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Avalanche playoff tickets already on sale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Avalanche clinched a playoff spot with an overtime win against the San Jose Sharks Tuesday night and tickets for the first round have already gone on sale. Times and dates have yet to be determined, but Avs Faithful can purchase first-round home game seats for what Ticketmaster has listed from $109 up to $1,700 as of Wednesday morning. Colorado still has six games to play in the regular season and sits at the top of the Central Division with the highest points percentage. The Avs are tied with both the Minnesota Wild and Dallas Stars with 98 points but have one game in hand over those teams. MacKinnon leads Avalanche past Sharks in OT, Avs clinch playoff spot "We're facing our share of adversity but the guys that are healthy and able to play are digging in and playing hard as a team and I guess that's all you can ask for," head coach Jared Bednar said after the win. "We're wishing the best for ourselves when it comes to some guys returning from injur...

Are you looking for love? Hit Netflix show casting Denver singles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Calling all Denver singles, a casting crew from a hit Netflix dating show is coming to the Mile High City to help you find love. Is love truly blind?That is the question the popular Netflix show "Love is Blind" is asking. Kinetic Content Casting, the casting agency for "Love is Blind," announced that they are looking for single men and women in Denver who are brave, open-minded and ready for a committed relationship. ‘Meth-contaminated’ condo in Denver could be yours for $252,000 The show is hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey as single people try to find their match and fall in love. But this dating show comes with a catch, they must form an emotional connection without ever seeing each other face-to-face.If this sounds like the perfect blind date for you, the casting company is inviting Denver singles to apply online. The extensive application asks over 70 questions ranging from topics like "Why are you a catch" to "What do you think about falling in love and gett...

Woman films alligator attacking python in the Everglades

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

A reptile rumble was caught on camera in the Everglades. A woman captured the moments between an alligator and a python. Katina Boychew stumbled upon the alligator snacking on the snake last week when she was visiting the Florida Everglades. “And he was just, you know, hanging out there, waiting around for a while,” Boychew said. Boychew has had her share of run-ins with wild creatures in the wild before. She even got a scare during her interview. “I hear something crawling towards me,” she said. This encounter was different. “I’m never going to come across this again, so I have to stay here and watch them,” Boychew said.She didn’t just watch them, but also documented the encounter and shared it on social media. People couldn’t get enough of it. “They’re blown away by it,” she said. “I posted it on an alligator Facebook group and I think right now it has 800 likes or something.”Even though she was ju...

The pandemic is over, says German health minister

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

BERLIN — The COVID-19 pandemic is over in Germany, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said Wednesday.Lauterbach, an epidemiologist, said at a press conference he made this assessment based on looking at virus variants, vaccination rates and hospital cases.“We have successfully overcome the pandemic in Germany and also with a good balance sheet,” the Social Democrat added. Lauterbach, known for his initially cautious COVID-19 policies during the global health crisis, has adopted a different tone lately. He was an MP at the start of the pandemic, but still had considerable influence on the government, then led by conservative Angela Merkel, as an expert in the field, frequently appearing on talk shows and gaining attention on social media.Lauterbach said he could understand that there was an interest in asking what had gone wrong during the crisis, but argued Germany’s strategy as a whole had worked out “because, after all, the reasonable ones and those who have been helpful in Ger...

UK foreign secretary: Focus on war now, Ukraine’s NATO bid later

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly cautioned on Wednesday that now is not the time for a concrete conversation on Ukraine’s NATO bid, as allies debate how to address Kyiv’s aspirations to join the military alliance. In an interview with POLITICO, Cleverly acknowledged NATO’s commitment — made during a 2008 summit in Bucharest — that Ukraine will ultimately join the alliance. But echoing a view popular in western capitals, he argued that this is a discussion for a later stage. “Obviously, there is long-standing commitments to providing Ukraine with a path to NATO membership,” he said following a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. But, the foreign secretary added, “the priority of course, at the moment, is about their self-defense in the here and now.”Cleverly’s remarks come as Ukrainian officials have reiterated their calls in recent days for the country to move closer to NATO, eliciting mixed reactions from alliance leaders. During a visit to Poland on ...

