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MORGANTOWN, W. V. — UCF saw its postseason hopes go up in smoke as West Virginia’s CJ Donaldson scored two rushing touchdowns, leading the Mountaineers to a 31-21 win over the Knights Saturday. The loss knocks UCF (4-7) out of bowl contention and guarantees back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since the 2015-16 seasons. Dylan Rizk continues to grow The redshirt freshman quarterback, who was making his third career start and second straight on the road, completed 52% (11 of 21) of his passes for 172 yards and a touchdown. Rizk wasn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but his biggest highlight was finding Kobe Hudson on a 45-yard pass midway through the third quarter.

Check out the commentary of the Sun Sentinel’s Miami Dolphins coverage team as the Dolphins aim to top the Patriots for the eighth time in their past nine meetings and have a chance to reach .500 in Green Bay on Thanksgiving.

An 18-year-old man died early Sunday after being shot in Lauderhill, police said. Officers with the Lauderhill Police Department responded to a shooting at about 2:59 a.m. Sunday in the 2400 block of NW 41st Avenue, where they located the victim in a parking lot. He had multiple gunshot wounds, police said. The victim, who was not named by police Sunday, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead. The police said early Sunday that they currently have no motive or suspects. Police are asking anyone with information about the shooting to call the department at 954-497-4700 or call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 (TIPS). This is a developing story, so check back for updates. Click here to have breaking news alerts sent directly to your inbox.

MIAMI — For all the lengths the Miami Heat have gone to temper expectations with Kel’el Ware, veteran big man Kevin Love said there actually has been an effort to get the first-round pick out of Indiana to emulate at least one aspect of the game of Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing. It was at the outset of the 1982 NCAA championship game when Georgetown’s Ewing was called for five goaltending violations in the first five minutes.

MORGANTOWN, W. V.  — The move was meant to be symbolic, but in a way, it was almost defiant. As UCF exited the locker room for the start of Saturday’s game against West Virginia, players and coaches locked arms as they slowly marched out of the tunnel onto the field at Milan Puskar Stadium. It was meant to highlight the team’s theme of toughness and togetherness. This season, this theme has been tested repeatedly as the Knights suffered through perhaps their most disappointing season since 2020.

TALLAHASSEE — Matt Gaetz’s knack for courting controversy has finally caught up with him. The rightwing firebrand, political prankster, steadfast Trump defender and party animal stepped down as the president-elect’s choice for attorney general once it was made clear to him he didn’t have the needed support in the U. S.