Second Cup at Montreal Jewish hospital shut down over alleged Nazi saluteUCF coach Gus Malzahn reportedly resigning to take Florida State OC jobORLANDO, Fla. — UCF coach Gus Malzahn is resigning after four seasons with the school. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the move, which will see Malzahn to leave to take the offensive coordinator job at Florida State. Malzahn previously worked with FSU coach Mike Norvell during their time at Tulsa under then-coach Todd Graham from 2007-08. The Knights ended a disappointing 4-8 season in which they lost eight of their last nine games, the longest losing streak since 2015. Malzahn, 59, was in the fourth year of a contract through 2028. His buyout, it is reported, would have been $13.75 million. He finished 27-25 at UCF but lost 16 of his last 22 games and was a dismal 4-14 in two seasons in the Big 12. After back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2021-22, the Knights went 6-7 in 2023 and 4-8 in 2024. This season started with high expectations as Malzahn made sweeping changes to the program. He retooled the strength and conditioning department and hired Ted Roof and Tim Harris Jr. as defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively. He also added nearly 50 new players to the roster, leaning heavily on the transfer market. UCF started by winning its first three games against New Hampshire, Sam Houston and a thrilling comeback at TCU, but offensive struggles saw the Knights tumble through a TBD-game losing streak to finish the season. Terry Mohajir hired Malzahn on Feb. 15, 2021, six days after he was hired to replace Danny White. The move came eight weeks after Malzahn had been fired at Auburn after eight seasons of coaching the Tigers. The two briefly worked together at Arkansas State in 2012 before Malzahn left for the Auburn job. “When he [Mohajir] offered the job, I was like, ‘I’m in.’ There wasn’t thinking about or talking about ...,” Malzahn said during his introductory press conference. “This will be one of the best programs in college football in a short time. This is a job that I plan on being here and building it.” UCF opened the 2021 season with non-conference wins over Boise State and Bethune-Cookman before traveling to Louisville on Sept. 17, where quarterback Dillon Gabriel suffered a fractured collarbone in the final minute of a 42-35 loss. Backup Mikey Keene would finish out the season as Gabriel announced his intention to transfer. The Knights would finish the season on the plus side by accepting a bid to join the Big 12 Conference in September and then by defeating Florida 29-17 in the Gasparilla Bowl. Malzahn struck transfer portal gold in the offseason when he signed former Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee. Plumlee, a two-sport star with the Rebels, helped guide UCF to the American Athletic Conference Championship in its final season. However, Plumlee’s injury forced the Knights to go with Keene and freshman Thomas Castellanos. The team finished with losses to Tulane in the conference championship and Duke in the Military Bowl. Plumlee would return in 2023 as UCF transitioned to the Big 12 but would go down with a knee injury in the final minute of the Knights’ 18-16 win at Boise State on Sept. 9. He would miss the next four games as backup Timmy McClain took over the team. Even on his return, Plumlee couldn’t help UCF, on a five-game losing streak to open conference play. The Knights got their first Big 12 win at Cincinnati on Nov. 4 and upset No. 15 Oklahoma State the following week, but the team still needed a win over Houston in the regular-season finale to secure a bowl bid for the eighth straight season. From the moment Malzahn stepped on campus, he prioritized recruiting, particularly in Central Florida. “We’re going to recruit like our hair’s on fire,” Malzahn said at the time. “We’re going to go after the best players in America and we’re not backing down to anybody.” From 2007 to 2020, UCF signed 10 four-star high school and junior college prospects. Eight four-star prospects were in the three recruiting classes signed under Malzahn. The 2024 recruiting class earned a composite ranking of 39 from 247Sports, the highest-ranked class in school history. The 2025 recruiting class is ranked No. 41 and has commitments from three four-star prospects. Malzahn has always leaned on the transfer market, signing 60 players over the past three seasons. Some have paid huge dividends, such as Javon Baker, Lee Hunter, Kobe Hudson, Tylan Grable, Bula Schmidt, Amari Kight, Marcellus Marshall, Trent Whittemore, Gage King, Ethan Barr, Deshawn Pace and Plumlee. Others haven’t been as successful, such as quarterback KJ Jefferson, who started the first five games of this season before being benched for poor performance. Jefferson’s struggles forced the Knights to play musical chairs at quarterback, with true freshman EJ Colson, redshirt sophomore Jacurri Brown and redshirt freshman Dylan Rizk all seeing action at one point or another this season. This season’s struggles led to several players utilizing the NCAA’s redshirt rule after four games, including starting slot receiver Xavier Townsend and kicker Colton Boomer, who have also entered the transfer portal. Defensive end Kaven Call posted a letter to Malzahn on Twitter in which he accused the UCF coaching staff of recently kicking him off the team when he requested to be redshirted.Intel faces massive shakeup as CEO Pat Gelsinger abruptly retires
