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Allisha Gray scores 21, Rhyne Howard 17, Dream open 4th quarter on 13-0 run to defeat Sky 82-68

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Allisha Gray scored 21 points, Cheyenne Parker had a double-double and the Atlanta Dream dominated the fourth quarter to pull away for an 82-68 win over the Chicago Sky on Friday night.Atlanta, which has won four straight, opened the fourth quarter with a 59-58 lead and starting with a Gray 3-pointer, scored the first 13 points.Rhyne Howard followed with a 3-point and Naz Hillmon had a three-point play. Chicago missed five shots before Courtney Williams made a free throw to end the drought at the 6:46 mark. Danielle Robinson quickly answered with a layup that made it 74-59.The Sky had four more misses and a turnover before Kahleah Copper scored on a putback to make it 76-63 with 3:44 to play.Chicago was outscored 23-10 in the fourth quarter, making 2 of 13 shots with three turnovers.Howard had 17 points for the Dream (9-8) and Parker and Robinson 14 each.Copper had 16 points for Chicago (8-10), who are 1-1 for new coach/general manager Emre Vatansever, who replaced Ja...

US Women’s Open Leaders Cards

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

FridayAt Pebble Beach Golf LinksPebble Beach, Calif.Yardage: 6,509; Par: 72Second RoundPar out454435344-36Bailey Tardy353443243-31Allisen Corpuz453335343-33Hyo Joo Kim354435355-37___Par in443454435-36-72—144Bailey Tardy443464435-37-68—137Allisen Corpuz453454336-37-70—139Hyo Joo Kim542454334-34-71—139Source

Scoot Henderson, Amen Thompson injured in NBA Summer League matchup

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Scoot Henderson of the Portland Trail Blazers and Amen Thompson of the Houston Rockets, both top-four picks in the NBA draft, left their Summer League matchup early Friday with injuries.Both of their coaches said they didn’t know the severity of the players’ injuries. Top players often are shut down early in Summer League as a precaution.Henderson injured his right shoulder and Thompson his left ankle in the Rockets’ 100-99 victory over Portland. Thompson said his ankle was sore, but Henderson was not made available to the media. He didn’t appear concerned in the arena afterward.Henderson, the No. 3 pick in the draft out of the G League Ignite, didn’t have his shoulder in a brace or sling. He had 15 points, six assists and five rebounds in 21 minutes, scoring 13 points in the first quarter. He left in the third quarter.Thompson, the No. 4 pick out of Overtime Elite, had 16 points, five assists and four rebounds in 28 minutes.Both teams ...

Majors-leading Braves beat the Rays 2-1 in a matchup of teams with the best records in baseball

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — On a night when they were held to just two hits, the red-hot Atlanta Braves kept on winning.With right-hander Charlie Morton pitching into the seventh inning and Sean Murphy extending a power surge that has seen Atlanta homer in 24 straight outings, the MLB-best Braves began a weekend series between teams with the top two records in baseball with a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.Murphy backed Morton (9-6) with a two-run homer as Atlanta won for the 19th time in 21 games to improve its record to 59-28.The AL-best Rays (57-34) have lost a season-high six straight, although that wasn’t the lone reason for concern after starting pitcher Tyler Glasnow (2-3) left in the sixth inning due to cramping in his hands and legs.Glasnow, who hasn’t won since June 14 and is 0-3 over his last four starts, allowed two runs — one earned — and two hits while walking one and striking out eight.“You’d like to see him get rewarded for it. He cam...

Natasha Howard makes 2 FTs with .4 to play, Wings had Aces their second loss of season 80-78

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Natasha Howard made two free throws with less than a second to play and the Dallas Wings handed the Las Vegas Aces just their second loss, pulling out an 80-78 win before a sell-out crowd on Friday night.Getting the ball with 14.2 seconds remaining, the Wings grabbed three offensive rebounds after Satou Sabally missed the initial shot from the right wing.Teaira McCowan had the first two rebounds but A’ja Wilson blocked her first shot and McCowan missed the second, but Howard was there for the rebound with 0.4 on the clock.Las Vegas tried a lob under the basket after a timeout but the clock started before a player touched the ball. Given a second chance, the ball was inbounded to Jackie Young but she had to take a dribble and the clock ran out before her shot swished through and the Aces’ nine-game winning streak was over.Arike Ogunbowale scored 21 points for the Wings (9-9) and Howard and McCowan both had double-doubles. Howard had 16 points and 11 rebounds...

