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Diamondbacks are big winners these days, but first, they had to learn how to lose

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — To learn how to win on a consistent basis, the Arizona Diamondbacks had to figure out how to lose.A terrible six weeks back in the middle of the summer threatened to derail their season, but the D-backs persevered and came out stronger. Now they’re on their way to an NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers after finishing a two-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the wild-card round on Wednesday.Game 1 is Saturday in Los Angeles.“I think the guys that we have are built for the moment,” Arizona center fielder Alek Thomas said.It hasn’t always been this way for the D-backs, who are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2017. They’re just two years removed from losing 110 games in a dismal 2021 campaign that tested everyone’s patience.Those days seemed long gone by midway through the current season. The D-backs had a 50-34 record on July 1 and climbed to the top of the NL West, 3 1/2 games ahead of the Dodgers. Then, the bott...

Colts defense still searching for a way to slow down Derrick Henry with Titans coming to town

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When the Indianapolis Colts watch video of prior matchups against Derrick Henry, they see a whole lot of failure.They’ve spent seven years trying to slow down the powerful 6-foot-3, 247-pound, two-time NFL rushing champ, and nothing seems to work.The Tennessee star has run through them, around them, even stiff-armed them for seven 100-yard outings in 14 career games against Indy. And if the Colts want to snap their five-game losing streak to the Titans, the defensive game plan is no secret.“With Tennessee, you know (coach Mike) Vrabel is going to have them ready to play, that they’re going to rally behind No. 22,” Colts linebacker Zaire Franklin said, referring to Henry’s jersey number.Henry had 1,287 yards against Indy (2-2) — although the Titans’ AFC South rivals Houston and Jacksonville have allowed even more yards to the 2015 Heisman Trophy winner.In his last seven games against the Colts, Henry has topped 100 yards six times. The lone...

5 teorías que explicarían por qué Taylor Swift podría estar saliendo con Travis Kelce

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

(CNN) — Antes de que enloquezcas con el titular, tienes que calmarte.Mucho se ha hablado de cómo Taylor Swift ha ayudado a “poner a Travis Kelce” en el mapa. Con el debido respeto a Swift, Kelce no era un completo desconocido para el mundo antes de que comenzaran a pasar tiempo juntos.Sin embargo, es cierto que desde que Swift empezó a aparecer en los partidos del jugador de fútbol americano de los City Chiefs de Kansas, Kelce ha ganado seguidores en redes sociales, las ventas de sus camisetas han aumentado casi en 400% y los índices de audiencia de los partidos de su equipo se han disparado.Nuevas fotos muestran a Taylor Swift animando a Travis Kelce, mientras sus fans elevan las cifras de la NFLTodo ello plantea la pregunta: ¿qué gana Taylor Swift con ello?Aunque ni Swift ni Kelce han dicho públicamente si son algo más que amigos, aquí hay algunas posibles teorías de por qué ella puede estar disfrutando de la compañía de Kelce.Teoría 1: Puede que Swift se sintier...

Chargers using the bye week to look forward to what lies ahead the rest of the season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

Teams usually go into the bye week looking back at their accomplishments. Brandon Staley, though, is trying to look ahead.After four games, Staley’s Los Angeles Chargers squad is on its earliest in-season break since 2009. Instead of the usual intensive self-scouting done during bye weeks, Staley said his staff will focus on the remaining three-quarters of the season.“Maybe a little bit more think-tank of what we want our team to look like here in the weeks after the bye, and then projecting to the end of the season, instead of saying, ‘Hey, I have all of this assessment for like half the season, where I have eight or nine games of inventory to look at,'” Staley said. “We have a much shorter inventory to go by.”The Chargers continued to be plagued by some of the same issues exhibited throughout Staley’s first two seasons. They have held double-digit leads in three games, only to see them go down to the final minute. After losing in overtime at Tennessee in Week 2, Los An...

Colorado funeral home with “green” burials under investigation after improperly stored bodies found

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

PENROSE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they were investigating the improper storage of human remains at a southern Colorado funeral home that performs what they call “green” burials without embalming chemicals or metal caskets.The investigation centers on a building owned by the Return to Nature Funeral Home outside Colorado Springs in the small town of Penrose. Deputies were called to the building on Tuesday night in reference to a suspicious incident. Investigators returned the next day with a search warrant and found the improperly stored remains, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office said a Thursday statement. The sheriff’s office said it was working with state and federal officials.Trash bags could be seen Thursday outside the entrance of the company’s single-story building with two law enforcement vehicles parked in front. Yellow police tape cordoned off the area and a putrid odor pervaded the air. A hearse was parked at the back of the building, in a parking lot ...

