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Webb stops his 4-game skid, pitches Giants over Mets 7-4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Opening day starter Logan Webb stopped his four-game losing streak, holding the Mets hot offense to two runs in seven innings and leading the San Francisco Giants over New York 7-4 on Saturday.Webb (1-4) struck out eight and walked one for his first win since signing a $90 million, five-year contract for 2024-28, a deal announced April 14.San Francisco (7-13) avoided losing 14 of its first 20 games, which would match the worst opening in team history.The Mets lost for the second time in nine games on their 10-game California trip.The Giants, who were shut out Friday and have struggled to score all season, spotted Webb to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, when Brandon Crawford hit a three-run homer. Wilmer Flores also homered for San Francisco, which is batting just .205 against left-handers but reached Mets lefty David Peterson (1-3) for seven runs in five innings.David Villar hit a sacrifice fly for the game’s first run and Crawford hit his third homer on a two-s...

Alabama’s Milroe, Simpson vying to replace Bryce Young

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is once again trying to replace an NFL-bound quarterback with another who can lead the Crimson Tide to championships.Next up: Presumably Jalen Milroe, a dynamic runner with one career start, or five-star prospect Ty Simpson.They’re vying to replace 2021 Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young, who appears poised to become the first Alabama passer picked No. 1 in the modern NFL draft. The Tide failed to make the College Football Playoffs even with him, potentially ratcheting up the pressure on whoever emerges as Young’s successor.Now, he’s the latest Tide quarterback to leave early for the NFL, where Mac Jones, Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa are already starters.The current competition figures to carry over into preseason camp after the Tide wrapped up spring practice Saturday with its spring game before an announced crowd of 58,710.Alabama coach Nick Saban said a major focus has been on the quarterbacks being able to process what the defense is ...

Pence touts Trump role overturning Roe to Iowa evangelicals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Although Donald Trump has often avoided talking about abortion as he campaigns again for the White House, his former vice president, Mike Pence, is not shying away from celebrating Trump’s efforts to restrict abortion rights.Pence, who is weighing whether to launch his own presidential campaign, raised his voice to nearly a roar when speaking to religious conservatives in Iowa on Saturday night as he touted Trump’s nominations of three conservative judges to the U.S. Supreme Court.The appointments paved the way to the court in 2022 overturning the landmark Roe. v. Wade ruling, which had affirmed a federal right to abortion.Pence, long known for his conservative values, called the appointments “the most important of all” the accomplishments of the Trump administration, drawing loud applause and cheers from the crowd of influential religious conservatives.“We did that, Iowa,” he said. “I couldn’t be more proud to have been a smal...

Chicago Cubs rookie Hayden Wesneski struggles in another short start, leading to a 9-4 loss to the LA Dodgers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts poked his head out of the tunnel a few hours before Saturday’s game at Wrigley Field just in time to get a face full of cold and a eyeful of snow flurries.“This is great,” Roberts said, scanning the sky and smiling. “I’m pleasantly surprised. I didn’t expect snow. And this is the real stuff. So it’s going to be fun. Hopefully our guys can perform.”Very funny, right?Mush.The Dodgers got on top early against rookie Hayden Wesneski, and it was tough sledding from there for the Chicago Cubs in a 9-4 loss, their second in a four-game series that wraps Sunday with a Clayton Kershaw-Marcus Stroman pitching matchup.But this is how good it’s going for the Cubs more than three weeks into a season with middling expectations even on a cold, miserable day of flurries and Dodgers home runs:You’ve pretty much got to pick on the rookie fifth starter to find something to be concerned about (albeit if...

Charles Barkley and Gayle King to host joint talk show ‘King Charles’ for CNN

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

A new weekly prime-time show is coming to CNN, hosted by Gayle King and Charles Barkley.The two made the announcement Saturday during TNT’s NBA Tip-Off, saying the new show will air Wednesdays and will be titled “King Charles.”“I want the show to be nonpolitical,” said Barkley, though he admitted the show would occasionally touch on politics, reports CNN Business.“You know (Gayle King) is going to be a straight shooter. I’m going to be a straight shooter,” he added. “I know she’s going to be fair and honest and you know I’m going to do the same thing.”The show is expected to examine any and all current topics, said King, ranging from tougher conversations like gun control, to lighter material like food and popular culture.“I think that decorum and courtesy and kindness always work,” she added. “But everybody I know has an opinion on something. We just need to figure out a way to have a good con...

