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Nets win third straight with victory over Jazz

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

Good things happen when the Nets take an opponent’s best scorer out of the game.It’s been the constant for a Nets team that extended its winning streak to three games with a 111-110 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday afternoon.The new-look Nets have won games in large part due to their defensive principles and ability to force talented scorers into poor shooting nights.It’s when they can’t get a handle on those stars, however, that the losses begin to pile.That has not been the case in recent games: The Nets held Trae Young to just 3-of-12 shooting from the field in Friday’s victory over the Atlanta Hawks. They limited Rockets guard Jalen Green to a 9-of-21 shooting night in the win against Houston, and in the must-win victory over the Miami Heat on March 25, the Nets held Jimmy Butler to just 6-of-13 shooting from the field and only seven trips to the foul line.And to make it three in a row on Sunday, the Nets had to neutralize Jazz All-Star Lauri Ma...

Bruins earn 60th win in shootout over Blues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

The Bruins have long maintained the position that the record for regular season wins doesn’t matter at all to them.But now? They might as well go for it, especially if they can keep winning while resting their vets.The B’s recorded win No. 60 on Sunday, in the most uncharacteristic and unconventional way. The B’s now need to win three of their final five games to set the record.The B’s blew a 3-0 lead, then had what they thought was an overtime game-winner taken off the board. But Charlie Coyle scored the only goal of the shootout and Linus Ullmark punctuated the 4-3 win over the St. Louis Blues with a glove snare of a Brayden Schenn wrister to end it.The B’s took a 3-0 lead midway through the second period, but they gave the Blues some life with a late second period goal and then old friend Torey Krug got St. Louis to within a goal at 9:47 of the third. Brandon Saad split the B’s defense and his shot yielded a rebound off Ullmark for Krug to put ...

Jhony Brito impresses in big league debut as Bombers crush Giants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

Hours before the Yankees’ series finale against the Giants, Jhony Brito could be seen moseying around the clubhouse with his AirPods in his ears and his phone in hand.Calm and collected, nothing indicated that Brito was about to make his major league debut, aside from the lineup posted at the room’s entrance. If the kid was nervous, he certainly didn’t look it.The same applied during the game, a 6-0 Yankees win, as Brito stifled San Francisco over five scoreless frames. The 25-year-old righty — thrust into the Yankees’ season-opening rotation strictly due to injuries — held the Giants to two hits and one walk while striking out six over 76 pitches.“I always thought about debuting and having a good debut,” Brito said postgame. “You have to be confident to do your job. If you start thinking of bad outcomes, that’s usually when things get out of hand.”Brito’s changeup gave the Giants fits all afternoon. He threw th...

Trump should step aside, Asa Hutchinson says, announcing run

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

It may come as no surprise to anyone following his activities since leaving office that former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he will join the race for the Republican presidential nomination.“As I’ve traveled the country for six months, I hear people talk about the leadership of our country, and I’m convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America, and not simply appeal to our worst instincts,” the two term Republican governor said on ABC’s This Week.Hutchinson, a former U.S. prosecutor, congressman and head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, is a noted and outspoken critic of the current Republican front runner, former President Donald Trump.Trump, on Tuesday, is expected to turn himself over to authorities in New York for arrest and processing following his indictment over an alleged hush money payment made during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.In joining the race, Hutchinson also called for Trump to step aside to avoid the spe...

Trump plans Tuesday rally as NYC booking looms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

Former President Donald Trump has scheduled a rally at his Florida golf course and residence to be held just hours after he is expected to be arrested and processed by authorities in New York City, according to his campaign.Trump, “will deliver remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at 8:15 p.m.” his campaign announced Sunday, setting the 76-year-old up for a rather long day.Last Thursday, a grand jury called by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office indicted the former commander in chief on as yet unsealed charges related to an alleged hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days leading up to the  2016 general election.Trump is expected to travel to New York on Monday ahead of his arrest and subsequent processing at the Manhattan Criminal Courts building on Tuesday.U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch told WCVB hosts Sharman Sacchetti and Ed Harding during their Sunday politics show On the Record that indictment of a for...

