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Novak Djokovic will face Daniil Medvedev the US Open final. It’s a rematch from 2021

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic limited big-serving Ben Shelton to five aces and broke him five times in their U.S. Open semifinal Friday. Djokovic pushed back when the 20-year-old unseeded American produced a late stand that got the home crowd into the match.And after overcoming what he called “a little black hole” caused by tension to right himself, finish off a 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory and reach his record-tying 10th final at Flushing Meadows and 36th at all major tournaments, Djokovic added a touch of insult to injury by mimicking the kid’s “Hang up the phone!” celebration gesture.Djokovic then pointed to his temple and pounded his fist on his chest, before a stone-faced Shelton met him at the net for the most perfunctory of handshakes. A year after Djokovic could not travel to the United States for the Open because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19, the 36-year-old from Serbia is one victory away from a fourth title in New York and 24th Grand Slam championship overall...

Wings secure the No. 4 seed in playoffs with a 106-91 over Storm; Loyd sets points record

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Natasha Howard scored 23 points, Satou Sabally added 21 points and the Dallas Wings secured the No. 4 seed in the WNBA playoffs with a 106-91 victory over the Seattle Storm on Friday night.Dallas (21-18), which closes the regular season at Atlanta on Sunday, will have a home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.Seattle (11-28) has been eliminated from the playoffs but that didn’t stop Jewell Loyd, who passed Breanna Stewart for the most points in a single season in league history with 911. Loyd was 10 of 30 from the field, including 5 of 13 from distance, to finish with 33 points.Arike Ogunbowale secured her second career double-double with 19 points and a career-high 10 assists for Dallas. Teaira McCowan added 16 points and nine rebounds. The Wings outrebounded the Storm 36-23.Loyd made her 500th career 3-pointer in the first quarter, and she added a long 3-pointer just before halftime to pull Seattle within 56-45.Seattle was within 56-49...

Ronald Acuña Jr., Eddie Rosario homer, majors-leading Braves beat Pirates 8-2

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. homered for the seventh time in 11 games, Eddie Rosario went deep and drove in three runs and the major league-leading Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-2 on Friday night.The Braves (92-48) have won two straight following a three-game skid. Atlanta took a 4-0 lead in the third on soft hits — Rosario’s RBI single, Travis d’Arnaud’s two-run single and Orlando Arcia’s RBI single. Arcia had the hardest-hit single at 83.1 mph. D’Arnaud’s dropped in front of left fielder Jack Suwinski at 71 mph.“It’s kind of a testament to how far we’ve come as a team,” manager Brian Snitker said. “Last year we would’ve struck out three times. If you put the ball in play, something good can happen. A lot of teams do that to us. Even though we’re a power team, if you’re not striking out … I just think it shows our growth as a team and offense.”Acuña put that trend to rest in the fourth, driving his 35th homer 455 feet to c...

Brewers rally to overcome Domínguez’s fourth homer, drop Yankees below .500 with 8-2 win

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — William Contreras hit a go-ahead single in a three-run seventh inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers overcame rookie Jasson Domínguez’s fourth homer to drop the New York Yankees back below .500 with an 8-2 victory on Friday night.Milwaukee opened a three-game NL Central lead over the second-place Chicago Cubs.Playing a week after his major league debut, Domínguez put the Yankees ahead 2-0 with a two-run homer in the second off Colin Rea. The 20-year-old became the youngest player since at least 1901 to homer four times in his first seven games.Willy Adames hit a tying, two-run homer in the fourth off Luis Severino, who left an inning later with an injured left side. Andruw Monasterio doubled against Jhony Brito (6-7) leading off the eighth, Contreras singled off Jonathan Loáisiga for a 3-2 lead and Carlos Santana added an RBI single.Andrew Monasterio added a two-run double off Greg Weissert in a three-run eighth that included another Santana run-scoring single.New ...

Copper scores 20, Mabrey has 19 to help Sky grab last playoff spot with 92-87 win over Lynx

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Kahleah Copper scored 20 points, Marina Mabrey added 19 and the Chicago Sky clinched the last playoff spot Friday night with a 92-87 win over the Minnesota Lynx.Chicago’s win eliminated the Los Angeles Sparks while Minnesota (19-20) dropped into a tie for the fifth-seed with Atlanta with one game remaining. The season ends Sunday with Chicago (17-22), locked into the eighth seed, playing at Connecticut while Minnesota goes to Indiana. Dana Evans had seven quick points in the second quarter to spark Chicago, which turned a 19-16 deficit after one quarter into a 44-39 halftime lead. Mabrey’s 3-pointer put the Sky on top for good at 35-32 at the 3:17 mark.Napheesa Collier had a three-point play that pulled the Lynx within 64-62 late in the third quarter but they never got closer as Chicago pushed the lead out to 12.Collier had 28 points, rookie Diamond Miller 24 and Kayla McBride, who signed a multiyear contract earlier in the day, added 16.Courtney Williams ...

