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A look at Saints pitchers who could be headed to the Twins

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

While Saints pitching coach Pete Larson is one of the new faces with the team this season, he’s a familiar face for a key component — the impressive group of quality arms that have moved up through the organization along with him.Larson was the pitching coach at Fordham University when the Twins hired him in 2019 as a rehabilitation pitching coach. Following the cancellation of the minor-league season in 2020 due to Covid, Larson served as pitching coach for the Class A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels in 2021 before taking on the same role with the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge last season.“I had some success developing pitchers, and pro teams were looking for coaches who could develop to progress the game a little bit,” Larson said of how he ended up joining the Twins. “They were looking outside the normal realm of former professionals. I talked to a couple of teams, and I thought this was the best fit. It was really weird how well (pitching philosophies) lined up. What I thought and what ...

Timberwolves cruise past San Antonio to set up Sunday seeding showdown with Pelicans

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

For a brief stretch Saturday, it looked like the Timberwolves might fall into a similar trap that’s doomed them for much of the season. The Wolves and the lowly Spurs were tied 35-35 after a quarter in Austin, Texas.But Minnesota found another gear, turned the affair into a 151-131 blowout victory and will be rewarded with a true showdown Sunday at home against New OrleansThe Sunday matinee will determine which seed Minnesota gets for the play-in tournament. Lose and the Wolves finish as the No. 9 seed and need two play-in wins to reach the playoffs. Win and they advance into the far more advantageous No. 7-8 game.The path to the playoffs is at a true fork in the road.But Sunday’s contest would’ve been rendered moot for Minnesota had it not taken care of business against the Spurs (21-59), who sat the majority of their rotational players. This is the time of year when tanking teams take their level of tank to an entirely different level.Still, the rotation San Anto...

Nolan Arenado slugs 300th career home run

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Nolan Arenado reaches a long-awaited milestone, slugging his 300th career home run Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers. Arenado delivered a two-run blast against Milwaukee's Eric Lauer. It's also his first round-tripper of the 2023 season. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Cardinals (Seasonal) SIGN UP NOW The third baseman went 196 days between his last home run and his latest milestone. He slugged 30 home runs last season, but came just one shy of a personal milestone to close the year. For regular season action, it was a wait of just 16 games between No. 299 and 300. Arenado becomes just the eighth active MLB player with at least 300 home runs, a list that includes his close corner-infield counterpart Paul Goldschmidt. Both just finished playing i...

Keeler: Know football recruits who want to join CU Buffs? Send Coach Prime your film. Because Deion Sanders ain’t done recruiting his first Pac-12 roster.

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

BOULDER — If one source is a fluke, two’s a pattern. So my ears perked up a bit when a pair of CU Buffs types whispered to me last week that Deion Sanders was looking for, at minimum, 15-20 new players coming out of spring ball.After what came out of Saturday afternoon’s news conference, you start to wonder if that number was a little low.I turned up at the Champions Center on Easter eve to inquire about transfers, and offensive line transfers — the Buffs added another former Kent State blocker, Jack Bailey, a few days earlier — in particular.But when I asked if CU’s big lugs were meeting his standards, Coach Prime just sort of … sat there.He paused. He hemmed. He hawed.After an uncomfortable silence, he said this:“The team that we’re playing with now is not the team that we’re going to play with in Texas (at TCU on Sept. 2) the first game.”Another pause.“Do I need to say anymore?”Nope.Sanders continued anyway.“It’s not gonna be that,” the new Buffs coa...

Rockies’ right-hander Ryan Feltner has the tools, now he needs results

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

The tools are there: a 95 mph fastball to set up a solid changeup, a slider and the occasional curveball. The next step for Rockies right-hander Ryan Feltner is getting the most out of those tools.He gets his next shot on Sunday afternoon when he’s scheduled to start against the Nationals at Coors Field.“For Ryan, he has to take those segments of games when he pitches well, and those good at-bats, and stack them on top of each other, and not have that variability,” manager Bud Black said Saturday. “He needs to build on things — build on it in games. Not just one game, but in games.”Feltner’s first start of the season at Los Angeles was marred by the inconsistency that plagued him last year as a rookie when finished 4-9 with a 6.03 ERA in 19 starts. Against the Dodgers, Feltner was charged with five runs on four hits over 4 2/3 innings.  He struck out seven but it was the five walks and the high pitch count (91 pitches, 53 strikes) that most ...

