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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Buffs coach Deion Sanders killed the Pac-12 without playing a single game in the conference

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

These huge television contracts have ruined college football. And I blame the SEC. It’s pure trash. I loved the old Big Eight Conference, when the Buffs, Nebraska and Oklahoma would trade blows with each other.— Adrian, DenverKiz: Incredible arrogance and bad judgment of Pac-12 leadership (here’s looking at you, former commissioner Larry Scott), pushed the Conference of Champions from glory to extinction in a period of 10 years. But in the end, was it new CU coach Deion Sanders that struck the death blow? His arrival in Boulder made the Buffs a brand the Big 12 coveted. Once the Buffs bolted, it was all over but the rats jumping ship as the Pac-12 slowly sank into the ocean.My romantic views of college football and student athletics died long ago. These kids are basically pros. Nothing surprises me anymore. I support CU and let myself get fooled for a few hours on football Saturdays in the fall. Otherwise, I know what the deal is.— Ramon, jilted football-love...

New vegan bakery opening next to Cap Hill’s City O’ City

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

A new vegan bakery is going in next to Denver vegetarian restaurant City O’ City.The Cake Bar, owned by Angie Wells, will open next week at 214 E. 13th Ave., where Make Believe Bakery previously operated.“I wanted vegans and people with allergies to get the same fun, creative custom cakes that are traditionally sold in bakeries,” Wells said. “It’s not about tasting vegan, it’s about tasting delicious.”Make Believe, which was also fully vegan, opened in 2016 and was owned by the owners of City O’ City, who sold its desserts there and at Uptown sister restaurant Watercourse Foods. But the bakery’s storefront has been closed for months.City O’ City co-owner Lauren Roberts told BusinessDen that she and her partners originally planned to turn the Make Believe space into a commissary kitchen, before deciding instead to just sunset the brand and handle the baking in the kitchens of the two restaurants.But that left Make Believe’s former real estate, which she and her partners own, vacant. ...

Jamie Foxx apologizes for apparent antisemitic Instagram post; Jennifer Aniston apologizes for liking it 

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

Jamie Foxx has apologized for a cryptic Instagram post referring to “Jesus” and “fake friends” that some found to be antisemitic. The actor, who recently recovered from a health scare, posted a black screen on his Instagram feed with the words “They killed this dude name [sic] Jesus...what do you think they’ll do to you???!” with the hashtags #fakefriends and #fakelove. In Foxx’s apology post on Saturday morning, he clarified that he was “betrayed by a fake friend” and that the fake friend was the “they” he was referring to in the post. “I only have love and in my heart for everyone,” Foxx said on Instagram. “I love and support the Jewish community...My deepest apologies to anyone who was offended.” Actress Jennifer Aniston received some backlash for liking the post; she also took to Instagram to clarify that she “did not ‘like’ this post on purpose or by accident” and that she doesn’t “support any form of antisemitism.” “This really makes me sick,” Aniston said on her Instagra...

Oakland A’s DFA struggling veteran outfielder amid flurry of transactions

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

Ramón Laureano was designated for assignment on Saturday morning as the Oakland A’s — owners of the worst record in baseball — continued their roster turnover.Laureano, in his sixth year with the team, was batting .213 with six home runs, 21 RBI and eight stolen bases in 64 games in a season that’s been interrupted by injuries. Laureano was out with a strained left groin from April 17-28 and a fractured right hand from June 22-July 14.The A’s also reinstated right-handed pitcher Dany Jiménez from the 60-day injured list and outfielder Esteury Ruiz from the 10-day injured list.Right-hander Tayler Scott was also optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. The A’s also reinstated infielder Kevin Smith from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Las Vegas, outrighted infielder Tyler Wade to Las Vegas, and released catcher Manny Piña.The A’s enter Saturday’s Bay Bridge Series game with the San Francisco Giants at the Oakland Coliseum with a record of 30-80.La...

