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Bethel will open Division III football playoffs at Whitewater; St. John’s left out of 32-team field

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

Sunday’s announcement for the 2023 NCAA Division III football playoffs field was not kind to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.MIAC champion Bethel (8-2) drew as tough a first-round opponent as there is in Wisconsin-Whitewater (9-1), a perennial powerhouse program that won six national championships over an eight-year span from 2007 to 2014 and has reached the championship game nine times since 2005 — the last time in 2019.The Royals and Warhawks play at noon Saturday in Whitewater, Wis.Perhaps most disappointing for the MIAC was the exclusion of St. John’s (8-2) from the playoff field. A deciding factor might have been the Johnnies’ 56-28 loss at Whitewater on Sept. 9. Whitewater ended up claiming one of just five at-large bids into the 32-team field. St. John’s spent the bulk of the regular season ranked among the top Division III teams in the nation.Two other area teams made the field and will face off in the first round when Minnesota-Morr...

Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson has big day battling through rib injury: ‘That guy’s a fighter’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson was slow, at times, to get up and even slipped into the blue medical tent at one point during the first half. It was clear that Hockenson, who was limited in practice throughout the week because of a rib injury, was in a world of pain.Which made Hockenson’s big day all the more impressive, as he helped lead the Vikings to a 27-19 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium.“That guy’s a fighter,” quarterback Josh Dobbs said.Hockenson was Dobbs’ favorite target Sunday. He caught 10 passes for 128 yards and scored a touchdown in the first half alone, and in doing so, he became only the second tight end since 1978 to have at least 10 catches, 100 receiving yards and a receiving touchdown in a single half, per Elias Sports Bureau.“To be honest with you, I kind of blacked out,” Hockenson said. “It was just one of those things where you’re just playing, you’re focused on every play, the ball keeps coming to you, and I was k...

Mayor Bass, city Leaders update the public on fire that indefinitely closed 10 Freeway

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

Officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Department of Transportation, Metro and the L.A. Fire Department update the public on the massive fire that has indefinitely closed the 10 Freeway in downtown L.A. Officials want to prepare the public for significant delays in the coming days weeks as all lanes within a two mile stretch of the I-10 downtown are closed until further notice. Watch live and stay with KTLA for additional updates.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hold press conference to discuss 10 Freeway fire response, updates

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass are holding a press conference to provide updates regarding the fire that destroyed part of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles.The blaze was first reported around 12:30 a.m. Saturday morning in a storage yard near East 14th and Alameda streets. Flames quickly spread to a neighboring storage yard and eventually engulfed the freeway overpass above.The fire was so hot that it melted some of the freeway's steel guardrails and concrete pillars, fire officials said. It eventually spread to eight acres before being contained.No homes were affected by the flames, as the area is largely industrial, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said. Abatement company beginning remediation process at historic Tustin hangar Gov. Newsom declared a local state of emergency was declared on Saturday, and on Sunday, it was announced that the freeway would remain closed until further notice. Mayor Bass noted that the structural damage sustained by the f...

What 49ers are saying after their 34-3 rout of Jaguars

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Here is what came out of the 49ers’ postgame press conferences following their 34-3 win Sunday over the Jaguars:HEAD COACH KYLE SHANAHANNo injuries right now. I’m sure there will be some tomorrow, but there’s nothing right now.Q: What impressed you the most?Shanahan: Just how we overcame a bunch of stuff. I didn’t think we played perfect ball by any means, which you never do. I was just happy that the mistakes we did make, we always overcame. I was real disappointed getting those first two turnovers and not scoring on either of them, having to punt. Then when we get the third turnover, we actually score ourselves on defense but we have to call it back, and that was strategic so we could let the offense do it. Finally, we were able to do one, and being able to get that fourth one was cool. It was playing complementary football. Took us a while a little bit back and forth, but I thought once we were playing well on both sides, that...

