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  • Coach tells Oklahoma St. to ‘look in the mirror’ before K-State clash

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    Oklahoma State coach Steve Lutz has been preaching defense all season, and the Cowboys finally seemed to have listened last week when they held UCF and Iowa State below their season averages.

    That all went out the window in a 94-79 loss to Baylor Tuesday.

    Oklahoma State (13-4, 1-3 Big 12) will try to get back on track Saturday when it hosts Kansas State (9-8, 0-4) in Stillwater, Okla.

    The loss to Baylor left the Cowboys, who had high hopes during nonconference play, behind the 8-ball in the Big 12 race.

    ‘At the end of the day, if you allow someone to come on your floor and score 94 points, you better look in the mirror,’ Lutz said.

    The Cowboys gave up 57 points in the first half and trailed by 18. They cut it to 10 in the second half, but could not get within striking distance of the Bears.

    ‘You can’t play the game of basketball, especially in the No. 1 league in the country, like it is an AAU game,’ Lutz said. ‘You have to play with intent. We did that a little better in the second half.

    ‘In college basketball, you can’t start winning until you stop losing. You can’t do things that make you lose. Not defending the 3 makes you lose. Turning the ball over eight times in the first half makes you lose. Getting offensive rebounds and not making them pay. Those are losing qualities. You have to flip that.’

    Anthony Roy continues to lead the Cowboys in scoring with 17.6 points, along with 4.2 rebounds per game. Parsa Fallah is scoring 15.1 and pulling down a team-high 6.5 rebounds.

    The Wildcats are coming off an 82-73 loss to UCF that kept them winless in the conference.

    ‘This calling of coaching is not for the faint of heart, especially in this league,’ Kansas State coach Jerome Tang said. ‘In the first eight minutes, we had eight turnovers and a couple of shots that might as well have been turnovers and they were able to get out in transition. When you dig yourself a hole, it is just hard.’

    P.J. Haggerty leads the Wildcats with 22.9 points and 4.6 assists per game.

    Abdi Bashir Jr., a 44.3% 3-point shooter, had 12 points against UCF on 4-of-13 shooting from distance. His aim has been hot and cold this month, following an 0-for-5 performance at No. 1 Arizona with a 6-for-12 day behind the arc when Kansas State faced Arizona State three days later.

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  • Top 25 roundup: SMU halts No. 12 UNC’s 7-game win streak

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    No. 1 Arizona 97, Utah 78Jaden Bradley scored 18 points and Koa Peat added 17 to lead the unbeaten Wildcats over the Utes in the teams’ Big 12 opener in Salt Lake City.Tobe Akawa tallied 18 points and 12 rebounds off the bench to help Arizona (14-0) win its ninth straight game by double figures. Brayden Burries chipped in 17 points and a career-high 11 rebounds while Ivan Kharchenkov added 13 points. The Wildcats shot 53.6% from the floor and went 7 of 18 from 3-point range.Terrence Brown led Utah (8-6) with 26 points and six assists. Keanu Dawes added 15 points and nine rebounds for the Utes while Don McHenry chipped in 15 points as the Utes lost at home for just the second time this season.

    No. 5 Purdue 89, Wisconsin 73

    Braden Smith shattered the Big Ten’s career assists record and the Boilermakers shattered the Badgers’ will with an extended second-half spree to earn a Big Ten victory in Madison, Wis.

    Smith, who needed nine helpers to tie the 890 assists handed out by Michigan State’s Cassius Winston from 2017-20, finished with 14 points and 12 assists to lead the Boilermakers’ balanced attack. Fletcher Loyer led Purdue (13-1, 3-0 Big Ten) with 20 points while C.J. Cox posted 14 points and Oscar Cluff notched 12 points and 11 rebounds.

    Wisconsin (9-5, 1-2), which tried to become the first team to beat Purdue three times in a row since Smith and Loyer joined the program in the summer of 2022, was paced by Nick Boyd’s 24 points. Nolan Winter added 18 points and 10 rebounds, but the Badgers finished 4 of 25 (16%) on 3-point attempts.

    No. 6 Duke 91, Florida State 87

    Isaiah Evans made six 3-pointers and poured in a career-high 28 points to help the Blue Devils come away with a win over the upset-minded Seminoles in Tallahassee, Fla.

    Evans scored 18 of his points in the second half and was 6-of-14 from 3-point range to become the first Duke player besides Cameron Boozer to lead the team in scoring since Nov. 21 vs. Niagara. Boozer still made his presence felt with 17 points, a career-high nine assists and five rebounds for the Blue Devils (13-1, 2-0 ACC).

    Chauncey Wiggins tied his career high with 22 points for Florida State (7-8, 0-2), making 4 of 5 shots from outside the arc. Robert McCray V added 22 points and made 3 of 4 threes with five assists. Kobe MaGee added 17 points, hitting four 3s.No. 8 Houston 67, Cincinnati 60

    Kingston Flemings scored 19 points and Milos Uzan added 16 of his 18 points in the second half, lifting the Cougars to a victory over host Cincinnati in the Big 12 opener for both teams.

    Uzan sank 4 of 7 shots from 3-point range and Flemings added six assists and five steals. The Cougars (13-1) have won seven in a row overall and extended the nation’s longest active road winning streak to 15 despite a tough outing by leading scorer Emanuel Sharp, who missed all nine of his shots and scored two points.

    Cincinnati’s Day Day Thomas highlighted his 15-point performance by scoring his team’s last 12 points of the first half. Moustapha Thiam scored 13 points and Baba Miller added 11 for the Bearcats (8-6).

    No. 10 BYU 83, Kansas State 73

    AJ Dybantsa scored 24 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had three steals to lead No. 10 the Cougars to a win over the Wildcats in Manhattan, Kan., in the Big 12 Conference opener for both teams.

    Robert Wright III added 18 points, Richie Saunders pitched in 13 points and Keba Keita had a double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds for BYU (13-1), winners of 10 straight games.

    PJ Haggerty led Kansas State (9-5) with 24 points. Abdi Bashir Jr. scored 16 points, David Castillo chipped in 13 points off the bench and Khamari McGriff added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Wildcats, who had a four-game winning streak snapped.

