Los Angeles Center for Ear, Nose, Throat and Allergy Opens Brentwood OfficeStillwater’s starting center inherited more than just the name Enrique Sanchez from his father and grandfather. A family from Chihuahua, Mexico, planted roots in Stillwater, Oklahoma, 44 years ago and has watched them grow into a prosperous family based on hard work, love and football. Nearly 400 days ago, Sanchez had his season cut short after tearing his ACL in the district title game against Muskogee a week before the playoffs began. Sanchez still remembers every detail from that moment – especially how it made him feel. “I’ll never forget getting helped up and walking myself to the sideline,” Sanchez said. “I felt that something was wrong but I was confused because I was able to walk.” It was quickly diagnosed as the notorious ACL tear, and Sanchez had surgery a little over a month later. Now, things are coming full circle in his senior season. Sanchez played his first career playoff game last Friday in Stillwater’s 49-14 win over Putnam City North. Now, he’s getting another shot at Muskogee – this time with a spot in the state championship game on the line. Stillwater High center Enrique Sanchez (52) is playing in his first postseason after suffering a torn ACL just before the playoffs last year. Stillwater will look to advance to the state championship with a win over Muskogee on Friday. “I’m really excited,” Sanchez said. “More than scared or nervous or not really revenge. Just excited, to be honest. Missing out on the playoff experience last year makes me more motivated.” The excitement undoubtedly comes from the months and months of rehab that it took for Sanchez to be ready to play again. The typical recovery time from ACL surgery is six to nine months. During that time, Sanchez leaned on one of the many valuable lessons that he’s been taught from his dad, Enrique Sanchez Sr. “Just keep pushing forward, one play at a time,” Sanchez Sr said to his son. “That’s life.” So, Sanchez treated each day as its own play, not looking past it until each one was completed. “Focus on your workout right now, focus on what’s ahead of you, right ahead of you,” Sanchez said. “Then the next day, focus on your next workout, or focus on trying to do something better, trying to get stronger.” Sanchez Sr. has used that same philosophy for most of his life. As a young child, he came from Chihuahua (about 160 miles southwest from the Texas border) to Stillwater in 1980 when his dad, also Enrique Sanchez, attended Oklahoma State University for a Ph.D. in Animal Science. He remembers living in married student housing at just 6 years old before then going back to Mexico. Turns out the Sanchez family was destined to be in Stillwater again. Sanchez Sr. found his way back to Oklahoma State in 2006 after being presented with the opportunity to earn his own degree. A year later, he was offered an opportunity to get a masters’ degree in International Studies. At this same time, his wife, Belinda, was pregnant with Enrique. The Sanchez family has been in Stillwater ever since, and Sanchez Sr is now the assistant director of operations for OSU Housing and Residential Life and Belinda is the assignments coordinator there. The Sanchez family poses for a photo after Stillwater’s playoff win vs PC North. Sanchez (No. 52) is joined by his father, Enrique (right), his mother, Belinda (left) and his sisters Ana and Sabrina (far left). “It’s crazy how that all works out,” Sanchez Jr said. “It just makes you appreciate the small things.” The entire Sanchez family has looked on as Enrique Jr. goes through his senior year at Stillwater. His dad, mom and two sisters – Ana and Sabrina – were all there for his first game back against Union. “The adrenaline and everything that I experienced and that I loved from the game just came back in that moment,” Sanchez said. “I wanted to run out with the American flag. I ran super fast with that flag, and then I actually remember I ran up to the student section and I started waving the flag in front of them.” Sanchez left his mark on the thrilling overtime victory in that game. The Pioneers decided to go for the win on a two-point conversion, and it was a QB power up the middle – right behind the guidance of Sanchez. Sanchez gave the final push to get Mason Schubert across the goal line. The fans stormed the field, and Sanchez Sr. had a proud dad moment. Somebody next to him said, “Did you see that push from No. 52?” “That’s my son,” Sanchez Sr. replied. “This kid