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Thairo Estrada pre-game speech snaps SF Giants out of funk

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Giants are at a critical point in the season. A continued skid could bury chances at a playoff berth. A wake up call can revive them amid an increasingly competitive Wild Card run.No alarm seemed to be sounding as the Giants lost seven straight series and 14 of their last 19 games heading into Sunday’s game. No obvious leader seemed to be emerging. So Thairo Estrada called a team meeting before the Giants’ final game against the Braves, hoping to prevent a sweep, to remind the team that they’re better than this — spoken in Spanish through an interpreter.“I told the team to go pitch-by-pitch, take the extra base. Do the things we were doing before to execute moving forward,” Estrada said. “Everybody knows we’ve had a difficult and challenging month, so I told the team to do positive things. It was a positive message. We have a month left and we still have a chance for us to get in an not forget wh...

Stroud has scoring pass as Texans beat Saints 17-13

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Houston rookie C.J. Stroud threw his first touchdown pass as a pro and the Texans defeated New Orleans 17-13 on Sunday night in a preseason finale that was also marked by a couple Jimmy Graham highlights for the Saints.Graham looked determined not to let his mysterious medical episode and run-in with police last week derail his NFL comeback. The 36-year-old tight end, who signed with New Orleans last month after spending the previous season out of football, caught three passes for 34 yards and a touchdown. His catches were reminiscent of the way he played when Drew Brees was his quarterback in New Orleans from 2010 to 2014. He established leverage with his 6-foot-7 frame in tight coverage and came down with contested catches. His score on a 3-yard pass from Jameis Winston came shortly after his 25-yard grab had given New Orleans a first down on the Houston 11.After his touchdown — which delighted a Superdome crowd longing to see the ever popular Graham score for t...

Portland Thorns stay at top of NWSL in 1-1 draw with Spirit

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

Ashley Hatch’s goal in the final minutes pulled the Washington Spirit into a 1-1 draw with the Portland Thorns on Sunday in the National Women’s Soccer League.Sophia Smith, the league’s top scorer and reigning NWSL Most Valuable Player, appeared to injure her right knee in the second half and was on crutches after the break. Portland went ahead in the 63rd minute when Sam Coffey slipped a pass to Morgan Weaver in the box, who then chipped a shot into the goal with the outside of her foot. Coffey now has a league-leading seven assists.Just as the match was ending, the Thorns were whistled for a handball in the box. Hatch put her penalty into the left corner in stoppage time to secure a draw for the Spirit (6-3-8) in front of 13,048 fans at Audi Field in Washington, D.C.Five of Hatch’s nine goals this year have come from penalties. The Thorns (8-4-5) remain at the top of a tight NWSL table with five matches left in the regular season.Each NWSL team over the wee...

Hallan 4 muertos, incluido un menor de 17 años, tras tiroteo en el condado Harford

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

Cuatro personas han muerto, incluido un adolescente de 17 años, tras una balacera en un apartamento en el condado Harford en Maryland la mañana del domingo, de acuerdo a las autoridades. El tiroteo se registró a las 11:18 a.m. en la cuadra 300 de Trimble Road en Joppatowne, según la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado Harford. La persona que llamó al 911 informó que un individuo armado había entrado a un apartamento y que luego se oyeron disparos, dijo el Alguacil Jeffrey Gahler en una conferencia de prensa. Los agentes llegaron en minutos y hallaron a tres personas muertas en el lugar, dijo Gahler. Una cuarta persona fue llevada al hospital, pero no sobrevivió a sus heridas. Se cree que el sospechoso está entre los fallecidos, informaron las autoridades. “Este incidente ocurrió y está aislado a un edificio de apartamentos y un apartamento dentro de ese edificio. No parece que la entrada en el apartamento fuera forzada”, escribió la oficina del alguacil en Fac...

Tactical expert weighs in on police chase, hostage situation in Denver

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Even though the suspect was shot at a hostage situation in Denver Friday night, he didn't die, the hostage survived and, besides some property damage, there were no other casualties.Tactical expert James Allbee said scenes like what happened in Denver on Friday have a top priority. Denver officer fires at suspect during hostage situation "Officer safety first, and then, obviously, we've got to take into consideration the community safety as well," Allbee said.Denver Police said it started as a road rage shooting earlier in the day. A man reported being shot at by someone in the same vehicle involved in the crash later that night.Police found the vehicle later in the day, and monitored it until a group of people finally got inside. They followed it and that led to the chase that became a hostage situation on York Street and 35th Avenue.Police said the suspect had a hostage at gunpoint, and after attempts to negotiate, an officer fired at the suspect."Deadly force w...

