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Nuggets Journal: NBA’s silly season reinforces strength of Denver’s rise

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

On Saturday morning, the basketball world erupted as news of Damian Lillard’s trade request shook the Association.Lillard had long waffled between staying in Portland and trying to win organically while contemplating a future with more talented teammates elsewhere.After so many years of trying and failing to advance to an NBA Finals (the furthest they got came in 2019 after ousting the Nuggets to advance to the Conference Finals), enough was enough.Lillard, who’s among the most devastating scorers of this generation, will likely land in a more advantageous situation than where he started. Miami, reportedly, is his preferred destination.Perhaps Jimmy Butler needs Dame, like Dame needs Jimmy. Who knows what this year’s Finals could’ve looked like?Bradley Beal, who’d been stuck in a Lillard-like situation in Washington his entire career, asked out, too. That got him to Phoenix, along with Kevin Durant, who’d grown tired of his situation in Brooklyn. The Beal deal sent Chris...

Miles Wood agrees to 6-year contract with Avalanche in free agency

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

Colorado’s first move in NHL free agency Saturday was a daring one. The Avalanche and Miles Wood have agreed to a six-year contract, a source told The Denver Post.Wood, a fourth-round draft pick in 2013, has spent his entire career in the Devils’ organization as a bottom-six wing, accumulating 148 points in 402 games for New Jersey. He scored 27 points in 76 games last season.With the six-year deal, the only Avalanche players who will be under contract longer than Wood are Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin. Wood won’t be an unrestricted free agent again until 2029, the same summer as Gabriel Landeskog.The Devils granted Wood permission to speak with other teams before July 1, according to a report from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman on June 27. Wood is coming off a one-year deal with a $3.2 million salary cap hit. He turns 28 in September.A relentless skater who fits the style of Colorado’s bottom six, Wood has had trouble staying out of the box for...

Man sentenced to 80 years in prison for fatal Denver stabbings of his estranged wife, her friend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

A man who stabbed his estranged wife and her friend to death in Denver has been sentenced to 80 years in prison.Matthew Madden, 38, was sentenced Friday for the September 2021 deaths of Katherine “Katy” Pivoda and Jennifer Gelvin, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office. Pivoda was estranged from Madden at the time. Both women died at the scene of multiple stab wounds.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | $10 million, $15 million, $100 million: Judges set sky-high bails in wake of Colorado Supreme Court ruling Crime and Public Safety | Judge sets $10M cash-only bond for Aurora dentist accused of poisoning, killing his wife Crime and Public Safety | Girlfriend of the dentist who killed his wife on safari sentenced to 17 years Crime and Public Safety | Greeley teen charged with murder in shooting death of 15-year-old ex-girlfriend Crime and Public Safety | Prosecutors seek the death penalty...

Antioch landlord pleads to 13 years in prison for killing tenant

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

MARTINEZ — An Antioch landlord has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his tenant/roommate, and is expected to receive a 13-year prison term in August, authorities said.Marc Siegel, 46, pleaded no contest in June to killing 43-year-old Michael Moreno. The shooting occurred in May 2020, inside the Antioch home where Siegel lived and had been renting a room to Moreno.According to police, Moreno was planning to move out of the residence the day of the shooting.Moreno was shot and killed around 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 2020, at their residence on the 1900 block of Iron Peak Court. Police said at the time that the two argued and that Siegel produced a gun and shot Moreno at least once. He died before emergency responders got there.Moreno was a military veteran who ran a martial arts studio in Pittsburg, known as the California Combat Academy. He taught self-defense techniques to adults and children.Siegel was initially charged with murder and use of a ...

NHL free agency: Sharks add toughness, hope they’ve shored up goaltending

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

The San Jose Sharks hope they’ve shored up one of their most problematic areas from last season as they signed goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to a two-year contract worth $2.35 million per year.Blackwood will make $2.2 million in salary this upcoming season and $2.5 million in 2024-25. He and the Sharks came to terms just minutes before Blackwood was set to become an unrestricted free agent at 9 a.m. (PDT).Blackwood was acquired by the Sharks from the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday for a sixth-round draft pick this year but was a pending restricted free agent in need of a new contract. Although Blackwood was not given a qualifying offer by the Sharks on Friday, the two sides continued to talk and were able to get a deal done.“Mackenzie is a big, athletic goaltender with a lot of potential and upside,” Sharks general manager Mike Grier said in a statement. “He will be a good addition to our goaltender group.”Going into the first day of free agency on Saturday, the Sharks had only one...