Thousands rally and march in San Francisco in protest against APEC and corporate power

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

Protesters with a multitude of causes united Sunday in San Francisco against a common foe: the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum taking place in the city this week and the corporate-powered economic growth it seeks.The issues espoused by the more than 3,000 people who rallied with signs and flags at Embarcadero Plaza downtown before marching up Market Street spanned the rights of Indigenous people, women’s empowerment, LGBTQ equality, and the environment, with a heavy dose of freedom for Palestine and calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s bloody war with Hamas. Starting around 12:30 p.m., speakers from various groups took the stage and amped up the crowd in a noisy but peaceful rally before the march began two hours later.“All of these issues, and all of these organizations, represent different aspects of oppression, and the kinds of exploitative conditions that are imposed on all of us by these large corporations,” said Nancy Hollander, 84, an Oakland resi...

Newsom, local officials discuss how to reopen critical fire-damaged 10 Freeway bridge in Los Angeles

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

While no timetable was yet available for when a portion of the busy 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles might be repaired and reopened following a devastating pallet fire, local and state officials announced an investigation into the fire’s cause and origin would be completed by early Monday morning.Once that investigation was complete, officials said contracts were already in place for repairs to begin in earnest with a “24/7” operation and that every possible effort would be made to get those repairs completed as safely and quickly as possible.Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a Sunday afternoon news conference the investigation into the fire’s cause and origin would be done by 6 a.m. Monday and that a hazardous materials assessment would proceed.Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass toured the site both by air above and on the ground, Newsom said. During the assessment, Newsom noted “dozens and dozens of columns” had been damaged. He said the freeway’s bridge deck was the primary fo...

VIDEO: Thieves crash car into San Jose smoke shop, steal bags of vape products

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

(KRON) -- A San Jose smoke shop was broken into early Sunday morning, and it was all caught on video. Thieves were seen stealing a number of products from Monsters of Rock. The burglary happened around 5 a.m., at the smoke shop on 461 Blossom Hill Road, the San Jose Police Department confirmed. Police were not able to provide any further details about the burglary. Woman killed after shooting at Chili’s parking lot in San Leandro However, surveillance video obtained by KRON4 shows at least four unknown suspects, who appear to be male, with face coverings involved in the theft. Two cars were used to execute the break-in: one white Hyundai sedan and one gray sedan.The white sedan was used to crash into the business and allow the suspects to enter. After taking an unknown amount of products from the store, the suspects fled in the gray sedan.Around the 8-minute mark of the video, an alarm is heard going off after the vehicle crashes into the business. Watch the car crashing into the...

Dimarco scores long-range wonder goal for Inter and breathes a sigh of relief

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan midfielder Federico Dimarco unleashed a strike from near the halfway line and then breathed a sigh of relief when the ball hit the back of the net.The 26-year-old Dimarco collected the ball just inside his own half and took a few steps forward before letting fly to score an incredible opening goal that had San Siro on its feet on Sunday.The diagonal shot set Inter on the way to a 2-0 victory over Frosinone and back to the top of Serie A.“At the start, I saw (teammate) Denzel (Dumfries), then I saw the goalkeeper off the line. At the end, thank God it went in, otherwise I would’ve got more insults than I could even imagine,” Dimarco said. “It is certainly one of my best goals.”Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer put his hands on his head in disbelief at the first-half goal, while coach Simone Inzaghi turned round and beamed broadly at his bench.Frosinone goalkeeper — and lifelong Inter fan — Stefano Turati backpedaled furiously but was left sprawling on his ba...

Prescott accounts for 5 TDs, Cowboys rout Giants again 49-17 for 12th straight home win

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:22:25 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns while running for another score, and the Dallas Cowboys routed the New York Giants for the second time this season, extending their home winning streak to 12 with a 49-17 victory Sunday.The Cowboys (6-3) won 40-0 in the opener in New Jersey, and the 72-point margin was their largest in a sweep of an NFC East opponent, topping their 66-point edge against Philadelphia in 1969.The Giants (2-8) were outgained 368-27 in the first half with Tommy DeVito as the first undrafted rookie to start for them at quarterback in the common draft era, save for a strike-replacement game in 1987.DeVito, who replaced Daniel Jones last week when the franchise QB sustained a season-ending knee injury, was 14 of 27 for 86 yards with two TDs and an interception.The Cowboys — whose 640 total yards were 12 shy of the franchise record — had a 54-0 combined first-half margin in the two games, this time without any help from defense or ...