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Bonner scores 22, Jones 21 and Connecticut holds off Dallas 80-74 in WNBA matchup

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner scored 22 points, Brionna Jones added 21, and the Connecticut Sun held off a second-half rally by Dallas, defeating the Stars 80-74 on Sunday.Leading 63-52 heading to the fourth quarter, the Sun held on although their lead was down to seven with seven minutes to go after Arike Ogunbowale hit a jumper for the Wings.Jones hit a jumper to give the Sun a 74-65 lead at the two-minute mark and a jumper by the Wings’ Awak Kuier was the only made basket before the final minute in which the Sun went 6-for-6 at the foul line.Alyssa Thomas had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut (6-1) and Tiffany Hayes added 17 points, six rebounds and four assists.Satou Sabally had 26 points and 14 rebounds — both game highs — for Dallas. Crystal Dangerfield added 13 points, Natasha Howard 11, and Veronica Burton 10 for the Wings (3-3).Jones scored nine points in the first quarter as the Sun built a 23-13 lead. They went on to lead 44-30 at halftime.Sabally ...

Carlos Alcaraz likes to watch replays of his best shots, faces Stefanos Tsitsipas at French Open

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Some friendly advice, sports fans: If Carlos Alcaraz is playing, do not look away. Even for a moment. Because it’s likely he’ll conjure up some sort of highlight-worthy mix of ability, athleticism and awareness that drops the jaw.Anyone who’s watched him play lately knows this. Anyone who’s played against him lately knows this. And he knows this. Which is why the No. 1-ranked Alcaraz himself acknowledged through that now-familiar smile that he’ll glance up at the stadium video boards “a lot of times” to see a replay of what he just did.Up to his usual tricks at Court Philippe Chatrier on Sunday, Alcaraz mixed a bit of this — a back-to-the-net ’tweener lob — and a bit of that — a full-sprint-then-slide wide of the doubles alley for a backhand winner at a seemingly impossible angle — along the way to reaching the French Open quarterfinals with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over No. 17 seed Lorenzo Musetti of Italy.“Today he showed,” Musetti said, “that he probably can win this ...

“Sushi Tuesdays”: lecciones para comprender y salir adelante tras un suicidio

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

Nota del editor: Si usted o alguien que conoce tiene problemas con la salud mental, hay ayuda disponible. Marque o envíe un mensaje de texto al 988 o visite 988lifeline.org para obtener apoyo gratuito y confidencial.(CNN) — Cuando Sam Maya, un querido esposo, padre, amigo, corredor de bolsa y entrenador, se suicidó hace 16 años, dejó una nota. Pedía perdón a su mujer, Charlotte, por ser una carga y les decía a ella y a sus dos hijos, que entonces tenían 6 y 8 años, que les quería.En su reciente y desgarrador libro de memorias, “Sushi Tuesdays: A Memoir of Love, Loss and Family Resilience”, Charlotte Maya da testimonio de la vida de Sam, su muerte y las repercusiones con un propósito singular: humanizar el rostro del suicidio y ayudar a los lectores a adquirir soltura a la hora de hablar de salud mental.Maya pasó casi una década escribiendo “Sushi Tuesdays”, que pretende humanizar el rostro del suicidio.Pasó casi una década escribiendo “Sushi Tuesd...

Officials: ‘Loud boom’ heard in DC region caused by military flight

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

Officials with the Annapolis Office of Emergency Management said the cause of the loud sound resembling an explosion heard by residents in the D.C. region Sunday afternoon was an “authorized” Department of Defense flight.Sunday afternoon, WTOP received dozens of calls from listeners reporting a loud boom in the Annapolis and Bowie areas of Maryland. Social media reports spoke of a similar noise in Northwest D.C. as well as in areas of Springfield and Woodbridge in Virginia.The loud boom that was heard across the DMV area was caused by an authorized DOD flight. This flight caused a sonic boom. That is all the information available at this time.— Annapolis OEM (@AnnapolisOEM) June 4, 2023The Fairfax County Police Department said it initially believed the sound to have come from an aircraft.The D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency tweeted it was aware of the reported noise, and that “there is no threat at this time.”This is a developing story. ...

