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Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Brendan Rodgers insists Celtic are still well on course for their minimum target of a Champions League playoff spot despite being held at home by Club Brugge. Daizen Maeda’s second half stunner cancelled out Cameron Carter-Vickers’ calamitous own goal which stunned Parkhead to give the Belgians the lead. Rodgers admitted his side weren’t at it in the first half with the visitors dominating but saluted their bravery to roar back after the restart. Celtic sit on eight points with three games left, and are on course for the playoff round with a trip to Croatia to face Dinamo Zagreb next up before a home game against Young Boys followed by an Aston Villa away day. And the Irishman said: “We’re still in a really good place. We knew where we wanted to get to at the end of January which was at least into that play off stage and we’re still well on track for that. “We have three games left, two away and one at home and we’ll be ready for them when they come. The first half wasn’t so good, the second half was much better. But a point at this level is still very good. “You obviously want to win the game. I felt first half we were very passive in our pressing and they’re a good side, you can see why they’ve had some good results and have good experience at this level. “We had no intensity when we didn’t have the ball and with it we didn’t get into position early enough. We had moments when we arrived over the halfway line where we were okay but they were better than us in the first half. “We adjusted a couple of things at half time and I said to the players to get back to doing what we’re good at second half we were much more aggressive and we were just waiting for that moment which Daizen gave us with a brilliant finish. “You want to go on and get that winning goal which didn’t quite happen. So first half not so good, second half much better. "We weren’t aggressive enough in the first half and didn’t make contact in our pressing. You go behind and lose the goal but it’s mentality. We were just too passive. “We were much more courageous in the second half and working the ball better in gaps. They defended it well so we had to really work and probe but I was so pleased. "I’ve been in enough of these games where you can get yourself back into the game and lose it but we kept going and showed that determination right to the very end. We take the point against a good side, especially as you don’t play well over the course of 90 minutes."DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams will not be charged with a crime after he was found with a gun in a car driven by his brother, a prosecutor said Monday. The gun on the floor was registered to Williams, but he didn't have a concealed-carry permit. His brother did.
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The Gophers football program is on the verge of signing the state’s top-rated high school prospect to headline its recruiting class for a second straight year. The U hasn’t done that since 2017-18. Robbinsdale Cooper linebacker Emmanuel Karmo is set to join Minnesota when the early signing period opens Wednesday, just like Esko safety Koi Perich did a year ago. The U fought off fellow Big Ten schools in both recruiting battles. ADVERTISEMENT “It feels amazing,” Karmo told the Pioneer Press this week. “I’ve waited a long time for this.” Karmo, a four-star prospect, said his other top contenders were Wisconsin, Nebraska and, to a lesser degree, Ohio State. His more than 15 scholarship offers also included Southern California, Penn State, Oregon, with some interest from Michigan. The 6-foot-3, 235-pound athlete, who is also the U’s overall No. 1 recruit in the 2025 class, played nearly everywhere in high school and committed to Minnesota in April, but that didn’t stop others from pursuing him and seeing if he would be willing to visit their campuses. “When coaches come in, they just see his build and his film speaks for itself,” said Robbinsdale Cooper head coach Tony Patterson. “The recruiting process was a little bit stressful for him. He wanted to make sure that he was making the right decision and not really basing it on when the big-time schools come in. “Some kids can get glamor and glitz in their eyes, but I think he did it his way. He spoke with his family. He made the best decision for him and his family to stay home in Minnesota.” Karmo is close with his large family, especially his mother, and was looking for a close-knit connection in a college. The Gophers weren’t among the first to offer Karmo, but he found a bond with U defensive line coach Winston DeLattiboudere. “He showed how invested he was in his family, and also Emmanuel as a person,” Patterson said. “So, I think that’s what drew him to Minnesota.” ADVERTISEMENT