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Red Sox (offseason) notebook: Betts bets on Bauer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

Mookie Betts announced himself as an unexpected advocate for former Dodgers teammate, Trevor Bauer, to get another chance in Major League Baseball.“My experience with Bauer is not anything remotely close to what everyone else’s experience is. I love him, I think he’s an awesome guy. The personal things? I have no control,” the former Red Sox star told the LA Times while at the World Series filming content for the league. “He’s an awesome pitcher. He’s a great guy.”Betts and Bauer were teammates on the Dodgers in 2021, after Bauer signed a three-year, $102 million contract. That June, a San Diego woman sought an order of protection against Bauer, and alleged that he’d committed sexual battery against her on two occasions. MLB placed him on administrative leave – and extended said leave nine times – as they investigated.In April 2022, the league handed down an unprecedented 324-game suspension, more than twice the length of the previous record, under their Joint Domestic Violenc...

MIAA statewide boys soccer tournament pairings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

DIVISION 1SEEDS: 1. Concord-Carlisle (15-0-1); 2. Needham (14-2-2); 3. Acton-Boxborough (12-1-3); 4. St. John’s Prep (14-1-2); 5. Weymouth (12-3-4); 6. Brookline (11-6-1); 7. Newton North (8-5-5); 8. Newton South (8-4-5); 9. Lowell (16-3-1); 10. Franklin (13-0-5); 11. Winchester (13-1-2); 12. Brockton (11-3-2); 13. Framingham (9-7-2); 14. Natick (6-7-3); 15. Boston College High (10-5-3); 16. Leominster (11-4-3); 17. Lincoln-Sudbury (6-5-5); 18. Braintree (9-5-4); 19. Cambridge Rindge & Latin (8-7-1); 20. Ludlow (15-1-2); 21. Somerville (15-2-1); 22. North Andover (11-3-4); 23. Attleboro (13-1-4); 24. Shrewsbury (9-7-2); 25. Beverly (11-5-2); 26. Saint John’s (9-7-2); 27. Algonquin (9-7-2); 28. Barnstable (10-3-5); 29. Westford Academy (7-9-0); 30. Belmont (10-5-4); 31. Lexington (8-4-7); 32. Peabody Veterans (8-3-5); 33. Durfee (9-3-4); 34. Plymouth North (12-2-4); 35. Medford (11-6-1); 36. Boston Latin (7-7-4); 37. King Philip Regional (8-5-5); 38. New Bedford (6-5-...

Cher to headline 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

Joseph Wilkinson | New York Daily NewsNEW YORK — Cher will come out of “retirement” to perform in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, appearing in the lineup just before the only star big enough to have the “Believe” singer as an opener: Santa Claus.The Grammy-, Emmy- and Oscar-winner will perform at the end of the 2023 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan, thrilling the audience before the man of the hour closes the festivities.Timing will be perfect for the 77-year-old superstar, who just released her first new album in five years, “Christmas.” She’s also expected to drop a 25th anniversary edition of 1998’s “Believe” on Friday.This year’s parade will begin 30 minutes earlier than usual, at 8:30 a.m., to accommodate a packed schedule of performers and celebrities, Macy’s announced Wednesday.“Our talented team of Macy’s Studios artisans and production specialists work year-round to deliver the nation’s most beloved holiday event, live on Thanksgiving morning,” parade...

Callahan: Could Bill Belichick coach the Washington Commanders next season?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

Sure, it’s hard to picture.Bill Belichick pacing another sideline in another team’s colors, sneering and snorting at another team’s press conferences after 24 years in New England.Then again, so was a 2-6 start to this season.And a sub.-500 record for Belichick over a three-and-a half-year span.And a Belichick-coached team ever sitting last in the AFC, having committed the second-most penalties in the league with the NFL’s third-worst turnover margin.Yet, here we are.The Patriots are a bad football team. Their roster is starved for blue-chip talent and a quarterback of the future. Belichick hand-picked every person in his locker room, front office and coaching ranks. He is responsible for everything.If the Pats continue charging toward a 4-13 or 5-12 finish, it only reasons the door could swing open for Belichick to leave this January. Few NFL coaches or GMs survive a four-year run with a 45% winning percentage, let alone when that person is one and the same....

