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Georgia football’s first two home games for the2026 seasonand its SEC opener now have kickoff times and TV assignments set.

The Bulldogs' season opener on Sept. 5 against FCS Tennessee State in Sanford Stadium will start at 3 p.m. and be shown on SEC Network+ streaming, according to an announcement on Wednesday May 27.

Georgia’s week two game also at home against Western Kentucky on Sept. 12 will kick at 12:45 p.m. and air on the SEC Network.

The SEC opener on Sept. 19 at Arkansas is set for a noon ET kickoff and will be shown on ABC. It will mark the first SEC game for new Razorbacks coach Ryan Silverfield and Georgia's first game at Arkansas since 2020.

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No other kickoff times have been announced yet for Georgia's 2026 season. It's the 11th season for coach Kirby Smart.

More kickoff times were announced for the 2025 season in the second week of June and other games were announced with a range of possible times.

Georgia is coming off a second straight SEC championship and two straight seasons that ended with losses in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.

This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald:Kickoff times, TV set for opening three Georgia football games in 2026

Edge rusher Micah Parsons is not likely to participate in training camp when the Packers start daily preseason workouts, head coach Matt LaFleur said after the team's Wednesday OTA practice.

Parsons is five months into his recovery from a torn ACL and sparked debate about his rapid progress in a social media post of his workouts in sand.

Green Bay lost Parsons at Denver on December 14 in a non-contact injury. He broke through pass protection on the right side of the Broncos' line and fell to the turf as his left knee buckled two steps shy of sacking Denver's Bo Nix.

Parsons, who has 65 career sacks in five NFL campaigns, turned 27 on Tuesday as the Packers began organized team activities. Parsons and running back Josh Jacobs, who was taken into custody because of an alleged domestic violence incident but released without being formally charged, were the only two veterans not present for the Packers.

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LaFleur said tight end Tucker Kraft, also returning from an ACL tear, is ahead of Parsons' pace due to the timing of his injury in early November.

He could be back before or during training camp.

Right tackle Zach Tom, who suffered a torn patella tendon in the Dec. 14 loss to the Broncos, likely won't return to on-field workouts until training camp.

--Field Level Media

What to know about the Iran war today:President Trumpconvened his Cabineton Wednesday, where he discussed negotiations over the Iran war. Mr. Trump said Iran was "negotiating on fumes," before adding, "Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we don't." He also pushed for Gulf countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia to sign on to the Abraham Accords to normalize relations with Israel.A senior official with Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said renewed fighting with the U.S. seems unlikely but, just as Mr. Trump has done, he stressed his country is prepared for any outcome as negotiations continue.Israeli strikes killed more than 30 people on Tuesday, Lebanese officials said, as Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah. Israel also called for evacuations in and around Tyre before launching strikes there on Wednesday. Sen. Graham thinks Trump can get Saudi Arabia to join Abraham Accords, "effectively ending the Arab-Israeli conflict"

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, a proponent of resuming military action in Iran, said he believes President Trump can get Saudi Arabia on board with the Abraham Accords, "effectively ending the Arab-Israeli conflict."

"The biggest news out of the cabinet meeting is President Trump's determination to expand the Abraham Accords, to include Saudia (sic) Arabia making peace with Isreal (sic). This would be the biggest change in the Middle East in thousands of years, effectively ending the Arab-Israeli conflict,"Graham wrote on X.

The agreement to the Abraham Accords, which were negotiated during Mr. Trump's first term in office, would mean the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Currently, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and Kazakhstan have agreed to the pledge.

"I have been working on normalization for years, including during the Biden administration, because I know this leads to a lasting peace and a new Middle East that could become an economic powerhouse, not a powder keg," Graham wrote.

Mr. Trump said Gulf countries — such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar "and others" — agreeing to the Abraham Accords could be a condition to agreeing to an Iran peace deal.

"It'll be historic if they do it. And I think, I think they owe that to us," he said.

Israel moves evacuation line in Lebanon farther north, launches strikes on Tyre

Israel announced on Wednesday it was moving the evacuation line in Lebanon north of the Zahrani River, saying "all areas south of the river are considered combat zones, and the Defense Army does not intend to harm civilians."