is someone special, not just to me, but the people around him,” Sanchez Sr. said. “He has a special angel behind him that influences people around him.” And Sanchez is proud of the influences of his family. Both his father and grandfather played football themselves in Mexico, and that was passed down to Sanchez when he was eight years old. “Football is so engraved on my heart,” Sanchez Sr said. “My son playing in football games will end, but we will share that love forever.” The mutual respect between father and son has created a truly special bond between Enrique Sr and Jr. “The most important thing in my life is having that relationship with someone that I love and someone that loves me, that’s something that you can’t buy or get anywhere else,” Sanchez said. Also passed down is the importance of their hispanic heritage. Sanchez wears that badge with honor, and hopes that he can inspire people like him. Enrique Sanchez (52) prepares to snap the ball against Putnam City North in Stillwater’s second-round playoff game. “I’m glad that I made it to this point so that I can hopefully show other people that are in my position – that are maybe not the not the biggest or not the fastest – that it is possible and that there’s times when you have to put your head down and work,” Sanchez said. “I just hope that I can inspire some people that share my heritage to step out and try really hard.” Sanchez and the Pioneers will put the season on the line on Friday against Muskogee in the state semifinal game. The game will kick off at 7 p.m. at Catoosa High School. The Sanchez family will be there to support their son in his final weeks of football before he goes on to attend Oklahoma State University just like his namesakes before him did. “There’s nothing he cannot do when he puts his mind to it,” Sanchez Sr said. “I’m really proud of this whole season,” Sanchez said. “I’m glad I’m here where I am, and that I have the name that I have.”
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he was caught off guard by reports early Tuesday that linebacker Shaq Barrett wants to unretire. The two-time Super Bowl winner signed a one-year deal with the Dolphins in March, then abruptly announced his retirement on social media in July, just days before the start of Miami's training camp. “Just to be candid, obviously there's a reason why you target and sign somebody," McDaniel said Tuesday afternoon. “I was fully caught off guard, or caught by surprise this morning as I found out.” McDaniel indicated the Dolphins have not had any conversations with Barrett recently. Miami holds the 32-year-old’s contractual rights. ESPN first reported the news. “It was kind of news as you guys got it,” McDaniel said. He also said he hasn't had a chance to think about Barrett potentially rejoining the team, and that his immediate focus is on Miami's Thursday night game at Green Bay. “The team is counting on me to think about the Packers,” he said. "I'll get with (GM) Chris (Grier), and we'll work through that. There's a ton of implications that go along with it in terms of team and roster stuff, so we'll work through that as we just got the news today.” Barrett has 400 tackles, 59 sacks, 22 forced fumbles and three interceptions in nine seasons — four with Denver and five with Tampa Bay. He was a second-team All-Pro with the Buccaneers in 2019, with a league-high 19 1/2 sacks. The Dolphins waived veteran safety Marcus Maye on Tuesday and activated rookie safety Patrick McMorris from injured reserve. Maye, who signed with the Dolphins in June, played in 11 games with three starts for Miami this season. He had 30 tackles and a tackle for loss. He could re-sign to the team's practice squad if he clears waivers. Maye previously played for New Orleans, but was cut in a money-saving move in March after two seasons with the Saints. Maye's release made room on the roster for McMorris, who was drafted in the sixth round by Miami in April. He began the season on injured reserve because of a calf injury. