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San Jose mayors making pitch for Major League Baseball team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

SAN JOSE — Five of San Jose’s mayors sent Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred a letter last week, asking MLB to permanently suspend territorial rights and create an avenue for the city to get an expansion team.In a letter dated June 15 and obtained by this news organization Friday night, current San Jose mayor Matt Mahan and four former mayors — Sam Liccardo, Chuck Reed, Ron Gonzales and Tom McEnery — called on baseball to allow for Santa Clara County to be freed from being considered as the territory of the San Francisco Giants.“San Jose and Silicon Valley present a unique market opportunity for an expansion MLB team or existing club. We must disabuse those who might conflate San Jose with our smaller neighbor to the north, San Francisco,” the letter reads.The letter was sent on the same day that Nevada governor Joe Lombardo signed a bill that will grant $380 million in public financing to help the Oakland A’s build a new stadium on the Las Vegas Strip.The A’s had ...

Rafael Devers hits a 2-run homer as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer and Brayan Bello pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning, helping the Boston Red Sox beat the sloppy Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday night.Boston struck out 17 times and finished with just four hits, but it made the most of costly errors on shortstop Elvis Andrus and second baseman Tim Anderson. The Red Sox won for the seventh time in nine games, bouncing back after two straight losses at Minnesota.Bello (5-4) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one in 6 2/3 innings. The right-hander improved to 2-1 with a 2.36 ERA in four June starts.Nick Pivetta finished the seventh and Chris Martin got three outs before Kenley Jansen worked the ninth for his 16th save.Eloy Jiménez had three hits for Chicago, which lost for the ninth time in 12 games. Lucas Giolito (5-5) struck out a season-high 10 in six sharp innings.Still working through some right shoulder soreness, Anderson got the start at second base. It was the All-Star shortst...

NHRA New England Nationals Qualifying

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

FridayAt Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports ParkNorwalk, OhioFirst RoundTop Fuel1. Leah Pruett, 3.684 seconds, 333.08 mph; 2. Steve Torrence, 3.688, 332.10; 3. Doug Kalitta, 3.700,330.23; 4. Josh Hart, 3.707, 328.14; 5. Justin Ashley, 3.708, 332.59; 6. Brittany Force, 3.709, 329.75; 7.Clay Millican, 3.737, 329.91; 8. Tony Schumacher, 3.759, 321.50; 9. Spencer Massey, 3.764, 322.96; 10.Mike Bucher, 5.017, 146.88; 11. Austin Prock, 5.932, 146.83; 12. Mike Salinas, 7.295, 76.17; 13. DanMercier, 8.145, 87.21; 14. Antron Brown, 8.295, 73.89; 15. Shawn Langdon, 8.606, 81.20; 16. T.J. Zizzo,9.582, 78.54. Not Qualified: 17. Kyle Wurtzel, 11.543, 37.76; 18. Doug Foley, 11.634, 86.70.Funny Car1. Ron Capps, Toyota Supra, 3.898, 331.28; 2. Alexis DeJoria, Supra, 3.901, 331.20; 3. Matt Hagan, DodgeCharger, 3.905, 328.70; 4. Bob Tasca III, Ford Mustang, 3.909, 327.27; 5. Chad Green, Mustang, 3.922,327.74; 6. Cruz Pedregon, Charger, 3.932, 320.74; 7. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, 3.941, 321.96; 8. J.R....

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Rackley Roofing 200 Results

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

FridayAt Nashville SuperspeedwayLebanon, Tenn.Lap length: 1.33 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (7) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 150 laps, 56 points.2. (8) Zane Smith, Ford, 150, 52.3. (1) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 150, 43.4. (4) Corey Heim, Toyota, 150, 49.5. (2) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 150, 44.6. (12) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 150, 31.7. (15) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 150, 40.8. (17) Tyler Ankrum, Toyota, 150, 39.9. (16) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 150, 34.10. (21) Jake Garcia, Chevrolet, 150, 27.11. (5) Tanner Gray, Toyota, 150, 33.12. (24) Jake Drew, Ford, 150, 27.13. (6) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 150, 27.14. (10) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 150, 24.15. (23) Matt Crafton, Ford, 150, 22.16. (22) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 150, 21.17. (28) Toni Breidinger, Toyota, 150, 20.18. (18) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 150, 19.19. (29) Nick Leitz, Chevrolet, 149, 18.20. (32) Mason Maggio, Ford, 149, 17.21. (34) Cory Roper, Ford, 148, 16.22. (9) Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 148, 15.23. (14) Christian Eckes, Chevro...

