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It was a bit shocking to see Vikings kicker Will Reichard miss a field goal due to a lack of distance during Thursday night's mess of a loss to the Chargers, but there's a logical explanation for what went wrong on the kick.

As time ticked down on the first half, with the Vikings trailing 21-3, their offense tried to get into position to set Reichard up for a field goal. A couple sacks forced Minnesota to burn its second and third timeouts. Then, on 3rd and 18, Carson Wentz hit Justin Jefferson for 17 yards down to the LA 35-yard-line.

Had the Vikings gotten the first down, they could've run up and spiked the ball to give Reichard plenty of time for a normal attempt. But it was fourth down, so they had to execute the "fire drill" play where the offense heads to the sideline and the field goal unit runs out and gets the kick off before time expires.

Everything seemed to be executed perfectly. Reichard didn't have to rush, and his kick was clearly on line. It just didn't get there. The kick fell short of the crossbar, and the Vikings went into the half still trailing by 18 points.

What made it odd to witness is that Reichard has proven to have plenty of power in his leg. He came into this game 13 for 17 for his career in attempts from 50-plus yards, with makes this season from 59, 62, and 59 yards. Those kicks all had distance to spare. This one was from 53 yards out, which is easily within his range. Earlier in the game, he hit a 54-yarder that would've been clearly been good from 60, if not 65.

So, what happened? Two factors appear to have caused the miss. One is that Reichard, as he swung his right leg at the ball, appeared to graze the turf with his foot before making contact. Kirk Herbstreit called it out right away on the Prime Video broadcast, comparing it to a golf swing that hits the grass first. The replay backs up that theory, as you can see turf pellets pop up after contact. From a physics standpoint, that would slow down Reichard's leg just a bit at the point of contact with the ball.

The other factor has to do with the ball itself. This season, NFL teams have used special kicking balls (known as "K-balls"), which have become a topic of discussion due to the high rate of 60-plus yard field goals that have been made over the first couple months. Teams have those balls throughout the week and get to prepare them to specifically be used for kicking.

In this instance, because the Vikings had to pull off the fire drill field goal, there was no time for a kicking ball to be brought onto the field. Reichard was kicking a normal game ball. Whether or not a K-ball would've flown the few extra feet he needed on that kick, despite the turf contact, is anyone's guess. Still, it bears mentioning.

No controversy here

Reichard has now missed two field goals this season on 16 tries. The first came in Week 5 in London and sparked quite the controversy over whether or not the ball hit a camera wire inside the stadium.

On Thursday, during Reichard's successful field goal earlier in the second quarter, play-by-play announcer Al Michaels stated, matter-of-factly, that Reichard's only miss of the season hit a wire in London. Then, in the third quarter, Michaels — who had clearly been contacted by someone from the NFL during the game — offered a correction, saying the league told him it was "an optical illusion" and the ball never hit a wire.

A few fans, citing the broadcast view of Reichard's field goal on Thursday, have created a conspiracy theory that this miss hit a camera wire inside SoFi Stadium. But other angles show that was clearly not the case. While the London situation remains a fascinating one, there's no controversy about what went wrong on Reichard's miss in LA.

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BALL, La. (KALB) - A new business in Ball had its soft opening on Thursday, October 9.

It’s called Sugar Mamas Bakery, but you might also know it as Freedom Baking Company.

Co-owners of Sugar Mamas, Haley Greene and Renee Free, started Freedom Baking Company as a way to honor the military in their family, who also worked at the bakery.

Now it’s just the two running the bakery - and they wanted to rebrand to something a little more fun and girly - but the values and ministry of Freedom Baking Company still run true in Sugar Mamas.

Some new things sugar mamas will have are a drive-through through but that won’t be open for another month, so they can get everyone trained and everything sorted.

The treats you loved from Freedom Bakery will still be available, but they have some new sweet treats you can now get at Sugar Mamas.

“We do have a lot of new flavors of things that we didn’t have at the old bakery, like ice cream here,” Greene said. “Not only do we have just ice cream, but we have a bunch of varieties of it with different options like hot fudge brownies. You can pick and choose your own ice cream sandwich. We have ice cream nachos, milkshakes, Coke floats, all the yummy stuff. We have more variety of cookies and brownies that are available daily, along with our signature cupcakes, and we will also have monthly specials.”

What they are most excited about is the new espresso machine they have to make coffee.

Greene and Free share what the future for sugar mamas will be.

“We are planning a grand opening and we want it to be big, of course,” Free said.

“We just want to grow and be a part of our community. I think we want to be able to grow so that we can financially prosper to get back to our community to help others more, to be more involved, and just to make more of an impact here,” Grenne said.

Sugar Mamas is located at 5911 Monroe Hwy, Ball.

Its hours of operation are:

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