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Edmonton Oilers fire coach Jay Woodcroft, name Kris Knoblauch as interim replacement

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

Jay Woodcroft is out as coach of the Edmonton Oilers after the supposed Stanley Cup contenders lost 10 of their first 13 games this season.Woodcroft was fired Sunday at the end of the team’s road trip, which wrapped up with a 4-1 win at Seattle on Saturday night. That victory was not enough to save Woodcroft’s job in the aftermath of a four-game losing streak, including an embarrassing 3-2 loss at the NHL-worst San Jose Sharks earlier in the week.Kris Knoblauch, Connor McDavid’s junior hockey coach, was named Woodcroft’s replacement, and Hall of Famer Paul Coffey joins his staff as an assistant. Knoblauch is the organization’s 10th coach in 15 seasons and the fifth since McDavid joined the team in 2015.After the loss in San Jose on Thursday night, Woodcroft said he wasn’t worried about his job security.“No one’s happy with where we’re at,” Woodcroft said. “We all own it. We can be better, and that’s where my focus is.”The Oilers had lost focus und...

Perfect India routs Dutch in last group game at Cricket World Cup. Kohli claims rare ODI wicket

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer and Lokesh Rahul scored attacking hundreds to help India make it nine wins in nine games with a 160-run victory over the Netherlands in the final group-stage match at the Cricket World Cup on Sunday.Iyer hit his first World Cup century, scoring 128 not out off 94 balls, while Rahul smashed the fastest Indian hundred at a World Cup, as India piled on the runs at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium.The pair put on 208 runs off 21 overs for the fourth wicket. Rahul scored 100 off 62 balls, beating Rohit Sharma’s 63-ball record against Afghanistan in Delhi earlier in this tournament.In all, the two-time champions had five batters scoring 50-plus in their innings, and finished at 410-4, the fifth highest World Cup total. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gil put on 100 for the first wicket. Virat Kohli was out for 51 but will likely remember this match for claiming his first ODI wicket in almost a decade.Jasprit Bumrah (2-33) and Mohammed Siraj (2-29) shared four wicke...

Edmonton Oilers fire coach Jay Woodcroft after losing 10 of their first 13 games, name Kris Knoblauch his replacement

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers fire coach Jay Woodcroft after losing 10 of their first 13 games, name Kris Knoblauch his replacement.Source

Von Miller’s injured knee showing improvement with Buffalo ready to host Broncos, his former team

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — It wasn’t until late into Von Miller’s weekly session with reporters when the Buffalo Bills edge rusher came to a realization regarding how his surgically repaired right knee is feeling better by the week, and the significance of facing his former team on Monday night.After spending a majority of his time on Thursday detailing how much he cherished his 10-plus seasons in Denver and calling the outing “just another game,” Miller acknowledged there might be something more to it.He didn’t exactly contradict himself.It’s more as if the 34-year-old Miller found perspective in the timing of the game, how far he’s come in the nearly 12 months since he was hurt, and more importantly, how far he still needs to go after getting no sacks, one quarterback hit and one tackle in five games since returning.“You know, I can go out there and win the game by myself, kind of like a quarterback on offense. I’ve always had that type of self-belief,” Miller said.“So it’s definit...

Texas A&M fires coach Jimbo Fisher, a move that will cost the school $75M

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

Texas A&M fired coach Jimbo Fisher on Sunday, a move that will cost the school more than $75 million and end a tenure that began six years ago with the Aggies presenting him an engraved national championship trophy missing only the year.“After very careful analysis of all the components related to Texas A&M football, I recommended to President (Mark) Welsh and then Chancellor (John) Sharp that a change in the leadership of the program was necessary in order for Aggie football to reach our full potential and they accepted my decision,” Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork said in a statement. “We appreciate Coach Fisher’s time here at Texas A&M and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.”Instead of winning a title, Fisher went 45-25 and 27-21 in the Southeastern Conference, never winning more than nine games in any season. The Aggies are 6-4 with two games left, coming off a 51-10 victory against Mississippi State on Saturday night in College Stati...

