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Our vision for the future of Pac-12 football: It’s 2033, and the conference has reformed with the old guard

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

LAS VEGAS, Dec. 2, 2033 — Utah head coach Morgan Scalley emerged from a jubilant locker room and headed straight for his family waiting nearby. This was a victory for the new era, after all: the 2033 Pac-14 championship, secured with a dominant performance against underdog Stanford.Scalley would address the specifics during his postgame news conference. But here, in the moment, he paused the chat with a small group of reporters.“What a ride this has been,” he said.In more ways than one.The victory established Utah as the premier program in the first season of the Pac-14. Given up for dead a decade ago, the conference reformed after the breakup of the Power Four and now features many former members, including Utah, Stanford, UCLA and the Arizona schools, plus a few new ones. (Hello, Brigham Young!)“This is what college sports is supposed to be about,” Scalley added. “They can have their money and their collective bargaining. We’re thrilled wi...

49ers’ McCaffrey is simply ‘best in world at what he does’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Christian McCaffrey’s lofty job title each week this season has been “NFL leading rusher.”He has a healthy disdain, however, for being pigeonholed into a specific role.Before he made McCaffrey’s 49ers debut last year against Kansas City, his father, Ed, was on the sideline pregame recalling how his son objected being labeled a “running back” or a “receiver,” that he simply wanted to be seen as an all-encompassing football player when he began playing as a kid.Reminded Thursday that some projected him as an “NFL slot receiver” coming out of Stanford, McCaffrey bristled at that memory. He also confirmed having a conversation with coach Kyle Shanahan, upon last year’s trade from Carolina, insisting he can handle a full-time load at running back.“That’s probably part of my insecurities and competitiveness. I want to be a complete back, and I think this dates back to when I was in middle school an...

Sale closed in Milpitas: $1.6 million for a four-bedroom home

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

1887 Big Bend Drive – Google Street ViewA 2,030-square-foot house built in 1966 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 1800 block of Big Bend Drive in Milpitas was sold on Nov. 14, 2023, for $1,589,000, or $783 per square foot. This two-story house offers a roomy layout with four bedrooms and three baths. Inside, a fireplace adds character to the home. In addition, the house is equipped with a two-car garage, accommodating vehicles and storage needs efficiently.Additional houses that have recently been sold close by include:A 1,528-square-foot home on the 1800 block of Big Bend Drive in Milpitas sold in March 2023, for $1,375,000, a price per square foot of $900. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In November 2022, a 2,039-square-foot home on Crater Lake Avenue in Milpitas sold for $1,531,000, a price per square foot of $751. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Crater Lake Avenue, Milpitas, in November 2023, a 2,039-square-foot home was sold for $1,670,0...

Andrew Wiggins out for Warriors’ game tonight vs. Clippers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

Andrew Wiggins will sit out for the Warriors’ game against the Los Angeles Clippers with right finger soreness. It will be Wiggins’ first missed game of the season.Wiggins, 28, has mostly struggled this year, but had a double-double with 29 points and 10 rebounds in one of his best games of the year against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, a game in which Golden State squandered a 24-point lead and lost, 124-123.The injury leaves Golden State down three key players for Thursday and, perhaps, beyond.Chris Paul will sit out with a lower left leg nerve contusion suffered in Sacramento and Gary Payton II is expected to miss significant time with a calf injury. Payton came up limping to the locker room in the third quarter of Tuesday’s game. A report Wednesday from The Athletic’s Shams Charania suggested that Payton had torn his calf, but the Warriors have not confirmed that injury as of Thursday afternoon.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Report: Golden Stat...

Loaded revolver, 10 grams of meth seized in Livermore traffic stop

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

(KRON) -- One man was arrested Wednesday night in a traffic stop in which a loaded revolver and 10 grams of methamphetamine were seized, the Livermore Police Department announced. Livermore PD officers located a vehicle with expired registration in the parking lot of a business on Portola Avenue. Guns, drugs, cash seized in San Jose mobile home park bust Police searched the vehicle after receiving consent from the driver, finding a loaded revolver and the meth.The driver, 49-year-old Macedonia Chavez of Hayward, was arrested for charges that included possession of a controlled substance while armed, possession of methamphetamine, carrying a concealed weapon and carrying a loaded firearm. He was transported to Santa Rita Jail, police said.

