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Arizona in talks to join Big 12; Big Ten discussing membership with Oregon, Wash., AP sources say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

Arizona is in talks to join the Big 12, a person with direct knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press, and a board of regents meeting Thursday night could determine whether Arizona State is ready to leave the Pac-12, too, and join the Wildcats.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither the school nor the conference were prepared to finalize an invitation to the Wildcats.The person added that Arizona State was not as far along in the process, which could slow down Arizona’s final decision because the Tucson-based school would prefer to be in sync with its rivals from Tempe.The boards of regents for Arizona’s two biggest universities, along with the University of Washington, scheduled special meetings for Thursday night amid speculation that more Pac-12 schools could leave the flailing conference.The Arizona Board of Regents, which oversees Arizona and Arizona State, were holding a closed executive session to look at possible legal advice ...

Shohei Ohtani pulled by Angels after 4 scoreless innings with cramps in pitching hand

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was pulled from the mound by the Los Angeles Angels after only four innings Thursday night due to cramping in his pitching hand and fingers.The two-way superstar pitched scoreless three-hit ball with four strikeouts against the Seattle Mariners, and he had thrown only 59 pitches. Ohtani also had problems with cramps during the Angels’ just-completed trip, leaving consecutive games early with lower-body cramping.Ohtani remained in the game at Angel Stadium as the Halos’ designated hitter.The start was Ohtani’s shortest of the season, not counting a two-inning outing in Boston caused by a lengthy rain delay. He hadn’t pitched fewer than five innings in any other mound start since August 2022.After Ohtani walked and advanced to third as the Angels’ designated hitter in the fourth, José Soriano relieved Ohtani on the mound to begin the fifth. Ohtani also singled in his first at-bat against Seattle’s Bryan Woo.Ohtani struggled ...

Taillon earned 4th straight win as Cubs knock Reds from atop NL Central with 5-3 victory

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Jameson Taillon pitched five-plus innings for his fourth straight win, and the surging Chicago Cubs held on to beat Cincinnati 5-3 Thursday night, knocking the Reds out of first place in the NL Central. Ian Happ, Cody Bellinger and Yan Gomes drove in runs for Chicago, which won for the 13th time in 16 games and claimed the final three games of a four-game set with the Reds. Milwaukee, a 14-1 winner over Pittsburgh, moved into first place in the division, a half-game ahead of the Reds. The Cubs, at 56-53, are 2½ games back of the Brewers.Rookie Elly De La Cruz led off the game with a deep solo shot and Spencer Steer’s team-leading 18th homer in the eighth was his second hit for Cincinnati. Taillon (6-6) exited after one hitter in the sixth, and earned his fourth win in five outings. He allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out five. The right-hander has a 2.08 ERA in his last five outings.Three Chicago relievers followed. Adbert Alzolay got the final four outs ...

Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 career points

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi becomes first WNBA player to reach 10,000 career points.Source

Former DPD detective arrested at Littleton mall involved in separate lawsuit 

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A former Denver Police detective has bonded out of jail, after allegedly pulling a gun on a man Wednesday night in Littleton. Martin Vigil, who retired from the Denver Police Department in 2019, reportedly pulled out a gun and pointed it at another man in the food court after an argument.  Retired Denver detective allegedly pointed gun at man at Southwest Plaza Mall FOX31 has learned Vigil is facing a lawsuit for allegedly coercing a 14-year-old boy into a murder confession. Lawrence Montoya spent 13 years in prison before being exonerated in 2014 after DNA evidence proved he wasn't involved in the murder.According to the lawsuit, "Lawrence was stripped of his teenage years and adulthood; he was deprived the opportunities to gain an education, develop a career ..." A video sent to FOX31 by Montoya's attorneys shows a detective pounding the table while questioning Montoya. "We have evidence. We have fingerprints, we have shoe prints, w...

