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Texas seeks 1st Final Four in 20 years, Miami its 1st ever

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas coach Rodney Terry was not more than 20 minutes removed from a resounding win over Xavier in the Sweet 16 when he was asked about the next mammoth task during what is becoming an improbable run toward a home-state Final Four.How do you slow down Nijel Pack and high-scoring Miami?“You’re not going to let me enjoy this for one night, huh?” Terry replied.He was joking, of course. Terry and his second-seeded Longhorns — the best seed left in an upset-filled NCAA Tournament — have been savoring every moment of March Madness. It began two weeks ago with a run through Kansas to the Big 12 Tournament title on the same floor inside T-Mobile Center, and with a win over the No. 5 seed Hurricanes on Sunday night, it would end with a trip to Houston and Texas’ first Final Four appearance in 20 years.“This has been a very resilient team all year long,” said Terry, the longtime assistant who epitomized that resolve by keeping the Longhorns together after c...

NASCAR Craftsman Truck XPEL 225 Results

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

SaturdayAt Circuits of the AmericasAustin, Texas.Lap length: 3.41 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (7) Zane Smith, Ford, 42 laps, 52 points.2. (2) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 42, 0.3. (3) Ty Majeski, Ford, 42, 43.4. (12) Tyler Ankrum, Toyota, 42, 37.5. (1) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 42, 0.6. (11) Corey Heim, Toyota, 42, 39.7. (4) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 42, 31.8. (9) Tanner Gray, Toyota, 42, 29.9. (10) Kaz Grala, Toyota, 42, 0.10. (13) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 42, 31.11. (19) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 42, 26.12. (8) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 42, 25.13. (20) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 42, 24.14. (15) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 42, 30.15. (24) Kaden Honeycutt, Ford, 42, 25.16. (16) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 42, 26.17. (18) Lawless Alan, Chevrolet, 42, 28.18. (36) Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 42, 19.19. (32) Jake Garcia, Chevrolet, 42, 18.20. (25) Colin Garrett, Toyota, 42, 17.21. (35) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 42, 16.22. (14) Logan Bearden, Ford, 42, 15.23. (31) Bret Holmes, Chevrolet, 42, 14.24. (27) Colby...

Investigation underway after man fatally stabbed in Brockton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

Authorities are investigating after a man was found fatally stabbed in Brockton early Saturday morning, officials said. Brockton police officers investigating a robbery were driving down Belmont Avenue around 4:30 a.m. when they spotted a man laying on the ground, according to the Plymouth District Attorney’s Office. An investigation revealed the 41-year-old man was suffering from apparent stab wounds. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been released.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Box truck goes up in flames near Quincy City Hall

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

Firefighters rushed to extinguish a flaming box truck that burned near Quincy City Hall on Saturday.The burning truck cast a huge plume of smoke across the area.Crews cold be seen loading the charred out vehicle onto the back of a tow truck. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.No additional information was immediately available.

NHL-best Bruins clinch Atlantic with 2-1 win over Tampa Bay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins are winning so much that clinching their division didn’t merit any celebration. Captain Patrice Bergeron didn’t even realize it had happened.Garnet Hathaway scored the tiebreaking goal late in the second period and the NHL-best Boston Bruins wrapped up first place in the Atlantic Division with their sixth straight victory, 2-1 over the Tampa Bay Lightning, on Saturday.The win was the Bruins’ 56th and moves them one behind the club record set in 1970-71. It also keeps them on pace to set the NHL record for victories in a regular season with 10 games left. The Detroit Red Wings won 62 in 1995-96 and Tampa Bay matched it in their final regular-season game (at TD Garden in Boston) in 2018-19.“I forgot because things were happening so quickly,” Bruins first-year coach Jim Montgomery said when asked what he told his team about winning the division. “We didn’t actually talk about the Atlantic Division, but its a tremendous feat with 10 game...

