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49ers pregame at Rams: NFL’s top run defense won’t face Cam Akers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The 49ers’ league-leading run defense won’t be facing Rams season-opening starter Cam Akers today.“I’m just as confused as everybody else,” Akers wrote on the “X” social-media platform after Fox’s Jay Glazer reported that Akers would be a  healthy scratch and possibly be traded.Akers ran for just 29 yards on 22 carries in the Rams’ 24-13 season-opening win at Seattle, and that included five carries that lost yardage and five others that went for no gain.Kyren Williams was the Rams’ leading rusher last week, scored twice and gaining 52 yards (15 carries) as a second-year rusher from Notre Dame. Ronnie Rivers is their only other active running back; Zach Evans was inactivated, too.A year ago, Akers reportedly requested a trade and missed two ensuing games. He only faced the 49ers three times the previous three seasons (100 yards, 22 carries, one touchdown).The 49ers will counter with five linebackers in un...

Redwood City man arrested for allegedly stabbing someone, fleeing officers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

(BCN) -- Police arrested a man Saturday night for allegedly stabbing another man in Redwood City, then leading officers on a foot pursuit after being pulled over. Video captures sinking boat burning in Vallejo; Coast Guard assists in response San Mateo County Sheriff's Office deputies responded at 9:44 p.m. to a call from the 400 block of 4th Avenue in unincorporated Redwood City, about an alleged assault involving a knife. Deputies say 35-year-old Catalino Ortiz-Perez tried stabbing another man multiple times. Deputies say the victim sustained only minor injuries during the attack. Ortiz-Perez then fled the scene in a vehicle. Before receiving the call, deputies stopped Ortiz-Perez's vehicle for an alleged traffic violation. Ortiz-Perez fled on foot, but was "was quickly apprehended," the sheriff's office said. Deputies also found Ortiz-Perez allegedly violated a restraining order unrelated to Saturday night's incident. They also allegedly found him possessing illeg...

¿Qué dicen los famosos? Regresa este domingo con una excitante segunda temporada

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

MIAMI – Los domingos por la noche en Telemundo tendrán una nueva dosis de diversión para toda la familia con el gran regreso de ¿Qué dicen los famosos?, el programa de juegos que estrena este domingo, 17 de septiembre a las 10pm/9c. Conducido por Rodrigo Vidal, la dinámica del juego cuenta con dos equipos, cada uno conformado por un famoso y tres familiares o amigos. Para ganar el juego, cada equipo tendrá que contestar preguntas sobre la vida cotidiana que respondieron 100 latinos que fueron previamente encuestados en Estados Unidos. Todos los equipos jugarán para ganar dinero para una obra de caridad.En su domingo de estreno, se enfrentarán las estrellas del espectáculo, Sergio Mayer y Ericka Buenfil. Próximamente, el programa contará con otras personalidades tales como Itatí Cantoral y Sara Maldonado, Silvia Pasquel y Laura Zapata, Arturo Carmona y Marlene Favela, Patricia Navidad y Jorge Aravena, Laura Flores y Sergio Sendel, entre otras figuras del...

Bonaventura stunner against hometown club helps Fiorentina beat Atalanta 3-2 in Serie A

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Giacomo Bonaventura scored a stunning goal against his hometown club to help Fiorentina beat Atalanta 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday.Fiorentina was trailing to Teun Koopmeiners’ strike when Nicolás González nodded down a long ball into the box and Bonaventura controlled it with his boot before turning and volleying into the far side of the net in one marvelous move.Bonaventura, who progressed through the ranks at Atalanta before leaving in 2014 for AC Milan, celebrated wildly.And Fiorentina turned the match around completely on the stroke of halftime when Lucas Martínez Quarta headed in Alfred Duncan’s cross.Ademola Lookman equalized eight minutes after the break with a fine strike but substitute Christian Kouamé scored what was to prove the winner in the 76th following some poor defending by Atalanta.Roma played newly promoted Empoli later Sunday with Jose Mourinho’s side still searching for its first win of the season.BEST STARTSFrosinone fought back from two goals do...

AP Top 25: No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 for the first time since 2015. Georgia remains No. 1

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

No. 13 Alabama is out of the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time in eight years, and Georgia remained No. 1 on Sunday.Georgia received 57 first-place votes in the AP Top 25. Michigan held at No. 2 with two first-place votes. No. 3 Texas flipped spots with No. 4 Florida State. The Longhorns received three first-place votes and the Seminoles got one.After scraping by South Florida on Saturday, Alabama (2-1) saw its streak of consecutive AP poll appearances ranked in the top 10 snapped at 128. That was the second-longest such streak in the history of the poll behind Miami’s 137 from 1985-93.The Crimson Tide are out of the top 10 for the first time since Sept. 27, 2015. The Tide dropped out of the top 10 that September after losing at Mississippi but moved back in on Oct. 3 and went on to win a national championship.Georgia now has the longest active run of top-10 rankings with 37.The ugly 17-3 win against USF marked Alabama’s first game against...

