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Our post-spring college basketball top-25 forecast: USC and Arizona climb, UCLA falls and Colorado enters the rankings

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd has struggled to navigate March Madness during his two seasons on the job, but the man knows his way around May like few others in his profession.Lloyd expertly combined the transfer portal and recruiting trail last month to remake Arizona’s roster and position the Wildcats for the 2023-24 conference title and a deep run in the NCAA Tournament.He fortified the bench with several touted international recruits, including Lithuanian center Motiejus Krivas, who reportedly owns a 7-foot-5 wingspan.More importantly, Lloyd landed three likely starters from the transfer portal: Guards Jaden Bradley from Alabama and Caleb Love from North Carolina, plus forward Keshad Johnson, who played a crucial role in San Diego State’s stunning charge to the national championship game.Bradley and Love will provide needed perimeter playmaking; Johnson, frontcourt defense. Above all, the newcomers should increase the level of physical and mental resolve for a program th...

Celebrating drag performance culture in Oakland

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

(KRON) -- KRON4 continues its celebration of Pride Month with a look at drag and queer performance culture in Oakland.VERA! and LOTUS from Oaklash join KRON4's Stephanie Lin to share more.

Brewers activate Winker and Miley, option Miller, designate Singleton for assignment

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brewers pitcher Wade Miley and designated hitter/outfielder Jesse Winker were reinstated from the injured list on Saturday before Milwaukee’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Miley is scheduled to start Saturday after missing a month with a lat strain. Winker hasn’t played since May 27 because of a cervical strain.In other moves, the Brewers optioned right-hander Tyson Miller to Triple-A Nashville and designated first baseman Jon Singleton for assignment.The Brewers are hoping Winker regained his power during his rehabilitation assignment in Nashville.Winker, 29, averaged 16.5 home runs per season from 2019-22 — including a career-high 24 with the Cincinnati Reds in 2021 — but he hadn’t gone deep in 39 games with Milwaukee before his neck injury. He was hitting .204 and had only three extra-base hits, all doubles.He homered three times in seven games with Nashville and had a .500 on-base percentage.Miley, 36, had been one of Milwaukee’s most reliable starti...

Hay padres peores que tú… en el reino animal

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

(CNN) — Si eres padre, probablemente has experimentado un sinfín de ansiedades y te has preguntado si estás haciendo lo suficiente por tus hijos. ¿Qué pasa si tus hijos heredan tus malos hábitos? ¿Qué pasa si dejas que vean demasiada televisión o les das los alimentos equivocados?Preocuparte es normal y cometerás errores, pero puedes poner las cosas en perspectiva si sabes que algunos padres son mucho peores que tú, según el libro del escritor de comedia Glenn Boozan “There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent”. Priscilla Witte ilustró el libro, que también presenta a algunos “malos” padres animales.Glenn Boozan “Hay mamás mucho peores que tú: prueba irrefutable de que eres un padre fantástico” también presenta algunos padres animales “malos”. Publicación de trabajadoresEntre los padres del mundo animal cuestionables están los osos pardos, que se comen a sus crías cuando la comida escase...

Gritos homofóbicos de hinchas mexicanos obligan a terminar antes el partido contra EEUU

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

El partido de fútbol entre Estados Unidos y México fue interrumpido el jueves por la noche por el árbitro después de que el estadio se convirtió en ecos de cánticos homofóbicos de los fanáticos del fútbol mexicano, quienes durante años han insultado a los porteros de los equipos contrarios.Los funcionarios han estado tratando de acabar con la preocupante tradición durante el mismo tiempo con multas, expulsión de los estadios y ahora acabando los partidos antes. El juego se detuvo debido al ruido ensordecedor en el minuto 90 en el Allegiant Stadium de Las Vegas, cuando EEUU ganaba por tres goles. Cuando se reanudó el juego, se sumaron 12 minutos de alargue, pero los cánticos persistentes y los vergonzosos gritos homófobos hicieron que el árbitro salvadoreño Iván Barton terminara el partido en el minuto 8.NO ES LA PRIMERA VEZLa FIFA multó a México con 100,000 francos suizos (108,000 dólares) en enero por cánticos homófobos de los aficionados en dos partidos. Eso se produjo después de ...

