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Mike Preston: Cardinals defense showed the blueprint of how to slow Ravens QB Lamar Jackson | COMMENTARY

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

The Arizona Cardinals talked privately this past week about how they had a few new wrinkles for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson.Oh, they did.Unfortunately for the Cardinals, they didn’t have enough offense in a 31-24 loss to the Ravens at State Farm Stadium on Sunday, but they showed again the best way to attack Jackson and company.We’ve seen it before. The Los Angeles Chargers showed it in 2018. Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel showed it in the 2019 playoffs. You have to keep Jackson contained in the pocket and make him beat you with his arm.Arizona was successful because they confused Jackson with different looks and coverages. Sometimes Arizona rushed only three and dropped eight, and other times they stayed with a four-man rush and had seven in the passing lanes.It doesn’t sound like anything new, but it was different than what the Cardinals had shown in previous games. If you slow Jackson, then the Ravens’ offense comes to a crawl. Baltimore certainly...

Source: Josh Uche is Patriots’ most likely trade candidate ahead of deadline

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

If the Patriots make a deal by the NFL trade deadline on Tuesday at 4 p.m., the most likely player to be moved is outside linebacker Josh Uche, sources said Monday.Teams have called the Patriots about most of their impending unrestricted free agents, per a source. A source said last week it’s “definitely possible” that the Patriots make one trade. Anything more than that would be a surprise.Uche has missed the Patriots’ last two games. He was listed on the injury report with knee and ankle ailments ahead of Week 7 and ankle and toe injuries ahead of Week 8.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Source: Patriots WR Kendrick Bourne suffers torn ACL, out for the season New England Patriots | Bill Belichick would like to see equal protection for Patriots players New England Patriots | Callahan: Robert Kraft should command Patriots to sell at NFL trade deadline New England Patriots | How JuJu Smith-Schuste...

Source: Patriots WR Kendrick Bourne suffers torn ACL, out for the season

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne tore his right ACL in Sunday’s loss at Miami and will miss the rest of the season, according to a source.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Source: Josh Uche is Patriots’ most likely trade candidate ahead of deadline New England Patriots | Bill Belichick would like to see equal protection for Patriots players New England Patriots | Callahan: Robert Kraft should command Patriots to sell at NFL trade deadline New England Patriots | How JuJu Smith-Schuster’s hard hit caused Patriots-Dolphins scuffle New England Patriots | Bill Belichick comments on JuJu Smith-Schuster’s demotion in Patriots-Dolphins game There is hope Bourne could recover in time for the start of training camp next summer, though not necessarily with the Patriots. He is scheduled to hit unrestricted free agency this spring.The 28-year-old got hurt on a sideline tackle after ...

General Motors reaches tentative agreement with UAW, potentially ending six-week strike

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

By TOM KRISHER (Associated Press)DETROIT (AP) — Facing the loss of another $200 million this week to a lengthy strike, General Motors CEO Mary Barra wrapped up her weekend by going to the United Auto Workers’ Detroit headquarters intent on getting a new contract.Joined by manufacturing chief Gerald Johnson at the meeting that started late Sunday, they were able to close a deal with UAW President Shawn Fain and other bargainers early Monday that should end a contentious six-week work stoppage, three people briefed on the matter said Monday.The tentative deal, which came on Fain’s 55th birthday, capped a furious few days of agreements that still need to be ratified by 146,000 UAW members at GM, Ford and Jeep-maker Stellantis. Ford agreed to a new contract last week and was followed by Stellantis on Saturday, which raised the pressure on GM to settle for essentially the same terms.All agreed to contracts that would last four years and eight months, raise general wages 25% for top assem...

Fire breaks out at Borrego Springs country club

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. -- Firefighters early Monday were battling a fire at De Anza Country Club in Borrego Springs.By the time crews arrived at the scene, about three-fourths of the building was involved with heavy flames, Cal Fire San Diego said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.As of 6 a.m., no injuries had been reported, and flames had not spread to any other buildings or brush. Crash closes northbound I-5 lanes at Del Mar Heights Road More than 60 firefighters were working to put out the blaze.Check back for updates on this developing story.