Pac-12 collapse: 12 strategic blunders that led to Doomsday

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

The morning after, devastation.“Gut-wrenching stuff,” one Pac-12 administrator noted.“So damn sad,” offered another.The 108-year-old conference, which produced sports luminaries ranging from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Elway to  Annika Sörenstam, Phil Mickelson, Jackie Joyner Kersey, Reggie Bush, Karch Kiraly, Sabrina Ionescu and Barry Bonds – not to mention a second baseman named Jack Roosevelt Robinson – will cease to exist next summer, at least in any recognizable form.Eight of the existing schools will join other conferences following a mass exodus on a surreal Friday that changed the college sports landscape forever.USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are headed to the Big Ten.Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado are departing for the Big 12.Only Stanford, Cal, Washington State and Oregon State remain – if they choose to hang around.The Pac-4 cannot exist. The conference would need at least two more schools to reach the membership requirements set by the NCAA. Plans will evo...

Pac-12 collapse: Tracing 12 strategic blunders that led to Doomsday

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

The morning after, devastation.“Gut-wrenching stuff,” one Pac-12 administrator noted.“So damn sad,” offered another.The 108-year-old conference, which produced sports luminaries ranging from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and John Elway to  Annika Sörenstam, Phil Mickelson, Jackie Joyner Kersey, Reggie Bush, Karch Kiraly, Sabrina Ionescu and Barry Bonds — not to mention a second baseman named Jack Roosevelt Robinson — will cease to exist next summer, at least in any recognizable form.Eight of the existing schools will join other conferences following a mass exodus on a surreal Friday that changed the college sports landscape forever.USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are headed to the Big Ten.Arizona, Arizona State, Utah and Colorado are departing for the Big 12.Only Stanford, Cal, Washington State and Oregon State remain — if they choose to hang around.The Pac-4 cannot exist. The conference would need at least two more schools to reach the membership requirements set by the NCAA. Plans will evo...

Pakistan’s former prime minister arrested after corruption conviction

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

By Riazat Butt | Associated PressISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested Saturday after a court handed him a three-year jail sentence for corruption, a development that could end his future in politics.The court ruled that Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains the country’s leading opposition figure, had concealed assets after selling state gifts. Police moved quickly to take the former cricket star from his home in the eastern city of Lahore to the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, senior police officer Ali Nasir Rizvi said.Efforts to put the divisive politician behind bars have stepped up ahead of general elections this year because his popularity and large support base, combined with his ability to mobilize massive crowds, pose a threat to the ruling coalition and its backers in Pakistan’s powerful military that has been the final arbiter of the country’s politics since independence from BritainThis is the second time this...

Road rage dispute on I-580 ends in gunfire in Tracy

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

(KRON) -- A road rage incident that began on Interstate 580 led to an attempted homicide in Tracy on Friday afternoon, the Tracy Police Department said. Two bodies found in San Jose after wellness check Around 2:44 p.m., several 911 calls came in reporting shots fired in the 700 bock of West Clover Road. Officers arrived to find a man with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to the hospital by paramedics and is now listed in critical condition. Detectives with TPD responded to the scene to take over the investigation. The suspect fled the scene in a vehicle, but officers found it nearby on Interstate 205. Inside police found Eduardo Tarvin, 23, of Lodi and Jaco Nevarez, 21, of Lodi. Both were arrested and booked into San Joaquin County Jail on charges of attempted murder and shooting into a vehicle. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KRON4 Breaking News ...

Correction: Sudan story

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — In a story published August 4, 2023, about rights groups calling on the United States and the United Nations to impose further sanctions on those in Sudan responsible for alleged atrocities in the Darfur region, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Human Rights Watch had documented members of the paramilitary known as the Rapid Support Forces abducting 24 women and girls and raping them. Rather, Amnesty International documented this in a 56-page report. Source

Federal agency given deadline to explain why deadly Nevada wild horse roundup should continue

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:00:37 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A judge has asked federal land managers to explain why they should be allowed to continue capturing more than 2,500 wild horses in northeastern Nevada — a roundup opponents say is illegal and has left 31 mustangs dead in 26 days.Wild Horse Education, a nonprofit seeking to protect the horses, has sued the Bureau of Land Management and is seeking a court order to temporarily halt the roundup halfway between Reno and Salt Lake City.Among other things, it says the agency is violating its own safety standards that prohibit roundups in extreme heat and the use of helicopters to assist in the capture of the animals when foals are present.More than 260 foals are among the 2,643 animals that have been rounded up for transport to government holding pens since July 9, the agency said on its website Saturday. Several-hundred more are expected to be gathered before the roundup ends Aug. 22.Democratic U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, of Nevada, has introduced a bill that would outlaw the ...