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McDonald: Why Brock Purdy reminds me of an MVP quarterback you may not expect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

There’s a tendency to measure Brock Purdy against those who came before him on the most quarterback-centric franchise in the NFL.I’ve been around long enough to see Joe Montana and Steve Young in practice and in games, quarterbacks who by the time I was around played for 49ers teams with elite rosters and coaches en route to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.But the quarterback Purdy most reminds me of isn’t going to the Hall of Fame, although he did win a Most Valuable Player award and helped take a moribund franchise out of the shadows and into the limelight. He did it with a hard-nosed attitude, a ton of completions, minimal turnovers and the ability to be a creative point guard capable of enhancing the skills of those around him.Rich Gannon was sold on Brock Purdy immediately. He was watching when Purdy came off the bench after Jimmy Garoppolo broke his foot and delivered a 33-17 win over the Miami Dolphins.“Honestly, I was just blown away,” Gannon said...

My AP ballot: Georgia is No. 1 (naturally) followed by FSU and Michigan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

The following ballot was submitted to the Associated Press on Monday evening …1. Georgia2. Florida State3. Michigan4. Washington5. Alabama6. Ohio State7. USC8. Utah9. LSU10. Notre Dame11. Penn State12. Tennessee13. Texas14. Kansas State15. Wisconsin16. Oregon17. Texas A&M18. Oregon State19. Colorado20. Tulane21. Oklahoma22. North Carolina23. Fresno State24. Miami25. Duke*** Send suggestions, comments and tips (confidentiality guaranteed) to [email protected] or call 408-920-5716*** Follow me on Twitter: @WilnerHotline*** Pac-12 Hotline is not endorsed or sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference, and the views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of the Conference.

Pilot dies after plane crashes during gender reveal party

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

(CNN) — A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday.Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded by pink and blue balloons.The recording captures the moment the plane’s left wing appears to separate from the fuselage as it flies away.Alan Francisco Rangel of the Sinaloa Red Cross told CNN that paramedics treated the pilot at the crash site in San Pedro, Navolato and then took him to a local hospital, where he died.Authorities did not release the pilot’s name, and the cause of the crash is not clear.No further injuries were reported as a result of the accident.Gender reveal parties — which initially used cakes to inform party guests of an unborn child’s sex — have become increasingly elaborate and sometimes dangerous.A 2020 wildfire that killed a Southern California firefighter and destroyed five homes was ...

San Jose: Motorcyclist dies from injuries suffered in August crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

SAN JOSE — A man died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash he was involved in almost three weeks prior, according to authorities.The crash occurred at 9:15 p.m. on Aug. 10 in the area of Tully Road and Mclaughlin Avenue, according to a news release from San Jose police. The driver of the motorcycle was traveling west on Tully when he collided with the passenger side of a Buick sedan as it was turning left from eastbound Tully Road, police said.The driver and lone passenger of the Buick remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.Related ArticlesCrashes and Disasters | Teen driver arrested after man on San Jose sidewalk is fatally struck Crashes and Disasters | I-580 crash leaves 2 dead, 1 seriously injured Crashes and Disasters | Pedestrian struck and killed in San Jose in early morning crash Crashes and Disasters | Wrong-way, head-on collision kills 2, injures 3 others in San Mateo County Crashe...

2 arrested for string of retail thefts at CVS stores in San Mateo County, East Bay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

(KRON) -- Two San Francisco residents were arrested on Monday following an organized retail theft at a CVS store in San Carlos, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. Just after 7 p.m., deputies responded to a report of suspects who were shoplifting makeup from a CVS store on San Carlos Avenue and fled in a black Mercedes. The car was eventually located by deputies and the suspects were positively identified by witnesses, police said.Deputies searched the suspects' car and found stolen makeup from the CVS store in San Carlos that was estimated at $1,000. Suspect arrested for alleged hit-and-run fatality of pedestrian in Santa Rosa In addition, other stolen makeup was recovered and identified as being from multiple CVS stores in San Mateo County and the East Bay totaling an estimated $5,000 to $6,000, the sheriff's office said.Both suspects, Hajar Soumbati, 22, and Marwa Abdalla, 19, were arrested and booked into the San Mateo County Jail. This investigation remains o...

