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Kirk hits 2 home runs, Espinal also homers as Blue Jays control Ohtani, beat Angels 6-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Alejandro Kirk hit two home runs, Santiago Espinal added a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-1 on Saturday.Kirk hit a leadoff homer against former Blue Jays left-hander Aaron Loup in the seventh inning, then hit a two-run shot off right-hander Jaime Barria in the eighth. It was Kirk’s first multihomer game of the season and the fourth of his career.Toronto won for the 14th time in 20 games and moved to a season-best 13 games above .500 at 59-46. The Blue Jays are 25-11 when they hit two or more home runs.The Angels, who began the day four games behind the Blue Jays in the AL wild card race, lost their second straight after winning the previous four. Los Angeles is 54-51.Shohei Ohtani started for the Angels after leaving Friday’s game in the ninth because of cramps in both legs. Ohtani was hit on the left foot by a pitch in the first inning, doubled in the third, and was intentionally walked in both the fifth and sixth innings.Ohtani...

Cejka leads Senior British Open despite his worst round so far

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

BRIDGEND, Wales (AP) — Alex Cejka posted his worst score so far at the Senior British Open in windy conditions to take a one-shot lead into the final round after no player went under-par Saturday at Royal Porthcawl.The German hit a 3-over 74 in the third round to follow a par-71 and an opening 3-under 68.“It was a tough day for everybody,” said Cejka, who is chasing his third senior major championship title.Cejka is at even-par overall and has a one-stroke lead over four players tied for second on 1 over, including overnight leader Steven Alker (76), Padraig Harrington (71), Vijay Singh (73) and Phillip Archer (71). Alker aced the par-3 15th with a 7-iron.“Sometimes hole-in-ones are not good shots and go in but that was a good shot,” Alker said.Bernhard Langer, who won the last time the Senior British Open was held at Royal Porthcawl in 2017, carded a 75 to tie for 11th at 4 over.Defending champion Darren Clarke (73) is tied for 32nd. The tournament is the last of five majors on the...

Douglas County homicide victim's family speaks out 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (KDVR) -- Outside the Sonesta Hotel in Park Meadows, a memorial garden to Colin Grice is being constructed. Grice, a 57-year-old hotel manager, was found shot to death in his Highlands Ranch home last week.His wife, 55-year-old Victorine Grice was found dead inside her Douglas County jail cell Friday morning. Grice had been facing murder charges, and the cause of her death remains under investigation. Colin Grice's family says it's been a whirlwind of a week, beginning with a call that he had been killed. Colorado anti-domestic violence group urges victims to reach out for help "I was just dumbfounded, honestly," his sister Aden Beavers said. "Total shock. Total shock."But the family said it was in for another surprise, reading court documents for Victorine Grice.Those documents show Grice told 911 dispatchers, "My husband attacked me. Please help me. I think he's dead." Victorine later told dispatchers, "I think he's dead. I shot him. He's a monst...

Brooke, 376-pound gator, recovering after checkup at UF, ear infection diagnosis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WSVN) — An alligator got a medical checkup after he wasn’t feeling well.Brooke, the 376-pound gator, was seen by the University of Florida’s Zoological Medicine service team after he started head-rolling in the lagoon where he lives earlier this week.After making his trip from St. Augustine Alligator Farm to Gainesville, Brooke got a full workup, including a blood draw and CT scan.Doctors determined he had an ear infection. Brooke is now back at his zoo recovering.

National NAACP Convention continues in Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

The 114th annual National NAACP Convention continued Saturday at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.This is the first time Boston has hosted the convention since 1982. It was originally slated to hots in 2020 but the event went remote due to the pandemic. Local leaders say it’s an opportunity for Boston to reintroduce itself to Black America. “We know the perception, the reputation we have as being one of America’s most racist cities,” said NAACP Boston’s Tanisha Sullivan. “This moment gives us the opportunity to reframe that. not to shy away from it but to acknowledge that we have some work to do, to share the work that we’ve been doing and the aspiration that we have going forward.”More than 2,200 local branches will submit what they believe should be the priorities for the convention. Organizers say topics will include AI, the Hollywood writers’ strike, racism, white nationalism, education, reproductive rights for wom...