LSU wins 1st NCAA championship, beating Clark and Iowa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Kim Mulkey’s LSU Tigers used a record offensive performance to beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa 102-85 in the national championship game on Sunday to win the first basketball title in school history.The victory made Mulkey the first women’s coach to win national championships at two different schools. She won three at Baylor before leaving for LSU two years ago.“Coaches coach a lifetime and this is the fourth time I’ve been blessed,” Mulkey said. “Never in the history of LSU basketball, men or women, has (anybody) ever played for a championship.”The feisty and flamboyantly dressed Mulkey, who wore a sparkly, golden, tiger-striped outfit, now has the third-most titles of all time behind Geno Auriemma’s 11 and Pat Summitt’s eight. Mulkey has never lost in a championship game.“My tears are tears of joy,” she said. “I’m so happy for everybody back home in Louisiana.”Clark, The Associated Press national player of the year, couldn’t lead the Ha...

Corey Conners wins Valero Texas Open for second time

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

Canadian Corey Conners won the Valero Texas Open in San Antonio on Sunday, claiming his second career PGA Tour victory at the same event he won as a Monday qualifier in 2019.Conners, from Listowel, Ont., carded a bogey-free round of 4-under 68 to finish 15 under for the tournament — one stroke better than hard-charging American Sam Stevens.“I was really solid all day. It was a battle out here all day, the conditions were not easy,” Conners told NBC after the win.The 31-year-old Conners started the day one back of Patrick Rodgers, but had taken a three-stroke lead by the turn, thanks to a trio of birdies, as the American dropped back.Conners’ lead shrunk to one when Stevens, playing a group ahead of the Canadian, made an eagle on the par-4 17th. But Stevens just missed an eight-footer for birdie on the par-5 18th, allowing Conners to win it with a par.Canadians to win 2 PGA Tour titles in the same eventMike Weir 2003 & 2004 Nissan OpenStephen Ames 2007 & 2009 ...

Gov. JB Pritzker visits Apollo Theater after deadly tornado hits Belvidere

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

BELVIDERE Ill. — Gov. JB Pritzker visited the site of the Apollo Theater in Belvidere where the classified tornado hit that killed one man and injured many others.One person is dead and 28 people were injured after the Apollo Theater collapsed during a concert amid the violent storm and winds that tore through the Midwest Friday evening. Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said there were 260 people inside during the Apollo Theater around 7:55 p.m. when the roof and Apollo marquee collapsed.First responders responded within minutes as the closest fire facility was two blocks away.Police say five people suffered severe injuries, 18 suffered moderate injuries and five others with minor injuries. The fire chief identified the fatality as a 50-year-old man who was attending the concert. "He had a rock band t-short on," Schadle said. Police stated that 20 were transported by local ambulances and others were transported to hospitals by personal vehicles. More than 40 individuals were treat...

Unifying Chicago on the minds of Johnson, Vallas as mayoral runoff election approaches

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

CHICAGO — With about 48 hours left in the race, both mayoral candidates are busy hitting the pavement around Chicago this weekend.Brandon Johnson spent his time in the 6th Ward, reiterating his plans to unify Chicago and ensure everyone has the same access to a quality education and good-paying jobs."There is more than enough for everyone in this city," Johnson said."He’s going to turn Chicago around," said Randi Weingarten from the American Teacher's Federation. "Versus Vallas, who has failed at every job he has done." WGN Poll: Vallas leading Johnson in Chicago Mayoral runoff election Paul Vallas spent time at the Ann Sather Restaurant in Lake View, where he hammered crime and public safety, but also addressed other issues, like LGBTQ rights and — like Johnson — voiced concern over the need to unify Chicago."We have to make sure we have a good mayor who brings people together," said former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn who spoke on behalf of Vallas Sunday."The next mayor has to be...

LSU wins first NCAA championship, beating Caitlin Clark and Iowa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:31:52 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Kim Mulkey’s LSU Tigers used a record offensive performance to beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa 102-85 in the national championship game on Sunday to win the first basketball title in school history.The victory made Mulkey the first women's coach to win national championships at two different schools. She won three at Baylor before leaving for LSU two years ago.“Coaches coach a lifetime and this is the fourth time I’ve been blessed," Mulkey said. “Never in the history of LSU basketball, men or women, has (anybody) ever played for a championship.” These pro sports teams have the longest postseason droughts The feisty and flamboyantly dressed Mulkey, who wore a sparkly, golden, tiger-striped outfit, now has the third-most titles of all time behind Geno Auriemma's 11 and Pat Summitt's eight. Mulkey has never lost in a championship game.“My tears are tears of joy," she said. “I’m so happy for everybody back home in Louisiana.”Clark, The Associated Press national player of the...