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Football recruiting: CU Buffs land two experienced linemen

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders promised an offensive line overhaul and he’s delivering.On Saturday, two starters from FBS teams committed to the Buffaloes.Related Articles Grading The Week: If Deion Sanders wants more “privacy,” CU Buffs coach needs to ditch his Amazon, YouTube film crews New opportunity excites CU Buffs legend Darian Hagan Colorado AG Phil Weiser files lawsuit opposing NCAA transfer rule Kickin’ It with Kiz Podcast: Handicapping the CFP, sizing up the NFL draft and mourning Darian Hagan’s CU departure Deion Sanders, CU Buffs land commitment from Jordan Seaton, nation’s No. 1 OL recruit Former UConn center Yakiri Walker and former Houston guard Tyler Johnson both announced their verbal commitments to CU.CU struggled up front all season, allowing a school-record 56 sacks, while also having the worst rushing offense in the country. At one point, Sanders expressed...

As more ‘fake electors’ face charges, a key witness emerges

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

Twenty-four of the so-called fake Trump electors now face criminal charges in three different states, and one of the legal architects of the plan to deploy them, Kenneth Chesebro, has emerged as a witness in all the cases.Chesebro, a Harvard-trained lawyer, helped develop the plan to have Republicans in battleground states won by Joe Biden in 2020 present themselves as Trump electors. The scheme was part of an effort to have Congress block or delay the certification of Biden’s Electoral College victory on Jan. 6, 2021.A Nevada grand jury this week indicted six former Trump electors, including top leaders of the state’s Republican Party, on charges of forging and submitting fraudulent documents.In August, a grand jury in Atlanta returned an indictment against former President Donald Trump and 18 allies, including three who were fake electors in Georgia. And in July, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel brought charges against all 16 Republicans who acted as Trump electors in her sta...

McCarthy resignation sets off mad scramble

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

In summaryRep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield announces he will leave Congress at the end of the year after fellow Republicans booted him as House speaker. Who might run for his seat? Could one candidate be former Rep. Devin Nunes?Lea este artículo en español.Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s announcement today that he will vacate his seat and not seek reelection sets off a tidal wave of speculation on who will represent a wide swath of California’s agricultural heartland.The timing of the announcement also puts McCarthy in a spot to be a political kingmaker if he makes an early endorsement. It’s a role he’s played before and relishes. In announcing his resignation in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, McCarthy reiterated that he will “continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office.”One thing is virtually certain: McCarthy’s replacement will be a Republican. And one of the names on a possible list of GOP stalwarts is a big one — former Rep. Devin Nunes.T...

Pleasant Hill PD explains delay in arrest of man who shot his wife

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

(KRON) – The man accused of shooting his wife, Chunliam Saechao, on Dec.7 has been arrested on Saturday. The Pleasant Hill Police Department said a domestic disturbance was reported at about 7 p.m. on Thursday. Police said in an earlier statement Saechao barricaded inside a house in the 200 block of Cleopatra Drive after he allegedly shot and wounded his wife Thursday evening.  Pleasant Hill man who allegedly shot wife in custody, shelter-in-place lifted Police did not arrest Saechao the night of the shooting. Police called off the shelter-in-place Friday morning that was administered Thursday. However, Friday at 5:30 p.m., Pleasant Hill police issued a shelter-in-place in that same neighborhood due to police activity.The Pleasant Hill Police Department addressed the delay in the arrest and the reasoning for calling off the SWAT team. Chief Scott Vermillion confirmed he was the decision-maker in this case. According to Vermillion, this incident began when Saechao’s wife ...

No. 1 Arizona rolls past No. 23 Wisconsin 98-73 in first week in top spot

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pelle Larsson scored a career-high 21 points, Caleb Love added 20, and No. 1 Arizona rolled to a 98-73 win over No. 23 Wisconsin on Saturday.The Wildcats — playing as the top team in the country for the first time in nine years — looked comfortable in their new role, using a 25-8 run to end the first half and take a 17-point halftime lead.Larsson finished 6 of 6 shooting from the field, including 4 of 4 on 3-pointers. The Wildcats (8-0) shot 58% from the field.John Blackwell had 17 points to lead the Badgers (7-3), who came into the game on a six-game winning streak. Steven Crowl added 11 points and AJ Storr had 10.NO. 3 HOUSTON 89, JACKSON STATE 55HOUSTON (AP) — Emanuel Sharp scored a career-high 25 points, LJ Cryer added 21, and Houston defeated Jackson State.Houston improved to 10-0 for the third time in school history, joining the 2018-19 and 1967-68 teams. The Cougars shot 42% and were 11 of 30 on 3-pointers.Coltie Young scored 13 points to lead Jackson Sta...