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl[Warning: The following contains MAJOR spoilers for Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2.] Yellowstone has almost killed off one character per episode in what’s presumed to be its final season. Out of four episodes released so far (and just two more to go), three have featured a major character death. The first was John Dutton’s, brought about by Kevin Costner’s shocking exit from the series. Viewers assumed the Dutton patriarch would be killed off to explain Costner’s absence from Season 5 Part 2. But the subsequent deaths have been more shocking. Sarah Atwood’s (Dawn Olivieri) murder made sense for the story, given the hit she ordered on John didn’t go as planned in the aftermath. But the death of Denim Richards ‘ Colby in Episode 12 was entirely unnecessary, if you ask us. Not only because the story didn’t need it, but also because it took time away from addressing the burning questions we still need answered before the show closes up shop ( if Season 5 really is the end — the show is certainly keeping viewers on their toes ). Here, we lay out the remaining burning questions we need answered before Yellowstone Season 5 Part 2 comes to a close, in no particular order. The biggest one is the one we’ve already addressed: When will Rip ( Cole Hauser ) find out what Jamie ( Wes Bentley ) did to Beth ( Kelly Reilly ), and will Kayce ( Luke Grimes ) find out? We lay out those possibilities here , but below, find our other lingering questions. Wes Bentley as Jamie and Katherine Cunningham as Christine in Yellowstone (Paramount Network) The last viewers heard about Jamie’s son was in Season 5 Part 1, when Jamie was driving Beth home from her overnight prison stint. Beth lashed out in rage at the sight of the car seat in the backseat, which revealed that Jamie was a parent. Learning that the child is a boy named after him made Beth even more angry. She threatened to take Jamie’s son from him like he took her ability to have children. The threat didn’t seem to be against the baby’s life, but rather that she would take his son and kill Jamie. The attorney has had bigger issues to tackle this season thus far, like trying to renew the airport lease his father canceled, launch a campaign to be elected governor in the special election prompted by John’s death, and of course deal with the fallout of Sarah being killed by the hitmen agency she hired to take out John (an investigation in which he’s now a primary suspect). But still, where is his son? Viewers have heard nary a peep about the kid in Part 2. Will Episode 13 bring him back into the plot, along with his mother, Christine ( Katherine Cunningham )? Perhaps part of Beth’s revenge on Jamie over his involvement in John’s death will entail finding the boy. That would be one way to get Jamie back under her thumb. Beth has long threatened that Rip would kill Jamie once he finds out that he had Beth forcibly sterilized as a teen. As much as Rip coming in to kill an enemy has made for some of the show’s more memorable moments (like the snake in the cooler), it does feel a little too obvious at this point to just have Rip involved in Jamie’s potential demise. It would be more intriguing and cathartic to see Beth do it herself or with Rip’s help — she’s certainly more emboldened to take the reins since she’s been convinced that Jamie planned their father’s murder (he didn’t, but it was his idea and she’ll never believe he isn’t responsible). Beth is one of the few members of her family who hasn’t committed murder on Yellowstone . And in fact, she’s one of the only ones who is appalled by the tradition of taking enemies “to the train station” (she was kept in the dark about this until the Season 5 Part 1 finale). Beth would save her first kill for Jamie. But at this point, given the excessive deaths we’ve seen this season, we could also see the series going for the tragic shock value of flipping the switch on Beth and having her killed by Jamie in the end. That does seem less likely, as Yellowstone almost always only kills its villains. And Jamie has long been painted as a villain, but one with the potential to be redeemed. There’s hardly any time left for a redemption arc, though. Paramount Network We’d be OK with Jamie and Beth both ending the series alive, but only if Jamie is in prison. He’s been on such a downward spiral and rejecting every opportunity to do the right thing for so long, becoming the fall guy for his dad’s homicide would be a twisted poetic justice. With Sarah dead too, he and the hitmen are the only people who could be held legally accountable for the murder. While Kayce has physically threatened Jamie in recent episodes, he’s clearly struggling with conflicting feelings of love for his big brother. What if the season ends with Kayce stopping Beth from killing Jamie, but helping her put him in prison for life to avenge John? Paramount Network In this context, that wouldn’t be a good thing. We’ve seen Kayce