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Gophers AD Mark Coyle: ‘Integrity compromised’ by Michigan sign saga

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

Gophers Athletics Director Mark Coyle told KFAN on Saturday “the integrity of the game has been compromised” with the Michigan sign-stealing scandal.“The integrity of the game is the most important thing; we talk about it all the time,” Coyle told the radio station during the Gophers’ pregame show. “The Big Ten has talked about it for over 100 years of existence. There is no doubt the integrity of the game has been compromised.”Coyle and other Big Ten ADs met with commissioner Tony Petitti on a video call Thursday to discuss issues with the Wolverines that came to light in early October. Big Ten football coaches met with the new commissioner earlier this week.“I’ve expressed our disappointment,” Coyle said.Coyle said the issue will go to the COP/C — the Big Ten’s Committee of Presidents and Chancellors. Timing is yet to be determined on if and when Petitt and the COP/C might make a ruling on a potential punishment via the Big Ten’s sportsmanship policy. The NCAA ha...

Gophers running back Zach Evans returns against Illinois

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

The Gophers’ backfield shared good news going into Saturday’s game against Illinois at Huntington Bank Stadium.While Darius Taylor remained out injured, Zach Evans was listed questionable, but returned to play after a one-game absence.Backup tailback Jordan Nubin had climbed the ranks last week and rushed 40 times for 204 yards and two touchdowns in the 27-12 win over Michigan State. Sean Tyler is healthy but has had fumbling issues this season. Bryce Williams is out for the season.Cornerback Justin Walley missed the end of the Spartans win with an injury, but resumed his starting spot.Gophers starting guard Tyler Cooper is out for a second straight game.Gophers’ opening drivesFor the first time this season, the Gophers scored on their opening offensive possession against Illinois on Saturday.To cap a six-play, 65-yard drive, Athan Kaliakmanis found Elijah Spencer for a 15-yard touchdown against the Illini.In their opening eight games, the Gophers had four punts, three turnove...

Keeler: Deion Sanders, CU Buffs hosting Jordan Seaton, America’s No. 1 OL recruit. He’s perfect. The only catch? Coach Prime needs three of him.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

BOULDER — Great offensive lines, the best of the beasts, can’t be portaled. It’s the one fatal flaw in The Coach Prime Plan. Maybe the only flaw, come to think of it, short of academic red tape. And the Buffs chucked that baby out the window once they jumped onto the Deion Sanders party train.“They really need,” Pat Ward told me by phone Friday morning, “to play together.”Ward knows his stuff. Now the varsity football coach at St. John’s High School in D.C., one of the Cherry Creeks of the Beltway, Ward is among the leading offensive line teachers in the northeast, a former four-year letterman at Maryland who went on to tutor a half-dozen All-Americans and a handful NFL players. He founded his Ward Line Academy in 2012 and was an assistant coach at the Under Armour All-American Game in 2013.He also was Jordan Seaton’s high school coach before the kid transferred to IMG. If you’re not familiar with Seaton, you should be. For...

Stanford campus hit-and-run investigated as hate crime after Muslim student struck, injured

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

An Arab Muslim student at Stanford was injured in a hit-and-run traffic incident Friday, which the California Highway Patrol is investigating as a possible hate crime, university officials said.The driver of a black SUV reportedly struck the student at Campus Drive and Ayrshire Farm Lane, near several student residence buildings shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, according to advisories from Stanford’s Department of Public Safety.The hit-and run victim, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries and is receiving medical care, told police that the driver made eye contact and accelerated before striking them. The student said the driver yelled “f*** you and your people” out the vehicle’s open window before driving away.While CHP probes all campus traffic incidents, the agency said the circumstances of Friday’s strike prompted a hate crime investigation.The student described the driver as a white male in his mid-20s, with short dirty-blond hair and a short beard, who was wearing round frame...

Karlsson bullish on Sharks’ future, an old friend has Quinn’s back, and where’s Doug Wilson now?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

SAN JOSE – Erik Karlsson said after last season that he wouldn’t have minded remaining with the San Jose Sharks had he been in his early twenties instead of his early thirties.Despite the Sharks having the worst record in the NHL, Karlsson said he remained bullish on the team’s future and is a believer in general manager Mike Grier’s plan as the franchise continues with a rebuild that could last for a few more seasons.“It’s an unfortunate part of the business and the cycle, where the team and the organization are right now,” Karlsson, 33, said. “Unfortunately, the clock is ticking a little bit faster (for me) than I would have liked.“The people that came in, the people that are trying to shape this (are) good people. They have good intentions and a purposeful plan.”Karlsson in August was traded by the Sharks to Pittsburgh in a three-team deal that brought back to San Jose forwards Mikael Granlund and Matt Hoffman, defenseman Jan Rutta, and a conditional Penguins first-round dr...

