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Kvitova upends Rybakina for women’s Miami Open title

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Twelfth-seeded Petra Kvitova won the Miami Open in her 13th appearance, beating seventh-seeded Elena Rybakina with a marathon tiebreaker in a 7-6 (14), 6-2 victory Saturday. The 33-year-old Kvitova, 10 years older than her opponent, snapped Rybakina’s 13-match winning streak and halted her bid to win the Sunshine Double (Indian Wells and Miami Open). In winning with will, stalwart defense and one sensational forehand winner on the dead run that electrified the crowd in the second set, the lefty Kvitova captured her 30th WTA singles title.After Rybakina hit a forehand long on match point, Kvitova raised her arms and put her hands to her head. She was broken just once in the match. It was her 41st career WTA Finals appearance but first final in Miami. Kvitova, who is from the Czech Republic, disagreed with the announcement Wimbledon would accept Russian players this year. Rybakina, the reigning Wimbledon champion, is from Moscow but represents Kazakhst...

Roshak, Ashland women beat Minnesota Duluth, win D-II title

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Annie Roshak had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Hayley Smith added 10 points and 10 boards to help top-ranked Ashland beat No. 2 Minnesota Duluth 78-67 Saturday and win the NCAA Division II women’s basketball championship for the third time in program history. Zoe Miller scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting for Ashland (37-0) and Hallie Heidemann had 11 points. The Eagles, who also went 37-0 en route to the 2017 national title. completed the second undefeated season in program history and just the sixth in D-II.Eagles coach Kari Pickens became the first woman in Division II history to win a national championship as a player, assistant coach and a head coach. After beginning her playing career at Dayton, Pickens transferred to Ashland and winning the title as a player in 2013 and then as an assistant coach on the 2017 championship squad. Minnesota Duluth’s Brooke Olson, who was recently named the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s Division II Player of the ...

Kyle Tucker, Yordan Alvarez lead Astros over White Sox 6-4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker hit a pair of run-scoring singles and Yordan Alvarez had three hits to lead the Houston Astros over Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Saturday.Chicago’s Seby Zavala, who played baseball for San Diego State from 2012-15, hit a two-run homer a few hours before the Aztecs played Florida Atlantic in the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.Houston’s David Hensley, a San Diego State baseball player from 2015-18, went 0 for 4.With the score 3-3 in the seventh, Alvarez and José Abreu hit consecutive two-out singles off Joe Kelly (0-1) and Tucker greeted José Ruiz with a go-ahead single.Héctor Neris relieved Ryne Stanek (1-0) with two on in the eighth, and Alvarez and Abreu hit consecutive RBI singles for a 6-3 lead before Neris struck out Elvis Andrus.Andrus remained at 1,999 hits. Houston outhit the White Sox 11-10 as the Astros went 6 for 19 with runners in scoring position during a game that took 3 hours, 11 minutes. The White Sox were 2 for 9 RISP.Eloy Jiméne...

Man found dead was stabbed 27 times, woman arrested

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A woman is accused of killing a man found stabbed more than two dozen times, according to police.Erin Liljander, 22, faces a count of first-degree murder in the man's killing.A friend of the 54-year-old man found him dead in his Park Avenue West apartment Tuesday, according to a release from the Denver Police Department.Investigators learned the man had been dead "for a couple days" before he was found in his unit at Renaissance Riverfront Lofts. The affordable housing building at 3440 Park Ave. West is a Colorado Coalition for the Homeless property. Deadly storms, tornadoes cause devastation in the South and Midwest: ‘Feels like a warzone’ The man suffered around 27 stab wounds on the back of his head and his left neck, arm, torso and upper leg, according to an arrest warrant. Surveillance video showed a woman entering the victim's apartment on March 22 and leaving hours later in different clothes.An anonymous tipster on Friday pointed to Liljander as the suspect,...

Member of pro-Nazi group used Molotov cocktails in attempt to burn down Ohio church planning to host drag event, FBI says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

(CNN) — An member of a neo-Nazi group was arrested Friday after attempting to burn down a church in Ohio that was planning to host a drag show event, according to court documents.Aimenn D. Penny, 20, of Alliance, Ohio, has been charged in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland with one count of malicious use of explosive materials and one count of possessing a destructive device, according to a criminal complaint.Authorities claim Penny used “Molotov cocktails against the Community Church of Chesterland (CCC) in Chesterland, Ohio, in an attempt to burn the church to the ground,” the Department of Justice said in a press release.“As alleged in the charging documents, the defendant used an explosive device to cause harm to a church he found objectionable,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said in the release. “It is the solemn duty of the Department of Justice to safeguard the right of all Americans to free expression, and I comme...

