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USA Today
16 hours ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Houston's Maelynn Kim wins 2025 Women's Western Amateur in thrilling championship match
It came down to the 18th hole, but Maelynn Kim has the biggest victory of her life. A rising junior at Houston, Kim won the 2025 Women's Western Amateur on Saturday, defeating incoming Vanderbilt freshman Elizabeth Rudisill 1 up at Red Run Golf Club in Royal Oak, Michigan. Kim held off a late charge from Rudisill, who was 3 down with three holes to play, but fought back to get the match to the 18th hole. Kim's win may be viewed as an upset, considering she finished her sophomore year as the 220th-ranked collegiate golfer, having only one top-10 finish in 11 stroke-play events. But she was clutch at the 125th Women's Western Am, including winning her Round of 32 match on the 22nd hole against Wake Forest's Macy Pate. Then she beat first-team All-American Kary Hollenbaugh in the Round of 16 before topping Elise Lee, who was on the national champion Northwestern team before transferring to USC this summer, in the quarterfinals. In the championship match, Kim went 1 up on the third hole and never lost the lead. Kim holed out for eagle on the par-5 ninth to take a 2-up lead at the turn. She was three up with three to play, but Rudisill fought back, winning Nos. 16 and 17 to take the match to the 18th hole after Kim made consecutive bogeys. That's where Kim responded, tying the closing 18th with a par to earn the Women's Western Am title. The Women's Western Amateur is the fourth event of five in the Women's Elite Amateur Golf Series. The final championship is the 95th LNGA Amateur Championship, set for July 22-24 at The Home Course in Dupont, Washington.
USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Vanderbilt football tickets, game schedule, viewing options
The Vanderbilt Commodores will begin their 2025 college football schedule on Aug. 30, versus Charleston Southern of the FCS. Keep scrolling for more. Are you hoping to go to a game this year? Keep scrolling for ticketing information for every Vanderbilt matchup. Check out: US LBM Coaches Poll powered by USA Today sports Buy Vanderbilt tickets on StubHub How to buy tickets for Vanderbilt's next game Vanderbilt tickets & 2025 schedule Buy Vanderbilt vs. Charleston Southern tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Virginia Tech tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. South Carolina tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Georgia State tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Utah State tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Alabama tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. LSU tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Missouri tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Texas tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Auburn tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Kentucky tickets on StubHub Buy Vanderbilt vs. Tennessee tickets on StubHub
USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
The Lions are adding rookie CB Tyson Russell to the roster
Add another new name to the Detroit Lions roster as training camp begins. The Lions have signed rookie cornerback Tyson Russell to the team, per Aaron Wilson. Russell is an undrafted free agent who played collegiately at Vanderbilt. He participated in the Lions' rookie minicamp on a tryout basis back in May. The 5-9, 184-pounder primarily played outside in Vanderbilt's pressure defense and was also a four-year contributor on special teams. He clocked a 4.47 40-yard dash at the Commodores' pro day. He fills the camp vacancy created when the Lions placed Stantley Thomas-Oliver on the PUP list to start camp. More: Breaking down the Lions PUP/NFI list moves to start training camp
USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Buccaneers Mock Draft: What are the team's needs heading into training camp?
The Bucs will report back to Tampa Bay next week as they prepare for training camp ahead of the 2025 season. Last season did not end the way anyone did, but no one expected the Washington Commanders to turn into the buzzsaw they turned into. Fast forward to the present day, the work of Jason Licht this offseason has this roster ready to compete for the ultimate prize in Santa Clara next year. But what holes are there within this roster looking ahead to next offseason? The team has some free agents, the biggest of which are wide receiver Mike Evans and offensive tackle Luke Goedeke. For the sake of this mock draft, we will assume the team will re-sign both players; however, other free agents may present draft needs if they do not return. So with the help of the Pro Football Focus Mock Draft Simulator, let's take a crack at addressing the Bucs needs heading into training camp. Round 1: A.J. Harris, CB, Penn State The Bucs' secondary got an infusion with two selections in Benjamin Morrison and Jacob Parrish in April's draft. While it may not seem like the obvious choice, it is the one that needs to happen till we have more proven talent at the position. The Bucs' secondary was a major issue in 2024. While being healthy would solve a significant portion of the problems, they need to acquire better corners who can lock down opposing receivers on one side of the field. Harris is the perfect blend of athletic ability and physical traits that will fit into Todd Bowles' scheme. He has good ball skills and instincts to track and play the ball in the air. A young trio of Harris, Morrison, and Parrish would be fun to watch develop for the Bucs. Round 2: Eli Stowers, TE, Vanderbilt Cade Otton is entering the final year of his contract with the Bucs, and while he flashed for two weeks in 2024 when Mike Evans and Chris Godwin Jr. went down, he has been quiet at other times. If the team decides to move on, no one on the roster currently has shown to have the talent to be a TE1 in the Bucs offense, which leads us to Eli Stowers. The Vanderbilt tight end surprised many returning to school this past Winter, and he enters the 2025 season as the top tight end prospect for many. He is the perfect blend of receiving and blocking ability, something the Bucs could use at the position. Stowers also boasts good speed and vision as a ball carrier for YAC ability on every possession, so he could give quarterback Baker Mayfield an athletic option at the tight end position that he hasn't had since he left Cleveland. Round 3: Eric O'Neill, Edge, Rutgers The Bucs took a flyer on Haason Reddick in free agency, and whether he works out or not, it is hard to see him back in Tampa Bay after 2025. If he plays well, he will earn a massive contract somewhere else, and if he doesn't, the team won't want to run it