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Margarita Mota, the wife of Dodgers great Manny Mota and matriarch of a baseball family, dies at 81

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Margarita Mota, the wife of Los Angeles Dodgers great Manny Mota and matriarch of a baseball family, died Saturday. She was 81.She had been in ill health in recent years and died of natural causes at home in the Los Angeles suburb of La Crescenta, according to her son, José, a former major leaguer who works on the team’s Spanish language broadcasts.Manny Mota, who is 85, is major league baseball’s No. 3 career pinch-hitter who won World Series titles with the Dodgers in 1981 and ’88. The Dominican outfielder played parts of 13 seasons from 1969-80 and 1982 with the Dodgers. He served as a coach for the team from 1980-2013 and continued working for the club as a Spanish-language TV broadcaster until 2020.The couple was married for 60 years. They created the Manny Mota International Foundation, a nonprofit that has raised money to build a medical clinic, baseball fields and a school in the Dominican Republic.“I applaud her,” José Mota said. “A woman of the peo...

Sean Nealis scores go-ahead goal in 58th minute, Red Bulls beat DC United 5-3 in 101st meeting

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Omir Fernandez scored two goals in the first half, Sean Nealis had a go-ahead goal in the 58th minute and the New York Red Bulls beat D.C. United 5-3 on a rainy Saturday night to spoil Christian Benteke’s hat-trick.New York (8-12-10) won for just the second time in its last 17 regular-season away matches, with five draws and 10 losses, dating to September 2022. D.C. United (9-13-9) had its four-game unbeaten streak end. United had allowed only one goal over those four games.Benteke’s third goal of the game, and 13th of the year, came on a penalty kick in first-half stoppage time to give D.C. United a 3-2 lead. But New York forward Cameron Harper tied it a 3-all three minutes later.John Tolkin capped the scoring in second-half stoppage time. Carlos Coronel saved four shots for the Red Bulls. Alex Bono finished with three saves in his sixth start of the season for DC United.The Red Bulls travel to play the Chicago Fire next Saturday. DC United travels to play t...

AL West-leading Texas Rangers get 7 scoreless innings from Montgomery in 2-0 win over Mariners

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jordan Montgomery pitched seven scoreless innings, switch-hitting All-Star catcher Jonah Heim drove in yet another run and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Saturday night.The Rangers (86-68) won their fourth game in a row, including the first two games in the crucial series that began with the division rivals tied for the American League’s third and final wild-card spot. Texas took over the AL West lead for the first time in September after winning the series opener and now has a 1 1/2-game lead after Houston lost its second home game in a row to 102-loss Kansas City. Montgomery (10-11), the left-hander acquired from the St. Louis Cardinals at the deadline, struck out six and walked two while scattering five hits. He is 4-2 in his 10 starts for the Rangers. Jose Leclerc and Aroldis Chapman finished off the Rangers’ 12th shutout of the season. Leclerc pitched the eighth and gave up a one-out single in the ninth bef...

King and defense help Georgia Tech beat Wake Forest 30-16 for 1st ACC win

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Haynes King threw a pair of long touchdown passes in the first half while Georgia Tech’s defense racked up eight sacks along with five takeaways to beat Wake Forest 30-16 on Saturday night.The Yellow Jackets’ Kenan Johnson jumped in front of a sideline throw by Mitch Griffis for a critical late interception with 2:18 left, ending a drive by the Demon Deacons for the tying score after trailing 20-3 at halftime. The offense took advantage for the Yellow Jackets (2-2, 1-1 Atlantic Coast Conference), first with King breaking loose for a 35-yard keeper, then with Jamal Haynes breaking free through the middle for a clinching 26-yard scoring run with 1:25 left.King struck with a pair of on-target deep balls for those first-half scores. The first came when he went deep down the left side to freshman Eric Singleton Jr., who had a step on defender Dashawn Jones and hauled in the ball in the end zone at the 4:49 mark of the first quarter.Two drives later,...