¿Cuáles han sido los peores terremotos de la historia? Esta es la lista completa

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

(CNN) – El terremoto de 6,8 que este viernes 8 de septiembre sacudió Marruecos dejó en poco tiempo cientos de personas muertas y edificios colapsados. La tragedia evoca otros sismos de gran magnitud que arrasaron con ciudades enteras y sepultaron la vida de miles.Última hora del terremoto en Marruecos, en vivo: noticias, muertos, daños y másEsta es una recopilación de los terremotos y maremotos de mayor impacto, que han sacudido distintas zonas del planeta:— 6 de febrero de 2023: un terremoto de magnitud 7,8 sacude Turquía y Siria. El epicentro se ubica a 23 kilómetros al este de Nurdagi, en la provincia turca de Gaziantep. Más de 50.000 personas mueren y decenas de miles resultan heridas.— 21 de noviembre de 2022: un terremoto de magnitud 5,6 sacude la región de Cianjur en Java Occidental, Indonesia, y cobra la vida de más de 334 personas.— 22 de junio de 2022: un terremoto de magnitud 5,9 sacude el este de Afganistán. Más de 1.000 personas mueren y al menos 1.500 resultan heridas....

Do you recognize any of the 16 witnesses to an Aurora boy's killing?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A memorial stands in Tabatha Denney’s home as a symbol of the love she will always have for her son, Phoenix Day.“Phoenix was awesome, an awesome kid," Denney said as she fought back tears. Man found shot dead at car wash in Aurora Thursday The 13-year-old was killed on March 25, just after 8 p.m. at the Town Center at Aurora shopping mall. Police say two groups of teens became involved in an argument that ended up outside in the Dillard's department store parking lot, where Day was shot and killed."I don’t know who did this, but what I do know is that now everybody’s affected,” Denney said. Police released photos of several people believed to be witnesses, but none have come forward."Somebody knows who did this, and if the shoe was on the other foot, they would want somebody to come forward," Denney said. Police want to speak to the unidentified witnesses in these photos who were at the Town Center of Aurora mall when 13-year-old Phoenix Day was shot and k...

Colorado Sports Night: Weekend recap for Sept. 8

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — You’ve made it, football fans! College football kicked off with a bang last weekend, and now it’s the NFL’s turn.Will Coach Prime and the Buffaloes keep the momentum going against Nebraska? And will Sean Payton help lead the Broncos out of their seven-season playoff drought?This and much, much more is covered this week on "Colorado Sports Night," Denver’s only nightly sports show.BIG GETSSean Drotar, from Mile High Sports, said Raiders Week is important but agrees with Payton that the AFC West Division Games are all important.It's Raiders Week. Just don't make a big deal about it to Broncos head coach Sean Payton.Our Big Get @sdrotar says this comment is about resetting the culture and not one specific game... even if it's a big game.That and a lot more tonight at 11:00 P.M. @channel2kwgn pic.twitter.com/4WAM9w4VXH— Colorado Sports Night (@COSportsNight) September 5, 2023Will Petersen, from DenverSports.com, noted that Coach Prime "walked the walk" ...

Bodycam video shows officers arresting woman who went into Biscayne Bay with 3-year-old nephew

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

Newly released officer-worn body camera video provides a new view of the moments a woman was taken into custody after she went into Biscayne Bay with her 3-year-old nephew, landing her behind bars and putting the toddler’s life in danger.City of Miami Police officers’ body cameras captured the tense moment an officer grabbed the toddler from Biscayne Bay, then arrested his aunt, Thursday morning.“Give them the baby! Give them the baby!” an officer is heard screaming to the woman, identified as 27-year-old Natalia Marina.The incident, which began in Miami’s Brickell section and ended in Brickell Key, was also widely documented by onlookers recording on their cellphones.Police said they were called about a woman messing up landscaping lights in Brickell.“Hey, guys. How are you doing? Can I talk to you for a second, please?” an officer is heard saying in bodycam video.Officers caught up to Marina, her sister and her nephew along the water.Momen...

Hurricane Lee barrels through open Atlantic waters as Cat 3 storm

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:05:50 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Lee charged through warm Atlantic waters Friday night and threatened to unleash heavy swells across the northeast Caribbean. It became the season’s first Category 5 storm before beginning to weaken.Down to a Category 3 hurricane by late Friday, it was not expected to make landfall, but meteorologists warned it would generate dangerous waves of up to 15 feet (5 meters) across the northern coast of Puerto Rico and other nearby islands. Lee was on a path that would take it a couple hundred miles (kilometers) northeast of the Caribbean, and tropical storm conditions were not forecast for the region.“Although the hurricane is incredibly powerful, its wind field is not particularly large,” the National Hurricane Center said.The hurricane was centered about 440 miles (705 kilometers) east of the northern Leeward Islands late Friday. It had maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour) and was moving west-northwest at 13...