Michigan, Ohio State fight broken up with police pepper spray after Wolverines stun Buckeyes 13-10Wesco Declares Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock and Preferred StockNvidia 's ( NVDA 3.08% ) stock has been a huge winner each of the past two years. After surging over 238% in 2023, the stock has soared approximately 164% this year, as of this writing. Those are two huge back-to-back year gains that have propelled the company to become one of the largest in the world. The question is, can the stock hit the market with a three-peat of outsized gains in 2025? Interestingly, the stock has been able to generate returns of 30% or more for three straight years on four previous occasions and returns of 50% or greater for three straight years twice. It has never had four years in a row of 30% or more returns, but it did have one stretch where its stock rose by 25% or more for five straight years from 2013 to 2017. Let's look at why I think Nvidia can turn in another year of strong performance in 2025. Insane demand for AI chips Any investment in Nvidia centers around spending on artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. The graphics processing units (GPUs) that it designs have become the backbone of the AI infrastructure buildout, as GPUs can perform many calculations at the same time, making them ideal for use in training large language models (LLMs) and running AI inference . Meanwhile, as AI models become more sophisticated, they need exponentially more computing power, and thus GPUs, to advance. For example, both Amazon 's Llama 4 LLM and xAI's Grok 3 model were trained on 10 times as many GPUs as their predecessors trained on. Demand for GPUs is being driven by large hyperscale (companies with massive data centers) tech companies (such as Microsoft , Alphabet , Amazon, and Meta Platforms ) as well as well-funded AI start-ups like OpenAI and Elon-Musk backed xAI. Currently, these companies are all racing to create the best and most powerful AI models, leading to what Nvidia has called "insane" demand for its newest-generation Blackwell GPUs. However, growth is not expected to stop, with Nvidia's largest customers, by and large, indicating that they plan to spend more on building out data centers to help power their AI ambitions. Nvidia customers such as Meta Platforms and Alphabet have said the biggest risk with AI infrastructure is underinvesting, as they look to capitalize on what they see as a generational opportunity. Oracle , meanwhile, has said it expects strong AI infrastructure growth to continue over the next five to 10 years. A wide moat Nvidia isn't the only company that makes GPUs, but it has been able to create a wide moat in large part due its CUDA software platform. GPUs were originally developed to speed up graphics rendering (hence the name) in applications like video games. However, as Nvidia looked to expand the use case for these chips, it created a free software program that allowed developers to program its chips for other tasks. While it took time, this led to CUDA becoming the standard on which developers learned to program GPUs for various tasks, creating the wide moat it has today. Meanwhile, it was arguably the use of its GPUs in cryptocurrency mining that really helped set the groundwork for Nvidia's current AI success today, as it demonstrated the power of its GPUs in high-performance computing. Nvidia has not sat still following its initial CUDA development and in the years since it has built domain-specific microservices and libraries on top of Cuda, called CUDA X, to better optimize it for AI. Meanwhile, the company has also sped up its development cycle for its GPUs to once a year in order to remain at the forefront of GPU technology. The company's biggest challenge at the moment appears to be coming from custom AI chips, such as those Broadcom helps develop for customers. These are custom chips designed for very specific tasks, and thus they can be more efficient. However, it also takes time to design and manufacture custom chips, and like most custom things, they are more expensive. In a world racing for AI, Nvidia's chips are more accessible and cheaper and have an array of AI-specific microservices and libraries through CUDA X. As such, while custom AI chips will likely continue to take some share, Nvidia still looks like it will remain the king of AI chips for the foreseeable future. Inexpensive valuation The final reason why I think Nvidia is poised for another year of outperformance in 2025 is its valuation. Despite its huge gains over the past two years, the stock only trades a forward price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of about 30 based on 2025 analyst estimates, and a price/earnings-to-growth ( PEG ) ratio of approximately 0.95. A PEG ratio under 1 is typically viewed as undervalued, but growth stocks will often have PEG ratios well above 1. Data by YCharts. For a company that just saw its revenue grow by 94% year over year last quarter and which is projected to see 50% revenue growth in 2025, that's an attractive valuation. With AI looking to be still in its early innings and the company having a wide moat, the stock looks like a buy heading into 2025.
