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Alex Palou wins Portland for early clinch of IndyCar championship. Spaniard has 2 titles in 3 years

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alex Palou is a two-time IndyCar champion with Chip Ganassi Racing following a dominant run Sunday at Portland International Raceway. Palou earned his fifth win of the season to lock up the title with one weekend remaining in the 17-race schedule. It is the first time in IndyCar the championship has been settled before the finale since the late Dan Wheldon won in 2005.Palou started the race with a comfortable points lead over Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Scott Dixon, the only driver mathematically eligible to challenge the Spaniard for the title. But it didn’t matter what Dixon did in the race because if Palou podiumed, the championship would be over.He did far more than podium at Portland.Palou led 69 of the 110 laps to score a decisive victory over runner-up Felix Rosenqvist, who finished 5.4353 seconds back. Dixon, the six-time IndyCar champion, finished third.It is the second title in three seasons for Palou, who won both titles driving for Ganassi. H...

Sale dominates, Yoshida’s three run homer lifts Red Sox over Royals 7-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Masataka Yoshida hit a three-run homer and Adam Duvall had a solo shot to back Chris Sale as the Boston Red Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-3 on Sunday. Sale (6-3) didn’t allow a run over five innings, gave up two hits and struck out five while walking two. It was the first time he hasn’t allowed a run in a start since July 12 of last season.The Red Sox have won two straight after losing six of seven coming into the three-game set against the Royals. They came into the game 5 1/2 games behind the Rangers for the final wild card spot.Yoshida’s three-run homer went 415 feet to right field, scoring Justin Turner and Triston Casas in the fourth inning. It was his 14th homer on the year. Duvall added a home run in the sixth inning for his 19th of the season and gave Boston a 4-0 lead.Boston added two runs in the seventh including an RBI from Turner which came off of Austin Cox. Rafael Devers hit an RBI double in the ninth.Salvador Perez hit an RBI single scoring...

Lewandowski scores late penalty in Barcelona’s 2-1 win at Osasuna

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Robert Lewandowski earned and converted a late penalty to give Barcelona a 2-1 win at Osasuna in the Spanish league on Sunday.The 86th-minute winner by Lewandowski came 10 minutes after substitute Chimy Ávila equalized for Osasuna. Barcelona defender Jules Koundé headed in the opening goal in first-half injury time.Barcelona’s win kept it two points behind leader Real Madrid after four rounds.The game in Pamplona included the debuts of João Cancelo and João Félix as second-half substitutes. The Portugal players joined Barcelona on loan deals just before the close of the summer transfer window on Friday night.Osasuna played the final minutes with 10 men after Alejandro Catena earned a red card for his foul on Lewandowski with only goalkeeper Aitor Fernández to beat. Lewandowski’s goal from the resulting penalty was his second of the season.ATLETICO GAME POSTPONED Atletico Madrid’s home game against Sevilla scheduled for Sunday was postponed ahead of forecast...

Spencer Torkelson and Tarik Skubal lead the Tigers to a series sweep of the White Sox

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Spencer Torkelson hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the seventh inning, Tarik Skubal worked seven solid innings and the Detroit Tigers ran their winning streak to four games with a 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.Torkelson turned on a full-count sidearm sweeper from Aaron Bummer with two outs, and launched it 436 feet into the bleachers in left field for his team-leading 25th homer that gave Detroit a 3-2 lead. Carson Kelly drove in two runs with a double in the second inning that tied the game at 2 as the Tigers completed a three-game sweep of Chicago.White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson doubled to lead off the first for his 1,000th career hit, all with Chicago. He added a single and finished 2 for 4.Eloy Jiménez and Elvis Andrus had RBIs for Chicago, which has lost three in a row and five of six.Skubal (4-3) allowed two runs in the first and then settled down. The 26-year-old left-hander allowed five hits with seven strikeouts and two walks in his longest ...

Stewart, Vandersloot spark Liberty to 86-69 victory over Sky

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot had double-doubles and sparked a 22-0 run in the fourth quarter to lead the New York Liberty to their sixth straight victory, 86-69 over the Chicago Sky on Sunday.Stewart finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five assists for her 19th double-double of the season for the Liberty (30-7). Vandersloot pitched in with 20 points, 10 assists, six steals and five rebounds against her former team. Betnijah Laney had 17 points and Jocelyn Willoughby scored 10 off the bench.New York trails Las Vegas by 1 1/2 games for the top spot in the playoffs. Kahleah Copper scored 23 points to lead the Sky (15-22), who entered play tied with Los Angeles for the final playoff spot. Chicago has the tiebreaker advantage over the Sparks after winning three of four match-ups this season.The Liberty took the first two-possession lead when Vandersloot buried a 3-pointer for a 22-17 advantage. Marina Mabrey answered from beyond the arc, scoring 10 of her ...