Car flipping scam growing in Denver

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- You find a quick and easy deal online to buy a car, and the seller asks you to meet him or her at a random location to make a cash or electronic transaction.You drive away and learn that the car is riddled with mechanical problems. This is the hallmark of a scam known as “curbstoning.” Police searching for suspect after 3 injured in Denver shooting Professional auto dealers are seeing more victims of the scam in Colorado over the past six months. California-based Sell Max told FOX 31 the company has encountered nearly 30 cars in Denver so far this year that turned out to have serious problems.“When they tell us how they acquired the car, everything starts clicking and we realize they were curbstoned,” Sell Max founder Sean Pour said.Curbstoning occurs when the scammer sells the car without a dealer license, usually through social media ads, making sure to conceal any mechanical issues. The biggest red flag is that the seller never transfers the car into their name...

Florida couple speak out about crash that caused wife to go into labor with twins, left husband with neck injury

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

A Central Florida couple are celebrating two bundles of joy after a chaotic crash involving an alleged drunk driver sent a mother into labor earlier than expected and left her husband with a serious neck injury.Ronesha Brooks was 35 weeks pregnant with twins McKenzie and McKayla when she and her husband Andre were on the way to the hospital in Orlando back in early June.Then the unthinkable happened.“I was more so like, ‘Will my babies make it, and are both parents going back home to the other children?'” said Ronesha.Ronesha and Andre were driving along South John Young Parkway in a Kia SUV and were just minutes away from the hospital when, they said, they were hit by a red sedan, causing Ronesha to go into labor early.The twins were delivered safely, but one of them ended up having to stay in the neonatal intensive care unit for a week.“One of the placentas erupted, and it was bleeding on the inside,” said Ronesha. “Once the placenta erupts, it&...

ART’s ‘Half-God of Rainfall’ takes on deities & slam dunks

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

“The Half-God of Rainfall” is populated by gods: the rulers of Mount Olympus from Greek mythology, Yoruba deities from West Africa, the basketball gods of the NBA. But actor Jason Bowen explains that “The Half-God of Rainfall” is more concerned with humanity than the divine.“It’s about the intersection of Grecian gods and Yoruba gods out of Nigeria, who will sometimes war against each other so you have a story of an epic nature,” Bowen told the Herald. “But then you have a demigod who is birthed as a result of an assault by Zeus. That demigod grows up and has an internal conflict about the nature of his being… Vengeance comes into play, so does hubris, so does the nature of family, so does healing.”“And then, on top of all this you, you have basketball,” he added with a laugh.There’s a lot going on in “The Half-God of Rainfall,” which runs from Sept. 8 to Sept. 24 at the American Repertory Theater. But deftly unpacking complex stories and equally complex emotions is a specialty of p...

4 topics you should avoid during a job interview

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

A 2018 survey of more than 1,000 hiring managers and human resources professionals revealed some surprising things about modern hiring practices.The survey, conducted by The Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder, provided a wealth of insight about the hiring process, including some of the unusual things people have done in interviews. Asked to share the most unusual things candidates have done during interviews, employers and hiring managers indicated job seekers had asked for a cocktail, broke out in song in the middle of an interview, asked to taste an interviewer’s coffee, and even wore a costume of Darth Vader to an interview.Though many of those replies undoubtedly elicited a laugh (and likely some shock), they indicate that many people aren’t entirely sure about how to act during a job interview. Most professionals probably don’t need to be told to avoid asking for a cocktail or to leave their costumes at home when leaving for an interview, but some might no...

Boston College’s George Takacs has high goals

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:17:26 GMT

Boston College has produced two NFL-drafted All-ACC first team tight ends in recent years, “Touchdown” Tommy Sweeney of the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins’ third-round pick Hunter Long.Eagles’ graduate tight end George Takacs wants his name added to that ACC/NFL short list. The 6-6, 255-pound, every-down tight end from Naples, Fla., is the Eagles’ top returning receiver in yards gained and projected starter when BC opens the season against Northern Illinois on Sept. 2 (noon) at Alumni Stadium.“I want to be an All-ACC tight end,” said Takacs. “I really want to have the ability to take over games and be THE guy in the offense, that’s my goal and that’s everybody’s goal.“I’m really going into the season with the confidence and high expectations for myself.”BC lost its two most productive wide receivers after the 2022 season, a campaign that started bad and ended 3-9. Zay Flowers, who broke every significant receiving record at BC, was a first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens and Ja...