( MENAFN - IANS) Seoul, Dec 22 (IANS) South Korea and the United States are conducting joint research to strengthen protection against Cryptocurrency heist attempts amid growing concerns of such attacks by North Korea-linked hackers, officials said on Sunday. Based on a recently signed technical annex between the South Korean government and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the two sides will jointly develop technologies to prevent cryptocurrency-targeted attacks and to track stolen assets, according to authorities and cybersecurity industry officials. The science Ministry plans to support such research through the Institute of Information and Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation until 2026, reports Yonhap news agency. The move comes as the price of bitcoin recently surged to $100,000 after the U.S. presidential election last month, raising concerns of increased attempts by hackers to steal virtual assets. While the United States collaborates with other countries for cybersecurity research, it is known to have chosen South Korea for research on digital asset tracking technology as North Korea is seen as a key culprit behind cryptocurrency heists. Under the programme, South Korean and U.S. researchers, including those from Korea University and the RAND Corp. research institute, will focus on technologies to prevent and track hackers when they steal assets from a cryptocurrency exchange. They will also focus on understanding how they convert or launder other financial assets they obtain into virtual assets through illegal ransomeware or other methods. North Korea is known as a major player in cryptocurrency heists, with hackers linked to the country estimated to have stolen $1.34 billion worth of cryptocurrency across 47 incidents this year, according to Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analysis firm. Meanwhile, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) chief said last month that the government needs to closely monitor unfair transactions in the cryptocurrency market. "The price of virtual assets has recently been shooting up in a very short period of time, and with heavy volatility of the market itself, the government needs to closely monitor possible unfair transactions," FSC Chairman Kim Byoung-hwan told public broadcaster KBS. -IANS na/ MENAFN22122024000231011071ID1109021474 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.Japan to issue cease-and-desist order against GoogleNew York pols joined Met Council volunteers on Sunday to pack Thanksgiving meals for those in need. Met Council is the country’s largest Jewish organization dedicated to serving those in need. Inside the Spitzer Fulfillment Center, located at 171 Lexington Avenue, a group of steadfast volunteers worked carefully and lovingly to fill boxes with food items. “This is our flagship distribution. We’ve done 35 of these throughout the last two weeks, and this coming week as well. And what we’re doing is we are packing food boxes, including turkey fixings, everything from the pumpkins for the pumpkin pie to the turkey to the stuffing, for thousands of families in all five boroughs,” CEO of Met Council David Greenfield told amNewYork Metro. According to Greenfield, those in need fill out their order online. Volunteers then take the requests and work to gather and pack items for each individual, then deliver them. This allows residents to receive orders in the comfort of their homes without needing to wait in a long line in the cold or while suffering from illnesses. New York pols joined Met Council volunteers on Sunday to pack Thanksgiving meals for those in need. Photo by Dean Moses CEO of Met Council David Greenfield told amNewYork Metro those in need are afforded the ability to fill out their order online, which volunteers then work to gather and pack. This allows residents to receive the orders in the comfort of their homes without needing to wait in a long line in the cold or while suffering from illnesses. Photo by Dean Moses of Met Council David Greenfield told amNewYork Metro those in need are afforded the ability to fill out their order online, which volunteers then work to gather and pack. This allows residents to receive the orders in the comfort of their homes without needing to wait in a long line in the cold or while suffering from