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Kiz vs. Singer: What’s biggest challenge Miami Heat present Nuggets in NBA Finals?

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

Kiszla: After waiting 56 long years for a shot, the Nuggets can’t lose in their first NBA Finals appearance. When’s the victory parade? The Miami Heat, a No. 8 seed? C’mon, how much easier could winning the first championship in franchise history be for Denver? If I’m reading the betting odds out of Las Vegas correctly, the probability of your Nuggies beating the Heat in this series is nearly 83%. Denver in five? OK, let’s not start the victory parade quite yet. What’s the biggest challenge Miami presents Nikola Jokic and the fellas?Singer: Hubris, and you couldn’t have described it better, Kiz. The Nuggets had well over a week to rest and recuperate from *checks notes* that arduous four-game sweep over the Lakers. Meanwhile, Miami could barely decide whether to flirt with disaster or fight for its life. A No. 8 seed, on no rest, playing at altitude, against a team that hasn’t lost at home during the playoffs? Denver has all the reason in the worl...

Casa Bonita will open in stages, with a public lottery and then tickets

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

The first lucky locals to be able to dine at Casa Bonita in Lakewood will be selected via a lottery and invited to bring up to five family members with them during a soft opening period. The beloved eatertainment venue will then sell tickets for three days as it ramps up in stages to a public opening with regular hours, The Denver Post has learned.Lakewood Police Department Commander Jon Alesch detailed the opening plans in a security-related email procured by The Denver Post through a Colorado Open Record Act request. The May 11 email to other Lakewood city employees doesn’t include specific dates when this will happen and Casa Bonita has not announced when it will open to the public.The restaurant did, however, begin soliciting signups to its newsletter on May 26, stating its first guests will be pulled exclusively from its email list.While the email from Alesch did not state when ticketed dinners would be held, the commander wrote that the system “should help avoid the ‘wai...

Denver International Airport’s new security reservations allow you to skip the line

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

A free reservation service that launches this week at Denver International Airport will allow passengers to skip DIA’s often-lengthy security lines by booking their screening in advance.But the DEN Reserve service, which DIA says is set for a “soft launch” on Thursday, may require some planning to snag one of the limited appointment slots for the security checkpoint on the terminal’s bridge to Concourse A.The online service, at den.whyline.com, allows reservations up to three days before a flight. Any remaining slots will be available to travelers at the spur of the moment, with signs near the A-Bridge security line displaying a QR code for the website. A user can book for an individual or a group, and no account or membership is necessary.By choosing the A-Bridge checkpoint, which offers only standard screening, DIA is gearing the reservation option toward travelers who don’t have PreCheck or Clear memberships. (PreCheck members should head to the nort...

Get a free Chipotle burrito with every 3-point shot during NBA Finals

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

If a Denver Nugget hits a three, Chipotle burritos are free during the 2023 NBA Finals.Chipotle announced its “Free Pointer” promotion on Monday ahead of Game 1 of the championship series between the Nuggets and the Miami Heat on Thursday.How it works:When a Nuggets or Heat player hits a three-point shot during any of the matchups, Chipotle will drop a text-to-win code on Twitter, and the first 300 fans to text the code to 888222 will receive a free Chipotle entrée. The Newport Beach-based — and Colorado-founded — brand plans to give away up to 10,500 free entrees per game.Related ArticlesRestaurants, Food and Drink | Where to eat and drink near Ball Arena for a Denver Nuggets game Restaurants, Food and Drink | Celtics fall apart in bid for NBA history and now enter offseason of questions Restaurants, Food and Drink | As Nuggets await NBA Finals clash vs. Heat, KCP relishes shot at another title Restaurants, Food and Drink ...

Man missing after falling overboard on Carnival cruise

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

By Eliza Noe, The Virginian-PilotCarnival Cruise Line has reported a man overboard to the United States Coast Guard on a cruise set to return to Norfolk, Virginia, Tuesday morning.According to a statement from Carnival, the man’s travel companion had reported him missing late Monday afternoon aboard Carnival Magic, which was returning from a trip to the Bahamas. After reviewing security footage, Carnival reports the passenger “leaned over the railing of his stateroom balcony and dropped into the water at approximately 4:10 a.m.” according to a statement from the company.“The U.S. Coast Guard has released the ship from any search and rescue efforts and advised the ship’s captain to continue on its way to Norfolk where it will arrive as planned on Tuesday,” the statement continues. “The Carnival Care Team is providing support to the guest’s companion and traveling party who are on board.”In a tweet posted Tuesday morning, the Coast Guard said crews are still searching. The man, 35, we...

