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Pac-12 could be the Conference of Quarterbacks this season

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Pac-12 likes to bill itself as the “Conference of Champions,” and this season, it might be the Conference of Quarterbacks as well.USC’s Caleb Williams is the reigning Heisman Trophy winner.Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. made the preseason all-conference second team after throwing for 4,641 yards and 31 touchdowns last season. Oregon’s Bo Nix was an honorable mention after also posting outstanding numbers.Not making any of the teams were such notable QBs as Utah’s Cam Rising, who comes off back-to-back Pac-12 championships.Underscoring the depth at the position, seven quarterbacks attended Pac-12 media day on Friday.“I can’t remember a year that it’s this high level of quarterbacks,” Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith said. “I think we’re going to be a part of that. I just go back to you get that many quarterbacks that good, you got to score enough points to win games.”Nix knows something about competing against other high-level quarterback...

The feds team up with law enforcement to disconnect illegal robocalls

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

Are you one of the many people dealing with annoying robocalls?Tremyl Proctor of Silver Springs, who was a telemarketer years ago, finds herself on the other end of those dreadful calls.“I just let it ring. It’s just too much. I can’t manage those calls and work at the same time. It’s really very bothersome,” Proctor said.This week, the Federal Trade Commission and other law enforcement partners nationwide — including attorneys general from all 50 states and D.C. — announced a new crackdown on illegal telemarketing targeting operations responsible for billions of calls to consumers.The joint state and federal “Operation Stop Scam Calls” builds on the efforts of Maryland and other state and federal partners to combat the scourge of illegal telemarketing, including robocalls.The initiative targets telemarketers and the companies that hire them, as well as lead generators who deceptively collect and provide consumers’ telephone numbers to...

Copa Mundial 2023: Zambia vs. Japón; aquí todos los detalles

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

Zambia se enfrenta a Japón la madrugada del sábado en el estadio de Waikato, por el Grupo A de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2023. La patada inicial de este encuentro de la Copa del Mundo se dará a las 3 a.m. ET / 12 a.m. PT.   La cobertura de Telemundo arranca a partir de las 2.30 a.m. ET / 11.30 p.m PT.Puedes ver el partido en vivo sintonizando Universo en tu TV, o para verlo por streaming desde tu computadora o dispositivo móvil a través de la app de Peacock, haz clic aquí.Source

Groups in Colorado could see major funding if bill remains intact in Congress

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Colorado congressman is working to secure funding for over a dozen community projects around the state. The requests total more than $11.5 million.The projects range from things like police K-9 units to domestic violence shelters and public libraries.For nonprofits, more funding means doing more services for people who need them. Some of those groups could be getting hundreds and thousands of dollars if Congress says yes.Congressman Jason Crow's office released his list of funding requests. A variety of projects are listed among the requests including $138,000 for Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office for new kennels and $1 million for Gateway Domestic Violence Services to build a shelter for battered women. There is also a $1 million request for Food Bank of the Rockies for new equipment. Johnston, city council go to work following inauguration "Making sure that we have the most up-to-date equipment, making sure everything is running really well is really vital and ...

Tractor-trailer crash on Turnpike in Sunrise causes traffic backups; no injuries

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

There was trouble on the Florida Turnpike in Sunrise involving a tractor-trailer.The driver of the vehicle lost control and ended up in the swale off the highway, near Interstate 595, Friday afternoon.The crashed caused a slowdown along the northbound lanes just south of Sunrise Boulevard.One the right lane was shut down as crews worked to remove the tractor-trailer.No one was injured.As of Friday night, there is no word as to what caused the driver to lose control.

Storms cause flooding in several communities across Mass.