illnesses. Photo by Dean Moses Greenfield says those in need this holiday season have myriad reasons for why they’re turning to Met Council. “The kinds of clients that we have are working-class families who have had something happen to them, and they are struggling to make ends meet. A very good example is a fellow who I met last week, who unfortunately, has cancer. He’s a small business owner in Brooklyn, and he’s been out of work. His business is suffering, and he’s just trying to literally make it through from one side to the next side. And so, we’re assisting him in a variety of ways,” Greenfield explained. “It’s tough to pay for a big holiday where you have a lot of friends and family coming over.” Several New York politicians also arrived to help pack boxes, including Manhattan state Sen. Liz Krueger, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and City Council Member Gale Brewer. Several New York politicians also arrived to help pack boxes, including Senator Liz Krueger, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and City Council member Gale Brewer. Photo by Dean Moses “I’m so proud to be part of this volunteer effort helping people in need who are facing hunger in Manhattan,” Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said. Photo by Dean Moses “I’m so proud to be part of this volunteer effort helping people in need who are facing hunger in Manhattan. The sad truth is, there are people in this borough who don’t know how they’re going to pay for their next meal, people who have to decide between paying the rent or paying for their prescription medicine or paying for food, they tend to be older seniors, often who are alone,” Levine said as he filled a box with pasta and tinned goods. “It feels really good to do something helpful for people in need.” Met Council also provides affordable housing above the Spitzer Fulfillment Center, where residents also receive boxes of Thanksgiving meals. New York pols joined Met Council volunteers on Sunday to pack Thanksgiving meals for those in need. Photo by Dean MosesWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned home Saturday after his meeting with Donald Trump without assurances the president-elect will back away from threatened tariffs on all products from the major American trading partner. Trump called the talks “productive” but signaled no retreat from a pledge that Canada says unfairly lumps it in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States. After the leaders’ hastily arranged dinner Friday night at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trudeau spoke of “an excellent conversation” but offered no details. Trump said in a Truth Social post later Saturday that they discussed “many important topics that will require both Countries to work together to address.” For issues in need of such cooperation, Trump cited fentanyl and the “Drug Crisis that has decimated so many lives as a result of Illegal Immigration," fair trade deals "that do not jeopardize American Workers” and the U.S. trade deficit with its ally to the north. Trump asserted that the prime minister had made “a commitment to work with us to end this terrible devastation” of American families from fentanyl from China reaching the United States through its neighbors. The U.S., he said, “will no longer sit idly by as our Citizens become victims to the scourge of this Drug Epidemic.” The Republican president-elect has threatened to impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. from Canada and Mexico as one of his first executive orders when he takes office in January. U.S. customs agents seized 43 pounds of fentanyl at the Canadian border last fiscal year, compared with 21,100 pounds at the Mexican border. On immigration, the U.S. Border Patrol made 56,530 arrests at the Mexican border in October alone and 23,721 arrests at the Canadian border between October 2023 and September 2024 — and Canadian officials say they are ready to make new investments in border security. Trudeau called Trump after the Republican's social media posts about the tariffs last Monday and they agreed to meet, according to a official familiar with the matter who was not authorized to publicly discuss detail of the private talks. The official said other countries are calling Canadian officials to hear how about how the meeting was arranged and to ask for advice. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, after speaking with Trump on the telephone, said Thursday she was confident a tariff war with Washington would be averted. At the dinner that was said to last three hours, Trump said he and Trudeau also discussed energy, trade and the Arctic. A second official cited defense, Ukraine, NATO, China, the Mideast, pipelines and the Group of Seven meeting in Canada next year as other issues that arose. Trump, during his first term as president, once called Trudeau “weak” and “dishonest,” but it was the prime minister who was the first G7 leader to visit Trump since the Nov. 5 election. "Tariffs are a crucial issue for Canada and a bold move was in order. Perhaps it was a risk, but a risk worth taking,” Daniel Béland, a political science professor at McGill University in Montreal. Trudeau had said before leaving from Friday that Trump was elected because he promised to bring down the cost of groceries but now was talking about adding 25% to the cost of all kinds of products, including potatoes from Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada. “It is important to understand that Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out. There’s no question about it,” Trudeau said. “Our responsibility is to point out that he would not just be harming Canadians, who work so well with the United States, but he would actually be raising prices for Americans citizens as well and hurting American industry and business,” he added. The threatened tariffs could essentially blow up the North American trade pact that Trump’s team negotiated during his first term. Trudeau noted they were able to successfully renegotiate the deal, which he calls a “win win” for both countries. When Trump imposed higher tariffs as president, other countries responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own. Canada, for instance, announced billions of new duties in 2018 against the U.S. in a response to new taxes on Canadian steel and aluminum. Canada is the top export destination for 36 U.S. states. Nearly $3.6 billion Canadian worth of goods and services cross the border each day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, and 85% of U.S. electricity imports are from Canada. Canada is also the largest foreign supplier of steel, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 critical minerals and metals that the Pentagon is eager for and investing in for national security. Canada is one of the most trade-dependent countries in the world, and 77% of Canada’s exports go to the U.S. ___ Gillies reported from Toronto. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Andrej Stojakovic made 11 free throws to help craft a team-high 20 points, freshman Jeremiah Wilkinson had his second consecutive big game off the bench and Cal ran its winning streak to three with an 83-77 nonconference victory over Sacramento State on Sunday afternoon in Berkeley, Calif. Wilkinson finished with 16 points and Rytis Petraitis 13 for the Golden Bears (5-1), whose only loss this season was at Vanderbilt. Jacob Holt went for a season-high 25 points for the Hornets (1-4), who dropped their fourth straight after a season-opening win over Cal State Maritime. Seeking a fourth straight home win, Cal led by as many as 12 points in the first half and 40-33 at halftime before Sacramento State rallied. The Hornets used a 14-5 burst out of the gate following the intermission to grab a 47-45 lead. Julian Vaughns had a 3-pointer and three-point play in the run. But Cal dominated pretty much the rest of the game, taking the lead for good on a Petraitis 3-pointer with 14:50 remaining. Stojakovic, a transfer from rival Stanford, went 11-for-15 at the foul line en route to his third 20-point game of the young season. Cal outscored Sacramento State 26-17 on free throws to more than account for the margin of victory. Coming off a 23-point explosion in his first extended action of the season, Wilkinson hit five of his 10 shots Sunday. The Golden Bears outshot the Hornets 47.2 percent to 43.1 percent. Joshua Ola-Joseph contributed 10 points and six rebounds, Mady Sissoko also had 10 points and Petraitis found time for a team-high five assists. Holt complemented his 25 points with a game-high eight rebounds. He made four 3-pointers, as did Vaughns en route to 18 points, helping Sacramento State outscore Cal 30-21 from beyond the arc. EJ Neal added 16 points for the Hornets, while Emil Skytta tied for game-high assist honors with five to go with seven points. --Field Level MediaAbu Dhabi’s Technology Innovation Institute opent de Open-Source AI Summit met kritieke besprekingen over de toekomst van AI
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A fight broke out at midfield after Michigan stunned No. 2 Ohio State 13-10 on Saturday as Wolverines players attempted to plant their flag and were met by Buckeyes who confronted them. Police had to use pepper spray to break up the players, who threw punches and shoves in the melee that overshadowed the rivalry game. Ohio State police said in a statement “multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray.” Ohio State police will investigate the fight, according to the statement. After the Ohio State players confronted their bitter rivals at midfield, defensive end Jack Sawyer grabbed the top of the Wolverines' flag and ripped it off the pole as the brawl moved toward the Michigan bench. Eventually, police officers rushed into the ugly scene. Ohio State coach Ryan Day said he understood the actions of his players. “There are some prideful guys on our team who weren't going to sit back and let that happen,” Day said. The two Ohio