Drive sober or get pulled over: DC police push importance of sober driving during holiday weekend

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

D.C. police are reminding people to drive sober for the safety of themselves and others this holiday weekend.To further prove the point, they said they are partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to focus on avoiding impaired and distracted driving.Their goal is to make sure that drivers are safe on the road, with a focus on drivers that put other people in harm’s way, a news release said.Officers in D.C. police’s seven districts are instructed to concentrate exclusively on “traffic enforcement and education to drivers who are under the influence, distracted, or driving in an unsafe manner,” police said.“We want everyone to enjoy themselves with all that the District of Columbia has to offer for the Fourth of July weekend,” interim D.C. police Chief Ashan Benedict said, adding that the police department “has zero tolerance for people who get behind the wheel if they are impaired, distracted, or put others at risk b...

The Lakers are keeping Reaves and Russell. The Bucks agreed to keep Lopez in free agency

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

The Los Angeles Lakers kept two of their best guards. And the Milwaukee Bucks retained their big man, as the early trend in free agency of most players staying put continued Saturday.Austin Reaves agreed to a four-year deal that could be worth $56 million, and D’Angelo Russell returned to the Lakers as well on a $37 million, two-year deal, people with knowledge of those transactions told The Associated Press. The Athletic first reported the agreement with Reaves, and ESPN first reported the agreement with Russell.Reaves and Russell were both starters in the postseason for the Lakers, who made the Western Conference finals before falling to the eventual NBA champion Denver Nuggets.Also Saturday, Milwaukee — which had already retained Khris Middleton — found a way to keep Brook Lopez on a two-year deal, a person familiar with the agreement told the AP. The Athletic and ESPN reported the deal was worth $48 million for the 35-year-old Lopez, who averaged 15.9 points in 78 games th...

¿Cuánto cuestan los boletos para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol Femenino 2023?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

La Copa Mundial de Fútbol Femenino 2023, que podrás ver en Telemundo, está a la vuelta de la esquina y la acción sacudirá el mundo desde Australia y Nueva Zelanda, las naciones anfitrionas.Los fanáticos disfrutarán del prestigioso torneo donde la selección de Estados Unidos buscará su tercer copa consecutiva.Si estás planeando ir a la Copa Mundial, que comienza este 20 de julio, aquí te contamos lo que debes saber sobre los boletos: Copa Mundial Femenina 2023: cuándo inicia, los grupos, la final y más Ashley Sánchez y Sofía Huerta de la selección de EEUU abrazan sus raíces mexicanas Existen varios factores que influenciarán el precio de los boletos para esta Copa Mundial.La Categoría 1 es la más cara y los boletos se encuentran en los mejores lugares en cada estadio. Las categorías 2 y 3 incluyen boletos en los lugares que no son tan óptimos para ver los partidos.Por ejemplo, los boletos para el partido inaugural del 20 de julio ...

Un hombre de California es condenado por contrabandear desde Siria un mosaico de Hércules de la era bizantina

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

(CNN) — Un hombre de California fue condenado por importar ilegalmente un antiguo mosaico, que se cree que se hizo en la Siria moderna hace casi dos mil años y está valorado en casi medio millón de dólares.Mohamad Yassin Alcharihi, de 56 años, fue declarado culpable de un cargo de ingreso de productos clasificados falsos el 21 de junio, según un comunicado de prensa de la Oficina del Fiscal de EE.UU.Alcharihi hizo una “clasificación falsa” sobre el “valor y la calidad” del mosaico, dijeron los fiscales federales en el comunicado. La obra de arte antigua llegó al puerto de Long Beach como parte de un envío desde Turquía en agosto de 2015.El mosaico, que se cree que data de la era bizantina del imperio romano, muestra una escena mitológica: Hércules rescatando a Prometeo, quien había sido encadenado a una roca por otros dioses por robar el fuego.Un hombre de California fue declarado culpable de importar ilegalmente este antiguo mosaico de Siria. Represent...

Former Barcelona, Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas announces retirement from soccer at 36

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:17:52 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Former Barcelona and Spain midfielder Cesc Fabregas announced his retirement from soccer on Saturday at the age of 36 — nearly 20 years after making his debut for Arsenal as a 16-year-old.The 2010 World Cup winner made the announcement on Twitter, one year into a two-year contract he signed last summer with Italian second-division team Como. “It is with great sadness that the time has come for me to hang up my playing boots,” Fabregas said. After joining Arsenal from Barcelona’s youth academy, he became the London club’s youngest player when he made his debut in a League Cup game in October 2003 at the age of 16 years, 177 days. He went on to become Arsenal captain but left the club to return to Barcelona in 2011, a year after after helping Spain win the World Cup in South Africa. He was also a part of the Spain teams that won back-to-back European Championships in 2008 and 2012.At Barcelona he won the 2012-13 Spanish league title but left the club to retur...