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Semien, Perez help Rangers win 2-1 to sweep NL-champ Phils

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the fifth inning. Josh Jung homered and the Texas Rangers completed a season-opening series sweep of the defending NL champion Philadelphia Phillies with a 2-1 victory Sunday night.Martin Perez (1-0) allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings to win his season debut after setting career marks for ERA and strikeouts last season. Perez left with runners on first and second before Brock Burke, the first of three Texas relievers, retired Cristian Pache on a first-pitch foul out down the first-base line.Jonathan Hernandez got five outs and Will Smith pitched a perfect ninth inning to earn his first save of the season. Perez gave up eight hits, walked three and struck out seven to help the Rangers to their first 3-0 start since 2011 — when they won their second straight AL pennant.The Rangers, under first-year manager Bruce Bochy, are also three games over .500 for the first time since August 2019.“The whole weeke...

Kevin Durant scores 35 points, Suns roll past Thunder

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 35 points and the Phoenix Suns held off the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-118 on Sunday night for their fifth straight victory.Durant — once a hero in Oklahoma City after leading the Thunder to the 2012 NBA Finals, but roundly booed nearly every time he touched the ball Sunday — scored 13 points in the fourth quarter and blocked a shot at the rim by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. That helped Phoenix hold the lead after Oklahoma City cut a 15-point deficit to three as the Suns improved to 6-0 with Durant in the lineup.Devin Booker added 22 points and 10 assists for Phoenix, which shot 56.8% from the field to match its season high. Deandre Ayton had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Chris Paul had 16 points and eight assists. Phoenix remained fourth in the Western Conference standings.“There’s not a way that he can’t score,” Phoenix coach Monty Williams said about Durant. “Those kind of players – they want those (clutch) shots. They’re so used to having the ...

Kelsea Ballerini joins drag artists at CMT Music Awards

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country singer Kelsea Ballerini opened the CMT Music Awards with a tribute to victims of a school shooting while sharing in that community’s grief, then danced alongside drag artists as states across the country consider legally limiting drag show performances,Ballerini, a co-host of the annual awards show with singer Kane Brown, opened the Austin, Texas, show by listing the names of six victims three adults and three 9-year-olds who were killed Monday at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee. She noted how she shared their pain, explaining that in 2008 she witnessed a school shooting in her hometown high school cafeteria in Knoxville and prayed for “real action” that would protect children and families. About two hours into the fan-voted awards show, the Tennessee native sang “If You Go Down (I’m Going Down Too)” and danced with Kennedy Davenport, Jan Sport, Manila Luzon and Olivia Lux, all stars of the show “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”Her home st...

Antetokounmpo helps hot-shooting Bucks beat 76ers 117-104

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 33 points, 14 rebounds and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 117-104 on Sunday night to move a step closer to the top playoff seed in the Eastern Conference.The Bucks (56-22) have a two-game lead over Boston (54-24) with four games left. Boston won the season series with Milwaukee and has the tiebreaker. Philadelphia (51-27) is third in the East.Brook Lopez scored 21 points, Khris Middleton had 19 and Jrue Holiday and Bobby Portis each added 18 as the Bucks shot 57.5%. Middleton also had nine assists.Tyrese Maxey had 29 points and Joel Embiid 28 for the 76ers.The Bucks bounced back three nights after a 140-99 home loss to Boston that matched their most-lopsided defeat of the season. The Bucks never trailed thanks to a blistering start that enabled them to build a 31-15 lead.Milwaukee made its first first eight shots from the floor and 12 of its first 13. The Bucks were 5 of 5 from 3-point range during that stre...

NCAA Championship Most Points

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

102 — 2023 LSU97 — 1986 Texas93 — 2013 UConn93 — 1998 Tennessee88 — 1990 Stanford85 — x-2023 Iowa84 — 2005 Baylor84 — 1993 Texas Tech83 — 1996 Tennessee82 — 2019 Baylor82 — 2016 UConn82 — 2002 UConn82 — x-1993 Ohio State81 — x-2019 Notre Dame81 — x-1990 Auburn81 — x-1986 Southern Cal80 — 2012 Baylorx-lost championship gameSource