State players made available after the game brushed off questions about it. Michigan running back Kalel Mullings, who rushed for 116 yards and a touchdown, didn't like how the Buckeyes players involved themselves in the Wolverines' postgame celebration. He called it “classless.” “For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game," he said in an on-field interview with Fox Sports. “It’s just bad for the sport, bad for college football. But at the end of the day, you know some people got to — they got to learn how to lose, man. ... We had 60 minutes, we had four quarters, to do all that fighting.” Michigan coach Sherrone Moore said everybody needs to do better. “So much emotions on both sides," he said. "Rivalry games get heated, especially this one. It’s the biggest one in the country, so we got to handle that better.” Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballORLANDO, Fla. — UCF coach Gus Malzahn is resigning after four seasons with the school. ESPN’s Pete Thamel was the first to report the move, which will see Malzahn to leave to take the offensive coordinator job at Florida State. Malzahn previously worked with FSU coach Mike Norvell during their time at Tulsa under then-coach Todd Graham from 2007-08. The Knights ended a disappointing 4-8 season in which they lost eight of their last nine games, the longest losing streak since 2015. Malzahn, 59, was in the fourth year of a contract through 2028. His buyout, it is reported, would have been $13.75 million. He finished 27-25 at UCF but lost 16 of his last 22 games and was a dismal 4-14 in two seasons in the Big 12. After back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2021-22, the Knights went 6-7 in 2023 and 4-8 in 2024. This season started with high expectations as Malzahn made sweeping changes to the program. He retooled the strength and conditioning department and hired Ted Roof and Tim Harris Jr. as defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively. He also added nearly 50 new players to the roster, leaning heavily on the transfer market. UCF started by winning its first three games against New Hampshire, Sam Houston and a thrilling comeback at TCU, but offensive struggles saw the Knights tumble through a TBD-game losing streak to finish the season. Terry Mohajir hired Malzahn on Feb. 15, 2021, six days after he was hired to replace Danny White. The move came eight weeks after Malzahn had been fired at Auburn after eight seasons of coaching the Tigers. The two briefly worked together at Arkansas State in 2012 before Malzahn left for the Auburn job. “When he [Mohajir] offered the job, I was like, ‘I’m in.’ There wasn’t thinking about or talking about ...,” Malzahn said during his introductory press conference. “This will be one of the best programs in college football in a short time. This is a job that I plan on being here and building it.” UCF opened the 2021 season with non-conference wins over Boise State and Bethune-Cookman before traveling to Louisville on Sept. 17, where quarterback Dillon Gabriel suffered a fractured collarbone in the final minute of a 42-35 loss. Backup Mikey Keene would finish out the season as Gabriel announced his intention to transfer. The Knights would finish the season on the plus side by accepting a bid to join the Big 12 Conference in September and then by defeating Florida 29-17 in the Gasparilla Bowl. Malzahn struck transfer portal gold in the offseason when he signed former Ole Miss quarterback John Rhys Plumlee. Plumlee, a two-sport star with the Rebels, helped guide UCF to the American Athletic Conference Championship in its final season. However, Plumlee’s injury forced the Knights to go with Keene and freshman Thomas Castellanos. The team finished with losses to Tulane in the conference championship and Duke in the Military Bowl. Plumlee would return in 2023 as UCF transitioned to the Big 12 but would go down with a knee injury in the final minute of the Knights’ 18-16 win at Boise State on Sept. 9. He would miss the next four games as backup Timmy McClain took over the team. Even on his return, Plumlee couldn’t help UCF, on a five-game losing streak to open conference play. The Knights got their first Big 12 win at Cincinnati on Nov. 4 and upset No. 15 Oklahoma State the following week, but the team still needed a win over Houston in the regular-season finale to secure a bowl bid for the eighth straight season. From the moment Malzahn stepped on campus, he prioritized recruiting, particularly in Central Florida. “We’re going to recruit like our hair’s on fire,” Malzahn said at the time. “We’re going to go after the best players in America and we’re not backing down to anybody.” From 2007 to 2020, UCF signed 10 four-star high school and junior college prospects. Eight four-star prospects were in the three recruiting classes signed under Malzahn. The 2024 recruiting class earned a composite ranking of 39 from 247Sports, the highest-ranked class in school history. The 2025 recruiting class is ranked No. 41 and has