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Football: Colorado Buffaloes preparing for physical contest with Oregon State

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

By November, a lot of college football players are feeling the bumps and bruises they’ve accumulated over the previous three months of practices and games.There is a fine line, however, between trying to manage and minimize the wear and tear and getting prepared for the physicality of November football. That’s even more important for the Colorado Buffaloes (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) as they prepare to face one of the most physical teams in the conference in No. 16 Oregon State (6-2, 3-2) on Saturday at Folsom Field (8 p.m., ESPN).“That is a tricky balance,” CU linebackers coach Andre Hart said this week. “In the pro game, they do it very well where you have thudding and you don’t take anybody to the ground. … But, it’s very tricky, because you get to a point, you play so many games, you play so many snaps, guys are banged up. You want to make sure they get to the game so we can have a successful game.“So, you have to monitor that but then playing a team like (Oregon State), when you have you...

CU Buffs notes: Trevor Woods embracing switch to linebacker

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

When Colorado head coach Deion Sanders came up with the idea of moving safety Trevor Woods to linebacker, Woods didn’t flinch.“Nah, it was (just) do whatever,” Woods said. “Whatever keeps me on the field, whatever helps us.”And, really, there wasn’t a choice. The Buffaloes (4-4, 1-4 Pac-12) needed some help at linebacker and Woods jumped out as the man that could fill that role.“It was more of like a dime package thing at first,” Woods said. “But then, it was working really well and they were just like, ‘Hey, get in Trevor,’ because something happened (at practice). It happened just like that two days before the game.”Related Articles Welcome to Denver’s Rivalry Weekend: Bronze Boot, Gold Pan, Commander in Chief trophies all up for grabs. Records go out the window when Centennial State pride is on the line. Kiszla: Sorry, Coach Prime. But the real football miracle worker in Colorado is Troy Calhoun. Keeler: Deion Sanders’ son Shi...

Video captures moments before elderly man was murdered inside Garden Grove home

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

The family of an elderly man who was killed by a transient inside his Garden Grove apartment on Wednesday night is speaking out about the tragic incident.Chuong Pham, 87, was killed after being attacked by Mario Brancato, a 26-year-old homeless man, inside his apartment on the 9900 block of Central Avenue at around 7:30 p.m., according to the Garden Grove Police Department.Surveillance video from Pham's Ring doorbell camera captures the moment Brancato somehow made it inside Chuong’s home where he stayed for over an hour. It’s unclear what the two were speaking about, but footage captures the two conversing near the front door for some time.Chuong, who had moved to the U.S. from Vietnam in 1996, had lived at the El Centrico apartment complex for over 20 years.His sons recalled the moment they received an alert on their phones of the intruder inside their father’s home.A Ring doorbell camera captured the moments before a homeless man allegedly murdered Chuong Pham inside his Garden G...

Caltrans project brings weekend shutdown of I-680 from Pleasanton to Sunol

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

A stretch of southbound Interstate 680 between Pleasanton and Sunol will be closed this weekend for a Caltrans project, the agency said.A crew will be replacing a portion of deteriorating roadway with new pavement between the I-680 connector with Interstate 580 and state Highway 84 in Sunol. The closure goes into effect at 9 p.m. Friday and will remain in effect until 4 a.m. Monday.The closures will be rescheduled if the weather turns sour or other unanticipated developments occur, the agency said. They added that the full weekend closure will allow workers to avoid three months of night-time road closures to do the work.Motorists in central Contra Costa County are urged to take Hwy 4 west to westbound Interstate 80 to southbound I-880 or westbound Hwy 24 to I-880. Motorists in the Tri-Valley can take westbound I-580 to state Hwy 238 to southbound I-880 or eastbound I-580 to Hwy 84 to southbound I-680.

Wizards’ new uniforms honor local, lesser-known monuments

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

The 2023-24 City Edition uniforms for the Washington Wizards. (Courtesy Washington Wizards)The District is well-known for housing a myriad of federal structures, but the city’s earliest and perhaps least-known monuments, known as Boundary Stones, are the inspiration behind the latest City Edition uniforms for the Washington Wizards.The 2023-24 uniforms unveiled Wednesday pay homage to the 40 stone markers set in place by President George Washington to designate the border of the nation’s capital. Nearly all of the original boundary stones still exist today with the first being laid on April 15, 1791, in Alexandria, Virginia.Rebecca Winn, senior vice president of Wizards’ marketing, told WTOP that the team wanted to highlight something that’s unique to the city.“Only Washington, D.C. can own this particular story and so there’s a lot to tell,” she said. “We also wanted to highlight some of the work that Benjamin Banneker has done as well.R...