Previously, the line of demarcation was about the Litani River, however, Israel launched operations north of that this week. The Litani River is about 18 miles north of the Israeli border, while the Zahrani River is about 25 miles north of the border.

The Israel Defense Forces also said it struck command centers in Tyre, about 12 miles north of the Israeli border, on Wednesday. The IDF had previouslycalled for evacuationsin the area.

There were 550 Hezbollah targets struck in Lebanon since the beginning of the week, the IDF said.

If Gulf countries don't sign Abraham Accords, Trump says he may not sign an Iran agreement

In his Cabinet meeting, President Trump said if Gulf countries don't sign onto the Abraham Accords, he may not sign a peace deal with Iran. The president also suggested this week it should be "mandatory" for more countries to sign onto the agreement as a part of any Iran deal. The Abraham Accords, established in 2020 during Trump's first term, entails agreements normalizing individual countries' relations with Israel.

"We'd like to have the countries we were talking about, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar and the others … we'd like to have them join the Abraham Accords," he said. "It'll be historic if they do it. And I think, I think they owe that to us."

The United Arab Emirates is already a part of the Abraham Accords, as Mr. Trump recognized later.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Trump negotiators are "pushing" for those remaining countries to sign onto Abrahama Accords.

"I'm not sure we should make the deal if they don't sign, if you want to know the truth," Mr. Trump added.

Countries that agreed to normalize relations with Israel as a part of the Abraham Accords include the UAE, Bahrain and Kazakhstan.

Trump says "nobody's going to control" the Strait of Hormuz, threatens Oman

President Trump said "nobody's going to control" the Strait of Hormuz, when asked if he would allow a short-term deal for Iran and Oman to control it.

"The strait's going to be open to everybody," he told reporters during Wednesday's Cabinet meeting. "It's international waters."

"Nobody's going to control it," he continued. "We're going to watch over it. We'll watch over it. But nobody's going to control it. That's part of the negotiation that we have. They would like to control it. Nobody's going to control it. It's international waters. And Oman will behave just like everybody else or we'll have to blow them up. They understand that. They'll be fine."

Bessent claims oil prices will be lower than before the conflict when it ends

Speaking during a Cabinet meeting, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed oil prices will be lower than before the Iran war when the conflict ends.

"Oil will be lower than pre-conflict levels when this ends," he said.

The current average for a gallon of regular gasoline is $4.46 nationwide, according to AAA.

Rubio reiterates Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, wants a deal to be made

Secretary of State Marco Rubio repeated many of the comments President Trump has reiterated in recent weeks at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, saying Iran cannot get a nuclear weapon and they'd prefer to negotiate a deal.

"The bottom line is Iran is never going to have a nuclear weapon and if recent events have done anything it's to remind us once again they are the world-leading sponsor of terrorism and they can never have a nuclear weapon," Rubio said. "The president's preference, your preference, is always to negotiate these things and figure out if you can have agreements. Diplomacy is always the first option and we continue to work on that."

Rubio highlighted the work of envoys Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Vice President JD Vance in working toward a deal, but offered no specifics on the negotiations.

"If there is an agreement to be made, we want that to be made and I think there's been progress and interest and we will see over the next few hours and days," the secretary said. "I want to remind everybody, you (Mr. Trump) have other options available if that doesn't work."

Trump says Iran is "negotiating on fumes"

President Trump said Iran is "negotiating on fumes" and needs to make a deal, but he said the U.S. still may need to return to attacks while speaking at a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

"They want very much to make a deal," he said. "So far, they haven't gotten there, we're not satisfied with it, but we will be. We will be. Either that or we'll have to just finish the job. Their navy is gone, as I've said a thousand times, their navy is gone, their air force is gone, everything's gone. And they're negotiating on fumes. But we'll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we don't."

"Right now, I think it looks like they want to just make a deal," he said. "I don't think they have a choice."

Mr. Trump said Iranian leadership thought they would just wait him out because of political pressure from the midterms.

"They thought they were going to out wait me, you know," he said. "'We'll out wait him. He's got the midterms.' I don't care about the midterms. Look what happened last night. That was the prelude to the midterms."

Iranian state TV's reporting on memorandum draft is "not true," White House says

The White House has rebuffed a report by Iran's IRIB state TV network after the outlet said it had a draft of the "Islamabad Framework"memorandum of understanding, saying what Iranian state media claimed is "not true."

