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Steve Kerr remembers Bob Knight with fitting anecdote: ‘He was terrifying. Not gonna lie.’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A pair of coaching legends, that’s about where the similarities stop between Steve Kerr and Bob Knight, who died Wednesday at the age of 83.Kerr, 58, didn’t cross paths much with Knight but shared one moment between them in 1986, when Kerr was on summer break from the University of Arizona and Knight was doing television commentary in the offseason from his coaching duties at Indiana. Kerr was playing for Team USA in the World Championships when Knight visited the team during practice after a loss.“He pulled me aside and basically went on a tirade. I had never met him before,” Kerr said. “He said, ‘I want you to take those bleepin’ bleep teammates of yours and bleep bleep and tell them to bleep bleep. I said Yes, sir, Coach Knight.’ And then I went to the players and said, ‘Hey, Coach Knight just encouraged us to play well tonight.’ He was terrifying. Terrifying. Not gonna lie.”Knight employed his infamous temper to great suc...

Warriors’ newfound depth guides them through tricky schedule

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Back home for barely 72 hours between jaunts to the Central Time Zone, coach Steve Kerr did all he could so the Warriors’ stopover at Chase Center, for yet another meeting with the Sacramento Kings, wouldn’t just feel like a visit to another city in the middle of their daunting two-week stretch.They returned home from a 3-0 road trip through Sacramento, Houston and New Orleans in the wee hours Tuesday morning. They didn’t practice that afternoon or hold shootaround before Wednesday’s contest. And after hosting their playoff foes from a year ago for a 13th time just since the end of last regular season, it’s wheels up to Oklahoma City to visit another four cities before returning home again.Eight games in eight cities in 13 days.It’s a stretch that would test the depth of any team, that might have killed last year’s squad, which didn’t win three consecutive road games all season, let alone a stretch that included back-to...

Alameda family was followed home from shopping center, robbed at gunpoint, police say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

ALAMEDA — Police here have arrested one of two men suspected of following a family of seven from a nearby shopping center to their Alameda home and robbing them at gunpoint, court records show.The suspect, a 29-year-old Oakland resident, was charged Oct. 25 with second degree robbery and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Police say they’re still working to identify the second robber.The man, woman, and their five children were followed to their Alameda home by two men, who police say were seen at a nearby Target where the victims had been shopping. As the victims got home around 1 p.m. the robbers appeared and held a gun to the man’s abdomen before making off with $2,000 in cash, a $10,000 Rolex watch, and a $600 designer wallet, police say.One of the suspects was later identified from a photo lineup and from surveillance video at the shopping center. Also, by coincidence, a private security guard obtained a video of the suspects fleeing in the area in an I...

Suspects at large after Piedmont armed robbery

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

(KRON) -- Suspects are at large after an armed robbery Wednesday afternoon in Piedmont, the Piedmont Police Department said in a Facebook post. The two victims were robbed around 3:25 p.m. near the intersection of Park Way and Monticello Avenue. The suspects were seen fleeing in a 2016 Grey Nissan Maxima (license plate 9FKP693) stolen out of Oakland, police said. They were both armed with black semi-automatic handguns and demanded the victims' phones, wallets, watches and keys. Boarded-up San Jose home shown in realtor’s viral video sold for $780K The suspects are described to be Middle Eastern or dark-skinned men between the ages of 18 and 22 wearing black hoodies and black masks. They are between 5-foot-8 and 6 feet tall with thin builds. The Nissan went up Park Way toward Highland Avenue. No one was injured from the robbery, according to Piedmont police. Piedmont PD says if anyone has information about the robbery, contact the department at 510-420-3000.

Brote de dengue en República Dominicana deja 16 muertos y más de 15.000 contagios

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

(CNN Español) — El brote de dengue en República Dominicana ha dejado hasta el momento 16 muertos y 15.606 contagios, según informó el Ministerio de Salud Pública este miércoles en una rueda de prensa.El ministro de Salud Pública, Daniel Rivera, dijo a CNN que la mayoría de los casos de dengue se concentran en el Gran Santo Domingo —región que incluye la provincia de Santo Domingo y el Distrito Nacional—, seguido por la provincia de Santiago.Sin embargo, las cifras muestran que hasta el corte de este miércoles el dengue está descendiendo en los 129 municipios de República Dominicana, según el director general de Epidemiología, Ronald Skewes.¿Cuál es la diferencia entre zika, chikunguña y dengue?En las salas de emergencia, especialmente en dos de los principales hospitales pediátricos de la capital, los centros Hugo Mendoza y Robert Reid Cabral, los casos de dengue también están disminuyendo, dijeron las directoras de ambas instituciones, las doctoras Hamelisse Then y Mabel Jone...

