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Why did Gophers running back Zach Evans not play to start season?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

Gophers running back Zach Evans spun out of a tackle, kept his feet and picked up 11 yards for a first down during Saturday’s game against Louisiana at Huntington Bank Stadium.Where was that over the first month of the season?Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck received questions on the whereabouts of Evans a few times as the redshirt freshman didn’t carry the ball a single time over the opening four games.The simple answer is Fleck relied on who won the running back competition in preseason camp. That’s how Western Michigan senior transfer Sean Tyler started the season-opener against Nebraska and had the most carries in the win over the Cornhuskers.Then, after Tyler had fumbling issues against Eastern Michigan, true freshman Darius Taylor took on a much bigger role. After one carry for three yards against Nebraska, Taylor put up 529 yards on 86 carries over the next three weeks and won three consecutive Big Ten freshman of the week honors.Taylor took over the lion’s share of ...

Carlos Correa will be on Twins’ playoff roster. Will Royce Lewis and Byron Buxton join him?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

Carlos Correa will play. Royce Lewis might play. Byron Buxton seems unlikely to play.The Twins held a team workout at Target Field on Monday and the health of the three stars was among the biggest topics of conversations as they prepare to host the Toronto Blue Jays in the best-of-three Wild Card Series beginning at 3:38 p.m. Tuesday. The team has until 10 a.m. Tuesday to submit its postseason roster.“I don’t have every single one of those answers as we sit here right now,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said Monday afternoon. “We have a pretty good idea, but we don’t have that completely figured out just because we still have more time to make decisions.”Correa, who has been playing through plantar fasciitis since May, suffered a full thickness tear of his plantar fascia on Sept. 18. But two days later, after landing on the injured list, he proclaimed his confidence that he would be ready for the playoffs. He said Monday that a couple of days after feeling the pop in his foot, it sta...

How they got here: a look back at the Twins’ 18-game postseason losing streak

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

When the Twins take the field on Tuesday, they will be looking to end a playoffs losing streak that has spanned 18 games over 19 years. Here’s a look at how nearly two decades of postseason disappointment has gotten them to this point:Oct. 6, 2004, ALDS Game 2: Yankees 7, Twins 6, 12 inningsThe Twins rallied in the eighth inning for two runs, tying the score and eventually forcing the game into extra innings. But there, after Torii Hunter homered in the top of the 12th inning, Joe Nathan, in his third inning of work, walked two batters and then allowed a game-tying double to Alex Rodriguez. J.C. Romero then served up a walk-off sacrifice fly to Hideki Matsui to begin the streak.Oct 8, 2004, ALDS Game 3: Yankees 8, Twins 4Back home at the Metrodome, Carlos Silva gave up six runs in his five innings on the mound, while the Twins managed just one run in six innings off Yankees starter Kevin Brown.Oct. 9, 2004, ALDS Game 4: Yankees 6, Twins 5, 11 inningsJuan Rincon coughed up four...

Ferguson police investigate deadly shooting on parking lot of Church’s Texas Chicken

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

FERGUSON, Mo. – Investigators with the Ferguson Police Department hope the public can help identify two suspects believed to be involved in a deadly shooting outside a fast-food restaurant.The shooting happened at 3:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Church’s Texas Chicken on Halls Ferry Road. The victim was inside a vehicle when he was shot.Multiple bullet holes were visible on the passenger side of the vehicle, where the victim was seated. A nearby daycare went into lockdown as the search for the suspects unfolded.According to police, the victim appeared to be in his 20s. His identity was not released Monday.Ferguson Police Captain Tim Harris said first responders attempted lifesaving efforts and the victim was rushed to a local trauma center, where he succumbed to his injuries. Dispute over noose outside St. Charles County home Police shared a surveillance image of the suspects and said they were spotted running into a nearby neighborhood. One suspect was wearing a light blue sw...

Denver council votes to delay collecting new sidewalk repair fee

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

Denver homeowners and businesses won’t have to start paying the city’s new sidewalk repair fee until next summer after equity concerns sparked City Council to delay implementation Monday night.The fee will now be collected beginning July 1, 2024, more than 18 months after voters approved the Denver Deserves Sidewalks initiative and six months after it was initially scheduled to begin. Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval, who requested the delay, said Monday those extra months will give a city task force more time to explore solutions to the program’s fee structure, which currently proposes starkly different charges to residents depending on the location of their home.“I’m responding to constituents’ concerns, property owners’ concerns and basically inequity that was baked into the ordinance,” Sandoval said. “I don’t feel like it’s equitable to base sidewalk fees based on your street type classification. I feel there needs to...

