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The Miami Heat are interested in Memphis Grizzlies‘ underutilized wing John Konchar, according to NBA insider Marc Stein, amid tension rising between them and their franchise star Jimmy Butler. “The Nets, league sources say, are likewise interested in Memphis’ John …

Former Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Ian Book received his next NFL opportunity on December 26. “The [Philadelphia] Eagles are signing QB Ian Book to the practice squad following his visit yesterday, sources say,” NFL Network insider Mike Garafolo reported on …

MARTINEZ — Two homes here were raided after police learned of an alleged death threat by a 17-year-old boy whose younger brother had been suspended for fighting with the victim, court records show. The November raids turned up no weapons, …

SAN JOSE — A man was arrested on suspicion of human trafficking and operating a brothel out of a home, the San Jose Police Department announced Thursday. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | A homeless girl didn’t want to …

Nikola Jokic continues to bloat the stat sheet, now becoming proficient in the quadruple-double: scoring, rebounding, passing and yelling. What’s going on with the NBA’s best player? I got pushback when I suggested the Nuggets owed him an apology for …

The Broncos’ run of good weather fortune may be coming to an end. Denver’s Saturday afternoon game at Cincinnati is forecast to be played in rainy conditions, which would mark the first time the team’s seen anything but dry since …

WASHINGTON — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President Joe Biden signed into law …

Leave the car keys at home. The Chicago Transit Agency and Metra are offering free rides on New Year’s Eve. The CTA won’t charge fares from 10 p.m. Tuesday until 4 a.m. on New Year’s Day, thanks to a sponsorship …

Protests in the streets, turmoil at City Hall, corruption trials galore, historically bad baseball and a massive influx of buzzing arthropods unlike any seen since the 1800s. No wonder so many Chicagoans sought peace at the sidewalk altar of a …

The Los Angeles Lakers have improved to 4-1 since LeBron James returned from an eight-day rest following their 115-113 Christmas victory against Stephen Curry and his Golden State Warriors. They have climbed back to the top six of the strong …

The Minnesota Vikings have two games to wrestle the No. 1 seed in the NFC from the Detroit Lions, including a head-to-head tilt featuring a familiar face in quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. A first-round pick by the Vikings in 2014, Bridgewater …

The Dallas Cowboys are officially out of playoff contention, but now, there’s more bad news for the team to wrap up the end of the season in the form of an injury to a key player. Granted, injuries always happen, …

Miami Heat president Pat Riley has stood pat. Riley unequivocally ended the Jimmy Butler trade rumors with a strong statement on December 26 as the Heat sat in sixth place in the Eastern Conference after Christmas. “We usually don’t comment …

As the year comes to an end, I’m taking a look back at where we’ve been and sharing the highlights. Last week, I shared moments from the first half of 2024. Here are the rest: In July,  a reader begged …

SANTA CLARA —  Jake Moody missed another goal attempt in Week 17, setting social media and talk radio ablaze. Time for the 49ers to get a new kicker, or at the very least some competition during training camp in 2025. …

Last year, Donald Trump Jr.’s longtime fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle was his proud date to Donald Trump’s annual Christmas celebration at Mar-a-Lago. This year, Guilfoyle was replaced at the Mar-a-Lago holiday festivities by Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend, Palm Beach socialite Bettina …

The Black Flag lineup has changed quite a bit over the decades. Most notably, it no longer includes one of the most iconic singers in punk rock history — the mighty Henry Rollins, who many readers best know these days …

DETROIT — In the end, the amount and way the Red Wings were losing lately was simply too much to ignore. And with that, the Wings fired coach Derek Lalonde and replaced him with former San Jose Sharks head coach …

The Alum Rock Union School District became the latest in the Bay Area to turn to school closures to stay financially afloat when the district’s board of education voted earlier this month to close or merge 13 elementary and middle …

SAN ANTONIO – Ben Finneseth was a senior at Durango High School when his father took him to Golden to visit the Colorado School of Mines. “I asked my dad, I was like, ‘Can we just drive up to Folsom …

When Joel Appel bought Zaidy’s Deli & Bakery, he didn’t expect it to be this hard. At the time he reopened the Jewish joint’s doors in 2022, Denver’s minimum wage was $15.87. On Jan. 1, that number will be $18.81. …

When 2024 started, Denver area realtors optimistically anticipated that interest rates would drop, but they also expected limited inventory to keep prices high. They were mostly right. Interest rates stayed high, and while inventory rose in the second half of the …

Sales rose this year during the holiday shopping season even as Americans wrestled with elevated prices for many groceries and other necessities, according to new data. Holiday sales from the beginning of November through Christmas Eve climbed 3.8%, outpacing the …

Spoiler alert! This story discusses the new Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” (in theaters now). If you haven’t seen it, read no further. What’s fact and what’s fiction in “A Complete Unknown,” the story of Bob Dylan’s first four years …

NEW YORK — Who are the top reggaeton musicians in the world? Or throughout history? Does Bad Bunny come to mind? Daddy Yankee? What about Wisin & Yandel, Rauw Alejandro, Farruko and J Balvin? For years, it seems, urbano music …

A Marine veteran was formally indicted on Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a man in Lincoln Park last month. A Cook County grand jury indicted John Conway, a 35-year-old Lincoln Park resident, on six counts of first-degree murder. Conway, …

Over the years, Maxx Crosby has become the face of the Las Vegas Raiders. With Derek Carr getting released last year, Josh Jacobs signing with the Green Bay Packers in free agency and Davante Adams getting traded to the New …

With things looking more and more like Philadelphia Eagles starting quarterback Jalen Hurts won’t be available for their Week 17 game against the Dallas Cowboys, the franchise is turning to a familiar face to help add depth to a suddenly …

The Golden State Warriors are still reeling from their heartbreaking 115-113 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day when they received bad news. Miami Heat president Pat Riley is standing pat on the Jimmy Butler situation, dousing the …

If you undertsand anything about Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni at this point it should be that, if given the opportunity, Sirianni is going to find a way to make things weird. The latest example seems to have come …