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Today in Sports – Annika Sorenstam becomes 1st player in LPGA history to win 5 straight tournaments

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

Nov. 61869 — First U.S. college football game played, Rutgers 6, Princeton 4.1934 — Joe Carter scores four touchdowns and Swede Hanson rushes for 190 yards as the Philadelphia Eagles crush the Cincinnati Reds 64-0.1966 — Philadelphia’s Timmy Brown returns kickoffs 93 yards and 90 yards for touchdowns to lead the Eagles to a 24-23 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.1981 — Larry Holmes knocks out Renaldo Snipes in the 11th round to retain the world heavyweight title in Pittsburgh.1983 — James Wilder of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rushes for 219 yards and a touchdown in a 17-12 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.1988 — Britain’s Steve Jones win the New York City Marathon in 2:08:20, the fastest time in the world this year. His margin of victory, 3 minutes and 21 seconds over Salvatore Bettiol, is the largest in the history of the five-borough race. Grete Waitz wins an unprecedented ninth women’s title, finishing in 2:28:07 well ahead of Italy’s Laura Fogli (2:31:26).1992 — Manon Rheaume of t...

Juvenile suspect in two shootings arrested in Greeley

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Greeley Police Department arrested a juvenile on Friday who was linked to two shootings, including one that forced several schools to be placed in a secure perimeter status.Greeley Police said the incident happened just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1.Officers responded to an alarm at Wells Fargo Bank in the 3500 block of 22nd Street. Once they completed the investigation into the alarm, they heard six to ten gunshots near them.Police began attempting to locate the suspect and any potential witnesses. Several nearby schools were placed in secure status due to the proximity to the shooting.Officers saw several juveniles running away from where the shots were fired, and three of them were caught and interviewed before being released to their guardians.A fourth was also seen running away but was not found. Five adults in two separate cars nearby reported being shot at while in a parking lot in the 3200 block of 22nd Street. Students on edge after 16-year-old sta...

Ken Buck: Political climate 'may very well be the new normal'

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Rep. Ken Buck announced he will not seek reelection this week.On the heels of this announcement, Buck joined "Colorado Point of View," where he answered questions after he joined the rest of his party in confirming new House Speaker Mike Johnson. Ken Buck testifies in Trump's 14th Amendment hearing in Colorado The Republican lawmaker also discusses the backlash he faced for a prior vote in the speakership, even receiving death threats. Meanwhile, analysts look at how the race could shape up to fill Buck's seat. And Gov. Jared Polis releases his budget proposal for the next fiscal year, pushing big on education funding.Watch this week’s episode of “Colorado Point of View” in the video player above. “Colorado Point of View” airs every weekend on Colorado’s Very Own Channel 2.

Israel-Hamas war adds to Democratic concerns about Biden’s 2024 chances

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

Fears are growing paramount among Democrats over President Joe Biden’s standing one year out of the 2024 election.And within the party, there are emerging concerns that his support for Israel in its war against Hamas is weakening him among key parts of his party’s base.Americans’ attitudes are shifting quickly about the conflict, and a lot could change between now and next November. But as Israel batters Gaza in response to the Palestinian militant group Hamas’ Oct. 7 bloody attack, Biden’s Democratic Party is fracturing over the war.A series of New York Times polls released Sunday is likely to supercharge the worries among some Democrats about the political fallout from Biden’s handling of the conflict. Those polls showed Biden trailing former President Donald Trump in five of six battleground states among registered voters.According to the surveys, swing-state voters have serious misgivings about Biden’s management of the economy — typically much more important to voters...

Blunderbuss: Croatia minister apologizes for klutzy kiss on Germany’s Baerbock

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

There’s another kiss controversy, but this time it seems more clumsy than creepy. Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić-Radman’s ham-fisted attempt to greet his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, with a kiss sparked a chorus of chastisement in both Croatia and Germany last week. Grlić-Radman apologized on Saturday, after his awkward maneuver had made the rounds on social media.“We ministers always greet each other cordially,” Grlić-Radman was quoted as saying by Croatian daily Večernji List. “If someone saw something bad in that, then apologies to whoever took it that way,” he said, adding that his diplomatic offering “might have turned out awkwardly.”The gawky greeting took place at an EU enlargement conference in Berlin on Thursday that brought together foreign ministers from member states and candidate countries. As the ministers gathered in front of the media for a group picture, Grlić-Radman, 65, first reached out to sha...

