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Flag football uses talent camps to uncover new starsLAS VEGAS (AP) — The Broncos are 0-4 in Las Vegas, but in a matchup of teams heading in opposite directions, Denver has more at stake than trying to end a series skid. A victory over the Raiders puts the Broncos that much closer to an unexpected playoff berth, playing with a rookie quarterback and just a year after they went 8-9. The Broncos are 6-5 and coming off a 38-6 victory over the Atlanta Falcons , and would be in the playoff field if the season ended entering Week 12. Not bad for a team given a win total of 5 1/2 games at BetMGM Sportsbook. “Everyone understands the significance of where we are at this point in the season,” Broncos wide receiver Courtland Sutton said. The situation is quite different for the Raiders. They are 2-8, on a six-game losing streak and decimated by injuries. Las Vegas could enter this game without its top two running backs and a reshuffled line on offense, and defensively, the Raiders could have two linemen, three cornerbacks and a safety out of action. “Just been having some bad breaks, but nobody feels sorry for us,” Raiders coach Antonio Pierce said. "Nobody feels sorry for me. You’ve got to roll out there with 11 players, and that’s what we’re going to do come Sunday.” The Raiders are badly in a need of a franchise quarterback and are in a logjam for the top pick in next year's NFL draft. Denver showed with this year's draft how valuable landing such a QB can be to an organization. Bo Nix was selected 12th — one spot ahead of the Raiders — and he is pushing for AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was this week's top AFC player and rookie after completing 28 of 33 passes for 307 yards and four touchdowns in the rout of the Falcons. “I think as we’ve gone on, Coach (Sean Payton) and I have found a good rhythm of what we both like, what we can kind of put out there on the field and what we can execute," Nix said. "Then the guys have kind of adapted to it, found our roles within the offense and executed at a high level. It’s just all about slowing the game down and processing things in a manner that you can handle.” Raiders tight end Brock Bowers also could have a say in who wins the season's top offensive rookie award. He is second in the NFL with 70 catches and his 706 yards receiving is 10th among all receivers. His numbers from a historical perspective are even more impressive. Bowers, the 13th pick in this year's draft , is fourth all time among all tight ends in catches through the first 11 weeks and he and Jeremy Shockey in 2002 are the only rookies at that position to have more than one game with at least 10 receptions. “This week's a brand new week,” Bowers said. “I've always got something to prove.” Payton still isn't entirely comfortable splitting carries between running backs Javonte Williams, Jaleel McLaughlin and rookie Audric Estime. Asked how he determines the right balance in his rotation, Payton said, “That's the $6 million question. It’s difficult. We know kind of what we have with those three players. I think it’s always hard to feed three. "I'm used to — and it’s easy — to feed two. So we kind of do that a little bit. I thought Javonte had some really good runs (last week). Certainly the game ends and we’re like, ‘Gosh, we have to get Jaleel more touches.’ So it’s a tough, but a good problem to have.” With injuries to running backs Alexander Mattison (ankle) and Zamir White (quadriceps), 10-year veteran Ameer Abdullah could get the start for the Raiders this weekend. He has just 17 carries for 82 yards and a touchdown this season and started just one game his previous six seasons. “I see myself as a starter,” Abdullah said. “I think every guy in the room does. I consider myself the best back on this team just like every back does. This is my opportunity to go out there and put my best foot forward.” Patrick Surtain II had a pair of interceptions, including one he returned for 100 yards and a touchdown, in the team's first meeting this season and that fueled the Broncos' 34-18 win in Denver . Both of the passes were intended for Bowers, who caught a 57-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter. Surtain isn't expecting the Raiders to avoid him Sunday, however. “You don't want to go into a game thinking they're not gonna throw it your way,” Surtain said, “because it's the pros at the end of the day, everybody's ready, everybody's capable.” AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Stapleton in Englewood, Colorado, contributed to this report. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
MOBILE owners have spotted an "utter ridiculous" rule that could technically see them slapped with a £1,000 fine. People may not realise that you need a TV Licence to watch live channels on your smartphone as well as your TV. A TV Licence - which currently costs £169.50 for the year - is needed for any live TV and use of BBC iPlayer. But it turns out the rules go even further when watching TV away from home. Your existing TV Licence covers your smartphone anywhere - unless it's plugged in at a different property in the UK, such as your mate's house or on a UK holiday. When it's plugged in at another location, your smartphone will need to be covered by a separate TV Licence for that property. So if you're at a friend's place who doesn't have a TV Licence, charging your phone as you watch a live football match, you're technically falling foul of the law. And if you're caught by an inspector knocking at the door the maximum fine is £1,000. "As most know, you need a TV license to watch or record any live broadcast programs, or BBC iPlayer on demand, regardless of device or medium," a user recently wrote on Reddit. "Your TV license also covers you to watch this content if you are away from home on a portable device. "Here’s the kicker - if you visit someone’s house who doesn’t pay for a TV License, you are allowed to watch live telly on your phone. "However, if you then plug your phone into a charger, you will be breaking the law. "How utterly ridiculous! And how would they even know?" The strange clause demonstrates issues for the TV Licence in the digital age, amid a boom in online live streaming with the likes of Netflix and Amazon Prime showing more big events. Prime has already taken on a number of live Premier League games. And Netflix is taking over WWE next year which will include live fights too. According to the TV Licensing website, "if you’re using a mobile device powered solely by its own internal batteries – like a smartphone, tablet or laptop – you will be covered by your home’s TV Licence, wherever you’re using it in the UK and