Kenwood man recovering well after lifesaving lung transplant
The gift of life came in the nick of time for a Kenwood man.
The gift of life came in the nick of time for a Kenwood man.
San Diego State defeated Florida Atlantic in the first men's Final Four game in Houston. UConn defeated Miami in the second game of the night.
UConn doled out another drama-free basketball beatdown Saturday, getting 21 points and 10 rebounds from Adama Sanogo to dispatch Miami 72-59 and move one win from the school’s fifth national title. Jordan Hawkins overcame his stomach bug and scored 13 for the Huskies, who came into this most unexpected Final Four as the only team with any experience on college basketball’s final weekend and with the best seeding of the four teams in Houston — at No. 4. Against fifth-seeded Miami, they were the best team on the court from beginning to end.
NEW YORK (AP) — Camilo Doval retired Giancarlo Stanton on a game-ending, double-play grounder with the bases loaded and the San Francisco Giants hung on for a 7-5 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday. Doval gave up Aaron Judge’s RBI single in the ninth, the slugger’s third hit, but earned his first save when Stanton hit a ground ball to shortstop Brandon Crawford, who started a double play that withstood a video review. Second baseman Thairo Estrada made a low throw to first baseman LaM
Max Verstappen is hotly tipped to win today’s F1 Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. The Red Bull is unsurprisingly on pole position after qualifying but, more surprisingly, has George Russell and Lewis Hamilton for company at the top of the grid following a very promising session for the Mercedes pair. Although Verstappen once again excelled, Red Bull endured a major blow with Sergio Perez suffering a technical fault that put him in the gravel and he will start plum last, from the pit lane.
Reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny surprised fans Saturday when he walked out to the ringside table at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles prior to WrestleMania 39
Connecticut got past Miami in the second semifinal of the NCAA men's Final Four, setting up a showdown with San Diego State in the title game.
UConn will play for a shot at its fifth national title on Monday against San Diego State.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brandon Ingram scored 36 points, bringing fans to their feet with an array of clutch, mid-range jump shots, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Los Angeles Clippers 122-114 on Saturday night. Jonas Valanciunas had 23 points and 12 rebounds for New Orleans (40-38), which won for the seventh time in eight games and pulled within a half-game of the Clippers (41-38) for sixth place in the Western Conference. Los Angeles lost its second straight despite getting 40 points from Kaw
UConn secured its fifth straight double-digit tournament win and will play on Monday for its fifth national championship.
SDSU coach Brian Dutcher didn't call timeout in the final seconds against FAU, leaving it up to Lamont Butler to "see what happens." Butler delivered.
Lamont Butler knows what it's like to let his team down. He wasn't about to do it on the biggest stage possible in the Final Four.
Nijel Pack might need to up his shoe game. The Miami guard was relegated to the bench in the second half of the Hurricanes’ Final Four game against UConn on Saturday night after busting a sneaker. Pack left the game with about 14 minutes left and was seen on the bench holding some sneakers and talking to staff as they scrambled to find a replacement.
Max Verstappen leads the world championship by a fine margin after recovering from a breakdown in qualifying to finish second, ahead of Fernando Alonso despite the Spaniard’s post-race penalty saga. Verstappen was quickest in first practice on Friday before Alonso topped a rain-hit FP2. Verstappen then went on to seal pole position despite a surprisingly good fight from Mercedes.
An explosion at a refinery owned by a Pertamina PT unit in western Indonesia injured nine people, the state energy firm said on Sunday, adding to two dozen deaths from two other fires over the past month. The explosion late on Saturday in a gas compressor caused "minor" injuries from glass shards and damaged several houses in the city of Dumai on Sumatra island, PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI) said in a statement. A fire on March 3 at Pertamina's Plumpang fuel terminal in Jakarta, one of the country's oldest and largest, killed more than 20 people.
VANCOUVER — The family of Vancouver radio personality Red Robinson says he has died after a brief illness. In a statement posted online, Robinson's family says he passed away on Saturday shortly after 8 a.m. He was 86. Robinson began his radio career in 1954 at Vancouver’s CJOR, and his website credits him as the first DJ in Canada to play rock ’n’ roll music on a regular basis. It says Red jumped to Vancouver CKWX station in 1957, where he met American singer Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley. His
FAU students who packed the auditorium on campus to cheer on their Owls in the Final Four were devastated by the loss, but they're proud of the team and optimistic for the future.
A 13-year-old boy received an award named in honor of Mo Gaba at the 45th annual Ed Block Courage Awards held Saturday night in downtown Baltimore. The Ed Block Courage Awards are given to an NFL player whose teammates believe is a role model of inspiration, sportsmanship and courage. The Ed Block Courage Award Foundation assists thousands of abused, neglected and at-risk children across the country. Last year, the event added another special category, the Mo Gaba Power of Positivity and Perseverance Award, named after the Baltimore Ravens and Orioles superfan who lost his life to cancer in 2020 at the age of 14.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Aidan Morris scored two goals, Lucas Zelarayán had a goal and two assists and the Columbus Crew rolled to a 4-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Morris staked Columbus (3-2-1) to a 1-0 lead with a goal in the 14th minute off an assist from Zelarayán. The Crew took a 2-0 lead into halftime on Zelarayán's penalty-kick goal in the 41st minute. Morris made it 3-0 with an unassisted score in the 53rd minute and Yaw Yeboah capped the scoring when he took a pass from
Douglas Costa made his season debut for the Galaxy, but their rally attempt fell short in a 2-1 loss to the visiting Seattle Sounders on Saturday.