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Kenny Pickett and the Steelers’ starters cap an impressive preseason in a win over the Falcons

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Mike Tomlin didn’t waver in his decision to play quarterback Kenny Pickett and other Pittsburgh starters even when Atlanta coach Arthur Smith countered with his backups.“I just think it’s difficult to box without sparring,” Tomlin said.Pickett and the Steelers scored an early knockout. Pickett led two touchdown drives and showed he and the Pittsburgh starters are ready for real games as the Steelers overpowered the Falcons 24-0 on Thursday night in the final preseason game for both teams.Najee Harris and Jaylen Warren ran for touchdowns to cap the only drives led by Pickett, who completed 4 of 4 passes for 86 yards in his short but productive playing time. The Steelers (3-0) scored touchdowns on each of their five preseason possessions led by Pickett.“I think it’s proof that the hard work we put in paid off in the preseason,” Pickett said.Tomlin said his plan to stick with Pickett and other starters on offense for two series was not influenced by Smi...

Breanna Stewart breaks the Liberty’s single-season scoring record to lead New York over the Sun

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Breanna Stewart broke the Liberty’s single-season scoring record, scoring 24 points on Thursday night as New York rallied from a 20-point second-half deficit to beat the Connecticut Sun 95-90 in overtime.Connecticut’s Alyssa Thomas broke the WNBA record for double-doubles in a season with her 24th. She finished with 22 points and 12 assists on her bobblehead night.Stewart also had 12 rebounds. Jonquel Jones had 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Liberty (26-7), who moved 3 1/2 games ahead of the Sun (23-11) for second place with six games to play in the regular season.Sabrina Ionescu, who made 2 of 3 free throws with 1.3 seconds left in regulation, scored the last four points of overtime for New York. She finished with 18 points.DeWanna Bonner had 30 points and 12 rebounds for Connecticut. Bonner caught Sue Bird for seventh on the career scoring list with 6,803 points.ACES 94, SKY 87CHICAGO (AP) — Jackie Young had 24 points and 10 rebounds, Chelsea Gray and A...

Teenager Asher Hong takes narrow lead after first day of U.S. men’s gymnastics championships

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

Asher Hong overcame an uncharacteristic fall on the floor exercise to take the lead after the opening round of the U.S. men’s gymnastics championships Thursday night.Hong, a 19-year-old sophomore at Stanford, posted a total of 85.615 points, just ahead of 2017 national champion and 2020 Olympian Yul Moldauer at 85.548. Fred Richard, a sophomore at Michigan and the reigning NCAA all-around champion, was third at 85.469. Hong, third at the 2022 national championships, used a massive 15.455 on vault early in the competition to grab the lead. His only real miscue came on floor exercise later in the night, when he slipped at the end of a tumbling pass.Moldauer finished in the top four on still rings, pommel horse and parallel bars to stay within striking distance of Hong ahead of the finals Saturday night.Richard overcame a massive step out of bounds on his vault dismount by scoring a 15.105 on high bar, a full point better than anyone else.The competition is the last tune-up befor...

3 vehicles stolen from parked trailer

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — The investigation continues after surveillance video shows thieves stealing three vehicles from a car hauler.The crime happened in the parking lot of Mile-Hi Truck Transmissions, in Jefferson County, in the early morning hours of Aug. 17. Caught on camera: Amazon driver accused of stealing cat In the surveillance video, at least one truck pulls up next to the trailer. Then, two suspects methodically unlatch the vehicles. After about an hour’s worth of work, they drive away.“My manager came in at 6:02 (a.m.),” transmission shop owner Mitch Mustard said. “And he says, 'Hey, those two cars.' He texts me, 'One on the front, one on the back, is gone.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, dang.’”Mustard said the truck driver, who was pulling the trailer, had stopped at Mile-Hi Truck Transmissions for transmission work on his truck earlier in the week. Did the wedding crasher thief target this bowling alley too? The driver was hauling cars from Washington to T...

Board votes to fire embattled former McAuliffe principal

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — In a 6-1 decision late Thursday night, the Denver Public Schools board voted to terminate the employment of Kurt Dennis.Dennis was the principal at McAuliffe International School when a campus whistleblower revealed there was a seclusion room with a lock on the outside. Seclusion rooms with locks are against DPS rules. Denver Mayor Johnston announces 11 potential short-term housing sites The sole vote against Dennis' termination came from Board Member Scott Baldermann. Baldermann argued some of the actions that followed the revelation of the seclusion room violated Dennis' right to due process."Board members conducted their own investigations related to this personnel matter, which also likely violated board policy," Baldermann said.Other members of the board, particularly Auon'tai Anderson and Michelle Quattlebaum, opposed Baldermann's take on the issue."Am I subverting someone's due process by saying publicly we have to start believing our children? We have to st...

