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Showalter, Eppler are optimistic ahead of Mets owner Cohen’s press conference

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Manager Buck Showalter and general manager Billy Eppler struck an optimistic tone and said they feel supported by owner Steve Cohen, hours after the New York Mets owner said he planned to hold a news conference regarding the struggling team on Wednesday.Cohen revealed his intentions Tuesday afternoon on Twitter, ending his tweet with: “You will get it from me straight.”The Mets, who won 101 games last season and opened this season with a record $355 million payroll, had lost seven of nine and 15 of 21, falling to 35-43 before beating Milwaukee 7-2. They are 8 1/2 games back of the third National League wild card.“He’s been great, very supportive — I couldn’t ask for a better owner,” Showalter said before the Mets’ game against the Milwaukee Brewers. “He gets involved, obviously, in whatever he wants to. It’s his team. I know how much the Mets mean to him.”Eppler, meeting with reporters for just the third time this season, said he talks with Cohen every day.“The quest...

Paul Blackburn pitches Athletics to 2-1 victory over Yankees in Josh Donaldson’s return

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Paul Blackburn pitched into the sixth inning for Oakland, allowing one run on Josh Donaldson’s homer in his return to the lineup and sending the Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.The slumping Donaldson connected in the fifth in his first action since Friday, but that was it for New York. The 2015 AL MVP went 1 for 4 with two strikeouts, raising his batting average to .132 in 22 games.Seth Brown homered for the second consecutive day as the last-place A’s beat the Yankees for the first time this season after they were swept in a three-game series in the Bronx in May.Blackburn (1-0) allowed four hits, struck out five and walked one in 5 1/3 innings. It was his first win since Aug. 4 against the Angels in his final start of last season.The Yankees got the tying run on base in the ninth when pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres singled against Sam Moll. Anthony Volpe reached on a two-out infield single for his third hit of the nigh...

Ogunbowale scores 23, Dallas hands Phoenix sixth straight double-digit loss

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale scored 23 points, Natasha Howard had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the Dallas Wings beat Phoenix 77-62 on Tuesday night for the Mercury’s sixth straight double-digit loss.Howard sank a wide open 3-pointer with two seconds left in the third quarter for a 56-51 lead. After Phoenix got within 63-60 with 7:30 remaining in the fourth, Dallas closed on a 14-2 run — including 12 unanswered points.Satou Sabally secured her 10th double-double of the season with 18 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas (7-8), which has won three straight in the series. Sabally also had a career-high six assists. Brittney Griner scored 20 points for Phoenix (2-11). Michaela Onyenwere added 12 points and Diana Taurasi was held to six points on 2-of-7 shooting. Sophie Cunningham (back) and Megan Gustafson (concussion) did not play.___AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Rookie Andrew Abbott improves to 4-0 for Cincinnati as Reds top Orioles 3-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

Baltimore Orioles' Aaron Hicks scores from third base on a sacrifice fly ball by Ryan McKenna against the Cincinnati Reds in the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP/Julio Cortez) Baltimore Orioles' Aaron Hicks scores from third base on a sacrifice fly ball by Ryan McKenna against the Cincinnati Reds in the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 27, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)(AP/Julio Cortez) BALTIMORE (AP) — Andrew Abbott has been quite an addition for a pitching-starved Cincinnati team.Abbott was impressive on the mound again, and Matt McLain and TJ Friedl both homered to lift the Reds to a 3-1 victory over the Baltimore Orio...

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to defend planned takeover of game-maker Activision Blizzard in court

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is due in court Wednesday to defend the company’s proposed $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard against an attempt by federal regulators to block the deal.Nadella and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick are both scheduled to testify before U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley on the fourth day of a court hearing in San Francisco. The proceedings are likely to make or break what would be the most expensive acquisition in technology history.The hearing represents a major test of the FTC’s amped-up oversight of Big Tech under Chairperson Lina Khan, who has been outspoken about her belief that U.S. regulators were too lenient in past deals that helped increase the power of companies such as Amazon, Google and Facebook. The courtroom tussle with Microsoft comes six months after the FTC took Facebook owner Meta Platforms to court in Silicon Valley to try to stop a takeover of a virtual reality fitness c...

