By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Quin Snyder resigned Sunday as coach of the Utah Jazz, ending an eight-year run where the team won nearly 60% of its games but never got past the second round of the playoffs. Snyder released a statement through the team, part of it simply saying “it is time.” He
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Kan, (AP) — Jesús Ferreira failed to convert a pair of first-half chances as U.S. forwards kept up their goal-scoring struggles and the Americans played a 0-0 draw against Uruguay in their second of four World Cup warmup matches this month. The U.S. took the field three hours after learning Wales would be
Continue ReadingCNN By Nectar Gan, CNN For decades, the Chinese government has sought to erase all memories of its bloody military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests, especially around the anniversary on June 4. But this year, those attempts backfired, drawing attention to and prompting questions about the massacre from previously oblivious young Chinese internet users.
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El ruido repentino de un teléfono celular hizo que Joel saliera disparado de su asiento. Corrió hacia una mochila morada que estaba detrás de él y abrió el bolsillo delantero. Sonaba una alarma en el teléfono que le habían dado las autoridades de inmigración de Estados Unidos y sabía que tenía
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Amir Vera, CNN Quin Snyder has stepped down as Utah Jazz head coach after eight seasons, the team announced Sunday. “After eight years, I just feel it is time to move onward. I needed to take time to detach after the season and make sure this was the right decision,” Snyder
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington State trooper sustained minor injuries when he was struck by a vehicle while investigating a collision Sunday in Pierce County, authorities said. Trooper Pedro Martos, 25, was standing at the scene of the collision on State Route 512 at about 3:15 a.m. when a pickup truck struck Martos’ vehicle,
Continue ReadingARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Abraham Toro scored on a wild pitch by Brock Burke in the 10th inning to complete Seattle’s late-game rally over the Texas Rangers 6-5 on Sunday. Seattle scored three in the ninth off Matt Bush, who had his third blown save this season, to tie the score 5-5. Ty France began
Continue ReadingBy CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Holly Azevedo threw a two-hit shutout and No. 5 UCLA beat No. 14 Florida 8-0 in six innings to reach the Women’s College World Series semifinals and eliminate the Gators. She threw just 88 pitches to claim the win. Kelli Godin, Maya Brady and Briana
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ESPN’s Jeff Van Gundy will be part of the broadcast team for Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Van Gundy tested positive for COVID-19 and missed the opening game of the series on Thursday. Mark Jones, Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Lisa Salters will be the broadcast team for Sunday night’s
Continue ReadingBy FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ondrej Palat scored with 42 seconds left and the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Sunday to cut their deficit in the Eastern Conference finals to 2-1. Palat’s goal, off a nifty pass from Nikita Kucherov,
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Voters in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan have cast ballots on proposed changes to the constitution. The measures in Sunday’s referendum were widely seen as an attempt to repudiate the legacy of former strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev, who led the ex-Soviet republic for three decades. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says he called the
Continue ReadingAUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Carson Yates homered leading off the top of the ninth to give UCLA a 2-1 win over Florida State in an elimination game in the Auburn Regional. Kyle Karros, who had three hits, tied the game for the Bruins with a home run in the seventh and Alonzo Tredwell (4-1) struck
Continue ReadingST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A number of Tampa Bay Rays players decided not to wear rainbow-colored logos on their uniforms as part of the team’s annual “Pride Night” on Saturday that recognized the LGBTQ community. Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash addressed it after Sunday’s game, saying he doesn’t think it’ll negatively impact the
Continue ReadingBy AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryson Stott hit a game-winning, three-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning after Bryce Harper tied it with a grand slam in the eighth, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 9-7 victory that sent slumping Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels to their
Continue ReadingPAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Lionel Messi has scored five goals for Argentina for the first time in a 5-0 rout of Estonia in a friendly match in Spain. He overtook former Hungary great Ferenc Puskas to become the fourth-highest scorer for a national team in men’s soccer with 86 international goals. Messi had never scored
Continue ReadingAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Jake Greiving hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to give Air Force a 9-7 win over Louisiana Tech in an elimination game of the Austin Region. Gabriel Garcia walked to lead off the eighth before Greiving’s one out homer, his second of the game, cleared the left field
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize. WWNO-FM reports ballots were cast Friday and Saturday. Workers voted 11-to-1 to join Workers United, which represents the unionized Starbucks stores. Two votes were challenged. Barista Caitlyn Pierce and others tell the station they wanted to
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize. WWNO-FM reports ballots were cast Friday and Saturday. Workers voted 11-to-1 to join Workers United, which represents the unionized Starbucks stores. Two votes were challenged. Barista Caitlyn Pierce and others tell the station they wanted to
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — 34-year-old Travis Birkley has been arrested in connection with six shooting deaths in January of 2022. Birkley is being held on one million dollars bail. On Jan. 23, 2022, at approximately 3:21 p.m., two Milwaukee police officers arrived at 2505 N. 21st
Continue ReadingBy ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Canada’s World Cup warmup match against Panama was canceled when the men’s team refused to play because of a labor dispute with the nation’s governing body that includes a demand the women’s national team get equal match fees. Players, preparing for the nation’s first men’s World Cup appearance
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