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By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fast food burgers hit the spot on road trips and when you’re pressed for time. But given most sandwich buns are made with wheat, there often aren’t a lot of options for those with gluten allergies. These burger spirals are an acceptable gluten-free solution: They’re made with rice paper wrappers. Usually the thin, transparent rounds made from rice, water and salt are the foundation for Vietnamese summer rolls — fresh spring rolls filled with shredded vegetables, fresh herbs, noodles and proteins like shrimp and pork and served cold. Here, in an attempt to replicate the…

One part professional baseball team and three parts entertainment, the Savannah Bananas — sometimes referred to as the Harlem Globetrotters of the national pastime — will take over Coors Field on Saturday and Sunday for their unusual blend of sports and spectacle. And while it was tough to get tickets for the sold-out “games,” bars and restaurants around the park will celebrate all weekend with a variety of banana-themed drinks and dessert specials. Ambler, 1801 Wewatta St. Kyle Luigs (12) is hoisted into the air by teammate Bill Leroy (1) after the Savannah Bananas defeated the Party Animals at Harbor…

Every party needs balloons. These just happen to be filled with laughing gas. “We don’t do it that often. It’s funny for about 30 seconds,” said a concertgoer outside Red Rocks Amphitheatre, who was preparing to inhale nitrous oxide from a balloon before The String Cheese Incident played there in mid-July. She requested anonymity for fear of job reprisal. “There’s not really that much thought to it. It’s a stupid drug. The dumbest out of them all.” Perched in the bed of a silver pick-up with friends in Lower South Lot 1, the 20-something woman pinched the end of the…

Colorado running back Dallan Hayden during football practice on Aug. 1, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (CU Athletics) Dallan Hayden came to Colorado a year ago with high hopes of rediscovering the success he had as a freshman. The 2024 campaign didn’t turn out like he had hoped, but the Buffaloes’ junior running back is choosing to look forward as he prepares for a new season. “I try not to really think about last year; last year was last year,” he said after practice on Monday. “I watched the film and just try to be better than what I was personally…

The ballot below was submitted to Associated Press headquarters late last week in advance of the AP preseason poll release Aug. 11. You’ll notice the teams responsible for the five national championships won this decade (Alabama, Georgia, Michigan and Ohio State) are not atop our ballot. That does not mean we expect mayhem in the College Football Playoff. Every champion in the CFP era had claimed at least one national title prior to the event’s inception in 2014. It’s a sport built on royalty, powered by royalty and, of course, financed by royalty. Despite the leveling effects of NIL and…

By ROB GILLIES TORONTO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump raised the tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% last week, but a key exemption for Canada and Mexico shields the vast majority of goods from the punishing duties. Goods that comply with the 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement trade pact that Trump negotiated during his first term are excluded from the tariffs. Here’s a look at Trump’s tariffs on the two countries and their exemptions: Most Canadian exports reaching the U.S duty free Canada’s central bank says 100% of energy exports and 95% of other exports are USMCA compliant. The Royal…

The style in which Warren Sapp coaches isn’t any different now than it was a year ago when he was a rookie coach. “Oh, it’s still brash and in-your-face and blunt,” the Colorado Buffaloes’ defensive assistant said Tuesday after practice. That’s no surprise, since it was a brash, in-your-face and blunt approach to the game that led Sapp to a Pro Football Hall of Fame playing career as a defensive tackle. What is a surprise to the former University of Miami and Tampa Bay Buccaneers star, however, is how much he’s enjoying his role of mentoring young men at CU…

Josiah Manu is ready for Prime Time. Manu, the 6-foot-5 senior tackle at Thompson Valley High School, told The Denver Post Tuesday that he’s flipped his collegiate commitment to the CU Buffs and Deion Sanders. “Level of competition was the big thing,” said the 295-pound Manu, who had given a verbal commitment to San Jose State last month. “And seeing the field early is also an opportunity I’d have at CU as well. I want to be on the biggest stages, against the best players and the best (opponents) I can.” Manu said he received an offer from CU in…

The plans for the Zebulon Regional Sports Complex are huge. On the drawing board are four baseball fields, three ice rinks and a pair of soccer fields. Eight to 10 basketball courts — which can be converted into 20 volleyball courts or 30 pickleball courts — are also in the mix. Add in a 400,000-square-foot, domed indoor sports facility that will house more fields for year-round play, and you get a sense of Zebulon’s scale once it’s built in northern Douglas County. And that’s just the first phase, which could break ground as soon as this fall on a 50-acre…

Moon Alert: Avoid shopping (except for food and gas) and important decisions from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. EDT today (8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon from SAGITTARIUS into CAPRICORN. Happy Birthday for Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025: You are brave, determined and tenacious. You independently investigate what you want to know. Simplicity is the key to life this year. Work on creating solid foundations, both externally and internally. Martial arts or yoga might be tools for self-discipline. Stay grounded and levelheaded. ARIES (March 21-April 19) ★★Tread carefully today, because you’re high-viz, which means people notice you.…