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The Loop Fantasy Football Update Week 8: Last-minute moves

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

UPDATE: 11:01 p.m. SaturdayWe’ve gotten a bit more clarity tonight on a couple of questionable quarterbacks.San Francisco’s Brock Purdy and Las Vegas’ Jimmy Garoppolo have both been cleared to play tomorrow. But considering this is a bye-free week, only Purdy should be considered by fantasy mavens for a start this week.UPDATE: 12:41 p.m. SaturdayToday has been pretty light on fantasy news so far. The biggest news, probably, is that Carolina running back Miles Sanders is expected to return tomorrow against Houston after being sidelined by a shoulder injury.Miami WR Tyreek Hill (hip) has been cleared to play as he continues his pursuit of the NFL’s first 2,000-yard receiving season. Considered likely to play Sunday are 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and Seattle wideout Tyler Lockett.Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has been ruled out again, which means it’s another week for Tyrod Taylor. And standouts listed as questionable include Giants TE Darren Waller and Cleveland RB Jerome Ford.OR...

UCLA defense posts 7 sacks in 28-16 victory over Colorado

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — UCLA's defense sacked Colorado's Shedeur Sanders seven times and the 23rd-ranked Bruins broke open a close game at halftime with three second-half touchdowns in a 28-16 victory over the Buffaloes.UCLA coach Chip Kelly had a simple message for his team at halftime — get in the holiday spirit. In this case, the one on Tuesday and not looking ahead to the one two months from now. There is another Sanders at CU: Deion’s daughter, Shelomi, plays hoops and goes by ‘Bossy’ "I had to remind our kids that this was Halloween, not Christmas. We need to stop giving away gifts. And let's just make sure that it's Halloween, so let's put your scary masks on and go play," Kelly said.After committing four turnovers in the first half, the 23rd-ranked Bruins broke open a close game with three second-half touchdowns and haunted Colorado's Shedeur Sanders all night en route to a 28-16 victory over the Buffaloes on Saturday night.UCLA (6-2, 3-2 Pac-12) led 7-6 at halftime, but s...

Kelly dominates after Korea detour as Diamondbacks rout Rangers 9-1 to tie World Series 1-all

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Merrill Kelly called his four-season detour to South Korea a “Lost in Translation” experience. When he made his World Series debut, it was Texas Rangers batters who were disoriented.The 35-year-old right-hander pitched three-hit ball over seven innings, Ketel Marte extended his postseason hitting streak to a record 18 games and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed Texas 9-1 on Saturday night to even the World Series at one game apiece.“At this point in my career, nothing is going to shock me,” Kelly said. “I think going over to Korea as a 26-year-old is way scarier than pitching in the big leagues or even in the World Series.”Kelly struck out nine, walked none and allowed his only run on Mitch Garver’s leadoff homer in the fifth on a sinker at the bottom of the strike zone. His 22 called strikes were the most for a Series pitcher since Stephen Strasburg in Game 6 for the 2019 Washington Nationals.“I thought he might go nine innings today at one point,” Diamondback...

King Charles III seeks to look ahead in a visit to Kenya. But he’ll have history to contend with

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III wants to look to the future when his state visit to Kenya starts on Tuesday. But first he will have to confront the past.As Charles prepares for the four-day trip to Kenya, he is facing calls to address the legacy of eight decades of British colonial rule, as well as complaints that foreigners still own large swaths of rich farmland, and that the U.K. has failed to accept responsibility for the crimes of British soldiers stationed in Kenya.The trip will also be closely watched around the world, because it’s the king’s first state visit to an African nation and his first to a Commonwealth member since he ascended the throne last year. It comes at a time when the U.K. and the royal family is under pressure to reexamine the history of colonialism and apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.Behind the history and symbolism, Britain is keen to buttress its modern relationship with Kenya, which includes cooperation on counterterrorism ...

More help arrives in Acapulco, and hurricane’s death toll rises to 39 as searchers comb debris

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — More resources are arriving on Mexico’s battered Pacific coast, and the death toll from Hurricane Otis is growing as searchers recover more bodies from Acapulco’s harbor and under fallen trees and other storm debris.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Saturday that his opponents are trying to inflate the toll to damage him politically, but few expect the latest mark of 39 dead to be where it stops. Hundreds of families are still awaiting word from loved ones.Otis roared ashore early Wednesday with devastating 165 mph (266 kph) winds after strengthening so rapidly that people had little time to prepare.Kristian Vera stood on an Acapulco beach Saturday looking out toward dozens of sunken boats, including three of her own, all marked by floating buoys or just poking out of the water.Despite losing her livelihood in Otis’ brutal pass through Mexico’s over Pacific coast, the 44-year-old fisher felt fortunate. Earlier in the day, she watched a bo...

