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“Making them laugh and making them dream.” 157th Highland Games and Gathering returns to Bay Area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

Miri Robinson, sword in hand, approached her opponent.As her adversary, clad in a long green tunic, brandished his wooden blade, 9-year-old Miri pinned the weapon to the ground, disarming her enemy before lunging forward with her saber, completing the final move from her sword fighting lesson Saturday at the Highland Gathering and Games in Pleasanton.Asked if she felt like a warrior during her lesson, Miri, who lives in Contra Costa County, confidently replied: “Yeah, well, I already felt like a warrior.”This year’s 157th Annual Highland Gathering and Games, which continues Sunday at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, celebrates Scottish traditions and sports over the Labor Day weekend and is the longest-standing event of its kind outside of Scotland in North America.This year’s festival features games and exhibitions, including Scottish heavy athletics, highland dancing, sheepdog trials, birds of prey demonstrations, whiskey tasting and vendors selling traditio...

American Athletic Conference targets Army as football-only member to replace SMU, AP sources say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

The American Athletic Conference has been in contact with Army as it looks for a replacement for Atlantic Coast Conference-bound SMU, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Saturday.The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the AAC was not making public its internal strategy.ESPN was first to report the American’s interest in adding Army as a conference member.AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco has spoken with Army athletic director Mike Buddie about a football-only membership, and the school has shown interest in joining after almost 20 years as an independent in that sport, the people said.Army competes primarily in the Patriot League for its other sports.Army’s rival, Navy, is member of the American Athletic Conference.Army and Navy play the second week of December annually, a standalone game for major college football the week after conference championship games have been played.The two people who spoke to the AP...

Organizadores piden a los asistentes al festival Burning Man que conserven agua y víveres luego de que fuertes lluvias dejaran a las personas sin poder salir del desierto de Nevada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

(CNN) — A decenas de miles de personas que asisten al festival Burning Man en el desierto de Nevada se les pide que conserven alimentos, agua y combustible mientras se refugian en el desierto de Black Rock después de que una fuerte tormenta azotara el área, dijeron los organizadores del festival.La entrada y el aeropuerto de Black Rock City, un área remota en el noroeste de Nevada, permanecen cerrados y no se permite entrar o salir de la ciudad, excepto vehículos de emergencia, dijeron los organizadores en X, la plataforma de redes sociales antes conocida como Twitter.“¡No viajes a Black Rock City! El acceso a la ciudad está cerrado por el resto del evento y serás enviado de regreso”, se lee en un comunicado.La ciudad espera más lluvias y tormentas eléctricas el domingo antes de las 5 p.m. hora local, dijeron los organizadores en una actualización del pronóstico del tiempo.Noticia en desarrollo…The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Disc...

Zac Larrier rushes for two touchdowns, passes for another in Air Force’s 42-7 win in season opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Zac Larrier ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, leading Air Force to a 42-7 victory over Robert Morris 42-7 in a season opener on Saturday.Air Force has won 16 straight season openers. the third-longest active streak in FBS behind Ohio State with 23 and Alabama 21.The Falcons led 28-0 at halftime. Larrier only threw three passes, all in the first half, completing two, including an 84-yard score to a wide-open Jared Roznos over the middle. Larrier also had a 26-yard rushing touchdown and added a 4-yard score in the third quarter before giving way to four backups.Cade Harris and Owen Burk added 3- and 27-yard rushing scores with Jensen Jones making it 42-0 with a 7-yard rush in the fourth quarter. Robert Morris got its lone touchdown on a 1-yard pass from Anthony Chiccitt to Chaese Jackson. Air Force outgained the Colonials 266-53 in the first half and finished with a 469-156 advantage while holding the Colonials to 43 yards rushing.___AP coll...

Northern Illinois beats Boston College 27-24 in overtime

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Rocky Lombardi scored on a 1-yard, quick-snap quarterback sneak to end the first overtime and Northern Illinois recovered after blowing a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead to beat Boston College 27-24 on Saturday.It’s the second time in three seasons that the Huskies have started their season by beating an Atlantic Coast Conference team, having also beaten Georgia Tech 22-21 in the 2021 opener.Lombardi completed 13 passes for 165 yards and Antario Brown scored a pair of touchdowns — one running and one on a pass from running back Justin Lynch. But after Brock Lampe’s 1-yard run gave the Huskies a 21-7 lead, BC backup quarterback Thomas Castellanos led the Eagles to a pair of touchdowns to tie it. After BC managed a field goal in overtime, Lampe hauled in a one-handed catch on a crossing route for a 16-yard gain. Gavin Williams ran 8 yards to the 1 and then, with BC still getting its defense ready, Lombardi got under center and followed him over the goal line.The Eagl...

