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Napheesa Collier keys late run and helps the Lynx beat the Sparks 73-70

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored eight points in a late 12-0 run and finished with 22 points as the Minnesota Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 73-70 on Thursday night. Collier scored 10 of her points in the fourth quarter as the Lynx (10-12) won despite squandering a 20-point lead and completed a season sweep of Los Angeles (7-14), which matched a franchise record with its seventh straight loss. Rookies Dorka Juhasz and Diamond Miller played key roles in the win. Juhasz scored a career-high 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds. Miller added 13 points, a career-high nine assists and eight rebounds. Nneka Ogwumike led the Sparks with 19 points. Lexie Brown, back in the lineup after missing more than a month, scored 13 points off the bench. SUN 82, DREAM 71UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Natisha Hiedeman scored 20 of her career-high 24 points in the third quarter, Alyssa Thomas had 12 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Connecticut snapped Atlanta’s...

British Open Scores

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

ThursdayAt Old GreenwoodTruckee, Calif.Purse: $3.8 millionYardage: 7,480; Par: 71First RoundSeung-Yul Noh, South Korea30-32—62Alexander Levy, France33-30—63Beau Hossler, United States31-33—64Ryan Gerard, United States33-31—64Patrick Rodgers, United States32-32—64Maximilian Kieffer, Germany31-34—65Carson Young, United States32-33—65Brent Grant, United States31-34—65Nathan Kimsey, England34-31—65Martin Laird, Scotland32-33—65Kyle Westmoreland, United States32-33—65James Hahn, United States34-32—66James Morrison, England35-31—66Wesley Bryan, United States34-32—66Chesson Hadley, United States32-34—66Troy Merritt, United States32-34—66Vincent Norrman, Sweden33-33—66Carl Yuan, China32-35—67Julien Guerrier, France32-35—67Charles Porter, United States35-32—67Marcus Armitage, England31-36—67Sean Crocker, United States32-35—67Joel Dahmen, United States31-36—67J.J. Spaun, United States34-33—67Ryan Brehm, United States35-32—67Kevin Chappell, United States34-33—67Henrik Norlander, Sweden34-33—67...

British Open Par Scores

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

ThursdayAt Old GreenwoodTruckee, Calif.Purse: $3.8 millionYardage: 7,480; Par: 71First RoundSeung-Yul Noh, South Korea30-32—62-9Alexander Levy, France33-30—63-8Beau Hossler, United States31-33—64-7Ryan Gerard, United States33-31—64-7Patrick Rodgers, United States32-32—64-7Maximilian Kieffer, Germany31-34—65-6Carson Young, United States32-33—65-6Brent Grant, United States31-34—65-6Nathan Kimsey, England34-31—65-6Martin Laird, Scotland32-33—65-6Kyle Westmoreland, United States32-33—65-6James Hahn, United States34-32—66-5James Morrison, England35-31—66-5Wesley Bryan, United States34-32—66-5Chesson Hadley, United States32-34—66-5Troy Merritt, United States32-34—66-5Vincent Norrman, Sweden33-33—66-5Carl Yuan, China32-35—67-4Julien Guerrier, France32-35—67-4Charles Porter, United States35-32—67-4Marcus Armitage, England31-36—67-4Sean Crocker, United States32-35—67-4Joel Dahmen, United States31-36—67-4J.J. Spaun, United States34-33—67-4Ryan Brehm, United States35-32—67-4Kevin Chappell, Uni...

Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational Par Scores

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

ThursdayAt Midland Country ClubMidland, Mich.Purse: $2.7 millionYardage: 6,277; Par: 70Second RoundP.Reto/A.Lewis65-61—126-14J.Ewart Shadoff/E.Talley67-60—127-13M.Castren/K.Tan64-63—127-13C.Boutier/Y.Saso65-63—128-12C.Borge/P.Mack65-64—129-11C.Knight/E.Szokol69-61—130-10L.Strom/L.Johansson66-64—130-10S.Schmelzel/L.Weaver-Wright67-63—130-10Y.Liu/R.Liu66-65—131-9C.Inglis/A.Doherty67-65—132-8M.Lee/J.Lee569-63—132-8S.Lewis/M.Fassi68-64—132-8A.Belac/B.Pagdanganan70-63—133-7H.Ryu/Y.Hong68-65—133-7J.Chang/K.Chung68-65—133-7M.Khang/A.Lee70-63—133-7S.Kemp/A.Sharp69-64—133-7Y.Noh/S.Joo68-65—133-7D.Weber/A.Pano68-66—134-6J.Granada/S.Garcia67-67—134-6J.Suwannapura/C.Clanton70-64—134-6A.Pancake/S.Grewal71-64—135-5H.Kang/T.Chan71-64—135-5J.Ly/K.Dinh71-64—135-5P.Roussin/P.Lindberg72-63—135-5S.Schubert/H.Harford69-66—135-5W.Meechai/P.Yoktuan70-65—135-5Y.Liu/M.He72-63—135-5M.Szeryk/L.Hartlage73-63—136-4P.Anannarukarn/A.Ashok70-66—136-4P.Chien/Y.Hou70-66—136-4P.Phatlum/D.Ardina71-65—136-4C.Kerr/K.McP...