back. That leads us to this pick in Eric O'Neill, who is one of my favorite edge prospects in the 2025 class. He has worked his way from Long Island University to James Madison before transferring this past Winter to Rutgers. He has tremendous sack production (28.5 Sacks in 35 Career Games), and he gets in the backfield time and again to cause disruptions. The motor on him is insane, and it is something that the Bucs could have a lot of success with by having him in the rotation. Round 4: Desmond Reid, RB, Pittsburgh The Buccaneers have had a lot of success with Rachaad White since drafting him out of Arizona State in 2022, but he is entering the final year of his contract. While I am sure the team would love to have him come back, they may not be able to, plus the emergence of Sean Tucker may complicate matters. If they do move on and want a replacement, I'm all in on Desmond Reid. For his size (5-8, 174 lbs.), Reid is as tough as anyone who is his size or bigger in college football. He does not shy away from contact; he will pick up blitzers and fight for every play. He also boasts dual-threat ability, being a reliable runner and receiver, just like White, so that he would complement Bucky Irving well in that regard. Round 5: Austin Berber, OT, Florida The team is demonstrating the importance of having offensive line depth early in the 2025 season, following the loss of Tristan Wirfs for a few weeks due to knee surgery. They lost backup tackle Justin Skule to the Vikings in free agency, and now they will be relying on Charlie Heck to handle the likes of Will Anderson Jr., Danielle Hunter, James Pearce Jr., and Jermaine Johnson in the opening weeks of the season. Austin Barber won't set the world on fire in terms of being an offensive tackle prospect, but he is someone who, if disaster happens and you need emergency reps to be played, you can rely on him. At this point, having that depth in place along the offensive line for an offense that relies on its explosive playmaking is pivotal.
New York Post
3 days ago
- Health
- New York Post
Researchers try new ways of preserving more hearts for transplants
Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too often go unused. The new research aims to overcome barriers to using organs from someone who dies when their heart stops. Called DCD, or donation after circulatory death, it involves a controversial recovery technique or the use of expensive machines. Surgeons at Duke and Vanderbilt universities reported Wednesday that they've separately devised simpler approaches to retrieve those hearts. In the New England Journal of Medicine, they described successfully transplanting hearts to a 3-month-old infant at Duke and three men at Vanderbilt. 3 Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies. Africa Studio – 'These DCD hearts work just as well as hearts from brain-dead donors,' said Vanderbilt lead author Dr. Aaron M. Williams. How hearts are saved for donation Most transplanted hearts come from donors who are brain-dead. In those situations, the body is left on a ventilator that keeps the heart beating until the organs are removed. Circulatory death occurs when someone has a nonsurvivable brain injury, but because all brain function hasn't ceased, the family decides to withdraw life support, and the heart stops. That means organs can spend a while without oxygen before being recovered, a time lag usually doable for kidneys and other organs, but that can raise questions about the quality of hearts. To counter damage and determine whether DCD organs are usable, surgeons can pump blood and oxygen to the deceased donor's abdominal and chest organs after clamping off access to the brain. But it's ethically controversial to artificially restore circulation even temporarily, and some hospitals prohibit that technique, called normothermic regional perfusion, or NRP. 3 Called DCD, or donation after circulatory death, the new methods involve a controversial recovery technique or the use of expensive machines. AP Another option is to 'reanimate' DCD organs in a machine that pumps blood and nutrients on the way to the transplant hospital. The machines are expensive and complex, and Duke's Dr. Joseph Turek said the devices can't be used for young children's small hearts — the age group with the most dire need. New ways of preserving hearts Turek's team found a middle ground: Remove the heart and attach some tubes of oxygen and blood to briefly assess its ability to function, not in a machine but on a sterile table in the operating room. They practiced with piglets. Then came the real test. At another hospital, life support was about to be withdrawn from a 1-month-old whose family wanted to donate — and who would be a good match for a 3-month-old Duke patient in desperate need of a new heart. The other hospital didn't allow the controversial NRP recovery technique but let Turek's team test the experimental alternative. It took just five minutes to tell 'the coronary arteries are filling well, it's pink, it's beating,' Turek said. The team promptly put the little heart on ice and raced it back to Duke. Vanderbilt's system is even simpler: Infuse the heart with a nutrient-rich, cold preservative solution before removing it from the donor's body, similar to how hearts from brain-dead donors are handled. That 'replenishes the nutrients that are depleted during the dying process and helps protect it for transport,' Williams explained, adding that Vanderbilt has performed about 25 such transplants so far. 'Our view is you don't necessarily need to reanimate the heart.' More donated hearts are needed There's a huge need for more transplantable hearts. Hundreds of thousands of adults suffer from advanced heart failure, yet many are never even offered a transplant because of the organ shortage. Every year, about 700 children in the U.S. are added to the transplant list for a new heart, and about 20% die waiting. Turek said infants are at particular risk. Last year, people whose lives ended via circulatory death made up 43% of the nation's deceased donors, but just 793 of the 4,572 heart transplants. 3 Hundreds of thousands of adults suffer from advanced heart failure, yet many are never even offered a transplant because of the organ shortage, according to reports. Robert Kneschke – That's why many specialists say finding ways to use more of those hearts is crucial. The new studies are small and early-stage but promising, said Brendan Parent of NYU Langone Health, who directs transplant ethics and policy research. 'Innovation to find ways to recover organs successfully after circulatory death are essential for reducing the organ shortage,' he said. If alternatives pan out, 'I absolutely think that cardiac programs will be thrilled, especially at hospitals that have rejected NRP.'