JUST ONE STATION: Sneak peek at movie filming inside Bova’s Bakery in Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck have been drawing crowds as they continue to film scenes for their upcoming movie “The Instigators” at locations across Boston. One of the biggest draws was Bova’s Bakery in the North End, where owner Ralph Bova’s 24/7 bakery had to close his doors to business for several days for the first time in decades. The business has since reopened to customers.Now that filming is wrapped, Ralph Bova is giving 7NEWS a little insight into the scenes filmed in his bakery.He says Damon and Affleck’s characters are working as cooks in the bakery and an officer comes in to ask them questions about a bank robbery.Bova said he had to send a worker to help the film crew work the cash register.“We made everything fresh from scratch,” Bova said of the delicious treats that are back on shelves. “So everything you see here was made yesterday — that was intense.”

Yankees Notebook: Jhony Brito enters the rotation mix

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

With Luis Severino injured, the Yankees may need to tap even further into their starting pitching depth early this season.With Carlos Rodon and Frankie Montas already out to start the year, Severino is dealing with a low-grade lat strain on his right side. The injury will keep Severino from making what would have been his first start of the season and will “probably” land him on the injured list, according to Aaron Boone.The manager added that, should the Yankees require a fifth starter during Severino’s absence, Jhony Brito could join the rotation. Domingo German and Clarke Schmidt, who is now scheduled to start the second game of the season, are already filling in for Rodon and Montas.Brito, the Yanks’ 27th-best prospect, will start against the Blue Jays on Sunday in what was supposed to be Severino’s final spring training outing. A 25-year-old righty from the Dominican Republic, Brito owns a 3.52 ERA, seven strikeouts and zero walks over 7.2 innings ...

Chicago Cubs officially name rookie right-hander Hayden Wesneski the No. 5 starter: ‘He’s earned it’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

Of all the trades Chicago Cubs President Jed Hoyer made since the sell-off in summer 2021, the biggest one might have involved a middle reliever instead of one of the beloved stars from the 2016 team.The Cubs sent Scott Effross to the New York Yankees on July 31, 2022, for pitching prospect Hayden Wesneski in a deal that made little noise at the time.But Wesneski proved himself from the start, throwing five scoreless innings against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in his Sept. 6 debut, then dominating in his brief September audition and in Cactus League action this spring.On Saturday manager David Ross confirmed the obvious, naming Wesneski the No. 5 starter behind Marcus Stroman, Jameson Taillon, Justin Steele and Drew Smyly. Wesneski said he was “speechless” Thursday after Ross gave him the news.“Being called to the big leagues is special, but this is nothing to poo-poo on,” he told reporters at the Cubs complex Saturday.Wesneski’s parents were i...

Final Mets 26-man roster projection as spring training comes to a close

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

PORT ST. LUCIE — Mets’ manager Buck Showalter has spent the last week of the Grapefruit League season evaluating the talent he has in the big league locker room and trying to balance their spring results with the track records that some of them have.The manager made a poignant observation earlier this week: You can’t develop a track record if you don’t get the opportunity to develop one. So, will the Mets give one or two of their top prospects a chance? Or will they trust the track records of some scuffling veterans?Injuries have taken a toll on the pitching staff and the Mets are still trying to figure out how to contend with the loss of closer Edwin Diaz, but the position player group may escape spring training unscathed. Brandon Nimmo worked out all week on the back fields of the Mets’ Clover Field complex and reported no pain or soreness in his sprained right knee or right ankle. He returned to action Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals, with t...

Magic’s Wendell Carter wins 2022-23 Rich & Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:24 GMT

The Orlando Magic on Saturday named Wendell Carter Jr. the winner of the 2022-23 Rich & Helen DeVos Community Enrichment Award — an award that honors a player for outstanding community service.Carter, a first-time winner of the award, will be granted $25,000 from the DeVos Family Foundation to donate to the charity of his choice. Cole Anthony and Markelle Fultz, who won the award last year, were also finalists for this year’s award.The award, which has usually been given out annually since 1995, was presented during the second Orlando Wine Festival and Auction benefiting the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes.A panel of representatives based the selection on the last year of the player’s community work.“The legacy of our parents lives on through the great work in the Central Florida community by the entire Magic organization,” Magic chairman Dan DeVos said in a statement. “We congratulate Wendell as this y...