On Top of Everything Else, Henry Kissinger Prevented Peace in the Middle East

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Sept. 1, 1975.Photo: David Hume Kennerly/Getty ImagesThe encomiums have flowed voluminously for Henry Kissinger, and there have been some condemnations too. But even in the latter, little attention has been paid to his efforts to prevent peace from breaking out in the Mideast — efforts which helped cause the 1973 Arab–Israeli War and set in stone the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. This underappreciated aspect of Kissinger’s career adds tens of thousands of lives to his body count, which is in the millions.Kissinger, who died at 100 on Wednesday, served in the U.S. government from 1969 to 1977, during the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations. He began as Nixon’s national security adviser. Then, in Nixon’s second term, he was appointed secretary of state, a position he held on to after Ford became president following Nixon’s resignation.In June 1967, two years before the start of N...

What to know about the Sikh independence movement following US accusation that activist was targeted

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The U.S. has charged an Indian national in what prosecutors allege was a failed plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist at the behest of an unnamed Indian government official.The charges announced Wednesday against an Indian national arrested in June in Europe come two months after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were credible accusations that India may have been linked to the killing of a Sikh activist near Vancouver, straining relations between the two countries.The U.S. case is particularly sensitive given the high priority that President Joe Biden placed on improving ties with India and courting it to be a major partner in the push to counter China’s increasing assertiveness.India, which has banned the Sikh independence — or Khalistan — movement, denied having a role in the Canada killing and said it was examining information shared by the U.S. and taking those accusations seriously.Here are some details about the issue:WHAT IS THE KHALISTAN MOVE...

Ryan Blaney helps Roger Penske celebrate 1st back-to-back NASCAR championships in storied career

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The playoff beard had been shaved off well before fresh-faced Ryan Blaney arrived in Nashville to celebrate his first NASCAR championship.The coiffing was probably the smart move for the newest Team Penske champion, who at the same time became the first to drive for Roger Penske with a full beard — one that IndyCar teammate Josef Newgarden found befitting of “an 1800’s US president.”“I’ll tell you what, how Blaney gets away with that, I have no idea,” NASCAR teammate Joey Logano said Thursday. “The guts he’s got to even try — I don’t think anyone in our company has even tried to do that. So more kudos to him.”As fun as the beard was for Blaney, there was no way the boss was going to silently sit by if it still covered his face as Blaney collected his first Cup trophy Thursday night at the Music City Center in NASCAR’s annual season-ending awards ceremony. But just being able to race the final three months of the season with the bushy l...

La mexicana Ilana Gritzewsky fue liberada por Hamas este jueves, reporta el Gobierno de México

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

(CNN Español) — La joven mexicana Ilana Gritzewsky, quien desde el 7 de octubre formaba parte de los rehenes tomados por el grupo islamista palestino Hamas en Israel, fue liberada este jueves, según informó la canciller de México, Alicia Bárcena.Gritzewsky era una de las dos personas de nacionalidad mexicana retenidas por Hamas luego de los ataques que el grupo realizó en territorio israelí desde Gaza. El otro es Orión Hernández, quien sigue cautivo y por cuya liberación se sigue trabajando, dijo Bárcena en su cuenta de la red social X.La funcionaria también agradeció al Gobierno de Qatar por su intermediación.¿Quiénes son los rehenes que Hamas ha liberado hasta ahora?La liberación de Gritzewsky se suma a las de decenas de rehenes como parte de la tregua pactada entre Hamas y el Gobierno de Netanyahu. El acuerdo también incluye la puesta en libertad, por parte de Israel, de presos palestinos.Durante los ataques que Hamas realizó en Israel el 7 de octubre —y que dieron pie a un...

Spithill to steer Team Australia’s ‘Flying Roo’ in Dubai while Slingsby is on paternity leave

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:49:44 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Former Team USA CEO and skipper Jimmy Spithill will take the wheel of Team Australia’s “Flying Roo” foiling catamaran in SailGP’s Dubai regatta on Dec. 9-10 while friend and countryman Tom Slingsby is on paternity leave.Slingsby’s wife, Helena, is expecting the couple’s first child.Spithill, a two-time America’s Cup champion, is available to fill in for Slingsby after leaving Team USA prior to its sale to a private American group on Wednesday. Spithill will compete for his native Australia for the first time since 2001. “Jimmy is a legend of our sport. He’s a natural leader who brings the perfect blend of race smarts, aggression and composure out on the water,” Slingsby said. Slingsby and his crew full of America’s Cup and Olympic veterans have dominated tech billionaire Larry Ellison’s global league by claiming the first three season championships and the winner-take-all $1 million prize. Despite failing to win a rega...