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The Loop Fantasy Football Update Week 4: Last-minute moves

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

UPDATE: 10:46 p.m. Saturday The most notable news tonight has come out of Las Vegas, where quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers. If you are a fantasy maven who was counting on Jimmy G, then you should have been looking for a replacement long before now.Giants RB Saquon Barkley is now considered doubtful for Monday night’s game against Seattle. So you shouldn’t count on him and need to procure a replacement before tomorrow’s noon kickoffs.One new injury popped up. Cleveland tight end David Njoku suffered burns in a home accident and is considered questionable for this week. Time, again, to hit the Sunday morning waiver wires for a quick replacement from a meager TE talent pool.UPDATE: 12:36 a.m. Saturday The Loop, for one, was all excited about the prospect of watching ancient Andy Dalton face the Vikings’ defense on Sunday in Carolina. Even made him our Deepest Sleeper. But alas, No. 1 draft pick Bryce Young has been cleare...

Ukrainian Festival celebrates and supports

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

COHOES, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Organized by 518 Ukrainians, an emotional afternoon of Ukrainian spirit and culture was held at the Ukrainian American Citizens Club. NEWS10’s Lydia Kulbida emceed the event and shared personal stories of her heritage.Attendees filled the nearby streets to park. Those who came out were grateful to see all the support for those thousands of miles away. "That’s what it’s all about. We got to do it. Any positivity and positive stuff we can put out there is for the benefit of everybody," said Peter Urban, a local Ukrainian. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Ukraine will benefit from the festival, with proceeds providing aid to those suffering from Russia’s war. Ukrainian Congress Committee President, Dr. Andrij Baran, wants to keep attention on the war.“More importantly, we are trying to raise funds for Ukraine. It’s falling out of the headlines. Putin is not sleeping. Every day, Ukrainian boys are dying on th...

CSU Rams drop Utah Tech behind Tory Horton’s three TDs, career-high 227 receiving yards

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

FORT COLLINS — Tory Horton’s out to make his 1,131-yard season last year look like a warm-up.The Rams pulled away from Utah Tech late on Ag Day at Canvas Stadium, 41-20, using Horton’s unstoppable performance to earn back-to-back wins for the first time in head coach Jay Norvell’s tenure.Horton reeled in 10 catches for a career-high 227 yards, and his two first-quarter touchdowns gave the Rams enough early cushion on a night where they played far from perfect. Then, the senior’s third TD catch turned the game into a rout in the fourth quarter.Horton’s performance was CSU’s first 200-yard receiving game since Warren Jackson put up 214 yards at New Mexico on Oct. 11, 2019. The Rams star is on pace for a blistering 1,600-yard season, which would surely put him in the conversation for the Fred Biletnikoff Award for the nation’s top receiver, and in the mix to be the next CSU pass-catcher in the NFL.CSU got another imperfect but productive ...

Twins’ big home runs send Rockies to 11th loss in 13 games

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

Saturday, prior to the Rockies’ penultimate game of the season, manager Bud Black discussed some of the things his club needs to accomplish during the offseason.Naturally, finding better pitching topped Black’s to-do list.Then the Rockies took the field and illustrated Black’s point, with exclamation points.The Rockies fell, 14-6, to Minnesota before a lively crowd of 40,264 at Coors Field on a perfect late-September night. Colorado, 58-103, is limping toward the finishing line, having lost 11 of its last 13 games.The American League Central champion Twins banged out four homers: a grand slam by Trevor Larnach in the third, a three-run homer by Max Kepler in the sixth, a leadoff homer by Matt Wallner in the seventh, and a two-run homer by Edouard Julien, also in the seventh.The Rockies’ offense had just three hits and no runs through the first six innings but it came to life in the seventh. Elehuris Montero and Sean Bouchard hit back-to-back solo homers off l...

Biden signs stopgap measure to avert shutdown ahead of midnight deadline

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

(CNN) — President Joe Biden signed into law the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown passed by Congress just hours ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out. The Senate passed the measure Saturday evening after the House abruptly reversed course earlier in the day and passed a bipartisan bill to extend government funding after days of uncertainty over whether a shutdown could be averted. &#“;Tonight, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking Americans,&#”; Biden said in a statement Saturday. He also slammed House Republicans for the last-minute scramble, adding, &#“;We should never have been in this position in the first place.&#”;The measure will keep the government open only through November 17 and includes natural disaster aid but not...

