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Nets’ Mikal Bridges: ‘I let my team down’ after poor shooting series

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

Mikal Bridges’ deep sigh pierced through the deafening silence wafting about the home locker room as he walked from his locker to the bathroom.He blew it — and he knew it.“I love my guys to death and I told them, that’s on me, I’m sorry I couldn’t come through and just win some games,” he said. “I just wanted to make some shots but I promised them I’ll be better next time.”The Nets thrust Bridges into the No. 1 scoring option role when they acquired him in the deal that sent Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns. After averaging 27 points per game in Brooklyn in the second half of the regular season, the Sixers slowed him down.Bridges shot 43 percent from the field in his four-game playoff series. His only efficient basketball came in the first half of Game 1 before Sixers head coach Doc Rivers game planned against him as the lead scorer.Bridges shot 10-of-16 from the field in the first half of that game. He only got two more sh...

Anthony Volpe’s 2-run homer, DJ LeMahieu’s walk-off single lead Yankees to 3-2 win over the Blue Jays

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

Saturday’s pitching duel between the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole and the Blue Jays’ Alek Manoah lived up to the hype.But after both starters departed, Anthony Volpe and DJ LeMahieu stole the spotlight.Volpe, a 21-year-old rookie, scored the first runs of the game in the eighth inning when he took a Yimi Garcia fastball the other way and over the right field fence at Yankee Stadium. The two-run home run, the second of Volpe’s young career, gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead after Manoah spent most of the afternoon shoving.A curtain call soon followed, though Aaron Boone and bench coach Carlos Mendoza had to prod the reluctant shortstop, who ultimately clapped at the crowd instead of offering a traditional wave or tip of the helmet.“It was pretty crazy. I didn’t really know what was going on, I guess, and I didn’t want to assume to go out or anything like that,” Volpe said with a smile. “I didn’t even know where to go.”Boone said the...

Natick residents to gather Sunday after swastika found near local MBTA stop

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

A rabbi at the Chabad Center of Natick is calling on residents in his town to come together Sunday to find peace after police identified a swastika spray painted near the West Natick MBTA station late Thursday.Rabbi Levi Fogelman is asking residents to gather at 10:30 a.m. at Boden Lane Bridge, near where the swastika appeared. The group will then march to the Chabad Center at 10:45 a.m. for a celebration.“The best way to stop darkness is to double our efforts with light and goodness,” Fogelman wrote in a Facebook post Friday. “We take control of our response with acts of positivity and pride. When negativity sees that all they accomplished was to strengthen us even more, it will lose.”The Natick Police Department is investigating the incident and has increased presence in the area of the commuter rail stop, Fogelman said.One resident took quick action by covering the image up with chalk, writing “Hate has no place here.”Anti-Semitic reported incidents have been on the rise across M...

Dighton-Rehoboth softball ends tough week at 2-2

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

DIGHTON — If ever there was a must-win game in April, Saturday was it for the Dighton-Rehoboth softball team.After a win over Bourne, vacation week was shaping up as a potential disaster for the Falcons with consecutive lopsided losses to South Coast Conference wagons Case and Apponequet. Falcons’ head coach Katie Holmes didn’t want to see her squad lose three in a row and give up ground in the SCC.The Falcons have been stinging the ball so far this spring, then registered a satisfying 3-2 win Saturday over non-league opponent Bishop Feehan using some timely hitting and solid pitching from Hannah Carey and Kylie Hillier. Morgan Corey continued her torrid hitting with a single, double and an RBI for Dighton-Rehoboth while Caleigh Cloonan and Emma Horrocks both knocked in runs for the 6-3 Falcons.The win evened Dighton-Rehoboth’s record to 2-2 for the week and a shot of momentum going forward.“It was a tough schedule for us this week but to end it this way I th...

Celtics continue to emphasize rebounding after ‘lack of effort’ in Game 3

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

ATLANTA — Before Robert Williams walked over to meet reporters at the Celtics’ team hotel on Saturday, Joe Mazzulla apparently had a quick message for him.“Yeah, get a MF’n rebound,” Williams said. “Yeah, get a rebound.”It was further evidence that rebounding remains the Celtics’ No. 1 emphasis as their first-round series against the Hawks continues. The message was as important as ever just hours after their Game 3 loss on Friday night, when the Hawks crushed the Celtics on the glass with a 48-29 rebounding edge.Williams didn’t mince words on why that happened.“Honestly just a team lack of effort,” Williams said. “Can’t really blame it on anything. Rebounding is all effort, all physicality. 50/50 balls, you know, just looking to step that up. …“I feel like they’re putting an emphasis on physicality, which they’ve been beating us this whole series, if you ask me,” Williams added. “And it’s something we’ve been putting an emphasis on.”The Hawks didn’t miss much on Friday – they finis...

