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Wolves go big to beat Thunder in play-in game, get 8th seed

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had 28 points and 11 rebounds to lead Minnesota into the playoffs, as the Timberwolves muscled and hustled their way past the Oklahoma City Thunder 120-95 to finish the play-in tournament on Friday night.Rudy Gobert had 21 points and 10 rebounds in his return from exile for swinging at teammate Kyle Anderson, and the Wolves filled out the NBA playoff bracket by seizing the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference with a near-perfect performance at the end of another harder-than-it-had-to-be season.Anthony Edwards added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolves, who had a 58-30 advantage in points in the paint. They will face No. 1 seed Denver in a best-of-seven series starting on Sunday night.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 22 points, going 12 for 12 from the free throw line but just 5 for 19 from the field. Jalen Williams and Lu Dort each scored 17 points.With their best defender Jaden McDaniels out with a broken hand — thanks to a wall...

Goal by Sanchez gives Dash 1-1 draw with Thorns

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Maria Sanchez scored in the 24th minute to pull the Houston Dash into a 1-1 draw with the Portland Thorns on Friday night.Crystal Dunn scored in the ninth minute to give the Thorns a 1-0 lead. It was her eighth career goal against the Dash, the most she’s scored against any National Women’s Soccer League opponent.Dunn was among several Portland players on the U.S. national team who played a pair of exhibitions against Ireland over the past week, including a 1-0 victory at St. Louis on Tuesday night. The league had last weekend off because of the international break.Jane Campbell made four saves for the Dash, while Thorns counterpart Bella Bixby had five.The Thorns won their first two matches of the season to sit atop the NWSL standings. Portland’s Sophia Smith, also a national team player, leads the league with four goals.Houston has one win and two draws this season.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports...

Cubs topple Dodgers 8-2 in Bellinger’s return to Los Angeles

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yan Gomes homered twice, Ian Happ had four hits and three RBIs, Cody Bellinger scored in his return to Los Angeles and the Chicago Cubs beat the Dodgers 8-2 on Friday night. Justin Steele (2-0) allowed two runs on three hits in seven innings. He has given up just three runs in 19 innings this season. The Cubs have won three of four. Chris Taylor and Max Muncy homered for Los Angeles, and Noah Syndergaard (0-2) allowed three runs on six hits in six innings. The Dodgers have lost five of seven.The Cubs tagged Syndergaard for one run in each of the third, fourth, and fifth innings. Happ’s ground-rule double to right drove in Gomes in the top of the third, before Taylor crushed the first pitch he saw in the bottom half to tie it at 1. Bellinger scored on a ground out by Eric Hosmer in the fourth to retake the lead, and Gomes homered to left center in the fifth for the 3-1 margin. Muncy clobbered his sixth of the season, five of which have come in the past three games,...

Tellez has 2 homers, Yelich hits 1 in Brewers’ 11-2 win

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Rowdy Tellez homered twice and drove in four runs and Christian Yelich also connected and had one of Milwaukee’s six doubles to lead the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers to an 11-2 rout over the San Diego Padres on Friday night.The Brewers had 15 hits to back left-hander Eric Lauer, who held his former team to one run and five hits in six innings. It was the second straight night a former Padres pitcher did well against his old team after Colin Rea threw 5 2/3 strong innings in a 4-3, 10-inning victory Thursday night.Lauer (2-1) was a first-round draft pick of the Padres in 2016 and made his big league debut in 2018. He was traded to the Brewers along with infielder Luis Urias on Nov. 27, 2019, for Trent Grisham and Zach Davies.Bryse Wilson pitched the last three innings for his second save. Tellez hit a solo homer deep into the stands in right with one out in the fifth off Michael Wacha (2-1) to give the Brewers a 6-0 lead. He added a monster three-run sh...

Yu Jin Sung takes 1-shot lead into LOTTE Championship finale

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Yu Jin Sung shot a 1-under 71 on Friday at windy Hoakalei Country Club to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the LOTTE Championship.The South Korean is playing on a sponsor exemption after winning the 2022 LOTTE Open on the Korean LPGA.“I haven’t really thought about the winning part,” Sung said. “There is still a day left in this tournament. Again, not really thinking about winning, but just trying to show my best golf game.”She opened with a birdie on the par-5 first, dropped a stroke on the par-4 13th and rebounded with a birdie on the par-4 14th.“It’s a very difficult course and it’s really windy today, so I tried my best to just ease and play that way,” Sung said.Georgia Hall, Linnea Strom and tour rookie Grace Kim were tied for second, with 13 players within three strokes of each other at the top of the leaderboard.Kim, from Australia, had a 70. Hall, from England, and Strom, from Sweden, each shot 71. “I’m very happy to be in this position,” Strom ...

