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Chris Tomasson: Legendary Vikings coach Bud Grant was humble, honest and not that impressed by celebrity

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

Bud Grant met six U.S. presidents, was invited once to a reception for Queen Elizabeth II and to a training session for Muhammad Ali.Through it all, Grant never seemed all that impressed with celebrity, including his own. He became instantly recognizable as the iconic coach of the Vikings but was perhaps most happy far from the limelight, hanging out at his cabin in northern Wisconsin, sitting in a deer stand and being out with his loyal hunting dog.Chris TomassonGrant, who coached the Vikings from 1967-83 and in 1985 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994, died Saturday at age 95. I had the good fortune of talking to him in person and on the phone a number of times.I remember calling Grant after Ali died in June 2016 and asking about the time he met the legendary boxer when he was training for a 1967 fight in Houston. I figured he might have nothing but praise for the three-time heavyweight champion, but that wasn’t the case.“I didn’t like his boasting: ‘I’m th...

Snow emergency declared in Catskill

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

CATSKILL, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A snow emergency has been declared in Catskill, and a parking plan for snow removal will be initiated at 8 p.m. on Monday. All cars should be parked on the odd side of the street from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., then should be parked on the even side of village streets from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Get all of the latest news, weather, sports, and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Cars should continue to switch sides of the street every 12 hours until the snow emergency has been canceled. Police say parking enforcement will remain in effect until all the snow is removed from village streets.Effective Monday, from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m., there will also be no parking on Main Street from Greene Street to Summit Avenue each evening to ensure that Main Street is one of the first streets to be cleared of snow. Residents who usually park on Main Street should use the municipal parking lots. Traffic stop leads to gun, drug arrest for Albany duo Any car violating the regu...

Hat tips to top performers in the 2023 Colorado state basketball tournament

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

With the conclusion of the 2023 CHSAA state basketball tournament, here’s hat tips to top performers in Class 4A, 5A and 6A over the past couple weekends at the Denver Coliseum.Rudy Carey. The Colorado basketball coaching GOAT glitzed his resume on Saturday as Denver East boat-raced Fossil Ridge in the Class 6A title. A few months after breaking Dick Katte’s all-time CHSAA wins mark, Carey made history again, with his record 10th state title. With the record book on lock, will the 69-year-old come back for more next winter? He’s at 897 career wins. Maybe Carey wants 900 wins. Maybe he sticks around to put the record wayyy out of reach at 1,000, and perhaps another title or two…East’s primetime Angel. Speaking of Denver East, not many folks outside of East Colfax had the Angels running the table to the 6A title this year, even if they had won 22 straight games coming into the tournament. But it was clear at the Denver Coliseum that senior D’Aundre ...

While Gabriel Landeskog remains injured, an Avalanche position battle unfolds before playoffs at second-line left wing: “My feeling is that E-Rod needs to play on that line.”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

It goes without saying that if the Avs are fully healthy, their six best defensemen and their six best forwards stack up with almost any team’s.But what if the reality is simply that the Avalanche will not be fully healthy when the playoffs arrive in one month?That’s increasingly plausible, especially for the forwards as captain Gabriel Landeskog inches without a timeline toward returning from his October knee surgery. As long as that remains the case, it’s Jared Bednar’s job to concoct a contingency plan as to who would be Colorado’s sixth member of the top six.The first five are established: Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen, Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen and J.T. Compher. MacKinnon and Compher are the centers. For a sense of Bednar’s thought process about how to color the lineup around them, start with the most essential characters: MacKinnon and Rantanen, “our two best offensive players” as Bednar said Saturday after a 3-2 win...

Man stabbed to death in Santa Clarita 

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

A man was fatally stabbed after a fight broke out inside a Santa Clarita business on Saturday night. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies at the Santa Clarita Station, law enforcement was called to the business in the 22500 block of 14th Street around 11:40 p.m. for a report of “males fighting inside a business”. Paramedics arrived shortly after police and pronounced the man dead at the scene. The victim has not yet been identified.  Deputies detained multiple persons of interest, and the investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or tip anonymously by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. 