    No. 11 Vanderbilt 83, South Carolina 71

    Tyler Tanner scored 19 points and tied a single-game school record with 14 assists as the Commodores knocked off the Gamecocks in Columbia, S.C.

    With two of Vanderbilt’s three primary ball-handlers out (Duke Miles and Frankie Collins), Tanner logged 37 minutes and turned the ball over just once in the SEC opener for both teams. AK Okereke added a season-high 17 points for the Commodores (14-0), Tyler Nickel scored 16, Devin McGlockton notched 15 and Jalen Washington added 10. Vanderbilt shot 51% from the field, 43% from 3-point range and 83% from the foul line.

    South Carolina (9-5) shot just 25% from 3-point range while being out-rebounded, 37-25. Elijah Strong led the Gamecocks in scoring with 17. South Carolina’s leading scorer, Meechie Johnson with 14.0 points per game coming in, had just nine on 2-of-9 shooting.

    No. 14 Alabama 89, Kentucky 74Aden Holloway made six 3-pointers and tied his career high of 26 points to lead the Crimson Tide to a solid win over the Wildcats in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams at Tuscaloosa, Ala.Labaron Philon Jr. returned from a one-game absence due to a leg injury to register 17 points and three steals for Alabama (11-3). Houston Mallette drained four 3-pointers while scoring 14 points, Amari Allen had 11 points and nine rebounds and Noah Williamson added 10 points.Otega Oweh recorded 22 points and eight rebounds and Jaland Lowe added a season-best 21 points for Kentucky (9-5), which fell to 1-5 against ranked foes this season.

    No. 15 Texas Tech 102, Oklahoma State 80While there was plenty of offense, the Red Raiders’ defense was what turned the tide in a triumph over the Cowboys as the teams opened the Big 12 Conference season in Lubbock, Texas.Balanced scoring and 21 assists on 37 made shots were keys for Texas Tech (11-3) and J.T. Toppin helped his team control the backboards 48-36. All five Red Raider starters finished in double figures, with Toppin leading the way with 23 points and 14 rebounds. Christian Anderson logged a double-double with 19 points and a career-best 13 assists and LeJuan Watts also scored 19 and grabbed nine boards.Anthony Roy topped the Cowboys (12-2) with 22 points, and big man Parsa Fallah chimed in with 20.

    UCF 81, No. 17 Kansas 75

    Jordan Burks drained a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 42 seconds left, Riley Kugel converted a three-point play and the Knights opened Big 12 play with an upset of the Jayhawks in Orlando, Fla.

    After Burks broke a 72-all tie, the Jayhawks (10-4) — also playing their Big 12 opener — got three free throws from Tre White (14 points, 11 rebounds) to trim it to 76-75 with 16.2 seconds remaining. Kugel (19 points) iced it with a layup and was fouled on the play, making the free throw for the 11th straight win for the Knights (12-1), whose fans stormed the court after the second home victory over the Jayhawks in three seasons.

    The Knights’ Themus Fulks totaled 16 points, four rebounds and three assists. Burks scored 14 as UCF held a 38-30 edge in points in the paint. The Jayhawks welcomed the return of Darryn Peterson, who netted a career-high 26 points — all in the first half — in 23 minutes Melvin Council Jr. scored 20 points but it was not enough as Kansas lost for the first time in five games.No. 18 Arkansas 86, No. 19 Tennessee 75

    Darius Acuff Jr. scored a career-high 29 points, reserve Meleek Thomas added 18 points and the Razorbacks pulled away from the Volunteers for a win in Fayetteville, Ark., in the SEC opener for both schools.

    Reserve center Malique Ewin had 12 points, six rebounds and four of Arkansas’ 10 blocked shots. The Razorbacks (11-3), who had lost eight of the previous 10 in the series, had a big advantage at the free throw line, making 29 of 33 attempts. Arkansas has won six of their last seven games.

    Amari Evans had 16 points on 7-of-7 shooting, Ja’Kobi Gillespie scored 14 points and Nate Ament had 13 for Tennessee (10-4), which had a three-game winning streak broken.

    No. 20 Illinois 73, Penn State 65

    Kylan Boswell scored 18 points, and Keaton Wagler added 16 as the Fighting Illini secured a win over the Nittany Lions in Big Ten play in Philadelphia.David Mirkovic added 13 points and 10 rebounds and Andrej Stojakovic had 12 points for Illinois (11-3, 2-1) in a contest played at The Palestra, the famed facility that opened in 1927. The Illini never trailed while winning for the fifth time in six games. Backup Zvonimir Ivisic collected 10 rebounds and five blocked shots.Kayden Mingo recorded 16 points, five assists and four steals and Eli Rice added 11 points for Penn State (9-5, 0-3), which lost for the fourth time in five games. The Nittany Lions made just 34.8% of its attempts, including a shaky 8 of 38 from behind the arc.

    No. 21 Virginia 76, NC State 61

    Sam Lewis poured in 23 points and the Cavaliers never trailed in a win over the Wolfpack in Raleigh, N.C.

    Virginia (12-2, 1-1 ACC) led by as many as 27 to give first-year head coach Ryan Odom his first conference victory. Thijs De Ridder added 14 points, Malik Thomas posted 13 and reserve Devin Tillis provided 10. Lewis connected on five 3-pointers — the same as NC State’s total (5 of 20). He began the day averaging 8.8 points per game but had 15 by halftime, matching the Toledo transfer’s highest total of the season.

    Quadir Copeland’s 15 points led the Wolfpack (10-5, 1-1), who were looking to knock off a ranked team for the first time this season (now 0-3). Paul McNeil Jr. added 13 points and Alyn Breed had 12, but NC State shot just 36% (18 of 50) and were outrebounded 36-24.

    Missouri 76, No. 22 Florida 74

    Anthony Robinson II had 19 points, eight rebounds and five assists as the Tigers upset the Gators in Columbia, Mo., in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.

    Mark Mitchell scored 14 points and Jacob Crews added 13 for the Tigers (11-3). Trent Pierce added 10 points after missing the first 13 games with an injury. Jayden Stone proved he was fully recovered from his broken hand while scoring Missouri’s first eight points on two 3-point jumpers and a transition dunk in his first game since Nov. 20.

