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Twins’ bullpen gives up five runs in loss to Cubs, offense mostly quiet

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

Rocco Baldelli has seen games like Friday night’s too many times already this season.One in which the Twins’ starting pitcher — in this instance, Sonny Gray — puts together an outing more than good enough to keep the team competitive, and the offense is unable to deliver on its end, forcing the bullpen into pressure-packed situations.“It feels like we’ve played a very similar — really the same — game routinely right now,” the Twins manager said. “… We need to create some separation in some of these games, because over time, you can’t play like that every day and expect the bullpen to be able to hold and be able to do these things.”Some days, the bullpen has been able to hold strong, despite little room for error. Friday was not one of those days. The Cubs surged ahead in the seventh inning, eventually scoring five runs off a trio of relievers to capture a 6-2 win in the series opener at Target Field.Chicago’s (19-19) late offense stood in stark contrast to Minnesota’s (21-18)  — the...

Young mother killed, kids hospitalized in Hesperia DUI crash

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

A young mother of two was killed after a DUI driver slammed head-on into her vehicle in Hesperia on Thursday.The victim was identified as Lisette Villasenor, 36, from Victorville. Her two children — a 6-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl — suffered moderate to major injuries, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.The suspect was identified as Jose Vargas, 41, from Adelanto.Deputies responded to a crash on Highway 395, between Poplar and Main Streets around 6:31 p.m.Vargas was driving south on Highway 395 when he drove into the oncoming northbound lanes, crashing head-on into the Villasenor's vehicle, authorities said.The crash left Villasenor with major injuries and despite life-saving measures, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Flesh-eating ‘zombie drug’ saturating Los Angeles streets Villasenor's two young children suffered moderate to major injuries, officials said. They were transported to a local trauma center.The suspect, Vargas, was not injured fro...

Lakers eliminate defending champion Warriors 122-101, advance to Western Conference Finals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 122-101 Friday night in Los Angeles, setting up a match-up with the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals and knocking Golden State out of the playoffs. The Lakers won the Western Conference Semifinals series four games to two. It will be their first Western Conference Finals appearance since the NBA bubble in 2020 when they beat Denver en route to a championship.Friday's loss marked the first time the Warriors lost a playoff series to a Western Conference team since 2014. They have four titles and six NBA Finals appearances since then. The Lakers' victory put an end to the latest chapter of the LeBron James-Stephen Curry rivalry. Curry's Warriors faced James' Cavaliers in the NBA Finals each year from 2015 to 2018, with Golden State winning three of those series. James and the Lakers helped knock the Warriors out of the play-in tournament in 2021. Celebrities such as Elon Musk, Kim Kardashian and Michael B. Jordan file...

Body found inside Arby's freezer identified as manager

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

The body of an Arby's employee was found inside a walk-in freezer at the New Iberia, Louisiana restaurant Thursday night, police confirmed. Police say they arrived at the restaurant along Admiral Doyle Drive just after 6 p.m. The Iberia Parish Coroner's Office confirmed that the person in the freezer, a woman, was dead at the scene. Flesh-eating ‘zombie drug’ saturating Los Angeles streets The woman was a manager at the Arby's, Nexstar's KLFY reports, but her name wasn't immediately released.Captain Leland Laseter of the New Iberia Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division told KLFY that the death remained under investigation Friday, adding that no foul play is suspected at this time. On Friday, the restaurant was closed for the day. Police did not release additional details Friday evening, citing the ongoing investigation.

Warriors’ season ends as Lakers win Game 6, knock out defending champs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson had their heads down as they walked to the bench for a timeout Friday night.There was 5:28 left in regulation, but with the Lakers up by 22 points, the end felt inevitable.Not even Curry could save them this time.Two minutes later, coach Steve Kerr surrendered. He hugged Andrew Wiggins as the wing, who played through pain (broken rib cartilage) before embracing Draymond Green. With Curry sitting with a towel over his head, Kerr patted the Warriors star on the back.This season — and perhaps this dynasty — is over, and it came at the hands of LeBron James and his Lakers squad in the Western Conference semifinals.The Lakers punched the Warriors first and never let up, delivering a 122-101 blow to end Golden State’s season. Perhaps fittingly, too, it happened on the road, where the Warriors struggled all season.James had a team-high 30 points to help the Lakers clinch the series 4-2 to advance to the Western Conferenc...