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

Severe weather swept through parts of Massachusetts Friday, causing flooding and briefly triggering a tornado warning for part of Worcester County. With storms still moving across the state around 8:30 p.m., several communities were already left dealing with flooded roads and other damage. In Deerfield, floodwaters hit several locations, slowing travel on some roads while completely washing out others. The shoulder of Route 5 in one spot in Deerfield was damaged with roughly 300 feet of a gas line “exposed and out of alignment,” according to MassDOT spokesperson Jacquelyn Goddard.Crews, Goddard said, would need to work to fix the line and reconstruct the roadway shoulder when the flood water recedes. MassDOT also reported flooding in communities including Greenfield and Leominster. One video shared with 7NEWS showed hail falling in Leominster Friday afternoon, while another video captured the moment lightning appeared to strike the ground in nearby Gardner.&...

It’s Been A While

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

For many cities and towns (Worcester included) this will be our first completely dry weekend since Memorial day Weekend!!I hear ya, Coach. Thankfully, I think we have turned the corner on are lengthy unsettled pattern dating all the way back to the first weekend in June and the dry days will outnumber the rainy days over the next 1-2 weeks. Check out the 7-day forecast…Saturday looks good. I do think we’ll have a few leftover clouds during the morning hours and some of those clouds could produce a brief shower along the immediate South Shore and Cape. For most other cities and towns, a mostly sunny day is on tap. Sunday will be dry for everyone with a sunny sky. Should be great for the beaches, pools, pickleball courts and golf courses!Luke Combs concert down at Gillette should be A-OK as this rainy pattern appears to finally be Going, Going, Gone!Have a great weekend!~JR

‘I’m all for it’: Aaron Bummer expands his role for the Chicago White, throwing multiple innings out of the bullpen

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

Aaron Bummer entered with two on and two out in the fourth inning against the Oakland Athletics on July 2.The Chicago White Sox led by three, trying to salvage the finale of the three-game series at Oakland Coliseum.The left-hander got Tony Kemp to ground out to second baseman Zach Remillard to end the threat.Bummer returned for the fifth, giving up a single and an RBI double before retiring the next three batters. He went back out to the mound for the sixth and had a 1-2-3 inning.The 2 1/3 innings in the 8-7 victory set a career high for Bummer. It was his first time pitching two innings since 2019.“It doesn’t really matter what inning, what kind of role, you’ve just got to go out there and do your job,” Bummer told the Tribune earlier this week in New York. “A lot of the guys are throwing the ball really well and (if) I put myself in a position to go out there as long as I can go out there and provide value by giving two innings or something like that...

Lucas: Healey hoping for a Miami miracle

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

Boston College football fans ought to be concerned over Gov. Maura Healey’s mocking attacks on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida.That’s because her criticism of the Sunshine State is only providing coaches of the Florida State Seminoles and the University of Miami Hurricanes — two football powerhouses — with locker room material to use against us.When it comes to Florida, Massachusetts needs a win. It appears we can’t beat Florida in anything.Perhaps the Bay State needs a miracle, like Doug Flutie’s “Hail Mary” pass to Gerard Phelan that gave BC a miraculous last-second victory over Miami in the 1984 Orange Bowl.That win raised the spirits of millions of people. Something that no politician since JFK has been able to do.Football guru John Madden said of the height-challenged Flutie, a one-time New England Patriot, “Inch for inch, Flutie in his prime was the best quarterback of his generation.”But while there is a statue of Flutie, once a Natick resident, at Boston College he, like many ...

Red Sox Notebook: First-round pick Kyle Teel ‘hungry’ for MLB future after signing

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:00:17 GMT

On Friday afternoon, a promising new member of the Red Sox organization got a taste of what his future holds.It only made him want for more.“I am so hungry to be out here one day,” Kyle Teel said as he stood by Fenway Park’s home dugout. “It’s finally coming true.”“I’m so excited to get going and ready to get to work.”The Red Sox selected Teel as the 14th overall pick in this year’s MLB Draft, and officially signed him on Friday; his $4 million bonus is about $660K under slot value.After getting the deal done, Teel took batting practice with the team while his family and agent, Scott Boras, looked on. At least one of his hits reached the top of the Green Monster, another landed deep in the visiting bullpen.That, too, was an exciting development for the young slugger. He’d played in a high school prospects exhibition game at Fenway in 2019, but said he wasn’t a home-run hitter “at all” back then.Boras...