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The Onion
3 days ago
- Business
- The Onion
Pornhub Exits France Over Age Verification Law
The owner of Pornhub has blocked access to its website in France because of its objections to a new French law requiring pornographic sites to verify the age of their users. What do you think? 'French teens will just have to settle for having sex with their teachers.' Jeff Walz, Systems Analyst 'The French law is verifying that only those who are underage have access to porn, right?' Mike Nowicki, Performance Applauder 'It's not uncommon for kids in France to watch a little pornography with their parents during meals.' Kelly Bechtel, Unemployed
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
NCAA tournament: Hailey Van Lith and TCU hang on to beat Louisville, keep Horned Frogs' historic season alive
Even after recruiting her out of high school and going on a Final Four run with her, Louisville head coach Jeff Walz couldn't stop Hailey Van Lith in the NCAA women's tournament on Sunday afternoon. Van Lith led No. 2 TCU to a tight win over her former team in Fort Worth on Sunday in what was a historic victory for the Horned Frogs. The 85-70 win over No. 7 Louisville officially lifted TCU to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. For the first time in school history-TCU is headed to the Sweet 16!!! — Rachel Galligan (@RachGall) March 24, 2025 The Horned Frogs got off to a bit of a slow start at Schollmaier Arena on Sunday. Louisville kept within three points of TCU after the first 10 minutes, which was only possible after Jayda Curry dropped 15 of the team's first 17 points. That, though, was about it for the Cardinals. TCU outscored Louisville 27-9 in the second period to break open a 21-point lead at halftime. The Cardinals shot just 3-of-19 from the field in the quarter, and it took them nearly six full minutes for their first field goal. TCU entered halftime shooting better than 70% from the field and nearly 70% from behind the arc, too. Van Lith had seven assists in the first half alone, and Agnes Emma-Nnopu drained four 3-pointers. Louisville's offense picked back up in the second half, but it was too late. The Horned Frogs held on even after Louisville opened the fourth quarter on a 13-4 tear to cut the deficit to single digits to grab the 15-point win. Curry led Louisville with 41 points and five assists after she shot 13-of-27 from the field. Olivia Cochran added 15 points, though she was the only other Cardinals player to hit double figures. They shot less than 34% from the field as a team. Emma-Nnopu led TCU with 23 points. Sedona Prince added 19 points, and Van Lith finished with a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists. TCU finished shooting 63% from the field and went 11-of-18 from behind the arc. Van Lith spent her first three seasons at Louisville, and she led the team to a pair of Elite Eight appearances and a Final Four trip. She then transferred to LSU for last season, where she made it to the Elite Eight again, before opting for one last transfer to close out her college career. Van Lith and the Horned Frogs then took off in what is easily the best season in program history. They rolled through the Big 12 to win both the regular season and conference tournament titles. They won more than 30 games for the first time in program history and earned their first NCAA tournament bid since 2010. Now, the Horned Frogs are out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament for the first time. They'll take on No. 3 Notre Dame, which rolled past Michigan in their second round matchup, next weekend. While this is uncharted territory for the Horned Frogs, Van Lith has been here plenty of times before. If anybody is going to lead TCU past the Fighting Irish and into what would be her fifth straight Elite Eight appearance, it's her.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
March Madness 2025: Hailey Van Lith and TCU hang on to beat Louisville, keep Horned Frogs' historic season alive
Even after recruiting her out of high school and going on a Final Four run with her, Louisville head coach Jeff Walz couldn't stop Hailey Van Lith in the women's NCAA tournament on Sunday afternoon. Van Lith led No. 2 TCU to a tight win over her former team in Fort Worth on Sunday in what was a historic victory for the Horned Frogs. The 85-70 win over No. 7 Louisville officially lifted TCU to the Sweet 16 for the first time in program history. The Horned Frogs got off to a bit of a slow start at Schollmaier Arena on Sunday. Louisville kept within three points of TCU after the first 10 minutes, which was only possible after Jayda Curry dropped 15 of the team's first 17 points. That, though, was about it for the Cardinals. TCU outscored Louisville 27-9 in the second period to break open a 21-point lead at halftime. The Cardinals shot just 3-of-19 from the field in the quarter, and it took them nearly six full minutes for their first field goal. TCU entered halftime shooting better than 70% from the field and nearly 70% from behind the arc, too. Van Lith had seven assists in the first half alone, and Agnes Emma-Nnopu drained four 3-pointers. Louisville's offense picked back up in the second half, but it was too late. The Horned Frogs held on even after Louisville opened the fourth quarter on a 13-4 tear to cut the deficit to single digits to grab the 15-point win. Curry led Louisville with 41 