Orioles postpone home opener Thursday because of weather forecast; game vs. Yankees moved to 3:05 p.m. Friday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

Orioles fans will have to wait one extra day to watch the 2023 team play at Camden Yards.A forecast of inclement weather prompted the team to move its home opener, scheduled for Thursday against the New York Yankees, to 3:05 p.m. Friday. The date was previously open on the Orioles’ schedule to account for the possibility of weather. Tickets for Thursday will be valid Friday, and those unable to attend after the change can exchange their tickets at Orioles.com/MyAccount; exchanges must be completed before noon Friday.The Orioles, who are 3-2 entering top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez’s debut Wednesday against the Texas Rangers, are scheduled to start right-hander Dean Kremer against New York’s Clarke Schmidt.This story might be updated. ()

Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill taunts Chiefs ahead of 2023 matchup — and has retirement year in sight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

The Dolphins are scheduled to visit the Kansas City Chiefs during the 2023 season, and that means Miami’s star receiver Tyreek Hill will play against his former team, with which he won a Super Bowl and earned six Pro Bowls.Hill had a message for the Chiefs in an interview with a Kansas City radio station released Tuesday night.“Chiefs Kingdom, when the Miami Dolphins come to Arrowhead Stadium this year, guess what we’re going to do,” Hill proclaimed before wrapping up an interview with Sports Radio 810 WHB. “I hate to say it, man. I hate to throw up the peace sign against y’all. I hate to do it. But guess what. I’m going to be y’all worst enemy that day. I’m going to be y’all worst enemy that day.”The peace sign is Hill’s patented taunt when he speeds away from opposing defenses for a long touchdown. Starting it in Kansas City, he kept it going with the Dolphins in 2022.Hill also plans to use his familiarity wit...

Dolphins opted for continuity at running back over a big free-agent move

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

The Miami Dolphins opted for continuity at running back over a major change for a bell-cow back this offseason.Four tailbacks from last year’s roster were free agents of some kind. Four are returning as members of the 2023 Dolphins.Such running backs like the Raiders’ Josh Jacobs, Giants’ Saquon Barkley and Cowboys’ Tony Pollard were placed on the franchise tag with their teams, so they were erased as offseason options for Miami. The Dolphins then passed on free agents like Miles Sanders (from Philadelphia to Carolina), David Montgomery (Chicago to Detroit) and Jamaal Williams (Detroit to New Orleans).With four running backs brought back — Raheem Mostert, Jeff Wilson Jr., Salvon Ahmed and Myles Gaskin — it seems like that’s the group the team is rolling with, instead of looking into a possible offseason trade with the Titans for Derrick Henry or Vikings to produce a Dalvin Cook homecoming.The Dolphins could still look to add a running back i...

DJ LeMahieu swinging like his old self: ‘I forgot how good it felt to be normal’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

Night and day.That’s how Aaron Boone compared DJ LeMahieu’s present capabilities to his injured form from a season ago. Foot and toe issues derailed what was shaping up to be another strong year for the versatile Yankees infielder, but LeMahieu hit just .162/.215/.162 with zero extra-base hits from Aug. 8 to Oct. 5, a stretch that included spending most of September out of commission.LeMahieu returned for a few regular season games at the very end, but the Yankees deemed it best to keep him off their playoff rosters.“He was a shell of himself at the end of the season,” Boone said Wednesday morning. “He’s back where he was when he was in the middle of a great year last year before he got hurt. So it’s good to see him like that.”Indeed, LeMahieu is off to a productive start at the plate, taking a .294/.333/.647 slash line into Wednesday’s series finale against the Phillies. It being so early in the season, his sample sizes are smal...

Keolis rail engineer indicted for alleged $8M fraud scheme

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:42:42 GMT

The feds have charged the assistant chief engineer of facilities for the company that runs the MBTA’s commuter rail system with 17 counts in relation to an alleged fraud conspiracy that siphoned $8 million from the commuter rail.A co-conspirator in the alleged grift  has agreed to plead guilty, prosecutors say.A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted John P. Pigsley, 58, who is the assistant chief engineer for facilities for the Paris-based Keolis’ commuter rail operations, on five counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, six counts of tax evasion, one count of filing a false tax return and four counts of structuring financial transactions to evade reporting requirements. He is scheduled to appear in court on the charges this afternoon.His alleged co-conspirator and friend, according to the complaint filed in the case, has already agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.“There is perhaps no single state agency that impa...