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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Why Jarrett Stidham might be Broncos’ starting QB sooner rather than later

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

What concerns me after the Broncos’ 18-17 loss to Arizona in the preseason opener? The offensive line is the biggest concern, but special teams somehow still look dreadful. Defense looks pretty good, I guess. Overall it, seemed more than a little too familiar and not in a good way.Matt, Big Sky CountryKiz: Well, the Broncos averaged 16.9 points per game last season. So maybe we should look at scoring 17 against the Cardinals as a sign of improvement. OK … maybe not. With the opening game of the regular season still a month away, I’m willing to be patient as the offense learns the tricks of new coach Sean Payton. But Wilson getting hit five times while dropping back to pass in four offensive series against the Arizona defense? Now that could foretell some serious trouble ahead. If the offensive line doesn’t get its act together, we’re going to see Jarrett Stidham start at quarterback way earlier than even the dreariest pessimist could anticipate, because...

Keeler: Deion Sanders banned the color red inside CU Buffs’ football facilities? Nebraska Week can’t get here soon enough.

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

BOULDER — Deion Sanders re-wrote the CU Buffs rulebook with a blowtorch and a jackhammer. But there was one commandment, sacred and true, that he left untouched.“Coach Prime doesn’t like us wearing red in the facility,” freshman wideout Omarion Miller told me during the Buffs’ fall sports media day. “I didn’t know it was that bad. No red in the facility.”He’s ain’t just coming. Like those nasty AI bots, he’s learning.Coach Prime, football’s greatest showman, often leaves his best stuff on the cutting room floor. Until he needs it.The genius flies below radar. It sleeps in the margins. For all the slogans, YouTube feeds, cowboy hats and hype, a little Bill Belichick burns deep within Sanders — this streak of clever, cold and stubborn, grinding away in the darkness.No red? Oh, he gets it.He gets Sept. 9, too.Prime already knows how to grab your attention. He already knows how to grab your closet. But to grab your heart, and to keep it, he knows that it’ll come ...

Death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Deadly wildfires that swept with alarming speed and strength through the Hawaiian island of Maui reduced hundreds of homes to ash, sending emergency workers scrambling Saturday to find temporary housing for those lucky enough to survive a conflagration that has taken at least 80 lives. The astonishing scope of the devastation became clearer Saturday, but communications were still difficult, with 30 cell towers still offline. Power outages were expected to last several weeks on the western side of the island. Authorities, meanwhile, warned that the death toll could rise as search efforts continue. Those who escaped were counting their blessings, thankful to be alive as they mourned those who didn't make it. Retired fire captain Geoff Bogar and his friend of 35 years, Franklin Trejos, initially stayed behind to help others in Lahaina and save Bogar's house. But as the flames moved closer and closer Tuesday afternoon, they knew they had to get out. Each escaped t...

Wedding crasher in Colorado wanted for brazenly stealing gifts, cash from several newlyweds

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

Police in Colorado are searching for a wedding crasher who's wanted for stealing cards and gifts from several newlyweds over the past month, according to KTLA sister station KDVR.The same man has reportedly targeted weddings at two events venues, both in the city of Westminster. Shayna and Armando Bonilla held their dream wedding at the Church Ranch Event Center on Sunday. The following day, the Bonillas went to look for their cards and noticed they were missing.“We searched through everything we brought home that day," Shayna Bonilla said. "No cards were anywhere. So we contacted the venue the next morning." Bride goes viral after getting Chili's for wedding dinner General manager Eric Gardner said that's when his team spotted the culprit. Multiple surveillance videos from the venue show a man arriving on a motorcycle, putting on an orange construction vest, and then casually walking into the main lobby where the card and gift table was set up.A man suspected of stealin...

Judge rules retrial of ex-Philadelphia officer in 2020 protest actions should be held outside city

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge has ruled that the retrial of a former Philadelphia police officer charged with assault and endangerment in his actions during protests in the summer of 2020 should be held outside of the city.The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the ruling came Wednesday in Common Pleas Court in the case of ex-SWAT officer Richard Paul Nicoletti, whose previous trial ended in a mistrial earlier this year after jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict.Nicoletti has faced charges including simple assault and reckless endangerment after he was seen on video lowering the face covering of at least one protester before dousing a group with pepper spray as they knelt on a city interstate during the June 1, 2020, protest following the death of George Floyd.Judge Roxanne Covington said extensive news coverage of the case and an inaccurate statement from prosecutors could compromise the ability of jurors from the city to fairly decide whether Nicoletti’s actions were crim...

