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Heat roar back in final quarter, beat Nuggets 111-108 to tie NBA Finals

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Gabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each had 21 and the Miami Heat evened up the NBA Finals by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111-108 in Game 2 on Sunday night.Max Strus scored 14 and Duncan Robinson had 10 for the Heat, who had a big early lead, then got down by as many as 15 before reclaiming the lead in the fourth. Miami outscored Denver 36-25 in the final period, erasing an eight-point deficit going into the final frame.And even then, they had to dig deep to finish it off.Jokic scored 41 points and was 16 of 28 from the floor, the last of those shots a 4-footer with 36 seconds left to get the Nuggets within three.Denver elected not to foul on the ensuing Miami possession. Butler missed a 3, and with a chance to tie, Jamal Murray missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer.Murray had 18 points and 10 assists for Denver, while Aaron Gordon had 12 points and Bruce Brown scored 11.Game 3 is Wednesday in Miami. Denv...

Australian mother pardoned and freed because of reasonable doubt she killed her 4 children

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian state government attorney-general said on Monday a woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her four children had been pardoned and released.New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley said he had advised Gov. Margaret Beazley to unconditionally pardon Kathleen Folbigg, now 55.Daley said former justice Tom Bathurst had advised him last week that there was reasonable doubt about Folbigg’s guilt based on new scientific evidence that the deaths could have been from natural causes.Bathurst conducted the second inquiry into Folbigg’s guilt.Folbigg was serving a 30-year prison sentence which was to expire in 2033. She would have become eligible for parole in 2028.The children died separately over a decade, at between 19 days and 19 months old, and their mother insisted their deaths were from natural causes.Bathurst’s final report could recommend that the New South Wales Court of Appeals quash her convictions. The Associated...

Cedar Park Police charge man with murder in Circle K shooting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — Cedar Park Police arrested a suspect Sunday in connection to a fatal shooting at a Circle K gas station Friday night, according to a press release from the agency.Bradley Stanford, 23, is charged with one count of murder, a first-degree felony.Prior to the shooting, a "verbal exchange" occurred in the gas station's parking lot between Stanford and 24-year-old Akira Ross, according to Cedar Park Police.Officers responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting around 9:50 p.m., and found Ross dead when they arrived. The gas station is located at 12020 N. FM 620.At around 5:15 p.m. Sunday, Cedar Park Police and San Patricio County Tactical Response Team arrested Stanford in Ingleside, Texas. According to the press release, the Aransas Pass and Ingleside Police Departments also assisted in the case.The agency said that the shooting is still an ongoing investigation.

Huge 3rd inning lifts Texas Longhorns to regional title, spot in super regionals

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With weather delays keeping other regional championship games on hold, the Texas Longhorns were one the first teams to qualify Sunday for the super regionals.The Longhorns went a perfect 3-0 in the Coral Gables regional, topping No. 9 Miami 10-6 in the title game at Mark Light Field behind a 9-run third inning capped by a Jalin Flores grand slam.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters"We got behind early but did a great job continuing to play the game," Longhorns head coach David Pierce said. "We weren't our best offensively with some of the guys that have been playing well for us, but that's why it's called a team. We had three guys at the bottom of the lineup do a lot of us, and I'm proud of all of them."The Longhorns had seven of their eight total hits in the big frame. Jared Thomas got the scoring going with an RBI double, then Peyton Powell smacked a two-...

St. Louis sheriff says his deputies are underpaid

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Sheriff Vernon Betts says something must be done about his deputies’ pay.Starting pay for a St. Louis sheriff’s deputy is $34,000 a year, according to Betts, which is less than other departments in the area.Betts says the city sheriff’s department does an important job protecting the public.Deputies are responsible for security at the city’s courts and inside courtrooms. They patrol parking lots during sporting events and other events that draw a lot of people downtown. They also provide security on MetroLink.“Well, I see everybody around the city is getting raises. The board of aldermen, the St. Louis (Metropolitan) Police Department, and my staff needs a raise more than any of those folks. We are the lowest-paid law enforcement agency in the St. Louis region. We make less than Franklin County, Jefferson County, (and) St Charles County,” Betts said. Ballwin man killed in I-44 collision with abandoned truck According to Sheriff Betts, St. Charles deputies are...