In Benin, Voodoo’s birthplace, believers bemoan steady shrinkage of forests they revere as sacred

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

PORTO-NOVO, Benin (AP) — For many people in Benin, the forests empowered them before they were born, or in the first months of their lives.Barren women performed Voodoo rituals by sacred trees to get pregnant. Others were brought as newborns by parents seeking to ward off evil spirits. Some entered at a crossroads as adults, asking for guidance. In the cradle of Voodoo, the forests were places of hope. Yet as the woodlands shrank, due to economic development and other factors, it has dealt a blow to communities struggling to protect the spirits believed to live within them.In many cases, according to believers, the spirits fought back.When residents in the village of Houeyogbe agreed to let the government destroy much of its forest to build roads and install electricity, locals say the spirits unleashed a plague, with inexplicable deaths and mounting illnesses. In Ouidah, Benin’s epicenter of Voodoo, a gas station that replaced the Aveleketezou forest years ago has not turned a pro...

Erdogan opts for a low-key celebration of Turkey’s 100th anniversary as a secular republic

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the modern, secular republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire on Sunday, but expect no grand pageantry or gala reception to memorialize the important milestone.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government has opted for a low-key celebration of the centennial, which comes months after a devastating earthquake that killed 50,000 people and coincides with the Israeli-Hamas war that has roiled the Middle East. The subdued affair, however, has caused dismay among many in Turkey who feel that the legacy of the republic’s founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, is under attack by Erdogan’s government. They see the lack of pomp and fanfare an as attempt by the government, which finds its roots in Turkey’s Islamic movement, to erase Ataturk’s memory.Erdogan will observe the traditional protocol of laying a wreath at Ataturk’s mausoleum in the capital and shake hands with a procession of ambassadors and ...

Forbes: Warriors are the most valuable NBA franchise in 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

(KRON) -- In 2010, Joe Lacob and Peter Guber were leaders in an ownership group that purchased the Golden State Warriors for a then-record $450 million. Thirteen years later, it's safe to say that investment paid off.For the second year in a row, the Warriors are the most valuable NBA team, according to a Forbes report released this week. The Dubs are worth $7.7 billion -- a 10% increase from a year ago.Despite not winning the NBA Finals, the Warriors still generated a league-high $765 million during the 2022-23 season. Forbes said that is 48% more than any other team -- the Los Angeles Lakers behind them at $516 million. Curry cracks Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes for second straight year Forbes: Top 10 Most Valuable NBA Teams in 2023Golden State Warriors ($7.7 billion)New York Knicks ($6.6 billion)Los Angeles Lakers ($6.4 billion)Boston Celtics ($4.7 billion)Los Angeles Clippers ($4.65 billion)Chicago Bulls ($4.6 billion)Dallas Mavericks ($4.5 billion)Houston Rockets ($4....

Cleland throws for 3 TDs, Adams runs for 2 more as Davidson beats Presbyterian 45-28

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) — Coulter Cleland threw three touchdown passes, Mari Adams added two rushing TDs and Davidson beat Presbyterian 45-28 Saturday night. Davidson (6-2, 5-0 Pioneer League) has won six games in a row following back-to-back losses to open the season, including 33-31 loss in the Wildcats’ home opener against Barton College, a member of the NCAA’s Division II. Mason Sherone ran for 139 yards, including a 43-yard TD run just 39 seconds into the third quarter that made it 21-10, and Davidson led by at least two scores the rest of the way. Cleland completed 7 of 8 passes for 69 yards without an interception and Adams finished with 41 yards rushing on 12 carries for the Wildcats. Tyler Wesley was 15-of-23 passing for 189 yards with two touchdowns and added 16 carries for 198 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown in the first quarter, for Presbyterian (3-5, 1-4). His longest run of the game covered 73 yards.Source

No. 19 Air Force overcomes snow, snowballs in 30-13 win over Colorado State to stay unbeaten

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:26:47 GMT

FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) — Zac Larrier scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard run in the third quarter, punctuating a drive aided by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the Colorado State bench because of fans pelting the visiting Falcons’ sideline with snowballs, and No. 19 Air Force remained undefeated with a 30-13 win over the Rams on Saturday night.Larrier also threw for a score and Emmanuel Michel and John Lee Eldridge III ran for touchdowns as Air Force (8-0, 5-0 Mountain West) matched a school record with its 13th straight win, dating to last season. Michel finished with 130 yards on 20 carries, including a 5-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. Matthew Dapore had a 29-yard field goal late in the third quarter as the Falcons’ pulled away in the second half to win their seventh in a row against Colorado State (3-5, 1-3). “I think we just keep fighting and keep pushing and just know that we’ve got to finish and eventually we’ll wear people out,” Michel said. “...