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C.J. Nitkowski joins Braves as TV analyst, allowing Jeff Francoeur to spent more time at home

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have hired Rangers analyst C.J. Nitkowski to serve on their main television broadcast team, allowing Jeff Francoeur to spend more time with his family.Bally Sports and the Braves announced Monday that Nitkowski, who pitched for the Braves in 2004 and still lives in suburban Atlanta, will serve as play-by-play broadcaster Brandon Gaudin’s primary analyst. Francouer and Hall of Famer Tom Glavine are expected to work about 20 games each.“My family and I are beyond thrilled to come home and receive this amazing opportunity,” Nitkowski said in a statement. “I am honored that Bally Sports and the Braves have selected me to join their group and continue their tradition of excellence in television broadcasting.”After pitching 10 years in the big leagues, Nitkowski has served as Texas’ television analyst since 2017 as well as working on SiriusXM’s MLB Network Radio.The 39-year-old Francoeur, who has four children, will remain in his postseason br...

Steelers’ late-season slide hasn’t shaken the confidence of coach Mike Tomlin

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin’s confidence is unshakeable. Just ask him.“Fifty-one years of life, man, most of which have been in football, that’s probably what gives me confidence,” the longtime Pittsburgh Steelers coach said Monday. “But I can’t necessarily transfer that to others.”Too bad. A transfusion might be necessary.There have been late-season fades during Tomlin’s 17 years on the sideline, just as there have been late-season surges.This swoon, however, feels different. It certainly looks different, with Pittsburgh getting outcoached and outplayed not by Bill Belichick and Tom Brady or Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes but Jonathan Gannon and Kyler Murray. Shane Steichen and Gardner Minshew. The nadir — at least what the Steelers hope is the nadir — of a wildly uneven season came in a 30-13 loss to Steichen, Minshew and the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday in which Pittsburgh squandered an early 13-point lead and spent the final three quarters showing all the hallmark...

Chiefs still showcase their warts, but also their promise in 27-17 victory over Patriots

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs beat the New England Patriots on Sunday in spite of themselves.It’s a trick they can pull off against a three-win team, even on the road. But probably not one against a team in the postseason.So that is where the Chiefs — that equally befuddling and beguiling Super Bowl champions — finds themselves with three games left in the regular season. They improved to 9-5 with their 27-17 win on Sunday in Foxborough, Massachusetts, but still find themselves staring up at Miami (10-4) and Baltimore (11-3) in the AFC playoff picture with three regular-season games to go.They also find themselves making the same mistakes that have cost them all season: penalties, dropped passes, turnovers and mental errors, and often several of them happening on a single disastrous play.That was certainly the case for Kadarius Toney, whose offside penalty cost them so dearly the previous week against Buffalo, taking away a go-ahead touchdown with just over a ...

Chiefs put struggling WR Skyy Moore on injured reserve with knee problem

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs placed wide receiver Skyy Moore on injured reserve Monday, ending what had been a disappointing second season for the 2022 second-round draft pick.Chiefs coach Andy Reid said earlier in the day that Moore had some swelling in his knee, which caused him to play limited snaps during Sunday’s 27-17 win in New England. But in the time that he was on the field, Moore once again fumbled the ball away after a catch, only to be bailed out by a defensive holding penalty that gave Kansas City the ball back.The Chiefs, who improved to 9-5 with the win over the Patriots, were hopeful that Moore could improve upon a rookie season in which he caught 22 passes for 250 yards but began to show promise late in the season and into the playoffs.Instead, Moore caught just 21 passes for 244 yards and a touchdown while ceding playing time to other wide receivers.The Chiefs have struggled to get consistent production from their pass-catchers all season, ...

5 gray wolves released into Colorado

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Monday that five wolves were successfully released onto public land in Grand County.This is the first round of wolves released in Colorado after voters approved a ballot measure for reintroduction in 2020. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox A video shared by CPW shows Gov. Jared Polis personally opening one of the cages that housed one of the wolves."I am proud of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff for their hard work to make this happen," Polis said in a statement. "The shared efforts to reintroduce wolves are just getting started and wolves will rejoin a diverse ecosystem of Colorado wildlife."The wolves were captured in Oregon. Before being released, they were weighed and measured and genetic material was taken. Veterinarians also determined that they were fit for relocation.Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases a gray wolf on Dec. 18, 2023, as part of the voter mandate to reintroduce the an...

