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49ers training camp: Busier than ever Brock Purdy feels ‘normal’, not timid

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Any training camp story about Brock Purdy must open with his health update, especially after Friday commanded the most workload for his surgically repaired elbow.Physically, “arm feels good,” Purdy said, “feels like I can continue to keep going.”Mentally, therein lies another aspect Purdy must continue to improve before the Sept. 10 season opener. That goes for getting his eyes up to speed to track defenders’ adjustments and receivers’ routes. And it goes for what most comeback-making football players refer to clearing a hurdle thanks to that first hit.“I feel like normal when I’m out there,” Purdy countered. “I just have to get in a rhythm and play, go through progressions, and just play quarterback.”“It’s not really, ‘Hey, I have to get tackled here, just so I feel good about my arm.’ Nothing like that goes through my mind. I just play football, go through my reads, and I feel normal. It’s not li...

Chiefs’ Charles Omenihu gets six-game suspension for arrest while with 49ers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

Kansas City defensive end Charles Omenihu received a six-game suspension Friday under the NFL’s personal conduct policy for a domestic violence arrest in San Jose last season when he was playing for the 49ers.Omenihu, 25, was arrested by San Jose police in January and charged with two misdemeanor counts of domestic battery and a misdemeanor count of illegally destroying, removing or obstructing the use of a wireless communication device.The criminal case was resolved when Omenihu reached an agreement with prosecutors in which the battery counts were dismissed after he pleaded no contest to the third charge, completed community service, and underwent 32 hours of counseling, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.After his arrest, a San Jose police investigation determined that Omenihu’s girlfriend called 911 from his Santana Row apartment to report that he was trying to “beat her.” About 30 minutes before that call, police said Om...

What to play: ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ will keep gamers busy during August

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

It’s the beginning of August and gamers are going to be a lot busier starting this week. That’s because Larian Studios has dropped its highly anticipated role-playing game “Baldur’s Gate 3.” Based on the 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons rule set and sporting gameplay from Larian’s earlier work on the “Divinity: Original Sin” series, this sequel and revamp of the franchise is shaping up to be a potential game of the year contender.With a dozen classes, 46 subclasses and 11 races, players will have a field day creating just the right character to explore the Forgotten Realms. What makes Larian’s games so uniquely suited to D&D is that it takes BioWare’s adapting the rule set to computers and expands it even further into storytelling with player choices and decisions impacted by abilities and skills. The game forces you to role dice to see if an action works out for you.The game is also flexible in the way it offers play...

Antioch woman released from jail in plea deal for killing allegedly abusive boyfriend in Oakland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

OAKLAND — An Antioch woman who was 18 when she shot and killed her allegedly abusive boyfriend during a heated argument in their car has been sentenced to time in jail she has already served, clearing the way for her release from custody, court records show.Lalique Westbrook, 22, pleaded no contest to assault with a firearm in May and last month was formally sentenced to time in jail she already served, court records show. In exchange for her no contest plea, the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office dismissed murder charges against Westbrook, who has been in custody since March 26, 2019, the day she shot and killed Taiwan Lamar Moore, 24, of Oakland.The case drew wildly different theories from prosecutors and the defense, with a the defense arguing that Westbrook lawfully shot her abuser in self-defense, and a deputy district attorney casting doubt on that story’s validity. A judge in Westbrook’s 2021 preliminary hearing said it was possible a jury would...

Death of Cash App founder Bob Lee 'still stings,' ex-wife says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Bob Lee's ex-wife sat in the front row of a San Francisco courtroom and listened to 12 hours of testimony. "It still stings," Krista Lee told KRON4 Tuesday during a brief break from a preliminary hearing. She put on a strong face while police officers testified on the stand about grisly details, including how the Cash App founder was stabbed in the heart, staggered along Main Street bleeding at 2:30 a.m. April 4, and tried in vain to find help.Krista Lee told reporters, "Unfortunately I think he might have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. We will find out more as (the case) progresses. I certainly hope that someday we all get a motive. Will we ever? I don't know. Does the family deserve that? His children certainly do."Homicide victim Bob LeeBob Lee, 43, was a star in the Bay Area tech industry and the CEO of MobileCoin when his life came to a sudden and tragic end.His accused killer, Nima Momeni, attentively watched surveillance videos played ...