Collier and rookies Juhasz and Miller power Lynx to 73-70 win and series sweep of Sparks

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Napheesa Collier scored eight points in a late 12-0 run and finished with 22 points as the Minnesota Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 73-70 on Thursday night.Collier scored 10 of her points in the fourth quarter as the Lynx (10-12) won despite squandering a 20-point lead, completing a season sweep of Los Angeles (7-14), which matched a franchise record with its seventh straight loss.Rookies Dorka Juhasz and Diamond Miller played key roles in the win. Juhasz scored a career-high 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds. Miller added 13 points, a career-high nine assists and eight rebounds.Los Angeles went on a 9-0 run and led 68-61 with four minutes left. Collier countered with a putback, a pair of layups and a short turnaround jumper and her teammates added four free throws as Minnesota took a 73-68 lead with 42 seconds remaining.Jordin Canada ended the Sparks’ scoring drought as Los Angeles closed within three points and, after a Minnesota...

Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational Scores

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

ThursdayAt Midland Country ClubMidland, Mich.Purse: $2.7 millionYardage: 6,277; Par: 70Second RoundP.Reto/A.Lewis65-61—126J.Ewart Shadoff/E.Talley67-60—127M.Castren/K.Tan64-63—127C.Boutier/Y.Saso65-63—128C.Borge/P.Mack65-64—129C.Knight/E.Szokol69-61—130L.Strom/L.Johansson66-64—130S.Schmelzel/L.Weaver-Wright67-63—130Y.Liu/R.Liu66-65—131C.Inglis/A.Doherty67-65—132M.Lee/J.Lee569-63—132S.Lewis/M.Fassi68-64—132A.Belac/B.Pagdanganan70-63—133H.Ryu/Y.Hong68-65—133J.Chang/K.Chung68-65—133M.Khang/A.Lee70-63—133S.Kemp/A.Sharp69-64—133Y.Noh/S.Joo68-65—133D.Weber/A.Pano68-66—134J.Granada/S.Garcia67-67—134J.Suwannapura/C.Clanton70-64—134A.Pancake/S.Grewal71-64—135H.Kang/T.Chan71-64—135J.Ly/K.Dinh71-64—135P.Roussin/P.Lindberg72-63—135S.Schubert/H.Harford69-66—135W.Meechai/P.Yoktuan70-65—135Y.Liu/M.He72-63—135M.Szeryk/L.Hartlage73-63—136P.Anannarukarn/A.Ashok70-66—136P.Chien/Y.Hou70-66—136P.Phatlum/D.Ardina71-65—136C.Kerr/K.McPherson73-64—137C.Kim/L.Duncan68-69—137D.Darquea/K.Davidson71-66—137H.Gre...

S.Y. Noh eagles all 3 par 5s to take the 1st-round lead in the Barracuda Championship

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — S.Y. Noh eagled all three par-5 holes and scored a tournament-record 23 points Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Barracuda Championship at Tahoe Mountain Club.Co-sanctioned by the European tour, the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring system, with Noh breaking the event round mark of 18 points. Five points are awarded for eagle and two for birdie, while a point is deducted for bogey and three for double bogey.“It’s first time ever make three eagles,” Noh said. “It’s just so much fun to play today.”The 32-year-old South Korean player also had five birdies and two bogeys on the par-71 Old Greenwood layout. He won the 2014 Zurich Classic of New Orleans for his lone PGA Tour title.“It’s just the first day, but still a lot of confidence,” Noh said.Beau Hossler was second with 17 points. He had a hole-in-one on the par-3 third and an eagle on the par-5 sixth on his final nine. “I was kind of in between clubs,” Hossler said about the ace. “I th...

Annette O’Malley, the wife of former Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley, has died at age 81

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Annette O’Malley, who helped her husband Peter O’Malley promote baseball globally during his family’s ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. She was 81.She died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles, the Dodgers announced on Thursday after being informed by Peter O’Malley’s assistant.Peter O’Malley was president of the Dodgers from 1970 to 1998 and took over ownership of the team upon the death of his father, Walter, in 1979.Annette regularly attended spring training with her family at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida, where she spent time with the players, their wives and children.She made many trips abroad with her husband to support the sport, including visiting Japan over 25 times. Among their destinations were Canada, China, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan and Venezuela. In 1984, South Korea Baseball Commissioner General Jyong Chul-Suh invited Annette to throw the ceremonial first pitch...

Prince George’s Co. man who shot and killed popular Md. boxer sentenced to 80 years in prison

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

Legal office of lawyers, justice and law concept(Getty Images/iStockphoto/William_Potter) Legal office of lawyers, justice and law concept(Getty Images/iStockphoto/William_Potter) The man who shot and killed a popular Maryland boxer in front of his family on Christmas Eve in 2021 was sentenced to 80 years behind bars Thursday afternoon.Markell Lewis, 25, of Clinton, Maryland, admitted to police that he shot Danny Kelly Jr., in what prosecutors said was a road rage incident.The shooting happened on Saint Barnabas Road in Prince George’s County, Maryland. That’s where prosecutors said Kelly asked Lewis to slow down. He was driving with his fiancee and three children at the time.Lewis then opened fire, sh...

CIA chief: Russia’s elite are questioning Putin’s judgment

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:23:51 GMT

ASPEN, Colo. — Russia’s elite are showing increasing anxiety about President Vladimir Putin’s judgment, especially following a brief mutiny that appeared to catch the Kremlin off guard last month, CIA Director William Burns said Thursday.The U.S. spy agency is trying to seize on that and other seeming cracks in Putin’s control, which the mutiny exposed, Burns added. A CIA video that has sought to recruit Russian informants was viewed some 2.5 million times in its first week.“What it resurrected was some deeper questions … about Putin’s judgment, about his relative detachment from events and even about his indecisiveness,” Burns said in an appearance at the Aspen Security Forum.The daylong mutiny, led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the mercenary Wagner Group, was aimed mainly at Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and top Russian Gen. Valery Gerasimov, Burns said. Prigozhin had been publicly critical of such officials, and he has insisted he wasn’t targeting Putin.But that Wagn...