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Allen and the Bills bounce back from a season-opening dud with 38-10 rout of the Las Vegas Raiders

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen rebounded from a four-turnover, season-opening dud by throwing three touchdown passes and leading the Buffalo Bills to a 38-10 rout of the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.Linebackers Matt Milano and Terrel Bernard each intercepted Jimmy Garoppolo, and the Bills eased the lingering frustrations following a 22-16 overtime loss at the New York Jets on Monday and a week full of off-field distractions.Coach Sean McDermott had to address his leadership group after team owner Terry Pegula was accused of making racially insensitive comments in a lawsuit filed by a former NFL Media reporter. Pegula denied the allegations.And then on Wednesday, a Bills media reporter was overheard on an open microphone questioning receiver Stefon Diggs’ character. Diggs went to social media a day later by calling the comments “hurtful” and “insulting.”It was an especially uplifting performance from Allen, who enjoyed his 21st three-or-more touchdown outing after spending...

Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber will not pitch again for Red Sox this season

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Two-time AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber has ended his minor league injury rehabilitation assignment and will not pitch again this season for the Boston Red Sox.The 37-year-old right-hander has not pitched for Boston since June 20 because of right shoulder inflammation. He had been scheduled to make a third rehab start for Triple-Worcester on Saturday.Instead, manager Alex Cora said Kluber will continue his rehab at home. Kluber started for Worcester on Sept. 12, allowing two hits and striking out two in 2 2/3 scoreless innings.With the Red Sox, Kluber went 3-6 with a 7.04 ERA in 15 games, including nine starts. He signed a $10 million, one-year contract with Boston in January, a deal that includes an $11 million club option for 2024.Kluber went 5-3 with a 3.83 ERA in 16 starts for the New York Yankees in 2021, including a no-hitter in a 2-0 victory at Texas. He pitched for Tampa Bay in 2022, going 10-10 with a 4.34 ERA in 31 starts.A three-time All-Star, Kluber...

Bartolo Colón celebrated for 21-year career, announcing retirement 5 years after last pitch

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Bartolo Colón wanted to say goodbye to the major leagues with the New York Mets and, of course, his home run was going to be celebrated.Four months past his 50th birthday and five years removed from his last big league pitch, Colón was honored by the Mets on Sunday when he announced his retirement after 21 big league seasons.“My first home was Cleveland,” Colón said through a translator during a pregame news conference, “But now I’m here with the Mets and I feel really comfortable here.”Colón went 247-188 with a 4.12 ERA and 2,535 strikeouts in 3,461 2/3 innings. A four-time All-Star, he started his big league career with Cleveland in 1997 and won the 2005 AL Cy Young Award with the Los Angeles Angels.He pitched for 11 big league teams but is repeatedly reminded of his batting feat. On May 7, 2006, Colón homered off the San Diego Padres’ James Shields, becoming at 42 years, 349 days the oldest player to his hit first major league homer.“The only thing I could think a...

Arsenal gets a moment of quality from Trossard’s goal in drab 1-0 win at Everton in Premier League

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The classic chant “1-0 to the Arsenal” was heard at Everton on Sunday as Gunners fans celebrated a Premier League win that was a throwback to its pragmatic style of the mid-1990s.A 69th-minute goal by substitute Leandro Trossard was a rare moment of quality in a game more typical of the Arsenal way celebrated in song before Arsene Wenger’s arrival as coach in 1996 began a new era of creativity.Trossard cleverly guided a first-time, left-footed shot into the net off the far post after Bukayo Saka cut back a pass he could take smoothly in his stride for the 1-0 win.It capped a standout week for the Belgium winger who scored a similarly impressive goal with his right foot Tuesday in his national team’s 5-0 rout of Estonia in a European Championship qualifying game.“I’ve been practicing all my life with both feet and it helps you in the game as an attacker,” Trossard said.Trossard had come on midway through the first half to replace Gabriel Martinelli who was i...

Efficient Arsenal overcomes Everton with Trossard goal. Chelsea misfires in 0-0 draw at Bournemouth

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

It wasn’t pretty or exciting on Sunday but Arsenal’s 1-0 win at Everton was just the kind of game that Premier League title challenges can be built on.A classy 69th-minute shot by substitute Leandro Trossard sealed the three points and lifted the level of quality against a limited Everton team playing spoiler at home.It was a third straight 1-0 loss for Everton at Goodison Park this season amid prospective new American ownership for the club.Arsenal was the only team in action Sunday to score, after Chelsea misfired in a 0-0 draw at Bournemouth.Trossard entered the game unexpectedly early when Gabriel Martinelli was injured within a minute of play restarting after he thought he had given Arsenal the lead in the 19th. It was ruled out by an offside spotted on video review.The victory kept Arsenal level with Tottenham and Liverpool, trailing two points behind defending champion Manchester City at the top of the standings.It was Everton’s first game since the club announced major...