Antioch marina brawl and shooting leaves girl in critical condition

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

ANTIOCH — A teenage girl was shot and badly wounded Saturday after a brawl and shooting at the Antioch marina followed by gunfire near homes in the East Bay city, police reported.A 14-year-old teenage girl was transported to a local hospital after suffering “life-threatening injuries” as a result of the shooting, the Antioch Police Department reported on Saturday.The incident erupted with an altercation and shooting at the Antioch Marina, police said.After that, gunfire was reported in the 1000 block of West 6th Street between K Street and L Street in Antioch, according to police.Police began to receive reports of shots fired on West 6th Street at around 2:58 a.m., according to investigators.At about that time, Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies located a shooting victim at Century Plaza in Pittsburg. The county deputies determined the victim had been shot in Antioch.“During the initial investigation, it was learned an altercation had occurred betwe...

VIDEO: Cruise cars halt traffic in SF, cite 'connectivity issues' linked to Outside Lands festival

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- One day after receiving approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand driverless vehicles' presence in San Francisco, Cruise experienced issues that halted traffic in the city. Viewer video (above) sent to KRON4 shows at least five Cruise cars blocking traffic Friday night in the North Beach neighborhood. The driverless cars stopped in the middle of the road and prevented travelers from driving around the traffic. At least six Cruise vehicles were seen causing traffic near Grant Avenue and Vallejo Street. One person in the video is heard saying there were approximately 10 stationary Cruise cars. ‘Worse than a drunk driver’: San Franciscans remain skeptical of driverless cars The Cruise cars stopped because of "wireless connectivity issues," a Cruise spokesperson said in a statement to KRON4. The autonomous vehicle company confirmed connectivity issues were linked to Outside Lands, which held its first day of the three-day musi...

Sandy Alcantara tosses complete-game, 5-hitter as the Marlins beat Yankees 3-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Sandy Alcantara threw a complete-game, five-hitter, Luis Arraez homered and the Miami Marlins beat the New York Yankees 3-1 on Saturday.Alcantara (5-10) struck out 10 in his major league-leading third complete game and first home win since going the distance against Minnesota on April 4. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner induced 10 groundouts before a season-best crowd of 33,986.Jake Burger and Jesus Sanchez each had two hits for the Marlins. Arraez finished 1 for 4 and his major league-leading batting average fell a point to .365.Arraez’s two-run blast in the first inning staked Miami to an early lead. The 409-foot shot against Yankees starter Michael King bounced off the first row of upper deck seats in right-center. It was Arraez’s fourth homer of the season.The Marlins increased their lead on Joey Wendle’s RBI single off Jhony Brito in the fourth.New York had its first runner reach scoring position in the seventh, when Billy McKinney drew a one-out walk and adva...

Scott Dixon he holds off hard-charging Rahal to win Indianapolis GP on record-breaking day

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Iceman became the Ironman of IndyCar on Saturday. Capped it off with a win, too.Scott Dixon kept his cool after getting spun around on the opening lap of the Indianapolis Grand Prix, used Graham Rahal’s late pit stop to take the lead and then held off the hard-charging pole winner for his first victory of the season by 0.4779 seconds.Dixon’s 54th career win, second in series history, was part of another milestone day. He has won at least one race in 19 consecutive IndyCar seasons, extending his own record, and it came on the day he also broke Tony Kanaan’s previous series mark with his 319th consecutive start.“Crazy day for me, I thought I had a fantastic start, picked up about five spots and then got to (turn) seven and there was a bit of a backup there and just got spun around,” said Dixon, who had his 200th podium finish. “So now I can say a spin and win and which is pretty cool.” It’s another remarkable chapter in Dixon’s incredible career....

Fields throws TD passes to Moore and Herbert as the Bears beat the Titans 23-17

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:13:11 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Justin Fields insisted long completions are coming. For now, he’ll take plays like these.Fields threw touchdown passes to prized newcomer DJ Moore and Khalil Herbert on Chicago’s first two possessions, then watched as the Bears beat the Tennessee Titans 23-17 in the teams’ preseason opener Saturday.“After a period of time where we keep completing those little short passes,” Fields said, “they start blitzing more, pressuring, playing more man coverage, that’s when those deep shots just naturally happen.”The Bears envisioned big plays in the passing game when they acquired Moore in a blockbuster trade with the Carolina Panthers. They got one from their new receiver, though it didn’t happen on a long throw. Nor did Herbert’s TD.They turned short passes into sprints to the end zone against a second-string defense after Tennessee’s Malik Willis led the Titans on a 75-yard touchdown drive to start the game.A third-round pick l...