Iranian state TV claimed a draft of the initial framework claimed all shipping traffic would be managed by Iran, along with other points that appear contrary to the Trump administration's stated positions. The Trump administration has made it clear they won't allow Iran to control the strait or impose tolls.

"This report from Iranian controlled media is not true and the MOU they 'released' is a complete fabrication," an official White House accountwrote on X. "Nobody should believe what Iranian state media is putting out. FACTS MATTER."

109 vessels have been redirected by U.S. blockade on Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. blockade on the Strait of Hormuz has turned around 109 commercial vessels heading into or leaving ports in Iran, according to U.S. Central Command.

That total is an increase by one vessel since Tuesday's update.

Lifting the blockade on the strait has been a key condition of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran.

Iranagreed in principle to a dealover the weekend that will be a two-step process, with the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for lifting the U.S. blockade, followed by negotiations on a mechanism for Iran to give up various parts of its nuclear program, the official said.

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter approaches USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) after patrolling the Arabian Sea in support of the U.S. blockade against Iran. As of May 27, 109 commercial vessels have been redirected to ensure compliance.pic.twitter.com/Ic6btTvrpz

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)May 27, 2026Israel issues more warnings for Tyre, nearby residents to evacuate

Israel is issuing evacuation orders to the ancient city of Tyre in Lebanon, as well as 11 camps in the area.

Among those camps are Shabriha, Hammadiya, Jal al-Bahr, Zoqoq al-Mafdi, Al-Bass, Al-Maashouk, Burj al-Shamali, Nabaa, Al-Housh, Rashidieh and Ain Baal.

"In light of the terrorist Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement and its targeting of Israeli territory, the IDF is forced to act strongly against it," the Israel Defense Forces said. "The IDF does not intend to harm you.

"For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately according to thearea shown on the mapand move north of the Zahrani River."

Residents of the city of Nabatiehwere warned to evacuateearlier in the day ahead of a bombing campaign.

Oil prices drop 5% on optimism for a U.S.-Iran agreement to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices dropped Wednesday on rekindled hope of the Strait of Hormuz reopening as the U.S. and Iran appeared to be nearing an agreement to deescalate the war launched 89 days ago by the U.S. and Israel.

Brent North Sea crude, the international benchmark, fell 5% to $94.61 a barrel briefly, before rebounding slightly to trade around the $95 mark.

The main U.S. crude contract, WTI, tumbled almost 6% to trade at $89 a barrel early Wednesday.

Iran state TV says "Islamabad Framework" draft with U.S. includes reopening Strait of Hormuz, but with fees

Iran's IRIB state TV network reported Wednesday that it had "obtained" a draft of the "Islamabad Framework" - a memorandum of understanding taking shape with the U.S. that would see the countries agree to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while also launching direct negotiations on more contentious matters.

IRIB called the version it obtained an "unofficial preliminary document outlining a 14-point draft of the agreement," which it cast as a potential step toward ending the war that was still being revised and negotiated between the two countries.

The White House laterrejected the reporting, writing, "This report from Iranian controlled media is not true and the MOU they 'released' is a complete fabrication. Nobody should believe what Iranian state media is putting out."

IRIB said the draft includes a commitment from the U.S. to lift its blockade of Iranian ports and vessels. In return, Iran would restore the flow of commercial shipping through the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, through the Strait of Hormuz, to pre-war levels within one month.

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IRIB said military vessels would be excluded from Iran's lifting of restrictions in the strait and that commercial traffic — including vessel inspections and the imposition of service "fees" — would remain under the authority of Iran in coordination with neighbor Oman.

"The Strait of Hormuz, between us and Oman as coastal countries, must have a defined mechanism," Esmail Baqaei, spokesman for both Iran's Foreign Ministry and its team negotiating with the U.S., told IRIB.

The IRIB report said the draft agreement included the U.S. accepting "an obligation" to withdraw American forces from the Mideast, but it noted that specifics, including whether the withdrawal would apply only to recently added forces or also long-standing troop deployments, remained subject to negotiation.

