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The future is uncertain for the United States after crashing out of the Women’s World Cup

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The rest of the world has finally caught up to the United States.The once-dominant Americans crashed out of the Women’s World Cup on penalties after a scoreless draw with Sweden in the Round of 16 on Sunday. It was the earliest exit ever for the four-time tournament champions. A shootout in the 1999 World Cup — with a much different outcome — supercharged the U.S. team’s prominence atop the sport globally. The Americans defeated China on penalties in front of a sellout crowd at the Rose Bowl and Brandi Chastain doffed her jersey in celebration. Except for some desperate energy in the final match, this U.S. team looked uncharacteristically timid and disorganized throughout this World Cup. The two-time defending champions squeaked by in the group stage with just a win against Vietnam and disappointing draws against both the Netherlands and Portugal.The Americans fell victim to growing parity in women’s soccer. Former powerhouse teams like the United S...

Eugenio Suárez delivers in 10th inning, Mariners sweep Angels with 3-2 victory

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Eugenio Suárez delivered an RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Seattle Mariners completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels with a 3-2 victory Sunday.J.P. Crawford homered on the first pitch of the game and Teoscar Hernández hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh for the Mariners (60-52), who have won five straight and 13 of 17 to move 4 1/2 games ahead of their AL West rival Angels (56-57) in the wild card standings.One day after Suárez’s streak of 10 straight games with an RBI ended, the veteran slugger was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts until he drove in Ty France on a full-count pitch from Jaime Barria (2-6) in the 10th.Tayler Saucedo (3-1) pitched two scoreless innings of relief for Seattle despite giving up a 362-foot flyout by Mike Moustakas in the ninth that would have been a game-ending homer in all but four major league ballparks.Seattle won it a few innings after Los Angeles’ Chase Silseth and Seattle’s Bryce Miller became the first pai...

Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón leaves his start against the Astros with hamstring tightness

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón exited his start against the Houston Astros in the third inning Sunday with left hamstring tightness.Rodón threw a 96 mph fastball to Chas McCormack well outside the strike zone and appeared to stiffen up as he began circling the area behind the pitcher’s mound. An athletic trainer and New York manager Aaron Boone came out to check on Rodón, who threw two warmup pitches. That was followed by a second meeting, where they were joined by plate umpire Angel Hernandez.Rodón was then replaced by rookie Jhony Brito.“It was more of a precautionary thing,” Rodón said after New York’s 9-7 loss. “In this moment I feel normal, but one of those things we’ll have to see what tomorrow holds.”After being examined at Yankee Stadium by a doctor, Rodón will get additional tests in the next 24 hours, the team said. Boone was unsure if Rodón would require another stint on the injured list.“We’ll have an MRI tomorrow and then we’ll have an idea,” Boone s...

Liberty rout Aces 99-61 to hand Las Vegas only its 3rd loss of season.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored 31 points, hitting six of New York’s 17 3-pointers to lead the Liberty to a 99-61 rout of the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday in a matchup of the top two teams in the WNBA.The Liberty have won four straight and snapped the Aces’ eight-game winning streak, handing Las Vegas (24-3) only its third loss of the season in front of a raucous sellout crowd of 11,418.The Aces were bidding to match the 1998 Houston Comets for most wins before suffering a third defeat. These two squads will play three more times this month, including for the Commissioner’s Cup championship on Aug. 15 in Las Vegas.In the first meeting between the teams in June, the Aces used a dominant third quarter to blow open the game. The Liberty did it this time, outscoring Las Vegas 30-9 in the period. The Aces came into the game leading the WNBA in scoring at 94.4 points.A’ja Wilson had a tough game, she was 2-for-14 from the field for nine points. She also had a scare late in the fi...

Marina Mabrey scores 32 as Sky beats Wings 104-94 to sweep regular season series against Dallas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marina Mabrey scored 32 points, including making 13 of 14 free throws, and Kahleah Copper added 23 points to help the Chicago Sky beat the Dallas Wings 104-96 on Sunday.Chicago (12-15), which swept its three-game regular season series with the Wings, has scored 104 points in each of its last three games and has topped the 100-point plateau four times this season.Chicago’s Ruthy Hebard and Arike Ogunbowale of the Wings were both ejected. Hebard left the bench during a dust-up between teammate Dana Evans and Dallas’ Odyssey Sims (who were each charged with a technical foul) midway through the third quarter. Ogunbowale, who finished with 14 points, was charged with a technical foul and ejected for unnecessary contact with an official with 52 seconds to play. That could lead to a suspension.The teams combined for 54 personal fouls and shot 35 free throws apiece. Evans, who made 9 of 9 from the foul line, scored 14 points for the Sky and Morgan Bertsch...