SF Giants’ use youth movement to beat Dodgers, Kershaw

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — After years of killing the Giants, Max Muncy did something in their favor Saturday night.First, Muncy made the curious choice to throw to second instead of tagging the lead runner on a ground ball from Thairo Estrada in the sixth inning. That gave the Giants runners at the corners and one out. Then, Muncy fumbled away another potential double play ball from Wilmer Flores, allowing Austin Slater to score from third.That broke a 1-1 tie and, behind five strong innings from Tristan Beck, paved the way to a 2-1 win.On a day that the Giants featured a season-high eight rookies, their rookie interim manager also reached a milestone — his first win. Kai Correa was greeted by a procession of hugs and high fives as players returned to the clubhouse, where the true celebration took place.Sean Manaea wheeled Correa in a laundry basket into the manager’s office, where the rest of the roster showered him in Lagunitas IPAs and Powerade.“The circumstances are unusual, o...

Estime and Hartman help No. 11 Notre Dame push past No. 17 Duke for 21-14 road win

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Audric Estime snuck through a crowd and broke free for a 30-yard touchdown run with 31 seconds left, capping a clutch long drive by No. 11 Notre Dame, leading the Fighting Irish past No. 17 Duke 21-14 on Saturday night.Estime’s run capped a 95-yard drive, one pushed by transfer quarterback Sam Hartman making multiple big plays with the Fighting Irish (5-1) trailing 14-13. That included on a fourth-and-16 play in the final minute, with Hartman unable to find anyone downfield as he scrambled to his right before taking off and getting just enough — 17 yards, with a hard collision at the end of it — to keep Notre Dame alive.Estime followed with the winning score two plays later, then Hartman hit Rico Flores on the 2-point conversion to make it a seven-point game.Duke (4-1) had a final chance to tie it, but its last offensive snap ended in disaster. Star quarterback Riley Leonard was stripped of the ball by Howard Cross III while trying to throw, leading to a lo...

Knighton sparks SMU to 34-16 victory over Charlotte

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Jaylan Knighton broke the game open with a 95-yard touchdown run in the third quarter and SMU went on to defeat Charlotte 34-16 on Saturday night in an American Athletic Conference opener for both teams.SMU (3-2) jumped out to a two-score lead after one quarter. Preston Stone gave the Mustangs the lead with a 12-yard touchdown pass to Roderick Daniels Jr. Knighton scored on a 1-yard plunge for a 14-0 lead.Charlotte’s Jake Larson and SMU’s Collin Rogers traded short field goals in the second quarter and the Mustangs took a 17-3 lead into halftime.Knighton’s long touchdown run came on the first play after a 59-yard punt by Charlotte’s Grant Gonya pinned the Mustangs at the 5-yard line. Rogers’ 33-yard field goal pushed SMU’s lead to 27-3 midway through the third quarter.Trexler Ivey had a 3-yard touchdown toss to Jack Hestera but the two-point try failed and the 49ers (1-4) trailed 27-9 after three quarters.Ivey scored on a 1-yard run ...

Ozuna hits go-ahead, 3-run homer, Strider gets 20th win as Braves beat Nationals 5-3

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Marcell Ozuna hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the fifth inning, Spencer Strider shook off a shaky first inning to get his 20th win and the major league-leading Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 5-3 on Saturday night.“It’s amazing, he’s amazing,” Ozuna said of Strider. “Thank God for giving me the opportunity and the blessing to allow him to do that.”Strider, the MLB leader in strikeouts and victories, got off to a rough start with a 36-pitch, three-run first inning. He settled down to finish with seven strikeouts on 94 pitches — 57 strikes — in five innings.“I just tried to keep us in the game,” Strider said. “Like I’ve said so many times before, if you give (the Braves’ offense) a chance, they’re going to turn it on at some point, and they did today.” Ronald Acuña Jr. doubled to begin the fifth and scored on Ozzie Albies’ single. Matt Olson followed with a single to set the stage for Ozuna’s 38th hom...

Mauer throws for 5 TDs, Harris catches 3 in Stephen F. Austin’s 56-27 win over Texas A&M-Commerce

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:53:25 GMT

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — Brian Mauer threw five touchdown passes — three of them to Kylon Harris — and Stephen F. Austin defeated Texas A&M-Commerce 56-27 on Saturday night.Mauer completed 30 of 50 passes for 342 yards and was intercepted once. Harris caught 11 passes for 111 yards.The Lumberjacks had 555 total yards — 425 passing and 130 on the ground, where Anthony Williams had 81 yards and two touchdowns.Josh Magana went 20-for-28 passing for 188 yards with three touchdowns for the Lions (0-4) and Reggie Branch had 71 yards rushing, including a 63-yard TD in the first quarter.The Lumberjacks (3-2) scored two touchdowns in each quarter, taking control when Mauer threw touchdown passes of 4 yards to Harris and 54 yards to Khi’Yon Wafer in the third quarter for a 42-14 lead. Wafer caught three passes for 103 yards.—-AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/college-football and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-pollSource