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Nuggets Journal: NBA in-season tournament is officially a hit. Here are the changes it should make

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

There came a miniature breaking point for Michael Malone last week after yet another question about the in-season tournament.“I think everybody’s doing the right thing and saying all the right things, like ‘This is a big in-season game tonight,'” Malone said before the Nuggets’ group stage finale in Houston. “Well for me, we’re 1-3 on the road trip. The last thing I’m thinking about is the in-season tournament. I’m just being very honest.”His answer was illuminating in two ways. First, the obvious: This new NBA endeavor is fun to play along with, but only as long as it isn’t eclipsing a team’s primary goal, which is to win games regardless of whether the court is painted funny. By this point in the group stage, the tournament as a novelty concept — and the accompanying questions from media — had clearly worn off for Malone, who was trying to get a championship-caliber team back on track. Understandab...

Broncos Journal: RT Mike McGlinchey using cleats to honor late cousin Dan McCain, “my best friend and biggest supporter”

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

Mike McGlinchey dabbed at his eyes as he tried to explain the unexplainable.At his locker this week, the Broncos right tackle was asked about his footwear choice this weekend as players across the league represent causes near and dear for My Cause, My Cleats weekend.Few will hit closer to home than McGlinchey’s.His cousin, Dan McCain, died this summer after a life spent wrestling with a series of lung and heart issues.Through those challenges, though, McCain was McGlinchey’s most ardent supporter.“Dan was my biggest fan and he was my best friend and biggest supporter,” McGlinchey said. “Since I was in high school he barely missed any of my games. He lived through me and he lived through the rest of my brothers and my cousins that played.“… Football was everything to Dan. You carry the weight with you every day in losing him, but you know he’s there watching over us, and he’s certainly maybe had a little bit of influence upstairs in how the Broncos are doing right now.”Mc...

Mathews: Come home, Kamala Harris, and run for governor

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

Come back, Kamala.Back to California, where you have a future.Away from Washington, D.C., where they’ll never give you a fair shake.You’re politically trapped. You’re the unpopular vice president of an unpopular president. As a team, the two of you are headed to a catastrophic election defeat, even though your likely opponent is an insurrectionist ex-president facing multiple criminal indictments.Two-thirds of Democrats want your boss, Joe Biden, not to run for re-election. But everyone knows Biden, 81, will run anyway.What’s more appalling is that you are getting much of the blame for much of this. Biden’s many allies in politics and media suggest he can’t drop out because the nomination would go to you.They note that you do worse in presidential polls than him. But they leave unmentioned the truth that you’re unpopular because your job as vice president is to represent him, and he’s given you peanuts to work with. He has never articulated a clear vision for the country, or a secon...

Opinion: Protect Californians, wildlife from groundwater contamination

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

More than a decade ago, UC Davis released a groundbreaking report about the growing human health threat from groundwater contamination. It revealed that hundreds of thousands of Californians rely on polluted groundwater to meet their household needs. More than a million are at risk.The problem is now well understood. Yet for over a decade, the California Water Resources Control Board has failed to take meaningful action.That’s why a coalition of Latino, farmworker, environmental and fishing organizations filed suit in October challenging the water resources board and Central Coast Regional Water Board for continuing to allow agricultural pollution to contaminate drinking water supplies and ecosystems. The case is focused on the Central Coast, but a successful outcome may help force action by regional water boards statewide.The Salinas Valley is a hot spot for agricultural contamination, although the problem is widespread in the Central Valley and elsewhere. In recent years, local gr...

Barabak: DeSantis-Newsom red vs. blue state debate was a dud

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

The prodigiously hyped debate between Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis was never going to be more than a diversion, a brief sideshow running parallel to the main attraction — the actual campaign for the White House.California’s Democratic governor is not a candidate for president, as he has oft stated and reiterated several more times Thursday night.Florida’s governor is running for the Republican nomination, but doing so poorly that he stooped to participate in a publicity stunt, dressed up as a national policy forum, that fairly reeked with the smell of DeSantis’ desperation.Even by those meager standards, “The Great Red vs. Blue State Debate,” as Fox News breathlessly promoted the cable TV throwdown, proved a dud.“You’re nothing but a bully,” Newsom taunted.“You’re a bully,” DeSantis shot back.And so it went, for more than 90 excruciating minutes — at least on those occasions when the two weren’t tal...

