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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drains game-winning shot as Thunder knock off Nuggets in Denver

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

Nobody will be too upset if these two teams play again in a week or two.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander drained a cold-blooded jumper with 0.9 seconds remaining to give Oklahoma City its first lead since the first quarter, and the Nuggets didn’t get a shot off on the ensuing inbound, resulting in a 118-117 loss to an on-the-rise Thunder squad Saturday night at Ball Arena.In a battle between two of the top three teams in the Western Conference standings, the Nuggets lost their second home game this season. They host the Mavericks on Monday.Nikola Jokic finished with 24 points and 12 assists. Michael Porter Jr. amassed 20 points and 11 rebounds. But Denver couldn’t protect an eight-point lead in the last four minutes.After facing Chet Holmgren for the first time in October, Jokic was left with the impression that the Thunder rookie center “needs to be a little bit fatter, to be honest.” Holmgren wasn’t the only player Denver dissected that day, but his struggle t...

Broncos four downs: Sean Payton might want to stop yelling at Russell Wilson and start screaming at himself

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

Initial thoughts from the Broncos’ loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 15 at Ford Field:1. Sean Payton needed to yell at himself: Did he rush the play? Did he change a call? The devil’s in the details, but Payton going Woody Hayes on Russell Wilson late in the third quarter was a weird rage flex. Especially after at least two potential touchdowns — and probably a third — weren’t challenged by the first-year Broncos coach in real time. Even Lions fans on social media couldn’t believe their football fortunes. Wilson was either shaken, hit or poor — No. 3 completed just four of his first 10 throws for 69 yards in the first half — early on, but Big Russ wasn’t the only reason the Orange & Blue laid a giant egg in Motown.2. Meinerz was … what?: See, now, this is how conspiracy theories get started. It was bad enough that Sean Payton was too busy screaming himself hoarse at Russell Wilson to notice, but we’re having a hard time processing ...

Road-weary Broncos turned to road kill in blowout, prime-time loss at Detroit

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

DETROIT — The Broncos hoped to prove themselves road warriors in the Motor City.Instead, road kill.Sean Payton’s team, playing its third straight December game away from home, ran out of gas in the first half Saturday night and watched the Lions roll on by, clear into the postseason.The Broncos have a lot of work to do in order to reach the same destination after a 42-17 loss here.They’re going to have to find offensive consistency, which has disappeared in recent weeks.They’re going to have to find better ways to combat speed, which the Lions flashed in spades.Put simply, they’re going to have to win their final three games from 7-7.That’s not impossible by any stretch of the imagination, considering they will come against teams with losing records, back-up quarterbacks and little to play for.But the margin for error is now reduced to zero.Jared Goff sliced the rest of it away with the same precision that he carved up the middle of the Broncos defense over and over and over o...

Bomb threat sent to Boulder Jewish synagogue Congregation Har HaShem

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

No one was harmed after a bomb threat was sent to a Jewish synagogue in Boulder on Saturday.About 8:30 a.m., officers responded to a bomb threat sent via email to Congregation Har HaShem, 3950 Baseline Road. Boulder police and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office cleared the building and did not detect any threats in or around the synagogue.The threat received by Har HaShem was also sent to other Jewish synagogues in the surrounding area, according to a release sent Saturday from the city.“Fortunately, we were able to respond quickly to this threat,” Boulder police chief Maris Herold stated in the release. “We are glad to report that no bomb was found and nobody was hurt.”Har HaShem Executive Director Alan Friedman and President Jim Edelman released a joint statement on the congregation’s Facebook page stating the threat was made to multiple synagogues in Colorado, and none of the threats have been deemed credible.“Sadly, threats to Jewish institut...

Crews use robotic vehicle to battle L.A. commercial fire

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a fire that seriously damaged a single-story commercial building in south central Los Angeles on Saturday.The fire at 911 E. 59th St. was first reported around noon, according to the Los Angeles Fire DepartmentHeavy smoke and flames were apparent when firefighters first arrived and officials quickly determined they needed additional resources.Over 80 firefighters with the help of an RS3 Robotic Firefighting Vehicle finally extinguished the blaze in about an hour and 18 minutes, LAFD said. RS3 Robotic Firefighting Vehicle (LAFD Photo by Gary Apodaca)No injuries were reported.

