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Fox leads Kings past Warriors 126-123 in playoff return

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 38 points in his long-awaited playoff debut and the Sacramento Kings celebrated their return to the postseason after a record 16-year drought by beating the defending-champion Golden State Warriors 126-123 on Saturday night.The first playoff meeting between the Northern California neighbors lived up to the hype and delighted the raucous crowd that had been waiting for a playoff game since 2006.The inexperienced Kings closed the game strong against a Warriors team that won four titles in the previous eight seasons. After Stephen Curry hit a corner 3-pointer to give Golden State a 114-112 lead with about four minutes left, the Kings responded with seven in a row starting with a 3-pointer from Fox, who led the league in clutch points in the regular season.The Warriors didn’t go away and cut the deficit to one on a layup by Curry in the final minute. But Andrew Wiggins missed a corner 3 for the lead in the closing seconds of his ...

Carranza’s goal pulls Union into 2-2 draw with Fire

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Julián Carranza’s goal in the 65th minute pulled the Philadelphia Union into a 2-2 draw with the Chicago Fire on Saturday night. The draw snapped a four-game losing streak on the road for Philadelphia, the Union’s longest since 2017-2018, when the team lost six straight. But the Union (2-4-2) haven’s won in five straight games overall. The team’s last victory was a 1-0 decision over Chicago back on March 11. Chicago (2-1-4) remained undefeated in the last five matches. Maren Haile-Selassie gave the Fire the early lead with a goal in the 19th minute. An own-goal to start the second half doubled the Fire’s lead at Soldier Field, but Dániel Gazdag converted on a penalty kick in the 62nd to make it 2-1. The Union pulled even on Carranza’s goal some three minutes later. Chicago has dropped just two matches to Philadelphia at Soldier Field in the past 12 visits since 2014. Philadelphia returns home to host Toronto on Saturday. Chicago travels t...

Fernandez scores late to help Red Bulls tie Dynamo 1-1

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

HARRISON, N.J. (AP) — Omir Fernandez scored late in the second half to rally the New York Red Bulls to a 1-1 draw with the Houston Dynamo on Saturday night after a 30-minute weather delay at the start of the match.Fernandez took a pass from John Tolkin and scored the equalizer in the 89th minute for the Red Bulls (1-2-5), who improved to 10-0-4 all-time versus the Dynamo at home in regular-season play.Neither team scored until Adalberto Carrasquilla found the net in the 67th minute to give the Dynamo (3-3-1) the lead. Houston had lost seven straight to the Red Bulls on the road entering play.New York had overall advantages of 18-3 in shots and 7-2 in shots on goal. No team has had more than four shots on target against the Red Bulls this season. New York has not conceded more than one goal in any match but has just one victory to show for it.Steve Clark saved six shots for Houston. Carlos Coronel had one save for the Red Bulls.New York travels to play Montreal on Saturday. Houston r...

Stanford wins 4th straight NCAA gymnastics championship

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Freshman Fred Richard of Michigan three individual crowns — including the all-around — Asher Hong and Taylor Burkhart went 1-2 on the vault to help top-ranked Stanford win its fourth consecutive title Saturday at the NCAA gymnastics championships. Hong, who was third all-around, won the vault with a score of 15.333 and Burkhart was second with a 15.000 to help Stanford, which led from start to finish, win its ninth national title with 422.458 points, 2.569 ahead of Richard and the second-place Wolverines. Illinois was third with 415.590 points followed by Oklahoma (414.024), Nebraska (412.427) and Penn State (412.057). Only Penn State (12), Oklahoma (12) and Illinois (10) have more gymnastics championships than the Cardinal. Stanford athletic programs have won 132 NCAA team championships, including at least one in each of the last 47 years. Richard scored a 15 to beat out fellow-Wolverine Virgil Watkins (14.666) and win the parallel bars and his 14.433 on...

De dónde vienen los inmigrantes y adónde van después de llegar a Estados Unidos

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

(CNN) — Estados Unidos es el hogar de más inmigrantes que cualquier otro país: más de 45 millones de personas, según las últimas estimaciones del censo.Eso es el 13,6% de la población de Estados Unidos, casi lo mismo que hace un siglo. Pero a lo largo de los años, hemos visto cambios significativos en el lugar de donde vienen los inmigrantes y dónde terminan una vez que llegan aquí.En una de las rutas migratorias más peligrosas del mundo, un cartel gana millones con el sueño americanoAquí hay un vistazo a estas tendencias clave de inmigración y cómo han cambiado con el tiempo.Un país ha encabezado la lista por décadasLos mexicanos representan el grupo más grande de inmigrantes que viven en Estados Unidos. Eso ha sido así desde 1980, según el Instituto de Política Migratoria (MPI, por sus siglas en inglés). Y la ruta México-Estados Unidos es el corredor migratorio más grande del mundo.Pero el número total de inmigrantes mexicanos que viven en EE.UU. ha disminuido durante más de...

