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November 14, 2022 - BY Admin

‘Humble-pied’: Mike McCarthy stands by OT gamble, but Cowboys' loss to Packers sends glaring message about postseason viability

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Micah Parsons called his teammates' performance, or lack thereof, “disgusting.” Dallas Cowboys team owner Jerry Jones referenced the “frustration” six times in a span of 4 minutes and 2 seconds. Quarterback Dak Prescott sat on the stool of his visitor’s locker with his head down and his stare vacant. And head coach Mike McCarthy — in his third year at the Cowboys' helm, returning to the home where he spent 13 years in charge — declined to further elaborate on nostalgia. “I’m not trying to be rude,” McCarthy said after a 31-28 overtime loss to the Green Bay Packers. “I am humble-pied out.” The Cowboys fell short in two meaningful realms Sunday. They failed to secure a victory for McCarthy to help overwrite memories of a brutal 2018 midseason dismissal, and they failed to show the NFL that maybe, just maybe, for the first time in more than two decades they’re enough of a complete and disciplined squad to threaten in the postseason. At 6-3 and third place in the NFC East, the Cowboys still hold a 95% chance to make the playoffs, per FiveThirtyEight's playoff predictor model. But Sunday’s loss raised major questions about whether they would likely advance. The Cowboys were confident when they tied the game just before halftime and confident when they leapt to a 14-point lead in the third quarter. Even as the Packers whittled away at that edge — and ultimately tied the game with 2:33 to play in regulation — the Cowboys believed their balanced offensive attack and dominant pass rush could endure the Packers’ surge. In overtime, Tony Pollard bit off a pair of 7-yard runs. Prescott and CeeDee Lamb connected on a crosser route similar to the play they’d botched on Prescott’s second interception in the second quarter. And then the Cowboys’ system went awry. Rodgers downplayed the victory against his former coach, fake-checking the box score as he asserted, “I don’t think Mike suited up.” Even so, in establishing a dangerous connection with a young receiver and snapping the five-game skid, Rodgers said there were “a lot of demons that were exorcized today.” He didn’t just silence internal doubts after rebounding from a one-touchdown, three-interception loss against the Detroit Lions to a three-touchdown, no-interception win against the Cowboys. “The little voice in your head that tries to knock you off that confident perch that you’re on?” Rodgers said. “I knocked that voice back into hell and had a good performance today.”

Daniel Weinman wins World Series of Poker, earns $12.1 million

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Daniel Weinman wins record-breaking $12.1M prize in World Series of Poker


Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.


Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.