points and five assists after she shot 13-of-27 from the field. Olivia Cochran added 15 points, though she was the only other Cardinals player to hit double figures. They shot less than 34% from the field as a team. Emma-Nnopu led TCU with 23 points. Sedona Prince added 19 points, and Van Lith finished with a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists. TCU finished shooting 63% from the field and went 11-of-18 from behind the arc. Van Lith spent her first three seasons at Louisville, and she led the team to a pair of Elite Eight appearances and a Final Four trip. She then transferred to LSU for last season, where she made it to the Elite Eight again, before opting for one last transfer to close out her college career. Van Lith and the Horned Frogs then took off in what is easily the best season in program history. They rolled through the Big 12 to win both the regular season and conference tournament titles. They won more than 30 games for the first time in program history and earned their first NCAA tournament bid since 2010. Now, the Horned Frogs are out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament for the first time. They'll take on No. 3 Notre Dame, which rolled past Michigan in their second round matchup, next weekend. While this is uncharted territory for the Horned Frogs, Van Lith has been here plenty of times before. If anybody is going to lead TCU past the Fighting Irish and into what would be her fifth straight Elite Eight appearance, it's her.
USA Today
22-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Everything Louisville coach Jeff Walz said after beating Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament
Everything Louisville coach Jeff Walz said after beating Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament Louisville Cardinals head coach Jeff Walz met with the media following his team's 63-58 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Walz opened his press availability congratulating Nebraska on their season. I first want to start off and congratulate Nebraska on an incredible year. Amy has done a remarkable job out there. It's been fun to watch. Especially having coached there for four years and still have friends that worked in the athletic department. Jeff Griesch and Matt Coatney have been the voice of Husker basketball for a long time, and it was really neat to see them. Jamie Kubik Hagedorn, you know, she's now one of their senior sport administrators for women's basketball was on that same team that I had the opportunity to coach and be a part of. It was really nice to see her as well. Walz has been in charge of the Louisville program since the 2007 season. He holds an overall record of 485-145. He's also made four Final Fours, with the most recent appearance coming in 2022. He also has four ACC regular season titles and one ACC tournament title. Walz went on to talk about how hard it is to end a season on a loss. It's a game where things go full circle throughout your career, and it's really, it's something special, and that's one of the things when you play a game like this, sure, you're playing out there to win, but I do feel for her because I've been there. I understand how hard the amount of time and effort your staff, head coaches, the players all put into it, especially this time of the year. We are a sport where we don't have bowl games. You can still end the year on a win, even though you might not win a championship. For us, there's one team that's going to finish the year with a win. The rest of us are faced with a loss. So it's tough, but I just want to congratulate them. Walz also has Nebraska connections. He was an assistant in Lincoln from 1997 to 2001 and even coached Nebraska head coach Amy Williams in 1997 when she was a senior with the Huskers. The Louisville head coach also challenged the media for not doing more to promote emerging stars in the game and cited Nebraska freshman Britt Prince as an example. Before a question, I'd just like to challenge ESPN on some different things because we get stuck on -- we don't change the narrative in women's basketball very often. For people to not know more about Britt Prince, really sad. It's a shame. But she wasn't a big name -- well, she was to a lot of us in recruiting circles because we sat there and recruited her hard. If you don't start the year up there on a pedestal, it doesn't matter what you do. You ain't getting there. Walz also believes that more resources need to be spent on the women's game and that expanding coverage of the sport would only help identify more stars. That's the difference between the men's game and the women's game. We get stuck on a narrative. We'll spend our money and put a preview out there or whatever. God forbid if we spend any more money on women's basketball. She's good, but we'll wait 'til next year. It's really sad because that kid's special. For a freshman, it's amazing how she played and how good she is. But it's unfortunate that we don't do a better job within women's basketball of just not sticking with one or two or three or five players. Expand it. When somebody starts showing how good they are during the year, God forbid if we do a special on them. So I'll go with questions now. I'm sure I'll get yelled at by people, but I'm not even talking about my own players. The Louisville Cardinals will next play on Sunday, March 23, against the TCU Horned Frogs. Tip time has not yet been set.