Golden Gate Bridge sidewalks to close Sunday for annual marathon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

(BCN) -- Both the east and west sidewalks of the Golden Gate Bridge will be closed to pedestrians and bikers on Sunday from 5 a.m. to around 10 a.m. to make way for the annual Golden Gate Half Marathon. San Jose police officer exchanged ‘disgusting’ racist text messages, chief says Bike shuttles will be available to transport pedestrians and bikers between the East Lot and Alexander Avenue from 5 a.m. until the last runner gets off the west sidewalk, the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District said in a bulletin.Now on its 22nd year, the Golden Gate Half Marathon is expected to attract around 5,000 participants, organizers said.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Joel Embiid, Kelly Oubre Jr. lead 76ers past Phoenix 112-100 for fourth straight win

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid had 26 points and 11 rebounds, Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 25 points and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Phoenix Suns 112-100 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.With Bradley Beal (back spasms) and Devin Booker (sprained left ankle) sitting out, the Suns faltered in the fourth and lost their third straight game. Kevin Durant kept the Suns within striking range until late with 31 points. He made 12 of 14 free throws.Tyrese Maxey had 22 points and 10 assists and Tobias Harris added 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Sixers.The Sixers will go as far as Embiid and Maxey, who turned 23 on Saturday, will take them and neither one could get going in the first half. They combined for just a 7 of 23 effort from the floor. Embiid was also whistled for a flagrant foul when he socked Jusuf Nurkic in the face with an elbow. Maxey bounced one into double coverage that led to a Suns bucket.The 76ers were instead steadied by another solid outing from Harris and Oubre...

Christopher Bell and Joe Gibbs Racing reflect on tragedy as team tries to win NASCAR championship

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The sun was barely up on championship morning a year ago when word began to spread that something was terribly wrong at Joe Gibbs Racing.The Cup Series title-deciding finale at Phoenix Raceway was hours away from starting and a flurry of activity around the Gibbs cars seemed to indicate the team was looking for a replacement driver for Ty Gibbs, who had won the Xfinity Series title the night before.Christopher Bell was set to represent JGR in the championship four, but rumors were flying that the entire organization might pull out of the race. Coy Gibbs, the vice chairman of the organization, son of team owner Joe Gibbs and Ty’s father, had been found dead in his hotel room that morning and the team was in chaos.The four Cup crew chiefs climbed onto golf carts and headed to a meeting with their drivers to decide if they were even going to race.“I don’t remember the time of day that we were starting to hear that something horrible had happened. It was pre...

Lo condenan por golpear y amenazar a varios miembros de la comunidad LGBTQ en EEUU

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

BOISE, Idaho – Un hombre de Oregon que se declaró culpable en relación con varios delitos de odio contra la comunidad LGBTQ, incluido intentar atropellar a personas con un automóvil en Idaho el año pasado, fue sentenciado a poco más de tres años de prisión.Matthew Lehigh fue condenado el jueves a 37 meses seguidos de tres años de libertad supervisada y deberá pagar restitución, según el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos. Lehigh, de 32 años, se declaró anteriormente culpable de dos delitos graves por violar la Ley de Prevención de Delitos de Odio como parte de un acuerdo de culpabilidad.En octubre pasado, Lehigh golpeó y amenazó a un bibliotecario transgénero en Boise antes de intentar atropellar a un guardia de seguridad de la biblioteca con su vehículo, según documentos judiciales. Identifican al sospechoso de matar a una madre de 9 por tener una bandera de orgullo gay en su tienda Condenan a miles de años en prisión al autor de la ...

Donald Trump strength is clear in Florida as Gov. Ron DeSantis tries to move past ‘nonsense’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:57 GMT

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A booth at the Florida Republican Party’s Freedom Summit made swift business of Donald Trump merchandise on Saturday, selling everything from socks to bathtub rubber ducks that paid tribute to the former president.Vendor Peter Crotty also had Ron DeSantis T-shirts. But he discounted those items from their original $25 down to $5, an 80% discount on the Florida governor’s name. The excess inventory needed to go, Crotty said.It was just one sign of Trump’s strength and DeSantis’ challenges in the 2024 Republican primary fight. Barely two months from the first nominating ballots being cast, Trump is flaunting his advantages by trying to embarrass the governor in the two rivals’ shared home state, where party activists on Saturday cheered any mention of the former president and booed at any criticisms of the GOP 2024 front-runner.“Florida has shown the way forward for the Republican Party,” DeSantis told the crowd, drawing applause ...