    Thomas Haugh led the Gators (9-5) with 24 points. Alex Condon had 14 points and six assists and Xaivian Lee added 11 points.

    No. 23 Georgia 104, Auburn 100Jeremiah Wilkinson scored a season-high 31 points, including a pair of 3-pointers in overtime, to help the Bulldogs outlast the Tigers in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams at Athens, Ga.

    The victory ended Georgia’s five-game losing streak to Auburn. The Bulldogs (13-1) posted their school-record seventh 100-point game. They also got a season-high 24 points from Marcus Millender, who had five 3-pointers. Somto Cyril added 15 points, six rebounds and five blocked shots.

    Auburn pulled off an improbable rally in the final second of regulation. Trailing 92-88, the Tigers’ Keyshawn Hall was fouled on a 3-point shot with 0.7 seconds remaining. Hall made the first two free throws, intentionally missed the third and Kevin Overton grabbed the rebound and scored to force overtime. Tahaad Pettiford scored 15 of his 25 points in the first half for Auburn (9-5) and Filip Jovic had his first double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

    No. 25 Iowa 74, UCLA 61

    Bennett Stirtz scored 27 points and the Hawkeyes rode a strong start to hold off the Bruins’ second-half rally in a win at Iowa City.

    The Hawkeyes (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) deluged the Bruins early, going on a 14-1 run midway through the first half for a double-digit-point advantage going into the break. Iowa’s advantage swelled to 18 by intermission and 21 the first few minutes after the break, but UCLA (10-4, 2-1) battled back with an 18-2 run. Iowa got 13 points from Alvaro Folgueiras, 11 from Isaia Howard and 10 from Tavion Banks.

    Donovan Dent fueled the comeback, scoring 20 of his team-high 25 points in the second half. He shot 10 of 16 from the floor and committed no turnovers in the final 20 minutes after going just 2 for 3 with three giveaways through the first 20 minutes. Tyler Bilodeau, the only other UCLA player to score in double figures, added 10 points.

    –Field Level Media

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  • Climate setbacks and steps forward from 2025

    There’s no mincing words: The list of climate records broken and the number of “unprecedented” extreme weather events this year goes on and on. Just in the past few months, at least 1,750 people died in monsoon flooding in Asia that a consortium of climate scientists attributed to human-caused global heating. Related video above: Solar and wind power increased faster than electricity demand in first half of 2025, report saysIn the U.S., investments in renewable, non-polluting energy were rolled back, and policy moves like the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and the Environmental Protection Agency’s reconsidering a key part of the federal government’s legal authority to regulate emissions.However, other nations have continued to make policy progress on prioritizing renewable energy and protecting the environment, and so have some scientists and groups on this side of the Atlantic.Here are a few of the highs and lows of humanity’s effect on our planet this year.The bad news firstGoal of keeping warming to 2.7 degrees no longer realisticHumans have failed to keep global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, long considered the goal following the original Paris climate agreement, according to UN Secretary General António Guterres. “Overshooting is now inevitable,” he said.Scientists widely consider the 2.7 degree goal the point at which climate change will begin hitting its most severe, irreversible damage.“We don’t want to see the Amazon as a savannah. But that is a real risk if we don’t change course and if we don’t make a dramatic decrease of emissions as soon as possible,” Guterres said ahead of the 2025 UN climate summit COP30, urging humanity to change course immediately. COP30 fails to make substantive progressUnfortunately, the outcomes from that UN summit did not live up to the secretary general’s hopes. This summit is an annual meeting where member countries measure their progress on addressing climate change and agree to legally binding goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.However, this final decision coming out of this year’s summit only included new voluntary initiatives to accelerate national climate action. According to commentary from the World Resources Institute, more than 80 countries advocated for a “global roadmap” to guide the transition away from fossil fuels, but negotiators didn’t include it in the final decision after they faced opposition from countries whose economies are built largely on oil and gas extraction and exports.World passes first climate ‘tipping point’This year, the world passed its first climate “tipping point,” meaning a threshold of irreversible change. Warming oceans have caused mass death in coral reefs, which are some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems. These reefs support a quarter of marine life and a billion people. Other tipping points, such as the devastation of the Amazon rainforest and melting ice sheets, are also approaching, scientists warn. Record-setting days of heat in major citiesThe world’s major cities now experience a quarter more very hot days every year on average than they did three decades ago, according to a September analysis by the International Institute for Environment and Development.“This isn’t a problem we can simply air-condition our way out of,” said Anna Walnycki, a principal researcher, in a press release. “Fixing it requires comprehensive changes to how neighbourhoods and individual buildings are designed, as well as bringing nature back into our cities in the form of trees and other plants.“Climate change is the new reality. Governments can’t keep their heads buried in the sand anymore.”Where positive action made a differenceGlobal renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time This year, expanding solar and wind power infrastructure led to record shifts away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. Wind and solar farms produced more electricity than coal plants for the first time, a massive shift for power generation worldwide.According to a report from climate think tank Ember, in the first six months of the year, renewable energy overtook the global demand for electricity. The world generated almost a third more solar power in the first half of the year than it did in the same period last year, meeting a whopping 83% of the global increase in demand for electricity.Solar installations were up 64% around the globe after the first half of the year, driven largely by China, whose solar installations more than doubled compared to last year. Solar installations rose in the U.S. by only 4%, however.Pennsylvania children see drop in asthma after a coal plant closedAfter a coking plant closed near Pittsburgh, the population living in the area saw an immediate 20.5% drop in weekly respiratory trips to the emergency room, according to a study published almost 10 years later. Even more encouraging was that over the immediate term, pediatric emergency department visits decreased by 41.2%, a trend that increased as the months went on. The region also saw lower hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide.Congestion toll drops emissions in NYC by 22%In January, New York City became the first in the country to put in place a toll on drivers in certain parts of the city during rush hours. The measure was intended to reduce traffic and improve health. During the first six months of the policy, NYC emissions dropped 22%. The city is using the revenue to fund mass transit, including the subway system.