Florida A&M extends home win streak to 17, tops Alabama State 23-10

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Moussa threw two first-half touchdowns and Isaiah Major added a 40-yard pick-six in the closing minutes as Florida A&M extended its home win streak to 17 games with a 23-10 win over Alabama State in a Southwestern Conference game Saturday. The Rattlers have won four straight against Alabama State, evening the series at 20-20-2. Their home win streak is the second-longest in the FCS.Moussa hit Marcus Riley from 24-yards out to open scoring in the first quarter, then found Jamari Gassett with a 36-yard touchdown pass with 1:18 left in the half to send the Rattlers (3-1, 2-0) into halftime with a 14-3 advantage.Damon Stewart got the Hornets within a touchdown, hitting Asa Gregg with a 47-yard touchdown pass in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Hornets later missed a 20-yard field goal attempt. Florida A&M’s defense forced two punts, a pick-6 and stopped the Hornets on fourth-down to preserve the victory.Moussa was 25-of-40 pas...

Photos: Largest mural in Colorado gets new design

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- One of the most prominent murals in Denver got a new design and refreshed paint job.The mural on Bannock Street between 14th Ave. and Colfax Ave., titled "Interwoven," was first painted over three years ago by artist Pat Milbery. It faded over the years, so the City and County of Denver commissioned a refresh. Colorado artist unveils sculpture destined for Washington D.C. The canvas, covering two-thirds of an acre, is the largest canvas the city has ever dedicated to street art, and is the largest mural in Colorado, according to the Denver Department of Transportation and Infrastructure."Art brings cities joy," Mayor Mike Johnston said. "Pat Milbery is a visionary artist and social activist whose vibrant mural plants joy in the heart of our city. Every Denverite should visit Bannock Street to see his brilliant mural and enjoy our revived Civic Center Park.”The mural was part of a project that envisions the space near Civic Center Park as a "flexible central plaza ...

20-year-old arrested in deadly City Park West shooting

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The suspect in a shooting that killed a man in the City Park West neighborhood earlier this week was arrested Saturday.Just before 2 a.m. Thursday, the Denver Police Department tweeted about a shooting investigation in the 1100 block of East 16th Avenue. 1 killed, 1 injured in City Park West shooting The case was investigated as a homicide. Investigators said evidence suggested that there was an altercation between the suspect and a man and a woman. The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Jeremiah Brown, produced a firearm and shot both victims, DPD said.Officers said the two victims were taken to the hospital, and the man, identified as Kenneth Watkins, 42, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Brown was being held for investigation of first-degree murder, first-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault, DPD said.

An FBI tactical team rescued a kidnapped 17-year-old from a California motel, source says

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

(CNN) — An FBI special weapons and tactics team stormed a Southern California motel Friday morning, rescuing a kidnapped 17-year-old boy who was being held for ransom, a law enforcement source familiar with the operation told CNN.Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez and Ezequiel Felix López were arrested during the operation in Santa Maria and charged with kidnapping, according to a federal criminal complaint.Kidnapping carries a statutory maximum sentence of life in prison, according to a statement from the US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.No shots were fired in the arrests, the source said.CNN is attempting to locate attorneys for the defendants via court records and the US Attorney’s office and has sought comment from the FBI.Alleged abduction caught on cameraThe criminal complaint alleges that last Monday, someone in Highland, California, heard a loud bang outside their home and then reviewed their Ring camera foota...

Suspect arrested in connection with shooting inside Gardner liquor store

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

A suspect is in custody in connection with a shooting inside a liquor store in Gardner on Saturday night that left a man hospitalized, officials said.Officers responding to a reported shooting inside Gardner Spirits on East Broadway found a man suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Gardner police.The man was taken to UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester with serious injuries.Soon after, a suspect was arrested. Their name has not been released.The store could be seen blocked off with crime scene tape late Saturday night with a police cruiser parked outside.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

John Means flirts with another no-hitter to help Orioles beat Guardians, 2-1, ending 3-game skid: ‘Exactly what we needed’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:40:12 GMT

John Means threw his signature changeup, then grimaced and dropped his head. He knew immediately that his pursuit of a second no-hitter, just like the ball off Andrés Giménez’s bat, was gone.The two-out home run in the seventh inning marked the first hit Means allowed in his third start back with the Orioles after last year’s Tommy John elbow reconstruction, and it provided the only run the Cleveland Guardians scored in Baltimore’s 2-1 victory.Means’ pitch count likely would have prevented him from finishing the feat, as he did May 5, 2021, against the Seattle Mariners for the Orioles’ first solo no-hitter since 1969. Saturday’s start marked Means’ longest since that game, as well as the club’s deepest no-hit bid since.“I’m going until [manager Brandon Hyde] tells me no,” Means said. “I was ready to go the whole time.”He followed Giménez’s home run, on his season-high 89th pitch, by in...