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San Francisco native Devin Haney wins WBC belt in front of hometown crowd

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Devin Haney beat Regis Prograis by unanimous decision in his division debut to win the WBC super welterweight title in his hometown on Saturday night.Haney (31-0) remained unbeaten with a slow but dominant victory over Prograis in front of a sellout crowd at Chase Center in San Francisco, home of the Golden State Warriors.All three judges scored the bout 120-107 in Haney’s favor. Prograis (29-2) lost for the first time since October 2019.“It’s a dream come true,” Haney said. “I knew I had him hurt a few times. I went in there and was real disciplined. I made it as easy as possible.”It was Haney’s first fight as a super welterweight after dominating as the undisputed lightweight crown. Haney made the decision to move up after having trouble making weight at lightweight.Now as a two-division champion, Haney is eyeing a third title.“I want to talk to my dad and see what’s next,” Haney said. “I want to do a fight at 147 but there’s a lot of fights at 140.”The San Fr...

Parrish’s layup with 10.4 seconds left lifts No. 25 Aztecs to 63-62 win over UC Irvine

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Micah Parrish made a layup with 10.4 seconds left for No. 25 San Diego State, which blew a 16-point lead before rallying to beat scrappy UC Irvine 63-62 on Saturday night. Darrion Trammell missed a 3-pointer, Jay Pal rebounded and fed Parrish, who made the bucket and drew a foul. He missed the free throw, UC Irvine rebounded and Justin Hohn missed a 3-pointer with about four seconds left. The Aztecs (8-2) were playing without leading scorer Jaedon LeDee and went nearly 14 minutes without a field goal as they watched their lead shrink and then disappear.Hohn banked in a 3-pointer with 58.4 seconds left for a 62-57 lead but missed two free throws with 41.5 seconds to go. Pal made a free throw and Trammell hit a 3-pointer with 30.5 seconds to pull the Aztecs within one before Parrish’s winning shot. Pal scored 15 points off the bench while Parrish had 14, Reese Waters 11 and Trammell 10.Hohn had 16 and Derin Saran 14 for UC Irvine (6-4), which lost its third stra...

Turner and Hayes combine for 46 points to help San Diego rally to an 89-84 win over Arizona State

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Deuce Turner and PJ Hayes each made five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points apiece as San Diego rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half to beat Arizona State 89-84 on Saturday night. Turner scored five points during a 13-0 run that gave San Diego a 78-71 lead with 3:44 remaining. Arizona State answered with a 12-5 spurt to tie it at 83-all. Jamiya Neal made a pair of 3-pointers for the Sun Devils during the stretch. The Toreros then made 4 of 6 free throws and Kevin Patton Jr. scored on a second-chance layup to end it. Turner and Hayes combined for 15-of-30 shooting from the field and 10 of 20 from long range. Wayne McKinney III added 15 points and Steven Jamerson II had 10 for San Diego (7-4). Neal scored 20 points to lead Arizona State (6-3), which had a four-game win streak end. Jose Perez, Frankie Collins and Brycen Long each added 15 points. Alonzo Gaffney scored 11. Arizona State took the lead about four minutes into the game, led 36-28 at half...

Washington rallies in second half and tops No. 7 Gonzaga 78-73. Snaps 7-game losing streak to Zags

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Keion Brooks Jr. scored 17 points, Sahvir Wheeler added 16 and Washington rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to beat No. 7 Gonzaga 78-73 on Saturday night.The Huskies (6-3) snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Bulldogs and picked up their first win over their in-state foe since a 99-95 win in 2005, also in Seattle. It was also Washington’s first win over a top 10 opponent since beating Arizona in the 2017-18 season.Wheeler was responsible for some of the biggest shots in Washington’s rally, but he had plenty of help. Brooks added eight rebounds and made four key free throws in the final minute. Moses Wood added 12 points and Koren Johnson scored 11 off the bench. Franck Kepnang also had a big game controlling the paint with 14 points, seven rebounds five blocked shots for Washington.Graham Ike led Gonzaga (7-2) with 18 points and Nolan Hickman scored 17. But Washington was able to slow down Hickman after he scored 15 in the first half, and Gonzaga...

Tripulaciones buscan sobrevivientes y examinan los daños después de que los tornados dejen al menos 6 muertos en Tennessee

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

(CNN) —  Las cuadrillas están buscando sobrevivientes y examinando los daños después de que tornados y fuertes tormentas azotaran Tennessee, volcando autos, destrozando edificios y dejando al menos seis personas muertas.Al menos tres personas murieron, incluido un niño, después de que un aparente tornado azotara el área de Clarksville en el condado de Montgomery en el norte de Tennessee, dijeron funcionarios este sábado por la noche.El condado de Montgomery se encontraba en una fase de “búsqueda y rescate” este sábado por la noche después de que casi dos docenas de personas fueran tratadas por heridas en un hospital, dijeron las autoridades.Las imágenes obtenidas por CNN muestran lo que parece ser un tornado atravesando una carretera de Clarksville, arrojando escombros al aire y provocando cables eléctricos mientras arrasaba el área.Después de la tormenta, los automóviles quedaron tirados sobre sus techos mientras los árboles caídos y los escombros cubrían las carreteras. Las ...

Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton’s star on the rise after an impressive In-Season Tournament showing

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton just wants to win.He doesn’t care about his stats, he doesn’t want to be put in any conversations regarding All-Star teams, and he certainly isn’t interested in talks about being an MVP candidate.He just wants to win.And while it may not have happened Saturday night, when the Los Angeles Lakers beat Indiana 123-109 in the inaugural In-Season Tournament championship game, the rest of the league should be on notice about Haliburton and Pacers.“I think last year we snuck up on teams, teams didn’t really know what to expect,” said Haliburton, who had 20 points and 11 assists. “But I think now when you play the Pacers you know what to expect. … Obviously, people didn’t expect us to get here, the championship game, but I think teams are prepared for us.”Indiana gets back to the regular season Monday night with the league’s No. 1 offense, which is averaging 128.4 points, led by Haliburton who is averaging 26.9 points, 4.2 ...

Kucherov scores 2, lifts Lightning to 4-3 win over Kraken in OT

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Nikita Kucherov scored his second goal of the game 3:12 into overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 win against the reeling Seattle Kraken on Saturday night.Anthony Cirelli had a goal and an assist, and Nicholas Paul also scored for the Lightning, who have won three of four since a four-game skid. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves.Oliver Bjorkstrand, Jamie Oleksiak and Jared McCann scored for Seattle, and Jordan Eberle had two assists. which lost its seventh straight. Philipp Grubauer stopped 12 of 14 shots he faced before leaving after two periods due to a lower body injury. Joey Daccord had five saves the rest of the way.In overtime, Kucherov got a backhanded pass from Brandon Hagel and fired it past Daccord for his NHL-leading 19th of the season. He also had an assist to increase his scoring total to 47 points.The Kraken’s losing streak is tied for the second-longest in the franchise’s three-year history, trailing only a nine-game skid December 2...

Elias Pettersson breaks 3rd-period tie, Canucks hold off Hurricanes 4-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson broke a tie 3:29 of the third period, Thatcher Demko stopped 21 shots and the Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday night.Pettersson also had two assists, Sam Lafferty and Ilya Mikheyev each had a goal and an assist and J.T. Miller also scored. The Canucks improved to 18-9-1 with their second straight victory.Jordan Martinook, Brady Skjei and Stefan Noesen scored for Carolina, and Antti Raanta made 20 saves. The Hurricanes have lost four in a row to fall to 14-12-1.On the deciding goal, Pettersson took a pass from Mikheyev and held off a defender to finish a wraparound.Carolina tied it at 2:10 of the third period when Jack Drury tipped a shot in front of the goal, with the puck hitting the crossbar before falling to an open Noesen.UP NEXTHurricanes: At Ottawa on Tuesday night.Canucks: Host Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhlSource

SeaWorld San Diego takes in cold-stunned sea turtle found stranded in Oregon waters

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Sir Acha the sea turtle was rescued from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon and brought to southern California to warm up after his rescuers learned he was cold-stunned. The Oregon Coast Aquarium rescued the Olive ridley sea turtle on Nov. 19 after receiving calls about a stranded sea turtle at Beachside State Recreational Site near Waldport, Oregon.The sea turtle, named Sir Acha for his "spicy" personality, the aquarium noted, was cold-stunned from the cold waters he was found in. According to NOAA, cold-stunning is when sea turtles become weak and inactive and unable to swim from exposure to cold temperatures, typically when waters are below 50˚F. San Diego Zoo Safari Park works to protect heart of 51-year-old gorilla Sir Acha was getting round-the-clock care at the aquarium and was given warm baths to slowly raise his temperature without shocking his system. SeaWorld San Diego took the "little" guy in on Saturday from the nonprofit Turtles Fly Too, which h...

UN says the Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:05:27 GMT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban must embrace and uphold human rights obligations in Afghanistan, the U.N. mission in the country said Sunday on Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Since seizing power in 2021, the Taliban have erased basic rights and freedoms, with women and girls deeply affected. They are excluded from most public spaces and daily life, and the restrictions have sparked global condemnation.The U.N. mission, highlighting the Taliban’s failures in upholding rights’ obligations, said it continues to document extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment, corporal punishment, arbitrary arrest and detention, and other violations of detainees’ rights.People who speak out in defense of human rights face arbitrary arrest and detention, threats and censorship, the mission said.“We pay tribute to and express our solidarity with Afghan human rights defenders, many of whom are paying a heavy price for seeking to uphol...