The draft envisions, per the report, that if direct talks between Iran and the U.S. yield a final agreement on a wider peace deal within the provisioned 60 days, that deal would be enshrined as a binding United Nations Security Council resolution.

The report concluded by stressing that the Islamabad Framework remained unfinalized - and noting a significant possibility that the two sides could still fail to resolve their differences on terms to even begin direct negotiations on contentious issues such as Iran's nuclear material.

State TV claims 23 more ships cleared to transit Strait of Hormuz as Iran tries to present a new normal

"Today, 23 vessels that requested permission from the IRGC Navy to pass through the Strait of Hormuz received their permits," declared a reporter on Iran's IRIB state TV network Wednesday.

"The IRGC Navy's conditions remain in place. These conditions were made clear on the first day, and continue to be valid today: no hostile country can pass its vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, but it cooperates with those who wish to respect Iranian order."

It was the latest in a series of similar reports by the same state TV reporter this week. They have all been delivered from near the Iranian coast, and clearly intended to portray a new state of play in the busy shipping lanes of the strait — which, until the U.S. and Israel launched their joint war on Iran, had always been free and open for commercial vessels.

Since the U.S. imposed its own military blockade on Iranian ports and vessels on April 13, Tehran has threatened to attack any ship that tries to transit the Strait of Hormuz without its permission. It says dozens have sought and been granted clearance this week, though the real numbers are impossible to verify as ships can mask their true locations.

Iranian officials say they are implementing a new system, in conjunction with Oman, to control shipping traffic through the strait. They say they are not imposing tolls, which the Trump administration accuses Tehran of attempting to do, but that the new system will carry costs for shippers.

U.S. Secretary of State MarcoRubio said this weekthat the strait would reopen "one way or the other," calling Iran's actions in relation to commercial traffic unlawful and "unsustainable for the world, it's unacceptable."

Iranian regime says internet access almost back to pre-war levels

Iran's national telecommunications company TCI said Wednesday that internet access across the country had "almost returned to the level" seen before it was blocked at the outset of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, though an official acknowledged lingering connectivity issues for some people and promised help.

Davoud Zareian, a deputy spokesperson with TCI,said"in case of disruption, users should first turn their modem or router off and on," and if problems continue, he urged clients to contact the company "so that specialists can examine and resolve the issue."

Zareian said internet traffic had "grown significantly and has almost returned to the level before the outage."

In its latest update, international internet monitoring groupNetblocks said Wednesdaythat connectivity in Iran "has now been in a state of restoration for 24 hours."

"Service remains heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to pre-January," the organization said, adding that "calls for a free and open internet transcend political divisions and should be heard."

"Welcome back #Iran!" the groupsaid in an updated Tuesday, confirming that access was being restored in the country.

Iran's intelligence ministry says U.S., Israel focusing now on soft power tactics in "full-scale hybrid war"

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence said in a long statement released Wednesday that the country has been facing a long-running "hybrid war" with the West and Israel, and warned that although military conflict may have shifted, the struggle continues through economic pressure, media influence, and internal destabilization efforts.

The statement describes the conflict as a "47-year 'full-scale hybrid war' against the heroic people of Iran," accusing the U.S., Israel and their allies of wielding sanctions, cyberattacks and political interference in a bid to weaken the Islamic Republic regime.

"Not only were the enemy's vile goals not achieved, but the false myth of the invincibility of the Western–Zionist enemy was invalidated," declared the ministry in its statement.

It said Iran's adversaries were currently focused on exerting soft power, listing efforts such as "intensification of economic pressure," "ethnic and religious provocations," and "various cyberattacks."

It concluded by saying any hostile actions would draw a firm response, warning specifically that any attempts to foment domestic unrest or carry out espionage or sabotage would be "pursued with maximum precision and decisiveness by the country's powerful intelligence community."

Israeli military says it hit more than 150 Hezbollah "infrastructure sites and terrorists" in Lebanon in 24 hours

The Israel Defense Forces claimed in a brief statement Wednesday to have struck "more than 150 Hezbollah infrastructure sites and terrorists" in attacks on the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in Lebanon over the last day.

The IDF said the strikes were in and around the southern Lebanese cities of Tyre and Nabatieh and in the Beqaa Valley area.