Stripling’s homer troubles flare up again in SF Giants’ loss to D-backs

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

The San Francisco Giants built an early lead with home runs from Michael Conforto and Joc Pederson, while LaMonte Wade Jr., J.D. Davis and Casey Schmitt all continued their hot hitting, but it wasn’t enough to beat the Diamondbacks for a second straight game.Another rough outing from Ross Stripling sent San Francisco (17-21) to a 7-5 loss.The home run ball continued to haunt Stripling on Friday.Handed a 3-0 lead to start the second inning, after a clean first from John Brebbia as the opener, Stripling allowed two home runs that quickly erased the advantage. It was all too familiar of a feeling for Stripling, who has now allowed 10 homers in his first eight outings in a Giants uniform since signing a two-year, $25 million free-agent contract this offseason.Tagged for four runs on five hits over 3⅓ innings, Stripling’s ERA increased to 7.22. In 28⅔ innings this season, he has allowed only two fewer home runs than he did in 134⅓ innings in 2022 and, with two more walks Frid...

Warriors eliminated by Lakers in 122-101 Game 6 loss

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

(KRON) -- The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 122-101 Friday night in Los Angeles, setting up a match-up with the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals and knocking Golden State out of the playoffs. The Lakers won the Western Conference Semifinals series four games to two. It will be their first Western Conference Finals appearance since the NBA bubble in 2020 when they beat Denver en route to a championship.Friday's loss marked the first time the Warriors lost a playoff series to a Western Conference team since 2014. They have four titles and six NBA Finals appearances since then. The Lakers' victory put an end to the latest chapter of the LeBron James-Stephen Curry rivalry. Curry's Warriors faced James' Cavaliers in the NBA Finals each year from 2015 to 2018, with Golden State winning three of those series. James and the Lakers helped knock the Warriors out of the play-in tournament in 2021. SF 49ers’ 2023 schedule released: Here are the highlights C...

Wrong way I-280 Woodside driver pleads not guilty after fatal crash

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

(KRON) -- A young Campbell woman accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 280 and killing another driver pleaded not guilty in court Thursday. The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office charged Constellatia Martin, 24, with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, as well as DUI causing injury.Martin drove a Ford Fusion northbound in the southbound lanes of I-280 in Woodside on the afternoon of April 22, according to prosecutors. Her Ford collided head-on into a black BMW driven by Eden Palmer, 54, of San Francisco, near the Woodside Road exit. Palmer was killed, and her 16-year-old son suffered major injuries, investigators said.After the deadly collision, Martin ran from the scene, prosecutors said. California Highway Patrol officers found her "naked, laying down on a grassy area, 150 yards away. (Martin) then screamed out numerous bizarre statements," prosecutors wrote. Officers noticed that Martin's eyes were red and watery, her speech was rapid, and her behavi...

A year after Buffalo supermarket massacre, city’s Black youth still shaken

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — It’s hard for Jamari Shaw, 16, to have fun at the park with his younger brothers in their East Buffalo neighborhood. He’s too busy scanning for danger, an aftereffect of a gunman’s attack that killed 10 Black people at a local grocery store.Sometimes, 17-year-old Alanna Littleton stays in the car when her family drives to that supermarket from their home just down the street.“It’s such a level of tension,” Alanna said.As the city on Sunday marks one year since the racist massacre, many young Black people in Buffalo are grappling with a shaken sense of personal security and complicated feelings about how their community was targeted. While the white supremacist got life in prison for the killings, others face a lifetime of healing. “I’m definitely gonna carry this with me,” Jamari said after school last week.On May 14, 2022, an 18-year-old emerged from his car and began shooting people at the Tops Family Market, with the stated goal of killing as many Black...

Snyder agrees to sell the Commanders; What do fans think?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:42:32 GMT

Fans seemed to agree that Snyder being on the verge of selling the Washington Commanders is a positive move for the franchise. But Washington football fans whom WTOP spoke to remained reserved about the upcoming season’s prospects.“We’re glad Dan Snyder is gone,” said lifelong D.C. football fan Miles Heinz. WTOP caught up with him at Caddies on Cordell, a popular Bethesda bar, on Friday just after the announcement was made. He and friends toasted to the sale — and what they hope is a new era of football in Washington.“He was the problem, and he had to go,” Heinz said of Dan Snyder, who could sell the team to a group led by Josh Harris that includes Magic Johnson as long as three-quarters of NFL owners approve of the deal.“I grew up with season tickets, and my dad canceled them because he hates Dan Snyder,” chimed in Cameron Brown, a D.C. area native and Commanders fan.“Thank God for Josh Harris!” he added.While fans like Br...