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He could have thrown touchdowns all night but Hamilton was able to run off plenty of time in the first half with short passes until drives were halted by a fumble and interception.

But he then fumbled his opening ceremony speech on Wednesday.

From BBC

And they appeared to seize the momentum on the first series of the second half when Jared Verse sacked Jalen Hurts and forced a fumble that was recovered by linebacker Nate Landman.

Bishop Gorman forced a fumble by Hopkins, and Prince Williams returned it for a touchdown that was nullified by defensive holding.

He was returning from a news conference in London, where he confused Albania and Armenia and fumbled the pronunciation of Azerbaijan, which sounded a bit more like Abracadabra.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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