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Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff to enter Baseball Hall of Fame

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Scott Rolen is an old-school baseball guy, but he’s grateful for the analytics of today’s game. They may have helped him get voted into the Hall of Fame.Rolen, making it on his sixth try, and Fred McGriff, elected unanimously by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee, will be inducted Sunday into the Hall of Fame.“I learned a lot more about the process the last two years. I’m not into all the metrics and the numbers, advanced stats and stuff, but apparently, they helped me, so I love them,” Rolen joked Saturday.Rolen, a seven-time All-Star and eight-time Gold Glove winner, was selected on 297 of 389 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America — or 76.3%. In his first year of eligibility, Rolen received just 10.2%, the lowest first-ballot percentage of a player later elected. His Hall vote rose steadily. It wasn’t until the past year that Rolen felt he had a great shot to get in. Along with that realization came some stress.“The firs...

ANÁLISIS: ¿Por qué el auge de los partidos de ultraderecha en toda Europa?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

(CNN) — Si bien la “anglosfera” se vio sacudida por un estallido de populismo en 2016, la mayoría de los países europeos demostraron ser notablemente resistentes. Las quejas de larga data en el Reino Unido y Estados Unidos impulsaron el Brexit y llevaron a Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca, pero Europa, que a veces parecía horrorizada al otro lado del Canal y el Atlántico, parecía en gran medida inmune. Bruselas se preocupó por un “efecto dominó Brexit”. En realidad, sucedió lo contrario.En los cinco años a partir de 2016, el centrismo francés hizo brotar un nuevo partido político liderado por Emmanuel Macron que sofocó al Frente Nacional. La renuncia de Angela Merkel se aprobó sin fanfarrias populistas y entregó un sucesor moderado. Mario Draghi, el tecnócrata por excelencia, se deslizó sin problemas del Banco Central Europeo al cargo de primer ministro de Italia. España incluso se fue a la izquierda.Hubo valores atípicos: Jaroslaw Kaczynski en Polonia y Viktor Orban en Hungría c...

Aces win 5th straight by at least 15 points in 98-81 rout of Lynx

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson scored 35 points on 14-of-17 shooting and grabbed 14 rebounds to help Las Vegas beat the Minnesota Lynx 98-81 Saturday, the Aces’ WNBA record-tying fifth straight win by at least 15 points.The Phoenix Mercury won five consecutive games by 15-plus points in 2014 and 2021 and the Seattle Storm accomplished the feat in 2020. The 2021 Mercury team lost in the Finals, the only team of the group that didn’t win the championship that season.Wilson became just the third player in WNBA history to score at least 35 points, grab 10-plus rebounds and shoot 80% or better from the field.Jackie Young had 19 points, five rebounds and five assists for Las Vegas (21-2). Diamond Miller led Minnesota (10-13) with 17 points and Napheesa Collier had 16 and eight rebounds. Kayla McBride scored 10. SUN 86, DREAM 78COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Alyssa Thomas almost had another triple-double and Connecticut nearly blew a 20-...

Teenager Alex Michelsen beats 4-time champ Isner in Newport semis, will face Mannarino in final

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Teenager Alex Michelsen beat four-time tournament champion John Isner 7-6 (6), 6-4 in an all-American semifinal at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, on Saturday.The 18-year-old Michelsen, playing in his second career ATP tournament after winning a challenger tour event in Chicago last week, advanced to the final and will face No. 2 seed Adrian Mannarino, who beat fellow-Frenchman and third-seeded Ugo Humbert, 6-4, 6-3, in the other semi.The final will be held Sunday on Newport’s grass courts, just outside the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The tournament is held in conjunction with enshrinement ceremonies into the Hall of Fame.Esther Vergeer, 42, a dominant wheelchair player who captured 21-time Grand Slam singles titles and who is a seven-time Paralympic gold medalist, led the class of 2023. She was inducted with American Rick Draney, 61, who won 12 singles titles and six in doubles before the Grand Slam era of wheelchair tennis.In an interest...

LeMahieu and Stanton homer as the Yankees beat the Royals 5-2. Cole strikes out 10

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The adjustments finally are starting to pay off for New York Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu.LeMahieu hit the go-ahead home run in the 7th inning, Gerrit Cole struck out 10 and the Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Saturday.“Just trying to simplify,” LeMahieu said. “Some stuff I was working on right before the break. I feel like I am on the right track.”After hitting .336 over his first two seasons in New York, LeMahieu entered Saturday batting a career-worst .232, but he has turned it around of late, hitting safely in 10 of his last 11 games.When asked about the nature of the adjustments he’d been working on, LeMahieu joked “a little bit of everything.”With the scored tied at two, LeMahieu drove a 98 mph fastball from Royals reliever Carlos Hernandez (0-6) 402 feet into the right-center field bleachers for his first homer since June 13.“That’s classic DJ right there – smoking a ball to right center,” New York manager Aaron Boone said. “Obviously a huge hi...

