January 2015 – Page 42 – North Platte Post Archive

Holden’s Goal in 3rd Period leads Avs past Panthers 4-2

Posted on January 15, 2015

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Nick Holden scored the go-ahead goal in the third period to lift the Colorado Avalanche over the Florida Panthers 4-2 on Thursday night.

Tyson Barrie had a goal and an assist, and Gabriel Landeskog and Jarome Iginla also scored for Colorado. Semyon Varlamov made 30 saves for the Avalanche, who won for the first time in three games.

Aaron Ekblad and Aleksander Barkov scored for the Panthers, and Roberto Luongo stopped 25 shots.

Holden’s goal, coming in the waning seconds of a power play, broke a 2-2 tie. Holden shot from the high slot and it deflected off a Panthers’ players stick and fluttered past Luongo at 11:03 of the third. Iginla added an empty-net goal with 27 seconds left.

No. 17 Nebraska handles Penn State 73-45

Posted on January 15, 2015January 15, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Freshman guard Natalie Romeo scored a career-high 18 points, including a career-best 6 of 11 3-pointers, and No. 17 Nebraska beat Penn State 73-45 on Thursday to win their third straight.

Tear’a Laudermill had 12 points and a career-high five steals, Ali Havers scored 11, Brandi Jeffrey 10, and Emily Cady had six assists and eight rebounds for the Cornhuskers (13-3, 3-2 Big Ten Conference), who never trailed and shot 11 of 29 from 3-point range.

Candice Agee scored 13 and Kaliyah Mitchell had 12 rebounds and four steals for the Nittany Lions (3-14, 0-6).

Romeo scored two 3-pointers amid a 14-2 run and Nebraska led 29-15 after Jeffrey hit back-to-back 3s. Romeo hit her third 3 and the Cornhuskers led 38-22 at halftime.

Romeo hit three 3s early in the second half for a 56-32 Nebraska lead, then Rachel Theriot made consecutive jumpers for a 60-36 lead and the Cornhuskers cruised.

Chiefs’ Training Camp to Missouri Western for 3 more Years

Posted on January 15, 2015

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will continue to spend training camp on the campus of Missouri Western after the school’s board of governors approved a three-year contract extension Friday.

The decision will keep the Chiefs heading north of Kansas City through 2017. Their agreement also includes two extensions of one-year each at the option of the Chiefs and the school.

The Chiefs used to hold training camp in Wisconsin in part because of the cooler late summer weather. But they moved closer to home in 2010, striking a deal with the Division II school in St. Joseph that included help with major facility upgrades.

The location also makes it possible for more fans to attend workouts. This past season, the local visitor’s bureau estimated 40,000 fans attended the practices.

Emmert: Autonomy lets Revenue, Nonrevenue Sports Co-Exist

Posted on January 15, 2015

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — NCAA President Mark Emmert says allowing the five wealthiest conferences in Division I to make some of their own rules will allow revenue sports such as football and men’s basketball to co-exist with the many nonrevenue programs.

Emmert addressed the NCAA convention on Thursday, two days ahead of the first meeting of the so-called autonomy group, the 65 schools that make up the Big Ten, Big 12, Atlantic Coast Conference, Pac-12 and Southeastern Conference.

The conferences will consider eight proposals on Saturday that they have been pushing for years, but could not pass because of opposition in the rest of Division I.

The most notable is allowing schools to increase the value of an athletic scholarship by several thousand dollars to cover full cost of attendance.

Sanders Becomes 10th Broncos Player Named to Pro Bowl

Posted on January 15, 2015

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Four days after calling his season a failure because it won’t end with a parade, Denver receiver Emmanuel Sanders was selected to play in his first Pro Bowl.

Sanders replaces injured Atlanta wide receiver Julio Jones.

This gives the Broncos an NFL-best 10 Pro Bowlers, including four free agent acquisitions — safety T.J. Ward, defensive end DeMarcus Ware and cornerback Aqib Talib are the others.

