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Why Gophers football has faltered this season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

P.J. Fleck has pushed back at the length of his Gophers tenure being used as a marker for where others believe his program should be this season.“This has nothing to do with Year 7,” Fleck said after a 37-3 loss at second-ranked Ohio State on Saturday. “The last two years are completely different than anything that college football has ever seen. It’s not like, ‘Hey, Year 7, you should be reloading.’ ”Fleck points to the way the NCAA transfer portal and name, image and likeness (NIL) compensation for players have changed the landscape in the past two years.This fall, the Gophers (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten) have fallen off the pace and failed to win the West division championship in its final year of existence.Beyond graduations, the transfer portal and NIL — often combined to one factor — have pinched the Gophers’ overall roster talent and depth. When injuries hit this season, the ramifications of the new landscape are exposed in jarring ways.“There are freshmen running all over that field,”...

St. Louis man tried to steal air fresheners from former seafood restaurant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo -- Police responded to a break-in at a former seafood market and restaurant and arrested the suspect for stealing over $1,200 in air freshenersUniversity Police were called to Olive Boulevard at 11:26 p.m. on November 16 following reports of a break-in at an abandoned building in University City, previously a seafood market and restaurant now used for storage.When officers arrived, they discovered the building, stocked with air fresheners, had been broken into. Rataka Lamonze Marshall of St. Louis was caught and charged with stealing over a thousand dollars' worth of air fresheners.Outside the back door, numerous boxes of air fresheners were found stacked alongside a pry bar and a meat cleaver. Upon entering the building, an officer encountered Marshall standing next to a shopping cart filled with air fresheners. Despite orders to stop, Marshall fled from the police to hide within the building.The police repeated commands for Marshall to surrender, which were ign...

Keeler: Jay Norvell’s CSU Rams ain’t easy to find. But unlike Deion Sanders’ CU Buffs, they ain’t hard to watch in November

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

FORT COLLINS — Joe Parker has dented too many fenders to point fingers. But the more CSU’s athletic director thought about that fiery 12-car pileup in Pullman, the one that lit up college football’s express lane Friday night, the more he appreciated his call to keep the Rams trucking along the local.“I love what (coach) Jay (Norvell) is doing,” Parker told me Saturday after CSU’s 30-20 win over Nevada pulled the Rams (5-6) to within one win of a bowl berth with a game to play. “I believed in him the moment that we had our first conversation through the (interview) process.“And every day he just affirms that he’s got an incredible way to kind of focus on the things that matter. And what matters most is culture, building a program where every player in the locker room understands the points that they’re going to be held accountable for. And when it becomes less of coach leading those conversations, but more of the players really ho...

Murder-suicide under investigation in Northglenn after couple found dead in home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

An apparent murder-suicide is under investigation Sunday after police found two dead bodies in a Northglenn home.Just before 9 p.m. on Saturday, Northglenn police officers responded to a call in the 11700 block of Delaware Court.When officers arrived on the scene, they found an adult male and an adult female dead inside the residence, according to a Sunday news release from the Northglenn Police Department.Evidence from the preliminary investigation indicates the two people had a domestic relationship, and that one party took the life of the other before killing themself, according to the release.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Semitruck fuel spill shuts down eastbound I-76 to northbound I-25 Crime and Public Safety | Man shot and killed in Westminster Saturday night, police searching for suspects Crime and Public Safety | 1 dead, 3 injured in overnight Denver crash on I-70 Crime and Public Safety | Arrest made in ...

49ers pregame: Six-man cornerback crew suits up; Bosa’s brother hurt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

SANTA CLARA — There are no surprise scratches from the 49ers’ lineup for today’s game, but intrigue remains at how they’ll approach a couple of positions.At cornerback, keep an eye on who the 49ers deploy at nickel back to cover the Bucs’ slot receiver, a job that fell on Deommodore Lenoir in last Sunday’s 34-3 win at Jacksonville, a job that previously was held by Isaiah Oliver. The 49ers (6-3) will have six cornerbacks up to face the pass-oriented Bucs (4-5): Lenoir, Oliver, Charvarius Ward, Ambry Thomas, Shemar Jeep-Charles and rookie Darrell Luter Jr., who makes his NFL debut.On the offensive line, left guard Aaron Banks is out a second straight game because of a hyperextended toe, yielding another start to veteran Jon Feliciano. Rookie Corey Luciano will suit up for the first time in his career, as a backup on the interior line.At running back, Ty Davis-Price won’t suit up for the eighth time this season, as Elijah Mitchell and Jordan M...