Lebanese officials say the attacks killed more than 30 people, with children among those pulled from the rubble of buildings in the cities. Lebanon's health ministry says that since Israel and Hezbollah started fighting at the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, more than 3,200 people have been killed and almost 10,000 wounded in the country.

Earlier Wednesday, IDF spokesman Avichay Adraeeissued a warning via social mediato residents of Nabatieh — a city home to roughly 25,000 people — to flee their homes and evacuate about a mile northward, across the Zahrani River, ahead of planned strikes.

"In light of the terrorist Hezbollah's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Israel Defense Forces are forced to act against it with force," Adraee said, repeating language he has used in daily evacuation orders for Lebanese towns and villages.

"The IDF does not intend to harm you. For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move to the north of the Zahrani River," said the IDF spokesman. "We emphasize that anyone who is present near Hezbollah members, its facilities, and its combat means is putting their life in danger!"

Iranian official says highly enriched uranium "not on the agenda of the negotiations" with U.S.

Speaking on the sidelines of a security forum in Russia's capital, the Deputy Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Bagheri Kani, said indirect negotiations with Washington continued, but he renewed the regime's insistence that the issue of its enriched uranium stockpile wasn't yet on the agenda.

"This issue is not on the agenda of the negotiations," he said when asked about the roughly 900 pounds of highly enriched uranium that international monitors believe is still buried under one of Iran's badly damaged nuclear facilities, according to Russian news agency TASS.

PresidentTrump had previously claimedIran was ready to hand what he refers to as its "nuclear dust" over to the U.S., but on Mondayhe saidthe regime could dispose of its highly-enriched uranium inside the country, or "at another acceptable location."

A senior Trump administration officialsaid over the weekend that Iran had agreed in principleto dispose of its highly-enriched uranium during the negotiations but that officials were still working through details of a mechanism for its disposal.

Iran Revolutionary Guard official says possibility of renewed war with U.S. is low

An official with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Wednesday that a renewal of the war with the United States was unlikely, but he warned that Iran stood ready to defend itself against any new attack.

"The possibility of war is low because of the enemy's weakness; the armed forces are lying in wait with full magazines," Mohammad Akbarzadeh, the deputy political chief of the IRGC's naval force, was quoted as saying by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is linked with the guard.

"Do not doubt that we will turn the area from Chabahar to Mahshahr into a graveyard for aggressors," he said, referring to locations at either end of Iran's lengthy southern coast in the Persian Gulf.

Trump to convene Cabinet as he looks to seal a deal that some backers worry will embolden Iran

President Trump willmeet with his Cabinet on Wednesdayat a precarious moment for talks aimed at ending the war with Iran, just days after insisting his administration and Tehran had "largely negotiated" a settlement but with the negotiations still in a state of flux.

As he prepares to huddle with his top aides, Mr. Trump is projecting confidence that he's closing in on a deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and provide him a credible argument that Iran's nuclear capability has been diminished enough to declare victory, winding down a conflict that's been politically unpopular for Republicans.

But as things stand, he also risks finding closure to his war of choice comes with an unsatisfactory ending.

The emerging deal puts off many critical issues to be resolved later and has already exposed the president to fierce criticism — even from some of his own supporters — that Iran's hardline leaders will emerge from the conflict battered but emboldened. It all comes to a head just as the midterm elections to determine control of Congress come into focus and as Republicans worry that rising costs and fuel prices are darkening the American electorate's mood.

Talks were further complicated after U.S. forces carried out what the Pentagon called "defensive" strikes on missile launch sites and mine-laying boats in southern Iran on Monday. The U.S. said it acted with "restraint" in light of the weekslong ceasefire, while Iran decried the action as a sign of "bad faith and unreliability."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that talks with Iran on reopening the strait and extending the ceasefire — a period that the administration says could be used to hash out the finer details of a nuclear agreement — will take several more days. "He's either going to make a good deal or no deal," Rubio told reporters.

India says Iran released 10 sailors detained since July

Ten Indian sailors, detained in Iran in July on an oil tanker, have been released after "sustained diplomatic engagement," India's shipping authorities said late Tuesday.

The sailors on the MV Harbour Phoenix were "detained, arrested and imprisoned in Iran following the vessel's interception near Jask Port in July 2025," India's Directorate General of Shipping said in a statement.