That ties an NFL record set by the 1996 Panthers, who had running back Michael Bates, cornerback Eric Davis, linebacker Kevin Greene and tight end Wesley Walls make the Pro Bowl team in their first year with in Carolina.

Sanders caught 101 passes for 1,404 yards with nine touchdowns — all career bests — in his first season in Denver.

Selig gets Emotional in Final Owners Meeting as Commissioner

Posted on January 15, 2015

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Bud Selig concluded his final baseball owners meeting as commissioner after two days of basking in praise for the job he’s done during more than 22 years in charge of the game.

The meeting of all the owners Thursday followed a gala in Selig’s honor the previous night.

Selig said there was more emotion than he thought there would at the dinner and at the end of Thursday’s meeting. Selig noted that there were three generations of owners during his time on the job.

Selig, 80, will be replaced by Rob Manfred on Jan. 25.

Manfred said every speaker at the dinner talked about how Selig had unified the owners after taking over a game that was, in Selig’s words, “a mess” in 1992.

Nebraska Bill Would Bar Employers from Collecting Union Dues

Posted on January 15, 2015January 15, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska senator is proposing a bill that would bar public school employees and other government workers from collecting union dues.

Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete introduced the measure on Thursday.

The legislation is likely to enjoy support from conservative groups while facing opposition from public sector unions, a major constituency for the Democratic Party. Ebke is a Republican who has served on the Crete School Board and took office in the Legislature this month.

The bill would apply to collective bargaining agreements that are finalized after the measure becomes law.

Nebraska AG Targets Drugs, Human Trafficking as Priorities

Posted on January 15, 2015January 15, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson is targeting human traffickers and ingestible marijuana in his first package of legislative priorities.

Peterson on Thursday threw his support behind two bills during a news conference at the Capitol.

One measure by Sen. Jim Scheer of Norfolk would increase penalties for pandering and johns who solicit prostitutes. It also would provide court-supervised support for minors who are trafficked, and allow victims to sue their traffickers.

The second bill by Sen. Matt Williams of Gothenburg proposes increased penalties for possession of K2 and ingestible marijuana.

Current laws treat possession of edibles and K2, dubbed synthetic marijuana, as equivalent to possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. The measure’s supporters aim to eliminate those distinctions, linking marijuana in all forms to cognitive abnormalities.

Ricketts Calls on Nebraska Education Board Member to Resign

Posted on January 15, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is calling on a state education board member to resign in the wake of bigoted comments about President Barack Obama that appeared on his blog.

Ricketts said Thursday that he was “deeply disappointed” by the posting that referred to Obama as a “half breed.”

State Board of Education member Pat McPherson has disavowed the comments which appeared on his “Objective Conservative” blog.

McPherson says he didn’t write the piece but took responsibility for not editing it before it was posted earlier Monday by someone he wouldn’t name.

Ricketts says he respects the will of voters, but it’s clear the controversy will hinder the State Board of Education from meetings its goals.

The Nebraska Democratic Party had called on Ricketts to condemn the posting.

Ricketts Announces 3 Finalists to Lead Corrections Department

Posted on January 15, 2015January 15, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has named three finalists from a national search to lead the state’s embattled corrections department.

The candidates unveiled Thursday are Bryan Brandenburg of Palmer, Alaska , who recently served as a director in his state’s corrections department; Scott Frakes of Olympia, Washington, the deputy director of the Washington Department of Corrections; and Daniel Ronay of Tallahassee, Florida, a vice president for Correctional Healthcare Companies.

Nebraska’s prisons department has faced criticism because of sentences that were miscalculated and the state’s handling of Nikko Jenkins. Jenkins begged for a mental health commitment while incarcerated, and killed four people in Omaha after he was released.

Candidates were identified with help from Ford Webb Associates, a national search firm. Ricketts will interview each finalist.