Incendio en un edificio de Brooklyn deja al menos 3 muertos y más de una decena de heridos

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

(CNN) — Tres personas murieron y más de una decena resultaron heridas en un incendio que se extendió por un edificio de piedra rojiza en Brooklyn en la madrugada de este domingo, informaron los bomberos de Nueva York.Los bomberos recibieron una llamada sobre las 4:30 a.m. para acudir a una vivienda en Crown Heights, dijo un portavoz del Departamento de Bomberos de la ciudad de Nueva York.“Encontramos un edificio de tres plantas que presentaba un fuerte incendio en tres de ellas”, relató John Esposito, jefe de operaciones de bomberos, en una rueda de prensa.Incendio en una planta química en Texas obliga a evacuación de emergenciaTres adultos en estado crítico fueron trasladados al hospital, donde se declaró su muerte, según los bomberos.Otras 14 personas resultaron heridas en el incendio, de acuerdo a Esposito. Un bombero también resultó herido y fue trasladado al hospital con una lesión grave, pero que no ponía en riesgo su vida.Fue una operación “muy difícil...

Sheffield United moves off the bottom of the table after 1-1 draw at Brighton

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Sheffield United moved off the bottom of the Premier League after Adam Webster’s own-goal secured a 1-1 draw at 10-man Brighton on Sunday. The result extended Brighton’s winless run in the league to six games — its worst run under manager Roberto De Zerbi.Simon Adingra had put the home team ahead with a solo run in the sixth minute, but Mahmoud Dahoud’s red card in the 69th saw the game turn. And when Webster slid into his own goal in the 74th, Sheffield United was on course to pick up the point that moved it off the bottom and above Burnley. It looked like being another difficult day for the visitors when Adingra fired Brighton ahead.The Ivorian’s fourth goal of the season came whe he collected the ball 35 yards from goal on the left. He then shrugged off two tackles and played a one-two with Facundo Buonanotte before slotting past Wes Foderingham.But the character of the game changed when Dahoud was dismissed for stamping on Ben Osborn’s lower ...

Freight train derails in Gilpin County, causes Amtrak delays

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A freight train derailed Sunday morning in Gilpin County, causing an emergency response, according to the Gilpin County Sheriff's Office.No injuries were reported and there was no leakage or fumes from the cars. There were also no anticipated evacuations, according to GCSO.The derailment happened in the area of Colorado State Highway 72 and South Beaver Creek Road. Northern Colorado mortuary faces over 150 counts of unlawful acts of cremation A route in that area serves Amtrak's California Zephyr passenger train between the Denver Union Station and Winter Park/Fraser stops.Due to the derailment, two Amtrak trains on the California Zephyr route were delayed.According to Amtrak, the train scheduled to travel west from Denver to Winter Park and beyond was delayed "due to a disabled freight train ahead that is blocking the route."A lengthy delay was anticipated. Another train scheduled to travel east through the same route later in the day was also disrupted. The tra...

Protests mount in Spain against Sánchez’s amnesty deal

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

Tens of thousands of people across Spain demonstrated on Sunday against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s plans to grant amnesty to Catalan separatists in order to secure support for another term in office.Sánchez signed the controversial agreement last week after the Catalan separatist Junts party gave its backing to the prime minister’s Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) to form a new government. The deal, which came four months after the Spanish election resulted in no single party gaining a majority in parliament, was criticized by judicial groups and almost immediately triggered protests. The protests escalated on Sunday, spurred by the conservative opposition People’s Party, with Madrid authorities estimating 80,000 people took to the streets in the capital and demonstrations also held in other cities. In exchange for the Junts party’s backing, Sánchez’s Socialists agreed to propose a law granting a blanket amnesty to everyone involved in the failed&nbs...

Stealth no more: Top secret B-21 bomber takes to the skies in California 

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:38:04 GMT

After years of secrecy, the B-21 Raider emerged from its Palmdale, California, hangar Friday morning and took its first flight, soaring through the sky and giving plane enthusiasts, contractor employees and the public its first glimpse of the futuristic-looking bomber in air.The B-21 bomber, which is being built by Northrop Grumman Corp., took off from the secretive Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale before heading north toward Edwards Air Force Base, said Matt Hartman, a photographer who was out in Palmdale in hopes of taking photos of the plane after he’d heard rumors that a flight might be imminent.About 80 people crowded near the Palmdale Regional Airport to try to see the first flight with their own eyes. Once the bomber flew by, “you could hear a pin drop,” Hartman said.The U.S. Air Force confirmed that the B-21 is in flight testing, and called it a “critical step” in the bomber’s test program. Flight testing includes not just flying operations ...