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Fairview Heights man, 19, sets new world record for pull-ups

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. – Personal trainer Brandon Garrett is always looking for a challenge.The Fairview Heights man grew up playing several sports and was a serious runner; at one point, he ran 10 miles every morning. A few months after becoming a personal trainer at Club Fitness in O’Fallon, Illinois, Garrett set a new goal."It started off as nothing," he said.Garrett wanted to break the current world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours. The current record is 8,600."If there was anybody that I knew could do it, it was him," Delano Harris-Samuels, Brandon’s friend, said.To break it down, Garrett would do 10 pull-ups a minute to get to 5,000 before switching his rep pace."Once I'm committed to something, I'm going to get it," Garrett said. Another St. Louis resident loses property via Recorder of Deeds Office He spent eight months training while juggling clients at the gym. Over the course of eight months, he spent 25 hours a week doing pull-ups, completing 70,000 every seven...

CU Buffs notes: Still unknown if Shedeur Sanders will play at Utah

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

Three days before kickoff against Utah in the final game of the season, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders doesn’t know who will quarterback his team.During his weekly radio show on Wednesday, Sanders said the status of starting quarterback Shedeur Sanders is still up in the air.“We don’t know what Shedeur is going to do right now,” coach Sanders said. “He’s a little banged up, truly.”CU (4-7, 1-7 Pac-12) will face the Utes (7-4, 4-4) in Salt Lake City on Saturday (1 p.m., Pac-12 Network).Related Articles RB Sy’veon Wilkerson believes more commitment to run would have helped CU Buffs Keeler: Deion Sanders says CU Buffs won’t “buy” superstar recruits? Then Coach Prime better buy a superstar offensive line coach. Now. CU Buffs QB Shedeur Sanders “day-to-day” to play in Utah game, Deion Sanders says CU football notes: Third down defense a struggle for Buffs Keeler: Jay Norvell’s...

Women’s basketball: No. 3 CU Buffs ready for challenge at Paradise Jam

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

There are a lot of reasons why the Colorado women’s basketball team moved up to No. 3 in the national rankings this week.This is a program that has been developing for years and currently has a veteran roster that plays dynamic offense to go with a stellar defense.The Buffs (4-0) are well aware, however, that one of the main reasons they are ranked so high is because a lot of really good teams have lost. As they prepare for the challenge of the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands this week, they’ve got that knowledge in the back of their minds.“It’s a great reminder that anyone can lose,” CU head coach JR Payne said. “We talked before the SMU game (last Saturday) about the ranking doesn’t necessarily mean a lot to us, but it does mean a lot to everyone that plays against you. It doesn’t make them all of a sudden superhuman from the 3-point line, but it heightens their focus, it heightens their intensity, it heightens their desire to win every possession, so we have to be aware t...

CSU men improve to 5-0 with win over Boston College

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

Colorado State kept its perfect start to the season intact with an 86-74 victory over Boston College on Wednesday at the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City.Five Rams scored in double figures as CSU improved to 5-0 to start the season for the third straight year.Isaiah Stevens led CSU with 18 points to go along with eight assists. Josiah Strong had 15 points, Joel Scott and Nique Clifford 14 each and Patrick Cartier had 10. Scott led the Rams in rebounds with seven.CSU advanced to face No. 8 Creighton in the championship game on Thursday.“Really gritty effort by our guys today,” CSU head coach Niko Medved said. “I thought we showed a lot of toughness from beginning to end.”The Rams came out hot, hitting over 60% of their shots for much of the first half. They finished the opening 20 minutes shooting 57% and had a 47-38 lead at halftime.Their largest lead of the first half was 14 points, at 30-16, after a three-point play by Strong with 9 minutes, 47 seconds l...

RB Sy’veon Wilkerson believes more commitment to run would have helped CU Buffs

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

Statistically, the Colorado Buffaloes have one of the worst rushing teams in the country.It didn’t have to be that way, though, according to one of the Buffs’ veteran running backs.CU (4-7, 1-7 Pac-12) will visit Utah (7-4, 4-4) in the finale on Saturday (1 p.m., Pac-12 Network) and it’ll go into Salt Lake City ranking 132nd nationally with 71.8 rushing yards per game. Only Hawaii is worse, at 69.8. Much of that is due to CU’s high total of quarterback sacks, which take away from the overall rushing total.Related Articles CU Buffs notes: Still unknown if Shedeur Sanders will play at Utah Keeler: Deion Sanders says CU Buffs won’t “buy” superstar recruits? Then Coach Prime better buy a superstar offensive line coach. Now. CU Buffs QB Shedeur Sanders “day-to-day” to play in Utah game, Deion Sanders says CU football notes: Third down defense a struggle for Buffs Keeler: Jay Norv...

