This is the first meeting between the schools since 1995, despite the campuses being just 113 miles apart. The Line: Notre Dame -17.5, Total: 50.5 Line movement: The Wynn opened the Irish as 17-point favorites on Sunday, dropped them to -16.5 on Monday, but moved them to -17.5 on Tuesday. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page. Trends that matter: Notre Dame is just 2-6 ATS in its last eight games as a home favorite of two touchdowns or more, per OddsShark data....

But as the legislation goes to a Senate-House conference, a major snag has emerged. The House version contains a controversial provision making it easier for inmates to challenge death sentences as racially biased. The Senate has voted to reject the ““racial justice’’ amendment. Dumping the measure from the final bill could cost the support of House liberals and members of the Black Caucus. Keeping it will anger Senate conservatives, already skittish over the assault-weapons ban....

And if they want to get paid, it certainly will. MORE: NFL’s highest-paid players | AP’s low mileage trumps age factor Nobody needs more evidence that the running back position has been devalued. But this week served up more, anyway, when Adrian Peterson got his restructured contract from the Vikings. Put in context with all the controversy over the past year, Peterson’s $20 million in guarantees sounds enormous. Put in context with the previous week, though, Peterson’s deal looks like pocket change....

You may not know it, but your new boss, the fashion victim, is part of a springtime trend. In fashion magazines and women’s departments, models and mannequins are stepping straight out of the 1960s in puffy party dresses and brightly decorated minishifts. Women are dressing like little girls again. Or, at least, designers and retailers are conspiring to encourage them to dress that way. Flowers in primary colors are printed on dresses, blouses and skirts....

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday that Philadelphia will finalize a trade next week sending McCoy to the Bills in exchange for linebacker Kiko Alonso. In fantasy land, it looks like the Eagles gave up a superstar running back in his prime for a talented third-year player coming off a torn ACL that cost him all of 2014. In reality, they just owned Buffalo in this proposed deal. Moving on from McCoy and getting a cheaper budding superstar in Alonso sets up the Eagles to be the much better of the two teams in 2015 and beyond....

The elephant, officially known as PT-7, had been wreaking havoc in villages across the Palakkad and Idukki districts of Kerala for two years, local media reported. The tusker had been responsible for 176 crop-raiding incidents and had damaged property 13 times, a 2022 Kerala Forest Department report said. But local people claimed there had been at least over 500 incidents involving the creature. Villagers claim the elephant had also killed a 60-year-old who was taking a morning stroll in July 2022....

It felt great to watch Texas lose 20-19 in the final minute to No. 1 Alabama in heart-breaking fashion. It felt terrible to become Appalachian State’s next pelt in a stunning 17-14 loss a few hours later. Now, the long road to that Oct. 8 showdown against the Crimson Tide must feel impossible under Jimbo Fisher. “We did not execute and play at the level we needed to and that’s my fault,” Fisher said in his postgame conference via TexAgs....

Head coach Mike Brey, in conjuction with Notre Dame’s men’s hockey coach Jeff Jackson, sent out a letter to the student body this week to let them know they’ll get free entry to any of the two teams’ games this winter. MORE: Rick Pitino will survive latest sex scandal Notre Dame’s home ACC slate isn’t quite as exciting as it could be given the caliber of teams in the conference, but we don’t think anyone will be complaining about free tickets to see the Fighting Irish take on Louisville, UNC and N....

The 2021 college football coaching carousel continues to take some wide unexpected turns, huh? Yahoo Sports’ Pete Thamel, among others, reports LSU is expected to hire long-time Notre Dame Brian Kelly, and an announcement could come Tuesday. MORE: Why is Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame? LSU reportedly hiring Fighting Irish coach to SEC Kelly passed Knute Rockne as Notre Dame’s all-time winningest coach in 2021. Kelly is 113-40 with the Irish....

Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent cultivating it, grooming it, painting it and, eventually, replacing it. The University of Notre Dame has plans in place to install synthetic turf on the field of their football stadium for the upcoming season, so why not try to recoup some of that money spent on upkeep of the old grass by selling it to fans, right? For $149.95, fans can purchase a five-foot by two-foot slab of grass....

Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said Thursday that the Fighting Irish are trying to resume the series after the 2017 season, when they’re scheduled to fulfill another obligation to a Big Ten school. MORE: Faces that define ND-Michigan rivalry “We want to do it as soon as we can,” Kelly said," via NDInsider.com.“We’ve got Michigan State home-and-home the next two years, and then we’re hoping to. We want to get in on the schedule as quickly as possible after that....

Court documents associated with the 20-time Grand Slam champion reveal that he relied on a COVID infection to gain entry to the country ahead of the Australian Open, despite not being vaccinated against the virus. The exemption was granted to Djokovic 14 days after he tested positive because he “had not had a fever or respiratory symptoms of COVID-19 in the last 72 hours,” the documents filed on Saturday state....

The Serbian was his clinical, dominant self, putting any injury doubts to bed as he vies for a record-breaking 10th Australian Open trophy. Djokovic was in the driver’s seat for the whole night and was hitting the ball extremely well, sending a message to his opponent on Sunday night. Unfortunately for Paul, his tournament comes to an end at the hands of the 21-time Grand Slam winner. The 25-year-old was admirable in his efforts, fighting back multiple breaks to even things up in the first but in the end, wasn’t up to the level....

Police sources say that they have forensic evidence, including blood samples from the murder scene that match Simpson’s blood type. One police source described Simpson’s alibi – that he was home at the time of the murder, waiting for a car to take him to the airport – as ““a waste of breath.'' Under California law, Simpson has been charged with double murder under special circumstances. The penalty for this crime is life imprisonment without parole, or the death penalty....

The man at the helm of SBG Ireland suggested that a St. Patrick’s Day showdown with Nathan Diaz at Madison Square Garden in New York City would be his preferred opponent, date and venue for McGregor’s first UFC appearance since claiming the lightweight title at the hallowed arena in November 2015. Speaking on stage with Mike Sheridan at the launch of the Original Penguin AW17 collection (and recounted by the wonderful Peter Carroll of MMA Fighting), Kavanagh explained why if he were the one calling the shots and determining McGregor’s next move, the trilogy fight with Diaz would be his choice....

Boy Scouts have been sending Morse code with flashlights for years, but Hughes used a special technique for his message: quantum cryptography. It works by exploiting a tenet of quantum physics–that the mere act of observing always changes that which is observed. To eavesdrop on a quantum message is to change the message’s content, immediately signaling the intrusion like an alarm bell. Even if some high-tech Captain Midnight had been watching, it would have been impossible for him to decode the message without Hughes’s being aware of it....

While that may help you feel and function better, it can also be dangerous. It pays to really understand the drugs that are available to you. Several types of painkillers are available over-the-counter (OTC), and a large percentage of us are given prescription painkillers at some point in our illness. These drugs each have their own dangers and possible side effects, and some can interact badly with other medications....

And yet the 37-year-old Miller remains in NBA purgatory, on the roster for the Nuggets, but not on the floor or even the bench in the wake of an all-too-public berating of coach Brian Shaw back on January 1. MORE: Foye sinks buzzer-beater | Robinson out with ACL injury | David Stern’s career in photos Miller was angry with Shaw for leaving him on the bench the entire game, the first DNP-CD of Miller’s career, and Miller was suspended for two games after his tirade....