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Los Angeles Rams agree to trade Jalen Ramsey to Dolphins

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

The Los Angeles Rams have agreed to a trade that will send off star cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a third-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft and tight end Hunter Long. Details of the trade were announced by NFL Insider Adam Schefter of ESPN.Trading Ramsey will net the Rams the 77th pick in April's 2023 NFL Draft, as well as Long, who was a third-round pick himself in 2021.Ramsey was acquired by Los Angeles in a blockbuster trade in 2019 that saw the Jacksonville Jaguars trade the defensive anchor for a package of picks. Ramsey is a six-time NFL Pro Bowl selection and three-time first-team All-Pro selection.Ramsey, 28, was selected with the No. 5 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft out of Florida State, where he was twice an All-American and a one-time BCS National Champion.The cornerback will go to Miami, which has been quietly stockpiling All-Pro caliber players in its pursuit of a championship behind head coach Mike McDaniel and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa....

The end: Curtain closes on an incredible Bay Area high school basketball season

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

SACRAMENTO — The end of a season always brings a mixed bag of emotions, sadness that it’s over but thankful that it happened.Saturday was no different.High school basketball has crossed the finish line, an epic season of great stories, incredible triumphs, amazing performances and heartbreaking defeats.Oakland had its perfect ending on Friday, a historic day for The Town as two of its teams — one girls, one boys — captured state championships.The Oakland High boys won the Division III title behind a player who is appropriately named. Money Williams was all money for the Wildcats, the Montana-bound standout scoring 22 points in a 59-43 victory over Buena-Ventura as Oakland celebrated the program’s first state title.Oakland players celebrate their win over Buena-Ventura in the Division III state title game Friday. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) The Oakland Tech girls stepped onto the Golden 1 Center court moments after Oakland received its trophy and handle...

Flooding causes closure I-880 in Fremont

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

FREMONT, Calif. (KRON) -- Flooding from the most recent rain has closed a portion of Interstate 880, according to the California Highway Patrol. Newsom working with federal government after fall of Silicon Valley Bank I-880 just south of Thornton Avenue is closed on both the north and southbound sides. CHP is currently on the scene working with Caltrans. Drivers are asked to avoid the area. The northbound side is expected to be impacted for at least 10 hours, CHP says. The southbound side could be reopened in as few as three hours. This is a developing story. Please stick with KRON for updates.

No. 4 Alabama finishes off SEC title double dip at tourney

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Brandon Miller scored 23 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as fourth-ranked Alabama smothered No. 18 Texas A&AM 82-63 on Sunday for the Crimson Tide’s second Southeastern Conference Tournament championship in three seasons.The Crimson Tide also capped their second SEC double dip in three seasons after picking up their regular-season trophy before Friday’s quarterfinals. The Tide (29-5) extended the program record for wins while adding its eighth tournament title in its 15th appearance; both are second only to Kentucky in the SEC. Miller, the tournament MVP and AP All-SEC player and newcomer of the year, posted his ninth double-double of the season. Jahvon Quinerly, who was 0-of-9 shooting with one point in the semifinal, made his first three 3s and scored 13 of his 22 points in the first half. Charles Bediako had 12 points and 13 rebounds. The second-seeded Aggies (25-9) dropped to 0-3 in the tournament finale, losing for a second straight year. ...

Without Mourinho, 10-man Roma loses 4-3 to Sassuolo

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Without coach José Mourinho on the bench, Roma lost 4-3 at home to Sassuolo on Sunday in a miserable weekend so far for teams chasing the Champions League qualifying spots from Serie A.Armand Laurienté scored twice for Sassuolo before Nicola Zalewski pulled one back. But Roma defender Marash Kumbulla was sent off for violent conduct at the end of the first half and Domenico Berardi converted the resulting penalty.Paulo Dybala got 10-man Roma back into the match at the start of the second half but Andrea Pinamonti all but sealed the result with 15 minutes remaining before Georginio Wijnaldum’s late goal.Roma remained level on points with AC Milan, which hosts relegation-threatened Salernitana on Monday and will be looking to make the most of its rivals’ slipups.Third-place Lazio was two points ahead of Roma and Milan after drawing at Bologna on Saturday, with Inter a point further ahead following its shock loss at Spezia on Friday.Roma’s next Serie A match is again...

