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Canada News.Net
4 days ago
- Sport
- Canada News.Net
FURIA, Team Liquid among 5 to advance at IEM Cologne
(Photo credit: Nick Oza/The Republic via Imagn Content Services, LLC) FURIA, Astralis, HEROIC, 3DMAX and Team Liquid grabbed the final five berths into the group stage of the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne event as the play-in stage wrapped up Friday in Germany. FURIA swept Astralis 2-0 in the last of the upper-bracket matches where the winner advanced to the next stage. Astralis dropped to the lower bracket, but was able to overcome paiN Gaming 2-1 in a do-or-die match while HEROIC, 3DMAX and Team Liquid also advanced through the lower bracket. The play-in phase of the $1 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament began with 16 teams competing in a double-elimination bracket of best-of-three matches. Eight teams earned spots in the group stage, which also will include eight teams that received direct berths: Team Vitality, MOUZ, Team Spirit, Team Falcons, The MongolZ, Aurora Gaming, G2 Esports and Natus Vincere. The group stage, which begins Saturday, will consist of two double-elimination groups contesting best-of-three matches. The two group winners will advance directly to the semifinals, the two runners-up will move to the quarterfinals as high seeds, and the two third-place teams will head to the quarterfinals as low seeds. The playoffs, which will start on Aug. 1, will be single elimination. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be best-of-three ahead of the best-of-five final on Aug. 3. The winning team will receive $400,000, and the runner-up will get $180,000. On Friday, FURIA staved off Astralis in a 13-11 win on Nuke and a 13-9 triumph on Dust II. Brazil's Kaike 'KSCERATO' Cerato of FURIA led all players with 45 kills and a plus-17 kills-to-deaths differential. In the lower bracket, paiN Gaming finished Round 1 Friday by rallying past BIG 2-1. They moved on to face Astralis, who opened with a 13-4 blowout on Nuke; after paiN evened it up with a 13-8 win on Ancient, Astralis pulled out a 13-11 win on Inferno. Denmark's Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard led Astralis with 56 kills on a plus-17. HEROIC swept 2-0, with a 13-8 victory on Overpass and a 13-10 win on Mirage. Belarusian Andrey 'tN1R' Tatarinovich had 42 kills and a plus-16 K-D to pace HEROIC. 3DMAX faced TYLOO went deep into overtime to pull out a 22-20 win on Inferno before finishing the job with a 13-10 triumph on Ancient. Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang of France starred for 3DMAX with 59 kills on a plus-14 K-D. Finally, Team Liquid beat FlyQuest 2-1, sandwiching a 13-6 win on Nuke and a 13-9 result on Ancient around a 13-3 loss on Dust II. Liquid was led by Canadian Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken, who posted 48 kills and a plus-12 differential. The group stage begins Saturday with six upper-bracket quarterfinal matches: --Team Vitality vs. Astralis (Group A) --FURIA vs. G2 Esports (Group A) --Team Falcons vs. GamerLegion (Group A) --3DMAX vs. The MongolZ (Group A) --FaZe Clan vs. Natus Vincere (Group B) --Aurora Gaming vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas (Group B) Intel Extreme Masters Cologne prize pool 1. $400,000 2. $180,000 3-4. $80,000 5-6. $40,000 7-8. $24,000 9-12. $16,000 13-16. $10,000 17-20. $4,500 -- paiN Gaming, TYLOO, FlyQuest 21-24. $2,500 -- BIG, MIBR, Complexity, B8 --Field Level Media
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Pat McAfee promises to make 'some sort of silver lining' after sharing viral sexual rumor about college student
ESPN host Pat McAfee has promised to make "some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation" after he amplified a sexual internet rumor about a University of Mississippi student that she says is false and "ruined" her life. McAfee, on his eponymous show, discussed a rumor trending online in a Feb. 26 episode about "Ole Miss frat bro" and his "K-D (Kappa Delta) girlfriend." Citing the internet, he told his listeners that a "dad had sex with son's girlfriend … then it was made public … that's the absolute worst-case situation." Internet users had previously tied the rumor to 19-year-old University of Mississippi freshman Mary Kate Cornett, who told NBC News earlier this month that the rumor is untrue. Its virality has triggered a landslide of harassment and insults that have "practically ruined my life," she said. McAfee appeared to touch on the issue during his live "Big Night Aht" show on Wednesday night at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. He addressed being previously sued by former football star Brett Favre before transitioning into addressing the controversy. "I'm cool with Brett. Just like the current situation that is happening where I have a lot of people saying that