"The seafarers have now been released and reunited safely," the shipping authority said. "…Necessary arrangements are being coordinated for the earliest return of the crew members to India."

New Delhi and Tehran have long-standing diplomatic and energy ties, but India also balances that with close links to the United States and Israel.

Iranian forces regularly announce the interception of ships it says are illegally transporting fuel in the Gulf.

India has pursued a policy of quiet diplomacy and minimal public comment during negotiations for the release of the sailors. It did not give further details on the reason for their arrest or about the vessel, which ship tracking sites list as a Palau-flagged oil products tanker.

India has one of the world's largest merchant navy workforces, with thousands of Indian sailors operating in Gulf shipping lanes.

Lebanon says 31 killed, 40 wounded in Israeli strikes

Lebanon said Israeli strikes on the country's south killed 31 people on Tuesday, as Israel said it was intensifying attacks despite a fragile truce in its war with the militant group Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy.

Hezbollah, meanwhile, said it faced Israeli troops entering the southern town of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, as the Israeli military said it was expanding its ground operations.

In a statement, the Lebanese health ministry said 31 people, including at least four children and three women, were killed in attacks and 40 wounded.

Fourteen were killed in Burj al-Shamali near Tyre, five in Kawthariyat al-Riz, four in Habbush, six in Maarakeh and two in Salaa, the health ministry said.

An Agence France-Presse correspondent in the southern city of Nabatieh reported airstrikes following an unprecedented warning on the city and saw plumes of smoke rising from various locations within it.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said one of the strikes hit the vicinity of a public hospital, causing "significant damage to the hospital's departments."

The Israeli military issued evacuation warnings for at least 50 southern and eastern towns and villages on Tuesday, including Nabatieh.

An Israeli military official told AFP that troops had begun operating beyond the Israel-announced "Yellow Line" in south Lebanon, which runs six miles deep inside Lebanese territory.

UConn and Iowa are two of the most recognizable brands in women’s college basketball, but the Huskies and Hawkeyes haven’t played each other all that often.

That will change next season when the two programs begin a home-and-home series. Iowa will travel to UConn for a non-conference game Nov. 8. The Huskies will travel to Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City in the 2027-28 season.

UConn hasn’t played a game at Iowa in more than two decades, last visiting Carver-Hawkeye in 1999.

The Huskies are 7-4 all-time against the Hawkeyes, but Iowa took the last victory and it was a meaningful one. The two teams met up in the 2024 Final Four in Cleveland with a Lisa Bluder-coached Iowa team taking a narrow 71-69 victory over Geno Auriemma’s Huskies.

Caitlin Clark, named the consensus National Player of the Year that season, finished with 21 points, but the end of the contest was a nailbiter.

UConn trailed by one point with nine seconds left after KK Arnold stole the ball. However, on the ensuing possession, the referees whistled Huskies forward Aaliyah Edwards for an illegal screen with 3.9 seconds remaining, handing the ball back to Iowa. Clark was fouled, hit the first free throw and missed the next, but Iowa got the rebound with 1.1 seconds to go. On the second of two inbounds plays, the Hawkeyes got a pass in to clinch the win.

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“I'm just frustrated with the loss” UConn’s Paige Bueckers, who finished with 17 points, said. “I mean, we can talk about officiating, but players play. Players decide the game.”

Fans will hope that these next two meetings between the Hawkeyes and Huskies are just as memorable.

UConn is coming off a year where it started 38-0 before losing in the Final Four to South Carolina. Iowa, in coach Jan Jensen’s second year, was upset on its home floor in the second round by Virginia.

Both programs return star players in the front court, with Sarah Strong back for the Huskies and Ava Heiden starring for the Hawkeyes.

UConn is piecing together an impressive non-conference slate that also features matchups with South Carolina, Duke, Michigan and Maryland.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Iconic women’s basketball programs, UConn and Iowa, to begin series this season

No. 6 seed Daniil Medvedev lost in the first round of the French Open for the seventh time in 10 appearances at Roland Garros, dropping a five-set match to Australian wild card Adam Walton, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 on Tuesday on Suzanne-Lenglen Court.