Heat beat Bulls, Wolves rout Thunder in NBA play-in finales

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Max Strus and Jimmy Butler scored 31 points apiece, and the Miami Heat got into the playoffs by rallying in the final minutes to beat the Chicago Bulls 102-91 in an Eastern Conference play-in game Friday night.Tyler Herro added 12 points and Bam Adebayo grabbed 17 rebounds for Miami, which trailed by six midway through the final quarter.But Butler scored while getting fouled with 2:17 left to put Miami ahead for good, found Strus for a 3-pointer — his seventh of the night — a minute later to push the lead to five, and Strus sealed it with three free throws after getting fouled on a try from beyond the arc with 40 seconds remaining.The win gives Miami the No. 8 seed in the East, and a first-round matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA’s top overall seed, starting Sunday.DeMar DeRozan led the Bulls with 26 points and nine assists. Alex Caruso added 16 points, Zach Lavine had 15 but shot just 6 for 20, and Coby White scored 14 for the Bulls. Chicago got a road win at To...

“Este no es el momento”: Mike Pompeo descarta candidatura presidencial para las elecciones de 2024

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

WASHINGTON, DC- Mike Pompeo, que fue director de la CIA y secretario de Estado durante el gobierno de Donald Trump (2017-2021), anunció este viernes que no se presentará a las elecciones presidenciales de 2024.Pompeo llevaba meses dejando entrever que competiría por la nominación republicana, pero este viernes en una entrevista en la cadena Fox y en un comunicado publicado posteriormente en Twitter dejó claro que ha cambiado de idea.“Este no es el momento adecuado ni para mí ni para mi familia”, manifestó en el comunicado Pompeo, quien sin embargo dejó la puerta abierta a optar por la presidencia en un futuro. ¿Dónde está? Sigue sin aparecer la costosa botella de whisky que Japón le regaló a Pompeo China impone sanciones en contra de Pompeo y otros exasesores de Trump “A aquellos a los que este anuncio les decepciona, quiero expresarles mis disculpas. Y a aquellos a les emociona una candidatura, sepan que tengo 5...

Preview capsules for the NBA’s 1st-round playoff series

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

EASTERN CONFERENCENo. 1 MILWAUKEE BUCKS (58-24) vs. No. 8 MIAMI HEAT (44-38)Season series: Tied, 2-2.Story line: The Bucks, with the best record in the league, open against the team who knocked them off last time they were the No. 1 overall seed. Miami beat Milwaukee in five games in the 2020 Eastern Conference semifinals after the NBA’s restart at Walt Disney World. The Bucks avenged that defeat by sweeping the Heat in the first round of the 2021 playoffs en route to the the NBA title.Key matchup: Giannis Antetokounmpo vs. Jimmy Butler. Butler was getting the better of Antetokounmpo, the MVP and Defensive Player of the Year that season, in the 2020 series before the Greek Freak missed the final game with an ankle injury. Butler remains a clutch postseason performer, but it’s rare anyone outplays Antetokounmpo now.Prediction: Bucks in 6.No. 2 BOSTON CELTICS (57-25) vs. No. 7 ATLANTA HAWKS (41-41)Season series: Celtics, 3-0.Story line: The Celtics begin a bid for a second...

Family pleads for return of 16-year-old

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

AURORA, Colo (KDVR) -- The search continues for Alexis (Alex) Chhoeun, a 16-year-old who hasn’t been heard from since Monday. The family told FOX31 Alex was last seen wearing a red beanie with a black zip-up hoodie, black shorts and white shoes. Her father, Paul Chhoeun, said they just want her back home safe. "Just not having her home is the most difficult thing and not knowing if she’s safe wherever she’s at," Chhoeun said.  Chhoeun said it was a typical Monday when he dropped Alex off at her bus stop that takes her to Vista Peak Preparatory in Aurora.  Police shoot, kill suspect with woman, children barricaded in Northglenn "We get a phone call, first period Alex wasn’t in class and then another phone call she’s missing in second period, so we’re like, ‘Okay she’s probably ditching school,’” Chhoeun said.  But Alex didn’t return home Monday night. "Day one we thought maybe she was at a friend’s house and then day two and then the third day and then the ...

Denver changing response to migrants entering city

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:20:35 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver is changing its policy when it comes to how it responds to migrants in the city and county, specifically when it comes to providing emergency shelter. The root cause has to do with federal funding limitations. The announcement was made on Thursday.There has been an influx of migrants arriving in Denver since last year. Since December, the city has reported sheltering and supporting 6,392 migrants from the southern border and it comes with a big price tag. The city said it forked over $12.7 million for the effort and stressed city resources to the maximum."Denver cannot be the only one who are shouldering this responsibility," Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval said in a plea for help in January as city leaders met to tackle the influx of migrants flooding Denver. Denver’s gap in six-figure Black and white households one of nation’s highest As busloads of people from the southern border arrived in Denver, emergency shelters including rec centers opened. However, s...