A firefighter has been killed while battling a wildfire in British Columbia, Canada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A firefighter has been killed while fighting a massive wildfire in northeastern British Columbia, marking the second such fatality in the Canadian province this month during this year’s record fire season.The British Columbia Wildfire Service confirmed Saturday that a contract firefighter crew member was killed Friday in the Prince George Fire Centre area, which includes the almost 6,000-square-kilometer (2,316 square mile) Donnie Creek blaze.The offices of both British Columbia Premier David Eby and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston say the firefighter, who has not been identified publicly, died while fighting the Donnie Creek wildfire.On July 13, 19-year-old Devyn Gale died while she was fighting a wildfire near Revelstoke, British Columbia after she was struck by a falling tree.Eby said in his statement that the most recent fatality coming so soon after Gale’s death “has shaken people throughout” the province and devastated the firefighting communi...

‘We can go further’: Education Secretary Cardona speaks on legacy admissions, affirmative action decision

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision “was wrong,” Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said Wednesday, but has provided an opportunity to “go further” for diversity in higher education — steps like unraveling legacy admissions practices.“Legacy admissions is one of those things too that a lot of campuses are looking at saying, ‘If I can’t use race as a factor to diversify my campus and why am I allowed to use something like, you know, a person’s last name?'” Cardona said in a interview with the Herald Saturday ahead of his remarks at the NAACP National Convention in Boston. “So it’s an opportunity for us to come together and exceed the outcomes that were available during affirmative action.”Cardona’s remarks follow the DOE’s Office of Civil Rights’ decision to open an investigation into a complaint made against Harvard’s legacy and donor-related admissions preferences fi...

Mets agree to send 3-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer to Rangers, pending no-trade clause

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

The Mets’ tear-down is underway, with the team agreeing to trade veteran ace Max Scherzer to the Texas Rangers in a deal still pending his approval, the Daily News can confirm.The three-time Cy Young Award winner would have to waive his no-trade clause for the move to go through.Scherzer, 39, is in the second season of a three-year, $130 million contract. The final year of the deal is a player option worth $43.3 million.The right-hander is 9-4 this season but has pitched to a 4.01 ERA, his worst mark in more than a decade.The agreement between the Mets and the Rangers came a day after Scherzer said he wanted to speak with the Mets’ front office about its intentions before the Aug. 1 trade deadline. The Mets traded closer David Robertson to the Marlins on Thursday.“Probably got to have a conversation with the front office,” Scherzer said Friday after holding the Nationals to one run over seven innings in a win. “I mean, you’re trading our closer aw...

Bill Madden: Mets’ historically expensive disaster is mostly unexplainable after dealing Scherzer, Robertson

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

Even after Edwin Diaz went down for the season back in March, it was inconceivable the Mets, with their record highest payroll in history, would wind up sellers at the trading deadline. Yet here they are, raising the white flag over Flushing, beginning with the trading of David Robertson to the Marlins for a couple of low-level teenage “futures” plus agreeing to deal Max Scherzer to the Rangers and all but admitting they’ve been a $345 million catastrophe.And somewhere Steve Cohen is asking: “How did it come to this?” And, perhaps more importantly: “Where do we go from here?”How it came to this is mostly unexplainable. You could make the case that GM Billy Eppler perhaps didn’t do a great job of roster construction, but how does Jeff McNeil hit nearly 80 points below his league-leading .326 batting average last year? Or Pete Alonso’s slash line of .271/.352/.518 in 2022, shrink to .217/.315/.497? Or Francisco Lindor fall off from...

Aaron Boone focused on the players Yankees have as trade deadline nears: ‘We have guys that we know are capable of more’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:04:23 GMT

BALTIMORE — With the Aug. 1 trade deadline just days away, Aaron Boone is trying to keep his focus on the players he has to work with.“We need to handle our room,” the Yankees manager said before Saturday’s game against the Orioles. “We have guys that we know are capable of more, and that’s our focus, like just trying to get the most out of everyone in that room. And we all feel like there’s more all of us can do to get that out. So that’s about solely where my focus is.”While Boone has repeatedly said that the last-place Yankees have the guys to get it done, the team entered Saturday’s game 3.5 games out of the American League’s third and final wild-card spot. The Yankees’ next two opponents, the Rays and Astros, hold the first two wild card slots, while the Blue Jays are in possession of the third. The Red Sox are 1.5 games out, while the Angles are only half a game behind the Yankees. The Mariners are one gam...