    There’s no mincing words: The list of climate records broken and the number of “unprecedented” extreme weather events this year goes on and on. Just in the past few months, at least 1,750 people died in monsoon flooding in Asia that a consortium of climate scientists attributed to human-caused global heating.

    Related video above: Solar and wind power increased faster than electricity demand in first half of 2025, report says

    In the U.S., investments in renewable, non-polluting energy were rolled back, and policy moves like the Trump administration’s “Big Beautiful Bill” and the Environmental Protection Agency’s reconsidering a key part of the federal government’s legal authority to regulate emissions.

    However, other nations have continued to make policy progress on prioritizing renewable energy and protecting the environment, and so have some scientists and groups on this side of the Atlantic.

    Here are a few of the highs and lows of humanity’s effect on our planet this year.

    The bad news first

    Goal of keeping warming to 2.7 degrees no longer realistic

    Humans have failed to keep global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, long considered the goal following the original Paris climate agreement, according to UN Secretary General António Guterres. “Overshooting is now inevitable,” he said.

    Scientists widely consider the 2.7 degree goal the point at which climate change will begin hitting its most severe, irreversible damage.

    “We don’t want to see the Amazon as a savannah. But that is a real risk if we don’t change course and if we don’t make a dramatic decrease of emissions as soon as possible,” Guterres said ahead of the 2025 UN climate summit COP30, urging humanity to change course immediately.

    COP30 fails to make substantive progress

    Unfortunately, the outcomes from that UN summit did not live up to the secretary general’s hopes. This summit is an annual meeting where member countries measure their progress on addressing climate change and agree to legally binding goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

    However, this final decision coming out of this year’s summit only included new voluntary initiatives to accelerate national climate action. According to commentary from the World Resources Institute, more than 80 countries advocated for a “global roadmap” to guide the transition away from fossil fuels, but negotiators didn’t include it in the final decision after they faced opposition from countries whose economies are built largely on oil and gas extraction and exports.

    World passes first climate ‘tipping point’

    This year, the world passed its first climate “tipping point,” meaning a threshold of irreversible change. Warming oceans have caused mass death in coral reefs, which are some of the world’s most diverse ecosystems. These reefs support a quarter of marine life and a billion people.

    Other tipping points, such as the devastation of the Amazon rainforest and melting ice sheets, are also approaching, scientists warn.

    Record-setting days of heat in major cities

    The world’s major cities now experience a quarter more very hot days every year on average than they did three decades ago, according to a September analysis by the International Institute for Environment and Development.

    “This isn’t a problem we can simply air-condition our way out of,” said Anna Walnycki, a principal researcher, in a press release. “Fixing it requires comprehensive changes to how neighbourhoods and individual buildings are designed, as well as bringing nature back into our cities in the form of trees and other plants.

    “Climate change is the new reality. Governments can’t keep their heads buried in the sand anymore.”

    Where positive action made a difference

    Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

    This year, expanding solar and wind power infrastructure led to record shifts away from fossil fuels and toward renewables. Wind and solar farms produced more electricity than coal plants for the first time, a massive shift for power generation worldwide.

    According to a report from climate think tank Ember, in the first six months of the year, renewable energy overtook the global demand for electricity. The world generated almost a third more solar power in the first half of the year than it did in the same period last year, meeting a whopping 83% of the global increase in demand for electricity.

    Solar installations were up 64% around the globe after the first half of the year, driven largely by China, whose solar installations more than doubled compared to last year. Solar installations rose in the U.S. by only 4%, however.

    Pennsylvania children see drop in asthma after a coal plant closed

    After a coking plant closed near Pittsburgh, the population living in the area saw an immediate 20.5% drop in weekly respiratory trips to the emergency room, according to a study published almost 10 years later. Even more encouraging was that over the immediate term, pediatric emergency department visits decreased by 41.2%, a trend that increased as the months went on. The region also saw lower hospitalizations for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth-leading cause of death worldwide.

    Congestion toll drops emissions in NYC by 22%

    In January, New York City became the first in the country to put in place a toll on drivers in certain parts of the city during rush hours. The measure was intended to reduce traffic and improve health. During the first six months of the policy, NYC emissions dropped 22%. The city is using the revenue to fund mass transit, including the subway system.

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  • Purdy’s 3 TD passes lead 49ers to 37-24 win over Titans

    Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes and the San Francisco 49ers started the stretch run of their season with a 37-24 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.The 49ers (10-4) came back from a bye week and looked extremely sharp on offense against the overmatched Titans (2-12) by scoring on their first five possessions of a game for the first time since the 2021 season.Purdy threw two touchdown passes to Jauan Jennings, another to George Kittle and the Niners got a TD run from Christian McCaffrey as San Francisco converted its first seven tries on third down.Purdy finished 23 for 30 for 295 yards and the Niners won despite getting only 87 yards from scrimmage from McCaffrey.Rookie Cam Ward threw a touchdown pass to Gunnar Helm in the second quarter and another in the fourth to defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons. Ward finished with 170 yards passing as the Titans were unable to build on the momentum from a win over Cleveland last week and remained in a three-way tie for the worst record in the NFL. Tennessee hasn’t won back-to-back games since November 2022.The Titans blew a good opportunity late in the first half when Ward missed a wide-open Van Jefferson on a deep shot and then Joey Slye missed a 50-yard field goal on the final play of the half to keep San Francisco’s lead at 17-10.The Niners extended the lead to 14 points when Purdy connected with Jennings for the second time on the opening possession. Tennessee went three-and-out on its first two drives of the half and never had a chance at a comeback.Stat sheet stufferSimmons put together an impressive stat line in a losing effort.He recorded a strip sack against Purdy early in the fourth quarter and then caught a 1-yard TD pass on the ensuing possession for his second career touchdown reception.This marked just the sixth time since sacks became official in 1982 that a player had a sack, a forced fumble and a TD catch in the same game with J.J. Watt doing it twice in 2014 for Houston, with Mike Vrabel (2007), Jared Allen (2017) and Barry Krauss (1982) the others to do it.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    Brock Purdy threw three touchdown passes and the San Francisco 49ers started the stretch run of their season with a 37-24 victory over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.

    The 49ers (10-4) came back from a bye week and looked extremely sharp on offense against the overmatched Titans (2-12) by scoring on their first five possessions of a game for the first time since the 2021 season.

