in program history to pass for 3,000-plus yards in a season.
Oklahoma, making its 24th straight bowl appearance, lost its first bowl game since the 2019 season.
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Mohamed Ibrahim rushed for 71 yards on 16 carries with a touchdown and became Minnesota's all-time rushing leader in the Golden Gophers' 28-20 win over Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium.
Ibrahim, who missed virtually all of last year with a ruptured Achilles, closed out a solid career in dramatic fashion. After getting injured in the 2021 season opener against Ohio State, Ibrahim returned for a sixth season and finished his career with 4,668 yards and 53 rushing touchdowns in 40 games.
Ibrahim broke the school record held by Darrell Thompson (4,654 yards from 1986-89) on a 10-yard gain with about 2 1/2 minutes left in the first half.
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No other skier, female or male, has won an event more than 46 times in the 56-year World Cup history.
The result also marked Shiffrin's 80th World Cup win overall — two short of Lindsey Vonn's women's record.
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Mayer surprisingly made the announcement shortly before a men's World Cup super-G in an interview with Austrian TV after he returned from the course inspection in Bormio, Italy, and said he would not compete in the race.
Mayer won the Olympic downhill title in 2014 and super-G gold in 2018 and again in 2022.
Tennis
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Taylor Fritz and Madison Keys gave the United States a 2-0 lead over Czech Republic at the new United Cup mixed teams tournament in Sydney.
Fritz broke Jiri Lehecka's serve in the ninth game of the second set and went on to beat the Czech 6-3, 6-4. Keys followed that up with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Marie Bouzkova in the next Group C match.
Two singles matches — one men's and one women's — will be played over each of two days, with a mixed doubles to conclude the five-match encounter on the second day.
The inaugural United Cup has teams from 18 countries competing in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney through to Jan. 4.
Baseball
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The Miami Marlins have agreed with infielder Jean Segura on a two-year, $17 million contract, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said.
Segura was with the Phillies for their World Series run this past season. He batted .277 in 98 games, then hit .214 for Philadelphia in the postseason.
He's batted .285 in 1,479 games over 11 seasons. Segura became a free agent in November when the Phillies declined a $17 million option to keep him for 2023.
Hockey
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Minnesota freshman Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the United States rebounded from a loss to beat Switzerland 5-1 in the world junior hockey championship in New Brunswick.
Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, captain Luke Hughes and Tyler Boucher also scored and Trey Augustine made 18 saves. Coming off a 6-3 loss to Slovakia on Wednesday, the Americans improved to 2-1 in Group B.
The United States will finish group play Saturday against Finland.