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Shesterkin shutout helps Rangers beat Blue Jackets 4-0

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Igor Shesterkin stopped all 20 shots he faced for his third shutout of the season and 11th of his career, and the New York Rangers beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 on Saturday night.Jimmy Vesey, Chris Kreider, Niko Mikkola and Vincent Trocheck scored, and Mika Zibanejad added two assists for the Rangers, who pulled two points behind New Jersey for second place in the Metropolitan Division and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. The Devils played at Boston on Saturday night. Michael Hutchinson stopped 24 shots while appearing in his 150th NHL game for Columbus, which has lost six of its last seven games and remained tied with the Chicago Blackhawks for the fewest points in the NHL with 56. Despite being outshot 12-9, the first period belonged to the Rangers who had a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes, courtesy of Vesey at 10:08 and Kreider 1:41 later.After a scoreless second period in which the Rangers outshot Columbus 11-2, Mikkola put New York up ...

Arenado hits 300th homer as Cardinals blank Brewers 6-0

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Nolan Arenado hit his 300th career homer, Jordan Walker also went deep and the St. Louis Cardinals won 6-0 at Milwaukee on Saturday night to end their four-game skid and snap the Brewers’ six-game winning streak.Arenado and Walker hit two-run shots off Eric Lauer (1-1) in the third inning to give the Cardinals a 6-0 advantage. Jordan Montgomery (2-0) made it stand by striking out nine and allowing three hits and two walks in seven shutout innings.Arenado won his 10th straight Gold Glove at third base last season. The only other players in MLB history to have at least 300 homers and 10 Gold Gloves are Johnny Bench, Ken Griffey Jr., Andruw Jones, Al Kaline, Willie Mays, Ivan Rodriguez and Mike Schmidt.Walker’s homer was the second of his career. His first came Wednesday against Atlanta’s Michael Tonkin.Walker, who doesn’t turn 21 until May 22, has begun his career with an eight-game hitting streak. Walker went 2 for 3 on Saturday to improve his batting ave...

White Sox slug their way past McCutchen, Pirates 11-5

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Yasmani Grandal, Luis Robert Jr., Oscar Colás had two hits and drove in two runs each to lead the Chicago White Sox past the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-5 on Saturday night.Tim Anderson, Andrew Benintendi and Andrew Vaughn also had two hits each for Chicago, which jumped on starter Vince Velasquez (0-2) early to end a two-game skid. Elvis Andrus also drove in two runs for the White Sox.Velasquez lasted just 2 2/3 innings against the team he played for in 2022 as Pittsburgh saw its four-game winning streak snapped. Velasquez struggled with his command, allowing five runs, six hits and four walks while getting just eight outs.Chicago pounded out 14 hits in all against Velasquez and four relievers. The White Sox have at least 10 hits in all six road games this season.Mike Clevinger (2-0) wasn’t nearly as crisp as he was in his Chicago debut last week, when he tossed five shutout innings against World Series champion Houston. Clevinger gave up four runs in 5 1/3 inning...

Acosta’s PK goal lifts Cincinnati over Philadelphia 1-0

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Luciano Acosta scored on a second-half penalty kick and FC Cincinnati continued the best start in club history with a 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night.Acosta’s goal came in the 69th minute and gave Cincinnati (5-0-2) back-to-back wins over defending Eastern Conference-champion Philadelphia (2-4-1) after failing to win any of the first eight meetings. Cincinnati has won a club-record four straight at home and posted clean sheets in three straight matches for the first time. Cincinnati ties a league record with its fifth shutout in its first seven matches — done 11 times previously.The Union have lost four straight on the road dating to last season. It’s their longest road skid since losing six straight spanning the 2017-18 seasons.The Union outshot Cincinnati 10-8 with a 4-2 edge in shots on goal.Roman Celentano finished with four saves for Cincinnati. Andre Blake stopped one shot for Philadelphia.Cincinnati hits the road to play...