commitments from three four-star prospects. Malzahn has always leaned on the transfer market, signing 60 players over the past three seasons. Some have paid huge dividends, such as Javon Baker, Lee Hunter, Kobe Hudson, Tylan Grable, Bula Schmidt, Amari Kight, Marcellus Marshall, Trent Whittemore, Gage King, Ethan Barr, Deshawn Pace and Plumlee. Others haven’t been as successful, such as quarterback KJ Jefferson, who started the first five games of this season before being benched for poor performance. Jefferson’s struggles forced the Knights to play musical chairs at quarterback, with true freshman EJ Colson, redshirt sophomore Jacurri Brown and redshirt freshman Dylan Rizk all seeing action at one point or another this season. This season’s struggles led to several players utilizing the NCAA’s redshirt rule after four games, including starting slot receiver Xavier Townsend and kicker Colton Boomer, who have also entered the transfer portal. Defensive end Kaven Call posted a letter to Malzahn on Twitter in which he accused the UCF coaching staff of recently kicking him off the team when he requested to be redshirted.
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Robyn Brown changed the Sister Wives family forever when she married Kody Brown in 2010. In the eyes of many of the show’s fans, Robyn is partly – or even mostly – to blame for the collapse of the larger Brown family. Her arrival caused Kody to pull away from his other wives and put her needs and wants above those of Meri Brown, Janelle Brown, and Christine Brown, eventually leading to the end of those marriages. But even though Kody’s relationship with Robyn exposed and deepened cracks in his other marriages, it also brought some good to the Brown family. Both Kody and Janelle say that Robyn helped improve the way everyone in the plural family communicated with each other. Kody Brown said things were ‘far from ideal’ in the Brown family before he wed Robyn Kody opened up about his decision to marry Robyn in the Brown family’s 2012 book, Becoming Sister Wives. When Kody and Robyn’s relationship began, things were “far from ideal” in the Brown family, he admitted. Although the family had entered a “comfortable groove” after years of strife, there were lingering unresolved issues. Kody’s marriage to Meri was at a low point, and there was ongoing tension between Meri, Christine, and Janelle. Though Kody had fallen hard for Robyn, adding a fourth wife seemed like a bad idea. “Some of us had become aggressive, some of us had buried our feelings, and we weren’t emotionally healthy enough to have another wife come into the family,” Kody wrote. Still, Kody, Meri, Janelle, and Christine all felt that Robyn was meant to be part of their family, so they eventually went forward with the wedding. Robyn Brown helped Kody Brown ‘start dealing with things I’d avoided’ When Robyn wed Kody , she entered a complicated family situation. Though her sister wives had been welcoming prior to the wedding, integrating her into the family was difficult. All three admitted to being standoffish and cold to Kody’s newest spouse. “Where I had expected openness and acceptance, I found walls,” Robyn said of her early days in the Brown family. Gradually, Robyn was able to break down those walls thanks to her willingness to talk about difficult issues, which Kody grew to appreciate. “When Robyn came into the family, she brought about an emotional honesty that required me to start dealing with things I’d avoided,” Kody recalled in Becoming Sister Wives. Janelle Brown says Robyn taught the ‘Sister Wives’ family how to argue Robyn’s sister wives also recognized that she brought a breath of fresh air to their troubled family dynamic. Christine described her as “emotionally and spiritually intelligent.” And Janelle said she helped the family stop having frustrating and circular arguments that didn’t go anywhere. “The most important thing Robyn has taught us is how to argue in a more effective and polite manner,” she wrote. “Before Robyn came into the family, our arguments would often end unresolved with raised voices and slammed doors. Frequently, we were all worse off after a family discussion than before,” Janelle added. Eventually, Robyn started to take on a leadership role in family discussions. “She keeps a cool head and navigates us through difficult waters ... Thanks to Robyn, we are able to avoid bruised feelings and the long periods of unhappiness that used to follow our family talks,” Janelle said. For Robyn, being a voice of calm and reason was important, especially given her troubled first marriage. “I tried to suggest that there was a more constructive way of arguing – a safer, calmer way,” she said of her reaction to witnessing some of the Brown family’s brutal fights. Eventually, I showed them through example how to talk things out reasonably.” For more on the entertainment world and exclusive interviews, subscribe to Showbiz Cheat Sheet’s YouTube channel .
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