Former Nuggets star signs autographs as team's buzz continues to heighten during NBA Finals

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

LONE TREE, Colo. (KDVR) -- Denver Nuggets fans gathered at DICK'S Sporting Goods at Park Meadows to pick up Nuggets Finals gear and meet former player Dan Issel. “I've been involved with this organization for a long long time,” Issel said. Issel, who retired from basketball after the 1984-85 season, was able to head to Ball Arena on Thursday for Game 1 of the NBA Finals. “I was at the game Thursday night. I took my five grandkids with me," Issel said. Kroenke bought Nuggets, kept team in Denver, now hoping to deliver an NBA title Issel is planning on watching Sunday night's game at home. He said he believes the Nuggets will win it all. “The Nuggets this year are the best team and that is why I think they will win," Issel said. Several fans lined up in the back of the store with gear and photos for Issel to sign. One of those fans, Kyle, was excited to meet the former player. “I grew up in Highlands Ranch. It's nice to represent a Colorado team and making it to the finals is nice,...

Elton John serenaded by Manchester City players at airport in FA Cup celebrations

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

(CNN) — “This boy’s too young to be singin’ the blues,” Elton John sings in one of his biggest hits “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.”And on Saturday, the legendary singer found himself singing with the sky blue side of Manchester as he was serenaded by Manchester City shortly after the team had won the FA Cup.Pep Guardiola’s side had defeated its bitter rival Manchester United 2-1 at Wembley to keep its hopes of a ‘treble’ still standing, before players and staff bumped into John at Manchester Airport on the tarmac by a plane.“Look who I ran into at Manchester Airport,” John posted on Instagram, alongside a photo of himself holding the FA Cup with some of City’s staff, including a grinning Guardiola. “Congratulations on an incredible double. Fingers crossed for the treble.”Videos posted by Manchester City showed John hugging each of the players in turn as they walked past him, while Phil Foden even posed for a selfie with the singer, before the team serenaded John with a rendition o...

Arraez’s RBI infield single in 8th lifts Marlins over A’s and series sweep

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Luis Arraez hit a tiebreaking infield single in the eighth inning and the Miami Marlins beat the Oakland Athletics 7-5 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.Joey Wendle doubled against A’s reliever Austin Pruitt to lead off the inning, then advanced on Jacob Stallings’ single. Stallings took second on right-fielder Ramon Laureano’s throw to the plate as Wendle remained at third.Sam Moll relieved Pruitt (1-3) and struck out pinch hitter Jorge Soler before Arraez’s hard smash bounced off second baseman Aledmys Diaz’s glove and drove in Wendle to give Miami a 6-5 lead. Nick Fortes ran for Stallings and scored from third on catcher Shea Langeliers’ passed ball.The A’s lost their 14th straight on the road and are a major league-worst 12-49.Yuli Gurriel had three hits — falling a home run shy of a cycle — and Garrett Cooper went deep for the Marlins.Tanner Scott (4-1) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win, and Dylan Floro closed with a perfect ninth for his sixth save.NL ...

Red Sox embarrass themselves in sloppy 6-2 loss to Rays

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

Before Sunday’s game the Red Sox welcomed hundreds of kids from across New England onto the field at Fenway Park for a parade around the warning track.Then, in the hours that followed, those kids got to watch as the Red Sox delivered what could only be described as a Little League performance.Over a stretch where the Red Sox have frequently shot themselves in the foot on defense, the club outdid itself with an embarrassing showing in a 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.The lowlight came on what started as a simple hit-and-run single in the top of the sixth, which quickly devolved into a full-fledged disaster. The slow chopper by Yandy Diaz bounced through the infield to Alex Verdugo in right, who nonchalantly returned it into the infield without realizing that Manuel Margot had already gone from first to third and was charging home.By the time Enmanuel Valdez made the relay home it was already too late, so catcher Connor Wong tried to salvage the play by trying to throw out Diaz ...

Tensions over Taiwan: China defends buzzing American warship

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

SINGAPORE — China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn’t have any problems with “innocent passage” but that “we must prevent attempts that try to use those freedom of navigation (patrols), that innocent passage, to exercise hegemony of navigation.”U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the same forum Saturday that Washington would not “flinch in the face of bullying or coercion” from China and would continue regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to emphasize they a...

Quebec town devastated by fishing accident that killed local man, four children

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:02:39 GMT

Residents of a small northeastern Quebec village are devastated by the news that a local man and two of his children were among five people killed in a weekend fishing mishap, one of the man’s relatives said Sunday.Keven Girard, 37, and four children died early on Saturday when they were caught in the shifting tides of the St. Lawrence River while fishing for capelin. Police identified Girard on Sunday but declined to name the children. But Girard’s aunt by marriage, Vivian Lavoie, said his sons Patrick and Jérôme Girard were among the victims. “Everyone is gutted,” Lavoie said in French on Sunday from the village of Les Bergeronnes, which was also Girard’s hometown.“Everyone knows each other here. It’s tight here. Everyone is affected, because we know them all.”Divers found Girard’s body in the St. Lawrence river on Saturday night, provincial police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville said in a phone interview.His death was f...