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Column: After historic regular season, Acuña gets a chance to really shine in playoffs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — The last time the Braves made a run to the World Series championship, Ronald Acuña Jr. could only watch.Now, after a historic season that defied all conventional norms of the national pastime, Atlanta’s slugging speedster — or should we say speedy slugger? — has a chance to really shine in the playoffs.October, after all, is where reputations are made for the ages.Acuña has already established himself as baseball’s most thrilling performer, a guy who stormed right on through the 40-40 club — a group occupied by only five players in the history of the game — to set up his own exclusive cliques.The 40-50 club. Come and gone.The 40-60 club. Ditto. Finally, he settled on the 40-70 club.“It’s one of those numbers that wasn’t impossible but seemed impossible,” Acuña said, summing up perfectly the enormity of his accomplishments.Indeed, he is the first player in baseball history with 40 homers and 70 stolen bases in a single season, which goes against...

Live updates | McIlroy says Europeans won’t be complacent after their ‘amazing’ Day 1 at Ryder Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Rory McIlroy says the Europeans will not be complacent after their “amazing” Day 1 at the Ryder Cup.McIlroy was the only player to win two points as Europe built a 6 1/2-1 1/2 lead.“The fact that the Americans didn’t win a full point was incredible,” McIlroy said, “and just shows the heart, grit and determination that the European team has.”He added that “it’s a great start but we can’t rest on our laurels. We need to go out there and try and win tomorrow’s morning session and keep increasing our lead.”___Europe tied its best start to a Ryder Cup by taking a 6 1/2-1 1/2 lead on Day 1 in its bid to reclaim the gold trophy from the Americans.Justin Rose and Robert MacIntyre won the last two holes in the final match of the afternoon fourballs to earn a tie with Max Homa and Wyndham Clark.The U.S. team didn’t win a match all day at Marco Simone, only claiming a half-point in three of the fourballs. They were swept by Europe for t...

Colts will get QB Anthony Richardson back after he clears concussion protocol

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is expected to start Sunday against the Los Angeles Rams after clearing the concussion protocol, coach Shane Steichen said Friday.The announcement came after Friday’s light practice, Richardson’s third straight this week.Richardson, the No. 4 overall draft pick in April, started Indy’s first two games and ran for two touchdowns at Houston. He took a hit near the goal line on the second that resulted in him getting knocked to the ground and his head bouncing hard off the turf. Richardson played two more series before reporting the injury.He didn’t play in the second half of the win at Houston, didn’t practice last week and sat out last weekend’s 22-19 overtime victory at Baltimore. The former Florida star also didn’t finish his first NFL game, leaving in the final minute with what he called a bruised knee and a sore ankle.Indy (2-1) could be missing two starting offensive lineman — three-tim...

Leipzig parts ways with a key executive linked with Bayern Munich a day before playing Bayern

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Leipzig parted ways with its top sports executive Max Eberl on Friday citing a “failure to commit to the club” amid speculation linking him with Bayern Munich. The decision came a day before Leipzig plays Bayern in the Bundesliga.Leipzig said Eberl had been “relieved … of his duties with immediate effect.” The club denied the decision was linked to the team’s performance or signings.“His failure to commit to the club has led to us making this decision. It has nothing to do with the squad’s rebuild or results on the pitch,” the club said. Reports in Germany in recent days have indicated that Eberl could be of interest to Bayern, which has shaken up its own management structure after difficulties on the field last season and off-field issues including the firing of coach Julian Nagelsmann in March and replacing him with Thomas Tuchel. Eberl, who was a Bayern player in the early 1990s, had pointed to his Leipzig contract when asked about the sp...

López Obrador y Blinken se reunirán para discutir temas de seguridad y salud

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, y el secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, se reunirán el 5 de octubre en Ciudad de México durante la visita que realiza el funcionario estadounidense para copresidir el Diálogo de Alto Nivel sobre Seguridad entre Estados Unidos y México 2023.El secretario de Seguridad de EE.UU., Alejandro Mayorkas, y el secretario de Justicia, Merrick Garland, acompañarán a Blinken, así como el secretario adjunto para Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental, Brian A. Nichols, y el subsecretario adjunto para Asuntos Internacionales de Narcóticos y Aplicación de la Ley , Todd D. Robinson, quienes conversarán con sus pares del gobierno mexicano.El encuentro entre las delegaciones surge en medio de las reiteradas críticas de López Obrador sobre el manejo del gobierno estadounidense de la crisis de tráfico y consumo de fentanilo porque –según el presidente– los legisladores estadounidenses “nada más le echan la...