Storm Ciarán whips western Europe, blowing record winds in France and leaving millions without power

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Record-breaking winds in France and across much of western Europe left at least seven people dead and injured others as Storm Ciarán swept through the continent Thursday. The storm devastated homes, causing travel mayhem and cut power to a vast number of people.Winds of more than 190 kph (118 mph) slammed the northern tip of France’s Atlantic coast, uprooting trees and blowing out windows. Huge waves slammed into French ports and shorelines, as wind flattened street signs and ripped off roofing. Felled trees blocked roads around western France.A truck driver was killed when his vehicle was hit by a tree in northern France’s inland Aisne region, Transport Minister Clement Beaune said. Meanwhile, a 70-year-old man in the port city of Le Havre, Normandy, died in a fall from his balcony. Local media outlet FranceBleu quoted a prosecutor as saying it appeared the man was closing his shutters against the wind when he fell. At least 16 people were injured in France, seven of t...

Bobrovsky gets shutout, Lorentz scores first goal for Florida in 2-0 win over Wings

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 22 saves for his 39th career shutout, Steven Lorentz scored his first goal for Florida and the Panthers silenced the Detroit Red Wings 2-0 on Thursday night.Lorentz, who was acquired in an offseason trade with San Jose, scored with 52 seconds left in the second period with an assist from Niko Mikkola.Anton Lundell provided insurance with an empty-net goal with 1:12 remaining, also his first of the season. Bobrovsky now has a 25-6-1 career record against the Red Wings, including four shutouts. Aleksander Barkov set a franchise record by appearing in his 672th game with the Panthers. He had been tied with Jonathan Huberdeau, who now plays for Calgary. Detroit was shut out for the first time this season. James Reimer made 25 saves. The Panthers had a 10-6 advantage in shots on goal in the first period but the closest any player came to scoring was Detroit’s Daniel Sprong, who banged a shot off the crossbar during a power play.Both teams came u...

Maine mass shooting puts spotlight on a complex array of laws, and a series of missed chances

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Across the nation, much of the debate around gun rights and restrictions centers on mental health. Many advocates on both sides agree that getting people with serious mental health struggles into treatment, and preventing people who are dangerous from accessing guns, is key to preventing mass shootings. Yet in the weeks and months before the mass shooting in Lewiston, there were so many warning signs from the killer that people all around him were raising concerns to authorities. He was still able to massacre 18 people, wound another 13 and shatter a community’s sense of security.Lawmakers want answers as to why laws in two states — Maine and New York — didn’t prevent the tragedy.“It’s a massive failure,” said Republican state Sen. Lisa Keim, sponsor of Maine’s so-called “yellow flag” law. “This one, it seems that there were too many touchpoints for neither law to come into play.”The law in Maine, a state that is staunchly protective of gun rights, requi...

Islanders end the Capitals’ winning streak at 3 with a 3-0 shutout

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ryan Pulock, Simon Holmstrom and Brock Nelson scored on three of the Islanders’ first five shots and New York beat the Washington Capitals 3-0 Thursday night.Semyon Varlamov stopped all 32 shots he faced for his second shutout of the season and 22nd of his NHL career. The 2006 first-round pick of the Capitals fared much better than current Washington No. 1 goaltender Darcy Kuemper, who made most of his 18 saves after the game got out of hand.Jump-started by Pulock’s goal 22 seconds in and behind two points from Nelson, the Islanders won for the third time in four games and ended the Capitals’ winning streak at three.They lost their first game without longtime center Nicklas Backstrom, who took a leave of absence in the midst of an ongoing injury to his surgically repaired left hip. Washington was shut out for the second time in nine games this season after a would-be goal by T.J. Oshie in the third period was wiped out by New York’s successf...

¿Cómo fue la detención en Ecuador de “Satanás”, supuesto integrante de la megabanda del Tren de Aragua?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:59:11 GMT

(CNN Español) — Un supuesto integrante de la banda delictiva de origen venezolano del Tren de Aragua ―la mayor de Venezuela, según informes del gobierno de Estados Unidos― fue detenido este jueves en Ecuador, informó la Policía Nacional de ese país.El director de la Dirección Nacional de Investigación de Delitos contra la Vida, Muertes Violentas, Desapariciones, Secuestro y Extorsión, Fredy Sarzosa, dijo que se trata de Hernán David Landaeta, quien al ser localizado se identificó como José Manuel Vera Sulbarán, alias “Satanás”, y a quien señalan en Colombia de ser prófugo desde el 18 de abril de 2022. Aunque hay contradicciones sobre los nombres con los que se identifica, la Policía ecuatoriana dio a conocer que pruebas dactiloscópicas permitieron confirmar que se trata del hombre buscado en Colombia por varios delitos.“Dentro de su historial delictivo se establecen un sinnúmero de delitos; específicamente lesiones con resultado de muerte, homicidios, asesinatos, tráfico de ar...