Free screenings, professional advice offered for National Diabetes Month

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

November is “National Diabetes Month,” and medical professionals in Prince George’s County, Maryland, are bringing attention to the illness all month long by offering free advice and tests.Every year, National Diabetes Month is a time where health officials around the country spread awareness.“We are bringing diabetes education to the community,” said Dr. Ogechi Anyaoku, a primary care physician with Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center.Diabetes affects about 37 million Americans and occurs when blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. It can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves and heart, and it’s linked to certain types of cancer.“We know that diabetes is a common condition, and we just want to make sure that we give our community members access to education, access to several different providers and access to a lot of the community resources that we have,” Anyaoku said.A free, public event, hosted by Adventist Healt...

Louisville to honor Denny Crum with moment of silence, seat dedication among tributes before opener

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville will honor Denny Crum with a moment of silence before Monday night’s opener against the University of Maryland Baltimore County as part of several tributes to its late Hall of Fame coach.Crum, who guided the Cardinals to NCAA men’s basketball championships in 1980 and 1986 during a 30-year career with the program, died May 9 at 86. The coach’s family will be present for ceremonies to be held throughout the contest on the court bearing his name at Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center home arena.Crum’s seat in section 106 will be dedicated and changed from red to black at halftime, a gesture similar to one at UCLA for coach John Wooden, one of Crum’s mentors. Players will wear special pregame shooting shirts highlighting his achievements, while uniforms will feature patches of his trademark red jacket. Coaches will wear pins. Video tributes are also scheduled, with more information provided on the pending release of the Denny Crum Legacy Collection of apparel...

Australian cricketer Maxwell to miss World Cup match with a concussion after falling off golf cart

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

GUJARAT, India (AP) — Australian allrounder Glenn Maxwell will miss his team’s Cricket World Cup match against England on Saturday after sustaining a concussion from falling off a golf cart.Cricket Australia said Wednesday that Maxwell was riding on the back of the cart in the dark after a round of golf on Monday when he fell off, suffering a concussion and some facial bruising.Some Australian players had golfed in Gujarat during a week-long break between games. No one else was hurt in the incident.Maxwell has scored 196 runs and taken four wickets in six games through the tournament. He also hit the fastest hundred in World Cup history — in 40 balls — against the Netherlands in New Delhi.Coach Andrew McDonald said there was nothing untoward about the accident after a team golf tournament on Monday.“Going from the clubhouse to the team bus the guys were ferried on carts. Unfortunately he lost his grip on the way back to the team bus,” said McDonald, who said a number of player...

Obispos españoles piden perdón a las víctimas de abusos cometidos por la Iglesia y rechazan la “extrapolación” de datos de una encuesta

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

(CNN Español) –– La Conferencia Episcopal Española (CEE) pidió este martes “perdón” a las víctimas de abusos sexuales en el ámbito de la Iglesia católica en ese país, en su primera reacción a un informe que el Defensor del Pueblo publicó la semana pasada para, entre otros objetivos, dar respuesta a “una situación de sufrimiento y de soledad que durante años se ha mantenido, de una u otra manera, cubierta por un injusto silencio”.Los obispos afirmaron también que buscan trabajar en las reparaciones sugeridas por el Defensor del Pueblo en su informe de 779 páginas.La respuesta surgió luego de una asamblea extraordinaria para analizar y responder al documento, que fue encargado por el Congreso de los Diputados en 2022.La Iglesia católica de España afirma haber recibido los testimonios de 706 víctimas de abusos sexualesAparte de referirse al informe del Defensor, los obispos rechazaron la extrapolación de los datos de una encuesta incluida en el documento, refiriéndose a las proyeccione...

Avanza en el Legislativo de Panamá proyecto de ley que prohíbe otorgar de nuevas concesiones mineras

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:31:20 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Legislativo de Panamá aprobó este miércoles en segundo debate el proyecto de ley 1110, que “prohíbe el otorgamiento de nuevas concesiones para la exploración, extracción, transporte y beneficio de la explotación de la minería metálica en todo el país y deroga la Ley 406 de 2023”, citaron en los canales oficiales.Para este jueves está previsto el tercer debate, que según la normativa legislativa ya no da espacio para cambios en el contenido, solo busca dejar en firme la decisión del pleno.Corte Suprema de Panamá dice que es su “prioridad número uno” resolver demandas sobre contrato mineroDe aprobarse el jueves, el proyecto de ley se pasaría a la sanción del presidente Laurentino Cortizo.Noticia en desarrollo…Con información de Elizabeth González.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source