I should be sued. I want to say this, I never ever want to be a part of anything negative in anybody's life," McAfee said. "I didn't want to add any more negativity as it was taking place … we will try to figure that out and make some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation," he continued. "So, you can have that promise from me. It won't be as impossible to be a fan of mine going forward." McAfee also shared a clip of those comments on X Wednesday evening. He did not explicitly name Cornett nor the nature of the "terrible situation." Several X users, however, responded to the clip of the speech calling on McAfee to apologize to her. Cornett told NBC News that the scandal first started as an anonymous rumor spread on YikYak, an anonymous messaging-based app used by some college students. It then started trending on X with "hundreds and hundreds" of posts falsely identifying her as the person at the center of the rumor. The scandal only burgeoned when it was picked up by McAfee. She told NBC News McAfee "never once reached out to ask me if this was true or for me to give any sort of statement to him." "I thought it was absolutely ridiculous that an ESPN sports broadcaster would be talking about a 19-year-old girl's 'sex scandal' that was completely false," she continued. Cornett's attorney, Monica Uddin, said she believes her client was the victim of cyberbullying and there are grounds for a defamation case. Cornett previously said she intended to take legal action against McAfee and ESPN. "Having your life ruined by people who have no idea who you are is the worst feeling in the world," Cornett said. "It makes you feel so alone. It's a horrible experience." NBC News has reached out to McAfee and her attorney for comment in response to McAfee's Wednesday comments. Cornett's family declined to comment Thursday. This article was originally published on
NBC News
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Pat McAfee promises to make 'some sort of silver lining' after sharing viral sexual rumor about college student
ESPN host Pat McAfee has promised to make "some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation" after he amplified a sexual internet rumor about a University of Mississippi student that she says is false and "ruined" her life. McAfee, on his eponymous show, discussed a rumor trending online in a Feb. 26 episode about "Ole Miss frat bro" and his "K-D (Kappa Delta) girlfriend." Citing the internet, he told his listeners that a "dad had sex with son's girlfriend … then it was made public … that's the absolute worst-case situation." Internet users had previously tied the rumor to 19-year-old University of Mississippi freshman Mary Kate Cornett, who told NBC News earlier this month that the rumor is untrue. Its virality has triggered a landslide of harassment and insults that have "practically ruined my life," she said. McAfee appeared to touch on the issue during his live "Big Night Aht" show on Wednesday night at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh. He addressed being previously sued by former football star Brett Favre before transitioning into addressing the controversy. "I'm cool with Brett. Just like the current situation that is happening where I have a lot of people saying that I should be sued. I want to say this, I never ever want to be a part of anything negative in anybody's life," McAfee said. "I didn't want to add any more negativity as it was taking place … we will try to figure that out and make some sort of silver lining in a very terrible situation," he continued. "So, you can have that promise from me. It won't be as impossible to be a fan of mine going forward." He did not explicitly name Cornett nor the nature of the "terrible situation." Several X users, however, responded to the clip of the speech calling on McAfee to apologize to her. Cornett told NBC News that the scandal first started as an anonymous rumor spread on YikYak, an anonymous messaging-based app used by some college students. It then started trending on X with "hundreds and hundreds" of posts falsely identifying her as the person at the center of the rumor. The scandal only burgeoned when it was picked up by McAfee. She told NBC News McAfee "never once reached out to ask me if this was true or for me to give any sort of statement to him." "I thought it was absolutely ridiculous that an ESPN sports broadcaster would be talking about a 19-year-old girl's 'sex scandal' that was completely false," she continued. Cornett's attorney, Monica Uddin, said she believes her client was the victim of cyberbullying and there are grounds for a defamation case. Cornett previously said she intended to take legal action against McAfee and ESPN. "Having your life ruined by people who have no idea who you are is the worst feeling in the world," Cornett said. "It makes you feel so alone. It's a horrible experience."