Prime shocker: Colorado pulls off opening shocker in Deion Sanders’ debut, 45-42 over No. 17 TCU

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time after all of the hype and attention in the nine months since Coach Prime was hired.Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for 510 yards with four touchdowns, the game-winner a 46-yard catch-and-run by freshman Dylan Edwards with 4:25 left, and the Buffaloes pulled off an opening shocker with a 45-42 win Saturday over 17th-ranked TCU, last year’s national runner-up.Edwards caught three touchdowns, including a 75-yarder in the opening minute of the second half when he turned another short pass into a big play. He also ran for another score. Two-way starter Travis Hunter, the former top recruit who came with the quarterback and coach from FCS school Jackson State, had 11 catches for 119 yards. As a defensive back, he had one of the two interceptions that TCU’s Chandler Morris threw in or near the end zone. Deion Sanders came to Boulder, Colorado, to revitalize a long-dormant program, and he did so with an unprece...

Watkins throws for 2 TDs, Jackson runs for 2 more as Villanova rolls past Lehigh, 38-10

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Connor Watkins threw a pair of touchdown passes to Rayjuon Pringle and Jalen Jackson ran for 144 yards and two scores as Villanova rolled past Lehigh 38-10 Saturday to win its season opener for the seventh straight year. It was the third straight season that the Wildcats have faced the Mountain Hawks in the season opener. Villanova has won 11 straight games against Lehigh and is 14-5 all-time in the series.Villanova took the lead with an 11-play, 75-yard first-quarter drive capped by Jackson’s 1-yard run. After Gaige Garcia fumbled on the Hawks’ next series, Richie Kimmel recovered to give the Wildcats the ball at the Lehigh 33 and Watkins quickly hit Pringle from 28 yards out for a 10-0 lead. Brayton Silbor threw a pair of interceptions and Villanova turned them into a 7-yard Watkins-to-Pringle touchdown and a 46-yard Jackson scoring run. Silbor got Lehigh into the end zone with a 7-yard pass to Garcia with 8:02 left. Watkins finished 13 of 23 for ...

MATCHDAY: Arsenal hosts Man United, Bonucci available for Union Berlin debut

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday:ENGLANDArsenal hosts Manchester United in a major test for teams looking to challenge Manchester City for the title. Both sides are hoping their first-choice striker will be fit to make a first start to the season, with Gabriel Jesus and United newcomer Rasmus Hojlund having recovered from injuries. Liverpool hosts Aston Villa in another marquee matchup after rebuffing late interest from Saudi Arabia for Mohamed Salah. Crystal Palace welcomes Wolverhampton. SPAINPortugal players João Cancelo and João Félix are on Barcelona’s squad for its visit to Osasuna after they joined the club just before the close of the summer transfer window on Friday. Iñigo Martínez could also make his debut after the former Athletic Bilbao defender recovered from an injury that has kept him from playing since signing for Barcelona this summer. Atletico Madrid hosts a Sevilla side in a nosedive after losing its first four of games in all competitions. ...

Woman shot by man who turned gun on himself at SW Miami-Dade home has died, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

A South Florida woman who was shot by a man who injured a second victim before he turned the gun on himself has died, police said.Miami-Dade Police on Saturday identified the woman as Maria Cruz de la Cruz.Investigators said Cruz de la Cruz and two men were found suffering from gunshot wounds inside a home along the 9900 block of Southwest 165th Terrace in Southwest Miami-Dade’s Palmetto Estates neighborhood, Friday afternoon.Detectives said the man with the self-inflicted gunshot wound shot himself in the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Paramedics rushed the other two victims to Jackson South Medical Center in critical condition. Cruz de la Cruz succumbed to her injuries, and the other male victim remains there in unknown condition.Police said there was another woman at the scene who was not injured, and the firearm was recovered.Detectives have not specified how these people are related, as they continue to investigate.

Search underway for 12-year-old girl reported missing from Little Havana

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:39:00 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for a 12-year-old girl who was reported missing from Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood.According to City of Miami Police, Jade A. Sotelo was last seen on Saturday in an unspecified part of Little Havana.She stands 5 feet, 4 inches tall, weighs around 200 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.Sotelo was last seen wearing a yellow T-shirt and the same blue pants she is seen wearing in the picture provided by police.Officials urge anyone with information on her whereabouts to call Miami Police Detective J. Nardoni, or any on-duty detective of the department’s Special VictimsUnit, at 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111. You may also send an email to [email protected].