Longmont 'ninja warrior' selected to represent the US in Belgium

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — A Longmont ninja coach has the chance to compete in the sport of obstacle course racing in Belgium this September. Glenn Albright, a coach at Warrior Playground in Longmont, got his start in obstacle course racing as a track and field athlete in college. High-tech wheelchair allows disabled police officer to pursue his passion “It started all the way back when I used to run track and field at the University of Northern Colorado,” he said. “I actually worked barbecue after college for four years before I got into doing some ninja things. And then being inspired off of the TV show 'American Ninja Warrior,' I didn’t think it would happen, but eventually, I got to compete on the show, and it was pretty awesome.”Having competed on the show four times and also traveled to the Philippines to compete, Albright saw an application to represent the United States in Belgium and compete once again in obstacle course racing.“This Belgium opportunity came up when I ...

Guns N’ Roses, Becky G and Drake among acts coming to SoFlo in September to perform live

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

These days, most shows go on, rain or shine. That’s a good thing for us here in SoFlo, because our weather is usually extreme heat or heavy downpours.But you will not need an umbrella or ice pack tonight, because Deco’s got your concert forecast for the month of September.Luke Hemmings (singing): “Youngblood, say you want me, say you want me out of your life. And I’m just a dead man walking tonight.”Rock on, SoFlo. The pop group 5 Seconds of Summer is bringing its world tour to South Florida.The Aussie band will take the stage at Hollywood’s Hard Rock Live on Sept. 6. Standing room tickets are still available, so get there early if you wanna lock down a good spot.Axl Rose (singing): “What a weight upon your shoulders that you don’t need. My heart bleeds for me.”September is a busy month at Hard Rock Live, because Guns N’ Roses is playing there, too.You can catch Axl Rose, Slash and the rest of the group on Sept. 15.SZA (sin...

Zito: From Afghanistan to Maui, Biden’s empathy is AWOL

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

Last week, after spending several hours on Rehoboth Beach in Delaware, President Joe Biden was asked by a member of the press pool about the rising death toll in Hawaii.Bloomberg reporter Justin Sink tweeted Biden’s “no comment” response as the president left for his home in Delaware.With over 100 people dead and 10 times that number still unaccounted for, how hard would it have been for Biden to say something evoking the empathy the people of Hawaii need, the country needs, in those brief moments as he walked in the sand from his day at the beach?But he didn’t. And we’ve seen this craven indifference before.Almost to the day two years ago, a chaotic two-week evacuation of 125,000 people from Kabul resulted in the horrific deaths of 13 American service members; it took Biden over a week for him to address the deaths to the public, and when he did in a speech to the nation, he spent the entire 23 minutes forcefully rejecting any criticism of his decision...

Transfer QB Taisun Phommachanh to start for UMass in season opener

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

Quarterback Taisun Phommachanh matched all of the specifications that UMass’ head coach Don Brown looks for in a refugee in the NCAA transfer portal.Phommachanh was a four-star recruit out of prep school and rated in the top 10 at his position by Rivals, 247Sports and ESPN. Phommachanh gravitated towards two Power-5 college programs with lofty ambitions only to became a depth chart casualty at both places.Phommachanh had unproductive stints in the ACC at Georgia Tech and Clemson before choosing UMass to make a fresh start with a realistic opportunity of seeing the playing field.Phommachanh’s perseverance was rewarded on Monday when Brown named him the Minutemen’s starter in the season opener on Saturday night (7) at New Mexico State. UMass lost to NMS 23-13 last season.“We are going with Taisun,” said Brown. “It was not a scenario where one guy didn’t win the job and the other guy did. It was really just that his play was exemplary and I’m comfortable and happy with the other guys a...

Anuzis: Proposed EPA emissions rules threaten consumers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:49:48 GMT

The Biden administration has set out to diminish our nation’s climate impact through various regulations and policies, many of which have been misguided and counterproductive. That agenda has borne itself out with federal agencies rapidly accelerating climate action by proposing their own rules, like the Environmental Protection Agency.In April, the EPA introduced two proposed rules that intend to set emissions standards for nearly every road vehicle — ensuring that two-thirds of light- and medium-duty vehicles sold in 2032 will be electric vehicles. The EPA and the administration have continually failed to realize the consequences these rapid-paced actions will have on American consumers who didn’t sign up for this scheme.Following the recent announcement by Ford stating that its EV operation will cost them nearly $5 billion in operating losses, it is evident that automakers won’t be the only ones hurting if these rules are implemented. Ford’s retail shareholders will suffer from F...