Hingham boys break through at Coaches Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

HINGHAM — For some reason or another, the Hingham boys lacrosse team always found themselves on the short end of the scoreboard consistently whenever the annual Coaches Cup reached its conclusion.On Saturday, they finally were able to end their proverbial curse, while earning some payback in the process. Senior captains Charlie Packard and Joe Hennessey each registered a hat trick, while junior Nate Hoffman racked up 16 saves in the cage as Hingham avenged last season’s loss to Lincoln-Sudbury in the title game with a thrilling 9-8 victory over the Warriors.“We’ve been there banging on the door a ton,” said Hingham lacrosse coach John Todd. “Great programs there with L-S and Coach Vona, and the guys on his coaching staff. We respect the hell out of them. That’s why we created this tournament in 2010, for guys like him, John Pirani, Wayne Puglisi, Tommy Dalicandro and Brian McLaughlin…now the new guys with Matt Connolly, Nate Kittler, etc. …“The bottom line is that we saw a lot...

Beacon Hill residents: Tire-deflating action by climate group was ‘cowardly’ and ‘counterproductive’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

Beacon Hill residents said the tire-deflating vandalism committed by climate activists in their neighborhood was “cowardly” and “counterproductive.”Meghan Awe, chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, said “neighbors are annoyed” by last Wednesday night’s incident, which left tires on 43 SUVs deflated by international environmental activism group Tyre Extinguishers.“This community is a neighborhood who cares deeply about the environment,” Awe told the Herald on Saturday. “There are a number of issues where neighbors feel and take action and do things that reduce the carbon footprint in any number of ways.“And I think, at least for me, it’s like we don’t all have to be doing exactly the same thing to make the world a little bit better place.”People walk everywhere in Beacon Hill, Awe said, which she described as a small neighborhood that isn’t much different than Back Bay or the South End, and compost regularly. If a resident leaves their car out on the str...

Photos: No fowl day on the water

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

It may not have been the sunniest day in Greater Boston Saturday, but that didn’t stop people, or other wildlife, from getting out and about.As humans took to the water, like those taking part in a boat race in the Lower Basin of the Charles River in Cambridge, a Canadian Goose took to the land. And perhaps for a t least one, the location was a bit off.The Herald spotted one proud future parent build a nest just inches from Soldiers Field Road in Boston.Stuart Cahill/Boston HeraldWith courtship over, a Canadian Goose, builds its nest and tends to its brood just inches from Soldiers Field Road near the Eliot Bridge on Saturday in Boston. (Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

Freeway, the SeaWorld sea lion fond of roaming San Diego's roads, has died

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Freeway, the beloved rescue sea lion at SeaWorld known for waddling down San Diego's busy roads, passed away Thursday, the park announced."It is with heavy hearts that we share 'Freeway,' the rescued sea lion, passed away yesterday -- surrounded with love from his devoted care and rescue teams," SeaWorld said in a Facebook post Friday.Freeway, who was first rescued last year after he was found strolling on State Route 94, reportedly contracted a progressive disease that caused his health to deteriorate over time. After extensive treatment, SeaWorld said that his continued decline prompted his care team to humanely euthanize him to prevent further suffering.SeaWorld representatives did not specify the disease or its impacts, although they said it had developed prior to Freeway's rescue. Bioluminescence has rolled back into San Diego. Here’s what to know The wayward sea lion wandered into the hearts of San Diegans on Jan. 7, 2022, when he made national headlines after e...

Curfew in Jamaica district after gunmen wound 7 boarding bus

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:39:27 GMT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Police enforced a curfew in a community on the southern fringes of Jamaica’s capital Saturday after gunmen fired on people boarding a public minibus, wounding seven, including three children.The Jamaica Constabulary Force gave no information on the conditions of the wounded from the brazen attack, which occurred at midafternoon Friday in Seaview Gardens, a poor area of Kingston.There was speculation the gunmen were targeting one of the people trying to get on the bus, but authorities did not comment on a possible motive. Conflict among rival gangs has been blamed for an uptick in violence in the community.Authorities ordered a two-day curfew in Seaview Gardens, and police said they were looking for two men for questioning about the shooting.Crime statistics released by the police say 303 people were killed on the island in the first three months of this year, 20% fewer than during the same period of 2022. The Associated Press