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Ex-Colorado players were told they weren't ready for Prime Time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Luke Eckardt recalled the excitement of finding out that Deion Sanders would be his new head coach at Colorado.After all, who wouldn't want to play for the charismatic Pro Football Hall of Fame member and ex-major leaguer known as “Prime Time” during his playing days and now just “Coach Prime?”“It was a feeling of awe because it’s Deion Sanders, and you play video games like ‘Madden’ and he's on there,” Eckardt said in an interview with The Associated Press. “You’re playing with a controller. Now it's different. It's a real dude. That's what I thought at first. But then it was like a seeping feeling of fear.” Sanders wins Sportsperson of Year award from Sports Illustrated for starting turnaround at Colorado At his first meeting with his new charges, Sanders told them no job was safe and there were transfers on the way. Video of his talk went viral. Eckardt chose to take it as a challenge and work even harder during winter conditioning and spri...

Colorado youth football team bound for nationals while player battles cancer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A local youth football team is about to leave for Florida to represent Colorado on the national level.Under the bright lights and the big pads, 16 metro area eighth graders are putting in the work on the practice field. They make up the 5280 Jr. Buffs 14U team."They're 13, 14 years old,” coach Jazz Julius Greer said. "They know the expectations. They know where they want to get in life, and it starts right here."The teens earned their spot in the American Youth Football national championship tournament after winning both the Colorado State and Desert Mountain regional championships. But after a recent game-changing moment on the field this season, the fight for the national championship means far more than the title.'We took him to the hospital'“One practice, I had this really bad headache, and I started freaking out a lot,” player Brandon Anchondo said.“The symptoms were related to him having the heat stroke,” Anchondo’s father, Oscar, said. “We took him t...

Esquire names Colorado eatery among best new US restaurants in 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado is home to countless award-winning restaurants and eateries, several holding high honors like Michelin awards and stars.Esquire magazine recently compiled a list of the top 50 best new restaurants in the U.S. in 2023, and one Denver eatery made the list. 9 Colorado restaurants win Michelin award Located at 2550 E. Colfax Ave., Sap Sua serves untraditional Vietnamese food. According to the website, sắp sửa means 'about to be' or 'almost,' reflecting the restaurant's philosophy that "you'll never be the best version of yourself."The restaurant said that it should inspire people not to be dissatisfied, but to instead strive to be better each day.Esquire reporters sampled some 200 new dining establishments of varying cuisine types across the country. The final list compiles the 50 restaurants that stood out from the rest, Esquire said.Owners Ni Nguyen and Anna Nguyen opened the restaurant to be a comfort for parents with nostalgic foods that carry humble...

Could Colorado see the northern lights on Thursday?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — Multiple states have a chance at seeing the northern lights Thursday and into Friday, all thanks to an active bout of space weather, but Colorado may not be among them.NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center upgraded its geomagnetic storm watch for Friday, noting that multiple coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are expected to impact Earth in the coming days. With three CMEs already inbound and a fourth expected, forecasters upgraded the storm watch Wednesday evening to a G3 (on a strength scale of 1 to 5). What causes the northern lights? We get to see the northern lights when space weather -- like CMEs and the geomagnetic storms associated with them -- impact Earth. CMEs are explosions of plasma and magnetic material from the sun that can impact navigation, communication and radio signals on Earth. They’re also able to cause auroras by creating currents in Earth’s magnetic fields that send particles to the North and South Poles, which then interact with oxygen a...

This Denver Christmas light display named one of best in US

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- There are plenty of light displays around Denver to check out, but this location was named one of the best in America.This display is located in the heart of Denver and it's covered head-to-toe in Christmas lights. Picture trees dazzled in color, light tunnels and winter displays, all lit up at night.U.S. News & World Report named Denver Botanic Gardens' Blossom of Lights as one of the 25 best Christmas light displays and tours of 2023. List: Christmas light displays around Denver metro Here's the full list of locations, in no particular order:Gardens Aglow at Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens: Boothbay, MaineDyker Heights light displays: Brooklyn, New YorkZooLights at the Smithsonian's National Zoo: Washington, D.C.Koziar's Christmas Village: Bernville, PennsylvaniaGarden of Lights at Brookside Gardens: Wheaton, MarylandFantasy in Lights at Callaway Resort & Gardens: Pine Mountain, GeorgiaLouisiana Holiday Trail of Lights: Various cities in LouisianaNights ...

