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Travis Hunter, the 2-way standout for Colorado, is the AP college football player of the year BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Colorado two-way standout Travis Hunter is The Associated Press college football player of the year. Hunter received 26 of the 43 votes from a panel of AP Top 25 voters. Boise State tailback Ashton Jeanty finished second with 16 votes, and Arizona State running back Cameron Skattebo received one vote. A throwback player who rarely left the field, Hunter had 92 catches for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns as a receiver. He had four interceptions and 11 passes defensed as a shutdown corner. Hunter helped the the 20th-ranked Buffaloes to a 9-3 record and an appearance in the Alamo Bowl against BYU. Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15-year deal NEW YORK (AP) — Juan Soto will be introduced by the New York Mets at Citi Field, a day after his record $765 million, 15-year contract was finalized. Soto chose the Mets’ offer on Sunday, deciding to leave the Yankees after helping them reach the World Series in his only season in the Bronx. The 26-year-old’s contract value eclipsed Shohei Ohtani’s $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers last December. Its length topped Fernando Tatis Jr.’s $340 million, 14-year agreement with San Diego that runs through 2034. Team claims NASCAR rescinded approval to buy new charter unless federal antitrust suit is dropped CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A new court filing says NASCAR rejected Front Row Motorsports’ agreement to purchase a charter from Stewart-Haas Racing unless the team and 23XI Racing dropped their federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series. Front Row and 23XI rejected NASCAR's new revenue sharing agreement and have gone to court. NASCAR now says it will move forward in 2025 with 32 chartered teams and eight open spots, with offers on charters for Front Row and 23XI rescinded and the SHR charters in limbo. Indian teen Gukesh Dommaraju becomes the youngest chess world champion after beating Chinese rival NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian teenager Gukesh Dommaraju has become the youngest chess world champion after beating the defending champion Ding Liren of China. Dommaraju, 18, secured 7.5 points against 6.5 of his Chinese rival in Thursday's game which was played in Singapore. He has surpassed the achievement of Russia’s Garry Kasparov who won the title at the age of 22. Dommaraju is now also the second Indian to win the title after five-time world chess champion Viswanathan Anand. The Indian teen prodigy has long been considered a rising star in the chess world after he became a chess grandmaster at 12. He had entered the match as the youngest-ever challenger to the world crown after winning the Candidates tournament earlier this year. Hojlund scores twice for Manchester United to beat Viktoria Plzen 2-1 in Europa League Rasmus Hojlund scored twice after coming off the bench and Manchester United rallied to beat Viktoria Plzen 2-1 in the Europa League. The Denmark striker netted in the 88th minute after collecting Bruno Fernandes’ pass off a free kick to seal a victory. Ahead of the late games, United moved to fifth place with 12 points from six games. Hojlund came on in the 56th to replace Marcus Rashford and scored an equalizer six minutes later. In the Conference League a youthful Chelsea lineup made the most of a long trip to Kazakhstan by beating Astana 3-1 to stay perfect in the third-tier competition. Raiders player Charles Snowden facing misdemeanor DUI charge after Las Vegas arrest LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders football player Charles Snowden was arrested in Las Vegas on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence and released from custody. The NFL, the Raiders and Snowden’s attorneys acknowledged Thursday the 26-year-old first-year defensive end was arrested early Tuesday. He faces a scheduled court date in April. It’s not clear yet whether the arrest will affect Snowden’s status with the team. He has played every game this season, and the Raiders' next game is at home on Monday. Commissioner Roger Goodell can impose a three-game suspension without pay for a first violation of the league's alcohol abuse policy.OpenAI's legal battle with Elon Musk reveals internal turmoilcrazy 8 ace rule 。

Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Board certified" — is somewhat cryptic, but becomes clear with a couple of answers on the board. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #283, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #283, so read on if you need a little help. Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #283. Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints The official theme for NYT Strands #283 is... "Board certified". And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Tools of the trade". If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens: Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with 'W' and ends with 'G'. Scroll down to find out what it is... It's WOODWORKING. Today's Strands answers So, what are today's Strands answers for game #283? Drumroll, please... ...and the spangram was WOODWORKING. Strands #283 “Board certified” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵 Hi Strands fans. This is one of those puzzles that may, at first, seem rather tough. The theme - "Board certified" - suggests something about business, rather than WOODWORKING, after all. I fell into that trap and eventually had to use a clue to reveal VISE... which actually didn't help me at all. The reason being that VISE isn't a word in the UK, where we'd spell it "vice". Having established that fact via a quick Google search, however, I realized that "Board certified" had to refer to the tools used for building things. I found LATHE immediately above it and DRILL to its left. I then figured out that the mysterious 'J' on the left of the board was part of JIGSAW, before returning to the right to add in PLANE. CHISEL then jumped out at me in the middle of the grid. That sufficiently cleared a path for me to get the spangram: WOODWORKING, which was coiled up from the top of the board to the bottom-left corner. All that remained was to connect SANDER in the top left to complete the puzzle. Yesterday's Strands answers Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #282 right here .Tech companies most threatened by Trump are donating to his inauguration fundFluence Energy, Inc. Announces Closing of Offering of $400.0 Million of Convertible Senior Notes due 2030

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