Behind Steph Curry, Warriors avoid epic collapse in win over Nets

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — To prevent an epic collapse and a fourth straight defeat, the Warriors needed Stephen Curry to take over in the fourth quarter.Curry, shaking off double teams for much of crunch time, dropped 16 of his 37 points in the fourth quarter as Golden State outlasted Brooklyn, 124-120. Curry went a flawless 7-for-7 in the fourth, and the Warriors needed every one of them. The Warriors had fallen apart in the second half after leading by 18 points earlier in the game, but Curry saved them just enough.Golden State (11-14) won ugly, but won nonetheless. Cam Thomas, in highlighter-neon green sneakers, lit up the Chase Center for 41 points, but Golden State absorbed his punch just enough to sneak away.Before Saturday’s game, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr declined to share any details about what work Draymond Green is facing during his indefinite suspension, but did admit that the tumult surrounding the team has been a factor.“I think the emotion definitely got to us,” Kerr said....

International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost two decades ago, according to a ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights Friday.The landmark verdict marks a monumental step in a four-decade struggle for Indigenous land rights and a long, bitter legal battle, which has at times spilled into the streets of northern Guatemala.It also comes at the close of the U.N. climate summit COP28, which stressed the importance of renewables and energy transition minerals like nickel more than ever.According to a verdict read from Costa Rica in the early hours of the morning, the Guatemalan government violated the rights of the Indigenous Q’eqchi’ people to property and consultation by permitting mining on land where members of the community have lived at least since the 1800s.In its written sentence, the court linked the human rights violations to “inadequacies in domestic law,” which fail to recognize Indigenous property a...

Vejmelka earns first shutout of season with 28 saves, Coyotes top Sabres 2-0

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Karel Vejmelka had 29 saves for his first shutout of the season, Clayton Keller scored his 10th goal of the year and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Saturday night.Arizona has won two straight after losing four in a row. The Coyotes also got a bit of revenge after falling to the Sabres 5-2 on Monday in Buffalo.It was Vejmelka’s first win since Oct. 21 and he improved to 3-7-2 for the season. Keller opened the scoring with 4:48 left in the second period. Alex Kerfoot stole the puck from Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen behind the net and fed Keller for the goal. It was Kerfoot’s 14th assist.The Sabres were dominating the second period until Luukkonen’s costly mistake and never recovered. Vejmelka made two impressive short-handed saves late in the second to keep the Coyotes ahead.Liam O’Brien made it 2-0 with 10:24 left in the third, scoring his third goal of the season on a breakaway, going high to get the puck past...

Canada beats US 3-2 in shootout to cut Americans’ Rivalry Series lead to 3-1

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

SARNIA, Ontario (AP) — Marie-Philip Poulin scored the lone shootout goal, Ann-Renée Desbiens made 22 save sand Canada beat the United States 3-2 on Saturday night to cut the Americans’ Rivalry Series lead to 3-1.Canada overcame a two-goal deficit in the third period, with Danielle Serdachny scoring with 9:54 left and Ella Shelton tying it with 7:21 remaining. “This team has a lot of character and we showed that today,” Desbiens said. “It would have been easy to give up when we were down by two and down 3-0 in the series, but it was important for us to get a win in front of Canadian fans.”Megan Keller opened the scoring for the United States with a short-handed goal at 8:19 of the second period. Alex Carpenter made it 2-0 at 4:46 of the third.“The game was such a back-and-forth contest,” U.S. coach John Wroblewski said. “It was a physical contest and a classic U.S.-Canada game.”Nicole Hensley stopped 24 shots for the Americans.On Thursday night in Kitchener, U.S. captain Hilary...

Kalkbrenner’s return from injury in 2nd half fuels No. 8 Creighton in 85-82 win over Alabama

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:37:52 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Word out of the locker room while Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner was getting treatment for an ankle sprain was that it was questionable whether he would return for the second half against Alabama.Kalkbrenner had no doubt he would.“I turned on the TV in the training room so I could keep an eye on things,” he said. “I was watching the game and thought it was a little too close for comfort for me to be sitting back here.”Kalkbrenner scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half to lead No. 8 Creighton to an 85-82 victory on Saturday night.Trey Alexander paced Creighton (9-2) with 22 points and Baylor Scheierman added 20, but it was the return of Kalkbrenner to start the second half that gave the Bluejays the boost they needed to bounce back from their 15-point midweek loss to UNLV.“I think at times people unfairly question his toughness,” Creighton coach Greg McDermott said. “And that’s a bunch of B.S. There’s a reason he didn’t come back in the first half. That a...