Remote workers could be more, not less engaged, Georgetown professor says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

Disengaged employees are becoming a larger problem. According to a recent Gallup poll, employees working from home are feeling more disconnected from their employers, the lowest it has been since before the pandemic.But it doesn’t have to be that way.Sharon Hill, an associate professor of management at the George Washington University School of Business, has been researching virtual work for the past two decades to find both the positive and negative implications of it.Communication between managers and remote workers is key to engagement, and lack of communication is a primary cause of disengagement.“We know that research shows that we tend to communicate less frequently in a virtual environment,” Hill said. “So, if managers feel that they are over-communicating, they probably have it about right.”One of her recent papers focused on behaviors that make an effective leader in a virtual work environment. One of them is to know the technology, without hav...

Owner of collapsed Iowa building that killed 3 people files lawsuit blaming engineering company

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May, killing three people, has filed a lawsuit that blames an engineering company for not warning the building was structurally unsound and that residents should be evacuated.Real estate owner Andrew Wold filed the lawsuit last week against Select Structural Engineering, more than three months after the May 28 partial collapse of the building in Davenport, the Quad-City Times reported Sunday. Three men died when one side of the six-story building partially collapsed and crews had to amputate a woman’s leg to rescue her from the rubble.The lawsuit argued Select Structural Engineering didn’t identify the risk of collapse, the danger of such a collapse and repairs that would have avoided a collapse.“At no time did Select Structural opine that the defects in the west wall would require an evacuation of the building,” the lawsuit said. “To the contrary, Select Structural expressly stated that the...

Stock market today: Wall Street wavers following two weeks of gains

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wavered on Wall Street Tuesday as traders return from a long holiday weekend to face a relatively quiet week.The S&P 500 slipped 0.1%. The index is coming off its second weekly gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 43 points, or 0.1%, to 34,792 as of 11:22 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq rose 0.1%.Markets in the U.S. were closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday.There was little corporate news for investors to focus on. Technology stocks gained ground. Microsoft rose 1.6%.Industrial stocks fell and offset gains elsewhere in the market. Union Pacific slipped 1.9%.Energy stocks gained ground along with rising crude oil prices after Saudi Arabia and Russia said they will extend their voluntary production cut of 1 million barrels of oil a day through the end of the year. U.S. crude oil prices rose 1.8% and Chevron rose 1%.Markets in Europe and Asia were mixed. Hong Kong’s benchmark fell 2.1%, as investors sold real estate shares which have gained recently fol...

Hot under the collar? Heat can make you angry and even aggressive, research finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

(CNN) — If sweating though your shirt in summer’s extreme heat makes you mad, you’re not alone. In fact, research shows that there’s a direct correlation between high temperatures and hot tempers, and that anger can sometimes lead to bad behavior.Violent crimes like murder, aggravated assault and rape, terrorist attacks and mass shootings are much more likely when temperatures climb, studies show. There are higher rates of civil wars and riots. Even in controlled environments like prisons, a 2021 study found an 18% increase in violence between inmates on really hot days. People may also turn their anger on themselves; there’s a higher risk of suicide on hotter days.There could be many reasons for these links, but recent research has confirmed that some people were angrier and lashed out more when they felt hot. One experiment found that people who were playing video games in a hot room, in certain circumstances, were consistently crueler to their gaming partners than those who were ...

Hollywood strike stings Warner Bros., profit outlook for the year trimmed by as much as $500 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:58:55 GMT

Warner Bros. Discovery is cutting its profit expectations for the year, saying it will likely incur costs as high as $500 million tied to the ongoing Hollywood writers’ and actors’ strike.The U.S. film and television industries remain paralyzed by the dual strikes. The writers strike began in May and the actors joined them on July 14.Warner Bros. Discovery owns HBO and Max, CNN, TNT and a host of other entertainment outlets, including DC Comics. The company said in a regulatory filing that it now expects 2023 adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to be between $10.5 billion to $11 billion, down from $11 billion to $11.5 billion.“While (Warner Bros. Discovery) is hopeful that these strikes will be resolved soon, it cannot predict when the strikes will ultimately end. With both guilds still on strike today, the company now assumes the financial impact to (Warner Bros. Discovery) of these strikes will persist through the end of 2023,” the c...