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Arvada West wins girls flag football title as sport’s popularity explodes

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

Quarterback Saylor Swanson dodged a pass rusher, glanced downfield and let loose a perfect throw. Sara Walker caught the ball in stride and danced in the end zone with her teammates.That was the spark to Arvada West’s 34-14 runaway victory over Cherry Creek in the title game of the Broncos Girls High School Flag Football championship tournament Saturday at the Pat Bowlen Fieldhouse.The Wildcats, runners-up to Chatfield last season, won four games Saturday at the Broncos complex to finish their season a perfect 22-0.Swanson’s 30-yard bomb was just one of a plethora of highlights in a day that showcased 16 teams from the Front Range and athletic girls who showed why high school flag football is spreading like wildfire.“Today was so much fun and just so crazy,” said Sawson, a junior who wears No. 18 in homage to former Broncos QB Peyton Manning. “I’ve been thinking about this game for a while now, so I was a little bit nervous coming into today.̶...

Avalanche Journal: Jonathan Drouin, Anthony Duclair are childhood friends at similar, but very different, career crossroads

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

SAN JOSE — Jonathan Drouin was about to play in the biggest tournament of his young life, so there was one number he definitely wanted to wear.Drouin called his coach ahead of the Brick Invitational, one of the marquee youth hockey tournaments in Canada, to request No. 99. Turns out that one was already spoken for.“The coach told me that ‘Dukes’ had already called him and asked for it,” Drouin said. “We both always wanted that number and we’d fight over it. I ended up wearing No. 87. It was such a super fun experience at that age.”“Dukes” is Anthony Duclair, who became one of Drouin’s best friends and a future teammate on multiple youth teams in the Montreal area. They’ve remained close, and skate together in the offseason.Drouin and Duclair, who was traded to the Sharks over the summer, faced each other Saturday night at SAP Center. They are both in a contract year and facing potentially profitable, but also very dif...

Thousands rally in West L.A. in support of Palestinians

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

The Israel-Hamas war has sent shockwaves throughout the world, and the reverberations are being felt across Los Angeles and the Southland. Thousands of demonstrators armed with Palestinian flags and signs denouncing “Israeli apartheid” were seen marching down Wilshire Boulevard on Saturday afternoon. The Los Angeles Police Department said on social media that traffic on Wilshire between Federal Avenue and Veteran Avenue will be impacted due to the rally."Intermittent closures on side streets [will occur] to allow pedestrians to cross the intersections," LAPD said.Thousands of demonstrators armed with Palestinian flags and signs denouncing “Israeli Apartheid” were seen marching down Wilshire Boulevard on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (KTLA) Thousands of demonstrators armed with Palestinian flags and signs denouncing “Israeli Apartheid” were seen marching down Wilshire Boulevard on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (KTLA) Thousands of demonstrators armed with Palestinian flags a...

Cal’s missed opportunities seal 34-14 loss to No. 16 Utah

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY — Star linebacker Jackson Sirmon is out for the season, rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza says he’s 100 percent after being knocked around and the Cal football season is limping along after a 34-14 loss to No. 16 Utah on Saturday afternoon.Coach Justin Wilcox announced after the game that Sirmon, the Bears’ sixth-year All-Pac-12 defensive standout, suffered a season-ending injury last week against Oregon State and won’t play again.Mendoza, who threw two touchdown passes for the second straight week in his second starting assignment, was treated roughly by the Utah defense, fumbling after a blindside shot by Pac-12 sacks leader Jonah Elliss and was subsequently helped off the field after being hit on a fourth-quarter play.Mendoza returned to the field minutes later for one more play, but when a comeback became unrealistic the Bears held him out of the final 7 minutes.The redshirt freshman from Miami, who has taken over the starting QB role, proclaimed himself fully h...

Piper Laurie, 3-time Oscar nominee with film credits such as 'The Hustler' and 'Carrie,' dies at 91

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

(AP) -- Piper Laurie, the strong-willed, Oscar-nominated actor who performed in acclaimed roles despite at one point abandoning acting altogether in search of a “more meaningful” life, died early Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 91.Laurie died of old age, her manager, Marion Rosenberg, told The Associated Press via email, adding that she was “a superb talent and a wonderful human being.” Viral TikTok shows Vallejo police officer punching a woman Laurie arrived in Hollywood in 1949 as Rosetta Jacobs and was quickly given a contract with Universal-International, a new name that she hated and a string of starring roles with Ronald Reagan, Rock Hudson and Tony Curtis, among others.She went on to receive Academy Award nominations for three distinct films: The 1961 poolroom drama “The Hustler”; the film version of Stephen King’s horror classic “Carrie,” in 1976; and the romantic drama “Children of a Lesser God,” in 1986. She also appeared in several acclaimed roles on televi...

