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Broncos rookie Drew Sanders’ first start comes on historically bad day, but his role going forward looks primed to increase

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

MIAMI — Rookie inside linebacker Drew Sanders’ time is now.The third-round pick started on Denver’s defense against Miami as part of a unique, 2-5 alignment. He played with both Josey Jewell and Alex Singleton to start the game.Then Jewell injured his groin in the first half and Sanders played the rest of the way next to Singleton.The 6-foot-5, 233-pounder will have regular work if Jewell misses time with the injury. Even if he doesn’t, though, expect Sanders’ role to continue to increase.The severity of Jewell’s injury was not immediately clear, but he wasn’t on the sideline when the Broncos began the second half.Inactives. After safety Justin Simmons (hip) and outside linebacker Frank Clark (hip), who were ruled out on Friday due to injuries, the Broncos’ inactive list skewed young once again. The others: Safety JL Skinner, offensive lineman Alex Forsyth, defensive lineman Elijah Garcia and newly acquired outside linebacker Ronnie Perkins.Turner-Yell starts. With...

Rockies set franchise record for most losses in a season, fall 4-3 to Cubs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

The Rockies made the wrong kind of history Sunday afternoon.With their 4-3 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field, the Rockies lost for the 99th time, clinching the worst season in franchise history. The 2012 club held the previous dubious distinction, going 64-98.And there is another historical footnote to add to Colorado’s dismal season. Sunday’s loss was their 10th straight on the road marking the third time this season that they’ve had posted a road losing streak of 10 games. That is the first time in baseball’s modern era that a team had three, 10-game road losing streaks in the same season.Colorado finished 22-59 away from Coors Field (.278) for the second-lowest road winning percentage in franchise history behind the 2014 club’s .259 percentage (21-60).With a youth movement in full swing after the Aug. 1 trade deadline, the Rockies knew they would struggle after the trade deadline, but losses such as Sunday’s are still a gut punch.Following a recent t...

CU Boulder students begin recovery after being struck by car

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

Less than two weeks into their first semester at the University of Colorado Boulder, Jasmine Floyd and Anthony Maravi were severely injured after being hit by a driver who faces drunken driving charges.Now, they’re trying to find a way to move forward.Maravi said he’s doing better now and has returned to his classes, but Floyd won’t be coming back this semester due to her injuries. Maravi said he struggled with feeling guilty and said it’s been a lot to process.“I always like to take care of people around me,” Maravi said. “I kept on thinking (about) the routes we could’ve gone that isn’t Baseline or how I could’ve reacted differently.”Maravi and Floyd were walking to Williams Village on the sidewalk of the CU Boulder campus a little after midnight Sept. 9, when they were struck by a driver trying to make a U-turn.Floyd and Maravi met earlier that day through mutual friends. After a night out, Maravi offered to walk Floyd back to her dorm to make ...

Atletico Madrid beats Real Madrid 3-1 in Spanish league to end rival’s perfect start to the season

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

Atletico Madrid ended Real Madrid’s perfect start Sunday with a 3-1 win in their first Spanish league derby of the season.Álvaro Morata scored twice and Antoine Griezmann once to hand Madrid its first loss after six straight victories in all competitions this season. Toni Kroos scored the lone goal for the visitors.The result left Catalan clubs Barcelona and Girona at the top of the standings with 16 points each from six matches. Defending champion Barcelona rallied late to defeat Celta Vigo 3-2 on Saturday, while Girona beat Mallorca 5-3.Madrid stayed one point behind in third place. It had won five consecutive league games, and on Wednesday beat Union Berlin in the group stage of the Champions League.Atletico was coming off a 3-0 loss at Valencia for its first defeat of the season. Diego Simeone’s team had two wins and a draw in its other previous matches. Its league game against Sevilla earlier this month was postponed because of bad weather.All three goals by Atletic...

Wales into Rugby World Cup quarters, puts Australia closer to inglorious exit. Scots overrun Tonga

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — Wales became the first to qualify for the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals on Sunday while virtually shutting the door on Australia’s hopes and putting the Wallabies in danger of their worst-ever showing.The Welsh won by a record 40-6, executing a low-risk, disciplined gameplan and crucifying the many Australian mistakes in Lyon.The Wallabies, winners in 1991 and 1999, have never missed the quarterfinals but losing consecutive pool games for the first time in 36 years left their fate in the hands of their Pacific neighbor Fiji, which upended them last week.Australia should win its last Pool C game against Portugal next weekend but it won’t matter if Fiji accounts for its remaining pool fixtures against Georgia and Portugal. If so, the Fijians will follow Wales into the quarters and confirm Australia’s worst fears.Penalties by the error-prone Wallabies gave replacement flyhalf Gareth Anscombe goal-shooting practice for Wales. He slotted six of seven penalty attempts ...