Karmo played four years on varsity and started the final three for the Class 5A school a few miles west of Minneapolis. He played everywhere — safety (as an underclassman) and linebacker/edge rusher (as upperclassman), wide receiver, tight end, running back, wildcat quarterback and punter. In 10 games as a senior, Karmo had five rushing touchdowns and five receiving touchdowns, along with 64 tackles, two sacks, one interception and one fumble recovery. Other teams ran away from his side of the field, but he worked to track ball carriers down. The Hawks finished 8-2, but fell short of the state tournament. The Gophers see Karmo’s skills best translating at linebacker in college. “They told me I would be useful on third-down situations and stuff like that,” Karmo said. “They want me to come in and play early.” The Gophers nearly had the top-rated in-state recruit sign with the U in three straight classes, but Cooper defensive lineman Jaxon Howard went to Louisiana State for a year before transferring back to Minnesota. He played 118 snaps for the Gophers as a redshirt freshman this fall. Howard gave Karmo the space to make his own college decision but was instrumental in showing Karmo how to lead in high school. “He just passed down the torch when he left (Cooper),” Karmo said. “I took over and now I’m on the way.” ADVERTISEMENT Karmo, who spent part of his youth in St. Louis, said he had a “pretty rocky start” at Cooper, but began to lead by example during his junior year. “He’s invested in Cooper,” Patterson said. “... His play on the field spoke for itself, but it’s the off-the-field things that, sometimes, they get unnoticed. He’s encouraging guys, giving (car) rides to guys, making sure that the young guys understand what it means to be a Cooper Hawk.” Patterson sees Karmo as a no-nonsense worker with twitchy athleticism. “Emmanuel is a special guy. He’s one of those kids that coaches kind of just salivate over,” Patterson said. “He has all the intangibles: great GPA, smart player, size, frame. He has the ability to get even bigger, faster, stronger in college, under their weight program. “He’s one of those guys that just show up and go to work, no complaints about anything. He doesn’t have kind of a look-at-me attitude; he wants a team to succeed. This year I saw that, putting the team on his back and trying to do everything in his power to have us reach that next level.” ______________________________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here .
President-elect Donald Trump tore into the felony criminal cases that had been filed against him by special counsel Jack Smith, calling them “empty and lawless,” after Smith requested to drop the cases Monday due to Trump soon taking office. In a two-part post on Truth Social, Trump slammed the indictments against him related to his handling of classified documents and the 2020 election’s certification as a waste of taxpayers’ money. “These cases, like all of the other cases I have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. Over $100 Million Dollars of Taxpayer Dollars has been wasted in the Democrat Party’s fight against their Political Opponent, ME,” he wrote . “It was a political hijacking, and a low point in the History of our Country that such a thing could have happened, and yet, I persevered, against all odds, and WON,” he continued. A Trump spokesperson also separately hailed the Justice Department’s decision as a “major victory for the rule of law.” “The American People and President Trump want an immediate end to the political weaponization of our justice system and we look forward to uniting our country,” Trump’s communications director, Steven Cheung, said in a statement . Smith did not conclude that Trump is innocent of the charges against him as his reason for requesting the two cases to be dismissed. Instead, he cited the Justice Department’s long-standing policy not to prosecute a sitting president, which Trump will be following his inauguration in January, as his reason for requesting the indictments be dropped. Smith said his department consulted with its Office of Legal Counsel before coming to its decision and that despite the dismissal, the federal government continues to stand “fully behind” the merits of its original prosecution against Trump. “The government’s position on the merits of the defendant’s prosecution has not changed,” he said. “But the circumstances have.” Both cases were requested to be dismissed “without prejudice,” meaning that the charges could be refiled against Trump once he leaves office. Special Counsel Jack Smith Files Motion To Dismiss Jan. 6 Case Special Counsel Jack Smith To Resign Before Trump Takes Office: Reports Pentagon Secrets Leaker Jack Teixeira Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison Jack Smith Is Looking For A Way To End Trump Prosecutions: Report