Channel Islands. "However, if you’re away from home and plug one of these devices into the mains and use it to watch live on any channel, pay TV service or streaming service, or use BBC iPlayer, you need to be covered by a separate TV Licence at that address (unless you’re in a vehicle or vessel like a train, car or boat)." Jamie Harris, Assistant Technology and Science Editor at The Sun, explains : A TV Licence currently costs £169.50. Some people mistakenly believe that you only need a TV Licence if you have a TV or watch BBC channels. You aren't breaking the law if you own a TV without a licence, as long as it's not hooked up to an aerial or other live broadcasting equipment - so you can use it with your PS5 for gaming for example. The basic principle is, that if you are accessing any live broadcast from any channel, whether it be through a TV or online, you must have a TV Licence. If you are recording a live broadcast to watch later, you also need a TV Licence. Watching on-demand content does not require a TV Licence - except if you're watching BBC iPlayer. Image credit: AlamyFormer New Orleans priest convicted of raping teen boy dies while serving life sentence
MANKATO — Gov. Tim Walz took 26 flights and did 38 rallies in the last 10 days of the Harris-Walz campaign, and he’s glad to be back to being governor of Minnesota, planning a budget, talking to committee chairs and appreciating the state more than ever. Walz offered reflection on his recent campaign as vice president on the Harris-Walz ticket in an interview Thursday with The Free Press. “It was the honor of a lifetime to be on that ticket. It was 90 days. It was surreal in so many ways. I got to see an America I never would have, and it just deepened my appreciation for Minnesota,” Walz said. “I get to come back here and be governor of Minnesota, which is a privilege. On a personal basis from a mental health perspective, it’s just great to get back in here and get the work done.” Walz was chosen to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate 20 years to the day he first made news as a teacher taking his students to the President George W. Bush rally in rural Mankato. That day he and his students were denied access to the rally because the students were displaying stickers or wore T-shirts supporting Democrats. Two years later, he was elected to Congress in an upset victory over longtime 1st District incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht. Walz says his short trajectory was truly something. “I think it speaks more to Minnesota’s politics and what American (politics) used to be.” That story didn’t get much traction on the campaign trail, but he noted the Wall Street Journal did rate him the least-wealthy candidate on the trail, which he thought was a fitting way to describe him. He never planned on running for Congress and running on the national ticket was beyond his wildest imagination. “It seems pretty cool to me that Americans would allow you to be on the ticket as a school teacher. That’s how I see myself.” As a high school coach, Walz acknowledged one can look back at a lost game and evaluate what went wrong. For the Harris-Walz game, it was a number of factors. “I’m proud of the work we did,” he said. Pundits have been asking him if there are things he could have done differently. “I said ‘yeah, win.’” But post-game analysis includes that he knew the game would be tough, but he did think they would win with the momentum that had been growing. “We ran on a message that was more hopeful, more unifying, but that’s not the one that the public chose.” He said post game that Democrats have to “figure out what young men, what Hispanic men and white men without college degrees — why did they not feel our message for higher wages, access to health care, bringing down housing costs. What is missing in that message?” He acknowledges his narrative of roots in small-town Nebraska, teacher and coach should have helped draw voters who normally wouldn’t vote Democratic or at all. He’s uncertain it helped. “I would think so. Look, we were trying to get those very folks and you’d think that it would have mattered. My claim to fame again is The Wall Street Journal saying I’m the poorest person that ever ran. I’m not poor, but I’m just like these folks.” But some longtime supporters say the Walz genuine narrative did draw voters. “I think Walz really helped the (Harris) campaign. He was more mainstream” said Jim Hepworth, former 1st and 2nd District DFL chair, who noted he was speaking only for himself and not the DFL. Hepworth has known Walz for 20 years. Walz wondered if the changing media landscape, with podcasts and social media dominating legacy media, played a role. “Did we miss the place they’re getting their news?” He noted that podcasters and social media, where more campaigns seem to be turning, is just like paid campaign ads. “That’s not anybody doing journalism. That’s a different way to have a rally. And that, I don’t think, we got,” Walz said. He also noted facts didn’t seem to matter. The Harris-Trump debate favored Harris with only two misleading or false statements to 38 by Trump. “It didn’t matter ... As an American we’re going to have to understand what that means.” Social media outlets that offer confirmation bias are powerful. “If you know how to work those confirmation bias media outlets better, I think you can win. And that’s what we didn’t figure out.” Hepworth agreed the media landscape is changing but the message also needs to get better. He said the uphill challenges for the campaign included a late entry into the race and little time for Harris to differentiate herself from President Joe Biden. The GOP, Hepworth said, was good at talking about inflation and how everything is more expensive, though he also notes the message of the busiest Thanksgiving travel day and robust Black Friday sales didn’t get through to voters that the economy was doing well. The Democrats have to come up with another strategy if they feel their policies and message and leadership was right but yet didn’t get those groups to vote for them, Walz said. These trends will likely continue. “We’re going to have to figure out, is that the best way to elect our leaders in a post-truth world?” Walz notes he’s been in public office longer than he was a teacher, but still sees himself as a teacher. His lesson might change if he were to go into the classroom once again, after the experience on the presidential campaign trail. He would talk about the “obscene amount of money” in campaigns and that the country is “deeply divided,” but that “the system is still better than any other.” And he echoed a refrain of his national campaign: “They should not lose faith.”