Bob Knight, legendary former Indiana University basketball coach, dies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

(WXIN/WTTV) — Legendary former Indiana University men's basketball coach Bob Knight has died at the age of 83, his family announced Wednesday on his website."It is with heavy hearts that we share that Coach Bob Knight passed away at his home in Bloomington surrounded by his family," the post read. "We are grateful for all the thoughts and prayers, and appreciate the continued respect for our privacy as Coach requested a private family gathering, which is being honored.  We will continue to celebrate his life and remember him, today and forever as a beloved Husband, Father, Coach, and Friend." New details revealed in Matthew Perry’s death; cause not yet determined According to the family, in lieu of flowers, people should consider honoring Knight with a memorial contribution to the Alzheimer's Association or Marian University in Indianapolis."Donations to any charity in his name are also appreciated," the family ended their post.Knight was hospitalized in April with an illness, his...

Alex Murdaugh doesn’t want the judge from his murder trial deciding if he gets a new day in court

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh are asking South Carolina’s highest court to prevent the judge who presided over his murder trial from playing a role in the next phase of Murdaugh’s legal odyssey.Lawyers for the disbarred attorney want to block Judge Clifton Newman from hearing Murdaugh’s request for a new trial. They also want the state Supreme Court to remove Newman from an upcoming case prosecuting Murdaugh over a string of financial crimes that prosecutors say he committed as his life spiraled out of control in the years before he killed his wife and son.Wednesday’s request was part of Murdaugh’s appeal of the guilty verdicts and life sentence from his trial last spring.His lawyers said elected Colleton County Clerk of Court Rebecca Hill allegedly tampered with the murder trial jury by asking jurors their opinions on his guilt or innocence before the trial was over, suggesting to them she thought he was guilty an...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has shaken the Timor region of Indonesia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck the Timor region in Indonesia on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.It had a depth of 36.1 kilometers and its epicenter was located 21 kilometers (13 miles) north-northeast of Kupang, Indonesia.Indonesia is a seismically active archipelago of 270 million people that is frequently struck by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.The Associated Press

A stabbing attack that killed 1 woman and wounded 2 men appears to be random, California police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

IONE, Calif. (AP) — A woman was killed and two other people wounded in an apparently random stabbing rampage in a Sierra Nevada foothills community allegedly carried out by a man who was on parole for attempted murder, authorities said.The stabbings occurred Monday at three locations in a neighborhood in the small city of Ione, police Chief John Alfred told reporters Tuesday. Ione is in the foothills of Amador County southeast of Sacramento. All the victims had multiple stab wounds and a knife was recovered, the chief said. There did not appear to be any connection between the victims, and the violence appeared to be random, he said. A 34-year-old man was arrested on a street where two of the attacks occurred. “He’s being held on no bail right now,” Alfred said.It wasn’t immediately clear whether criminal charges had been filed against the suspect or whether he had an attorney who could speak on his behalf. An email to the county district attorney’s office seeking that i...

Biden and the first lady will travel to Maine to mourn with the community after the mass shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to Maine later this week to mourn with the community of Lewiston after 18 people were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in state history, the White House said Wednesday. Thirteen people were injured in the Oct. 25 shootings at a bar and a bowling alley. Biden and first lady Jill Biden will go Friday to pay their respects to the victims, meet with first responders and others and will “grieve with families and community members,” the White House said in a statement. The alleged gunman, Robert Card, 40, was found dead of an apparent suicide after a dayslong manhunt that led officials to cancel school and order residents to stay indoors.Investigators have yet to establish a motive but have increasingly focused on the mental health of Card, who was a firearms instructor. Authorities said this week that Card’s family had brought their concerns about his deteriorating mental health to the local sheriff five months before the deadl...

Brazil to militarize key airports, ports and international borders in crackdown on organized crime

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:17:31 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he is sending the armed forces to boost security at some of the country’s most important airports, ports and international borders as part of a renewed effort to tackle organized crime in Latin America’s largest nation.The decision comes days after members of a criminal gang set fire to dozens of buses in Rio de Janeiro, apparently in retaliation for the police slaying their leader’s nephew.“We have reached a very serious situation,” Lula said at a press conference in Brasilia after signing the decree. “So we have made the decision to have the federal government participate actively, with all its potential, to help state governments, and Brazil itself, to get rid of organized crime.”Brazil will mobilize 3,600 members of the army, navy and air force to increase patrols and monitor the international airports in Rio and Sao Paulo, as well as two maritime ports in Rio an...