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Bartolo Colón celebrated for 21-year career, announcing retirement 5 years after last pitch

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bartolo Colón wanted to say goodbye to the major leagues with the New York Mets and, of course, his home run was going to be celebrated.Four months past his 50th birthday and five years removed from his last big league pitch, Colón was honored by the Mets on Sunday when he announced his retirement after 21 big league seasons.“My first home was Cleveland,” Colón said through a translator during a pregame news conference, “But now I’m here with the Mets and I feel really comfortable here.”Colón went 247-188 with a 4.12 ERA and 2,535 strikeouts in 3,461 2/3 innings. A four-time All-Star, he started his big league career with Cleveland in 1997 and won the 2005 AL Cy Young Award with the Los Angeles Angels.He pitched for 11 big league teams but is repeatedly reminded of his batting feat. On May 7, 2006, Colón homered off the San Diego Padres’ James Shields, becoming at 42 years, 349 days the oldest player to his hit first major league homer.“The only thing I could think a...

Arsenal gets a moment of quality from Trossard’s goal in drab 1-0 win at Everton in Premier League

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The classic chant “1-0 to the Arsenal” was heard at Everton on Sunday as Gunners fans celebrated a Premier League win that was a throwback to its pragmatic style of the mid-1990s.A 69th-minute goal by substitute Leandro Trossard was a rare moment of quality in a game more typical of the Arsenal way celebrated in song before Arsene Wenger’s arrival as coach in 1996 began a new era of creativity.Trossard cleverly guided a first-time, left-footed shot into the net off the far post after Bukayo Saka cut back a pass he could take smoothly in his stride for the 1-0 win.It capped a standout week for the Belgium winger who scored a similarly impressive goal with his right foot Tuesday in his national team’s 5-0 rout of Estonia in a European Championship qualifying game.“I’ve been practicing all my life with both feet and it helps you in the game as an attacker,” Trossard said.Trossard had come on midway through the first half to replace Gabriel Martinelli who was i...

Efficient Arsenal overcomes Everton with Trossard goal. Chelsea misfires in 0-0 draw at Bournemouth

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

It wasn’t pretty or exciting on Sunday but Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Everton was just the kind of game that Premier League title challenges can be built on.A classy 69th-minute shot by substitute Leandro Trossard sealed the three points and lifted the level of quality against a limited Everton team playing spoiler at home.It was a third straight 1-0 loss for Everton at Goodison Park this season amid prospective new American ownership for the club.Arsenal was the only team in action Sunday to score, after Chelsea misfired in a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth.Trossard entered the game unexpectedly early when Gabriel Martinelli was injured within a minute of play restarting after he thought he had given Arsenal the lead in the 19th. It was ruled out by an offside spotted on video review.The victory kept Arsenal level with Tottenham and Liverpool, trailing two points behind defending champion Manchester City at the top of the standings.It was Everton’s first game since the club announced major...

Connecticut Sun coach Stephanie White named WNBA Coach of the Year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Stephanie White was honored as the WNBA’s Coach of the Year on Sunday after guiding the Connecticut Sun to a 27-win season and a No. 3 seed in the playoffs.White, the former Indiana Fever and Vanderbilt coach, took over a team that made it to last years Finals before coach Curt Miller left for Los Angeles and star player Jonquel Jones, a former MVP was traded to New York and point guard Jasmine Thomas left to join her former coach out west. The team also had to deal with a season-ending injury to key player Brionna Jones a month into the season. White received 36 votes from a national panel of 60 sportswriters and broadcasters. Latricia Trammell of the Dallas Wings finished in second place with 11 votes, and Sandy Brondello of the New York Liberty was third with six votes. Becky Hammon of the Las Vegas Aces received three votes; Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx and Tanisha Wright of the Atlanta Dream each received two votes. White put in an offense t...

Suspect arrested for fatal shooting in Woodbridge apartment building

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

Police in Prince William County, Virginia, say they’ve arrested a suspect in connection to a fatal shooting in Woodbridge on Saturday evening.In a news release, Prince William County police said officers were called to the 1800 block of Gableridge Turn around 7:19 p.m. Saturday evening on reports of a shooting. On the scene, officers discovered 43-year-old Kareem Rasheen Tyrone Harris of Woodbridge suffering from gunshot wounds. After receiving first aid on the scene, Harris was transported to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.Police said that Harris and 25-year-old Malcom Andre Monts of Woodbridge had been involved in an altercation that escalated in a patio area of the apartment building, where they believe Monts shot Harris before returning to his own apartment in the building.Police told WTOP that Monts and Harris knew one another and that Harris was staying with family  who lived in the building when he was killed.Monts was arrested by police at his apartment wi...

