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'Best version' of Xavier Worthy feeling rejuvenated in 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Austin (KXAN) - In Texas' season opening win against Rice, the Longhorns were never in real danger but the offense did sputter at times. Despite the slow moments, junior wide receiver Xavier Worthy didn't miss a beat.Seven catches for 90 yards in the win against the Owls for Worthy were both marks that led Texas. While putting up numbers like he always has, the third-year wideout feels different."I feel like I'm playing more relaxed," said Worthy. "Just doing me. Just having a smile about it. Going about it like the next play could be my last play. I'm just taking everything to mind and living my best life."The 2022 season was statistically impressive for Worthy but sure brought adversity. A lack of a connection on deep passes from quarterback Quinn Ewers and playing through a broken hand for part of the season made last fall tough for the Fresno native.It's been clear from an outside perspective that Worthy seems to be having more fun this year. His head coach sure agrees."The pers...

Gophers football vs. Eastern Michigan: Keys to game, how to watch and who has edge

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

EASTERN MICHIGAN vs. MINNESOTAWhen: 6:30 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Huntington Bank StadiumTV: Big Ten NetworkRadio: KFANWeather: 71 degrees, 50 percent chance of sprinkle, 8 mph south windBetting spread: Minnesota, -20.5Records: The Gophers (1-0) edged Nebraska 13-10 in the season opener on Aug. 31. Eastern Michigan (1-0) beat FCS-level Howard 33-22 on Sept. 1.History: The Gophers have never before played Eastern Michigan, but when U head coach P.J. Fleck was at Western Michigan, he was 3-1 against the Eagles. Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton is 0-3 against Fleck.Key matchup: Gophers kickoff coverage against Eastern Michigan’s kickoff return unit. Minnesota lost contain on the left side and allowed a 63-yard return to Nebraska, which set up the Cornhuskers only touchdown. The Eagles had two different players return kicks for TDs against Howard.Who has the edge?Gophers offense vs. Eastern Michigan defense: The U offense left a lot to be desired until they got the ball back with five ...

Source: Vikings safety Josh Metellus agrees to two-year contract extension

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Vikings safety Josh Metellus spent this offseason rising up the depth chart, carving out a key role for himself on defense, and most recently, being named a team captain for the first time.Now it appears he will be sticking around Minnesota for the foreseeable future.A source confirmed to the Pioneer Press on Thursday morning that Metellus has agreed to a two-year contract extension. He will reportedly get $6 million guaranteed in the process with the contract extension as a whole worth up to $13 million. An official announcement from the Vikings should come at some point in the near future.This is a nice reward for Metellus after originally being selected by the Vikings in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. After starting his career as a special teams ace, fully leaning into that role when many young players do not, Metellus has slowly seen his role grow on defense, as well.The arrival of new defensive coordinator Brian Flores has resulted in even more responsibilities for Mete...

FCSO: One dead in Broadalbin car crash

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

BROADALBIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is investigating a car crash that happened Wednesday on Lakeview Road in Broadalbin. Deputies confirm one person died in the crash. The person's identity has not been released pending further investigation and family members being notified. Get the latest news, weather, sports and more delivered right to your inbox! Deputies say there was only one car involved in the crash. Deputies are expected to release more information on Thursday involving the crash and investigation.

Many Colorado students juggle college and parenting. Often they feel like outsiders on campus.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Deysi Parga Macias faced a dilemma last fall in the first week of classes at the University of Colorado Boulder.Related ArticlesEducation | These DU alums found love in their accounting classroom. Ten years later, they got married there. Education | New research IDs additional Native American boarding schools in Colorado used to assimilate Indigenous children Education | Colorado banned legacy admissions at its public colleges. Two years later, the impact is unclear. Education | Colorado voters are being misled about the impact of tax cut proposal, conservative group alleges She couldn’t find daycare for her son, Ramiro, and her grandparents, who were supposed to watch him, were sick.Macias, then 19, began to panic. Her biochemistry lab only allowed four absences before she failed the class — but missing even one would make her feel like a failure. Desperate, she sent her professor an email before class and asked if she...

