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Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars

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Football Improves to 3-0 With Win Over Langston

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros football team won their third-straight game by beating the Langston Lions 80-0 on Saturday at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium in front of a sellout crowd of 12,552.
The Vaqueros (3-0) are the third brand new FCS program to start 3-0 in their inaugural season since 2008, joining Kennesaw State (2015) and South Alabama (2009).
Senior Sharyland Pioneer alum Eddie Lee Marburger played most of the first half, going 12-for-19 for 206 yards, including three touchdowns. Sophomore Xayvion Noland caught two of those touchdowns while gaining 151 yards on five completions.
Marburger found Noland twice on the Vaqueros’ first drive, pitching forward to Noland on first down for 30 yards, and one play later, completing a 42-yard pass to the right that led to the game’s first touchdown.
With under two minutes remaining in the first quarter, the Vaqueros lined up to punt on fourth down but snapped to freshman Tyler Day who ran 70 yards for the touchdown to put the Vaqueros up 14-0.
On the Lions’ (0-3) next drive, senior Elijah Graham recorded the first interception in program history and then raced 26 yards into the end zone for the touchdown, making the score 21-0. Graham finished the night with four tackles, two solo, and two interceptions.
Sophomore Brysen Gardner split the uprights with a field goal on the opening drive of the second quarter to put the Vaqueros up 24-0.
On the third play of the Vaqueros’ next drive, Marburger sent a deep pass down the left side to freshman Tony Diaz who scored on a 35-yard catch to give the Vaqueros a 31-0 lead.
After forcing a three and out, the Vaqueros put together a six-play, 58-yard drive capped by a 14-yard touchdown run by freshman TJ Dement to make the score 38-0.
Less than two minutes before halftime, Marburger sent a long pass to Noland down the right side. Noland caught the ball at the 27, spun past his defender, and then cut across the field before running into the left corner of the end zone for the touchdown, making the score 45-0.
On the fourth play of the Lions’ next drive, Graham came up with an interception and freshman San Benito alum Fabian Garcia immediately followed with a 21-yard rushing touchdown to give the Vaqueros a 52-0 halftime lead.
Freshman Aidan Jakobsohn opened the third quarter with an 8-yard touchdown pass to freshman Cameron Glenn on the fourth play of the first drive. On the Vaqueros’ next drive, junior Djouvensky Schlenbaker notched a 63-yard rushing touchdown to make the score 66-0.
Jakobsohn added a 15-yard touchdown pass to graduate student Javien Cuff in the middle of the quarter to put the Vaqueros up 73-0.
Jakobsohn finished 4-for-5 for 65 yards and two touchdowns while playing the end of the second and most of the third quarter.
Freshman Broderick Taylor opened the fourth quarter with three-straight rushes, the last of which was a 33-yard touchdown to put the Vaqueros up 80-0.
Redshirt freshman Brennan Carroll ran for 134 yards on seven carries with a long of 75 yards. Redshirt freshmen Jaiden Haygood and Jackson Waid led UTRGV with five tackles each.
UTRGV hosts Texas Wesleyan on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium.
A limited number of individual tickets go on sale Friday at 8 a.m. at UTRGVTickets.com.
The action starts with KRGV’s Vaqueros Game Day at 10 a.m. in Schlotzsky’s Vaquero Village at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. Tailgating at Vackar Stadium begins at 2 p.m. The Vaqueros Walk is at 4:45 p.m. in the H-E-B Tailgate Zone followed by a pep rally in the amphitheater. Fans do not need a game ticket to access Vaqueros Game Day or the tailgating areas.
Gates to Vackar Stadium open at 5:30 p.m.
Fans can learn more about game day, including parking information, maps, and the clear bag policy, by visiting RallyTheValley.com.
Fans can watch online domestically on ESPN+ and internationally on Southland International.
Fans can listen in English locally on Ultra 90.1 FM, in Laredo on Pure Country 95.7 FM, and online via the Radio Para Mi app, and in Spanish locally on KYWW 1530 AM Puro Tejano and KGBT-FM 98.5 La Preferida and online via the Uforia app.
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Marlon Wayans ‘lost 20 lbs’ for ‘Scary Movie 6,’ teases ‘equal opportunity offenders’ (exclusive)

