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Pac-12 WBB power ratings: UCLA repels USC in front of record crowd in Pauley Pavilion as conference play begins

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

If the first two showdowns of ranked opponents are any judge, the Pac-12 women’s basketball season will live up to the hype and be a box office draw.UCLA held off USC 71-64 at sold-out Pauley Pavilion — the first in program history — while Colorado defeated Utah 76-65 before CU’s largest regular-season home crowd since 2002.The two games drew a combined 21,042 fans on Dec. 30, a total made even more impressive considering students were on holiday break.“This is not going to be a one-off type of thing,” USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said of the crowd (13,659) in Pauley, which included some celebrities.“If you’re not on the women’s basketball and women’s sports train, then you’re late. It’s unbelievable to have little girls, little boys, all types of people here to see strong women compete. We don’t shy away from that attention.”Another 10,126 (combined) saw dominant wins last week by Stanford and Oregon State.All in all, the average attendance for four rivalry games wa...

All-Bay Area News Group high school football 2023: Utility players

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

ALL-BAY AREA NEWS GROUP FOOTBALL 2023UTILITY PLAYERSFirst teamRedmani Albert, McClymonds, 5-10, 175, seniorOakland Athletic League MVP played quarterback, running back and defense for league champion and NorCal Division 3-A finalist. Tim Daugherty, Campolindo, 5-9, 170, seniorHad 10 touchdowns to lead his team in scoring. First-team all-DAL Foothill. Led Campo in receiving yards with 595 and also ran for 256 yards and had 33 tackles. Kamani Jackson, El Cerrito, 6-0, 175, seniorFirst-team all-TCAL Rock bound for Washington State. Stand out on defense and offense. Caught three TD passes in a victory over Heritage in NCS Division II semifinal.Paul Kuhner, Acalanes, 6-0, 185, seniorFirst-team all-DAL Foothill. Had numerous big plays, including TD catch to clinch Division 3-AA state championship victory.Sava Pouridis, Las Lomas, 5-11, 195, seniorDefensive MVP in DAL Foothill. Linebacker led the Knights in tackles with 86, including five behind the line of scrimmage. Also rushed for 880 y...

Teen’s promising swimming career in limbo after he is accused of slapping teammate on the backside

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

By EDDIE PELLS | Associated PressDENVER  — The email, addressed to the 13-year-old swimmer from the U.S. Center for SafeSport, came out of the blue. “Between approximately 2019 and 2022, you allegedly engaged in a pattern of behavior which constitutes Sexual Misconduct,” it read, with both final words capitalized.That was in April 2022. It took three months for the 8th grader to learn what the accusations were: A claim he had slapped another teammate on the butt in a locker room 10 months earlier, in June 2021.More than 20 months later, the case remains open, even after local police in the town 40 miles north of Denver investigated and dismissed it within weeks. Now 16 and a high school sophomore, the teen’s promising swimming career has been plunged into uncertainty by the temporary sanctions imposed by SafeSport — and the hard-to-escape taint of presumed guilt as the case drags on.FILE – U.S. Center for SafeSport CEO Ju’Riese Colón testifies during The Commission on the State of U...

Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

FILE - Then-Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, May 25, 2023, on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass. Gay, Harvard University's president, resigned Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)(AP/Steven Senne) FILE - Then-Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay addresses an audience during commencement ceremonies, May 25, 2023, on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass. Gay, Harvard University's president, resigned...

Stock market today: Wall Street slips as its weak start to 2024 carries into another day

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock are slipping again on Wednesday as Wall Street’s slow start to 2024 carries into a second day.The S&P 500 was 0.6% lower in morning trading, though still within 2% of its record set exactly two years ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 206 points, or 0.5%, as of 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.9% lower.Some of last year’s biggest winners were again giving up some of their gains. Tesla fell 4.4% after soaring nearly 102% last year, for example. It and the other six “Magnificent 7” Big Tech stocks responsible for the majority of Wall Street’s returns last year have regressed some following their tremendous runs.The question hanging over the market is whether all the enthusiasm that helped stocks broadly rally for nine straight weeks into the start of this year was warranted. It was built on expectations that inflation has cooled enough for the Federal Reserve to not only halt its hikes to interest rates but to cut them sever...