    Purdy threw two touchdown passes to Jauan Jennings, another to George Kittle and the Niners got a TD run from Christian McCaffrey as San Francisco converted its first seven tries on third down.

    Purdy finished 23 for 30 for 295 yards and the Niners won despite getting only 87 yards from scrimmage from McCaffrey.

    Rookie Cam Ward threw a touchdown pass to Gunnar Helm in the second quarter and another in the fourth to defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons. Ward finished with 170 yards passing as the Titans were unable to build on the momentum from a win over Cleveland last week and remained in a three-way tie for the worst record in the NFL. Tennessee hasn’t won back-to-back games since November 2022.

    The Titans blew a good opportunity late in the first half when Ward missed a wide-open Van Jefferson on a deep shot and then Joey Slye missed a 50-yard field goal on the final play of the half to keep San Francisco’s lead at 17-10.

    The Niners extended the lead to 14 points when Purdy connected with Jennings for the second time on the opening possession. Tennessee went three-and-out on its first two drives of the half and never had a chance at a comeback.

    Stat sheet stuffer

    Simmons put together an impressive stat line in a losing effort.

    He recorded a strip sack against Purdy early in the fourth quarter and then caught a 1-yard TD pass on the ensuing possession for his second career touchdown reception.

    This marked just the sixth time since sacks became official in 1982 that a player had a sack, a forced fumble and a TD catch in the same game with J.J. Watt doing it twice in 2014 for Houston, with Mike Vrabel (2007), Jared Allen (2017) and Barry Krauss (1982) the others to do it.

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  • Ruben Dominguez, Rashaun Agee help Texas A&M stomp Florida State

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    Ruben Dominguez splashed in seven 3-pointers to lead Texas A&M to a dominant 95-59 win over Florida State Friday in the Battle in the Bay in Tampa, Fla.

    Dominguez made 5 of 6 3-pointers in the first half and finished with a team-high 21 points, all of which came from outside the arc.

    The Aggies finished 15-of-34 from 3-point range (44.1%), their third straight game shooting 44% or better from the perimeter.

    USC transfer Rashaun Agee matched his career high with 17 rebounds to go with 17 points. Pop Isaacs hit three 3-pointers, finishing with 15 points.

    Agee set the tone for the Aggies (6-2) on the glass. They outrebounded Florida State 60-40.

    The Seminoles (5-2), who entered averaging 93.2 points per game, were held to 28.8% shooting from the floor and 22% from 3-point range (9 of 41). Kobe MaGee almost singlehandedly sparked the offense with 21 points, 18 of which came after halftime after a slow start.

    Kobe MaGee finished as the only Seminole in double figures. Martin Somerville was closest with nine. Lajae Jones, Florida State’s leading scorer entering the game, was held to three points on 1-of-8 shooting while point guard Robert McCray V had 11 assists but just two points.

    Friday’s game was a rout from the jump. The Aggies leapt ahead 11-0 just over two minutes into the game and led 19-3 less than five minutes in.

    Texas A&M hit six of its first seven 3-point shots, with Dominguez making four of those, and finished the first half 9-of-18 from 3-point range.

    After the Seminoles were able to keep the deficit around 16 points for an extended stretch, the Aggies closed the first half in a similarly strong fashion, going on a 16-4 run to take a 52-24 lead into the intermission.

    Agee nearly had his double-double at the half, amassing 10 points and nine rebounds over the first 20 minutes.

    Florida State finished the first half with as many made baskets as it had turnovers (nine). Cam Miles was the leading scorer at the half with five points, needing eight shots to get there.

    The Seminoles went on an 11-0 run to cut the deficit to 61-42 with 12:02 left, but the Aggies responded immediately with a 16-2 stretch and finished the game on a 10-2 run to grow its margin of victory.

    –Field Level Media

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  • Memphis Grizzlies send Sacramento Kings to 8th straight loss, 137-96

    Santi Aldama scored 29 points, Jock Landale added 21 and the Memphis Grizzlies built a big first-half lead and sent the Sacramento Kings to their eighth straight loss, 137-96 on Thursday night.Cedric Coward scored 19 points and Zach Edey finished with 16 points as Memphis snapped a five-game losing streak. Vince Williams had a career-best 15 assists, part of the Grizzlies setting a franchise record with 42 assists.Zach LaVine led the Kings with 26 points, connecting on 10 of 17 shots. Maxine Raynaud finished with 12 points. Russell Westbrook and Keegan Murray, making his season debut, scored 11 points each. Murray had been out of action since a left thumb injury in the preseason.The Kings have lost all eight in the skid by double digits. Four of the losses have come by at least 27 points. The 41-point setback Thursday was their largest of the season.Before the game, the Kings announced that an MRI revealed a partial meniscus tear in the left knee of starting center Domantas Sabonis. The team said he will be reevaluated in three to four weeks. He suffered the injury in Sunday’s loss at San Antonio.With Sabonis out of the middle, Memphis worked inside with Edey and Landale. The tandem missed only one of their 13 shots in the firsts half, Edey scoring 16 points, Landale adding 13. Memphis shot 54% in the first two quarters, and the Grizzlies scored their most points in a half this season for a 75-47 lead at intermission.The Grizzlies stretched the lead to 37 — 113-76 — entering the fourth.Up nextKings: Close out five-game trip at Denver on Saturday night.Grizzlies: At Dallas on Saturday night.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. —

    Santi Aldama scored 29 points, Jock Landale added 21 and the Memphis Grizzlies built a big first-half lead and sent the Sacramento Kings to their eighth straight loss, 137-96 on Thursday night.

    Cedric Coward scored 19 points and Zach Edey finished with 16 points as Memphis snapped a five-game losing streak. Vince Williams had a career-best 15 assists, part of the Grizzlies setting a franchise record with 42 assists.

    Zach LaVine led the Kings with 26 points, connecting on 10 of 17 shots. Maxine Raynaud finished with 12 points. Russell Westbrook and Keegan Murray, making his season debut, scored 11 points each. Murray had been out of action since a left thumb injury in the preseason.

    The Kings have lost all eight in the skid by double digits. Four of the losses have come by at least 27 points. The 41-point setback Thursday was their largest of the season.