Football notes: CU Buffs’ Omarion Miller named Pac-12 freshman of week

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

Omarion Miller barely got on the field in the first half Saturday.His second half was sensational, however, and on Monday he was named the Pac-12 freshman of the week.In Colorado’s 48-41 loss to USC, Miller had a breakout game with seven catches for 196 yards and a touchdown.Related Articles CU Buffs look to keep momentum going in run game Larrier, Michel lead Air Force to 49-10 romp over San Diego State Colorado Mines football shuts down Chadron State to remain perfect at 5-0 UNC gives up 21 points in the fourth quarter, loses late to nationally ranked Weber State Ex-CU Buffs wideout Brenden Rice enjoys productive, nostalgic return in wild USC win: “I kind of had butterflies” Miller’s first catch of the game – and of his career – didn’t come until 7 minutes, 14 seconds to play in the third quarter, when he caught a short hitch and went 65 yards.His emergence helped CU rally from a 41-14 defic...

CU Buffs look to keep momentum going in run game

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

Through four games, the lack of a running game was a source of concern for the Colorado Buffaloes.On Saturday, the Buffs finally found a spark on the ground.It was just one game – and it came against a team that ranks 11th in the Pac-12 against the run – but CU’s performance in the run during a 48-41 loss to USC on Saturday at Folsom Field could be the boost it needs.Related Articles Football notes: CU Buffs’ Omarion Miller named Pac-12 freshman of week Larrier, Michel lead Air Force to 49-10 romp over San Diego State Colorado Mines football shuts down Chadron State to remain perfect at 5-0 UNC gives up 21 points in the fourth quarter, loses late to nationally ranked Weber State Ex-CU Buffs wideout Brenden Rice enjoys productive, nostalgic return in wild USC win: “I kind of had butterflies” Led by running back Anthony Hankerson, the Buffs finished with a season-high 193 yards on 45 carri...

Denver Public Schools reimbursed $3,500 of Auon’tai Anderson’s legal fees in a settlement never meant to be made public

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

Denver Public Schools quietly paid school board Vice President Auon’tai Anderson a $3,500 settlement earlier this year to help cover legal fees he incurred when the Board of Education investigated anonymous and unsubstantiated allegations of sexual assault made against him. The settlement was never intended to be made public, according to the legal agreement, which specifies Anderson and DPS can’t acknowledge its existence or release the document — even under Colorado’s public records act — unless required by law or court order.With Anderson’s consent, DPS released a copy of the settlement agreement Monday after The Denver Post and Chalkbeat Colorado published stories detailing the transaction and the district’s repeated refusal to release the settlement.“It is unfathomable that any public school district would include a provision in a settlement agreement by which it commits to withhold that public record from disclosure under the Colorado Open R...

Gravestone found buried in a backyard may delay Metro expansion

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

A planned Los Angeles Metro expansion has hit a snag after a headstone turned up in a resident’s backyard. When neighbors in a Lawndale neighborhood learned about Metro's plans to build a new C (Green) Line in the area, they thought it was imperative to let officials know about the gravestones. But at least one resident said that when he spoke up, he was met with dismay.  Jay Gould said that ever since he was a child, he remembers his father talking about the burial ground in their backyard.  “I just started digging like crazy and started finding them again,” he told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff. So far, one gravestone is visible, but Gould believes there may be as many as 17. After hearing about Metro’s extension along the railroad tracks and through his yard, he spoke up.Lawndale resident Jay Gould is seen in his backyard after the discovery of Earle Hoffman's grave marker. Oct. 2, 2023. (@Gnomeking) “I told Metro over a year ago. I’ve told them three or four times and th...

One dead, two injured in Hayward shooting

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:56:52 GMT

A 43-year-old Redwood City man was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting early Monday morning in Hayward, police said.The name of the person killed was not immediately released.No suspects or arrests were announced.Hayward police responded about 2 a.m. Monday to reports of a shooting in the area of B and Alice streets, police said.Before officers arrived at the shooting scene, police received another 9-1-1 call from a man reporting that his friend had been shot and he was driving the friend to a hospital, police said.Officers found three people at the hospital who had been shot in connection with the shooting scene, police said.The 43-year-old Redwood City man received treatment but died from his injuries, police said.A 44-year-old Hayward man was treated for non-life threatening injuries, police said.And a 32-year-old Alameda man received treatment for non-life threatening injuries, police said. The Alameda man was identified as the person who called to report his ...