USA Today
21-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
What the Louisville women's basketball coach said about Nebraska prior to tournament game
What the Louisville women's basketball coach said about Nebraska prior to tournament game Louisville women's basketball coach Jeff Walz met with the media the day before his team is scheduled to face off with the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals enter Friday's game as a No. 7 seed with a 21-10 overall record and a 13-5 in the ACC. They lost to the Duke Blue Devils in the second round of the ACC Tournament. They enter the NCAA Tournament having lost three of their last five games, but all three losses were to Top-Ten teams. Nebraska will play in Friday's game as the No. 10 seed. The Huskers have a record of 21-11 overall and 10-8 in the Big Ten Conference. This will be Nebraska's 17th NCAA Tournament bid overall. The Huskers hold an all-time record of 9-16. As Nebraska's head coach, Amy Williams has a 1-3 tournament record. Tip-off is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN. Find comments from Louisville coach Jeff Walz about the Cornhuskers by scrolling below. Center Alexis Markowski, when you see her have her best games, what's she doing for Nebraska? Everything. Scores, defends, she rebounds the basketball. She's just really impressive. I remember her as a freshman when they came and played at our place in '22. She had a really good game against Gonzaga in that first round. That's back before the transfer portal was open or I would have handed her business cards and offered her money. I mean, you can do all that stuff now. So unfortunately, she's just a few years too old. But yeah, I mean, great, great player. I was actually there when her dad played and he was a really good player, as well. Jeff, you have eight freshman this year and that's got to be kind of difficult getting all of those people virgin to your culture. How have they been this year and how different are they now in March than back when practice started in October? It's a great group. I think anybody can tell you from watching us from November till now, we've grown as a team. We've gotten a lot better. Our freshman have, you know, had some ups and downs, but I think they're playing a lot more consistent right now for us. Taj has had a fantastic year from start to finish. I thought the game started off slow for her, in the terms of being able to process it. It wasn't going 90 miles an hour and you're trying to get a feel for it. That first game, she handled it well. As a freshman playing the minutes she played, you struggle some and get tired and you get beat up. She's never had that. She's started every game and played in every single game. So it's not like she had a week off, sprained ankle or anything like that. The rest of them have continued to grow. I mean our Clemson game with playing with out Jayda and Riss in the first round of the conference tournament, we had four freshman on the floor 50 percent of the time. Then in a game that goes overtime. So it's not like they were out there playing with a 20 point lead and you're not worried about it. So they've all got a lot of experience and hopefully they're able to carry that over to our game tomorrow night. Just talk about your relationship maybe you have with her (Nebraska head coach Amy Williams) Amy is great. Still be willing to bet she'd win a Horse game with anybody on her team right now. You know, it was my first year, our first year as a staff and we came in and inherited a really good group of kids. Some talented players. Anna DeForge was the best player on the team at that point in time. Went to an NCAA tournament that first year. Amy has been around basketball her entire life. Coaching is part of the family and it has not surprised me that she has had the success every place she's been. She understands the game, her teams are very well prepared. I've been very impressed as I've watched her from afar, as well. She makes good in-game adjustments. She has a good feel of, you know, when to get someone in the game, when to get someone out of the game. I've just been really impressed. So I'm expecting a great game tomorrow, and excited for her because she is not only a good coach, but a really good person. Back to the freshman for a second, Nebraska has a couple including Britt Prince. What do you see from her when you watch film? Britt is a fantastic player. We recruited her hard. My wife and I watched her play. Happened to be the same day our volleyball team was playing in the Final Four. So it worked out great for me, had a chance to go watch a high school game and then go cheer on our volleyball team. She's been special. I mean all throughout her high school career, her AAU ball, she has a really good flare for the game, understanding the game, she's fun to watch. You know, her signature, she plays with her hair down, you