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Las Vegas holds off Connecticut 90-84 in rematch of last year’s WNBA finals

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A’Ja Wilson scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and the defending champion Las Vegas Aces remained undefeated, holding off Connecticut 90-84 in a rematch of the teams who played in last year’s WNBA Finals.Jackie Young added 22 points for Vegas (7-0), which led by as many as 19 points and withstood a furious fourth quarter comeback by Connecticut (6-2). Kelsey Plum had 17 points and Chelsea Gray added 14 points for the Aces. “The good thing is that we played solid enough and we buckled down enough towards the end of that fourth quarter to walk out of here with a win,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said.Rebecca Allen scored 22 points for the Sun, hitting four of her six 3-pointers in the fourth quarter.Alyssa Thomas had her seventh double-double of the season, scoring 14 points and grabbing 11 rebounds for the Eastern Conference leaders, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Brionna Jones added 15 points. The Aces jumped out to an early 11-4 ...

Hendriks gets 1st save, Giolito tosses 6 hitless innings as White Sox edge Yankees 3-2

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Liam Hendriks earned his first save since returning from cancer, Lucas Giolito pitched six hitless innings and the Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Tuesday night for their season-high fourth straight victory.Isiah Kiner-Falefa ended Chicago’s combined no-hit bid with a two-out RBI double in the seventh off reliever Joe Kelly on a ball that fell between center fielder Luis Robert Jr. and left fielder Andrew Benintendi, allowing Willie Calhoun to score.Josh Donaldson hit his third homer in three games on the first pitch from Hendriks in the bottom of the ninth. Hendriks then finished the two-hitter by getting three straight groundouts, and punctuated the final out with a loud scream and a fist pump.The All-Star reliever returned to the mound May 29 from stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. At first, the White Sox eased him in prior to the ninth inning, but he’s back in the closer role now and got his first win of the season Sunday.Seby Zavala hom...

Denver Water denies claim after main break totals car

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver woman is still without a car months after a water main break in her neighborhood flooded the car and totaled it in her garage. She called on the FOX31 Problem Solvers for help, saying she's now been denied by the program Denver Water has to help in situations like this.Denver Water has a "No-Fault Main Break Assistance Program" designed to help people affected by main breaks, especially when insurance may not cover the damage. That’s exactly what Dawn Hand said she's going through, making it hard for her to understand why she was denied. Econo Lodge sued for giving room key to man charged with attempted murder On Feb. 2, a massive sinkhole emerged in Hand's neighborhood after a water main break that sent water flooding into her complex’s garage.“By the time I could see it, it was well up to the seats in mud and the car's totaled. Then I filled out a claim with the Denver water and they had an adjuster come out,” Hand said.Who does Denver Water's main break...

Econo Lodge sued for giving room key to man charged with attempted murder

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — The Econo Lodge in Longmont was supposed to be a safe place for Nicole Gallegos on the night of Jan. 3.Instead, it's where Weld County prosecutors say Cody Czichos nearly killed his former girlfriend."He should never, ever, ever have any access to that key at all," Gallegos said.Now the 38-year-old Berthoud woman is suing Choice Hotels, the corporate owner of Econo Lodge, in a lawsuit that accuses the hotel chain of gross negligence.The hotel, she said, "basically opened the door and let him come after me."Escaping a toxic relationshipGallegos told the Problem Solvers she was heading to Denver International Airport the next day to leave behind her toxic relationship with the 31-year-old Czichos.She was staying at the Econo Lodge with her mother, and the two women agreed to let Czichos eat pizza with them in the room as a final goodbye. But they kicked him out of the room when, according to the lawsuit, Czichos "began to act irrationally and unpredictably." ...

Police searching for person who drove at officer in Boston, prompting them to fire shot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

A large police presence gathered in Hyde Park on Tuesday night after a person drove at a Boston police officer, prompting them to fire a single shot at the vehicle, officials said.Police say a driver in a rental car drove at the officer near the intersection of Wachusett Street and Eldridge Road around 8 p.m.Officers could be seen investigating a taped-off car at a second scene near the Forest Hills MBTA station. The officer was uninjured in the incident.No additional information was immediately available.Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call Boston police.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Homers from Aaron Hicks, Ryan O’Hearn not enough as Orioles fall to Brewers, 4-3, in 10 innings

