CN Morning Rundown: ORU ‘Miracle’ Continues as Eagles Advance to Sweet 16

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‘The Miracle’ Continues as ORU Beats Florida to Move On in the NCAAs

The miracle continues for the Oral Roberts University basketball team.

Only two days after they beat Ohio State to win their first NCAA men’s basketball tournament game in 47 years, the Golden Eagles ensured their first Sweet 16 appearance since 1974 with a stunning come-from-behind 81-78 victory over Southeastern Conference powerhouse Florida. That year, ORU advanced to the Elite Eight when it lost to Kansas, 93-90, in overtime.

The Golden Eagles became the second No. 15 tournament seed to advance this far and the first No. 15 seed to make it to the Sweet 16 since 2013. That year, Florida Gulf Coast stunned the tournament world by making it that far. Ironically, it was Florida that ended its run in the third round.

Trump on Border Crisis: Biden Has Turned ‘A National Triumph Into a National Disaster’

Major social media platforms may have banned former President Donald Trump, but that hasn’t stopped him from speaking out on topics he considers essential

Late Sunday after U.S. Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declared, “The border is closed,” Trump responded with a statement from his 45 Office email account, saying Biden’s mishandling of the border crisis has turned “a national triumph into a national disaster.”

In his Sunday comments, Mayorkas placed blame for the border crisis solely at the feet of the Trump administration: “There was a system in place in both Republican and Democratic administrations that was torn down during the Trump administration, and that is why the challenge is more acute than it ever has been before,” he said on CNN’s State of the Union.

Harry Connick Jr. Shares Secret to Pandemic Survival in New Gospel Album

Isolation. Loneliness. Depression. Fear. Desperation. Grief. But at times, triumph and celebration.

All these emotions and more have come our way courtesy of the COVID-19 pandemic. But what has brought us through these hard times?

Famed musician and Grammy Award winner Harry Connick Jr. has a ready answer for his own pandemic survival: His faith. And now, he’s sharing that answer on a new album, Alone With My Faith (Verve/Capitol CMG), recorded in his home studio during the pandemic. {eoa}

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