- Marlon Wayans explains why he slimmed down to play Shorty in Scary Movie 6.
- The comedian and Him star teases they’re planning to bring back more Scary Movie alums besides Regina Hall and Anna Faris.
- Wayans says Scary Movie 6 will have “equal opportunity offenders,” saying, “Even sensitive people need to laugh at themselves.”
Marlon Wayans is getting back into Shorty shape.
After bulking up to play a professional footballer in horror movie Him (in theaters next week), Wayans teases his return for Scary Movie 6, the sequel to the horror-parody franchise. Part of that involves slimming down to portray his beloved character, Shorty.
“Physically, I like to endure some kind of crazy regimen,” Wayans tells Entertainment Weekly during a conversation about Him. “Even right now, it’s Scary Movie. I just lost 20 lbs busting my behind every day ’cause I didn’t wanna show up to set as Shorty buff at 225. That’d be lazy of me. I wanna do the work, I wanna look like Shorty. So when I’m able to [in his Shorty voice] have fun and s—, people are able to laugh at me, son.”
Scary Movie 6 was announced in April 2024, 11 years after the release of the fifth installment. It marks the first time the Wayans brothers — Marlon, Shawn, and Keenan Ivory — are reuniting in 18 years to write an original script, which Paramount says will be “the restart of the franchise.”
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The Wayans and Rick Alvarez are writing and producing the sixth entry.
Wayans previously listed I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, Heretic, Longlegs, Get Out, Nope, and Sinners as horror movies ripe for parody. But he also shares a little bit with EW about how he’s now going to poke fun at these premises in the age of elevated horror, of which Him is a great example.
“I think you have to acknowledge how comedy has changed. Not just horror has changed, but films have changed, the audience has changed, the world has shifted,” he explains. “I think the way to do that is to make the generational gap part of the conversation. That’s how we constructed the movie so we could talk about it all. It’s a conversation with these funny characters, and they just so happen to be going through this. The more pressure you put on characters and the more horrific the situations, that’s when you really get to know the characters.”
Scary Movie alums Regina Hall and Anna Faris are coming back to play Brenda and Cindy alongside Wayans as Shorty. “We have plans to bring a few more back,” Wayans teases, but he declines to say more because “no deal’s been done.”
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He does, however, promise a Scary Movie 6 that will be “no holds barred and equal opportunity offenders.”
“It’s how we always do it,” he says. “We just want to make everybody laugh, and we don’t care if you’re sensitive. Even sensitive people need to laugh at themselves.”
“Just know that we’re not just laughing at you, you get the chance to laugh at others,” he continues. “When we did White Chicks, we made fun of everybody. We made fun of Black people, we made fun of white people, we made fun of Hispanic people. That’s just what we do. We make fun of the world, make light of the world. It’s not to harm, it’s to bring humor. You may offend people here and there, but, hey, not every joke’s gonna land 100 percent, but if you tell a joke and 100 people laugh and one person walks out, that’s still a good joke.”
If 100 people walk out and only one person is laughing, “That’s a bad joke,” he adds. “That’s not to say that there’s not something in that joke ’cause this guy’s laughing now. We want to make the majority of people laugh and have a good time. I think this film that we’re working on is gonna be a great conversation piece, that we can all sit down and laugh together, over three generations of people who haven’t had great comedy in a long time.”
Scary Movie 6 is currently slated to be released in theaters on June 12, 2026.
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Terence Crawford shooting details: The story of boxer’s 2008 near-death experience that ‘changed my life’

Terence Crawford shooting details: The story of boxer’s 2008 near-death experience that ‘changed my life’ originally appeared on The Sporting News
Terence “Bud’ Crawford has risen to fame as one of the world’s most successful boxers, but he might tell you he is just fortunate to be alive.
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Just months after making his professional boxing debut, Crawford survived a shooting that could have easily ended his life and career in their early stages.
Years later, Crawford credits that harrowing moment with turning his life around and convincing him to follow a better path. His success in the ring since that night speaks for itself.
Here’s what you need to know about Crawford’s shooting and how he miraculously survived.
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Terence Crawford shooting details
Crawford was shot just below the ear while in the driver’s seat of his car in Omaha in 2008, not long before his 21st birthday. He had been shooting dice before the incident and was counting his money when the shot rang out. The bullet ricocheted off Crawford’s skull, according to CNN, and missed his brain by inches or less.
Despite bleeding profusely, Crawford was able to drive himself to the hospital and survive. He was fortunate enough to only need stitches, avoiding serious damage to his skull or brain. Crawford returned to the ring just two months later, defeating Michael Williams for his fifth professional win.
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Crawford credits the shooting with changing the direction of his life.
“When I got shot, it changed my life tremendously and put me on the right path,” Crawford told CNN in 2019. “And that’s when everything started happening there for me with boxing and my family and just everything. My life just took a big turn and started going uphill.”
Despite making changes to his life, Crawford didn’t give up boxing. He instead became more focused on his craft.
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“You’ve got to change your life, you’ve got to change the people that you hang out with, you’ve got to change your surroundings, you’ve got to change your train of thought,” Crawford said he told himself. “And I put all my time and my effort into the sport of boxing.”
Consider that effort a success as he has held world championships in four different weight classes.
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Who shot Terence Crawford?
No details are known about the identity of the gunman who shot Crawford, as he presumably fled the scene. In 2025, Crawford offered an ominous update on the shooter.
“The shooter is dead,” Crawford told World Boxing News. “He got shot in the head.”
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Terence Crawford boxing record
Crawford is a perfect 41-0 as a professional boxer, with 31 wins by knockout and 10 by decision. He competed in his first professional fight in 2008 and has fought high-profile boxers such as Errol Spence Jr. and Shawn Porter in recent years.
A 42nd win would not only keep Crawford’s record perfect, but it would be a major boost to his already impressive legacy.
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