slowly descend into a darker mental state in the episodes since John’s murder. Every revelation about the death makes Kayce more and more lethal. In Episode 12, he held a child at gunpoint to threaten Grant Horton ( Matt Gerald ), the man who runs the agency that carried out the hit on John. Costner’s character could justify just about anything to defend his family’s legacy and ownership of the ranch; he spent decades killing foes in secret to help on this front. The lengths to which John would go to protect the ranch used to make Kayce and Monica ( Kelsey Asbille ) rebel against the family; it was only in recent years that this relationship was mended and Kayce and Monica felt comfortable associating themselves with them again. That comfort has transformed into full-blown support, and Kayce’s in a dark mindset as he attempts to avenge his father. How does the veteran come back from holding a child at gunpoint? Is he becoming the violent man who can defend any detestable action that he once feared? And moreover, how will Monica react if/when she finds out that Kayce threatened to kill a kid? We can’t imagine that she would be OK with that, but she’s also shown great concern for Kayce’s mental well-being in Season 5 Part 2. She may take the threat against that child and her father as a sign for her to step in and bring Kayce back from the edge. How to Watch New Episodes of 'Yellowstone' on Streaming Beth and Rip were selling off the horses and cattle in Episode 12 in an attempt to raise the money needed to keep the ranch’s land instead of selling off a piece of it. Beth revealed in talks with Thomas Rainwater ( Gil Birmingham ) that she has resigned herself to losing at least some of the family’s acreage that they’ve owned for a century. While the plan to undo John’s actions as governor that protected the land and canceled Market Equities’ airport lease doesn’t seem likely to succeed — especially not with Senator Lynelle Perry ( Wendy Moniz ) and Clara ( Lilli Kay ) determined to thwart Jamie’s efforts — the walls still are closing in on the Duttons. The show has said that selling some of the land is inevitable, but hopefully whatever they end up selling (if they sell) is given to Rainwater and the reservation or perhaps made into a national park. Speaking of Rainwater, why does he have so little to do this season? He seems primed to compromise with the Duttons after an entire series of fighting to get the land that once belonged to his people back. That leads us to our next and final question... In 1883 , Spotted Eagle ( Graham Greene ) told James Dutton ( Tim McGraw ) that his people would rise up and regain control of the Yellowstone ranch’s land in seven generations. Earlier on Yellowstone , Kayce said he saw “the end of us” in a vision and, in Season 5 Part 2, added that that “end” will be a choice. Kayce told Tate ( Brecken Merrill ) that if it’s his dream to run the ranch one day, he would make the ranch his life to preserve it for his son. But Tate more so envisions living a simpler life on the family’s land while someone else runs it, although he still wants to keep the land in the family. Every Yellowstone spinoff has questioned if the Duttons can maintain control of the ranch’s land. If Spotted Eagle’s prophecy wasn’t meant to be a true foreshadowing for the Dutton’s fate and Yellowstone ‘s ending, then it would just be a pointless throwaway line. The 1883 prophecy and Kayce’s vision would easily combine by having Tate inherit the ranch. Kayce knows that his son doesn’t fully desire running the family business himself, and perhaps knowing that but having him inherit the ranch anyway is the choice the vision foresaw. Our ideal Yellowstone ending is the indigenous people getting their land back. Perhaps Tate will inherit it and then give it to his community on the reservation while still living on the grounds, bringing everything full circle. This would open things up to keep the current ranchers employed for a while longer as well (their fates are also still up in the air as control of the ranch hangs in the balance). Do you have other burning questions? Let us know in the comments, below. Yellowstone , Sundays, 8/7c, Paramount Network More Headlines: Will ‘Yellowstone’ Fulfill ‘1883’ Prophecy & 6 More Burning Questions We Need Answered ‘Today’: Hoda Kotb Reveals Former Boss Told Her to ‘Get on The Treadmill’ (VIDEO) ‘Based on a True Story’s Melissa Fumero on Breaking Bad in Peacock’s Killer Comedy Is ‘SNL’ New This Weekend? Here’s Everything to Know ‘The Price Is Right’ Fans Want Big Change to Game After Contestant’s ‘Depressing’ Disaster