Riley, Moussa spark Florida A&M to 28-10 victory over Jackson State

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Marcus Riley returned the game’s opening kickoff 96 yards for a score, Jeremy Moussa threw two touchdown passes, and Florida A&M beat Jackson State 28-10 on Sunday in the Orange Blossom Classic.Moussa, who is the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, completed 11 of 21 passes for 146 yards. He had touchdown throws of 18 and 5 yards.The Rattlers scored at will in the first half before being held scoreless in the final two quarters.Jaquez Yant had a 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that gave the Rattlers a 28-point halftime lead.Jah’Marae Sheread, who caught a touchdown pass in the first quarter, had 95 of the Rattlers’ 225 yards on special teams.Jackson State punted on 5 of 7 first-half drives and lost three fumbles in their second game under head coach T.C. Taylor, who replaced Deion Sanders after he took the coaching job at Colorado.Jason Brown completed 10 of 19 passes for 82 yard...

Luis Arráez opens game with a HR, scores go-ahead run as Marlins complete 4-game sweep of Nationals

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Luis Arráez led off the game with his sixth homer and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error in the ninth inning as the Miami Marlins completed their first four-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 6-4 win on Sunday.Sandy Alcantara worked eight strong innings as the Marlins moved three games over .500 in September for the first time in a full season since their 73-69 start in 2010. Miami entered Sunday’s action one game back in the race for the third and final wild-card berth in the National League.“You hope to come in here and win a series,” manager Skip Schumaker said. “Four out of four was kind of icing on the cake. The way we pitched today and this series was why we won all four of those games, and our offense came alive.”With the game tied at 4 in the ninth, the Marlins moved ahead as Arráez scored on an errant throw on an attempted double play ball on Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s grounder to first. Later in the...

Police investigating 2nd deadly shooting in Lynn in 24 hours

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

City officials in Lynn are calling for an end to the street violence after a man was killed in a shooting late Saturday night just blocks away from where seven people were shot, one fatally, when gunfire erupted at a house party earlier in the day.Officers responding to a reported shooting on Lincoln Street around 11 p.m. found a man suffering from gunshot wounds in a vehicle, according to police. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been released.Police say a preliminary investigation suggests the shooting is not related to the fatal shooting on Essex Street earlier in the day.The second shooting came as authorities continue to search for the person or people responsible for the shooting in the area of 189 Essex St. around 2:20 a.m. that left seven people suffering from gunshot wounds.One of the victims later died. His family has identified him as 25-year-old Abraham Diaz. Two others remain hospitalized in critical condition and four peo...

Shelter in place order lifted in Seekonk after police activity shuts down neighborhood

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

Residents of a neighborhood in Seekonk are no longer being asked to shelter in place after police asked them to stay in their homes while they worked to assist a person who is experiencing a mental health crisis.Police say the situation was contained to a single residence on Colt Drive. The shelter in place was lifted around 6:30 p.m.“We are trying to assist a person experiencing a mental health crisis. We are working to bring this to a safe resolution,” police wrote in a Facebook post. “We ask that residents in the area continue to shelter in place and others remain out of the area.” No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Courting voters: Surrogates playing increased role in Trump campaign

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:29:19 GMT

Donald Trump is testing a strategy that may soon become a necessity as his legal woes mount: relying on Republican surrogates to make his case to voters.Polls show Trump as the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, but he’s mired in four criminal cases that could take him off the campaign trail starting in late January or February when candidates traditionally make their closing arguments to voters. That means Trump, the most popular figure in the Republican party, may well have to rely on the star power of key stand-ins to make final pitches to voters.While the candidate himself was a no-show at prominent events, including the first Republican primary debate and several time-honored events in Iowa, he left loyalists to fill the void.U.S. Representative Byron Donalds donned a blue apron as he flipped burgers with Representative Matt Gaetz at the Iowa State Fair. Kari Lake, a staunch Trump supporter who narrowly lost last year’s Arizona gubernatorial election, milked cows....