    Before the game, the Kings announced that an MRI revealed a partial meniscus tear in the left knee of starting center Domantas Sabonis. The team said he will be reevaluated in three to four weeks. He suffered the injury in Sunday’s loss at San Antonio.

    With Sabonis out of the middle, Memphis worked inside with Edey and Landale. The tandem missed only one of their 13 shots in the firsts half, Edey scoring 16 points, Landale adding 13. Memphis shot 54% in the first two quarters, and the Grizzlies scored their most points in a half this season for a 75-47 lead at intermission.

    The Grizzlies stretched the lead to 37 — 113-76 — entering the fourth.

    Up next

    Kings: Close out five-game trip at Denver on Saturday night.

    Grizzlies: At Dallas on Saturday night.

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  • Bill Belichick wins first ACC game

    Bill Belichick wins first ACC game as North Carolina rallies to defeat Syracuse

    When you took this job, that there would be so much attention that you would bolster the profile of Carolina football this much. Uh, you know, I wasn’t really focused on that, uh, Brian. It was more just to come in and you know try to work with Michael Lombardi and our staff and try to put together *** good team and *** good program and represent the school well on the football field, and that’s really what we’re trying to do. So glad people are excited, but really just focused more on the product and delivering. Has it surprised you at all that that so many people want to hear about Bill Belichick at Carolina, so much interest you guys are going to Ireland. Yeah. Well, that’s *** long way off. We got *** full season ahead of us before that, but yeah, that’ll be exciting. But no, the sport’s been amazing. The alumni, Carolina fans, and great response from the players, the people there that are on the football staff and on the team, how hard they worked and their commitment to doing the best they can and try to put *** good team together. Can I ask you what motivates you to stay in coaching? You’ve accomplished probably more than anybody who’s ever picked up *** whistle, and now you’re you’re kind of starting over in college. What what are you trying to prove? What do you have left to prove and maybe to who do you have anything to prove? Yeah, I just love coaching. I love all the aspects of it. I love the team building. I love. The fundamentals working with players, strategy, game competition, and just the whole process. Football has been good to me. It’s been good to my family. I grew up in *** football family, with my dad and around Navy football and *** lot of great players and coaches. Interacted with the NFL, so, um, it’s just, it’s fun to be *** part of *** team. You mentioned your dad’s connection to UNC when when you got the job. Was, was UNC like *** sort of *** specific school that you would have come to or Pitt or Maryland or Oklahoma State had called, would you have entertained, you know, more options than just North Carolina? UNC special because of the brand. It’s *** great academic school. It’s *** great athletic tradition and the fact that there were some roots there for me early in my life that was coming full circles was *** good feeling. What surprised you the most, good or bad, about being the head coach at North Carolina? Um, I’ve just enjoyed the process, really enjoyed the people, uh, sport’s been great. It’s *** great opportunity, and I just appreciate every day at Carolina. You’ve you’ve turned your roster over through the transfer portal, including after spring ball. How difficult, you know, you’re only going to have *** couple of weeks of fall practice. How difficult will it be to build *** cohesive team, *** winning team with just *** couple of weeks to kind of pull all the pieces together. Well, it’s not dissimilar to the model that we had in the NFL where after the draft and free agency signing and all that, you bring in about *** third of your team is brand new and so we’ll be somewhere in that range when we start fall camp, but we’ll have *** couple of months with them here in the summer and we’ve had *** good spring with *** lot of these guys as well, so. It is what it is. I mean all schools have *** similar situation, maybe not quite the same numbers, but some degree of freshmen coming in and transfer portals, some more than others, but we’ll take it as it comes and excited to have the players that we have and work with them. I know you like to talk about you don’t want to set expectations. You just want to get better every day, but what does success look like for you at North Carolina? Get better every day, coming in and having *** good day, having *** productive day, and then rest, recovery. And do another one tomorrow and keep stacking them on top of each other. That’s how he achieves success is consistency and the discipline to do it repeatedly over and over. That that’s what we’re going to try to do. We’ll let the process play out, but it’s important that we develop *** good solid routine. How important was it that you get to work with people like Michael Lombardi, your sons? You have *** lot of, I guess people call Belichick guys around you as you embark on this on this adventure. Well, we have *** few, Brian, but we also have, you know, well over 200 years of NFL experience on the roster and various capacities from our chef to our nutritionist, strength training. Scouting operations and so forth. So it’s really important that we provide the student athletes with *** great experience and everything they need to be successful, and then if they put in the work and we do *** good job developing, then hopefully they can achieve their individual goals and collectively we can achieve our team goals. So that’s what we’re about. Two quick ones. You have *** quarterback, it looks like in Geo Lopez. How are you going to handle that quarterback battle when it comes to the fall and who do you think might even be in that competition? Yeah, well, the competition is always in the hands of the players. I can’t control performance, so we’ll give everybody an opportunity to let the players compete, and we’ll see how it all turns out. We’re excited to have *** competition, not only *** quarterback, but really at most every position on the field, and again it will be up to the players to perform and earn those spots. Everything will be earned and we’re not handed anything out. It’ll be competitive. The guys will get what they earn and they’re all competed hard, they’re working hard and so look forward to seeing what that brings. You’ve certainly got *** lot of attention here in the last couple of months. What’s it like to be with football guys talking football? I know you have some old friends in there, Bill O’Brien, Frank Reich. What’s it been like to be at these meetings and, and really getting into the season? Oh yeah, it’s been great, you know, it’s been great to, to talk about some of the things, you know, the ACC college football, uh, things that, you know, all of us are involved in, you know, it’s *** certainly *** new model here for college football, NIL, Revshare and other things that are being discussed with the House settlement that are sort of in the air, but they’re sort of coming together. Uh, so just everybody’s trying to figure it out and, um, you know, get ready for the season. Uh, um, how much are you talking in those meetings? Obviously, you know, you’re *** respected voice when it comes to football, but you know there are people who’ve been coaching college football *** lot longer, so are you speaking up or are you, uh, you sitting back and kind of taking it all in? Oh, I’m listening to people like that, but we’ve had *** lot of success and I’ve been doing it *** long time. Great. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. OK, thank you. OK.

