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Before a new era begins at North Carolina, there is one more football game to play. That comes when the Tar Heels meet UConn on Saturday in the Fenway Bowl -- at Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. There is no doubt that much of the bowl game will include the backdrop of Bill Belichick becoming North Carolina's coach beginning in the 2025 season. Adding to the buzz is the fact that the game will played practically in the backyard of where Belichick coached the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl wins. The distractions could be numerous for the Tar Heels (6-6), who lost their final two games of the regular season. "I want to compliment the guys on working to get better each and every day," interim coach Freddie Kitchens said. "We're just trying to do a good job staying where our feet are. I think the guys have done a good job of kind of knocking out some of the distractions." Since the departure of coach Mack Brown, Kitchens, who will remain with the program on Belichick's staff, has overseen the North Carolina team. Belichick and Kitchens are in regular communication. "He asks questions. I answer the questions," Kitchens said, "so he's fully aware of everything dealing with this program." UConn (8-4) certainly doesn't want to be an afterthought in this bowl. "It's Fenway, (so) it's going to be awesome," Huskies coach Jim Mora Jr. said. The Huskies are trying to match the program's highest win total since moving to the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2000. UConn posted nine victories in 2003 and 2007. "You guys can look back with a lot of pride that you've hopefully changed the trajectory of this program for a long time to come," Mora said of his message to the team. The trajectory for North Carolina, on the other, is that of a program in transition. Kitchens is finishing his second season as North Carolina's run game coordinator and tight ends coach. He is part of a group of assistants coordinating the offense for the bowl as 2024 coordinator Chip Lindsey departed for Michigan earlier this month. "We try to draw on things we can control," Kitchens said. "I expect them to play well and hopefully they expect themselves to play well." Kitchens has declined to discuss specifics regarding how the offense might be designed for the Connecticut game. North Carolina defensive coordinator Geoff Collins remains in that position for Fenway Bowl. "Nothing really has changed from a defensive staff or special teams staff," Kitchens said. Kitchens said that most players who entered the transfer portal have continued to work out with the Tar Heels and that he anticipates they will play in Boston. One player who stepped away is running back Omarion Hampton, who ranks fourth all-time in rushing yards (3,565) for North Carolina. He has declared for the NFL draft after gaining 1,660 rushing yards -- second in the nation behind the 2,497 of Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty of Boise State -- and 15 touchdowns this season. Mora said the Huskies will be without running back Durell Robinson (731 rushing yards), who is transferring to Auburn. Robinson is among at least 10 UConn players in the transfer portal, some of whom expressed interest in playing in the bowl. "They want to finish this thing out," Mora said. The Huskies still have leading rusher Cam Edwards (756 yards) but will be without defensive lineman Dal'Mont Gourdine, who sustained a broken foot during a late-November practice. North Carolina has won all three of its meetings with UConn, most recently earning a 12-10 win on Sept. 12, 2009, in East Hartford, Conn. UConn is 0-3 against Atlantic Coast Conference members this year with losses to Duke, Wake Forest and Syracuse. ACC teams (Louisville, Boston College) won the first two Fenway Bowls. Connecticut lost a regular-season game at the ballpark in November 2017, falling to Boston College. Kitchens said he has been outside Fenway Park on a visit to Boston but never inside the gates. --Field Level MediaWASHINGTON (AP) — A machinists strike. Another safety problem involving its troubled top-selling airliner. A plunging stock price. 2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant. But when one of the company's jets crash-landed in South Korea on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people on board, it brought to a close an especially unfortunate year for Boeing. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and aviation experts were quick to distinguish Sunday's incident from the company’s earlier safety problems. Alan Price, a former chief pilot at Delta Air Lines who is now a consultant, said it would be inappropriate to link the incident Sunday to two fatal crashes involving Boeing’s troubled 737 Max jetliner in 2018 and 2019. In January this year, a door plug blew off a 737 Max while it was in flight, raising more questions about the plane. The Boeing 737-800 that crash-landed in Korea, Price noted, is “a very proven airplane. "It’s different from the Max ...It’s a very safe airplane.’’ For decades, Boeing has maintained a role as one of the giants of American manufacturing. But the the past year's repeated troubles have been damaging. The company's stock price is down more than 30% in 2024. The company's reputation for safety was especially tarnished by the 737 Max crashes, which occurred off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia less than five months apart in 2018 and 2019 and left a combined 346 people dead. In the five years since then, Boeing has lost more than $23 billion. And it has fallen behind its European rival, Airbus, in selling and delivering new planes. Last fall, 33,000 Boeing machinists went on strike, crippling the production of the 737 Max, the company's bestseller, the 777 airliner and 767 cargo plane. The walkout lasted seven weeks, until members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers agreed to an offer that included 38% pay raises over four years. In January, a door plug blew off a 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight. Federal regulators responded by imposing limits on Boeing aircraft production that they said would remain in place until they felt confident about manufacturing safety at the company. In July, Boeing agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud for deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration regulators who approved the 737 Max. Acting on Boeing’s incomplete disclosures, the FAA approved minimal, computer-based training instead of more intensive training in flight simulators. Simulator training would have increased the cost for airlines to operate the Max and might have pushed some to buy planes from Airbus instead. (Prosecutors said they lacked evidence to argue that Boeing’s deception had played a role in the crashes.) But the plea deal was rejected this month by a federal judge in Texas, Reed O’Connor , who decided that diversity, inclusion and equity or DEI policies in the government and at Boeing could result in race being a factor in choosing an official to oversee Boeing’s compliance with the agreement. Boeing has sought to change its culture. Under intense pressure over safety issues, David Calhoun departed as CEO in August. Since January, 70,000 Boeing employees have participated in meetings to discuss ways to improve safety.
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San Jose Sharks (8-13-5, in the Pacific Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (11-12-1, in the Pacific Division) Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * San Jose Sharks (8-13-5, in the Pacific Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (11-12-1, in the Pacific Division) Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? San Jose Sharks (8-13-5, in the Pacific Division) vs. Seattle Kraken (11-12-1, in the Pacific Division) Seattle; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kraken -211, Sharks +174; over/under is 6 BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks visit the Seattle Kraken after Jake Walman’s two-goal game against the Seattle Kraken in the Sharks’ 8-5 win. Seattle has gone 11-12-1 overall with a 3-3-0 record against the Pacific Division. The Kraken have a 10-2-1 record in games they score three or more goals. San Jose has gone 8-13-5 overall with a 3-5-0 record in Pacific Division play. The Sharks are 10th in the league serving 8.5 penalty minutes per game. Saturday’s game is the second meeting between these teams this season. The Sharks won 8-5 in the last matchup. Walman led the Sharks with two goals. TOP PERFORMERS: Jared McCann has nine goals and 13 assists for the Kraken. Brandon Tanev has four goals and four assists over the past 10 games. Fabian Zetterlund has nine goals and 10 assists for the Sharks. Macklin Celebrini has five goals and four assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Kraken: 6-4-0, averaging 2.9 goals, 4.3 assists, two penalties and 4.3 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game. Sharks: 3-4-3, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.4 assists, 3.1 penalties and 7.3 penalty minutes while giving up 3.2 goals per game. INJURIES: Kraken: None listed. Sharks: None listed. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. Advertisement
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