Larkin’s hat trick helps Red Wings top Maple Leafs 5-2

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Dylan Larkin scored three times for his second career hat trick, Alex Nedeljkovic made 42 saves and the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-2 on Sunday night.Olli Maatta had a goal and an assist, and Jonatan Berggren also scored for Detroit. Moritz Seider added two assists.Calle Jarnkrok and John Tavares scored for Toronto, which lost goalie Matt Murray to an injury late in the first period. He allowed two goals on seven shots before being replaced by Ilya Samsonov, who made 13 saves in relief after stopping 31 shots in a 3-0 win over Ottawa on Saturday.Toronto, which is locked into a first-round playoff matchup with Tampa Bay and sitting in the Atlantic Division’s No. 2 spot, Toronto rested star forward Mitch Marner and defensemen Jake McCabe and Mark Giordano.The Red Wings, who will likely miss the playoffs for the seventh straight season, opened the scoring 90 seconds into the first period on Maatta’s sixth goal of the season.With the game ti...

Women’s NCAA All-Tournament Teams

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

The Women’s NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Teams (the first player listed each year was the Final Four most outstanding player):2023 — Angel Reese, LSU; Alexis Morris, LSU; Jasmine Carson, LSU; Caitlin Clark, Iowa; Zia Cooke, South Carolina.2022 — Paige Bueckers, UConn; Zia Cooke, South Carolina; Destanni Henderson, South Carolina; Allyah Boston, South Carolina; Haley Jones, Stanford.2021 — Haley Jones, Stanford; Paige Bueckers, UConn; Zia Cooke, South Carolina; Lexie Hull, Stanford; Aari McDonald, Arizona.2019 — Chloe Jackson, Baylor; Kalani Brown, Baylor; Lauren Cox, Baylor; Marina Mabrey, Notre Dame; Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame.2018 — Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame; Teaira McCowan, Mississippi St.; Napheesa Collier, UConn; Victoria Vivians, Mississippi St.; Jessica Shepard, Notre Dame.2017 — A’ja Wilson, South Carolina; Morgan William, Mississippi St.; Allisha Gray, South Carolina; Victoria Vivians, Mississippi St.; Gabby Williams, UConn.2016 — Breanna Stewart, UConn; ...

How to prepare your family for fire season

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) -- Four of the top five largest wildfires in Colorado occurred between 2018 and 2020 according to the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control. Warm temperatures, dry conditions and high winds can turn even the smallest fire into a raging blaze. Firefighters say every resident should be prepared by signing up for emergency notifications in their county.FOX31 spoke with several residents in Golden, near the location of the Bear Fire in Golden Gate Canyon, who said they are not prepared to leave their homes in the case of an emergency.“The wind has always been what it is, you just don’t know how fast these fires can travel,” one resident said, who emphasized that the most frightening thing about quickly evacuating is leaving important items behind. Foothills and high country fire crews urge residents to stay vigilant to avoid wildfires Residents are encouraged to sign up for emergency notifications, which can be done by visiting your county website. In J...

With 4 games left, where do the Chicago Bulls stand in the NBA play-in tournament?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

The Chicago Bulls are fighting for a spot in the NBA play-in tournament, a battle for the last two playoff seeds in each conference. Here’s an explainer about the history of the event and how it works — and where the Bulls stand.When did the play-in begin?The NBA introduced the idea after the restart of the pandemic-delayed 2019-20 season, with a team needing to be within four games of the No. 8 seed to force a play-in for the last playoff spot in the conference.The Memphis Grizzlies finished a half-game behind the No. 8 seed Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference, and the Blazers won the first game of a play-in, thus earning the final playoff spot. In the East, the ninth-place Washington Wizards finished 7½ games behind the eighth-place Orlando Magic, meaning a play-in was unnecessary.How has the tournament evolved?The next year, the NBA expanded its play-in rules, with only the top six seeds in each conference guaranteed of a playoff spot and the Nos. 7-...

Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician and film composer, dies

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:01:54 GMT

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MARI YAMAGUCHI (Associated Press)TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood hits such as “The Last Emperor” and “The Revenant,” has died. He was 71.Japan’s recording company Avex said in a statement Sunday that Sakamoto died on March 28 while undergoing treatment for cancer.He was first diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014. In 2022, he revealed that he had terminal cancer, a year after he disclosed suffering from rectal cancer.Sakamoto was a pioneer of the electronics music of the late 1970s and founded the Yellow Magic Orchestra, also known as YMO, with Haruomi Hosono and Yukihiro Takahashi.Takahashi died in January.Despite his battle with cancer, Sakamoto released a full-length album “12” on his 71st birthday in January, stating that composing had a “small healing effect on my damaged body and soul,” according to the official statement released with the latest album.He was a world-class musician, winn...