Denver weather: Near record warmth Tuesday ahead of weekend showers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay mild with highs in the 50s and 60s for the rest of the workweek. The next big change moves in over the weekend with cooler temperatures and the chance for snow showers by Christmas Eve. Weather tonight: Clouds, mildMonday night, clouds will linger alongside a light southwest breeze. This combination will help to keep temperatures mild, only falling to the low to mid-30s, which is 15 degrees above average. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up for alerts from the Pinpoint Weather team Weather tomorrow: Near record highs Tuesday, Denver will see plenty of sunshine. This paired with a southwesterly breeze will help to boost high temperatures to the mid-60s, which is more than 20 degrees above normal for this time of year and just shy of the daily record of 67 degrees. Looking ahead: Mild before weekend showers Wednesday, Denver will see more clouds and cooler but mild conditions. Highs will climb to the upper 50s, followed by sunshine and temperatures ...

Greenwood Village serial bank robber convicted by jury

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A jury convicted Jonathan Martin Bell, 30, of robbing four banks around Denver during four months last year.Bell, of Greenwood Village, was convicted following a nine-day trial, where a jury found him guilty of 15 counts of aggravated robbery, three counts of kidnapping, nine counts of menacing, four counts of theft and one count each of reckless endangerment and attempted manslaughter, according to the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office. Colfax Avenue near large Aurora fire will stay closed indefinitely Bell is now convicted of robbing banks between Sept. 1-Dec. 1, 2022, in Greenwood Village, Aurora and Denver, stealing roughly $85,000 in cash.“This defendant terrorized innocent employees who were just doing their jobs,” Senior Chief Deputy District Attorney Darcy Kofol said in a release. “In one of the bank robberies, the defendant pointed the barrel of his gun directly at a branch worker’s head. Fortunately, surveillance video, eyewitness accounts, and a ...

Emma Stone comes back from the dead in star-studded film ‘Poor Things’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

Well coming back from the dead is no piece of cake, trust me. I know cake. It must be horrible if it’s anything like coming back to life after a rough Saturday night. In “Poor Things,” Emma Stone is a woman fresh back from a dirt nap. Brought back from death in a Frankenstein-like experiment. Behold, Frankenstone. Emma Stone isn’t pulling any punches in her new film “Poor Things.”In the Frankenstein-like movie, Emma plays Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist. A role that the actress admits was a first of it’s kind for her. Emma Stone: “Because she is such an unusual an interesting being, it was really fun to try to figure out her sort of staging and here development and all of that because it didn’t feel comparable to anything.”And challenging as it may be, taking on the role was an absolute no brainier for Emma.Emma Stone: “There is nothing I don’t like about Bella. She&#...

Orbán welcomes Erdoğan to his Mojo Dojo Casa House

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

What a couple of Kens.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Monday gifted Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a horse, during the Turkish leader’s trip to Budapest. Erdoğan had first lavished a Turkish-made electric vehicle on Orbán during the strongman love-in.Orbán described the horse-for-car tradeoff as “The best deal I’ve ever made. For one horse power, I got 435,” as he greeted Erdoğan.In the Hollywood blockbuster “Barbie,” horses symbolize the epitome of masculinity — at least according to Ryan Gosling’s occasionally delusional character Ken, as he set up his deranged Mojo Dojo Casa House in Kendom. (Spoiler alert: Barbie got the last word.) Orbán has been bucking the EU over Ukraine, and largely resisted European leaders’ efforts to rein him in at the European Council summit in Brussels last week.Orbán and Erdoğan have been stablemates in slow-walking Sweden’s accession into NATO, which has prompted the military alliance’s top boss to...

‘Max Payne’ and ‘Rescue Me’ actor James McCaffrey dies at 65

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:16:57 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — James McCaffrey, who voiced “Max Payne” in the popular video game franchise and also starred in television shows including “Rescue Me,” has died, according to his agent. He was 65.McCaffrey’s talent agent David Elliot confirmed Monday that the New York native passed away Sunday surrounded by family and friends.His wife, actor Rochelle Bostrom, told The Hollywood Reporter that he died at home in Larchmont, a New York suburb of Manhattan, following a battle with myeloma, a form of cancer that affects white blood cells. Fellow New York actor and “Entourage” star Kevin Dillon was among those who took to social media to honor McCaffrey. “#rip James McCaffrey we were lucky to have known you,” he wrote Sunday in an Instagram post that included a photo of the two. McCaffrey had a 35-year career in television and film that also included roles in the television shows “Blue Bloods” and “Suits.”O...