Las identidades de decenas de personas vinculadas a Jeffrey Epstein sean reveladas pronto. Esto es lo que sabemos

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

(CNN) — Se espera que las identidades de docenas de personas vinculadas a Jeffrey Epstein sean reveladas pronto, lo que podría eliminar el manto de anonimato que había protegido del escrutinio público a gran parte de la prominente red de amigos y socios comerciales del acusado traficante sexual.Las esperadas revelaciones de un tesoro de documentos judiciales se producen más de cuatro años después de que Epstein, un delincuente sexual convicto que, sin embargo, hacía compañía a la élite, se suicidara en prisión mientras esperaba cargos federales por tráfico sexual.Durante años, los nombres de muchos de los acusadores y asociados de Epstein habían sido censurados en documentos judiciales, refiriéndose a ellos únicamente como John Doe o Jane Doe.Buscan albergar a migrantes en cárcel donde se suicidó Jeffrey EpsteinPero en diciembre de 2023, un juez federal de Nueva York ordenó que se hicieran públicos los documentos con casi 200 nombres sin censurar. Algunos nombres, incluidos lo...

Disney inks agreement with ValueAct, secures its support for company’s board nominees

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

Disney has a new ally in activist investor ValueAct Capital Management, garnering its support for the company’s board nominees as it continues to wage a proxy battle with Nelson Peltz.The Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that a confidentiality agreement with ValueAct will allow the company to provide information to ValueAct and consult with it on strategic matters, including through meetings with its board and management.“ValueAct Capital has a track record of collaboration and cooperation with the companies it invests in, and its Co-CEO Mason Morfit has been very constructive in the conversations we’ve had over the past year. We welcome their input as long-term shareholders,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement.ValueAct confirmed it will support Disney’s slate of board nominees.Last month, Peltz’s investment management firm Trian Fund Management said that it was planning to nominate the activist investor and a former chief financial officer of Disney for seats on the media ...

Colorado's largest Zamboni-groomed lake is near Denver

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Have you been to Colorado's largest Zamboni-groomed outdoor ice rink? It's only about 30 minutes from Denver.The lake sits at roughly 10 acres with more than 10 pond hockey rinks and a public skating rink. During the winter, there are activities like ice skating classes, broomball games, pond hockey and hockey clinics. Want to ice skate on a Denver pond? Not so fast It's certainly not the largest lake in Colorado, but you don't usually see a Zamboni gliding across frozen lakes.Pond Hockey Championships at Evergreen Lake, ColoEvergreen LakeEvergreen LakeHole in the ice at Evergreen Lake The lake is known as Evergreen Lake, and it's groomed by a Zamboni every day when conditions are just right.Balazs Garami, the lake house supervisor at Evergreen Park, said it's the largest Zamboni-groomed outdoor ice rink in Colorado and one of the biggest in the U.S.The lake opened on New Year's Eve, but you might not see the Zamboni just yet. The lake is open, but the ice depth is...

French far right calls out ‘cabal’ after new report on Russian interference

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

PARIS — France’s far-right National Rally says a new report on Russian interference in French democracy is part of a “cabal” against the movement, after a Washington Post investigation revealed Moscow’s efforts to promote “political discord” in France and undermine support for Ukraine through “political figures and social media accounts.”“Let’s be serious, this is a cabal,” National Rally MP and spokesperson Laurent Jacobelli said in a radio interview on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper’s report, which quotes Kremlin documents, insufficiently lists its sources and unfairly draws ties between Russian troll farms and France’s main far-right political force.“This is more akin to gratuitous accusations than journalistic work,” he added.The WaPo investigation says Kremlin strategists were tasked with delivering talking points to unnamed political figures to stress the alleged negative consequences of...

New antibiotic uses novel method to target deadly drug-resistant bacteria, study says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:56:50 GMT

(CNN) — Scientists say they have developed a new type of antibiotic to treat bacteria that is resistant to most current antibiotics and kills a large percentage of people with an invasive infection.The bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii, can cause serious infections in the lungs, urinary tract and blood, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It’s resistant to a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics called carbapenems.Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, also known as CRAB, was at the top of the World Health Organization’s list of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” in 2017. In the United States, the bacteria caused an estimated 8,500 infections in hospitalized patients and 700 deaths that year, according to the most recent data from the CDC.CRAB accounts for about 2% of infections found in US hospitals. It’s more common in Asia and the Middle East and causes up to 20% of infections in intensive care units worldwide.The b...