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Oregon State AD says keeping coach Jonathan Smith is top priority

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

With Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith’s name being bandied about in connection with coaching vacancies, Beavers athletic director Scott Barnes said his top priority is retaining him. Barnes released a statement on Wednesday as speculation grew about Smith’s future with the Beavers. The speculation coincides with uncertainty about the Pac-12 going forward. Oregon State and Washington State are the lone remaining teams in the conference after the other 10 teams bolted in realignment. Together the Beavers and the Cougars have filed a lawsuit to retain the Pac-12’s assets. The No. 15 Beavers were preparing for Friday’s game at No. 6 Oregon, possibly the final meeting in the storied rivalry between the schools for the foreseeable future. The Ducks are headed to the Big Ten next season. “Coach Smith and I have had ongoing conversations for more than a month regarding his future at Oregon State and our path forward for football specifically and our athletic departm...

Walter and Missi lead No. 13 Baylor to 88-72 win over Oregon State in NIT Season Tip-Off

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Ja’Kobe Walter scored 24 points and fellow freshman Yves Missi posted his first career double-double Wednesday night as No. 13 Baylor beat Oregon State 88-72 in the opening game of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Barclays Center.Baylor (5-0) led the entire way and will face the winner of the Florida-Pittsburgh nightcap in the championship game Friday evening.The 7-foot Missi had 14 points and 14 rebounds. Jalen Bridges added 14 points for the Bears.“We want the other team to work for everything for the whole 40 minutes,” Bridges said. “We want them to leave the gym feeling like they don’t want to play Baylor again. I feel like we did a great job in the first half of doing that.”Dexter Akanno scored 16 for the Beavers (3-2). Jordan Pope had 13, DaJohn Craig added 12 and KC Ibekwe 10.“That’s as good a test as we’re going to see this early in the season,” Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle said. “Disappointed with our start. I think we got caught up in the moment a little bit.”T...

Loveland Pass closes after deadly crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Loveland Pass was closed on Wednesday evening after a deadly crash.The pass, which is along U.S. 6, was closed between mile markers 216-229, according to Colorado State Patrol. That's on the Summit County side. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox CSP said the two-vehicle crash happened around 5:55 p.m. One person died on the scene, and another two people were transferred to a hospital. What led to the crash is under investigation.There was no estimate given for when the highway could reopen.The closure was expected to impact Interstate 70. Truckers with hazardous loads were to be staged at the tunnel to go through around 8 p.m., CSP said.

Arrest made after Denver teen shot while selling car

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of shooting a Denver teenager and stealing his car last week.Marco Soledad, 18, said he agreed to meet up with a man he met on Facebook Marketplace to sell his 2001 Mercedes Benz. After a test drive and a look around the vehicle, a video shows the would-be buyer instead shooting Soledad in the leg and driving off."That’s when I started yelling for help," Soledad said. "And then I bend down and look at my leg, and it’s literally just covered in blood."Soledad spent four days in the hospital before returning home on Sunday night. Surveillance video of a reported shooting in Denver, Colorado on Nov. 14, 2023. (Submitted)The Denver Police Department said Alec Deschryver has been arrested. Deschryver is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder."It's a relief," Soledad said. "Because knowing that they could do that in broad daylight, it’s just wild." FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your i...

Homeless sign, crack pipe found in recovered stolen car

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Last Friday, FOX31 reported on a mother whose son was struck by a car, only to have her own car stolen from the same scene moments later. Now the family said their car has been found, but it was left damaged with drugs inside."We did take him into the doctor's. We got X-rays. There was no fractures," Cheinic Arapahoe said about her son's injuries. The outcome was a blessing for Arapahoe and her family after her 16-year-old son was hit on his walk to school. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox It happened at Federal Boulevard and Kentucky Avenue, in west Denver."They had recovered the car in Adams County," Arapahoe said. "It was abandoned on some railroad tracks."'The car was a total loss'That abandoned car was stolen from the scene where Arapahoe's son was just struck. It was found two days later."The car was a total loss," Arapahoe said.She took photos of the aftermath from when the car was stolen."The rim had holes in it," Arapahoe ...

