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Undrafted rookie Elijah Dotson making a case for Chargers’ roster spot after 2-TD game

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Six years ago the Los Angeles Chargers had an undrafted rookie running back from a small Colorado college make the roster after a great preseason.Could the Bolts strike twice? Elijah Dotson certainly hopes so.Dotson had 92 yards on six carries, including two long touchdowns in the fourth quarter of the Chargers’ 34-17 victory over the Los Angeles Rams Saturday night.Dotson, who went to Northern Colorado and signed with the Chargers after going undrafted, got a motivational pep talk from someone who was once in the same situation. Austin Ekeler is going into his seventh season in Los Angeles after signing as an undrafted rookie out of Western Colorado.Having Ekeler as a mentor isn’t a bad thing considering he leads the NFL with 38 scrimmage touchdowns over the past two seasons and was the fifth running back in league history last season to have at least 100 catches in a year.“He was like ‘Don’t do too much. You don’t have to be a superstar. Just t...

NASCAR Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Results

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

SundayAt Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road CourseSpeedway, Ind.Lap length: 2.44 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (4) Michael McDowell, Ford, 82 laps, 59 points.2. (3) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 82, 49.3. (1) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 82, 51.4. (2) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 82, 44.5. (9) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 82, 38.6. (13) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 82, 33.7. (12) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 82, 31.8. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 82, 36.9. (7) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 82, 32.10. (8) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 82, 0.11. (17) Chris Buescher, Ford, 82, 26.12. (10) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 82, 25.13. (16) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 82, 24.14. (39) William Byron, Chevrolet, 82, 23.15. (20) Austin Cindric, Ford, 82, 22.16. (27) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 82, 21.17. (21) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 82, 20.18. (19) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 82, 19.19. (25) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 82, 28.20. (22) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 82, 24.21. (24) Harrison Burton, Ford, 82, 16.22. (11) Brodie Kostecki, Chevrolet, 82, 15.23. (38...

Lens starts league campaign with 3-2 loss at Brest. Strasbourg, Rennes and Monaco win

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

PARIS (AP) — After an impressive second-place finish in the French league last season, Lens opened the new campaign by losing 3-2 at Brest after leading 2-0 on Sunday.The northern side was in command thanks to goals from forward Florian Sotoca and defender Deiver Machado, but Brest replied with a penalty from Romain Del Castillo just before halftime. After defender Kenny Lala equalized in the 56th, Del Castillo scored with another penalty in the 87th.Lens finished only one point behind champion Paris Saint-Germain last season, but sold club top scorer Lois Openda to German club Leipzig and midfield captain Seko Fofana to Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr.Strasbourg beat Lyon 2-1 in the late game to give former France great Patrick Vieira a perfect start as coach of the Alsace-based side.Midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde opened the scoring in the 63rd and then set up forward Lebo Mothiba to make it 2-0 in the 75th.Defender Nicolas Tagliafico pulled a goal back for Lyon in the 88th to set u...

Marlins stun Holmes and Kahnle with 5 runs in 9th, beat Yankees 8-7 as Burger gets game-ending hit

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jake Burger’s game-ending single capped a five-run, ninth-inning comeback against Clay Holmes and Tommy Kahnle, giving the Miami Marlins an 8-7 win Sunday over the struggling New York Yankees.New York, which led 7-1 in the sixth inning behind ace Gerrit Cole, dropped five games back of the AL’s last wild card berth and is on track to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016. The Yankees lost when leading by four runs in the ninth inning for the first time since July 11, 2021. New York is 3-8-1 in its last 12 series and has lost six straight rubber games of three-game series.Burger, who had three hits, cut the deficit to 7-2 with an RBI single in the sixth off Cole. Wandy Peralta walked Josh Bell leading off the eighth and Bryan De La Cruz hit an RBI double off Kenyan Middleton.Holmes (4-3), who had given up three runs in 35 games since May 6, allowed Yuli Gurriel’s double leading off the ninth. Nick Fortes singled on a ball up the middle that rookie shortstop Ant...