Jabeur advances to second straight Charleston Open final

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Second-seeded Ons Jabeur advanced to the Charleston Open final for the second straight year, beating No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina 7-5, 7-5 in a rain-delayed match Saturday. Jabeur, who lost this championship a year ago to Belinda Bencic, will have to wait until Sunday to find out her opponent. The second semifinal match between No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula and the fourth-seeded Bencic was suspended because of rain. Bencic was ahead a set, yet trailing Pegula 4-2 in a second-set tiebreaker. The two will conclude their match, weather permitting, and after suitable rest, the final will be played. Jabeur fought off Kasatkina to win her 10th semifinal in her 12 visits to the final four. Jabeur of Tunisia also won her fifth straight over her Russian opponent and first since the two played in the Rome semifinals a season ago. Jabeur had quipped Friday she’d try and get her supporters in Tunisia to send sunshine to the Credit One Tennis Center. Instead, it was an ov...

Canada beats Japan 5-0 in women’s world hockey championship

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Sarah Fillier and two goals and an assist, Emerance Maschmeyer made 11 saves and Canada beat Japan 5-0 on Saturday night in the women’s world hockey championship.Sarah Nurse had a goal and an assist and Natalie Spooner and Brianne Jenner also scored as two-time defending champion Canada improved to 3-0 in Group A. Canada is 8-0 against Japan in the event with a goals margin of 96-0.The United States, 2-0 in Group A, will return to action Sunday against the Czech Republic, then close group play against Canada on Monday night.In the early game, Lina Ljungblom scored four goals in Sweden’s 6-2 victory over Hungary in Group B.Linnea Andersson and Hilda Svensson also scored and Sara Grahn made 27 saves to help Sweden (1-1) rebound from an opening loss to Germany.Reka Dabasi and Mira Seregely scored for Hungary (1-1).___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/apf-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Red Rocks celebrates 76th Easter Sunrise Service with clear skies in the forecast

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

MORRISON, Colo. (KDVR) -- The Colorado Council of Churches is prepping for the 76th annual Easter Sunrise Service, despite a concert Saturday night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. “It's people not only in the Colorado community but around the world," Adrian Miller, the executive director of the Colorado Council of Churches said Saturday. According to our Pinpoint Weather meteorologist, Liz McGiffin, the forecast for Sunday morning will make for a nice sunrise with not many clouds in the sky. “I think because of the weather forecast we are expecting about 10,000 people," Miller said. "We will be quite full." Easter weather extremes in Denver McGiffin explained Colorado can see all types of weather during April. But she said on average, March and April are the snowiest months of the year. “This time of the year the weather can do just about anything," McGiffin said. She said Easter Sunday back in 2020 there were just above-freezing temperatures in the Denver area with a 10th of an inch o...

Loved ones mourn 13-year-old twins who drowned in NW Miami-Dade lake amid investigation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

Devastated family members are sharing their pain as they mourn the loss of teenage twin brothers who died after rescue divers pulled them from a lake in Northwest Miami-Dade.7News cameras on Saturday captured a memorial set up near the water at Arthur Woodard Park where, Miami-Dade Police said, the 13-year-old boys drowned.The teens’ family spoke with 7News on Saturday. Loved ones identified the twins as Andrew and Alex Paul.“One wanted to be a police officer, the other one a firefighter,” said Joinel Louis, the twins’ father, through a translator. “They wanted to help people.”Investigators said a group of children were playing near the lake when one of the twins fell into the water, Friday afternoon.Police said his brother jumped in to try and rescue him.Rescue divers were able to quickly reach one of the boys. It took them several additional minutes to locate his brother.Paramedics rushed the twins to a local hospital, but neither would survive....

Big Cypress National Preserve wildfire burns north of Alligator Alley; 40% contained

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

Crews are making progress battling a wildfire that sparked earlier this week in the Big Cypress National Preserve and continues to burn north of Alligator Alley.A traffic camera captured thick black smoke north of the highway near Mile Marker 119, just after 5 p.m., Saturday.Flames tore through brush, grass and trees about a mile north of Interstate 75.As of Saturday night, the fire, which broke out Tuesday, has burned more than 6,000 acres and is 40% contained.Meteorologists said the winds out of the south are blowing the smoke away from Broward and Miami-Dade counties and toward Collier County. However, a slight change in winds after midnight could put portions of Northwest Boward in the path of some of that smoke.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Crews put out mobile home fire in NW Miami-Dade; no reported injuries

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:01:54 GMT

Flames tore through a mobile home in Northwest Miami-Dade.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze near Northwest 82nd Street and Miami Court, early Saturday morning.Cameras captured heavy smoke surrounding the home as firefighters worked to put out the flames.Crews were able to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby homes.No injuries were reported.