Brush fire near border prompts closure to I-8

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A two-acre brush fire broke out near the border Sunday evening, prompting partial road closures to the Interstate 8 through San Diego County.Cal Fire crews responded to the wildfire, which was nicknamed the "Miller Fire," along the I-8 near the town of Boulder Oaks around 7:30 p.m. According to fire officials, the blaze grew at a moderate rate, but crews were able to stop forward spread and contain it by 8:30 p.m.Crews are expected to remain on scene for the next few hours extinguishing hot spots, Cal Fire said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. ‘Critical’ fire conditions possible in San Diego as Santa Ana winds pick up The far right lane of the eastbound I-8 between La Posta and Crestwood has been closed as a result of the fire, according to Cal Trans. It is unknown how long the closure will be in place.The Miller Fire is the second to ignite on Sunday, both coming ahead of the peak for the first notable Santa Ana wind event this year.The first brush fire -- ...

McDonald’s pumps brakes on prices as US traffic falls slightly, but Q3 sales beat expectations

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

McDonald’s said it’s pumping the brakes on higher prices and focusing more on value meals after seeing a drop-off in visits by some customers.The burger giant reported better-than-expected sales in the third quarter Monday. Global same-store sales — or sales at locations open at least a year — rose 8.8% in the July-September period. That was ahead of Wall Street’s forecast of an 8% increase, according to analysts polled by FactSet. But price increases have weighed on customers. McDonald’s said its U.S. traffic fell slightly in the third quarter as it saw fewer visits from customers with annual incomes of $45,000 or less.Chief Financial Officer Ian Borden said the company did increase U.S. prices in the third quarter but at a lower rate. McDonald’s expects its U.S. prices will increase just over 10% for the full year, he said.“Inflation is starting to come down and we expect pricing to come down,” Borden said during a conference call with investors.But t...

A former British cyberespionage agency employee gets life in prison for stabbing an American spy

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A former British cyberespionage employee who had become angry and resentful toward his agency’s work was sentenced Monday to life in prison for attempted murder in the vicious stabbing of an American intelligence worker assigned to the U.K.Joshua Bowles, 29, punched the woman and knifed her repeatedly in what was called a “politically motivated” attack as she left a gym March 9 in the western England town of Cheltenham, which is home to the U.K.’s electronic spy agency, Government Communications Headquarters, better known as GCHQ.“I’ve just tried to kill her,” Bowles said, according to Steve Bunn, who helped stop the attack. “It’s … good … I didn’t have a gun, isn’t it? I make a pretty (expletive) terrorist, don’t I?”Bowles will serve at least 13 years in prison before any chance at early release.The woman, identified in court only by a code number, 99230, worked for the National Security Agency, which spies on electronic communications for the ...

Book Review: ‘The Warped Side of Our Universe’ a novel look at secrets of cosmos

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

Black holes, wormholes and other mysteries of the universe are so firmly embedded in popular culture — from Carl Sagan’s “Contact” to Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” — that readers with no scientific background have some images in mind when the concepts are mentioned. But in “The Warped Side of Our Universe: An Odyssey Through Black Holes, Wormholes, Time Travel, and Gravitational Waves,” physicist Kip Thorne and artist Lia Halloran find a novel approach to exploring these topics in startling detail. The collaboration between the two is just as fascinating as the book itself. Thorne is among three astrophysicists who won the Nobel prize in physics in 2017 for their research into gravitational waves. For the past 13 years he and Halloran have partnered on this book as a way to explain the research that has helped shed light on the far reaches the universe.Written in verse form, Thorne’s writing is perfectly complemented by Halloran’s vivid illustrations in ...

Poilievre calls on Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from carbon price

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:17:32 GMT

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the Liberals to exempt all forms of home heating from the carbon price, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an exemption on home heating oil.The federal government announced last week it is increasing the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians and lifting the carbon price off home heating oil entirely for the next three years.The changes come as affordability concerns leave their party flailing in the polls in Atlantic Canada.Poilievre wrote a letter to Trudeau on Sunday urging the Liberals to expand the exemption to all forms of home heating, including natural gas which is more common in Western Canada.In an interview with CTV News on the weekend, Rural Economic Development Minister Gudie Hutchings said the Liberals’ Atlantic caucus pushed for the changes to home heating oil.Hutchings suggested that perhaps Prairie provinces should elect more Liberals to push for exemptions that affect constituents in thos...