Clayton Kershaw takes no-hitter into 6th, J.D. Martinez hits 300th homer, Dodgers beat Rockies 5-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Clayton Kershaw carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, J.D. Martinez homered twice to reach 300 for his career, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Colorado Rockies 5-0 on Tuesday night.Kershaw (10-4) gave up one hit and faced the minimum in six innings, throwing only 79 pitches. He struck out two and left with some discomfort.“Just didn’t feel great overall,” Kershaw said. “The last inning kind of got to me. Obviously not a lot of pitches, definitely should have gone deeper in the game. I feel bad about making the bullpen cover three. Just needed to come out right there.“I think I’m all right, I think I’ll be good for the next start but I was trying to do the right thing and I think I did. We’ll see tomorrow but for right now I don’t think it’s too serious.”Kershaw has been anchoring an injury-riddled rotation this year and his workload of late might have been a factor in him coming out early Tuesday night, manager Dave Roberts said.“We’ve pushed him the last few...

Orioles’ offense sputters, homer hurts Tyler Wells in 3-1 loss to Reds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

Orioles pitchers allowing solo home runs, in manager Brandon Hyde’s fully logical estimation, is not the worst-case scenario. Of course, he would overwhelmingly prefer they not give up home runs at all.He didn’t get his wish Tuesday, as a pair of home runs with the bases empty provided the margin in Baltimore’s 3-1 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds, evening the series between two of baseball’s most exciting young teams. Baltimore’s offense managed only three hits, two by Jordan Westburg in his second major league game, as right-hander Tyler Wells delivered another quality start but was handed the loss thanks to Matt McLain’s sixth-inning solo shot.“That’s baseball,” Wells said.The Orioles’ best offensive opportunity came minutes before the skies opened above Camden Yards for a second straight night, prompting a 1-hour, 43-minute delay. After the Orioles managed a run on three walks and Westburg’s two hits off Reds left-ha...

Hundreds gather for candlelight vigil after Encinitas teen dies in e-bike crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

ENCINITAS, Calif., - A vigil was held Tuesday night in Encinitas at San Dieguito High School Academy to remember a 15-year-old who was killed last week while riding his e-bike after colliding with a van.Hundreds of people filled the outside auditorium at the high school to grieve the loss of Brodee Champlain-Kingman where he just had wrapped up his freshman year. He died late last week after being hit by a van while riding his e-bike on South Camino Real when changing lanes into the path of a work van. Brodee's mother, Clarissa Champlain who goes by 'Claire,' was one out of the hundreds with candles in hand to support her son. “He would just want to hug each and every one of you to try and take your pain away," she said while choking back tears. Claire is now fighting to prevent this tragedy from happening to another parent, stressing the importance of stricter restrictions and regulations. SeaWorld closes ‘Electric Eel’ rollercoaster after reported injury “Seeing two children w...

Low home inventory continues to drive prices up: FOX 5 real estate expert

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- For the third month in a row house prices were on the rise in San Diego. The median home price for our region went up about a percent, now sitting at just over $812,000, according to data released by CoreLogic.“Not as high of an increase, but a steady increase just due to the fact that there is a lack of inventory," said FOX 5 real estate expert Ken Kaplan.Kaplan says people are forced to get competitive with so few homes on the market, but not every home is flying into escrow.“The increase in prices on areas that are introductory level in any particular zip code are moving fast, but the properties that are on the market longer are typically the ones that are the higher end of whatever zip code you’re looking in,” Kaplan said. Major studios drop out of Comic-Con: report Prices may be going up in recent months, but the good news is they’re still down more than 3% since last year. Rising interest rates are playing a big role in the overall decrease in prices and invento...

As a lengthy legal battle ends, a Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:51:08 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the apartment of 68-year-old Nora Ghaith-Sub Laban.As the last remaining Palestinians in a building filled with Israeli settlers, the Ghaith-Sub Labans have battled Israeli attempts to evict them from their Old City home for over 45 years. That labyrinthine legal battle ended earlier this year, when the Israeli Supreme Court struck down the family’s final motion for an appeal. Now, Israeli authorities have ordered the eviction of Nora and her husband Mustafa to take place by July 13. That includes one of the biggest holidays of the Islamic calendar, Eid al-Adha, which began Tuesday night.“I can’t sleep, I can’t eat,” Nora said from the apartment where she was born in 1955. From the outside, with its rough-hewed stones flattered by brilliant sunlight and its windows overlooking the golden Dome of the Rock, the 200-year-old home in the heart of the Muslim Quarter is a Jerusa...