Other seeds to exit in Paris on Tuesday included No. 9 seed Alexander Bublik, No. 20 Cameron Norrie, No. 29 Tallon Griekspoor and No. 30 Corentin Moutet.

Medvedev melted down in the heat, took a verbal lashing for his on-court behavior from his wife seated courtside but still had a chance to put away Walton, the 97th-ranked men's singles player who was 4-9 this season entering his first clay-court match of the year.

Walton, who played in the second round at the French Open in 2025, trailed 4-2 in the fifth and appeared to be more ragged than his opponent in the match that lasted three hours and 22 minutes.

He required a medical break after the second set to take a salt tablet as neither player found much consistency until the decider.

And it was Walton who gained his second wind. He took the next four games to oust Medvedev and beat him for the second time in their three career matches. Medvedev dropped to 0-4 in five-set matches in the French Open, 10-10 in his career.

"Pretty tired now. It was an up and down match. I felt like the ebbs and flows of the match were quite large today," Walton said post-match in an on-court interview. "Just really proud of my efforts in the fifth set to come from a break down to get the win. It's huge. Beating him in Cincinnati (in 2025) definitely gave me the belief today. I knew I could do it. I believed. Just really happy with performance. Just really excited right now."

Catapulted by his first win over a top-10 opponent, Walton will oppose American Zachary Svajda in the second round.

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Bublik lost 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5 to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff. The Russian-born Kazakhstani, who was a quarterfinalist last year, had a chance to serve out the fourth set but hit two straight double faults, grabbing his shoulder and requiring a medical timeout in between. The 36-year-old Struff then won four games in a row for the victory.

Griekspoor of the Netherlands fell to 104th-ranked Matteo Arnaldi of Italy 6-7 (9), 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Arnaldi won every service game in the fourth set without dropping a point and earned the win on his first match point.

Moutet of France lost a five-set marathon to unseeded Vit Kopriva. The Czech hit 61 winners in the four-hour, 20-minute match to defeat Moutet 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Norrie retired after 78 minutes down 7-6, 2-0 down to Paraguay's Daniel Vallejo. It was the first time in 12 years the reliable Brit has retired from a match and the first time he hasn't made it past the first round of a Grand Slam since the 2024 Australian Open.

In other Tuesday evening action, Frenchman Moise Kouame became the youngest winner at Roland Garros since 1991. The 17-year-old downed U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic in his grand slam tournament debut, 7-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Cilic was 20 and a top-20 ranked men's player the day Kouame was born.

With vocal support from the home crowd, Kouame played well above his current ranking of No. 313 in the world with poise and precision to keep the 37-year-old Cilic, playing in the French Open main draw for the 18th time, off-balance.

Kouame was a winner on Court Simonne-Mathieu and advances to take on Paragauy's Adolfo Daniel Vallejo. Britain's Cameron Norrie, who has been nursing a rib injury, retired from their first-round match at the French Open while trailing in the second set, 0-2. He lost the first set on a tiebreak.

--Field Level Media

Federal judges on Tuesday blocked Alabama’s plan touse a congressional mapthat could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections.

Election 2026 Redistricting

A three-judge panel in the state’s long-running redistricting case issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the state from switching maps, ruling that the Republican-backed plan “intentionally discriminated based on race” by including only one Black-majority district. The judges instead required Alabama to continue using a court-ordered map in place for the 2024 elections that includes two districts where Black residents compose a majority or close to it.

“Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination,” the judges wrote.

The ruling is a setback for Republicans, who want to use a map for the November midterms that would give the GOP a chance to reclaim the seat now held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, said the state will immediately appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. He contended the judges had no basis for their decision to block what he described as a “blandly unobjectionable congressional map.”

“Know this — in my mind, it is not a matter of whether we win this case, only when,” Marshall said.

Figures said he is pleased with the ruling, adding: “This is a significant step in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go before this fight is settled.”

The court order is the latest development in the twisting legal and political saga following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana andweakened the federal Voting Rights Act. That ruling has led Republicansin several Southern states, including Alabama, to take steps to reshape voting districts with large minority populations that have elected Democrats.

The redistricting frenzy is part of a broader push by President Donald Trump to try to hold on to Republicans’ slim House majority in the November elections.