The buzz around Simone Biles’ return is papable. The gymnastics star seems intent on tuning it out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL (AP) — Ignore the wedding band and it could have been 2019 for Simone Biles. Or 2016. Or 2014.Long before Tokyo. Long before the “twisties.” Long before two years off in which the gymnastics star took a step back, took a long look at the arc of her record-setting career and decided she wasn’t done. Not quite yet.There she was walking onto the floor at NOW Arena on Friday on the eve of the U.S. Classic, her first meet since winning bronze on balance beam at the delayed 2020 Olympics, a medal she called among the sweetest she’s ever earned.There she was laughing with her teammates. There she was running and stretching and flipping — and yes, occasionally twisting — with the casual ease she summoned so regularly when the seven-time Olympic medalist was at her peak.Those heady days may be over. Biles is 26 now and at a different place in her life. She married Green Bay Packers defensive back Jonathan Owens in April. Her Instagram feed is filled with...

College sports realignment, always chaotic, gets another spin as Pac-12 dwindles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

College sports in the U.S. has seen scores of schools change conference affiliation over the past century, but the pace has quickened over the past three decades. It is no longer a surprise to see storied programs leave their longtime conference home in search of more stability and more revenue in the college athletics arms race. A look at football membership in the Power Five and the Group of Five, largely dating to the launch of the Big 12 in 1996:ACC1996 (9): Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, Virginia.2023 (14): Boston College, Clemson, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake ForestBIG TEN1996 (11): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin.2023 (14): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, N...

Top-seeded Pegula beats Svitolina in 3 sets to reach the DC Open quarterfinals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula reached the DC Open semifinals by coming back to edge Elina Svitolina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 across more than two hours on Friday.Pegula saved six break points in the third set — five at 3-2, and the last while serving out the victory in the final game.Svitolina, who returned to the tour in April after having a baby in October, was coming off a semifinal run last month at Wimbledon, where she eliminated No. 1 Iga Swiatek.Pegula is a 29-year-old American who won the hard-court tournament in the nation’s capital in 2019 for one of her two WTA singles titles and claimed the doubles trophy in Washington last year. The six-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist will face No. 4 seed Maria Sakkari or No. 7 seed Madison Keys in the semifinals.Sakkari advanced to the quarterfinals by winning her rain-postponed fourth-round match against 2021 U.S. Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez 7-5, 6-2 earlier Friday.The other women’s quarterfinals: Coco Gauff vs. Bel...

Big Ten presidents’ council votes to admit Oregon and Washington in August 2024, a crushing blow to Pac-12 Conference

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten presidents’ council votes to admit Oregon and Washington in August 2024, a crushing blow to Pac-12 Conference.Source

Wolff responds with his clubs for a 61 to lead LIV Golf at Greenbrier

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:43:02 GMT

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Matthew Wolff finally put some attention on his golf game Friday when he got off to a torrid start and then had three late birdies for a 9-under 61, giving him a two-shot lead after the opening round of LIV Golf Greenbrier.David Puig and Harold Varner III each had a 63 on the Old White course, which previously had a nine-year run hosting a PGA Tour event.Wolff was criticized last month by his Smash captain, Brooks Koepka, who accused him in a Sports Illustrated interview of quitting during rounds and not putting in the effort. Koepka referred to Wolff as “talent wasted.” Wolff issued a statement saying he is making progress on his mental health issues and that it was heartbreaking to hear his team captain use the media to say he had given up on Wolff.The former Oklahoma State star had no issues on the golf course. He was 6-under par through his opening seven holes, including an eagle on the par-5 12th. And then Wolff closed with three birdies over...