Mike Trout won’t attend All-Star game while he recovers from broken left wrist

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — All-Star center fielder Mike Trout won’t attend next week’s All-Star game in Seattle while he recovers from a broken left wrist.“It was a tough decision for me, but I got to get my hand right,” Trout said Friday before the Los Angeles Angels visited the Dodgers. Wearing a cast that stretches from his hand to his elbow, a smiling Trout was on the field before the game, two days after having surgery. “It’s the quickest route to get back on the field,” he said. “Got it done, feels good, let it heal.” Trout got hurt fouling off a pitch on Monday.“It’s a freak thing,” he said. “All the preparation I’ve done to keep me on the field, all the work I’ve been putting in just to keep my body healthy, and something like this pops up. It’s just a little bump in the road and I’ll get back out there.”Trout is one of 14 Angels players currently on the injured list.“I’m going to do whatever I can to get back as fast as I can,” he said. “Hopefully before September.”The three-...

“Ha habido una disminución considerable”: López Obrador sobre el flujo migratorio por México

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador aseguró este viernes que el flujo de migrantes que atraviesan en país ha ido disminuyendo en los últimos meses, en una tesitura marcada por el cambio de normas migratorias de Estados Unidos.“Afortunadamente ha ido bajando el flujo migratorio. Ha habido una disminución considerable”, dijo en su conferencia de prensa diaria, mientras mostraba un gráfico del número de deportaciones efectuadas por Estados Unidos mes a mes.Según esos datos del gobierno mexicano, el total de deportados en mayo superaba ligeramente las 200,000 personas, mientras en junio estuvo por debajo de las 150,000.Del mismo modo, los migrantes no mexicanos que fueron expulsados de Estados Unidos pasaron de más de 150,000 en mayo a algo menos de 100,000 en junio.Sin embargo, la cifra de migrantes mexicanos aumentó ligeramente, llegando hasta los 50,000.Esto, dijo López Obrador, se debe a los programas de ayudas sociales que su gobierno ha i...

Whit Merrifield and Alek Manoah lead the Blue Jays to a 12-2 victory over the Tigers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Whit Merrifield homered and drove in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 12-2 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.Toronto improved to 15-5 against American League Central teams, while the Tigers fell to 2-15 against the AL East.George Springer added a home run and three RBIs for Toronto, which sent 10 batters to the plate in a six-run fourth and 11 in a five-run ninth. Kevin Kiermaier had four hits.“The offense was great tonight,” Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “George got us started with the big homer early and Whit capped it off at the end.”Alek Manoah (2-7) won for the first time since April 5, allowing one run on five hits in six innings. Manoah, whose 11-start winless streak started April 11 against the Tigers, struck out eight without walking a batter.“I’ve been waiting for this outing for a long time,” said Manoah, who started for Double-A New Hampshire on Sunday in an attempt to fix his control issues. “This ...

Weeklong dock strike on Canada’s west coast is starting to pinch small businesses, experts say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian consumers aren’t yet feeling the impact of the weekold port strike in British Columbia, but businesses are beginning to be pinched by the shutdown of docks that handle 25% of the country’s foreign trade, experts said Friday.The strike by 7,400 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada began July 1 and shut down more than 30 west coast ports.Robin Guy, vice president and deputy leader of government relations at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said the affected ports handle cargo worth over 800 million Canadian dollars ($600 million) every day.“It affects us, it affects people internationally who are relying on Canadian goods to be delivered,” Guy said.Greg Wilson, director of government relations for the Retail Council of Canada, said he didn’t expect Canadian consumers to “really see significant impacts for weeks.” It’s a different story, he said, for small businesses that operate on ...

Pache’s pinch-hit, 2-run HR rallies Phils past Marlins for record-tying 13th straight road win

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:48:10 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Phillies pinch-hitter Cristian Pache predicted earlier this week that he would have a home run against the Miami Marlins. He didn’t know that he would deliver one of the biggest hits of his career in his first at-bat Friday night.Pache hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to help the Phillies rally past the Marlins 4-3 and match the franchise record with their 13th straight road victory.“Back in Tampa I told the boys, ‘When I hit the ball out of the park in Miami, I’m going to jump and have fun,’” Pache said. “And look at that. In my first at-bat I actually hit it out of the park.”The Phillies, coming off a three-game sweep of the AL-leading Rays, moved within 1 1/2 games of the second-place Marlins in the NL East standings by tying the franchise mark for road wins set. The Atlanta Braves lead the division.Philadelphia last won 13 straight road games from April 17-June 2, 1976.Miami had a 3-1 lead entering the ninth before J.T. Realmuto hit a leadoff si...