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Kickin’ It with Kiz: Is it finals or bust for Nuggets and Avs to consider playoffs a success?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

I expect the Avs to get bounced early in the playoffs, seeing as they’ve been banged up all year and the West in general has improved. Success for the defending Stanley Cup champions would be defined by a conference finals appearance. But it’s Western Conference finals or bust for the Nuggets. But if Golden State is the No. 8 seed, the Nuggets could be in real danger.— Jack, Norman, Okla.Kiz: It’s not inconceivable the Nuggets will have to beat the Lakers, Suns and Grizzlies to make the NBA Finals. We know Nikola Jokic won’t blink. But here’s the real question: How many times can the Nuggets win on nights when Joker isn’t their best player? And with all due respect to the reigning Stanley Cup champs, only an April fool believes the Avs are primed to make a deep playoff run. During March, your Avs were undefeated in nine games against non-playoff teams, but had a 1-5-1 record against teams currently in the playoff field.I’ve been a baseball f...

Angeleno among 9 killed in Army helicopter crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Margaritta Gayo just buried her father two years ago. Now, she has to bury her baby brother as well.Gayo and her brother, Isaac John, were a team, working multiple jobs to succeed in the United States. Then, Isaac enlisted in the Army.Isaac, a 27-year-old sergeant, was among the nine soldiers killed Wednesday when a pair of helicopters crashed in Kentucky.Margaritta was at work when she learned about the Blackhawk helicopter crash near Fort Campbell, and Isaac wasn't answering her calls."I started to cry because I knew it. I knew if I received a call, he's the one, he's the one in the helicopter crash," she said.Then she received the call she feared."I'm in shock. I feel like this is not true. I hope someone says it's April Fools," she said. 9 killed in Army Black Hawk helicopter crash in Kentucky Isaac, who immigrated from the Philippines, had worked three jobs before joining the Army. He worked so hard that the same day he died, Margaritta said she received the keys to the house...

San Bernardino County deputies shoot, wound man in Adelanto

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department shot and wounded a man who crashed his car in Adelanto at the end of a high-speed pursuit Thursday night.The man, later identified as 26-year-old Stephen Thompson, was driving a 2021 white Mercedes-Benz sedan that had been linked to an attempted murder case from Wednesday, the Sheriff's Department said in a news release. Thompson refused to stop for deputies and reached nearly 140 mph during the ensuing pursuit before he crashed at Seneca road and Jonathan Street in Adelanto, officials said.Thompson, armed with a handgun, then fled the scene of the crash by running into a nearby neighborhood, where he shot two patrol cars, deputies said.As Thompson tried to run away from deputies across a dirt field, he stopped to fire at authorities, who returned fire and struck him, according to the SBSD.Thompson was taken to a local hospital, where he is in stable condition. No deputies were injured.Anyone with information regarding thi...

Fuji’s first start: Here’s how notable pitchers in A’s history fared in their debuts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

OAKLAND — Shintaro Fujinami makes his major league debut for the Athletics Saturday against the Los Angeles Angels, and he can only hope it goes as well as it did for Mike Norris 48 years ago.Norris, the San Francisco-born right-hander, threw a three-hit shutout against the Chicago White Sox at the Coliseum as the Athletics won 9-0 the first time he pitched in a major league game.A look at notable A’s debuts, including starts by Catfish Hunter (with the Kansas City Athletics), Mike Morgan, Tim Conroy and Todd Van Poppel who went from high school straight to the major leagues for their first game:Catfish HunterDate: May 13, 1965 (for Kansas City Athletics) at Chicago White SoxOuting: Pitched 2 innings in relief, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 2 strikeouts, no decision in 6-3 defeat.Age: 19Vida BlueDate: July 20, 1969 at California AngelsOuting: Pitched 5 1/3 innings as starter, 6 hits, 5 runs, 3 earned runs, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, losing pitcher in 7-3 defeat.Age: 19Mike NorrisDat...

Redwood City police seek information after hit-and-run crash involving bicyclist

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Redwood City police are asking for tips from the public after a bicyclist was injured in a hit-and-run crash Friday night.The crash happened at about 9:25 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Veterans Boulevard and Maple Street, according to the Redwood City Police Department. Few other details about the crash have been released, and police have given no update on the condition of the bicyclist.No information has been released about the vehicle suspected of hitting that person.Anyone with tips about the crash can call police at 650-780-7118.