Why services offered have varied after Denver homeless camp cleanups

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) - The FOX31 Problem Solvers continues asking tough questions about Denver’s policies on clearing homeless encampments. As FOX31 first reported Wednesday night, the city of Denver does not​ treat all these encampments the same. Some of them do not get offered the same relocation services as others. We pressed the mayor's office to explain why. What happened to Nathaniel Holmes? Investigation Discovery to highlight missing case We compared services offered at two different cleanups.We saw very few tents and unhoused people in the area today near East 16th Avenue and Sherman Street where a sweep took place Wednesday.The removal was carried out by Denver’s Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), not through Mayor Mike Johnston’s housing initiative. In the 16th and Sherman case, the Problem Solvers were told unhoused people were given a seven-day notice. But when the cleanup started yesterday, they did not have the same support given people during a ...

Thousands of US workers are on strike today: Here are the major work stoppages

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a big year for labor organizing in the U.S. And from auto production lines to Hollywood, all eyes are on strikes taking the world of work by storm.The boiling point we’re seeing today comes amid soaring costs of living and rising inequality, including growing pay gaps between workers and top executives. Now, thousands of workers who were asked to make sacrifices during the pandemic even as corporate profits soared are asking for better pay and protections — and walking off the job if progress isn't made in heated contract negotiations. Striking Kaiser Permanente workers get support from elected officials At least 453,000 workers have participated in 312 strikes in the U.S. this year, according to Johnnie Kallas, a Ph.D. candidate and the project director of Cornell University’s Labor Action Tracker. This year’s work stoppages have spread across multiple industries — including transportation, entertainment and hospitality.Here's a rundown of some of the la...

Son of Buc-ee's cofounder made hidden recordings in Texas, Telluride: investigators

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The son of a co-founder of the nationally renowned Buc-ee's convenience store has been arrested in Texas on 28 felony charges of invasive visual recordings. Investigators say the files include recordings at a home in Telluride.Mitchell Wasek, 28, was released one hour after being arrested on a $10,000 bond on the condition he not contact the complainants, according to Travis County jail records. Ameristar Casino sued by card counter after police detainment Nexstar's KXAN reached out to an attorney connected with Mitchell but didn't immediately receive a response. KXAN also attempted numerous times to contact both Mitchell and his father, Don Wasek, however, phone numbers associated with both individuals were either disconnected or had voicemails disabled. KXAN was able to reach a family member of the Waseks, but that person hung up the phone as soon as KXAN identified itself.According to court records, the Travis County Sheriff's Office received a telephone complai...

Ravens LT Ronnie Stanley ‘strong possibility’ to return against Steelers; RT Morgan Moses back at practice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

Ravens left tackle Ronnie Stanley hasn’t played since suffering a knee injury in the season opener against the Houston Texans but said Thursday there’s “a strong possibility” he’ll play Sunday against the Steelers in Pittsburgh.Stanley was a full participant for the second straight day at practice in Owings Mills. He was one of several Ravens who have returned ahead of the key AFC North showdown.“I’m getting better every day,” Stanley said. “We were trying for it last week, but it just wasn’t there yet.“We know what this game means to us as a franchise, as a team. No one takes it lightly.”Baltimore got more good news on the offensive line with right tackle Morgan Moses returning to practice as a limited participant. Moses suffered a shoulder injury in last week’s win over the Cleveland Browns and did not practice Wednesday.Meanwhile, wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. (ankle), who hasn’t p...

Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears linebacker and Hall of Famer, dies at 80

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:52 GMT

Fred Mitchell | Chicago TribuneDick Butkus, the player who perhaps best epitomized the tough and determined identity of the Chicago Bears, has died, the Tribune confirmed Thursday. He was 80.The Butkus family said Thursday he died “peacefully in his sleep overnight at home” in Malibu, California.A product of Chicago’s working-class South Side and the University of Illinois, Butkus became a fierce Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker before embarking on a modest but enduring television and acting career in Hollywood.“After football, it was difficult for me to find what I liked second best,” Butkus once told the Tribune. “Football was always my first love. That certainly didn’t mean I couldn’t find something else. And the proof of the pudding is where I have ended up today.“I guess I could have been one of those guys who didn’t prepare to quit. But things happened and through hard work I found out that, hey, there are other things besides football.”In 2019, the Tribune ranked Butkus N...