Copa Mundial 2023: Inglaterra vs. Nigeria; aquí todos los detalles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

Inglaterra se enfrenta a Nigeria el lunes 7 de agosto en el estadio de Brisbane en los octavos de final de la Copa Mundial Femenina de la FIFA 2023. La patada inicial de este encuentro de la Copa del Mundo se dará a la 3.30 a.m. ET / 12.30 a.m. PT.  La cobertura de Telemundo arranca a partir de las 3.00 a.m. ET / 12:00 p.m. PT.   Puedes ver el partido en vivo sintonizando Universo en tu TV, o para verlo por streaming desde tu computadora o dispositivo móvil a través de la app de Peacock, haz clic aquí.Source

NASCAR suspends race at Michigan due to rain and aims to resume Monday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — The NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday was suspended due to rain and was scheduled to resume Monday.The FireKeepers 400 began after a 1-hour, 43-minute rain delay. And 74 laps later, precipitation pushed the drivers out of their cars during a red-flag stoppage that lasted nearly an hour before the 200-lap race was postponed.Shortly before the race was suspended, Tyler Reddick took the lead after a restart and was followed by Alex Bowman, Kyle Larson and points leader Martin Truex Jr.Kyle Busch’s race ended after just 14 laps because he spun out and hit a wall after making side-by-side contact with Ryan Blaney. Truex, meanwhile, stayed on the track to take the lead.While Busch’s place in the playoff is secure with three wins, the next driver to crash 20 laps later is in a precarious position.Chase Elliott, who lost control of the No. 9 Chevrolet with no one around him because of a tire failure, likely needs to win on...

Bundle of birthday wishes given to WWII veteran turning 100

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A big bundle of birthday wishes from around the country was delivered to a retired World War II veteran who turned 100 on Saturday.U.S. Naval Commander Koert Voorhees served in the South Pacific during the war. His family threw him a huge celebration on Sunday and asked the organization Nothing but Love Notes to gather handwritten birthday wishes to deliver to him as a surprise. 90-year-old donates 90th gallon of blood Denver Police Officer and Navy veteran Jacob Odendahl was the one who made the surprise delivery to Voorhees. His wife, Connie, also turned 100 years old in April, and the organization said it planned to gather a bundle of love notes for her as well. The 100-year-old is in very good shape, mentally and physically, according to his family, who call him the "Energizer Bunny."

For Aden: Foundation named for teen who died trying to save driver from Sunrise lake hosts backpack giveaway

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

A South Florida mother is honoring a hero — her late teenage son — by giving hundreds of students all the supplies they need for a successful school year, and it’s all thanks to a young man who sacrificed his life to try to save a stranger.A backpack giveaway was held Sunday morning in Plantation in honor of Aden Perry, a teenager who put someone else’s safety above his own and made the ultimate sacrifice.The Aden Perry Good Samaritan and Scholarship Fund handed out hundreds of book bags to incoming students near North Nob Hill Road and Cleary Boulevard.Sarah Perry, Aden’s mother, highlighted the importance of helping to ensure these students are prepared when classes resume later this month.“We’re here today in honor of my son, to give back to the community and help kids on their academic journeys by giving them school supplies, in honor of my son,” she said. “He was a brilliant student, and he had a heart for helping others, an...

20-year-old arrested in deadly shooting in Myles Standish Forest in Plymouth

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:06:19 GMT

A man was arrested Saturday in connection with a shooting in Myles Standish State Forest last month that left one man dead. John Geovanni Pires Monteiro Macedo, 20, was arrested in New Bedford without incident.Monteiro Macedo is accused of shooting and killing Robert Aponte-Flores, 25, on July 12. Police said before the shooting, multiple witnesses saw Monteiro Macedo and the victim in an altercation in the state forest.Monteiro Macedo is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Plymouth District Court on one count of murder.