Far-right leader Geert Wilders wins Dutch election, early results show

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

SCHEVENINGEN, Netherlands — The anti-Islam, Euroskeptic radical Geert Wilders is projected to be the shock winner of the Dutch election. With almost all votes counted, in a dramatic result that will stun European politics, his Freedom Party (PVV) is set to win around 37 of the 150 seats in parliament — more than double the number it secured in the 2021 election, according to exit polls. Frans Timmermans’ Labour-Green alliance is forecast to take second place, winning 25 seats — a big jump from its current 17. Dilan Yeşilgöz, outgoing premier Mark Rutte’s successor as head of the center-right VVD, suffered heavy losses and is on course to take 24 seats, 10 fewer than before, according to early results.A win for Wilders will put the Netherlands on track — potentially — for a dramatic shift in direction, after Rutte’s four consecutive centrist governments. The question now, though, is whether any other parties are willing to join Wilders to form a coalition. Despite emerging as th...

Ullmark, NHL-leading Bruins remain hot, top Panthers 3-1 to improve to 14-1-3 on season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Linus Ullmark stopped 27 shots, and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins topped the Florida Panthers 3-1 on Wednesday night in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference quarterfinals.John Beecher and Jake DeBrusk scored in a 3:05 span of the second period to put Boston in control, and Charlie Coyle also scored for the Bruins.Anton Lundell scored for Florida, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 22 shots. The Panthers saw their six-game winning streak on home ice snapped and lost for just the second time in their last nine games overall.“We were really good on the rush defense,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said of his team’s shutdown third-period performance. “We had a lot of numbers back, we were putting bodies on bodies and we had a little bit of time to make good breakout plays.”Boston improved to 14-1-3 on the season and 4-0-0 after losses. The Bruins have 31 of a possible 36 points so far — by far the best in the league, yet slightly behind their pace from last s...

Tatum shakes off illness, helps Celtics slow Giannis and beat fellow East power Bucks 119-116

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Jayson Tatum shook off an illness to have 23 points and 11 rebounds, carrying the Boston Celtics over the Milwaukee Bucks 119-116 on Wednesday night in an early showdown of top Eastern Conference teams.Jaylen Brown had 26 points and eight assists for Boston, which improved the NBA’s best record to 12-3. Kristaps Porzingis added 21 points and Derrick White scored 13.“I thought it was great. Obviously, the fans and everyone in the building knew this was No. 1 and No. 2 seed playing against each other, and that just adds more fuel to the atmosphere,” Porzingis said. “The energy was there. We played hard and they made a good push at the end and almost made a comeback, but we held strong.”The Celtics opened a 21-point lead in the first half and never trailed. They held that double-digit edge until the Bucks made a late charge in the final two minutes, slicing it to 114-111 before Tatum hit three free throws in the closing 21.2 seconds.Brook Lopez led Milwaukee (10-5) ...

As Ravens OLB Odafe Oweh breaks out, he says he’s ‘still very much in the developmental stage’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

Patrick Queen knows this path. He walked it a year ahead of his Ravens teammate, Odafe Oweh.You arrive in a hail of acclaim reserved for a first-round draft pick, possessed of sublime physical tools but relatively untutored in the finer points of your craft. Your early performances speak to your gifts and your fierce desire but also to that lack of polish. The same people who feted you turn to judging you harshly, forgetting that even the most optimistic scouts said you were not a finished product.Queen lived through the heights and depths of this cycle before he broke out last season. Now, he’s watching Oweh, written off as a failed pick by detractors, enjoy his moment of sweet, year-three release.“Everybody loves him now,” Queen said Tuesday, with a subtext of I told you so.Perhaps it was an offseason of healthy preparation. Perhaps it was the arrival of a new outside linebackers coach, Chuck Smith, who happens to be one of the world’s leading teachers of p...

3 New Zealand political leaders say they’ve reached agreement to form next government

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:53:04 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Three New Zealand political leaders on Thursday said they have reached an agreement to form the next government, pending a final signoff from their parties which they expected within hours.The three party leaders said they expected to hold a formal signing ceremony at Parliament on Friday. The announcement brought to an end nearly six weeks of negotiations since New Zealand held a general election on Oct. 14. What has never been in question is that former businessman Christopher Luxon will be the next prime minister, after his conservative National Party won 38% of the vote, the largest proportion of any party. What has been at play is what policies the three parties can agree upon to jointly govern, and what positions various lawmakers will hold. The parties went into the election campaign with different policies on tax, race relations and economic management. Luxon said they would release details of their agreement on Friday.“I’m really proud o...