Denver family pleads for answers in loved ones 2021 death

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Investigators are still searching for answers after the remains of 19-year-old Emriel Krantz were found on the side of Highway 72 in Gilpin County on June 18, 2021. According to the Gilpin County investigators, her body was found at the bottom of a steep hill, about 20 to 30 feet down from the highway. They believe she had been there about a week. "As parents, I'm traumatized. I can't believe someone would just have no respect for human life. She was just a kid," said her mom Candace Krantz, who is desperate to find out more information about her daughter's death. Investigators told FOX31 they started their investigation near 55th Avenue and Federal Boulevard in Denver where Emriel spent a lot of time. They tracked down several leads but each one came up empty-handed. Human remains found in Saguache County "Someone knows something, someone or people were definitely a part of what happened and what took place to her," Krantz said.The family hopes by speaking out it...

Fundraiser to benefit injured Denver Police officer

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A nonprofit, known for helping injured first responders, is set to host its annual motorcycle run for Denver Police Sgt. Justin Dodge.Dodge was injured in downtown Denver during the Denver Nuggets championship parade. He has since had one leg amputated below the knee.The group hosting the fundraiser is called MC-1 Foundation and this is the 10th year it has held an event to help a first responder and their family. Officer injured by fire truck during Nuggets parade has leg amputated "We are existing to help first responders that are injured, in the line of duty," the nonprofit's president Mark Miller said.The foundation was started by Miller, a Jefferson County Sheriff's deputy, in honor of fallen Sgt. Dave Baldwin who was killed in the line of duty in 2014."Dave was my sergeant, and, I just felt I needed to do something, in his name," Miller said.The honor run is on Sept. 24. and starts at Columbine High School, and ends at 144th Avenue and Washington Street.MC-1...

Tim McGraw and Brad Paisley drop new tunes, hope to ride current country music surge on the charts

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

Country music is hot right now. So hot, country stars own the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.Hoping to also be on top are these two hotties, Tim McGraw and Brad Paisley, which is why they’re dropping new tunes.Tim McGraw, singing: “When i die, there’s standing room only, standing room only.”Tim McGraw and his big cowboy hat just dropped “Standing Room Only,” and he’s tugging at the heartstrings. Tim McGraw: “I wanted this music on this album sorta to reflect life in general, be life-affirming and positive, and like I said, it all sort of formulated during what we were going through and as we were coming out out of it and getting our feet back under us.”Tim McGraw, singing: “Standing there soaking wet.”Tim McGraw: “The junkyard with the cars, to me, represents shedding of the past, shedding the grudges.”The new single is off his new album of the same name that comes out Aug. 25.Tim McGraw: ...

Over-the-top ‘Meg 2’ bites off more than it can chew

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

Many, many times bigger than Bruce the “Jaws” shark, Meg is the mighty undersea Megalodon that helped make “The Meg” a hit 2018 monster movie.“Meg 2: The Trench” picks up where that left off. We are back in the vast, expensive and elaborate Oceanic undersea lab founded by Jiuming, a Chinese billionaire (martial arts star Wu Jing).  He speaks Chinese at a glittering reception praising environmental studies as we read the English subtitles (“Meg 2” is a Chinese co-production).Here again is Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor, the unofficial guardian of the endeavor who will soon find himself facing continual life or death crises but never shake his resolve to do one thing at a time.As a series of spectacular underwater scenes unfold, you might see the submersibles and think sadly of the real-life submersible implosion that claimed the lives of five people trying to explore the Titanic.But that passes quickly as “Meg 2” settles into being a campy, virtually non-stop series of increasingly ab...

Graham: Dems double down on indictments, take Biden risk

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:45:11 GMT

You don’t have to be a hardcore cynic to suspect that one of the goals of Tuesday’s indictment of Donald Trump — the third this year — is to keep the GOP primary electorate rallying around the former president. It’s a transparent political ploy openly discussed by operatives on both sides of the aisle. So if it works, Republican primary voters will have nobody to blame but themselves.But if Trump does win the nomination and then goes on to beat President Biden, whom will Democrats blame then?When Trump was indicted the first time — and on a legal theory just as novel as the one prosecutor Jack Smith used Tuesday — veteran Democratic operative Bob Shrum said that any attempts by Democrats to boost Trump’s candidacy would be a mistake.“I don’t want to run against Trump because he might win,” said Shrum, now the director of the Center for the Political Future at the University of Southern California-Dornsife. “The problem with this ‘help-Trump-win’ strategy — and smart people know this...