McDowell dominates Brickyard 200 for 2nd NASCAR crown jewel victory

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michael McDowell raced to his second NASCAR crown jewel victory Sunday, dominating the Brickyard 200 — and putting himself in the playoffs for the second time in three years.The 38-year-old Arizona driver who has made more than 450 career starts beat Chase Elliott across the yard of bricks by 0.937 seconds in the road-course race that had only one yellow flag. Pole winner Daniel Suarez was third as the regular season winds down.McDowell, also the 2021 Daytona 500 winner, gave Front Row Motorsports its fourth victory.“We did it, we won Indy,” he shouted into the radio. “So thankful.”McDowell made it look easy this time, too, winning the first stage, finishing behind only Denny Hamlin in the second stage and then inheriting the lead on Lap 54 during a round of pit stops and never trailed again. He led a career-best 54 laps in the 82-lap race.He had to sneak through traffic following a wild crash to win at Daytona.“These guys gave me everything today,” he said. “We ...

Shohei Ohtani’s 41st homer leads the Angels to a 2-1 win over the Astros

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his AL-leading 41st homer, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Houston Astros 2-1 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.Ohtani’s first home run since Aug. 3 put the Angels up 2-0 in the sixth inning. Houston cut it to 2-1 in the bottom half, but the Angels finally got some help from their pitching staff after losing each of the first two games of the series 11-3. Their bullpen pitched three scoreless innings to secure the win.Ohtani’s big hit came after the Angels announced the two-way star would skip his next scheduled mound start Wednesday at Texas after telling manager Phil Nevin he was feeling arm fatigue.Nevin said Sunday that Ohtani is not injured and will return to the rotation during a home series against Cincinnati that begins Aug. 21.Los Angeles starter Chase Silseth (4-1) allowed four hits and struck out five in five scoreless innings. Carlos Estévez struck out two in the ninth for his 25th save. Houston’s José Urquidy (2-3) yielded three ...

Abandoned building fire 'suspicious,' likely human-caused: ACSO

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A fire at an abandoned motorsports park in Arapahoe County Saturday is being investigated as arson, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office.ACSO said 70 firefighters from 13 agencies responded to the blaze at the old Colorado Motor Sports Park, located at 2050 S. County Road 201. Maui resident scrambles to get home from Denver The fire was on the second story of the building, and ASCO said it does not know how it started.However, ACSO tweeted Saturday calling it a "suspicious fire" with a high probability that it was human-caused.ASCO said it would hold the scene overnight and the arson investigation was set to continue Sunday.The cause of the fire remained unknown as of Sunday afternoon.

Dania Beach woman upset after armed thieves steal SUV from driveway amid string of car break-ins

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

A Dania Beach woman is speaking out and expressing her frustration after armed thieves stole her SUV right from her driveway in the middle of the night, and she says she’s not the only resident who has been targeted.Speaking with 7News on Friday, Linda described what went down in front of her home on Friday morning.“You have no idea what it’s like to feel so violated on your own freaking property,” she said.The theft, which was caught on neighbor’s surveillance cameras left Linda fed up and upset.“I should be able to park my car in my driveway and not wake up in the morning and find somebody stealing my car,” she said.The security video shows Linda’s home on the upper right-hand corner of the frame as the subjects are seen walking toward her driveway.Linda said she heard a car door slam but didn’t think anything of it.“But I didn’t step outside; I didn’t think anything of it,” she said. “When I got u...

Police: Man arrested for violently attacking woman in Boston, trying to take off her clothes

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

A Quincy man is facing indecent assault charges after police say he grabbed a woman from behind in Boston, forced her onto the ground, and began punching her while trying to take her clothes off before witnesses stepped in to stop him.Officers responding to a radio call for an assault and battery in progress in the area of West Canton and Appleton streets around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night arrested Amos Sykes, 35, on charges of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14 and assault and battery resulting in injuries, according to police.An investigation determined several witnesses heard the sound of someone screaming and saw Sykes attacking the woman as he sat on top of her. The woman said she had been walking on Columbus Avenue when she was attacked from behind. The assault left her hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.Sykes is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court.The Boston Police Department is actively reviewing the facts and circumstances surrounding ...

Driver hits several parked cars, slams into building in Taunton

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:17:48 GMT

Police are investigating after a driver slammed into three parked cars and a building in Taunton early Sunday morning before running away from the scene, police said.Officers responding to a report of a car into a commercial building in the area of 59 Broadway around 2 a.m. found a Toyota Tundra that had hit three unoccupied cars and crashed into the front of a building, according to a statement issued by Taunton Police Chief Edward J. Walsh.The driver, a 22-year-old man, was found at his home uninjured. He was evaluated before being taken to an area hospital. Police say they are taking steps to connect him with the appropriate services.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.