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Teenager Evan Ferguson nets hat trick as Brighton beats Newcastle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Evan Ferguson’s first career hat trick helped Brighton cap a memorable week with a 3-1 win over Newcastle that inflicted a third straight English Premier League defeat on the visitor on Saturday.The 18-year-old Irish striker curled home his second goal from range to add to a simple first-half finish. Ferguson completed his treble with the aid of a hefty deflection off Fabian Schar.The win came a day after Brighton was drawn to face Ajax, Marseille and AEK Athens in the club’s first Europa League campaign. The club pulled off a transfer coup on Friday by signing Ansu Fati on loan from Barcelona, and has won three of its opening four league games following last weekend’s loss to West Ham.Newcastle lost only five league games in all of last season but this loss came on the heels of defeats to Manchester City and Liverpool — which staged a late comeback at Anfield last weekend with 10 men. Newcastle, which was drawn against AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germ...

Mountain West pitched Oregon State and Washington State in recent weeks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

The Mountain West Conference made pitches late last month to the Pac-12’s final two members after realignment, Oregon State and Washington State.Mountain West Commissioner Gloria Nevarez made presentations to Washington State on Aug. 24 and to Oregon State on Monday, Associate Commissioner Javan Hedlund confirmed Saturday.Stanford and California announced Friday they are bolting for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2024. That leaves the Beavers and the Cougars alone in the Pac-12.Eight other teams from the onetime “Conference of Champions” previously announced plans to depart next year. USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington are headed to the Big Ten, while Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah will play in the Big 12.One possible option for Washington State and Oregon was shut down Friday when the American Athletic Conference released a statement that said “we have concluded that the best way to proceed for our outstanding student-athletes is to not look westward.”Both the Beav...

JGR’s Christopher Bell takes the pole at Darlington for NASCAR’s opening playoff race

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing’s Christopher Bell will start the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs up front after winning the pole at the Southern 500 on Saturday.Bell took his fourth pole of the season and third in the past eight races. He turned a fast lap of 29.065 seconds (169.193 mph) at Darlington Raceway.“It definitely feels good,” Bell said. “Darlington is a place where it’s notoriously hard to pass so being up front is good deal.”Bell starts besides JGR teammate Denny Hamlin, second fastest on the 1.366-mile egg-shaped layout.In all, playoff drivers took the first nine qualifying spots. Tyler Reddick was third, Ryan Blaney fourth, then Brad Keselowski, defending series champion Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Chris Buescher and Michael McDowell.Aric Almirola, in 10th, is the first non-playoff competitor in the lineup.The two points leaders and playoff seeds in William Byron and Martin Truex Jr. were back of the pack. Byron, with five wins this season, will start ...

Mathys Tel rescues Bayern Munich with late winner over Borussia Mönchengladbach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich substitute Mathys Tel scored late for the Bundesliga champion to come from behind and beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 on Saturday.It’s Bayern’s first league win over its old rival at the fifth attempt.Tel headed Joshua Kimmich’s corner in the 87th minute, six minutes after he went on for Leon Goretzka, to maintain Bayern’s winning start to the league. But the visitors had to fight for it.Japan defender Ko Itakura opened the scoring for Gladbach in the 30th when he lobbed a header over Sven Ulreich in the Bayern goal after Maximilian Wöber headed on Alassane Plea’s corner.Bayern had more possession, more shots and more corners. But Gerardo Seoane’s team defended doggedly and Bayern lacked that final cutting edge to break through. Leroy Sané went closest when he grazed the crossbar, but Marvin Friedrich also struck the crossbar for Gladbach a few minutes before the goal.Bayern increased its pressure after the break, when Itakura made a goal-line block and...

A 1 milla de la cárcel: revelan video de asesino convicto que se fugó en Pensilvania

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

FILADELFIA – Por tercer día consecutivo, las autoridades siguen adelante con la intensa búsqueda para dar con el paradero de un fugitivo condenado por matar a su novia y considerado “extremadamente peligroso” que se escapó de una prisión en el condado Chester, en Pensilvania. El prisionero fugitivo, Danelo Cavalcante, de 34 años, fue captado por una cámara de vigilancia residencial en la madrugada de este sábado en la cuadra 1800 de Lenape Raod en el municipio de Pocopson, a sólo 1.5 millas de la prisión.Cavalcante fue condenado a cadena perpetua recientemente por el asesinato a puñaladas de su pareja en Pensilvania. También es requerido en su país natal Brasil por otro asesinato.La Oficina del Fiscal de Distrito del Condado Chester publicó este sábado un video en la red social X de una cámara de seguridad en la que se ve al prófugo caminando por una cuadra residencial a la 1:43 a.m. “La persecución del preso prófugo Danelo Cavalcante sigue activa. El fugitiv...