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

It was almost too good to be true.The Orioles were five outs away from squeaking out a one-run win against the Milwaukee Brewers. Baltimore had overcome a nearly disastrous first inning from Kyle Gibson and got all of its offensive production from two players — Aaron Hicks and Ryan O’Hearn — who weren’t on its major league roster a month ago.But the Orioles needed more offense than the homers they got from Hicks and O’Hearn, as the host Brewers came back to win, 4-3, in 10 innings. Milwaukee tied the game in the eighth off Yennier Cano and won it with a walk-off single from Joey Wiemer in the 10th off Austin Voth.Hicks’ two-run homer in the second inning tied the game after the Brewers took a 2-0 lead in the first, while O’Hearn’s solo shot in the seventh gave the Orioles a 3-2 lead.Cano replaced left-hander Danny Coulombe with two outs in the seventh, striking out Brian Anderson to strand the runners on the corners. But the dominant r...

Lucas Giolito is lifted after 6 no-hit innings — and Liam Hendriks gets his 1st save — in the Chicago White Sox’s 4th straight win

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

Lucas Giolito had a no-hitter through six innings.But the Chicago White Sox starter was at 100 pitches and knew it was time for the team to go to the bullpen.“You are already past the 100-pitch mark,” Giolito said. “It’s six innings. It’s tough to go back out. I understand.”The Sox lost the no-hitter in the seventh but more importantly held on to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.Giolito was brilliant, striking out seven and walking three.“My stuff felt really good,” he said. “Fastball felt very lively. Too many balls. If I stay in the zone a little bit more, I was getting ahead of a lot of guys but throwing a lot of balls as they are working 2-2, 3-2 counts.“They had a good, patient approach, which I unfortunately kind of played into a little bit. One takeaway from that is be more efficient, be more in the zone. Attack the zone.”Joe Kelly entered in the seventh and struck out the first two ba...

Yankees officially place Aaron Judge, Nestor Cortes on injured list

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

Slugger Aaron Judge is headed to the injured list with a contusion and sprained ligament in his right big toe, manager Aaron Boone announced after Tuesday’s loss to the Chicago White Sox.While no moves have been officially made, the news came after Judge met with Dr. Christopher Ahmad on Tuesday night. Judge, who received a PRP shot, sustained the injury while making a gate-breaking catch at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.Boone added that Judge doesn’t have a fracture in his toe.“The biggest thing now is trying to get the swelling out of there,” Boone said. “Had some improvements today, but now we’ll just see where we are in the coming weeks or days.“It definitely could have been worse. Feel like he’s gonna be all right, just need some time now. Hopefully it’s on the shorter side of things.”This will be Judge’s second stint on the IL this season, as he missed 10 games with a hip strain. Boone didn’t have a timeframe...

Texas women look to run down an NCAA track title in Austin

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With the NCAA track and field championships back in Austin, Longhorns head coach Edrick Floreal wants his athletes to show off.He means that in the most humble of ways — he wants folks outside of the program to see the results of the work his athletes put in when nobody's watching.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters"Nobody gets to see what they do in practice. I just want everybody to see how hard these women and men work," Floreal said. "I want everyone to see that they put in some work and they deserve a handclap or whatever you want to call it."The meet begins Wednesday at Mike A. Myers Stadium with men's preliminaries and multi-event disciplines with one final on the track, the 10,000-meter run, and field finals in the men's hammer, javelin, pole vault, long jump and shot put. Texas has hopefuls in the shot put, junior Patrick Piperi, and Jeremiah Nubb...

Saints’ Wallner notches IL honor after six-day hitting spree with Twins

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:32:34 GMT

Three weeks ago, Saints outfielder Matt Wallner was in bit of a funk. In a change of fortune that fits comfortably under the umbrella of “That’s baseball,” it took a trip to the big leagues to get him out of it.On Monday, Wallner was named International League player of the week after hitting .423 (11 for 26) with four doubles, a triple and three home runs. He also drove in 10 runs. Just prior to that, he spent six days with the Twins, making a case for earning the same honor in the American League.Wallner went 4 for 4 with a home run on May 27 against the Toronto Blue Jays and followed that up the next game by getting on base four times (2-for-2 day with a pair of walks) before being sent back to the Saints.His batting average with the Twins stands at .378, with seven hits in 19 at-bats.While with the Twins, Wallner spent time working with Twins assistant hitting coach Derek Shomon, who was Wallner’s hitting coach last season in Double-A Wichita. A familiar face and some familiar d...