Emanuel Sharp scores career-high 25 as No. 3 Houston beats Jackson State 89-55

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Emanuel Sharp scored a career-high 25 points, LJ Cryer added 21, and No. 3 Houston defeated Jackson State 89-55 on Saturday.Cryer, who has scored in double-figures in nine straight games, scored 16 points in the first half as Houston led 37-29 at halftime. Sharp scored 16 points in the second half.Cryer and Sharp combined to shoot 12 of 28 from the field, including 8 of 17 on 3-pointers.Houston improved to 10-0 for the third time in school history, joining the 2018-19 and 1967-68 teams. The Cougars shot 42% and were 11 of 30 on 3-pointers.Coltie Young scored 13 points to lead Jackson State (2-7). Ken Evans Jr., who entered averaging 20.4 points per game, was held to six points and was ejected in the second half after getting his second technical foul. The Tigers shot 43%.The Cougars opened things up with a 15-2 run to take a 33-19 lead on a 3-pointer by Sharp with five minutes left in the half, but Jackson State answered with 10 straight points to cut the lead to four...

Abmas has 16 points and seven assists to lead No. 12 Texas past Houston Christian 77-50

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Max Abmas had 16 points and seven assists and No. 12 Texas defeated Houston Christian 77-50 Saturday.Kadin Shedrick had 15 points, three blocks and four of the Longhorns’ 13 steals. Dillon Mitchell produced his third double-double of the season, 13 points and 12 rebounds, for Texas (7-2). Tyrese Hunter added 12 points, five assists and three steals.Marcus Greene led Houston Christian (1-7) with 15 points. Michael Imariagbe had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Bonke Maring nine points and 13 rebounds.The Huskies converted 30.3% from the field.After a 21-point loss at Marquette on Wednesday, Texas coach Rodney Terry drilled his team on the importance of tenacity.“I thought we had a pretty good effort today,” Terry said. “We really try to emphasize trying to play really hard, especially on the defensive end of the floor. Not trying to play perfect. You’re gonna make mistakes. But you make them going hard.” Eventually the Longhorns summoned what they neede...

No Santos player will wear Pelé’s No. 10 until the club returns to Serie A, new club president says

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — No player of Brazil’s Santos team will wear the number 10 jersey made globally famous by the late Pelé as long as the club plays in the country’s second division, the new club president said Saturday.Marcelo Teixeira, elected on Saturday as Santos’ president, said he made the decision as a tribute to the club’s biggest star, who died on Dec. 29 at 81 due to colon cancer.“Until Santos is back in Serie A, which is its standard, we will not play with the number 10 shirt,” said Teixeira, who was Santos’ president on two previous occasions. “This year’s Brazilian league was named after King Pelé. We will continue in this mission. We will be back in the top division, but until then, we won’t wear our most glorious shirt.”Every match of this year’s Brazilian league celebrated Pelé in the 10th minute of play, in a reference to the number on the shirt that he wore for Santos and Brazil.Teixeira, a businessman, beat four rivals ...

Leader PSG beats Nantes to stretch winning streak to 8 games in Ligue 1

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain beat Nantes 2-1 for an eighth straight win in the French league on Saturday.Meanwhile, 10-man Monaco downed Rennes 2-1 and leapfrogged Nice into second place.PSG substitute Randal Kolo Muani scored the winner by converting a rebound in the 83rd minute after goalkeeper Alban Lafont saved a header from Lucas Hernandez. Bradley Barcola gave PSG the lead by rounding Marcus Coco to slot into the far corner just before halftime. But mid-table Nantes grew bolder in the second half and Egypt striker Mostafa Mohamed equalized by heading home a corner in the 55th.“Bradley Barcola is the present and the future of this club, and we like young players joining us to know that we are going to give them confidence and minutes,” PSG coach Luis Enrique said. “Bradley Barcola was superb tonight. He was our best player in one-on-one situations. He scored an exceptional goal and it was a really good performance.” PSG played at a comfortable pace, maybe thinking about a d...

Kowacie Reeves Jr. scores 20 points, grabs 10 rebounds to lead Georgia Tech over Alabama A&M 70-49

Published Mon, 03 Mar 2025 23:54:36 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Kowacie Reeves Jr. scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Georgia Tech pulled away late in the first half and cruised to a 70-49 victory over Alabama A&M on Saturday night. Reeves, who has scored in double digits in six games this season, shot 6 of 12 from the floor with a pair of 3-pointers and made all six of his free throws. Miles Kelly hit three from long range and two free throws and finished with 11 points to extend his double-digit scoring streak to 16. Tyzhaun Claude added 10 points and nine rebounds for Georgia Tech (5-3), which shot 24 of 56 (43%) overall and outrebounded Alabama A&M 55-28. Tech closed the first half on a 13-2 run for a 34-17 lead. Kelly hit a 3-pointer and Reeves scored five points during the stretch. Reeves finished with 14 points and eight rebounds in the first half. Kelly added 11 and the pair combined for 7-of-11 shooting and 5 of 7 from long range. Five others scored before the break for Georgia Tech but none of them had ...