Alexandrova and Kudermetova to meet in all-Russian women’s final on Den Bosch grass

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands (AP) — Ekaterina Alexandrova will defend her Libema Open title against fellow Russian and top seed Veronika Kudermetova after both reached the final on Saturday without dropping a set all week.The No. 4-seeded Alexandrova defeated No. 7 Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-1, 7-6 (1) by taking her break point chances, three of five. She denied all five for Sasnovich, who was playing her first semifinal of the year and first ever on grass.Alexandrova will be playing for her fourth WTA singles title on Sunday. She beat Kudermetova in the semifinals here last year en route to the title.Kudermetova, a tournament top seed for the first time, knocked out unseeded Viktoria Hruncakova of Slovakia 6-3, 6-2.Hruncakova couldn’t convert all six of her break chances, while Kudermetova took four of her five to make the difference.Kudermetova won her only WTA singles title in 2021 at Charleston and has lost three finals since then, all of them last year. She’s rank...

WNBA working with Brittney Griner and Mercury on travel options including charter flights

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA is working with Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury on travel options including charter flights going forward.Griner’s travel was back in the spotlight last week when the team took a flight to Texas and then Indiana, requiring Griner and her Mercury teammates to go through commercial airports. While going through a Dallas airport last Saturday, the All-Star center who had been detained in Russia for nearly 10 months was harassed by what the WNBA called a “provocateur.”The league doesn’t allow teams to use charter flights except for when they have back-to-back games.Many teams have been using public charter airline JSX. Those flights are allowed by the WNBA with certain protocols in place, including that teams fly on the 30-seat planes using preset routes and times.The Mercury flew to their first road game in Los Angeles on JSX and took the airline to Dallas. There wasn’t a standard flight available on the airline from Dallas to Indianapolis, which was wh...

Pedestrian hit, killed on Aurora road, police said

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man was killed in a vehicle versus pedestrian crash Friday night in Aurora, according to police.According to a release from APD, this incident makes for 32 traffic-related deaths this year in Aurora alone. Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot while driving in Aurora on Friday At approximately 9:58 p.m., officers from both APD and Denver PD responded to reports of a crash near South Havana Street near East Tennessee Avenue, which is on the border of Denver and Aurora.When they arrived on the scene, they said they found a 46-year-old man dead, lying in the northbound lanes of Havana Street.A 36-year-old woman from Texas was driving a Toyota Highlander northbound on South Havana Street, striking the man. The driver stayed on the scene and worked with officers in the investigation.APD said the pedestrian's name will be released by the Arapahoe County Coroner's Office, The road was closed for some three hours while investigators documente...

Looking Glass: Running from the cops seemed like such a good idea

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

A man ran a red light in Altoona, Pa., right in front of a police officer and led the cop on a high-speed chase. His license had been suspended, he was high on drugs, had a felony warrant for his arrest and was using the vehicle he was driving without the owner’s permission. He reached speeds over 80 mph on various side roads, and ran two more red lights, the second of which was at an intersection where a Jeep slammed into him. He took off on foot and jumped a fence before being tased and handcuffed.IT’S A LITTLE SLOW BUT IT GETS YOU THERE: A man stole a backhoe in Williamson County, Ill., and drove it to the airport so he could catch a flight to the West Coast. He was arrested as soon as he got off the plane in Elko, Nev.I TOOK ALL THAT RISK FOR NOTHING!: A Minnesota man traveled to Chicago where he robbed several banks, but, when he returned to the Minneapolis suburb where he lives, someone stole his car with the cash in it. Police found the vehicle abandoned with the engine runni...

Video shows Conor McGregor and rape accuser together at club after alleged sexual assault

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:43 GMT

New footage shows Conor McGregor and the woman who accused him of sexual assault hanging out together about half an hour after she says the incident took place.The woman claims McGregor forced her to perform oral sex on him before attempting to sodomize her. The alleged attack took place on June 9, after game 4 of the NBA finals between the Denver Nuggets and the Miami Heat.The footage, which was obtained by TMZ, was shot just before 1 a.m. and appears to show the woman and the UFC fighter chatting at a club.Ariel Mitchell, a lawyer for the accuser, describes the clip as showing the pair “awkwardly interacting with each other,” which she said did not happen before the alleged assault, according to TMZ.“My client has always stated that there would be video of before and after, and in those videos she emphasized that the difference in the interactions between them would be visibly noticeable,” Mitchell said in a statement to the outlet, noting the new footage f...