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Team Barnett beats Team Reed 113-99 in HBCU All-Star Game

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Nathanial Pollard Jr. of Maryland-Eastern Shore earned MVP honors after leading his team to victory in the second annual HBCU All-Star Game, played Sunday as part of the Final Four weekend’s festivities. Pollard had 10 points and 13 rebounds to lead Team Barnett over Team Reed 113-99. The game was played on the campus of Houston’s Texas Southern University to highlight players from historically Black colleges and universities. There were 12 players on each team, which were named after HBCU legends. Team Reed was named for the late Willis Reed, the Hall of Famer who played at Grambling State before leading the New York Knicks to two NBA championships.Team Barnett was to honor Dick Barnett, a former Tennessee State player and teammate of Reed’s in New York during his long professional career. Team Reed got 26 points from Jordon Karl Nicholas from Texas Southern. There were nine players from the Southwestern Athletic Conference in the game to lead all leagues. Texa...

Larson keeps Hendrick, Chevrolet in NASCAR driver’s seat

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

Kyle Larson pulled away on a restart with 14 laps to go and easily won the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway on Sunday.Larson started the final green flag run with Hendrick Motorsports teammate Josh Berry to his outside and beat Berry into the first turn. Berry, who is filling in for the injured Chase Elliott, held on for second, followed by Ross Chastain, Christopher Bell and Kevin Harvick.It’s the third victory of the season for the four-car Hendrick team and came less than a week after a 100-point penalty against each driver for using an illegal part was overturned by a NASCAR appeals panel. It also came with a fill-in crew chief because of the NASCAR penalties. Chevrolet took the top three spots and has now won five of the seven races this season.All the Hendrick cars except for Berry ran in contention all race, with William Byron, the only two-time winner this season, leading a race-high 117 laps and running fourth for a restart with 21 laps to go. The field bunc...

Guardians beat M’s 6-5 on 10th-inning error, take 3 of 4

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — José Ramírez scored on a bases-loaded error by catcher Cal Raleigh in the 10th, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Seattle Mariners 6-5 on Sunday in the major leagues’ first extra-inning game this season.Cleveland’s Tim Herrin, a 26-year-old left-hander, struck out all four batters he faced in his major league debut, the first pitcher to accomplish that feat since the mound was moved to its current distance in 1893, according to the Elias Sport Bureau.Former Mariner Mike Zunino hit a three-run homer and had three hits as Cleveland came from behind three times and won three of four from the Mariners.Ramírez was walked intentionally and Penn Murfee (0-1) loaded the bases with a walk to Josh Bell. Josh Naylor hit a comebacker to reliever Gabe Speier, who threw home for the forceout on Steven Kwan. Catcher Cal Raleigh, trying for a 1-2-3 double play, bounced his throw past first baseman Ty France for an error as Ramirez scored.Zunino put Cleveland ahead with...

NASCAR Cup Series Toyota Owners 400 Results

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

SundayAt Richmond RacewayRichmond, Va.Lap length: 0.75 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (9) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 400 laps, 52 points.2. (30) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 400, 0.3. (4) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 400, 48.4. (21) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 400, 45.5. (10) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 400, 41.6. (15) Michael McDowell, Ford, 400, 31.7. (18) Joey Logano, Ford, 400, 36.8. (1) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 400, 37.9. (14) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 400, 29.10. (24) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 400, 34.11. (12) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 400, 33.12. (19) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 400, 26.13. (32) Aric Almirola, Ford, 400, 24.14. (2) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 400, 23.15. (13) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 400, 22.16. (5) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 400, 26.17. (37) Chandler Smith, Chevrolet, 400, 0.18. (33) Ryan Preece, Ford, 400, 19.19. (26) Harrison Burton, Ford, 400, 18.20. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 400, 27.21. (16) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 400, 16.22. (28) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 400, 15.23. (20) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet,...

“Nunca vi nada como esto antes”: Una de las aplicaciones más populares de China tiene la capacidad de espiar a sus usuarios, dicen expertos

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

(CNN) — Es una de las aplicaciones de compras más populares de China. Vende ropa, comestibles y prácticamente de todo a más de 750 millones de usuarios al mes.Pero, según investigadores en ciberseguridad, también puede burlar la seguridad del móvil de los usuarios para vigilar las actividades de otras aplicaciones, comprobar notificaciones, leer mensajes privados y cambiar la configuración.Y, una vez instalada, es difícil de eliminar.Aunque muchas aplicaciones recopilan grandes cantidades de datos de los usuarios, a veces sin su consentimiento explícito, expertos afirman que el gigante del comercio electrónico Pinduoduo llevó las violaciones de la privacidad y la seguridad de los datos a un nivel superior.En una investigación detallada, CNN habló con media docena de equipos de ciberseguridad de Asia, Europa y Estados Unidos, así como con varios antiguos y actuales empleados de Pinduoduo, tras recibir un aviso.Varios expertos identificaron la presencia de malware en la aplicaci...