Where to watch Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia fight in San Diego

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- It's fight night with Gervonta “Tank” Davis is set to square off against “King” Ryan Garcia in a highly anticipated boxing match.The competition will take place Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be broadcast on Showtime PPV for and streamed on Showtime.com at 5 p.m. PST.For San Diegans looking to get in on the action without paying the hefty pay-per-view price of $84.99, there are several local bars and restaurants that will be showing what some have called "the biggest fight of the year." Here's a list of some places that will be showing the fight right here in San Diego, according to premium event finder Joe Hand Promotions.San Diego-- Tavern At The Beach: Located at 1200 Garnet Ave.-- Dave & Busters: Located at 2931 Camino Del Rio.-- True North Tavern: Located at 3815 30th St.-- Nasons Beer Hall: Located at 550 J St.South Bay-- Slappy's Burgers and Brews: Located at 1105 East Plaza Blvd. in National City.-- 3N1 Sports Bar & Grill: 2330 Pro...

Bud Light exec takes leave after boycott calls, reports say

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The marketing executive who oversaw a partnership between Bud Light and a transgender influencer is taking a leave of absence after it snowballed into cries for boycotts from some angry customers, according to media reports.Alissa Heinerscheid, Bud Light’s vice president of marketing, will be replaced by Todd Allen, most recently global vice president of Budweiser, according to reports from Beer Business Daily and Ad Age.A spokesperson for Bud Light’s parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, on Saturday did not directly confirm the leave of absence but said Allen as vice president of Bud Light will report directly to Benoit Garbe, U.S. chief marketing officer. The company also made streamlining changes so that its most senior marketers are more closely connected to all of its brand activities. The partnership between the blue-emblazoned beer brand and Dylan Mulvaney, who has more than 10.8 million followers on social media, hit the internet on April 1. That’...

Slain Minnesota deputy remembered as ‘definition of a hero’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

GLENWOOD, Minn. (AP) — Loving father and husband. Heroic military veteran. Selfless law enforcement officer. And a distinctive laugh.That’s how Josh Owen, a Minnesota sheriff’s deputy killed on his 44th birthday, was remembered by the thousands of mourners at his funeral Saturday on a cold, clear spring day.Drawn by four horses, his flag-draped casket arrived atop a black caisson in the small city of Glenwood, Minnesota Public Radio News reported. A line of tan-uniformed Pope County deputies raised a final salute alongside first responders, military members, Owen’s wife, 10-year-old son and even his police dog.Owen was fatally shot and two other law enforcement officers were wounded on April 15 while responding to a domestic assault call at a home in the town of Cyrus. The suspect was killed.Owen served in the Army National Guard and deployed overseas twice to Bosnia and Iraq.His platoon leader in Iraq, Lt. Col. John Anderson, said Owen “lived up to the definition of a hero,” ...

Ken Potts, one of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Ken Potts, one of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 102. Howard Kenton Potts died Friday at the home in Provo, Utah, that he shared with his wife of 66 years, according to Randy Stratton, whose late father, Donald Stratton, was Potts’ Arizona shipmate and close friend. Stratton said Potts “had all his marbles” but lately was having a hard time getting out of bed. When Stratton spoke to Potts on his birthday, April 15, he was happy to have made it to 102. “But he knew that his body was kind of shutting down on him, and he was just hoping that he could get better but (it) turned out not,” Stratton said. Potts was born and raised in Honey Bend, Illinois, and enlisted in the Navy in 1939. He was working as a crane operator shuttling supplies to the Arizona the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when the Pearl Harbor attack happened, according to a 2021 article by the Ut...

Fake city Twitter accounts falsely claim Chicago road is closing

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

CHICAGO (WGN-TV) — As Twitter strips away its system for verifying accounts, opportunists are jumping-in and impersonating elected officials and city agencies.An account posing as the Chicago Department of Transportation falsely claimed, “We’re excited to announce that beginning 5/2/23, North DuSable Lake Shore Drive will be closed to private vehicles between Grand and Hollywood. Only buses, delivery vehicles, and emergency vehicles will be allowed. This is a huge step forward!”The tweet was shared more than 180 times and seen by nearly 158,000 people as of noon Friday.  Chicago man killed in hit-and-run on LSD overnight The false claims were then amplified by another fake account posing as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, complete with an official portrait of the mayor.  “My administration is proud to announce the single largest decarbonization effort in the history of Chicago,” the fake account claimed above the untrue news about the closure of one of Chicago’s biggest bouleva...