1 dead, at least 28 injured after roof collapses at Illinois’ Apollo Theatre following dangerous storms

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

(CNN) — One person was killed and 28 others were injured after a full roof collapse at the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, on Friday evening following devastating storms and tornadoes that ripped through the South and Midwest, officials said.Approximately 260 people, including guests, performers and staff, were inside the venue for a heavy metal rock concert at the time of the collapse, according to the event coordinator.Belvidere is in northern Illinois, approximately 14 miles outside the city of Rockford. Despite severe weather in the region, there were no reports of an “actual tornado” hitting the area, Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle said.In southern Illinois, three other people died in Crawford County after a residential structural collapse during Friday’s severe weather, according to Kevin Sur, a spokesperson for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency. The deaths confirmed in Illinois bring the overall death toll from Friday’s severe w...

Roxbury nonprofit teaching kids from homeless families about the MBTA

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

A Roxbury nonprofit is helping children from homeless families with a better understanding of the MBTA and how it works. Students are Horizons for Homeless Children learned all about trains and the colors of the various MBTA lines, a perfect opportunity to work parts of what they’re already learning with information about public transit.The kids also went to a station and watched a train go by. During their learning experience, the kids brought the T inside, making an Orange Line train out of cardboard and attempting to recreate a map of the MBTA network.The idea behind the program is to encourage the kids to get a better understanding of some of the STEM careers they could go into in the future, organizers said.

Mark Canha, Omar Narvaez power the offense, Tylor Megill earns the win as Mets beat Marlins 6-2

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

MIAMI — One night after the Mets had a dismal offensive showing against the Miami Marlins, they answered some questions with a 6-2 win to move to 2-1 in the series and on the season.Mark Canha had a home run, a double, an RBI single, a walk and three runs scored and Omar Narvaez went 2-for-3 with two RBI to beat the Marlins on Saturday at LoanDepot Park. Right-hander Tylor Megill went five innings to earn the win in place of Justin Verlander and the Mets played stellar defense behind him.Pete Alonso made a fantastic play at first base in the seventh and Francisco Lindor made the play of the game in the sixth inning, showcasing elite range and a strong arm to get Bryan De La Cruz out and save two runs.The narrative that the Mets can’t hit left-handed pitching reemerged Friday night after a 2-1 loss at the hands of the Marlins and lefty Jesus Luzardo. Two runs off of Andrew Nardi and two off of lefty Braxton Garrett don’t exactly put that narrative to rest but it hel...

Orioles lose to Red Sox, 9-8, after dropped final out leads to Adam Duvall’s walk-off homer

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

The Orioles’ outfield blunders at Fenway Park at last caught up to them in Saturday’s ninth inning.With two outs, nobody on base and the Orioles leading the Boston Red Sox by one, closer Félix Bautista induced a soft fly ball to left, but Ryan McKenna dropped it. A batter later, Adam Duvall hit his second home run of the game, giving Boston a walk-off 9-8 victory.The Orioles’ outfield defense has been suspect throughout the team’s first two games, with McKenna’s drop joining poor routes and misreads.The ending overshadowed a day in which the Orioles (1-1) became the first team since at least 1901 to steal 10 bases over the first two games of the season as they blew a 7-1 lead.Right-hander Dean Kremer allowed five runs on six hits with one walk and three strikeouts in his season debut.Around the hornThe Orioles listed their starters for their upcoming road series against the Texas Rangers as right-handers Kyle Bradish, Tyler Wells and Kyle Gibson. T...

Clarke Schmidt roughed up in season-debut as Yankees fall to Giants, 7-5

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:52:27 GMT

Game 2 didn’t go according to plan.Clarke Schmidt struggled in his season debut in the Yankees’ 7-5 loss to the Giants on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. The right-hander tossed 3.1 innings allowing five hits, three runs, walking one and striking out five.The 27-year-old navigated through the first inning smoothly — allowing a walk but striking out two — displaying his newly developed cutter seven out of 19 pitches in the frame, however, it was rough sailing from there on out.The right-hander threw 31 pitches in the second and then was bombarded in the fourth with a solo shot from Joc Pederson and a two-run blast from Brandon Crawford that gave the Giants a 3-2 lead and knocked him out of the game.The Yankees’ bats didn’t go down quietly registering 10 hits — and rallying late to make things interesting — but they had a lot of help from the Giants’ defense. The Bombers’ first run of the afternoon came when San Francisco’s...