Barrios scores late to help Rapids tie Charlotte 2-2

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Barrios scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time to rally the Colorado Rapids to a 2-2 draw with Charlotte FC on Saturday night.Neither team scored until Max Alves da Silva found the net in the 54th minute for the Rapids (1-3-4). Sam Nicholson and Diego Rubio picked up assists.Kerwin Vargas answered with the equalizer for Charlotte (1-4-3) when he scored unassisted in the 62nd minute. Charlotte grabbed the lead three minutes later after Kamil Józwiak took a pass from Karol Swiderski and scored.Barrios’ equalizer was just the fifth goal of the season for Colorado, which became the fourth team in league history to score three or fewer goals in its first seven matches. The two teams played to a scoreless draw last season in the only other meeting.Charlotte outshot Colorado 17-13, but the Rapids had a 6-3 advantage in shots on goal.George Marks finished with five saves for Charlotte. William Yarbrough stopped one shot for the Rapids.Ch...

Alvarez has 3 RBIs, Brown solid as Astros beat Rangers 8-2

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez played just two games in spring training while dealing with a sore left hand. That limited work certainly hasn’t slowed Houston’s slugger early this season. Alvarez doubled with three RBIs to back up a strong start by rookie Hunter Brown and help the Astros to a 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. Alvarez tied the game with a two-RBI double in the third, and his bases-loaded walk started the scoring in a five-run seventh that pushed the lead to 8-2. He leads the majors with 20 RBIs and joins Lance Berkman (2002) as the only players in franchise history to have 20 RBIs in the first 15 games of a season. “The biggest thing is just all the work that I put in,” Alvarez said in Spanish through a translator. “Unfortunately, in the offseason and spring training I wasn’t able to work the bat a lot. But I tried to keep myself prepared physically … and I think now we’re seeing some of the results there.”Brown (2-0) allowed five hit...

Bear scare: North Carolina man in shock after encounter with an equally startled bear

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

(CNN) — Bears are a common sight in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, but one got a little too close for comfort for a man outside his Asheville home this week.David Oppenheimer was relaxing outside Tuesday when he heard an alarm sound from his motion detector.“I looked behind me and didn’t see anything,” Oppenheimer told CNN, “But about a minute later, the bear came along and was practically in front of me.”Doorbell video shows the exact moment Oppenheimer and the bear make eye contact, both appearing equally as startled by the other.From his lounge chair, Oppenheimer gripped a pillow as his body froze until the bear ran off a few seconds later.The bear, who Oppenheimer believes to be relatively young, retreated quickly, making a small sound before dashing away.“My eyeballs certainly got a stretch,” Oppenheimer joked.This jump scare wasn’t the first time these two encountered each other.Oppenheimer said the same bear h...

Dear Abby: Long friendship broken by caring act

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

Dear Abby: I am heartbroken over the loss of my best friend of more than 30 years. “Barb” and I met in college. We live and are raising our families in the same city and are godmothers to each other’s children. My children and hers have grown up together and are best friends.My friendship with Barb ended abruptly about six months ago at my daughter’s wedding. Barb had a lot to drink at the reception. When she was ready to go home, my son and I walked out with her and quietly told her we would give her a ride home. Barb was adamant about driving herself home, although we knew she was too drunk to get there safely. We eventually had to physically take away her keys so she couldn’t drive herself. This was done away from the party so as not to make a scene. Barb finally agreed, but during the drive she announced that our friendship was over. I assumed she would call me in the next couple days, embarrassed about her behavior, and everything would be good aga...

Child wants to be a vegetarian – is that OK?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:28:58 GMT

Children and adolescents who follow a vegetarian eating plan tend to consume more fruits and vegetables and less sweets, salty snacks, and saturated fat than their nonvegetarian peers. They also tend to be at lower risk for obesity and overweight.In the past, experts worried that following a vegetarian diet, which tends to be low in saturated fat and animal protein and high in fiber, folate, vitamins C and E, carotenoids and some phytochemicals, would lead to nutritional deficiencies in children.Today, we know that’s generally not the case with well-planned vegetarian eating plans that include enough of the following nutrients:Protein. Children who follow a vegetarian plan tend to get enough protein variety and quantity. Regularly eating legumes (beans, peas, lentils, peanuts and soy) helps ensure they’ll get enough. Vegan children and adolescents may need to eat more of these foods than nonvegan children, because plants don’t always have the same level of protein found ...