Bulls’ Drummond says he needed time to clear his mind

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bulls center Andre Drummond said he needed time to clear his mind, so he missed a game last week.He also expressed appreciation for the support the team gave him as he addressed some things that had been weighing on him.“I had to take some time away to really clear my mind and address some things that I’d been neglecting for awhile,” he said after the Bulls rallied to beat Memphis 128-107 on Sunday. “I feel OK. Obviously, I still have a lot of work to do with my mental. But we have a job to do. And that’s to win basketball games and get to the playoffs.”Drummond missed the Bulls’ 121-110 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night after he posted on Twitter that he was deleting his social media apps to focus on his mental health. He has since played in each of Chicago’s two games.The 29-year-old Drummond is in his first year with Chicago and his 11th season in the NBA overall. The two-time All-Star posted on Tuesday that he was changing...

D-backs’ speed, bunt beat Dodgers 2-1, overcomes Syndergaard

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jake McCarthy drove in the tiebreaking run with a bunt single in the ninth inning, and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Dodgers 2-1 on Sunday to overcome Noah Syndergaard in his first start for Los Angeles.With the score 1-1, Ketel Marte doubled against Brusdar Graterol (0-1) leading off the ninth. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. singled to right and Mookie Betts charged and threw a strike to catcher Will Smith, who applied a swipe tag.Christian Walker singled and Corbin Carroll hit into a forceout that left runners on second and third.Carroll swiped second for his third stolen base of the game, and McCarthy got his first hit this season when he bunted to the right side and Graterol, running off the mound, couldn’t come up with the ball cleanly as he tried to scoop it and flip to first baseman Freddie Freeman in one move.Andrew Chafin (1-0) pitched two-third of an inning for the win. Scott McGough, a 33-year-old right-hander who on Friday made his first big league appe...

Twitter le retira la marca de verificación azul a la cuenta oficial de The New York Times

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

NUEVA YORK – La plataforma social Twitter ha retirado su marca de verificación de la cuenta principal del diario The New York Times (NYT), dos días después de que el periódico neoyorquino anunció que se negaba a pagar el nuevo servicio de verificación ofrecido por la compañía de Elon Musk, bautizado como Twitter Blue.Sin embargo, el resto de secciones del diario sí mantienen la distinción de Twitter, que había anunciado que este sábado entraría en vigor la reorganización del servicio de verificación, que requiere el pago de $8 dólares (7.3 euros) para mantener la marca a los usuarios y $1,000 dólares a las empresas.La gran mayoría de cuentas distinguidas con la marca azul siguen manteniendo la distinción aunque al seleccionar la certificación se indica que dicha cuenta “está verificada porque está suscrita a Twitter Blue o es una cuenta verificada heredada”. Fuerte caída: Twitter ha perdido más de la mitad de su valor desde la compra de Elon Musk ...

Bruins earn win No. 60 with 4-3 win over Blues in shootout

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored the winner in the shootout and the Boston Bruins recovered from blowing a 3-0 lead to beat the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Sunday for their 60th win of the season.Linus Ullmark made 35 saves and stopped all three of St. Louis’ shootout attempts to lead Boston to its third straight win.Jake DeBrusk, Tyler Bertuzzi and Oskar Steen all scored in regulation for Boston.Jordan Kyrou scored twice, including the tying goal with 25 seconds left in regulation, and Torey Krug also had a goal for St. Louis. Jordan Binnington made 28 saves for St. Louis which lost its second straight game.Dmitry Orlov appeared to have scored the winning goal 2:24 into overtime, but after a quick review the goal was overturned when it was ruled David Pastrnak was offside entering St. Louis’ zone.RANGERS 5, CAPITALS 2WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko scored goals just over two minutes apart, Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves and New York snapped a two-game...

'I have no doubt he's still alive': Owner searches for dog after deadly avalanche

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:14:43 GMT

GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — The search continues for 7-year-old Ullr, a border collie, rottweiler, wolf mix, who was lost during a deadly avalanche southwest of the Town of Marble two weeks ago. Now, his owner is looking for help from trained scent and search dogs to help find his best friend. “They got me and flew me to the Aspen Valley Hospital. At that point, all night I thought Ullr was buried and dead," Ullr's owner, Jacob Dalbey said. Dalbey survived the avalanche. “It carried me 2,500 feet and fully buried me and fully buried my friend Joel who passed away, and I had to dig myself out for three-plus hours," Daleby said. How much snow could Denver see in April? Dalbey said the day after the avalanche, there was a glimpse of hope that his dog was still alive after tracks were found in the area. “They did notice tracks leaving the debris field and exiting all the way out the drainage which is five miles away," Dalbey said. For the past 16 days, Dalbey has been continuing ...