Three funeral workers have been fired for posing for photos alongside the body of football star Diego Maradona shortly before his funeral. The images distributed across social media created outrage, even death threats, across a nation that venerated Maradona, who…
Read MoreFootball: Three games left for Tanjong Pagar to get first win in Singapore Premier League
SINGAPORE – He has played football since he was four years old, represented Brazil at the Under-17 World Cup in 2007 and played in North Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia and Malaysia. In February, Luiz Junior arrived in Singapore in…
Read MoreCU Buffs to play San Diego State after USC game canceled
Colorado won’t be playing for first place in the Pac-12 South this weekend. The Buffaloes are slated to play, however. On Thursday night, the Pac-12 Conference announced that Saturday’s game between Colorado and Southern California at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum…
Read MoreImmanuel Quickley’s Path to the Knicks Started at the Foul Line
Even with all of the basketball skills that are hyped and parsed at an N.B.A. draft — scoring, 3-point shooting, rebounding, rim protection, playmaking — it was striking to hear television analysts so focused on Immanuel Quickley’s foul shooting last…
Read MoreShe Dove More Than 300 Feet Under the Sea. Can She Go Deeper?
One morning this month, on the warm waters of the Red Sea off the coast of Egypt, Alenka Artnik donned a thin purple wet suit and a monofin, secured a four-pound weight around her neck, and fastened herself to a…
Read MoreThe N.B.A. Slam Dunk Champion Cashes In
In a Miami hotel room, Derrick Jones Jr. and his agent, Aaron Turner, sat on a gray, three-seat couch with a laptop propped open on a coffee table in front of them. This was the start of N.B.A. free agency…
Read MoreSummit County ski resort capacity reduced due to Level Red
With Thanksgiving week marking the unofficial beginning of the Colorado ski season and fresh snow blanketing the high country, resorts in Summit County are being hit with reductions governing on-mountain capacity because of new COVID-19 restrictions. A new public health…
Read MorePac-12 basketball preview: UCLA’s the team to beat, but not by much — the conference is deep – The Denver Post
Prior to publication of this column, the Hotline became aware of two changes to the Pac-12 schedule. First, Stanford’s season-opener on Wednesday against Utah Valley was canceled because of COVID-19 issues within the UVU program. Then came word Cal and…
Read MorePandemic leaves opening week of college hoops in disarray – The Denver Post
Wichita State landed in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on Monday afternoon, masked up and looking forward to tipping off the season in the Crossover Classic. A few hours later, the Shockers announced they were out of the tournament after multiple positive COVID-19…
Read MorePac-12 power ratings: After the face plant, Arizona’s season moves to the brink – The Denver Post
Two Pac-12 coaches on fragile footing are scheduled to duel Saturday afternoon, but the terrain isn’t the same for Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin as it is for UCLA’s Chip Kelly. The Bruins are 1-2 but coming off an encouraging performance at…
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