    Bill Belichick wins first ACC game as North Carolina rallies to defeat Syracuse

    Updated: 12:08 AM EDT Nov 1, 2025

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    Demon June accounted for two touchdowns and nearly 200 yards on offense, Gio Lopez threw for two scores, and Bill Belichick won his first Atlantic Coast Conference game when North Carolina came from behind to defeat Syracuse 27-10 Friday night.The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Tar Heels (3-5, 1-3 ACC), while the Orange (3-6, 1-5) lost for the fifth consecutive time. North Carolina lost its previous two games by a combined four points.Video above: Bill Belichick speaks on his transition to college football at UNC-Chapel HillThe Tar Heels had not scored more than 20 points against an FBS team and trailed 10-6 when Lopez hit June for a short gain of 9 yards on the team’s first play of the second half. June then broke a tackle and scampered 63 yards down the right sideline for a 72-yard scoring play to give the Tar Heels a 13-10 lead they would never surrender. On the team’s next series, June ran it in from 5 yards out for a 20-10 margin. A 21-yard scoring strike from Lopez to Jordan Shipp gave the Tar Heels a 27-10 lead and 21 unanswered points.Lopez was 15-of-19 passing for 216 yards and two touchdowns. June had 101 yards on the ground and 81 yards on two receptions. Shipp had six catches for 64 yards.Syracuse walk-on Joe Filardi, a true freshman, started at quarterback for the Orange. He was 1 of 11 in the first half and didn’t complete his first pass until 6:12 remained in the half. He finished 4 of 18 for 39 yards. Filardi replaced struggling LSU transfer Rickie Collins, who had gone 0-4 as a starter in relief of Steve Angeli. Angeli, who directed the Orange to a 3-1 start, suffered a season-ending Achilles injury against Clemson.Syracuse hasn’t won since.Video below: Bill Belichick’s girlfriend announces second run for Miss Maine USAThe only touchdown in the first half came courtesy of the Syracuse defense. Devin Grant knocked the ball loose from Shamar Easter on a short completion from Lopez. Linebacker Anwar Sparrow scooped up the ball and ran 51 yards for the score with 4:38 to go in the first quarter, giving the Orange a 7-3 lead.Rece Verhoff had field goals of 24 and 43 yards while Tripp Woody had a 31-yarder for the Orange.Syracuse managed 12 first downs, generated 147 yards on offense, and averaged only 2.9 yards per play.The Tar Heels are showing some fight. After two tough losses, North Carolina dominated Syracuse in the second half, albeit against a walk-on quarterback, and could be turning things around.

    SYRACUSE, N.Y. —

    Demon June accounted for two touchdowns and nearly 200 yards on offense, Gio Lopez threw for two scores, and Bill Belichick won his first Atlantic Coast Conference game when North Carolina came from behind to defeat Syracuse 27-10 Friday night.

    The win snapped a four-game losing streak for the Tar Heels (3-5, 1-3 ACC), while the Orange (3-6, 1-5) lost for the fifth consecutive time. North Carolina lost its previous two games by a combined four points.

    Video above: Bill Belichick speaks on his transition to college football at UNC-Chapel Hill

    The Tar Heels had not scored more than 20 points against an FBS team and trailed 10-6 when Lopez hit June for a short gain of 9 yards on the team’s first play of the second half. June then broke a tackle and scampered 63 yards down the right sideline for a 72-yard scoring play to give the Tar Heels a 13-10 lead they would never surrender. On the team’s next series, June ran it in from 5 yards out for a 20-10 margin. A 21-yard scoring strike from Lopez to Jordan Shipp gave the Tar Heels a 27-10 lead and 21 unanswered points.

    Lopez was 15-of-19 passing for 216 yards and two touchdowns. June had 101 yards on the ground and 81 yards on two receptions. Shipp had six catches for 64 yards.

    Syracuse walk-on Joe Filardi, a true freshman, started at quarterback for the Orange. He was 1 of 11 in the first half and didn’t complete his first pass until 6:12 remained in the half. He finished 4 of 18 for 39 yards. Filardi replaced struggling LSU transfer Rickie Collins, who had gone 0-4 as a starter in relief of Steve Angeli. Angeli, who directed the Orange to a 3-1 start, suffered a season-ending Achilles injury against Clemson.

    Syracuse hasn’t won since.

    Video below: Bill Belichick’s girlfriend announces second run for Miss Maine USA

    The only touchdown in the first half came courtesy of the Syracuse defense. Devin Grant knocked the ball loose from Shamar Easter on a short completion from Lopez. Linebacker Anwar Sparrow scooped up the ball and ran 51 yards for the score with 4:38 to go in the first quarter, giving the Orange a 7-3 lead.

    Rece Verhoff had field goals of 24 and 43 yards while Tripp Woody had a 31-yarder for the Orange.

    Syracuse managed 12 first downs, generated 147 yards on offense, and averaged only 2.9 yards per play.

    The Tar Heels are showing some fight. After two tough losses, North Carolina dominated Syracuse in the second half, albeit against a walk-on quarterback, and could be turning things around.

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  • Are You Sure You Want an Ozempic Pill?

    Are You Sure You Want an Ozempic Pill?

    Within the first five seconds of a recent Ozempic commercial, a sky-blue injector pen tumbles toward the viewer, encircled by a big red O. Obesity drugs have become so closely associated with injections that the two are virtually synonymous. Like Ozempic, whose name is now a catchall term for obesity drugs, Wegovy and Zepbound come packaged in Sharpie-like injection pens that patients self-administer once a week. Patients “don’t come in asking for Wegovy,” Laura Davisson, a professor of medical weight management at West Virginia University, told me. “They come in asking for one of ‘those injectables.’”

    Needles are the present, but supposedly not the future. Nobody really likes injections, and taking a pill would be far easier. In the frenzy over obesity drugs, a class known as GLP-1 agonists, drugmakers have raced to create them in pill form, and Wall Street investors are hungry at the prospect. Earlier this year, Pfizer’s CEO, Albert Bourla, estimated that obesity pills could be worth $30 billion, or a third of the total obesity-drug market. Because people have a “preference” for pills, he said at a conference, they will be what ultimately “unlocks the market” for obesity medications. By one count, at least 32 oral GLP-1 drugs, from many different companies, are in the works.

