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Local Serbians go big to support Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) -- Dragan Kojic is a huge fan of the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Jokic."We are so proud of him," said the Bosnian Serb, who has lived in Colorado for 35 years.Kojic has season tickets, attended Game 1 and Game 2 of the NBA Finals and is attending Game 5. "Being a Nuggets fan, it means a lot. Being a Serbian, a Bosnian Serbian, whatever you want to call it, huge!" he said. How to watch the Nuggets play in Game 5 of NBA Finals Kokic's wife and three kids will attend a watch party at St. John the Baptist Serbian Orthodox Church in Lakewood. Multiple generations are expected to show up and show their Serbian pride.Dragan Kojic and his family are cheering on fellow Serbian Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. (KDVR)The family knows their friends and family in Serbia will be watching as well. "It's going to be 2:30 in the morning and I guarantee you 80% of the country is going to be watching," Kojic said.Read more Nuggets coverage:History greatly favors the Denver...

Pat Sajak to retire from 'Wheel of Fortune' next year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Beloved "Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak announced Monday that he will be retiring as host of the game show.A four-decade run will come to a close at the end of the upcoming season.“Well, the time has come. I’ve decided that our 41st season, which begins in September, will be my last,” Sajak said in a statement. “It’s been a wonderful ride, and I’ll have more to say in the coming months. Many thanks to you all”Sajak, who is 76, made the announcement on social media, joking, "If nothing else, it’ll keep the clickbait sites busy!"A statement from the show's account replied:"Thank you to the best host in the biz. Wheel of Fortune would not be what it is today without you, Pat. Looking forward to Season 41 being better than ever!"This is a developing story.

Rockies' Charlie Blackmon goes on 10-day IL with fracture

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Colorado outfielder Charlie Blackmon has a fractured right hand and is expected to be sidelined for four-to-six weeks.Blackmon was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday and Colorado recalled infielder Coco Montes, who was to make his major league debut at second base against the San Diego Padres. Denver Nuggets add quite a chunk of change to Kroenke’s net worth Blackmon, who turns 37 on July 1, fractured the fifth metacarpal when he was hit by a pitch by Kansas City's Daniel Lynch leading off a game on June 3. Blackmon remained in the game and started the next four games before pinch-hitting in Saturday’s loss to San Diego.“We’ve been monitoring the whole time and it hasn’t felt great,” Black said. “A couple different X-rays showed no fracture and then based on how he’s felt the last couple of days, Keith X-rayed him again last night and it showed the fracture," Black said, referring to head athletic trainer Keith Duggar.Black was not surprised Blackmon continued ...

How to watch the Nuggets play in Game 5 of NBA Finals

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Game 5 of the NBA Finals is Monday night, and with the Denver Nuggets up 3-1 against the Miami Heat, there's a chance this game could clinch the series and give the Nuggets their first NBA championship.If you want to watch what may be a historic game, there are a few options to choose from depending on what kind of game-watching experience you want.Tip-off for the game is at 6:30 p.m.How can you watch Game 5 of the NBA Finals?There are essentially three ways to watch the game.The first and most obvious is to attend the game in person at Ball Arena. If you're in Denver and have a grand or two lying around -- or just haven't gotten around to buying tickets yet -- this is an option.The cheapest nosebleed tickets start at $1,034.06, including fees, as of Monday. Want to see the Nuggets play in Game 5? Get ready to spend If you don't have that kind of money and can't buy tickets, the second option is to watch it in a public place.With this being the game that could mak...

Actress Sope Aluko premieres her first own film ‘Chidera’ in Miami Beach

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

What do a panther and pawnee, Indiana have in common?The answer is Actress, Sope Aluko.She starred in Marvel’s Black Panther and alongside Amy Poehler, in Parks and Recreation. Now she’s trying her hand at filmmaking.Deco caught up with the star at Liberty City’s African Cultural Arts Center to get the details.London-born Nigerian actress, Sope Aluko moved to SoFlo and caught the acting bug.Sope Aluko: “As Steve Harvey would say, I jumped with a parachute without the backup. I literally just did it. Now I’ve been an actor working for 14 years.”And she’s worked the silver screen gigs the city has to offer.Sope Aluko: “Miami was a booming town back when I started so everything from burn notice.”Natpop Sope Aluko In Parks And Rec: “Now, from the hometown of Pawney Indiana in the United States…Leslie Knope.”))Sope Aluko: “Then I booked Parks and Recreation. I booked Law and Order SVU. And then it started opening up ...