Tupac Shakur: Man indicted on murder charge in 1996 Las Vegas killing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

The above video shows the search of the home belonging to the wife of Duane “Keffe D” Davis in July.LAS VEGAS (NEXSTAR) — Twenty-seven years after the death of rapper Tupac Shakur, a Las Vegas-area grand jury has indicted a man with the icon’s murder, Nexstar's KLAS confirmed Friday.The arrest and indictment are a long-awaited break in the 1996 drive-by shooting on the Las Vegas strip that killed the rap legend, a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the public ever since for nearly three decades.A Clark County grand jury voted to indict Duane “Keffe D” Davis on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon with a gang enhancement, according to Nexstar's KLAS. Las Vegas Metro police arrested Davis early Friday, prosecutors said.During the grand jury return hearing on Friday, Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo said Davis’ public statements implicated him, adding Davis allegedly ordered Shakur’s death.Davis has long been known to investigators and has himself adm...

Bad behavior sparks new rules for the CU Buffs' home games

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado Buffaloes fans are buzzing this season with coach Deion Sanders leading the team from the sideline. But along with the team's newfound shine comes inappropriate behavior from CU fans and new consequences. How to get sold-out CU tickets as prices skyrocket Originally, this meant an increased police presence at CU games, but that hasn't stopped fans from rushing the field after games and making death threats to rival teams. Now, fans who are acting inappropriately could be thrown out of the stadium, lose ticket privileges for the season and be referred to the school's student conduct office, according to CU.Starting with the Sept. 30 home game against the University of Southern California, students must follow these rules:No more QR codes; tickets will be scanned using NFC technologyAll student sports pass tickets must go through the "student-only" southeast entranceAll fans in the student section must be wearing a wristband given at the entranceStudent tic...

Police search for missing 86-year-old man in Miami Gardens

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing 86-year-old man.Felix Bellos Garcia was last seen near Northwest 152nd street and 20th Avenue, Thursday.He was wearing a black shirt and blue jeans.Garcia stands at 5 feet, 11 inches tall. weighs 135 pounds, has brown eyes and gray hair.If you have any information, call Miami Gardens police at 305-474-6473.

Man tied to suspected gunman in 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur indicted on murder charge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — One of the last living witnesses to the fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas was charged with murder with use of a deadly weapon Friday in the 1996 killing, a long-awaited breakthrough in a case that has frustrated investigators and fascinated the public ever since the hip-hop icon was gunned down 27 years ago.A Nevada grand jury indicted Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the killing, prosecutors announced in court Friday.The charges were revealed hours after Davis, 60, was arrested, according to two officials with first-hand knowledge of the arrest who requested anonymity to discuss the case.Davis has long been known to investigators and has himself admitted in interviews and in his 2019 tell-all memoir, “Compton Street Legend,” that he was in the Cadillac from which the gunfire erupted during the September 1996 drive-by shooting. Shakur was 25 when he was killed.Las Vegas police raided a home in mid-July in the Las Vegas suburb of Hend...

Jethro Tull founder Ian Anderson on music, flutes, morphine drips and why he can’t stand hippies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:48:24 GMT

George Varga | The San Diego Union-TribuneIan Anderson is understandably pleased Jethro Tull — the pioneering progressive-rock band he founded and has led since 1967 — has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and is now embarked on the aptly named “The Seven Decades Tour.”The veteran flutist, singer, songwriter and guitarist is also pleased Jethro Tull counts a number of high-profile musicians among its fans. They include former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, Nick Cave and members of the bands Midlake and the Decemberists, as well as actress Lisa Lampanelli.But Anderson scoffs when asked if he has seen any unlikely fans — a contentious political figure, perhaps — turn up at Jethro Tull’s concerts.“I have no idea who is in the audience; they are all strangers to me,” he replied, speaking from his home in Wiltshire, England. “But that’s part of the appeal. You are in front of people you don’t know, w...