VCU beats Dayton 68-56 to win A-10 championship and NCAA bid

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen DeLoach had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and top-seeded VCU beat second-seeded Dayton 68-56 on Sunday to win the Atlantic 10 Tournament for the first time in eight years.Ace Baldwin added 16 points and seven assists, sending the Rams (27-7) to the NCAA Tournament with a nine-game winning streak and a title that has often alluded them during an otherwise impressive run of consistency.VCU had played in the A-10 final six times from 2013-21, winning just once in 2015 when it beat Dayton.DaRon Holmes II tried to carry the Flyers (22-12) to their first A-10 title since 2003 and first NCAA bid in six years. Holmes had 28 points and 16 rebounds, but didn’t get enough help in the second half. The 6-foot-10 sophomore was named the tournament’s most outstanding player, averaging 22 points in three games at Barclays Center.The Rams and Flyers split two regular-season games, decided by a total of three points. The rubber match was more of the same.The Flyers bolt...

Ohtani long HR powers Japan; Italy advances at World Classic

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a 448-foot, three-run home run in the first inning that landed just below his image on a video advertising board and had four RBIs to lead Japan over Australia 7-1 Sunday night at the World Baseball Classic.Japan, already assured of advancement, won its group with a 4-0 record and will play a quarterfinal on Wednesday against Italy, which advanced along with Cuba from Group A on tiebreakers. Matt Harvey got the win as Italy defeated the Netherlands 7-1, causing all five teams to finish 2-2.South Korea beat the Czech Republic 7-3 in the day’s other Group B game and Cuba defeated Taiwan 7-1 in Group A.Ohtani turned on a hanging curveball from loser Will Sherriff, who didn’t even watch the flight of the ball into the Tokyo Dome’s right-field seats, bending and putting hands on his knees. It was the first home run of the tournament for Ohtani, who is 6 for 12 with eight RBIs and seven walks. He walked with the bases loaded in the sixth, the third straight ...

Denver weather: Partly sunny and cooler Sunday, early week warmup ahead

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It will be a partly sunny and cooler end to the weekend, with warmer weather coming to start the workweek off for Denver's weather.Weather tonight: Cooler Sunday It will be partly sunny and cooler Sunday with highs in the upper 30s and low 40s and running about 10-12 degrees below normal.In the mountains, scattered light snow showers continue today with 1-2 inches possible along western-facing slopes. Isolated to scattered snow showers are possible on the Front Range, Foothills and Palmer Divide this evening.   Workweek ahead: Early warmup, cool on St. Patrick's DayIt will be warmer in Denver to start the workweek. Monday’s highs should hit in the mid-50s where we should normally be.   Scattered light snow showers persist in the high country on Monday.   Tuesday and Wednesday should be nice with highs in the mid-60s. The next storm system arrives late Wednesday into Thursday with accumulating snow and possible travel impacts to northeast Colorado and in the cen...

AP sources: Rams trading All-Pro CB Jalen Ramsey to Dolphins

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins are acquiring All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday.The Rams will get Miami’s third-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft and tight end Hunter Long, according to the people, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither team had announced the deal.Shortly after news of the trade broke, Ramsey indicated on social media that Miami was his preferred destination.“I prayed for this specifically for about a month & now it’s happening! @MiamiDolphins LETSGO!” Ramsey tweeted Sunday.The Rams went 5-12 last season and missed the playoffs just one year after winning the Super Bowl, and they’ve have been making changes to their roster this offseason. Los Angeles parted ways with veteran linebacker Bobby Wagner last month after one season.The Rams traded for Ramsey in the middle of the 2019 season ...

How is Oscar Colás progressing this spring? ‘You always have stuff to improve,’ the hot-hitting Chicago White Sox prospect says.

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 08:50:05 GMT

Oscar Colás was itching to bat Saturday against the San Diego Padres.“He probably asked me three or four times if I could get him an AB,” Chicago White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said Sunday morning. “He knew that if they brought a righty in I was going to pinch-hit (with) him because I communicate that early the days that some of these guys are off.“As soon as they brought in that righty, I looked back and he already had his stuff on.”Colás made the most of his plate appearance, blasting a long home run to right field against Drew Carlton in the ninth inning of the Sox’s 6-5 loss at Peoria Stadium. It was the first Cactus League homer of what has been a standout camp for the No. 2 prospect in the Sox organization.“As soon as I hit it, I knew it was gone,” Colás said through an interpreter Saturday.He called the moment “special.”“I was just trying to feel comfortable in the batter’s box, trying to g...