Man hits person with hammer, charged with attempted murder: SFPD

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- A man was arrested after allegedly hitting a person with a hammer Friday morning in the Tenderloin neighborhood, the San Francisco Police Department said. The hammer attack happened around 8:46 a.m. on the 700 block of Ellis Street. Viral TikTok shows Vallejo police officer punching a woman The suspect and victim were in a verbal dispute before the alleged attack happened. Police said the suspect, identified as 38-year-old Christopher Redinger, fled the scene after hitting the victim with the hammer. A few hours later around 12:17 p.m., officers spotted Redinger near Ellis and Hyde Street. SFPD developed probable cause and arrested the suspect, the department said.Paramedics were called to the scene of the assault. The condition of the victim is unknown at this time. Redinger was booked into San Francisco County Jail on charges of attempted murder and a probation violation, according to SFPD. He was arrested last December in connection to a fatal stabbing i...

PGA Tour Champions SAS Championship Par Scores

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

SaturdayAt Prestonwood County ClubCary, N.C.Purse: $2.1 millionYardage: 7,237; Par: 72Second Round Suspended for darknessDid Not FinishThongchai JaideeRod PamplingJohn HustonY.E. YangHarrison FrazarMike WeirSteven AlkerVijay SinghLee JanzenRichard GreenBernhard LangerWes ShortJoe DurantPaul BroadhurstRetief GoosenRobert KarlssonBrian GayErnie ElsJerry KellyDarren ClarkeMario TizianiRocco MediateK.J. ChoiRob LabritzJesper ParnevikCarlos FrancoAlex CejkaStuart ApplebyBilly MayfairJeff MaggertDavid DuvalPaul GoydosJustin LeonardTimothy O’NealDavid McKenzieJeff SlumanMark CalcavecchiaChris DiMarcoNeal LancasterSteve FleschKen TanigawaNotah BegayMarco DawsonMark HensbyBoo WeekleyKirk TriplettPadraig HarringtonBrian CooperMiguel Angel JimenezOlin BrowneDuffy WaldorfBob EstesDavis Love IIIAndrew JohnsonWoody AustinColin MontgomerieDavid BranshawKeith HorneKen DukeTom PerniceFred FunkStephen AmesMike GoodesCorey PavinJohn SendenScott DunlapBilly AndradeDavid TomsFran QuinnScott McCarr...

NASCAR-Xfinity Alsco Uniforms 302 Results

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

SaturdayAt Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas.Lap length: 1.50 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (8) Riley Herbst, Ford, 201 laps, 51 points.2. (38) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 201, 48.3. (2) Cole Custer, Ford, 201, 53.4. (4) Chandler Smith, Chevrolet, 201, 47.5. (14) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 201, 35.6. (7) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 201, 42.7. (10) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 201, 36.8. (13) Brandon Jones, Chevrolet, 201, 33.9. (6) Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 201, 41.10. (9) Layne Riggs, Chevrolet, 201, 27.11. (19) Myatt Snider, Toyota, 200, 26.12. (1) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 200, 29.13. (11) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 200, 26.14. (5) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 200, 23.15. (15) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 200, 22.16. (17) Ryan Sieg, Ford, 199, 21.17. (3) Sammy Smith, Toyota, 199, 30.18. (24) Kyle Sieg, Ford, 199, 19.19. (28) Connor Mosack, Toyota, 199, 18.20. (25) Ryan Reed, Ford, 198, 17.21. (23) Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 198, 0.22. (18) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 197, 15.23. (35) Rajah Caruth...

Ireland heartbreak again in another Rugby World Cup quarterfinal

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

PARIS (AP) — This was the Ireland team that was finally going to go all the way at the Rugby World Cup.Instead, the Irish were knocked out in yet another quarterfinal on Saturday by 28-24 to an underdog New Zealand side that produced the special performance it needed to have a hope.Ireland had everything going for it.Confidence and momentum from an imperious 17-test winning streak that started with two historic wins in New Zealand more than a year ago.A bond beginning with a deep core of Leinster players, harnessed by the talismanic Jonathan Sexton, and coached by the inspirational Andy Farrell. Proven trophy credentials from a Six Nations Grand Slam followed by impressive pool wins in France against then-No. 2-ranked South Africa and No. 5 Scotland.The overwhelming support of tens of thousands of Irish fans, who flooded the French stadiums with earned anticipation of history in the making.Ireland embraced adversity and prepared for every eventuality except, on Saturday, for an All ...

Las conmociones cerebrales pueden ser más graves de lo que se cree. Aquí, una guía para evitarlas, identificarlas y tratarlas

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:47:40 GMT

(CNN) — Médicos, investigadores y expertos han recorrido un largo camino en la comprensión de las conmociones o contusiones cerebrales. La afección, que alguna vez fue representada con personajes de dibujos animados viendo estrellas, finalmente está recibiendo la atención que merece, con estrictos protocolos de conmoción cerebral establecidos para los deportes amateur y profesionales.Según los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU. (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés), una conmoción cerebral ocurre después de un “golpe o sacudida en la cabeza” o “un golpe en el cuerpo que hace que la cabeza y el cerebro se muevan rápidamente hacia adelante y hacia atrás”. Cualquiera de estos movimientos repentinos puede causar que “el cerebro rebote o se tuerza en el cráneo”, “cambios químicos en el cerebro” y/o el “estiramiento y daño” de las células cerebrales, dicen los CDC.Esos cambios pueden provocar síntomas como sentirse mareado o desorientado en el momento, o prob...