Denver Food & Wine Fest, “Dog Man” Musical, and more things to do in Denver this weekend

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Denver Food & Wine FestivalThrough Saturday. It may have started on Sept. 6, but the Denver Food & Wine Festival still has a couple days to go before it wraps up on Saturday, Sept. 9. The annual event — this year benefitting the Colorado Restaurant Foundation and its workforce development, mental health resources, and grants for restaurant workers — culminates in Saturday’s Grand Tasting, to be held at the Tivoli Quad on the Auraria Campus, 1000 Larimer St.The event promises bites from more than 50 top local restaurants and “hundreds of sips from the Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits portfolio, poured by their team of professionals,” organizers wrote (Southern Glazer is a title sponsor). See the full lineup and pick up tickets, $150 each, for the 1-4 p.m. event at denverfoodandwine.com.Breaking jaws, heartsFriday-Saturday. Pop-punk icon Jawbreaker is part of a towering bill for the Saturday, Sept. 9, 1234FEST, including Rise Against, Rancid, ...

Dutch elm disease reappears in Denver’s urban elder trees

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Dutch elm disease has been reported back in Denver after more than a decade of its absence.The Denver forestry office discovered the disease last month in the old American elms along 17th Avenue Parkway in South Park Hill.First detected in the United States in 1928, Dutch elm disease hit the U.S. population hard through the 1930’s. The disease appeared in Denver in 1948. By 1969, it had devastated Denver’s urban elms. Then the disease slowed down for a few decades, last being detected in 2011.The leaf of an American elm tree. (Tamara Yakaboski, Special to The Denver Post)Dutch elm disease is a fungus aided by beetles. There are three vectors of this disease, all of which occur in Colorado: the European bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus), the banded bark beetle (Scolytus schevyrewi), and the elm bark beetle (Hylurgopinus rufipes).The European elm bark beetle is a small black beetle with reddish-brown wings. The beetle was inadvertently imported in the early 1900s likely via hardwoo...

Leaf-peeping preview: Here’s what Colorado can expect for fall colors

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Colorado’s aspen stands are thriving, and that bodes well for fabulous leaf-peeping this fall according to one of the state’s leading forestry experts.Dan West, entomologist for the Colorado State Forest Service and a member of the faculty at Colorado State University, spent most of the past two months flying over the state’s 24 million acres of forest. The main purpose of his annual aerial observation tour is to assess forest health, but it also gives him a unique perspective to forecast the quality of fall foliage colors.“They look better than they’ve looked in a very long time,” West said. “Aspen look really well, even in places that over the last several years have kind of struggled.”As a result, West also is predicting a return to normal timing for the color change.He expects to see aspen in the northern mountains — generally north of Interstate 70 — to start turning in the middle of this month and run through the third or f...

These DU alums found love in their accounting classroom. Ten years later, they got married there.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Lexxa Kever and Trevor Bazley did the impossible: They extracted romance from an accounting class.The newlyweds met in 2013 during their first accounting class while working toward Master of Business Administration degrees at the University of Denver. Running late, Kever rushed to sit in the first empty chair she saw, unknowingly plopping down next to her future husband.The rest of their love story, they say, is history. No history courses were involved, but the couple couldn’t shake that accounting class.The amphitheater-style configuration. The wood-lined whiteboards at the front of the room. The bright windows.Room 300 in DU’s Daniels College of Business served as more than a repository for financial know-how to Kever and Bazley. It was their intro class to the foundations of love.The classroom just had to be their wedding venue, Kever said.On Saturday, Bazley and Kever aced the assignment, tying the knot in Room 300 surrounded by their loved ones.“A lot of peop...

Mad’s World: From AGT to Hollywood Dead – Madilyn Bailey is here to stay

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:19:24 GMT

Mad’s World: If you’re going to appear as a contestant on one of the reality TV music competitions (America’s Got Talent, American Idol, The Voice, X-Factor), your best bet is to get to the last few, and then not win. That’s a tactic that has worked for the likes of Adam Lambert, Kat Robichaud, Melanie Martinez, and many more musicians who have gone on to forge a successful career post-television. Madilyn Bailey is the latest addition to that list.Bailey appeared on AGT in 2021, initially impressing the judges with a song made out of the hate comments she received online. She would go on to make it to the semi-finals before exiting, with magician Dustin Tavella eventually winning (Brooke Simpson, in fourth, was the highest placed musical act).“If I were to go back and say should I do this again, yeah I would,” Bailey says, two years later. “I think it was cool, because it exposed me to a brand new audience. I’m really glad I did it with already having 10-plus years of experience in ...