De La Cruz goes for cycle and Votto hits 2 clutch homers as streaking Reds stop Braves 11-10

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Dazzling rookie Elly De La Cruz hit for the cycle, Joey Votto launched tying and go-ahead homers and the Cincinnati Reds extended their winning streak to 12 games Friday night with an 11-10 victory over the Atlanta Braves.In a wild matchup of National League division leaders, Cincinnati erased an early 5-0 deficit and halted Atlanta’s eight-game winning streak. The Reds’ winning streak is tied for the second-best in franchise history, matching the 1939 and 1957 teams for the club’s longest since 1900.De La Cruz became the first Cincinnati player in 34 years to hit for the cycle. He completed it by the sixth inning with a triple that gave him four RBIs.The cycle was the seventh in team history, fifth since 1900 and first since Eric Davis accomplished the feat against San Diego on June 2, 1989.Many in the sellout crowd of 43,086 at Great American Ball Park chanted “Elly! Elly!” The big turnout came two months after a record low for attendance ...

Walker and Turner lead the Phillies past the struggling Mets 5-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Taijuan Walker pitched six strong innings, Trea Turner had a pair of RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage of two defensive miscues by the New York Mets in a 5-1 victory Friday night.Brandon Marsh had three hits, a double and an RBI for Philadelphia, which has won seven of nine. “We’re playing really well,” Philadelphia manager Rob Thomson said. “We just need to keep it going.”Bryce Harper also drove in a run for the Phillies before getting ejected in the seventh inning for arguing with home plate umpire Mike Estabrook after a called third strike. Brandon Nimmo homered for the struggling Mets, who have lost three in a row and 14 of 18 to fall farther back in the playoff race. New York dropped to 34-41.“It wasn’t a good offensive night for us,” manager Buck Showalter said after the Mets had three hits.Walker (8-3), who pitched for the Mets the last two seasons before signing a four-year, $72 million deal with Philadelphia last offseason, ga...

Langeliers hits game-winning HR in 9th as A’s beat Blue Jays 5-4 to end 8-game skid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Shea Langeliers hit a tiebreaking home run in the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Friday night to snap an eight-game losing streak.Langeliers hit his ninth home run off Blue Jays closer Jordan Romano (3-3) as Toronto lost the opener of a three-game series against the team with the worst record in the majors.Langeliers went 2 for 4 with two RBIs as the Athletics (20-58) became the last big league team to reach 20 wins and avoided falling 40 games below .500.Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run home run, his first of the season at his home ballpark, but Toronto didn’t score again after his third-inning drive.Lucas Erceg (2-0) struck out all three batters he faced to earn the win, and Trevor May pitched around Guerrero’s leadoff double in the ninth for his fourth save in six chances as Oakland won for the first time since June 13 against Tampa Bay. That win over the Rays was the last in a seven-game streak for t...

Former NBA star to open soul food restaurant in Five Points

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — An NBA legend is bringing a new soul food restaurant to the Five Points neighborhood, and the location was announced on Thursday afternoon.The building at the corner of the 2600 block of Welton Street is empty now, but soon it will be transformed into Fixins Soul Kitchen. Kevin Johnson, the former NBA player who was previously mayor of Sacramento, California, is the owner and operator."We feel so honored to be a part of this community," Johnson said at a private event announcing the new restaurant. "I been coming to Denver since about 35 years ago, in 1988, when I played for the Phoenix Suns."Johnson started the small chain that now has locations in Sacramento, Los Angeles and Tulsa, Oklahoma. His fourth location and newest venture will be in Denver, with a goal of continued expansion. Talking mind, body and soul food with Chef Cool Dre The move has been a year in the making thanks to Denver Mayor Michael Hancock. The two have a decade-old friendship, and Hancock s...

3 people rescued in Aurora's rising waters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Aurora Fire Rescue crews managed to get three people trapped in rising waters to safety Friday. The first rescue involved one person trapped in a car off Hudson Road after 1 p.m. The driver of that vehicle was brought to safety and not injured. Two people trapped on 56th Avenue, just East of E-470, were rescued with the help of Aurora Fire's Swiftwater Rescue, and Technical Rescue Team. AFR said there were six large pipes that flow water from Boxelder Creek under 56th Avenue and crews were concerned about the potential of rescuers and victims being swept under the road. Highlands Ranch tornado captured on video by home camera struck by ferocious winds Pairs of rescuers got to the car while supporting each other against the rapidly moving water to get the people out and bring them to safety. Other crew members were downstream to help in case anyone got swept up. The two victims in the second rescue were also uninjured. Members from Bennett and South Metro fire depa...

Poll shows more Americans support legal abortions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A new poll taken last week showed more Americans support legal abortions following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade last year.According to the Gallup poll, nearly 70% of Americans say abortion should generally be legal in the first three months of pregnancy. Gallup said that is a record high with the most support since it started the survey 27 years ago.At the same time, it also showed more people identify as pro-life than last year. Wyoming’s first-in-the-nation abortion pill ban blocked before it takes effect Nicole Hunt with Focus on the Family spoke with "Colorado Point View" on the poll results. "Most Americans are somewhere in the middle and they certainly don’t embrace that kind of extreme abortion positioning. Unfortunately, that is the position here in Colorado," Hunt said. "That’s why a lot of women come here for their late-term abortions but I think as long as the abortion lobby is going to continue to push for abortion on demand for a...