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DALLAS — If “better health for my hockey team” was among Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes’ holiday wishes, he instead got a notable lump of coal in his stocking before the team plane had even left the ground at MSP on Friday morning. The seat on the charter aircraft normally occupied by Wild star forward Kirill Kaprizov was empty when the rest of the squad took off for Texas. He was unavailable for the Friday evening game versus the Stars with a lower-body injury that has been a problem for a few days now, Hynes said. ADVERTISEMENT “He was a little sore, I think, going into the break, and then we talked with the doctors and stuff yesterday,” the coach said following the team’s morning skate at American Airlines Center. “Right now, as far as I know, it’s day-to-day ... then we’ll see how he’s feeling each day moving forward here.” Hynes added that the absence is not related to the knee-on-knee check Kaprizov took during a November game in Edmonton, which kept him out of the lineup for one game. The coach added that he has not seen anything to indicate the absence will be long-term. “I don’t have a big concern level as of now because he was a little bit banged up prior to going into the break, but we all saw how he played against Chicago,” Hynes said, referencing the team-leading 23rd goal of the season that Kaprizov scored in a 4-3 win over the Blackhawks on Monday. “We’ll see what he does today with his treatments and see what he does tomorrow.” Stars coach Peter DeBoer got the news of Kaprizov’s absence from the media following his team’s morning skate. “Obviously, an important player. I probably could’ve saved myself some time in my pre-scout this morning if I’d known that earlier,” he said, noting that they weren’t expecting an easy night with or without Kaprizov. “When I look at Minnesota, they’re a team that’s the true sum of their parts rather than one player. “They’ve got four lines, they defend well, they’ve got great goaltending. So, probably a lot like us, you can take a player out of the lineup and still be competitive. But still, that’s a big guy out for them.” The Wild will host Ottawa on Sunday evening and Nashville on Tuesday evening. ADVERTISEMENT ______________________________________________________ This story was written by one of our partner news agencies. Forum Communications Company uses content from agencies such as Reuters, Kaiser Health News, Tribune News Service and others to provide a wider range of news to our readers. Learn more about the news services FCC uses here .
1 2 Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has identified 25 electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the city, where EV city buses, autorickshaws and personal cars and motorcycles can be charged. At least 10 charging facilities are expected to be ready before Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, scheduled to be held from Jan 8 to 10, with the remaining to be completed in phases. "After including 25 EV charging points in Bhubaneswar, there will be altogether 100 charging stations across the state. The charging stations will be meant to promote EV travel," said transport commissioner Amitav Thakur. Capital Region Urban Transport (Crut) provides service in the twin cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar and shuttles between the pilgrim town of Puri and Bhubaneswar as well. It has 50 electric buses apart from battery autorickshaws to ensure last-mile connectivity. Officials said Crut will procure more EV buses and will also facilitate the plying of e-rickshaws for multiple purposes. At present, e-rickshaws are also being used to transport municipal solid waste. "Before Pravasi Divas, we want to present the city in its best terms with all modern amenities," an officer said. In 2016, Bhubaneswar was adjudged the number one smart city in the country. Since then, a lot of transformation has taken place in public transport, open space development, traffic management, slum development and social upliftment of slum youths, children, and disabled-friendly parks. Measures to reduce pollution, increase green cover and lay underground cables to clear a cluttered skyline, as well as public, mobile, community, and e-toilets, have also been implemented. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , Location Guesser and Mini Crossword . Spread love this holiday season with these Christmas wishes , messages , and quotes .The world’s leading democracies are struggling to govern
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