McBride and Collier lead Lynx over Sun 82-75 to force a deciding Game 3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Kayla McBride scored 28 points and Napheesa Collier added 26 points and 13 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 82-75 on Sunday to force a deciding Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.Alyssa Thomas scored 26 points and DeWanna Bonner added 24 for the No. 3 seeded Sun, who won the first game of the series by 30 points, but now must win a road game on Wednesday to advance.“We love our fanbase and we do feel like that’s an advantage for us,” Collier said. , The Lynx led by six points at halftime and stretched that to 16 with the help of a 12-0 run in the third quarter, highlighted by the fifth of McBride’s six 3-pointers. Her layup made it 65-49.But the Sun responded with a run of their own and trailed only by 65-60 headed into the fourth quarter. A 3-pointer from Bonner cut the lead to 76-73 with 2 1/2 minutes to play, but the Lynx made several big defensive stops and scored the next six points to put the game away.Connect...

Boebert defends ‘Beetlejuice’ ejection: ‘I was a little too eccentric’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

(The Hill) – Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) pushed back on media accounts of her being kicked out of a Denver theater production of “Beetlejuice” last week over bad behavior, saying that some accounts were exaggerated and untrue.“I was a little too eccentric. I’m very known for having an animated personality, maybe overtly animated personality. I was laughing, I was singing, having a fantastic time,” Boebert said in an OAN interview Sunday. “Was told to kinda settle it down a little bit, which I did, but then my next flip up was taking a picture.”  Video shows Boebert vaping in theater, despite denial Video from the evening shows Boebert causing a disturbance during the performance, including vaping and taking flash photography. While being escorted out of the theater, video appears to show her giving the finger to security guards.The controversial congresswoman garnered widespread criticism for her behavior, mostly online.Her office previously denied the vaping allegations, but Bo...

UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. How high were they?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit's three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises.UAW President Shawn Fain has repeatedly cited the figure, contrasting it with the 6% pay raises autoworkers have received since their last contract in 2019. He opened negotiations with a demand for a similar 40% wage increase over four years, along with the return of pensions and cost of living increases. The UAW has since lowered its demand to a 36% wage increase but the two sides remain far apart in contract talks, triggering a strike. Colorado workers, you now have more uses for your paid sick time Fain's focus on CEO pay is part of a growing trend of emboldened labor unions citing the wealth gap between workers and the top bosses to bolster demand for better pay and working conditions. In June, Netflix shareholders rejected executive pay packages in a nonbinding vote, just days after the ...

Armed man breaks into Fort Lauderdale apartment, sexually batters woman, police say

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

A Fort Lauderdale woman was the victim of sexual battery after an armed man broke into her apartment and went on the attack, police said.According to Fort Lauderdale Police, the incident took place at the Pine Crest Apartments along Northeast 18th Avenue, at around 7:30 p.m., Friday.Neighbors told 7News the man broke into the woman’s first-floor apartment, and they heard her screaming.Detectives said the victim was inside when the perpetrator entered her unit through the front door, went to the bedroom and jumped on top of her.Police said the armed subject threatened to kill the woman before he sexually battered her and fled northbound down the hallway.Neighbors said the woman is now too afraid to even come back home, adding they hope the complex’s management will take steps to make the building more secure.Investigators are hoping someone or any nearby surveillance cameras may have captured the man either leaving or entering the apartment building.Investigators describe...

Chisholm hits grand slam for 2nd straight game, Marlins rout Braves 16-2 to sweep series

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:33:42 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a grand slam for the second consecutive game and the Miami Marlins routed the Atlanta Braves 16-2 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of the NL East champions.Jorge Soler, Jake Burger and Nick Fortes also went deep, and Luis Arraez had three hits for the Marlins, who began the day a half-game out of the third NL wild-card spot. It was Miami’s first three-game sweep over Atlanta since 2015.Marlins starter Jesús Luzardo struck out eight in six scoreless innings. Luzardo (10-9) allowed four hits and walked two.Miami outscored Atlanta 36-11 in the series after getting outscored 83-29 while losing nine of the previous 10 meetings between the division foes this season.Braves star outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. missed his second straight game because of right calf tightness.Chisholm’s shot over the wall in right-center capped a five-run third against Braves starter Charlie Morton. Josh Bell hit an RBI single before Chisholm became the first Marlins play...