Alabama court fight stretches back several years

The three-judge panel in 2023 ruled that a map drawn by Republican state lawmakers intentionally diluted the voting power of Black citizens. The court said the state, which is about 27% Black, should have two districts where Black voters are the majority or close to it. The court-selected map was used in 2024.

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After the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the Louisiana case, Alabama officials moved to implement the 2023 state-drawn map. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority agreed to lift the injunction that had blocked the map's use and sent the case back to the three-judge panel for reconsideration in light of the Louisiana ruling.

In the meantime, voters cast ballots in Alabama's May 11 primaries, and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey set new special primaries for Aug. 11 in four congressional districts affected by the map switch.

Upon further review, the judicial panel said there was “undisputed evidence” of intentional racial discrimination. It said the special congressional primaries should instead proceed under the previous court-approved districts.

The decision to temporarily block the map switch came after a seven-hour hearing Friday in which judges sharply questioned state lawyers about the timeline and the impact of the Louisiana ruling.

Using the same districts that had been in place for the previous election would prevent “an expensive, aggressive, and perhaps logistically impossible voter reassignment effort,” the judges wrote.

“Candidate and voter confusion is troublesome and warrants significant consideration, but we do not see that a preliminary injunction will worsen it. To the contrary, we expect a preliminary injunction to lessen it,” the judges said.

Deuel Ross, director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said the court ruling “again vindicated the constitutional rights of voters in the Black Belt, and our clients look forward to voting under a fair map this fall.”

Redistricting changes affect primaries in several states

Other states also have considered adjustments to their primary elections to allow time for congressional redistricting after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision affecting the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana’s congressional primaries, scheduled for May 16, werepostponeduntil later this summer by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry so that state lawmakers could consider a new U.S. House map that would eliminate a majority-Black district.

In South Carolina, where early voting began Tuesday for its June 9 primaries, the Republican-led Senate rejected a plan that would have thrown out the votes and instead held a new congressional primary in August under revised districts that could have improved Republicans’ chances of winning an additional seat.

Tennessee also moved quickly to enact new U.S. House districts after the Supreme Court’s ruling, carving up a Black-majority districtbased in Memphisthat had elected the state’s only Democratic representative.The new mapgives Republicans a chance to sweep all nine of the state’s seats. As part of the plan, Tennessee temporarily reopened the candidate qualifying period for its August congressional primaries, allowing new candidates to enter the race and existing ones to either switch districts or drop out.

Since Trump first urged Texas to redraw its U.S. House districts last summer, about a half-dozen Republican-led states have enacted new voting districts, though some still face legal challenges. Democrats countered with new districts in California and also expect to gain a seat from new court-imposed districts in Utah.

ACarnival Cruise Lineguest is suing the company after allegedly burning his feet on the Lido Deck.

Jorge Luis Alverio Nunez sustained second-degree burns while walking barefoot between the pool and deck chairs aboard Carnival Magic in late May 2025, according to a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida on May 13. "While a passenger may reasonably expect an exterior deck surface exposed to sunlight to become warm, Plaintiff could not reasonably anticipate that the deck surface had reached temperatures capable of causing severe second-degree burns within seconds of ordinary contact," the complaint said.

The distance between the pool and chairs was roughly 20 steps. There were no signs or other warnings about the risk of burns due to the heat of the deck’s surface, according to the lawsuit.

The complaint said that at least 25 Carnival guests had been similarly burned on the cruise line’s ships in the six years before the incident, and at least 42 passengers had complained about the hot decks over the same period. The manufacturer of the deck material also allegedly told the company as early as 2014 that it could become dangerously hot.

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Carnival Corp., the cruise line's parent company, told USA TODAY that it does not comment on pending litigation. Attorneys listed for Nunez did not immediately respond to a separate request for comment.

Nunez "suffered a severe and life changing injury" – which incurred medical expenses – disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of earnings and other repercussions. He alleged negligence and submitted a punitive damages claim.

"The defendant’s actions outlined in this complaint were more than simply negligent; its conduct was willful, wanton, and displayed a reckless disregard for the safety and rights of the plaintiff," the complaint said. The lawsuit seeks in excess of $5 million in damages and a jury trial.

Nathan Diller is a consumer travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville. You can reach him at ndiller@usatoday.com.

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