Yankees miss playoffs for first time since 2016 with windy 7-1 loss to Diamondbacks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016, getting mathematically eliminated with a rainy 7-1 loss Sunday to the Arizona Diamondbacks as Zac Gallen got his 17th win.Arizona (82-73) won for the sixth time in seven games and remained in position for the NL’s second wild card, a half-game ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The Diamondbacks also clinched their first winning season since 2019.New York (78-77) was eliminated from contention with a week to play. The Yankees, who finish with a six-game trip after Monday’s series finale, are in danger of finishing with a losing record for the first time since 1992.New York would have 85 wins if the Yankees finish 7-0. Baltimore (97 wins) and Tampa Bay (95) will split the AL East and the top wild card, and Toronto (87) is in position for the second wild card. Texas (86) could win the West or get a wild card card in a race that includes Seattle (84) or Houston (85). Because the Astros and Marine...

Team World beats Team Europe to claim back-to-back Laver Cup titles

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

Vancouver, British Columbia (AP) — Team World claimed its second straight Laver Cup title on Sunday at Rogers Arena.Americans Ben Shelton and Frances Tiafoe beat Hubert Hurkacz and Andrey Rublev 7-6 (7), 7-6 (7).Team World won last year’s tournament, which also marked the end of Swiss star Roger Federer’s last professional appearance before retiring.Team World took a 10-2 lead in the tournament on Saturday to put itself in the driver’s seat.The opening doubles match on Sunday featured several sustained rallies, with Shelton hitting a behind the back shot during the second game.Both sets went to tiebreakers, with Team Europe pushing to stay in the hunt for their second win of the three-day tournament.But it wasn’t to be as Hurkacz missed a drop shot, allowing Team World to clinch the win.The Polish player threw his racket down onto the court and appeared visibly angry at the missed opportunity.Speaking after the match on the court, Team World captain John McEnroe praised his team’s p...

PSG routs bitter rival Marseille 4-0 but sees Mbappé limp off. Lens finally wins

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Forwards Randal Kolo Muani and Gonçalo Ramos scored their first goals for Paris Saint-Germain in a 4-0 home rout of Marseille in the French league on Sunday but the victory was marred by star striker Kylian Mbappé getting injured.Mbappé limped off in the 32nd minute after taking a blow to the left ankle earlier in the game and trying to play on. He was able to walk off the field at Parc des Princes.PSG coach Luis Enrique said Mbappe’s injury is not serious. “He was in a bit of pain and it was difficult for him to play,” he told broadcaster Amazon. “It was wiser to take him off, but it’s just a blow.”Kolo Muani became the third-most expensive signing in PSG’s history when he joined in the final hours of the transfer window from German club Eintracht Frankfurt for 95 million euros ($103 million). Ramos is on a season-long loan from Benfica with an option to buy next June.The win moved defending champion PSG up to third place with 11 points from six games, ahea...

Wales qualifies for Rugby World Cup quarterfinals by crushing Australia 40-6

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — Wales became the first Rugby World Cup team to qualify for the quarterfinals on Sunday while virtually shutting the door on Australia’s hopes.The far more experienced Welsh won by a record 40-6 by expertly executing a low-risk, disciplined gameplan and punishing Australian mistakes.Wales rope-a-doped the Wallabies.The Wallabies have never missed the quarterfinals but losing consecutive pool games for the first time in 36 years left their fate in the hands of their tiny Pacific neighbor Fiji, which upended them last week.Australia should win its last Pool C game against Portugal next weekend but it won’t matter if Fiji accounts for its remaining games against Georgia and Portugal. If so, the Fijians will follow Wales into the quarters and the shutout will confirm Australia’s worst fears.Penalties by the error-prone Wallabies gave replacement flyhalf Gareth Anscombe goal-shooting practice. He slotted six of seven penalty attempts — the one miss hi...

Reds bounce back from meltdown, rally past Pirates 4-2 in Votto’s possible home finale

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:18:23 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl hit a two-run homer and drove in the tiebreaking run in the seventh inning as the Cincinnati Reds bounced back from an historic collapse the night before to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 on Sunday.Joey Votto received ovations from the crowd all day and singled in what could be his final home at-bat for the Reds.Christian Encarnacion-Strand added a solo homer for Cincinnati, which stayed 2 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs for the final National League wild card. The Reds have five games remaining, all on the road. Cincinnati blew a 9-0 lead in a crushing 13-12 loss to the Pirates on Saturday, but on Sunday rallied from a 2-0 deficit.“After games like last night, and you go down 2-0 in a Sunday day game, it’s so easy to kind of roll over,” Friedl said. “That’s just not this team. It’s just not our DNA. It’s not who we are.”Despite starting 20-8, the Pirates (74-82) were assured their fifth straight losing season. Jose Hernan...