Felony hit-and-run suspects arrested in Woodland Hills; 1 victim hospitalized

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

Two felony hit-and-run suspects who led police on a brief pursuit have been arrested after hitting one person and crashing into several other vehicles in Woodland Hills Wednesday night, authorities confirmed to KTLA.  L.A. police said the suspects struck a pedestrian at Topanga Canyon and Victory Boulevard and sped off at approximately 6:01 p.m., prompting officers to pursue the vehicle. Less than a half mile away, at around 6:02 p.m., the suspects crashed their vehicle into two other cars at Owensmouth Avenue and Victory Boulevard.  Video of the scene posted to the Citizen app showed the wreckage. Police were forced to redirect traffic in the busy retail shopping area. Three cars showed heavy damage in the intersection. It is unclear which vehicle the felony hit-and-run, pursuit suspects were driving. L.A. police on the scene of a hit-and-run and a pursuit that ended in a crash in Woodland Hills on Nov. 22, 2023. (Citizen)L.A. police on the scene of a hit-and-run and a pu...

Discovery Bay: Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run on Highway 4

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

DISCOVERY BAY – A 32-year-old Antioch man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run that left a pedestrian dead last week on Highway 4 in Discovery Bay, according to the California Highway Patrol.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Former Antioch police chief among candidates for Oakland’s top cop job Crime and Public Safety | Upon further review, police say East Bay Amazon driver was not kidnapped Crime and Public Safety | Oakland police arrest suspect in fatal shooting of 28-year-old man Crime and Public Safety | Two men wounded in Oakland shootings Crime and Public Safety | A masked man leapt from a bush to kill an East Bay man. Photos, phone records and a Selena Gomez song led to arrest of wife, lover Javier Dominguez Ramirez was booked into the Martinez Detention Facility on a felony hit-and-run charge, the CHP said in a news release. He is being held on $50,000 bail.The hi...

Scott Foster ejects Warriors’ Chris Paul in return to Phoenix

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

PHOENIX — Chris Paul was issue double technical fouls and ejected late in the first half of Wednesday’s game against the Phoenix Suns. Crew chief Scott Foster threw Paul out of the game with 23 seconds left in the first half.Paul was thrown out for talking back to Foster over a called foul on Kevin Durant.Paul and longtime referee Foster have a history. Paul’s teams are 3-17 in the playoffs in games Foster has refereed and it’s been reported that Paul has met with the NBA regarding his issues with Foster.After a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in his 2021 playoff run with the Suns, Paul made a comment that he’d los “11 (playoff games) in a row” with Foster officiating.Coach Steve Kerr was also issued a technical foul during the aftermath.Paul had six points and six assists at the time of his ejection and the Suns took a 16-point lead heading into halftime. That’s tied for their largest deficit of the season with their loss on Nov. 11 to...

Redwood City man arrested for allegedly trying to meet minor for sex

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

(BCN) -- A Redwood City resident was arrested Wednesday and booked into San Mateo County Jail on suspicion of two felonies after allegedly texting an underage girl to meet for sex.The Redwood City Police Department said Pouya Asrar, 37, had allegedly initiated a text conversation with a 17-year-old female.The two met as co-workers at the math tutoring center known as "Mathnasium" on El Camino Real in Redwood City, according to police. The victim told officers that she began texting with him on Monday at his invitation. She said she had given Asrar her age, but that he continued messaging her anyway, and eventually the texts became lewd and sexual in nature.Detectives managed to get the suspect to come to a location where he allegedly thought he was going to meet with the victim to have sexual relations, but he was arrested instead.According to police, the suspect had condoms with him. Detectives conducted a search of the suspect's residence as well.Redwood City police commended the ...

Sean East scores 21, leads Missouri’s second-half rally to beat South Carolina State 82-59

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:14:45 GMT

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Sean East scored 21 points, 13 in the second half, and Missouri blew open the game in the final 20 minutes, defeating South Carolina State 82-59 on Wednesday night.With East leading the way, the Tigers shot 58% and scored 47 points after intermission. They finished the game at 53% from the field.South Carolina State shot 61% in the first half and led 37-35 at halftime. The Bulldogs shot 33% in the second half and managed only 22 points.Nick Honor added 14 points, Noah Carter 13 and Anthony Robinson 10 for Missouri (4-2).Davion Everett had 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting for the Bulldogs (2-4) and nobody else scored more than six.A 22-0 run in which Robinson scored the first seven points gave Missouri a 61-39 lead with a little more than 11 minutes remaining and the rout was on. Robinson scored all 10 of his points after halftime.Missouri, which lost 73-72 to Jackson State on Sunday, got off to a slow start against South Carolina State. The Bulldogs made 13 of the...