Wish You Were Here: Readers’ adventures in Portugal

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

As our readers explore the world — hiking in Patagonia, cycling Oregon bike trails and following the trail of Barbary pirates — they’ve sharing their travel adventures with us via photos, stories and practical tips. Here’s another tale, this time from a South Bay couple who visited Lisbon.Wish You Were HerePORTUGAL: Palo Alto resident Jim Taggart and Menlo Park resident Gillian McFarlane visited Portugal in December, eager to see Lisbon and its many attractions. (Stories of American expats retiring here played a part, too, Jim says.) They checked out restaurants and colorful shops, and visited the cathedral and Castelo de Sao Jorge. “The hill on which it’s built — one of the seven hills of greater Lisbon — has been continuously occupied since the first century BC and provides a sweeping panorama of the red-roofed city and the Tagus River estuary,” Jim says.“Other top spots to visit — all easily reachable by mass trans...

Photos: Legendary SJSU judo coach Yosh Uchida turns 103

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

San Jose State judo alumni held a 103rd birthday gala Saturday evening for the school’s legendary coach, Yosh Uchida, a great promoter of the sport in the United States over the last 70-plus years.Uchida helped organize the inaugural collegiate national championship in the sport, a Spartans win in 1962. San Jose State has gone on to win more than 40 men’s titles and more than 20 women’s crowns at the event.Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, right, and his wife, Jessica Garcia-Kohl, have their photograph taken with Yosh Uchida during Yosh Uchida’s 103rd birthday gala at Signia by Hilton in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, March 11, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) Noguchi Yasushi, the Consul General of Japan in San Francisco, has his photograph taken with Yosh Uchida during Yosh Uchida’s 103rd birthday gala at Signia by Hilton in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, March 11, 2023. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) The Spartans’ program has been a training gro...

Suspect shoots man, carjacks vehicle in Antioch

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

ANTIOCH, Calif. (KRON) – A man is in serious but stable condition after a suspect shot him and carjacked his vehicle on Saturday, according to the Antioch Police Department.At 11:24 a.m., APD received multiple reports of a person shot at the Twin Creeks Apartments located at 1111 James Donlon Boulevard. Officers located an adult male suffering from at least one gunshot wound, police said. Driver, passenger arrested after chase leads CHP from Contra Costa County into Oakland The victim was transported to the hospital in serious but stable condition. Officers determined the victim’s vehicle was carjacked by the suspect following the shooting, APD said.KRON On is streaming news live now.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }Residents of Twin Creeks Apartments are asked to che...

Report: Qatar spied on Swiss prosecutor, FIFA boss meeting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

A spying operation on behalf of World Cup host Qatar bugged a 2017 hotel meeting between FIFA president Gianni Infantino and Switzerland’s then-attorney general during an investigation of soccer officials, Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported Sunday.The report said intelligence operatives linked to a former CIA officer wiretapped a meeting involving Infantino and Swiss federal prosecutor Michael Lauber at a Qatari-owned hotel in Bern, which also then housed the emirate’s embassy.The NZZ report said documents and sources showed the surveillance was carried out for “Project Matterhorn” — named for the iconic Swiss mountain — to gather material on Lauber. At the time the prosecutor was overseeing a years-long probe of soccer officials that had begun in 2014 to look for suspected financial wrongdoing linked to World Cup bidders, including Qatar’s winning campaign to host the 2022 tournament. Sunday’s NZZ article added to reporting by The Associated Press since 2021 that Qatar spent...

Jorge Campillo wins Kenya Open by 2 shots

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:25 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Jorge Campillo held onto his overnight lead to win the DP World Tour’s Kenya Open by two shots on Sunday with a 5-under 66.The Spaniard put together six birdies and dropped just one shot in the final round at Muthaiga Golf Club to go 18 under overall and stay ahead of Japan’s Masahiro Kawamura.Campillo claimed his third tour title and first since the 2020 Qatar Masters.“I will try and enjoy my moment now and get ready for the next tournament,” Campillo said. “Because you know how golf is. You win now and then the next day you are not that good anymore.”Kawamura also closed with a 66 to finish second on 16 under. Santiago Tarrio (66) tied for third with Ryo Hisatsune (65), three shots behind Campillo.Campillo started the final round one shot ahead and had a smooth day, with five birdies in his first 10 holes keeping him clear of the chasers.He did make a bogey on No. 11 but it was his only slip-up and no one took advantage. Campillo had the lux...