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Balanced effort leads US past Doncic-less Slovenia 92-62 in World Cup warm-up game

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Anthony Edwards led a balanced effort with 15 points, Jalen Brunson added 11 points and eight assists, and the U.S. World Cup team beat Slovenia 92-62 on Saturday in an exhibition game.Austin Reaves and Tyrese Haliburton each scored 10 for the Americans, who improved to 2-0 on their five-game slate of exhibitions before getting to the Philippines for the World Cup. It opened exhibition play Monday with a 117-74 win over Puerto Rico in Las Vegas.All-NBA guard Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks was held out of Saturday’s game as a precaution. He scored 17 points in Slovenia’s 99-79 loss to Spain on Friday and missed some of that game after a bit of an awkward landing on a drive.All 12 U.S. players scored, and five finished with between seven and nine points. Mikal Bridges scored nine, Cam Johnson, Paolo Banchero and Bobby Portis each had eight, and Brandon Ingram had seven for the winners.The U.S. plays Spain — a matchup of the world’s two top-ranked nation...

PSG draws 0-0 without Mbappe and other stars. Vitinha scores Marseille’s winner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Star striker Kylian Mbappe watched from the stands as Paris Saint-Germain began its title defense with a drab 0-0 home draw against Lorient in the French league on Saturday.Mbappe, Neymar and Marco Verratti were all left out by new PSG coach Luis Enrique at Parc des Princes.Mbappe topped last season’s scoring charts with 29 league goals, but was not on the field against Lorient because he is mired in a contract standoff. He wants to play this season and leave for free when his contract runs out, but PSG wants to sell him to stop this happening.Looking pensive, Mbappe sat alongside his younger brother Ethan as PSG struggled to break down a well-organized Lorient, which hit the post from midfielder Laurent Abergel’s shot in the 43rd and went close near the end through midfielder Romain Faivre.Central defender Milan Skriniar, attacking midfielder Marco Asensio, and forward Goncalo Ramos all had their PSG debuts but made little difference.Neymar trained alone on Frida...

Tigers SS Javier Báez scratched with right knee soreness

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez was scratched for Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox because of right knee soreness.The 30-year-old Báez is batting .160 (4 for 25) with 11 strikeouts in eight August games.Báez signed a $140 million, six-year contact with Detroit in December 2021. He is hitting .221 with seven homers and 50 RBIs in his second season with the team.Before the game, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch talked about how he recently dropped Báez to seventh, where he was slated to hit Saturday.“He’s had a difficult season trying to get momentum going to be an impact player like he’s been before” Hinch said. “Right now, if he’s not controlling the strike zone it’s hard to hit.”___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlbSource

¿Qué está prohibido durante la veda electoral en Argentina?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

(CNN Español) — Este 2023 es un año electoral en Argentina. Varias provincias ya celebraron sus comicios regionales y el 13 de agosto serán las primarías nacionales, de cara a las elecciones generales del 22 de octubre.¿Cuándo hay veda electoral y qué se prohíbe durante este período? Te contamos.La veda electoral comienza 48 horas antes del día de las elecciones. Durante ese período, la ley establece que está prohibido:“Realizar actos públicos de proselitismo y publicar y difundir encuestas y sondeos preelectorales desde 48 horas antes de la iniciación del comicio y hasta el cierre del mismo”.“Publicar o difundir encuestas y proyecciones sobre el resultado de la votación durante la realización del comicio y hasta tres horas después de su cierre”.Además, el código electoral establece las siguientes prohibiciones para el día de la elección, hasta tres horas después del cierre de urnas:“Reuniones de electoras y electores o depósito de armas en casas dentro de un...

Harry Kane makes his Bayern Munich debut but misses out on the German Super Cup trophy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

MUNICH (AP) — Harry Kane was denied a long-awaited trophy in his first game with Bayern Munich after his team lost 3-0 to Leipzig in the German Super Cup on Saturday.On the same day he signed for Bayern, Kane came on as a substitute in the 64th minute to a roar from the crowd with his team trailing 2-0 but could do little to turn the game around. Instead, Leipzig’s Dani Olmo put on a display of Kane-style clinical finishing to score a hat trick as Bayern’s defensive frailties from last season persisted. The Spain midfielder scored off a loose ball at a third-minute free kick, again with a moment of solo skill just before halftime, and completed his hat trick from the penalty spot shortly after Kane entered the game.Kane greeted the crowd during the pre-game warmups to enthusiastic applause. He has the No. 9 shirt at Bayern, the number previously worn by Robert Lewandowski and 1970s great Gerd Müller.Former Leipzig midfielder Konrad Laimer was the only one of Bayern’...

Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki and Gregg Popovich headline 2023 class of Basketball Hall of Fame

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

(CNN) — The induction ceremony of the new class of the Basketball Hall of Fame is one of the tentpole events of the sport’s calendar.Held in the middle of the offseason, it is an opportunity for the next wave of legends to have their moment being recognized for their contributions to basketball before they are immortalized forever.2023 sees another wave of all-timers of the sport enter into the Hall of Fame, and here’s all you need to know.How to watchThe 2023 class of the Hall of Fame will be inducted on Saturday, August 12 at Symphony Hall in Springfield, Massachusetts, coined the “Birthplace of Basketball.”The ‘Enshrinement Ceremony’ begins at 8 p.m. ET and is broadcast across the US via NBA TV.The 2023 inducteesLike every year, the Hall of Fame class of 2023 is a star-studded one.Each has contributed a huge amount to the game and deservedly is being recognized for their achievements.Here’s a list of this year’s class:•        1976 US Women...

5 hospitalized after boat goes up in flames in Braintree

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

Five people were taken to the hospital after a boat fire in Braintree on Saturday.Braintree fire officials say the boat was getting gas at a yacht club when the fire occurred. A retired police officer who was nearby managed to get the boat away from the club, which prevented the fire from spreading.All five people transported to the hospital are expected to survive.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Fire crews battle multi-alarm blaze in Hyde Park salvage yard

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

Fire officials are investigating a two-alarm fire that broke out at a salvage yard in Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon.Crews responding to a reported fire at Grants salvage yard found a huge plume of smoke billowing into the sky from a pile of burning scrap, according to the Boston Fire Department.Multiple ladder trucks were used to saturate the burning area and bring the fire under control.At one point the smoke was so thick one of the first engines to arrive was visually lost in the smoke.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1690454490086801409https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1690444759263846400https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1690440501084721152https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1690434685824860160This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Tour of Roxbury’s Clifford Playground: A no-show from Boston City Council

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

The city’s Parks and Recreation Department led residents from Roxbury and other nearby neighborhoods through a two-hour two of Clifford Playground on Saturday, but no members from the City Council attended.In fact, you would have had a hard time knowing that the community engagement was occurring if you were to scroll through the councilors’ recent Twitter feeds.Councilor At-Large Julia Mejia was the only member of the 13-person council that posted a flier on Twitter advertising the two conversations that the parks department held this week on the park’s future.Resident Lissette Rodriguez, during the initial virtual meeting held via Zoom on Tuesday, asked how the city is going about its outreach to alert the community that these conversations are taking place.“I want everybody’s voices to be heard. I’ll be at as many meetings as possible,” said Rodriguez, who said she is concerned whenever her children and father stop by Clifford due to its conditions. “Safety, everyone puts it at t...

Massachusetts lawmakers want to override Healey’s ‘cruel’ veto of funding for texting service for lonely young people

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:39 GMT

Lawmakers who championed state support for a suicide prevention program for young people are lobbying their colleagues to restore funding that Gov. Maura Healey slashed from the fiscal 2024 budget, calling the governor’s cut “needlessly cruel” and its impact “unnerving.”Hey Sam, a texting service for people ages 15-24 grappling with loneliness, depression or suicidal feelings, was slated to receive $1 million from the compromise budget the Legislature sent to Healey. The $1 million was part of a broader $1.8 million allocation for Samaritans, Inc., which provides suicide prevention services across the state.But Healey moved to strike the Hey Sam money from the $56 billion budget she signed into law this week, saying the reduction would make the program’s funding consistent with her original budget proposal.Rep. Ted Philips, who co-hosted a legislative briefing with Sen. Becca Rausch earlier this year to spotlight the success Hey Sam has had tackli...