Trent Brown, rookie wide receiver among Patriots’ inactives vs. Commanders

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

FOXBORO — The Patriots will be without starting left tackle Trent Brown on Sunday against the Commanders.Brown is listed among the Patriots’ six inactives. Here’s the full list, which includes rookie wide receiver Kayshon Boutte as a healthy scratch:Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots-Commanders preview: Bill Belichick could start to U-turn the season Sunday New England Patriots | Patriots sign ex-USFL defensive tackle to 53-man roster New England Patriots | Patriots extra points: Bill Belichick says rookie WR had best practices this week New England Patriots | Demario Douglas one of the 4 Patriots most important to beating Washington New England Patriots | The Patriots’ glue guy linebacker keeping Bill Belichick’s defense together QB Will Grier (emergency third QB)WR DeVante ParkerWR Kayshon BoutteOT Trent BrownDT Sam RobertsCB Alex AustinMac Jones will start at quarterback...

Sweet 16: Reversal of fortune in Stoneham

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

When Stoneham football coach Bob Almeida walked off Fred Green Memorial Field in Melrose on Sept. 29, he wondered: will we ever win a game?For Almeida and the Spartans, September Sorrow has morphed into November Nirvana.After an 0-4 start, Stoneham had four straight wins to earn a Div. 6 tournament berth. The 15th-seeded Spartans made the most of their second opportunity, hitting the road to knock off No. 2 Abington, 22-14.“I give all the credit to the players and my assistant coaches, they stayed the course,” Almeida said. “We have two terrific captains (Matt Tran and Ty Baker) who have been very instrumental all season long. They are not the most demonstrative types, but they are the type of kids who know when something needs to be said and everyone listens.”Almeida figured his team would suffer some growing pains. The Spartans graduated a large chunk of players from the 2022 team which advanced to the Div, 6 state championship game, so there were plenty of new faces in the lineup...

Cape Cod surfers have close call with 10-foot great white shark: ‘The shark circled behind me very aggressive and agitated’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

Two Cape Cod surfers have quite the story to tell after they evaded an “aggressive and agitated” 10-foot great white shark off an Eastham beach over the weekend.The pair of surfers, cousins Ray Trautz and Pete Emond, reported that they had a close call with a shark on Saturday at around noon off Coast Guard Beach.Trautz over the years has spotted about 100 white sharks while surfing, but this experience is definitely at the top of all his shark interactions.“Pete was sitting on his board and I was standing on mine when I looked over my shoulder and a 10′ Great white Shark was on track right at Pete’s legs,” Trautz posted a day after the close call.“The shark even turned on its side as if to take a leg, in that moment I yelled SHAARRRRK as Pete was still unaware,” he added.As Trautz yelled, he stabbed his paddle into the water at the back of the shark, and the apex predator “violently” turned at him — with its tail and...

A muted box office weekend without ‘Dune: Part Two’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

This weekend, the box office felt the lack of what was supposed to be on the calendar.Moviegoers weren’t lacking for options: The video game adaptation “Five Nights at Freddy’s” repeated in first place, “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” is still going strong, Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla ” expanded nationwide, “Oppenheimer” returned to IMAX screens and several well-received indies opened as well. But this was the weekend that Warner Bros. and Legendary’s “ Dune: Part Two” was supposed to open, before the SAG-AFTRA strike had many studios shuffling release dates in anticipation of a lengthy dispute as opposed to opening films without the help of movie stars. In August, the “Dune” sequel starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya was moved to March 2024, and no major blockbusters moved in to take its Nov. 3 spot.Even with “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” still bringing Swifties to the multiplex, and many other prestige offerings, including Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon&...

Tola sets NYC Marathon course record to win men’s race; Hellen Obiri of Kenya takes women’s title

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:53:17 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia set a course record to win the New York City Marathon men’s race on Sunday while Hellen Obiri of Kenya pulled away in the final 400 meters to take the women’s title.Tola finished in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 58 seconds, topping the 2:05.06 set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011. Tola pulled away from countrymate Jemel Yimer when the pair were heading towards the Bronx at mile 20. By the time he headed back into Manhattan a mile later he was up by 19 seconds and chasing Mutai’s mark.While the men’s race was well decided before the last few miles, the women’s race came down to the stretch. Obiri, Letesenbet Gidey of Ethiopia and defending champion Sharon Lokedi were all running together exchanging the lead. Obiri made a move as the trio headed back into Central Park for the final half-mile and finished in 2:27.23. Gidey finished second, 6 seconds behind.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/sportsDoug Feinberg, The Associated Press