Motorcyclist dies in crash with pickup truck on U.S. 85 in Douglas County

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

A motorcyclist died Saturday in a crash with a pickup truck on U.S. 85 in Douglas County.Fatal crash, H85 mile marker 194 in Douglas County. Pickup truck versus motorcycle. Male motorcyclist transported but pronounced deceased. No other injuries. Multiple lanes blocked for investigation, use caution in the area. pic.twitter.com/GlcfWPMw3F— CSP Castle Rock (@CSP_CastleRock) April 8, 2023Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Denver pedestrian seriously hurt in hit-and-run crash; police searching for driver Crime and Public Safety | Interstate 70 westbound lanes reopen after crash near Denver International Airport Crime and Public Safety | Pedestrian dead after downtown Denver alleyway crash Crime and Public Safety | “Logically impossible” charge against Colorado officer who locked woman on train tracks should be dropped, attorneys say Crime and Public Safety | Medina Alert issued for hit-and-run crash...

San Jose Sharks rewind: Home woes were (nearly) Cow Palace-bad, and Quinn talks Karlsson: ‘He’s frustrated’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

SAN JOSE – Logan Couture and Tomas Hertl both remember when the San Jose Sharks were a dominant team at home. With a big, deep lineup full of talented and tough players, the Sharks were notorious for setting the tone early on and putting opponents on their heels, typically in front of sellout crowds.“I remember I talked to other Czech guys before I get to the NHL,” Hertl said, “and they were always saying the first 10 minutes at SAP is the hardest building in the NHL.”Things have changed by near-historic proportions.With their 6-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday, the Sharks completed their 40-game slate at SAP Center this season with a dismal 8-21-11 record, matching the franchise mark for fewest wins on home ice in a full season. The Sharks went 8-33-1 in 1992-93 in the second and final year at the Cow Palace in Daly City before they moved into their present home the following season.One of the Sharks’ games as the home team came in Prague in October against the Nashville P...

Rohnert Park man arrested for elder abuse, injuring officer: police

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

(KRON) -- A 31-year-old man was arrested Saturday after allegedly injuring an officer and assaulting an elderly woman, the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety (RPDPS) said in a Nixle alert. Officers received a call of a domestic disturbance around 8:40 a.m. at a residence on the 600 block of Enterprise Drive. Victim with life-threatening injuries after shooting in San Jose Turns out the suspect, Alex Arrescurrenaga of Rohnert Park, assaulted his mother and threatened his brother inside the home, authorities said. When an officer arrived at the front door of the home, she noticed Arrescurrenaga had blood on his clothes.The officer gave the suspect orders, but he refused to follow. The officer tried to detain Arrescurrenaga, and the suspect began to fight. Arrescurrenaga then pushed the officer into a wall and into the bushes outside of the front door, according to the alert. The suspect continued to fight the officer, and she hit her head on the concrete porch.When additional...

VIDEO: 2 separate overnight sideshows reported in East Bay

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

(KRON) – Two separate illegal sideshows happened in the cities of Oakland and Richmond overnight on Saturday, according to police. Video (above) around the 46-second mark shows multiple lasers being pointed at the involved cars of the sideshow. In Richmond, around 200 vehicles were reportedly involved in illegal sideshow activity at around 2 a.m. The sideshow traveled through several areas of the city before cars began to leave the scene, police said. ‘Save Women’s Sports’ advocate Riley Gaines says she was attacked after speech at SFSU In Oakland, over 50 cars were reportedly involved in illegal sideshow activity just after 3:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Adeline Street. Oakland police responded to the area to address the activity after receiving reports. There were no reported vehicle collisions, police said. KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container i...

Israeli military: More rockets fired from Syria at Israel

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:17:53 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said three more rockets were launched from Syria toward Israel early Sunday, raising to six the number of missiles fired within hours in a rare attack from Israel’s northeastern neighbor.Israel’s army said it was retaliating with artillery strikes on the area in Syria from where the rockets were fired at Israel.The rocket firings come after days of escalating violence on multiple fronts over tension in Jerusalem and an Israeli police raid on the city’s most sensitive holy site.In the second barrage, two of the rockets crossed the border into Israel, with one being intercepted and the second landing in an open area, the military said. In the first attack, one rocket landed in a field in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights. Fragments of another destroyed missile fell into Jordanian territory near the Syrian border, Jordan’s military reported. There were no reports of casualties.Meanwhile, a Damascus-based Palestinian group loyal to the Syrian ...