Nebraska offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen has no shortage of memories of the Iowa football program. An Iowa native born in Davenport, Holgorsen’s days as a Hawkeye fan are long in the past — but he remembers what it’s like to coach against them. An experience that Holgorsen first underwent as a young Texas Tech assistant in 2001 will be reprised again this weekend. “Twenty-some years later, it’s the same scheme, the same coach, the same everything; this is crazy,” Holgorsen said of Iowa. “It’s going to take another good effort and more improvement to be able to go to Iowa and play in that atmosphere against a good football team.” Nebraska’s recent surge on offense will have the Huskers feeling confident about their upcoming matchup. While Nebraska may not have equaled its recent 44-point outburst against Wisconsin during a loss to USC two weeks prior, foundational improvements were there from the start in Holgorsen’s eyes. Despite scoring 13 points on offense against the Trojans, the Husker offense “just felt better” in that game, Holgorsen said, leading to a “very motivated team” during the week’s practice efforts. And when NU hit the field on Saturday, improvements were there. After struggling to finish drives against USC, Nebraska scored five touchdowns in its seven red zone attempts against Wisconsin. Nebraska threw the ball well, protected its quarterback and found a “difference-maker” in running back Emmett Johnson. “We ran the ball better; that’s the second week in a row I thought the O-line has played well,” Holgorsen said. “Dylan (Raiola) hasn’t been hit a whole lot, he feels good, he’s getting better and processing things well. We’re throwing it and catching it better and our receivers are in the right spots.” It’s been no easy task to drive those improvements in a short amount of time. Holgorsen has only been in Lincoln for a little over three weeks, having first been summoned by head coach Matt Rhule to evaluate the team’s offense before taking over control of it. Midseason coordinator changes may not be rare, but hiring a new face from outside the program is, and Holgorsen admits it made for a “rough” first week on the job. After all, none of the Husker coaches Holgorsen was joining and players he was beginning to coach knew exactly how the situation would play out. Instead, they had to go through it together. “I started getting into the offensive room and those coaches were looking at me crazy like, ‘What are you doing here?’ It’s just true, so we had to sit down and talk and start feeling things out and start working together,” Holgorsen said. “Give those assistant coaches a lot of credit because they didn’t bat an eye. I thought we were smart with how we handled it — I could’ve came in here and changed specific things and that wouldn’t have been the right thing to do for the coaches and the players. I was the one that had to learn.” A desire to challenge himself was one reason Holgorsen said he took the Nebraska job, something which showed up in the new offensive language he needed to familiarize himself with. Having come up as a young coach in the Air Raid offense, Holgorsen exclusively learned, mastered and taught those principles in the years since. It had been 35 years since he last had to learn a new offensive language, Holgorsen estimated. Flash cards with terminology from the Nebraska offense and help from other assistants have helped smooth over that process. Holgorsen may not have been able to stamp his identity all over the offense yet, but he has been able to tweak things, including the very playbook Nebraska operates from. Rhule’s original concepts of a pro-style offense have been added to, transformed and adjusted over the years, with current coaches Marcus Satterfield, Glenn Thomas and Donovan Raiola all bringing different principles and focuses to the playbook. “There’s just all kinds of ideas, so that playbook got pretty big,” Holgorsen said. “I was just like, ‘Look, there’s only one sheet and whatever’s on the sheet is what’s going to get called.’” Trimming down the number of plays Nebraska practices is one such adjustment Holgorsen has made, a process that is collaborative among the Husker coaching staff. Holgorsen also said Nebraska was “probably playing people in too many different spots,” something he’s looked to change so players can focus on their individual roles