The Ducks used to dominate in February. This year, they are staggering. The Best of the West offers fans a candid assessment of the top teams in the western third of the country — a collection that includes the Mountain West and the former Pac-12 schools now scattered across the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten and West Coast Conference. The rankings will be published on the Hotline each Monday through the remainder of the regular season. When Dana Altman was rolling, really rolling, he owned February. Oregon would meander through the early months of the season, then gather steam in…
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Purdy has made less than $1 million in each of his first three seasons. A.P. Photo San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) waives to visiting fans as he leaves the field following an NFL football game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit) By JOSH DUBOW | Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York said the team remains committed to keeping quarterback Brock Purdy as the two sides enter an offseason with the intention of signing a long-term contract. York said he recently saw Purdy’s agent, Kyle…
Make your choice for the top performance among girls high school athletes from Feb. 3-8. Editor’s note: We prohibit the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll. No voting by email: Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted. Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll. For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week…
Make your choice for the top performance among boys high school athletes from Feb. 3-8 Editor’s note: We prohibit the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll. No voting by email: Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted. Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll. For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over…
Make your choice for the top performance among boys high school athletes from Feb. 3-8 Editor’s note: We prohibit the use of bots and any other artificial methods of voting. Suspicious activity could lead to the disqualification of candidates and a permanent suspension of the Athlete of the Week poll. No voting by email: Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted. Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll. For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over…
Hamas said Monday it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire that now faces its most serious crisis since it began three weeks ago. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under heavy pressure to secure the release of remaining hostages after three Israelis freed Saturday came home emaciated after 16 months in captivity. Hamas’ said its plan to delay the next hostage release “until further notice” depended on whether Israel “abides by its obligations.” The announcement came as Palestinians and the international community seethed over President Donald Trump’s recent…
Puerto Rico legislators on Monday held a contentious public hearing on a governor-backed bill that would eliminate renewable energy goals and extend operations of the island’s lone coal-fired plant, long accused of polluting low-income communities. The bill challenges Puerto Rico’s four-year renewable energy push, supported by U.S. federal funding, to help ease chronic power outages on an island trying to wean itself off fossil fuels. But with that support expected to vanish under U.S. President Donald Trump, coupled with concerns that limited renewable energy projects are not helping offset outages, Puerto Rico’s newly elected Gov. Jenniffer González, a Trump supporter,…
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s leftist party won the most seats in the parliamentary election, but was left without a majority in the house, forcing it to look for an ally to form the next government, according to preliminary results released Monday. The vote on Sunday was key in determining who will lead Kosovo as talks on normalizing ties with Serbia remain stalled and foreign funding for one of Europe’s poorest countries is in question. The election marked the first time since independence in 2008 that Kosovo’s parliament completed a full four-year mandate. It was the ninth parliamentary vote in…
College Football Hall of Fame coach Jim Tressel, who won the 2002 national title at Ohio State University, has been nominated to be the state’s next lieutenant governor, joining a long list of sports figures who’ve moved into politics. Tressel, nicknamed “The Senator” during his coaching days for his stoic demeanor, was occasionally mentioned as a possible political candidate but has never held office. He did serve as president of Youngstown State University after his coaching career ended. Here’s a look at other athletes and coaches who turned to politics. Gerald Ford The 38th U.S. president played football at the…
A federal judge found Monday that the Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending and told the White House to release all the money. U.S. District Court Judge John McConnell ruled that continued struggles to get federal money for things like early childhood education, pollution reduction and HIV prevention research violated his Jan. 31 order. He ordered the Trump administration to “immediately take every step necessary” to follow his temporary restraining over halting its plans for a sweeping freeze of federal funding. The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The judge…
A spokesperson for Hamas says it will delay the next hostage release after accusing Israel of violating a ceasefire agreement. Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas has committed to releasing 33 hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The next exchange, scheduled for Saturday, called for three more Israeli hostages to be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for Hamas’ military wing, accused Israel of systematically violating the ceasefire agreement over the past three weeks. He cited “delays…
Detectives accused a 26-year-old Ukrainian man of sexually abusing a 20-year-old woman who was drunk after partying with friends in Miami-Dade County. Records show Andri Bobrovytskyi, who was born in Kyiv, was at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Monday facing sexual battery charges. According to the arrest report, the alleged sexual battery was on Jan. 1 at a luxury 35th-floor apartment in Sunny Isles Beach. According to the report, witnesses who had been celebrating New Year’s Eve with the woman reported that she was so drunk she needed help walking. A North Miami Beach detective who speaks Russian helped…
Fifteen passengers on a CTA Green Line train were rescued after the train derailed early Monday, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Three people were taken to St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center following the derailment, according to officials. The Fire Department responded about 2:37 a.m. to a derailment on the Green Line Englewood extension around 63rd Street and Normal, according to Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford. The derailment caused service to be temporarily suspended between Garfield and Ashland/63rd, according to the CTA. The derailment is currently forcing Green Line trains traveling toward Ashland/63rd to only operate from Harlem/Lake…
He’s a familiar face at writers festivals and environmental campaigns. Now Tim Winton reveals something different: the Perth places closest to his heart. He’s a familiar face at writers festivals and environmental campaigns. Now Tim Winton reveals something different: the Perth places closest to his heart. Each week, WAtoday reaches out to the Perth community to discover three things people love most about our coastal capital. Today we feature Tim Winton, the author of more than 30 books. His work for both adults and children has been widely translated and adapted for film, television, stage and radio. He has won…
President Donald Trump on Monday will pardon Democratic former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, according to a person familiar with his plans. Trump commuted Blagojevich’s 14-year sentence for political corruption charges during his first term. He planned to sign the pardon on Monday afternoon, according to the person, who was not authorized to discuss the planned pardon publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity. Blagojevich, who appeared on Trump’s reality TV show “Celebrity Apprentice,” was convicted in 2011. He served eight years before Trump, a Republican, cut short his term. Blagojevich was convicted on charges that included seeking to sell an…
President Donald Trump and key members of his administration are lashing out at judges who have halted some of his second-term agenda.
Note to readers • This story describes explicit details of a sexual assault. A former Utah therapist who had a reputation for helping gay Latter-day Saint men admitted in court that he sexually abused some of his patients during sessions. Note to readers •This story describes explicit details of a sexual assault. Provo • Former Utah County therapist Scott Owen admitted in a Provo courtroom on Monday that he sexually abused several of his patients during sessions. Owen, 66, pleaded guilty to three charges of first-degree felony forcible sodomy, admitting that he sexually abused two male patients “using his position…
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine, nearly three years after Russia launched an all-out invasion. Less than a day earlier, the New York Post reported that Trump had a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to discuss steps toward a negotiated solution. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, Trump declined to discuss his reported phone conversation with Putin. UK to chair next meeting of Ukraine military aid…
Note to readers • This story describes explicit details of a sexual assault. A former Utah therapist who had a reputation for helping gay Latter-day Saint men admitted in court that he sexually abused some of his patients during sessions. Note to readers •This story describes explicit details of a sexual assault. Provo • Former Utah County therapist Scott Owen admitted in a Provo courtroom on Monday that he sexually abused several of his patients during sessions. Owen, 66, pleaded guilty to three charges of first-degree felony forcible sodomy, admitting that he sexually abused two male patients “using his position…
Philadelphia police reported nearly 50 arrests following the Eagles win against the Kansas City Chiefs in New Orleans on Sunday.