Missing woman who vanished on road trip to Orange County spotted at California Walmart

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

A Tennessee woman whose family says she disappeared while on a road trip with her boyfriend was seen at a Walmart in California over Memorial Day weekend, law enforcement said. A deputy in Cheatham County, Tennessee, said Nikki Alcaraz was spotted at a Walmart in Redding, California, on Saturday, KTLA sister station WKRN reports. A photo was taken when she reportedly sold her phone at an ecoATM, a kiosk that offers payment in exchange for used phones, the county's District Attorney General Ray Crouch said.Nikki Alcaraz (Source: DA General Ray Crouch)Despite the sighting, authorities are still asking for the public's help in finding her. Alcaraz had set out in her black Jeep with her boyfriend, Tyler Stratton, and a dog to visit family in Orange County, California. During their cross-country trip, the couple had a run-in with law enforcement in Torrance County, New Mexico. According to a Torrance County Sheriff’s Office report from May 4, a witness saw Stratton punch Alcaraz in the f...

Disneyland guests take one last ride on Splash Mountain

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

Disneyland guests could wait hours in line to ride Splash Mountain one last time before its extensive transformation into “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure,” a “Princess and the Frog”-inspired attraction.Tuesday is the last day the ride will be operational before its official closure on May 31, according to Disneyland officials.While the attraction itself isn’t getting torn down, it will undergo a complete makeover and return re-themed as “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure,” which is scheduled to open in late 2024 at the U.S. Disney Parks. Disneyland’s Splash Mountain temporarily closes due to wildlife encounter Splash Mountain wait times at Disneyland could be about four hours long if Walt Disney World is any indication. When Florida's version of Splash Mountain closed in January, guests waited 220 minutes — over three hours long — on its final day of operation. The extra long wait times at Magic Kingdom set a new wait time record for the attraction.A previous record of 210 minutes was set in 2020,...

The Mars Bar To Enter Hollywood’s Orbit On Friday, June 2

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

To celebrate the the launch of FOX’s new unscripted competition series, Stars on Mars, The Mars Bar will land at the Scum & Villainy Cantina in Hollywood on Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3, for an exclusive hosted wine bar pop-up featuring the Red (Wine) Planet with series-inspired ‘Space Flights,’ astronaut charcuterie, exclusive content and “star” gazing in a fully immersive setting. Upon entering the celestial pop-up, there will be a curated selection of space-themed wines to honor the red planet, including robust reds and crisp whites from a mission specialist sommelier.The show, which premieres on Monday, June 5, will prepare celebrities for take-off to “Mars,” where they will live, eat, sleep, strategize and bond with each other in the same space station. During their stay, they will be faced with conditions that simulate life on Mars, and compete to outlast each other and claim the title of brightest star in the galaxy. The celebrities will compete in missions and vo...

Protesters, police clash near home of Senegal opposition leader

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

By Babacar Dione | Associated PressDAKAR, Senegal — Police fired tear gas and demonstrators burned cars Monday near the home of Senegal’s main opposition leader, as tensions rise in the capital days before a court verdict is expected on charges against the politician.Ousmane Sonko is being tried for rape and death threats against a woman working at a massage parlor, and could face up to 10 years in prison. If convicted, he would would be barred from running in next year’s presidential elections. Sonko and his supporters maintain his legal troubles are part of an effort by President Macky Sall’s government to derail his candidacy.The clashes came a day after police stopped Sonko’s “freedom caravan,” traveling from his hometown of Ziguinchor, in the south and where he is the mayor, to the capital, Dakar, where he was forced into a home he has in the city.The interior minister, Antoine Felix Diome, said Sonko had not been arrested but was caught brea...

Births decline in 35 states, continuing a long-term trend

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:48:17 GMT

Tim Henderson | Stateline.org (TNS)Fast-growing Texas and Florida had the biggest increases in the number of births last year, while a dozen other states — half of them in the South — continued to rebound from pandemic lows.In the United States as a whole, however, the number of births has plateaued after a modest increase following the worst of the pandemic, according to preliminary data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Births increased in only 15 states from 2021 to 2022, compared with growth in 43 states between 2020 and 2021. More detailed statistics, which could shift slightly, are due for release June 1.Overall, the new data shows the continuation of a long-term trend toward fewer births in the United States, said Phillip Levine, an economics professor at Wellesley College who studies birth trends. Births were down more than 650,000 or 15% over the past 15 years.“We’re back where we started before COVID hit,” Levine said. “Births are still declining,...