Chart: Bay Area rainfall totals for Nov. 17-18

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

The heaviest rain last week fell in the North Bay, with some locations there getting close to 3 inches.In the East Bay, on the Peninsula and in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the wettest spots got about half that.The following are the National Weather Service totals, in inches, for the 48 hours starting Friday at 10 a.m. They are raw numbers, meaning they haven’t been quality-checked for accuracy.LocationInchesPeninsula & South BayLa Honda1.52Woodside (Wunderlich)1.5Uvas Reservoir1.34Los Trancos1.26San Francisco (Duboce Triangle)1.17Saratoga (Hwy. 9/Pierce)1.13Coyote Reservoir1.11San Bruno Mtn.1.02Morgan Hill1.02Mt. Hamilton0.99Calero Reservoir0.95Stevens Canyon0.95Rancho San Antonio0.95I-280/Edgewood0.92Los Gatos (Rinconada)0.78Half Moon Bay airport0.78San Francisco airport0.77Redwood City0.6Sunnyvale0.43San Jose airport0.36Mountain View0.31East BayTilden Park1.51UC Botanical Garden1.42Richmond1.25Orinda1.03Mt. Diablo peak0.91Oakland (Lake Merritt)0.81St. Mary’s College0...

Trump returns to the US-Mexico border as he lays out a set of hard-line immigration proposals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

By Jill Colvin, Paul J. Weber and Michelle L. Price | Associated PressEDINBURG, Texas  — Donald Trump returned to the U.S.-Mexico border for a visit Sunday as he promotes a hard-line immigration agenda that would be far more expansive than the policies he pursued during his first term as president.Before making remarks in Edinburg, Texas, Trump served meals to Texas National Guard soldiers, troopers and others who will be stationed at the border over Thanksgiving. He was joined by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, a longtime ally and fellow border hawk who is expected to endorse the front-runner for the 2024 nomination during the visit, according to a person close to Trump who spoke on condition of anonymity before a formal announcement.Trump and Abbott handed out tacos, and the former president shook hands and posed for pictures. They planned to speak to about 150 supporters outside an airport hangar in the town, which is roughly 30 miles from the border.Trump has been laying out immigr...

One person shot in alleged robbery in Oakland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

(KRON) - One person was shot in an alleged robbery on Friday, the Oakland Police Department announced Sunday. The Oakland Police is investigating a shooting that occurred on Nov. 17 in the 3300 block of Foothill Boulevard, around 6 p.m.  Two drivers arrested in Concord PD DUI enforcement patrol The OPD Communications Division was notified of a gunshot wound(s) victim self-transporting to an area hospital. Hospital personnel provided medical treatment to the victim who is listed in stable condition, police said. According to the police investigation, officers responded to the hospital and learned that the victim sustained their injuries during an attempted robbery that occurred. This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the OPD Criminal Investigation Division at (510)-238-3426.  

Leonardo DiCaprio se une a las voces en Panamá contra ley minera

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

(CNN Español) — El actor estadounidense Leonardo DiCaprio publicó el sábado un enlace en su cuenta de Instagram para convocar a que la gente vote la petición para que se detenga un contrato minero en Panamá.Junto con un video, el artista se hizo eco de una publicación proveniente de la cuenta de Re;wild, una organización de conservación del medio ambiente de la que el actor es miembro de la junta fundadora, y hace referencia al pedido del pueblo panameño para que la Corte Suprema declare inconstitucional la Ley 406, que rige el contrato entre el Estado y Minera Panamá para la explotación de cobre.En el mensaje, se describe a Panamá como el mayor corredor de biodiversidad de Mesoamérica y agrega que “colocar a Panamá en el escenario internacional puede ayudar a los panameños en una victoria fundamental para asfaltar el camino hacia un futuro más sostenible”.En las últimas semanas, se han realizado protestas generalizadas en el país por la renovación de un contrato minero que, s...

At Formula One’s inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix, music takes a front seat — at a cost

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:14 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — At the inaugural Formula One Las Vegas Grand Prix, music and entertainment have taken a dominant role. As the elite motorsport experiments with the new race, A-list events are ubiquitous in Sin City, an unignorable part of the celebration.Here are some of the highlights.DAY FOUR: LET’S GO RACINGStreets flood with fans in their race kits. Some are unhappy with the week’s prohibitively expensive events — including the exclusive live music opportunities. Others are simply excited to be a part of history at this new Las Vegas race. Elizabeth Blackstock, a motorsports report at Jalopnik, explains that in some ways, the entertainment branding opportunities took precedent over the race fans in Las Vegas.“It’s way more expensive than Monaco,” Blackstock says of the infamously exclusive and prestigious street race. “It feels like Formula One just misunderstood entirely what the audience was going to be here and thought it was going to be this multi-million-...