Walker Cup Results

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

At St. Andrews GC (Old Course)St. Andrews, ScotlandYardage: 7,297; Par: 21SaturdayGREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND 7½, UNITED STATES 4½FoursomesGreat Britain & Ireland 3, United States 1Gordon Sargent and Dylan Menante, U.S., def. Barclay Brown and Mark Power, GB&I, 3 and 2.Calum Scott and Connor Graham, GB&I, def. Caleb Surratt and Ben James, U.S., 3 and 2.Matthew McClean and John Gough, GB&I, def. Preston Summerhays and David Ford, U.S., 1 up.Alex Maguire and James Ashfield, GB&I, def. Nick Dunlap and Stewart Hagestad, U.S., 1 up.SinglesGreat Britan & Ireland, 4½, United States 3½Caleb Surratt, U.S., def. Barclay Brown, GB&I, 4 and 3.Calum Scott, GB&I, def. Nick Grabelcik, U.S., 2 and 1.Gordon Sargent, U.S., def. Jack Bigham, GB&I, 1 up.Liam Nolan, GB&I, def. Austin Greaser, U.S., 1 up.Mark Power, GB&I, def. David Ford, U.S., 1 up.Preston Summerhays, U.S., halved with Matthew McClean, GB&I.Stewart Hagestad, U.S., def. Alex Maguire, GB&...

GB&I wins both Walker Cup sessions and builds 3-point lead over USA at St Andrews

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — John Gough of England won both his matches Saturday at St. Andrews and Great Britain & Ireland built a three-point lead over the Americans in the Walker Cup for its largest opening-day margin in 34 years.GB&I has not won the Walker Cup since 2015. It takes a 7 1/2-4 1/2 lead into Sunday, its largest lead since the same score in 1989 at Peachtree Golf Club in Atlanta.Gough and Matthew McClean held on for a 1-up victory in foursomes as GB&I sent the tone by taking three of the four team matches. Gough then won five straight holes to start his singles match and beat U.S. Amateur champion Nick Dunlap, 6 and 5, the shortest match of the day.The afternoon singles came down to four tight matches in the middle of the lineup.Gordon Sargent, the No. 1 amateur in the golf, made a 3-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at the Old Course for a 1-up victory over Jack Bigham. Sargent earlier won a foursomes match with Dylan Menante, the only U.S. point in the ...

Prime shocker: Colorado upsets No. 17 TCU 45-42 in Deion Sanders' debut as Buffs coach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — After nine months of hype, Deion Sanders had Colorado ready for prime time in his much-anticipated debut as Buffaloes coach.Shedeur Sanders, the coach’s son, threw for a school-record 510 yards with four touchdowns — the game-winner a 46-yard catch-and-run by freshman Dylan Edwards with 4:25 left —- and the Buffs pulled off an opening shocker with a 45-42 win Saturday over 17th-ranked TCU, last year’s national runner-up.Deion Sanders came to Boulder, Colorado, to revitalize a long-dormant program, with an unprecedented roster flip.Two-way star Travis Hunter, Edwards and Shedeur Sanders are among 87 newcomers at Colorado, which won only one game last season and has only two winning records since 2005.Coach Prime already has a signature win.“I’ve been talking about it and talking about it and you didn’t believe me,” he said after his first victory as a major college football coach.Edwards caught three touchdowns, including a 75-yarder in the opening minute of ...

Blazing fire leaves Southwest Miami-Dade home in ruins; no injuries reported

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

A fire engulfed a Southwest Miami-Dade home, leaving it charred and destroyed. The fire ignited in a house at the Lago Mar community on Southwest 158th Avenue, near 72nd Street, at around 11 p.m.. Friday.Officials said it took them about 30 minutes to put out the fire. Preliminary information reported this fire may be linked to something in the garage. One neighbor called authorities as soon as he saw the flames. “I was just playing video games, I was on FaceTime with my friend, and I looked outside, and there was a bunch of fire and flames, and I heard the alarm,” said Kavi. “And then, I ran to my mom’s room, and I told her I should call the cops and firemen, and they all came.”7News captured the decimated insides of the two-story home. Police said that everyone was able to escape the home on time, and no injuries were reported. As far as what sparked everything, Miami Dade Fire Rescue said it remains under investigation.

Shooting at Louisiana high school football game kills student and wounds woman, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:11:47 GMT

PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Gunfire broke out during a high school football game on a warm late-summer evening in Louisiana, killing a 16-year old student and wounding a woman in the arm, authorities said Saturday.Police have made no arrests and investigators still don’t know why the violence erupted at halftime Friday in an area next to the stands, Sgt. Landon Groger with the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said.A medical helicopter landed on the field at Port Allen High School and the two victims were rushed to the hospital, where the teen was pronounced dead, Groger said. The woman’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.The game was suspended as stunned spectators headed for the parking lot, which was filled with emergency vehicles.“We don’t know what led up to the event and we don’t yet know if it was a targeted shooting or random,” Groger said by phone Saturday, adding, “We want to take our time and cover this from all angles.”The West Baton...