with more accuracy. “We’ve done a good job of coming together and coming up with a plan of what makes sense to our players,” Holgorsen said. “If it don’t make sense to me, it ain’t gonna make sense to them.” Those changes, and the potential Nebraska showed on offense last week, have excited Husker fans about what the future of a Holgorsen-led offense will look like. However, nothing is guaranteed yet. Holgorsen said that when taking the job he told Rhule he’d get the team ready for USC, Wisconsin and Iowa before figuring out what the future holds. “I don’t want to talk about it, and I don’t want to know what’s next,” Holgorsen. What Holgorsen does know is that he’s enjoying the opportunity in front of him. In part because of the responsibilities he had as a head coach compared to being an offensive coordinator, Holgorsen said he had “more fun on Saturday than I’ve had in a long time” overseeing the Husker offense. As Holgorsen continues furthering improvements within the Nebraska offense, the only guarantee Husker fans have is that he’ll be on the sidelines Friday. It’s currently “the plan” that he will continue as Nebraska’s playcaller during its bowl game, Holgorsen said. “My plan’s to focus on Iowa, try to beat Iowa and see what happens after that.”
The Kansas Jayhawks are in Vegas this week to take on the Duke Blue Devils in another neutral site game this season. And despite being the number one team in the land, they come into this game as underdogs. The Jayhawk faithful have plenty of reason to be skeptical of the lines and predictions, but is there something to the seeming lack of faith in Bill Self's squad? Our crew gives their thoughts below: Check out our Duke Preview for Kyle's full breakdown and prediction. Related: Duke vs Kansas Preview: A Feast Week Battle in Vegas I’m going to take the Jayhawks until I see any reason to do otherwise. Cooper Flag went off against Arizona in Duke’s latest win, scoring 24 of their 69 points, and in order to beat KU, they’re going to have to get other contributors. I specifically remember Bill Self employing a “let their star get his but stop everyone else strategy” when he faced another generational talent in Kevin Durant. Anything is possible, but I’d look for Kansas to use their depth and keep throwing bodies at Duke defensively. Offensively, feed Hunter Dickinson and hopefully this is the game that Rylen Griffen and AJ Storr go off against a high level opponent. Kansas 80, Duke 69. I do find it strange how little of a chance KU is being given by outsiders in this game. Advanced metrics, bloggers, writers, it’s a strange phenomenon in my opinion. Obviously Duke could win this game, the Blue Devils have a ton of talent and the best player in the country in Flagg. But I also think some of the analysis for this game essentially boils down to being attracted to shiny, new objects. Surprise, Kansas is also really good on the floor and, in my opinion, has a significant coaching advantage as well. I think the game plan has to be containing Flagg and living with whatever Duke’s other star freshmen do. I think Kansas has enough playmakers to put pressure on Duke’s top-rated defense (per KenPom), especially if we get the kind of Storr performance we all think he’s capable of offensively. I’ll take the Jayhawks, but I do think it’ll go right down to the wire. Kansas 77, Duke 75. To Brendan’s point, I think too many people are latching onto the star power of Cooper Flagg, completely ignoring what Kentucky did to them in the Champions Classic. It wasn’t a blow out by any means, but the reliance on Flagg allowed Kentucky to focus in on him and do just enough as a team to overcome it. Kansas has more college-ready talent than Kentucky, and they have shown the ability to play with many different styles. Kansas has a player just as impressive as Flagg in Hunter Dickinson, and the supporting cast is much deeper and more talented. The lack of Flory Bidunga will likely hurt Kansas a bit in this one, but that means we probably see more small-ball lineups, minutes from Zach Clemence and KJ sliding in to the 5 a bit more. None of those things are horrible for Kansas, and while a loss is definitely possible here, it’s crazy to think that Duke is 2:1 favorites right now. Kansas 82, Duke 76 Follow All Jayhawks1 on Twitter . Listen to the official podcast of All Jayhawks: The Rock Chalk Podcast .Nasdaq Private Market Announces 2024 Executive Leadership Team Promotions
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