Connecticut Sun coach Stephanie White named WNBA Coach of the Year

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Stephanie White was honored as the WNBA’s Coach of the Year on Sunday after guiding the Connecticut Sun to a 27-win season and a No. 3 seed in the playoffs.White, the former Indiana Fever and Vanderbilt coach, took over a team that made it to last years Finals before coach Curt Miller left for Los Angeles and star player Jonquel Jones, a former MVP was traded to New York and point guard Jasmine Thomas left to join her former coach out west. The team also had to deal with a season-ending injury to key player Brionna Jones a month into the season. White received 36 votes from a national panel of 60 sportswriters and broadcasters. Latricia Trammell of the Dallas Wings finished in second place with 11 votes, and Sandy Brondello of the New York Liberty was third with six votes. Becky Hammon of the Las Vegas Aces received three votes; Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx and Tanisha Wright of the Atlanta Dream each received two votes. White put in an offense t...

Suspect arrested for fatal shooting in Woodbridge apartment building

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

Police in Prince William County, Virginia, say they’ve arrested a suspect in connection to a fatal shooting in Woodbridge on Saturday evening.In a news release, Prince William County police said officers were called to the 1800 block of Gableridge Turn around 7:19 p.m. Saturday evening on reports of a shooting. On the scene, officers discovered 43-year-old Kareem Rasheen Tyrone Harris of Woodbridge suffering from gunshot wounds. After receiving first aid on the scene, Harris was transported to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.Police said that Harris and 25-year-old Malcom Andre Monts of Woodbridge had been involved in an altercation that escalated in a patio area of the apartment building, where they believe Monts shot Harris before returning to his own apartment in the building.Police told WTOP that Monts and Harris knew one another and that Harris was staying with family  who lived in the building when he was killed.Monts was arrested by police at his apartment wi...

McBride and Collier lead Lynx over Sun 82-75 to force a deciding Game 3

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Kayla McBride scored 28 points and Napheesa Collier added 26 points and 13 rebounds as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Connecticut Sun 82-75 on Sunday to force a deciding Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.Alyssa Thomas scored 26 points and DeWanna Bonner added 24 for the No. 3 seeded Sun, who won the first game of the series by 30 points, but now must win a road game on Wednesday to advance.“We love our fanbase and we do feel like that’s an advantage for us,” Collier said. , The Lynx led by six points at halftime and stretched that to 16 with the help of a 12-0 run in the third quarter, highlighted by the fifth of McBride’s six 3-pointers. Her layup made it 65-49.But the Sun responded with a run of their own and trailed only by 65-60 headed into the fourth quarter. A 3-pointer from Bonner cut the lead to 76-73 with 2 1/2 minutes to play, but the Lynx made several big defensive stops and scored the next six points to put the game away.Connect...

Boebert defends ‘Beetlejuice’ ejection: ‘I was a little too eccentric’

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

(The Hill) – Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) pushed back on media accounts of her being kicked out of a Denver theater production of “Beetlejuice” last week over bad behavior, saying that some accounts were exaggerated and untrue.“I was a little too eccentric. I’m very known for having an animated personality, maybe overtly animated personality. I was laughing, I was singing, having a fantastic time,” Boebert said in an OAN interview Sunday. “Was told to kinda settle it down a little bit, which I did, but then my next flip up was taking a picture.”  Video shows Boebert vaping in theater, despite denial Video from the evening shows Boebert causing a disturbance during the performance, including vaping and taking flash photography. While being escorted out of the theater, video appears to show her giving the finger to security guards.The controversial congresswoman garnered widespread criticism for her behavior, mostly online.Her office previously denied the vaping allegations, but Bo...

UAW justifies wage demands by pointing to CEO pay raises. How high were they?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 05:51:53 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a central argument for the United Auto Workers union: If Detroit's three automakers raised CEO pay by 40% over the past four years, workers should get similar raises.UAW President Shawn Fain has repeatedly cited the figure, contrasting it with the 6% pay raises autoworkers have received since their last contract in 2019. He opened negotiations with a demand for a similar 40% wage increase over four years, along with the return of pensions and cost of living increases. The UAW has since lowered its demand to a 36% wage increase but the two sides remain far apart in contract talks, triggering a strike. Colorado workers, you now have more uses for your paid sick time Fain's focus on CEO pay is part of a growing trend of emboldened labor unions citing the wealth gap between workers and the top bosses to bolster demand for better pay and working conditions. In June, Netflix shareholders rejected executive pay packages in a nonbinding vote, just days after the ...