    But a future dominated by obesity pills is hardly certain. So far, the only oral GLP-1 that exists is a pill for diabetes called Rybelsus. Like Ozempic and Wegovy, its active ingredient is a compound called semaglutide, but the shots come in far more powerful doses, making it possible to lose even more weight. Developing oral obesity drugs that are as tolerable and effective as their injectable counterparts has so far been a challenge. Earlier this month, Pfizer stopped testing one of its pill candidates, citing concerns about side effects and patient adherence. Even when pills do come to market, doctors told me, there’s no guarantee that people will flock to them.

    That drugmakers view the injectable nature of GLP-1s as one of their biggest flaws is no surprise. Getting a shot is a broadly despised experience, something people generally tolerate rather than choose. Children get stickers for enduring immunizations; adults who get vaccinated do so only because they must (and they are often rewarded with stickers too). The CDC estimates that one in four adults, and two out of three children, have strong fears about needles. “Some people hate needles, plain and simple,” Ted Kyle, an obesity-policy expert, told me.

    But not all needles are made equal. Wegovy and Zepbound are injected subcutaneously, or just under the skin. Relative to COVID or flu shots, which are jabbed into muscle, they don’t cause much discomfort. “I’ve been really surprised at how receptive my patients have been to using injectable medications,” Davisson said. Other doctors I spoke with agreed. “More patients than you would expect really don’t mind injectables,” because they’re easy and relatively painless to administer, Katherine Saunders, a clinical-medicine professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, told me.

    The unobtrusive dosing schedule of the injectables adds to their appeal. Wegovy and Zepbound are administered once weekly, unlike many of the pills in development, which are meant to be taken once or more daily. That can be a hassle, especially if they have to be taken at the same time every day, or if they come with restrictions on eating or drinking. “For some people, it’s easier to take an injection and forget about it for a week” than to remember to take a pill every day, Eduardo Grunvald, an obesity-medicine physician at UC San Diego Health, told me. Assuming pills are preferable to shots is a “knee-jerk reaction,” he added.

    Despite the unexpected upsides of the shots, they’re far from perfect. Making injectable pens is generally more expensive than pills and requires a lot of hardware, including the pen casing, cap, and needle cover. On top of that, the injectable obesity drugs must be refrigerated before they are first used, adding to storage and production costs. Pills are generally shelf-stable and don’t require much packaging beyond a child-proof bottle. Saunders predicts they would be less expensive and less prone to shortages that have plagued Wegovy.

    Still, creating an obesity pill isn’t as simple as packaging the same drugs in capsule form. Drugmakers have already run into a number of issues. Absorption is a big one: Because pills pass through the stomach before entering the bloodstream, they must be able to withstand a large degree of degradation. One way to get these drugs to lead to greater weight loss is to increase the dose. While the highest dose of Wegovy is 2.4 milligrams, Rybelsus maxes out at 14 milligrams.

    Hiking up the dose seems to work, though doing so could have consequences beyond weight loss. All GLP-1 drugs come with a range of unpleasant side effects involving the gastrointestinal system, and patients report nausea at similar rates in Rybelsus and Ozempic, according to the FDA. But this may differ in practice, as other doctors have noted. Saunders said that her patients on oral semaglutide report more nausea than those using injectables. Regardless, newer oral medications may have even more distinct differences, as drugmakers race to create more potent pills. In Pfizer’s discontinued trial of danuglipron, nausea rates reached up to 73 percent.

    Drugmakers also skirt the issue of degradation by pursuing sturdier drugs. The problem with semaglutide is that it’s a peptide—essentially a small protein—precisely the kind of molecule that the stomach excels at digesting. Some new drugs in the pipeline are so-called non-peptide small molecules, which are sturdier but still have the same biological effect. Orforglipron, a pill that Eli Lilly is testing, falls into this category, as does danuglipron, the drug responsible for Pfizer’s recent setbacks. Small-molecule drugs have the added benefit of being cheaper to produce at scale than peptides, Kyle, the obesity-policy expert, added.

    Another pesky problem with oral drugs is that they tend to come with strict dosing requirements. People on Rybelsus, for example, are instructed to take it 30 minutes before eating or drinking anything and can drink only four ounces of plain water along with it, because otherwise absorption could be compromised. “It can be a nuisance,” Grunvald said. Similarly bothersome instructions likely played a part in the drop-out rates reaching more than 50 percent in Pfizer’s recently discontinued trial: Danuglipron had to be taken twice daily. “A lot of people found it not worth the trouble,” Kyle said, noting that Pfizer is still pursuing a once-daily version of the same drug. A recent review of GLP-1 drugs showed that, compared with the injectable form, oral semaglutide is associated with lower rates of side-effect reporting but higher discontinuation rates, potentially reflecting its bothersome dosage requirements.

    Despite these hurdles, it seems inevitable that obesity-drug pills will eventually become available. Novo Nordisk is expected to file for FDA approval for its high-dose semaglutide obesity pill this year; Pfizer is forging ahead with a once-daily version of danuglipron, with more data expected “in the first half of 2024,” a spokesperson told me. A report from BMO Equity Research published in September predicted that oral formulations could be approved “by the late 2020s.” The biggest upside to pills may not be that they are pills but that they will, eventually, be cheaper than injectables—and cost is among the biggest impediments to more people taking obesity drugs.

    Whether they’ll replace injectables outright is far from certain. “It will come down to patient preference,” Grunvald said. Most likely, pills and injections will coexist to meet different needs, and perhaps even be used together to treat individual patients. In the so-called phased approach, obesity treatment could start with more expensive and powerful injectable drugs, then transition to less potent but cheaper orals for the long term. Eli Lilly, for one, sees its oral candidate, orforglipron, as a potential weight-loss-maintenance drug.

    There is so much competition in the obesity-drug space that future medications may take more unexpected forms. Amgen is studying a once-monthly injection; Novo Nordisk is developing a hydrogel form of semaglutide that would need to be taken only three times a year. If the future of obesity drugs will come down to what patients prefer, then the more options, the better.

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