Former Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi retires after a career slowed by severe injuries

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

Former Italy striker Giuseppe Rossi announced his retirement from soccer on Saturday following a career that was slowed by severe injuries.The New Jersey-born Rossi last played for Spal in Serie B last season.“My journey is unique. A lot of ups but also some downs. Those down moments (mostly injuries) never defined me,” Rossi wrote on Instagram. “My purpose was stronger than any obstacle that was in front of me. I never stopped dreaming when things I couldn’t control got in my way. I love the game so much that I could’ve never given up. That is why I’m writing this with a heavy heart but a big smile on face — I’m proud of what I accomplished!”The 36-year-old Rossi made his senior debut with Manchester United but made his biggest impact at Villarreal and Fiorentina before knee injuries derailed his career.Rossi also scored seven goals in 30 appearances for Italy after choosing to play for his father’s country over the United States.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/Soccer and http...

Josef Newgarden continues IndyCar oval dominance with win at Iowa Speedway

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Josef Newgarden understands what comes with the success he has had on the ovals in the IndyCar Series.And he knows what everyone thinks when he shows up at Iowa Speedway.“There’s a pressure that’s on us when we show up here, and that’s the assumption,” Newgarden said. “The assumption that we’re going to be great, that we’re the No. 2 car, and we should be really good here.”Newgarden was good again at the .875-mile oval, winning for the fifth time at the track in Saturday’s opening 250-lap race of a weekend doubleheader.It was Newgarden’s third win of the season, all on ovals. Newgarden also won at Texas Motor Speedway and the Indianapolis 500.“When we walk in here, they just assume we’re going to be quick,” Newgarden said. “It’s not the attitude you can have. You can’t feel like anything is given.”Scott McLaughlin finished second. Pato O’Ward, who along with Newgarden won in last season’s doubleheader at Iowa, was third, and Marcus Ericsson fini...

William Byron, Martin Truex Jr. continue 1-2 NASCAR battle on front row at Pocono

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — William Byron and Martin Truex Jr. are 1-2 for most wins in the Cup Series. Truex and Byron are 1-2 in the points standings.They’ll be 1-2 again Sunday at Pocono Raceway — Byron turned a fast lap in the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports of 170.629 mph to take the top spot and Truex joined him on the front row in with a lap of 170.235 in the No. 19 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing.That puts the two NASCAR championship favorites on the front row at Pocono.“We need to be upfront,” Truex said. “They’re going to be, and they’re going to be challenging for wins, so we need to do the same and I know we can do it.”Byron has four wins and Truex picked up his third with Monday’s dominant performance at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Truex — who has yet to decide if he’ll retire or return for another season at JGR — kept the fast speeds rolling Saturday.“We’re feeling really great about where we’re at as a team right now and wha...

Man in custody after hours-long SWAT standoff in Allapattah neighborhood

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

An hours-long standoff came to a peaceful end in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood after SWAT units swarmed an apartment, leading police to apprehend a man who had barricaded himself inside.7News cameras captured City of Miami Police SWAT trucks and officers with rifles after they responded to the neighborhood, in the area of Northwest 28th Terrace and 18th Place, Saturday morning.Officers closed off the street and did not reopen it until more than 12 hours later.For much of that time, police were trying to convince a person holed up in the apartment to come out.“We have our SWAT team back here, where they were called out,” said Miami Police Capt. Freddie Cruz. “After several hours, we were able to apprehend an individual that was inside the apartment.”Investigators said this all started at around 2 a.m.“A woman called saying that she was possibly raped in an apartment back over here. Our officers got here; there’s an individual in the house t...

Hundreds take part in annual Run to Home Base in Boston to support service members

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:09:40 GMT

Hundreds of area runners laced them up for a good cause Saturday for the 14th annual Run to Home Base, which culminates at Fenway Park and raises money for veterans and active duty service members.Many wearing red, white, and blue, some in full uniform, ran to the historic ballpark to raise awareness and money for veterans struggling to return home from the battlefield. Home base was formed after a team visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2008 after the World Series champs were honored at the Red Sox.The partnership between the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital has helped 30,000 veterans and active service military members since then at no cost. Military members like Kevin Trujillo, who returned home from Afghanistan in 2014 after his 10th deployment.“I was going through a tough time,” he said. “It’s meant everything to my family. My family is everything.” Organizers say the goal for this year’s run is ...