know? Our first goal is we've got two kids with a pair of scissors. When the tip goes up we're just going to cut it and see if it throws her off. That's one thing I've not seen anybody try yet. So we're going to see if it works for us tomorrow. You have to think outside the box and we're trying to. She's a great kid. She was great to talk to on the phone and fun to watch. She's really, really good. Coach, going back to the connection with Amy, what is your memories of being in Nebraska and that fan base, but then also just does it kind of feel like a full circle moment, the start of your coaching career, the end of her playing career and now somebody that you helped assist in her senior year is coaching against you in an NCAA tournament? Well, I'll go back. I really enjoyed my time in Lincoln. It was an eye opening experience when we had a snow storm in October. The beautiful thing about the state -- if it's going to be cold, I want snow. Everybody will tell you, I love snow-skiing, I love to be outside, but the one thing I've always said, I've spent four years at Nebraska, one year at Minnesota, and when the first snow comes, it don't leave. It just does not melt. That's the one thing about it. So when it snowed in October, and Amy will tell you, if she remembers, I was there with Paul Sanderford was the head coach. Everything is shut down because nobody was expecting it. Paul was like, well we're still having practice. Everybody thought we were crazy, I was in my truck picking up players from their apartments, wherever they lived and we just practiced. I loved my time there. I've still got dear friends there. You know, I was there right toward the end of Coach Osborne's reign with football and that was the first time I'd ever worked at a place where, you know, there was a wedding on a Saturday and it was football game, nobody showed up for the wedding, including the bride and groom. I mean, it was like football first. But everybody loved the athletics. If you were an athlete, they absolutely loved you there So I enjoyed it. Amy, you know, she's a great person, like I said, really understands the game. As you're sitting there as a 26-year old, I think, or 25, I'm not sure how old I was, but it was my third year in coaching, you know, you're not expecting for this day. I always say it, it's -- I've got players now that are getting married, having families and I'm always around the same age person. They're 18 to 22 and then you see Amy and her daughter is a freshman and I'm like, how is that possible? Everything keeps on going. You kind of stay in one place because everybody around me stays the same age, and now you're seeing someone like Amy and her family and just really excited for her. What an opportunity to get a chance to come back and coach at your alma mater, and then to be able to do what she's done. It's not easy. There's pressure on her. I think she's handled it extremely well. Keeping in the relationships theme, what was your relationship like with Dani Busboom Kelly, and, you know, how happy are you for her even it's probably bittersweet for -- We're extremely glad she's gone. She's a royal pain in the ass, nobody wanted to deal with her. What you see is all fraud. You just wait for a few months to go by and then you'll get the real Dani. Ya'll have no idea. God bless ya'll. No, I mean, Amy -- Dani and Amy are two competitors. So they're going to get along extremely well, and I always say this, this is -- you know, I was fortunate when I got to Louisville. They had just built a new practice facility for volleyball, men's basketball then we went into the old facility. So we never had to share anything, which makes things easy. You're not fighting for practice times. They're not going to have to do that either. So everybody has got their own. So it's easy to cheer for each other when you're not trying to fight to get a practice time because you have class conflicts. With those two leading your volleyball program and women's basketball, I think you're going to see two that are going to mesh extremely well. Dani did an unbelievable job. What she did for our volleyball program, the excitement that she brought in, her entire staff, the players. She's going to be missed, but we're excited that Dan has decided to stay and take over the reign as our head coach and I think he's going to do a remarkable job. The day and the age of the transfer portal, for him to be able to keep every single one of them and the recruits is pretty impressive. Or they have a healthy NIL budget. Whichever one the two is. You have to laugh, guys. I'm excited for both. What other program do you have your women's basketball coach and your volleyball coach as grads. I don't know if there's any other program in the country that has that. It's pretty special. Both of them had great careers as players and I've no doubt that it's going to continue for both of them.
