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Nuggets must avoid being “counter-punchers” to win pressure-packed Game 4

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

PHOENIX – Ninety-one seconds and seven Suns points into the fourth quarter, Nuggets coach Michael Malone called timeout and waved his two-time MVP back into the game.Malone usually likes to rest Nikola Jokic for a longer stretch at the start of the fourth, but Phoenix had Kevin Durant and Devin Booker in the game and they were threatening to run away and hide.“In transition, Cameron Payne, nobody picks him up and he hits a pull-up three,” Malone said. “… We had done such a great job of getting back in the game in the third quarter, but at the start of the fourth, just very lackadaisical and that’s why I called timeout and got Nikola right back in the game.“That’s the first time in the playoffs I felt like I had to do that where, fourth quarter, team goes on a run, let’s get our MVP back into the game. They got off to a great start and had us on our heels right away.”It marked the first time this postseason that a team’s been able to force Denver into being the reac...

Grading the Week: Coach Prime’s CU Buffs roster overhaul is massive gamble that absolutely has to pay off

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

Deion Sanders has made a living doing things few thought possible.Excelling at two professional sports simultaneously? Check. Turning cornerback into a glamour position in the NFL? Check. Parlaying those accomplishments into successful stints as a television analyst and a coach, the latter of which came at an HBCU that hadn’t consistently won in years? Double check.Now, in his latest reincarnation as CU’s Coach Prime, the Hall of Famer is attempting to do so yet again with a roster purge unprecedented in scope and scale.Prime’s reboot — Inc.The total number of scholarship athletes from the 2022 Buffs set to return to CU after the transfer portal closed Sunday: 12.Yup, 12. And, just to be clear, we’re not talking about the CU men’s basketball team. This is football, where programs can carry as many as 85 scholarship players, and do so routinely. Yet Coach Prime still has a ways to go to reach that number after 53 (53!) players entered the portal si...

Mathews: Reasons to celebrate the shining library on the hill

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

If Donald Trump and the Chinese government both want to boycott a California place, you should get there as fast as you can.Which means now is the time to visit the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum, a new target of autocrats from Mar-a-Lago to the Middle Kingdom.President Trump recently suggested on social media that he would boycott presidential debates at the Reagan Library, because the library’s board chair, Frederick Ryan Jr., is publisher of the Washington Post. Meanwhile, China’s leaders announced sanctions against the library after it hosted a meeting between U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, whose government China refuses to recognize.While these blasts at the library made headlines, they shouldn’t damage the library, the most popular of the presidential libraries overseen by the National Archives.If anything, the attacks highlight a remarkable success. In an era when politics has come to define almost everything, the Reagan li...

Harry’s brief awkward look as he sits several rows back from William and Kate at Charles’ coronation

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

Prince Harry revealed a brief look of dismay or uncertainty, while otherwise putting on a jovial display with some of his relatives, as he sat several rows back from his brother, Prince William, who took center stage at King Charles III’s coronation Saturday.Harry’s brief awkward look and smile came amid the ongoing turmoil between him and prominent members of the royal family, notably between him and William and his stepmother, Camilla, who also was crowned Saturday.LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 06: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023 in London, England. The Coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the other Commonwealth realms takes place at Westminster Abbey today. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022, upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. (Photo by Richard Pohle – WP...

Brooks: What our toxic culture is doing to younger generations

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

In the early 1960s, typical Americans were eager to get on with adult life. As soon as they could, they married, launched careers and started popping out kids. In those days, half of all women married before their 20th birthday.Then the boomers came of age. Typical members of that generation wanted to enjoy their freedom, so many put off marriage and parenting until their late 20s or their 30s. They adopted what some researchers call the “slow life strategy,” postponing the common milestones of adulthood until later in life.As psychologist Jean Twenge shows in her lavishly informative new book, “Generations,” the members of Gen Z are now practicing the slow life strategy with a vengeance.They have already transformed adolescence. Members of Gen Z are, for example, content to get their driver’s licenses later than earlier generations. As high school seniors, they are less likely to do the things associated with adulthood and independence, like drinking alcohol, working for pay or hav...

Urawa beats Al-Hilal to win Asian Champions League title

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Urawa Reds beat Al-Hilal 1-0 on Saturday to win the Asian Champions League title for a third time.Andre Carrillo’s own goal gave the Japanese team a 2-1 aggregate win at Saitama Stadium a week after a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Riyadh.Defending champion Al-Hilal, which was looking for a record fifth continental title, enjoyed most of the possession but was unable to create enough clear chances in the absence of the influential Salem Al-Dawsari. The Saudi Arabia international scored in the first leg before receiving a red card and suspension.The Saudi Arabian team started strongly and in the fourth minute, Urawa’s Danish defender Alexander Scholz cleared Odion Ighalo’s shot from the line. Also in the first half, Mohamed Kanno shot over and Carrillo forced a flying save from Urawa goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa.Urawa had little sight of goal but came close after 30 minutes when first-leg goalscorer Shinzo Koroki volleyed against the crossbar from close rang...

King Charles III crowned in ancient rite at uncertain moment

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony built on ancient traditions at a time when the British monarchy faces an uncertain future.Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted “God save King Charles” as the ceremony began in front of more than 2,000 guests, including world leaders, aristocrats and celebrities. Outside, thousands of troops, tens of thousands of spectators and a smattering of protesters converged along a route that the king traveled from Buckingham Palace in a gilt-trimmed, horse-drawn carriage. It was the final mile of a seven-decade journey for Charles from heir to monarch.To the royal family and government, the occasion — code-named Operation Golden Orb — is a display of heritage, tradition and spectacle unmatched around the world. The rite was expected to by watched by millions, though the awe and reverence the ceremony was designed to evoke are largely gone — and many greeted the day with a...

The Hip-Hop Block Party returns to the National Mall this summer

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture announced Friday that its Hip-Hop Block Party is returning this August.According to the museum’s news release, the party on the National Mall will “honor 50 years of hip-hop’s artistry, innovation and global transcendence.” It will take place at the intersection of Madison Drive NW and 14th Street on August 12.The event will include performances by some of hip-hop’s most influential DJs and artists. There will also be interactive games for attendees to enjoy, including graffiti art and break dancing.The NMAHHC will also be installing an outdoor panel exhibition highlighting new hip-hop artifacts from the museum’s collection. Within the NMAAHC itself, there will be hip-hop focused tours of galleries and the return of Club Café, with a hip-hop inspired menu.Celebrate 50 years of hip-hop’s artistry, innovation and global transcendence with our museum’s Hip-Hop Block Party, retu...

Archbishop of Canterbury crowns King Charles III, placing St. Edward’s Crown on monarch’s head

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Archbishop of Canterbury crowns King Charles III, placing St. Edward’s Crown on monarch’s head.Source

Police: Dorchester man found with crack cocaine, arrested for drug trafficking

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:13:47 GMT

A Dorchester man was arrested without incident in Roxbury on Thursday and charged with drug trafficking, according to the Boston Police. Trae Pendleton, 43, will be charged after officers found 22 grams of crack cocaine. Officers observed multiple people entering a residence in the area of 39 Roxbury Street beginning at 7 a.m. until Pendleton was arrested around 2:45 p.m. BPD also said they recovered a pack of razors, a digital scale, a knife, an undisclosed amount of USC, and a plastic bowl containing a white powdery substance.Pendleton is expected to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court.