DC United releases Northern Va. product Andy Najar, 8 other players to start rebuild

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

D.C. United midfielder Andy Najar (14) runs upfield with the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Toronto FC, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)(AP/Terrance Williams) D.C. United midfielder Andy Najar (14) runs upfield with the ball during the second half of an MLS soccer match against Toronto FC, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)(AP/Terrance Williams) D.C. United declined the contract options for nine players, including Northern Virginia product Andy Najar, but will continue contract negotiations with free agent Donovan Pines as the club begins rebuilding its roster for next season.The MLS side enters the offseason with onl...

Legia Warsaw fans appear in court after charges filed from violence before Aston Villa game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Police have filed charges against the Legia Warsaw fans who were arrested for violent disorder outside Villa Park on Thursday night before a Europa Conference League game against Aston Villa.All but one of the 46 men arrested were due to appear on Saturday in a special court set up in Birmingham to begin hearing the cases, West Midlands Police said.“We are continuing to review CCTV and body-worn video footage to identify further suspects in what was an appalling and violent public disorder,” police said in a statement Saturday.Most of the defendants are from Poland and a “small number” are UK residents, police said. They range in age from 21 to 63.Two of the men were charged with assaulting police officers, and one was charged with possession of a knife. The rest were charged with a public order offense. One man had been bailed to appear in court at a later date.Five police officers sustained minor injuries. Two police dogs and two police horses are also r...

Record Temperatures Possible this Saturday as Heat and Humidity Returns

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

This time of the year, South Florida can experience a flip flop in weather conditions, with a cool down occurring earlier this week but temperatures have now returned above average this weekend ahead of our next cold front.In Miami, the record high of 86F today can even be tied!Expect partly sunny to partly cloudy skies this Saturday across South Florida paired with a light, southeasterly breeze and only the chance for seeing a stray shower. Highs will reach the mid 80s.Sunday will be fairly similar with times of sunshine and clouds although rain chances will be higher at a 30% chance courtesy of more moisture in place being drawn in by a southerly wind. Lots of dry time is still ahead so this rain chance shouldn’t disrupt your outdoor plans too much. Otherwise it will remain relatively hot with highs in the mid to upper 80s. There will also be the chance for areas of morning fog.One more day of heat is on the docket for our Monday before a weak front crosses through late in t...

Biden’s EPA launches crackdown on planet-warming methane

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled sweeping new regulations targeting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector on Saturday, a significant milestone for President Joe Biden’s strategy for curbing the pollution driving up the Earth’s temperatures.The rule’s 3 a.m. rollout was timed to coincide with the ongoing U.N. climate talks in Dubai, where the U.S. has sought to play a leading role in global efforts to reduce emissions of the powerful planet-heating gas. But its biggest test will be in the legal arena at home, where conservatives on the Supreme Court have slapped down regulations the justices viewed as White House overreach.EPA Administrator Michael Regan in a statement called the rule a “strong action” that “significantly” curbs methane pollution.“We’ve crafted these technology standards to advance American innovation and account for the industry’s leadership in accelerating methane technology,” he said.The U.S. is also hos...

US targets oil and natural gas industry’s role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:50:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy.The Environmental Protection Agency said the rule will sharply reduce methane and other harmful air pollutants generated by the oil and gas industry, promote use of cutting-edge methane detection technologies and deliver significant public health benefits in the form of reduced hospital visits, lost school days and even deaths. Air pollution from oil and gas operations can cause cancer, harm the nervous and respiratory systems and contribute to birth defects.EPA Administrator Michael Regan and White House climate adviser Ali Zaidi announced the final rule at the U.N. climate conference in the United Arab Emirates. Separately, the president of the climate summit announced Saturday that 50 oil companies representin...