Springboks gamble by calling up flyhalf Pollard for injured hooker Marx at the Rugby World Cup

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

BORDEAUX, France (AP) — South Africa called up flyhalf Handre Pollard to replace injured hooker Malcolm Marx at the Rugby World Cup on Sunday, leaving the Springboks with a front-row gamble for their title defense in France.While Pollard’s addition gives South Africa the No. 10 who guided it to World Cup victory four years ago, there is just one specialist hooker in the squad in Bongi Mbonambi.Instead of calling another front-rower in after Marx’s tournament-ending knee injury, Springboks coach Jacques Nienaber said he was confident he would be able to lean on two loose forwards in Deon Fourie and Marco van Staden to step in as hookers for the rest of the tournament.Both of them have played in that position previously in their careers, but both came to the World Cup as flankers.Fourie came off the bench to replace Mbonambi at hooker in South Africa’s 76-0 win over underdog Romania at the World Cup earlier Sunday in Bordeaux. Van Staden, who started the game as a fl...

Colts QB Anthony Richardson ruled out for the game with a concussion against Texans

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Indianapolis quarterback Anthony Richardson sustained a concussion Sunday against the Houston Texans. Richardson was taken to the locker room early in the second quarter to be evaluated and the team later announced that he was out with a concussion. Richardson ran for two touchdowns in the first quarter to help the Colts build a 14-7 lead. He went to the medical tent after a drive to start the second quarter and was soon escorted to the locker room.It was unclear when he was injured, but he left after a series where he didn’t appear to take any big hits.Richardson, the fourth overall pick in the draft, was 6 of 10 for 56 yards passing. His touchdown runs were for 18 and 15 yards. He was replaced by Gardner Minshew. ___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflSource

Kuss secures Spanish Vuelta victory to become first American to win a Grand Tour race in a decade

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

MADRID (AP) — A decade later, the United States has a Grand Tour winner again.Sepp Kuss won the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday to become the first American to win one of cycling’s top races since Chris Horner earned the Vuelta victory in 2013. The other Grand Tour events are the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France.Kuss had effectively secured the victory ahead of Sunday’s largely ceremonial stage, when rivals in the Spanish capital respected his lead and did not launch any attacks as per cycling tradition. It was a surprising victory for Kuss, who entered the race in a supporting role to his Jumbo-Visma teammates Jonas Vingegaard — the two-time Tour de France winner — and Primoz Roglic, a three-time Vuelta winner.Vingegaard and Roglic finished second and third overall, respectively, capping a dominant performance and a historic treble for Jumbo-Visma, which swept all three Grand Tour events this year. Roglic won the Giro d’Italia in May and Vingegaard repeated as Tour de France champion ...

Fiji beats Australia for the first time in 69 years at Rugby World Cup

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — Fiji defeated Australia 22-15 for the first time in 69 years and sent a jolt of joy rippling through the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.The Fijians had to win to stay in the hunt for their first quarterfinal in 16 years, and lived to fight on while putting the heat back on Wales and Australia, who meet next Sunday. One of the trio won’t make it out of Pool C.Famed for being rugby’s greatest ad-libbers, Fiji put the razzle-dazzle away and won in a very un-Fijian traditional way: Strong set-piece, breakdown domination, hard yards by the forwards, brick-wall defense, and relentless commitment for 80 minutes.The Fijians were disciplined, composed and clinical in a heavily defensive game of few chances.This result was not on the scale of Japan beating South Africa in 2015 or that much of an upset. This result was coming. Fiji crushed the Pacific Nations Cup. It pushed France close and toppled England at Twickenham in the warmups, then would have beaten...

American forward Balogun’s 1st goal for Monaco not enough as Lorient earns 2-2 draw

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:26:24 GMT

PARIS (AP) — United States forward Folarin Balogun’s first goal for Monaco was not enough as the league leader conceded a last-gasp equalizer in a 2-2 draw at Lorient on Sunday.Monaco is only one point ahead of Brest, which moved up to second place after rallying to win 2-1 at Reims. Midfielder Pierre Lees-Melou grabbed the winner in the 56th minute.Balogun scored in the 69th after Aleksandr Golovin picked him out in the penalty area and he held off a defender before finishing with his left foot.The 22-year-old Balogun joined Monaco from Premier League side Arsenal for 40 million euros ($43.6 million), after scoring 21 league goals in the first division last season on loan to Reims. But Romain Faivre equalized for Lorient in the seventh minute of injury time.After Benin striker Aiyegun Tosin fired Lorient ahead in the second minute with his first goal for the club, Golovin equalized in the 17th with midfielder Youssouf Fofana setting him up. Former Manchester City defender Ben...