Heat catches fire from 3-point range to steal Game 2 of NBA Finals from Nuggets

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

Scrappy and relentless, the Miami Heat came to Denver and did what no other team this postseason had done: win.Jamal Murray missed what would’ve been a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer, and the Heat hung on, 111-108, to seize Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night and even the series at 1-1.The Nuggets nearly stormed back from a 12-point deficit with only a few minutes left in the fourth quarter, but their defense betrayed them. The Heat outscored Denver 36-25 in the fourth quarter.Beyond Nikola Jokic’s 41-point night, Murray was their second-leading scorer with 18 points. Michael Porter Jr. struggled mightily on both ends, finishing with just five points, while Aaron Gordon added only 12.The Nuggets fell to 9-1 in Denver so far through the playoffs. They’ll try and re-group ahead of Wednesday’s Game 3 when the series shifts to Miami.Bam Adebayo finished with 21 points as did Jimmy Butler. But Miami caught fire from the 3-point line, finishing 17 of 35 from outside. It yielded a...

Nuggets 3-pointers: Eric Spoelstra wisely elects to make Nikola Jokic a scorer in NBA Finals Game 2, not a distributor

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

Initial observations from Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Finals between the Denver Nuggets and Miami Heat at Ball Arena.1. Spo’s Joker decision: After Nikola Jokic sliced and diced the Heat with immaculate passes in Game 1, Eric Spoelstra decided to make Joker be a scorer instead of a distributor Sunday night. In the series opener, Jokic had six first-quarter assists before his first shot attempt and 10 assists vs. three shot attempts at halftime. In Game 2, he was 3-for-6 shooting with just one assist in the first eight minutes. Miami didn’t send help, living with one-on-one post matchups for most of the night. Bam Adebayo was serviceable. Cody Zeller was not. Jokic feasted on him in the third quarter, even calling for Bruce Brown to clear out late in the shot clock at one point. (He scored.) After an 18-point third, Jokic had 31 points on 23 field goal attempts but only three assists. Two of them were difficult oops, not because of Heat double-teams. Miami is cool with that &#...

Yankees score runs in final 3 innings for 4-1 victory over Dodgers

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Rizzo scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a grounder and the New York Yankees edged the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-1 Sunday in what was a pitchers dual for six innings between Domingo Germán and Bobby Miller.Anthony Volpe provided some insurance with a two-run homer in the ninth for the Yankees, who were without AL MVP Aaron Judge, after he injured his right foot after crashing into the right-field bullpen door while making a running catch on Saturday.J.D. Martinez homered for the Dodgers, who dropped the final two games in the series.Germán and Miller matched zeroes as the teams combined for only four hits in the first six innings.Dodgers’ rookie Miller allowed only one hit in his six innings, becoming the first Dodgers’ pitcher since at least 1901 to allow one hit or fewer within his first three big league starts. The 24-year old right-hander struck out seven and walked two in his third start. Miller — the 29th overall pick in the 2020...

Australian official pardons woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her 4 children

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian official pardons woman who has spent 20 years in prison for killing her 4 children.Source

Norma Hunt, wife of late Chiefs founder and only woman to attend every Super Bowl, dies at 85

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:51:41 GMT

Norma Hunt, the second wife of the late Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and the only woman to attend every Super Bowl, has died. She was 85.The Hunt family, which still owns the franchise, announced the passing of the Chiefs’ matriarch in a statement released by the team Sunday night. No cause of death was given.Norma Hunt was among the few to have attended every Super Bowl when she was present for the Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona. Lamar Hunt, one of the founders of the AFL and a force behind its 1970 merger with the NFL, died in 2006.Norma Hunt had two sons, Clark and Daniel, and was closely linked to the Chiefs franchise through her charitable work. Clark Hunt became the chairman of the franchise after his father’s death and has become a leading voice in NFL ownership.“Mom was steadfastly devoted to her family and fiercely passionate about her family’s sports teams,” the Hunt family said. “She was ...