San Leandro man charged with beating and stabbing his girlfriend to death after she tried to end their relationship

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

SAN LEANDRO — A city resident is due in court next month to enter a plea on charges that he fatally beat and stabbed his girlfriend inside the apartment they shared with several others, according to court records.Chataron Rose, 23, was charged Jan. 20 with murder in the death of 24-year-old Mya Watts. More than two months later, he has still not entered a plea, but is expected to at his next court appearance on April 13. Rose is being held in the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on a no-bail hold, records show.Authorities believe Watts was fatally stabbed sometime Jan. 14, but exactly when is not clear. But that evening, Rose allegedly began answering her phone and making excuses for why she wasn’t there, going so far as to tell one roommate not to be suspicious if they found Watts’ blood in the bathroom, police say.Rose was arrested later that night, at his mother’s house in San Francisco. Police say he went there and “created a disturbance” while frantically...

Fire tears through vacant restaurant building in San Jose

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

A fire erupted early Saturday morning at a vacant restaurant building in San Jose, sending flames shooting through the roof as firefighters worked to contain the blaze.The two-alarm fire prompted temporary road closures around the building, which was in the 2000 block of North First Street, near Brokaw Road, according to the San Jose Fire Department. Firefighters arrived at the blaze shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, and managed to contain the flames to the building where the fire began.Firefighters are on scene of a 2nd Alarm Fire on the 2000 block of N. First St. in a vacant commercial restaurant – no injuries reported N. First is closed at Browkaw Rd. @pge pic.twitter.com/vSguxKHxZU— San José Fire Dept. (@SJFD) April 1, 2023No one was injured, according to the fire department. A cause for the blaze has not been announced.

Pop, Gasol, Hammon, Parker, Nowitzki, Wade heading to Hall

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

Tony Parker and Pau Gasol played for him. Becky Hammon coached alongside him. Dirk Nowitzki and Dwyane Wade waged battles against him.He is Gregg Popovich.And he, finally, is a Hall of Famer.The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame made it official Saturday, with three of the NBA’s all-time international greats — Nowitzki, Parker and Gasol — joining Wade, Hammon and Popovich as the headliners of the 2023 class that will be enshrined on Aug. 11 and 12 at ceremonies in Connecticut and Massachusetts.“This is basketball heaven,” Wade said on the ESPN telecast of the announcement in Houston. Also getting the Hall’s call: Jim Valvano, who coached North Carolina State to the 1983 NCAA title; the 1976 U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team; former Purdue coach Gene Keady, a seven-time Big Ten coach of the year; former Texas A&M women’s coach Gary Blair, who took two teams to the Final Four; longtime coach at Division III Amherst and two-time national champion David Hixon;...

Rodgers takes 3-shot lead into weekend at Texas Open

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Patrick Rodgers’ three-shot lead at the Valero Texas Open remained intact when the field completed the weather-delayed second round on Saturday. Rodgers, looking for his first PGA Tour victory and first Masters appearance, had completed rounds of 66-67 for 11-under Friday while much of the afternoon portion of the field could not finish due to darkness.Corey Conners, the 2019 Texas Open winner, turned in rounds of 64-72 on Friday and was 8-under.Mexico’s Roberto Diaz had reached 8-under on Saturday while playing the front at the TPC San Antonio Oaks Course as his second nine, but bogey on the par-5 8th dropped him into a tie at 7-under with two-time Tour winner Michael Thompson, Harry Higgs and Brendon Todd.The third round will be completed under clear skies Saturday.Thompson finished Friday with 4-under 68. On Saturday, Diaz turned in a 69, Higgs a 68 and Todd, a three-time Tour winner, finished off a 67.“It’s something I’ve always dreamt of,” Rodgers said Friday...

Maryland lawmakers reach deal on state budget

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:00 GMT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers got passed their differences and reached a deal Friday on the state’s $62.5 billion budget that includes making major investments in prekindergarten through 12th grade education.In one major highlight, they agreed to allocate $900 million for future costs to the state’s huge pre-K-12 education funding reform law known as the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a priority by the legislature that phases in larger amounts of funding in future years.The differences between the General Assembly’s two chambers related to a proposal in Gov. Wes Moore’s initial budget plan. The governor first proposed allocating an additional $500 million for the blueprint, while setting aside $500 million for unspecified transportation projects.The House shifted $400 million of the transportation funds to add to future blueprint funding, bringing the total additional blueprint money to $900 million. The Senate brought that down to $800 mil...