Colorado State Patrol providing funds for car, catalytic converter theft victims

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado State Patrol is beginning to facilitate a program for victims of auto or catalytic converter theft funds to offset victims' secondary costs associated with those thefts.CSP will specifically be able to help motor vehicle and catalytic converter theft victims with secondary costs associated with a stolen vehicle — but none of the primary costs associated with vehicle repair or replacement qualify. Mayor Mike Johnston’s car stolen in Denver, recovered in Aurora The goal is to lessen the financial blow of an auto theft or catalytic converter repair by paying for secondary costs, like alternative transportation, towing and storage fees of a recovered vehicle, cleaning and sanitizing of a stolen car and vehicle and catalytic converter hardening to prevent further victimization. "These secondary costs, such as the price of getting around without your vehicle, can feel like a re-victimization," state patrol said in a release. "Life doesn’t stop when your car...

Colorado received $9.3M in federal funds for wildfire resilience work

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado received $9.3 million in the 2023 fiscal year for wildfire resilience work and fuel management projects, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday.The funds are part of a $468 million allocation for wildfire risk reduction, impact mitigation and burn area rehabilitation across the country. The influx of funding allowed the DOI to complete fuel management projects on over 2.5 million acres of land during the 2023 fiscal year — a 30% increase over the 2022 fiscal year. Police sniper cleared in killing of barricaded man in Northglenn The U.S. government's fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. The 2024 fiscal year began on Oct. 1.“As wildfire seasons become longer, more intense and more dangerous, investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda are helping provide for a more strategic approach to wildland fire management and mitigation, greater support of wildland firefighters, and much-needed equipment and preparedness methods,” said DOI ...

Franklin Pierce University football player to receive mental health evaluation after stealing Massachusetts ambulance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

The father of the 21-year-old Spencer man who stole an ambulance at a Gardner hospital on Wednesday says he’s “heartbroken” as a judge has ordered his son to be sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for mental health treatment.“This was never what I expected to happen to my son,” Harrison Barjolo Sr., told reporters Thursday, less than 24 hours after his son, Harrison, initiated a police chase through multiple central Massachusetts towns in the stolen ambulance.Barjolo Sr. said his son, an IT student who plays on the Franklin Pierce University football team, began making delusional statements which spurred his parents to take him for a mental health evaluation at a local hospital recently.Judge Mark Goldstein, during a Thursday arraignment at Gardner District Court, ordered the younger Barjolo to be sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for mental health treatment for no more than 20 days.Goldstein also set a $25,000 cash bail, as recommended by Worcester Assistant District Attorney Adam ...

MIAA Tournament Management Committee listens to new football proposal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

The MIAA Football Committee took the first step in hopes of convincing the state it had a better playoff proposal.Football Committee chairman Jay Costa and Milton football coach Steve Dembowski joined in on the two-hour MIAA Tournament Management Committee meeting Thursday morning and laid out plans for a revamped football structure. Costa said the goal was to open some dialogue and create a sub-committee made up of football committee and TMC members to look at the proposal.“We are here to propose some modifications,” Costa said of the plan, which would go into effect for the 2025 season if accepted. “We’ve had the statewide system and after a few years of evaluation, we feel there can be some tweaks to it. We feel that, more from a regular season aspect, the sport is hurting a bit during the regular season.”Among the major modifications are an 11-game regular season, in which the regular season would end and the top eight teams in each division qualify for the postseason. Sch...

Marine pleads guilty to firebombing Planned Parenthood, planning attack at Dodger Stadium

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:57 GMT

A U.S. Marine from Orange County has admitted to his role in a 2022 attack at a Planned Parenthood in which he and another man threw a Molotov cocktail at a clinic under the cover of night. He also admitted to planning more attacks at other various sites in Southern California.Chance Brannon, 24, of San Juan Capistrano, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, destruction of property and targeting a reproductive health services facility - a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The firebombing happened on March 13, 2022, at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa. Brannon was an active-duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton at the time.According to the United States Department of Justice, Brannon admitted to planning attacks with two co-conspirators, 22-year-old Tibet Ergul of Irvine and 21-year-old Xavier Batten of Brooksville, Florida. An image of a Molotov cocktail was provided by the U.S. Department of Justice.On the morning of March 13, 2022, Brannon and Ergu...