Judge’s surprise retirement gives Healey SJC pick

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

Supreme Judicial Court Justice Elspeth Cypher plans to step down in January, giving Gov. Maura Healey a chance to appoint someone to the state’s highest court early in her first term.The SJC announced Monday that Cypher, who turned 64 in February, will retire from the court on Jan. 12, 2024 after a nearly seven-year tenure. A court spokesperson said Cypher “wants to devote her time to teaching and research.”Cypher will take a position at Boston College Law School for the spring 2024 semester as a Huber Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law. She said in a statement that she is “looking forward to pursuing my love of teaching.”Her departure will come several years before Cypher turns 70, the mandatory retirement age for Massachusetts judges, and creates the first vacancy on the SJC since Healey was elected in November.Healey’s predecessor, former Gov. Charlie Baker, saw the entire court turn over during his two terms and appointed all seven curren...

Robbins: Trump’s document misdeeds put country at risk

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

If there’s one thing worse than a crooked tyrant, it’s an unpatriotic crooked tyrant, and with the unsealing of the detailed 44-page indictment handed down against him by a federal grand jury in Miami last week, one thing is clear: Donald Trump checks all the boxes. Trump, who began his adult life dodging the draft in order to avoid serving his country in Vietnam, has passed the rest of it dodging criminal indictments for tax fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud and fraud-fraud. He has finally hit a wall in the federal indictment-dodging department. The grand jury charged him with willfully retaining classified documents in violation of the Espionage Act, withholding classified documents, corruptly concealing classified documents and conspiring to obstruct justice, the latter of which Trump commits as casually as he consumes cheeseburgers.It wouldn’t be an indictment of Donald Trump if it did not contain at least one count of making false statements. One surmises that this is the only coun...

Sales tax holiday will return but not expand, Spilka says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

Though lawmakers will move forward with an ongoing tradition of suspending the state’s sales tax for a single weekend during the summer, the Senate’s president announced Monday that her colleagues will not consider any plan to extend the temporary tax break.After leaving the second “leadership meeting” held with Gov. Maura Healey and House Speaker Ron Mariano in as many weeks, Senate President Karen Spilka told reporters during a brief press conference outside her Beacon Hill office that lawmakers had settled on the date of the holiday, though any suspension will still need to be made official by actual legislation.“We will be doing a sales tax holiday August 12th, 13th, that weekend,” Spilka said. Mariano did not voice any opposition to the dates.When asked if she and her colleagues would consider expanding the two-day pause on the state’s 6.25% sales tax, she said that “no, we’re not there yet.”“But we will be doing the weekend,” the Democrat from Ashland said.Fi...

Alleged Charlestown serial rapist Matthew Nilo ‘could get away… do it to somebody else,’ alleged victim says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

The accused Charlestown serial rapist who works at a New York City law firm “could get away” and “do it to somebody else,” one of his alleged victims said on Monday as the suspect was expected to be released.Matthew Nilo, 35, of New Jersey, has been linked to a series of sexual assaults that occurred over a decade ago on Terminal Street in Charlestown, Suffolk County prosecutors allege.On Monday, Nilo was reportedly posting bail after he was arraigned last week on three counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, one count of assault with intent to rape, and one count of indecent assault and battery. Bail had been set at $500,000.His attorney, Joseph Cataldo, on Monday evening said, “The posting of bail is in process and my client will be released soon.”One of Nilo’s alleged victims showed up to Monday’s bail review hearing at Suffolk Superior Court, telling reporters that she was “upset” Nilo could post bail and w...

Trump tells Howie Carr he’s pleading ‘not guilty,’ calls indictment a ‘disgrace’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:14:00 GMT

Former President Donald Trump attacked both the process and prosecutor behind the indictment and capped it with a defiant vow — he’ll plead not guilty to 37 felony charges.“It’s a disgrace to our country,” Trump said on Howie Carr’s radio show Monday night of the accusations made against him by the Biden administration’s Justice Department.Trump, the current leading contender for the Republican nomination to the White House in 2024, was indicted on charges he willfully mishandled classified information he apparently admitted he did not have the right to possess and continued to withhold from the government despite numerous attempts by the National Archives and the Department of Justice to secure the nation’s secrets.The 45th President is due to surrender himself to federal authorities in Miami on Tuesday at 3 p.m. Trump told Carr he would plead “not guilty” to all charges.“Getting ready to head down to Doral in Miami. We must all be STRONG and DEFEAT the Comm...