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Eberle scores 2 as Kraken outshine Stars 6-3, send series to deciding Game 7

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — For their first venture into the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Seattle Kraken are giving their fans quite the exciting, yet stressful experience. Two playoff series. And now, a second Game 7. “That’s all you can ask for These games are what makes playoff hockey fun,” Seattle’s Jordan Eberle said. Eberle scored twice, Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists, and the Kraken beat the Dallas Stars 6-3 on Saturday night to force a deciding Game 7 in their Western Conference semifinal series.Tolvanen’s goal in the opening minutes of the second period gave Seattle a 3-1 lead. Rookie Tye Kartye scored his third of the playoffs beating Jake Oettinger with a wrist shot less than three minutes later, and the Kraken withstood several pushes by the Stars to send the series back to Texas.“We were ready tonight. I feel like last couple games they’ve been maybe the ready team at the start,” Tolvanen said. “That was the big key today. All four lines were ready to play.” Matty Benie...

Rookie Fletcher stays hot with homer, triple as D-backs beat Giants 7-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Rookie Dominic Fletcher hit a two-run homer and a go-ahead, bases-clearing triple for five RBIs, Zac Gallen pitched 7 2/3 strong innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2 on Saturday night.Fletcher has been swinging a hot bat since being called up for his first big-league action in late April, hitting .457 in 35 at-bats. He hit his first MLB homer on Friday and followed that up with a clutch triple in the sixth inning on Saturday, ripping a line drive into the right-center gap that scored Josh Rojas, Ketel Marte and Christian Walker and pushed the D-backs up 4-1.That was enough run support for Gallen (6-1), who continues to be one of the best pitchers in the National League. The right-hander gave up two runs on five hits, striking out six and walking two. He now has a 2.35 ERA.Fletcher added a two-run homer in the eighth, which just cleared the right field wall over a leaping Michael Conforto. The umpires initially ruled that it didn’...

McGuire rallies Orlando City to 2-2 draw with Crew

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Duncan McGuire scored in the second minute of stoppage time to rally Orlando City to a 2-2 draw with the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.Neither team scored until Darlington Nagbe took passes from Alexandru Matan and Cucho Hernández and found the net in the 39th minute for his first goal of the season for Columbus (4-4-3).The Crew took a 2-0 lead into halftime after Jacen Russell-Rowe scored in the second minute of stoppage time. Mohamed Farsi and Hernández had assists on Russell-Rowe’s second goal of the season.Ercan Kara pulled Orlando City (4-4-3) within a goal just four minutes into the second half when he scored for a second time this season. Facundo Torres picked up an assist. McGuire’s fourth goal of the season and his third in the last four matches was unassisted.Orlando City improves to 7-1-1 in its last nine match-ups with the Crew. Columbus saw a 10-match unbeaten streak at home end last week in a 2-1 loss to Inter Miami. The Crew had adv...

Mother of Honduran migrant teen who died in US custody says he had epilepsy but wasn’t seriously ill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old Honduran migrant who died in U.S. custody said Saturday her son had epilepsy but showed no signs of being seriously ill before he left for the United States. The death of Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza at a holding center in Safety Harbor, Florida, on Wednesday underscored concerns about a strained immigration system as the Biden administration ends asylum restrictions known as Title 42. His mother, Norma Saraí Espinoza Maradiaga, said that her son had had epilepsy since he was a child, but that his seizures were brief and not serious.“He had epilepsy, but it wasn’t an illness that threatened him, because he had had it since he was eight,” she said. “The longest a seizure would last was less than a minute. It seemed like it only hit him a little.”Espinoza Maradiaga had told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday that Ángel Eduardo left his hometown of Olanchito on April 25. He crossed the U.S.-Mexico border s...

Ku-Dipietro helps DC United earn 1-1 draw with Nashville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore Ku-Dipietro scored late in the second half to help D.C. United earn a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC on Saturday night.Ku-Dipietro took passes from Kristian Fletcher and Mateusz Klich and scored in the 81st minute. It was Ku-Dipietro’s first goal since scoring in the season opener.Alex Muyl put Nashville (5-3-4) up 1-0 in the 73rd minute with his first goal of the season. It was unassisted.DC United (4-5-3) was trying to win back-to-back matches at home for the first time since beating the New England Revolution and Houston Dynamo early last season.Tyler Miller only had to make one save as DC United held reigning MVP Hany Mukhtar in check. Mukhtar entered play with six goals and three assists in his last six matches.Joe Willis did not have a save for Nashville. The two teams combined for 15 shots with just three on target.Nashville is 3-0-2 all-time versus DC United.DC United travels to play the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday. Nashville returns home to ...

Martinez’s 3-run shot lifts Dodgers over Padres 4-2, win 4th in row

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just off the injured list, J.D. Martinez made his presence felt with a big blast.He hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the first inning, Julio Urías tossed seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.The NL West leaders earned their fifth consecutive series win and have won 17 of their last 20 at Dodger Stadium. Their 14-6 home record is tops in the division. The Dodgers stretched their lead to six games over the third-place Padres.“We got a chance to go for the jugular tomorrow and that’s our intent,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.Martinez came off the IL on Thursday after being out since April 23 with a back issue. The five-time AL All-Star signed with the Dodgers as a free agent in the offseason.“At the beginning, I felt I was pressing a little bit too much,” Martinez said. “The lineup is really potent. You got six, seven guys that can carry the team. They really control t...

Joey Wiemer’s sacrifice fly in 9th lifts Brewers past Royals 4-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rookie Joey Wiemer’s sacrifice fly with one out in the ninth inning gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.Christian Yelich homered twice for Milwaukee, with the second tying it at 3 in the sixth with a shot off Josh Taylor, who relieved starter Zack Greinke to begin the inning.Brian Anderson opened the ninth with a single off Carlos Hernandez (0-1), who came on in relief to start the inning. Owen Miller’s one-out double sent Anderson to third. Wiemer then sent an 0-1 pitch deep enough to center to easily score Anderson — and then got a Gatorade shower from his jubilant teammates to celebrate the win.Devin Williams (3-0) got the victory with a perfect ninth.Salvador Perez opened the fifth with his eighth homer to put the Royals up 3-2, chasing starter Adrian Houser.Houser, making his second start after four rehab starts at Triple-A, allowed three runs and eight hits as the Royals left six aboard through four inni...

Phoenix Suns fire coach Monty Williams after 4 years, AP sources say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

The Phoenix Suns fired Monty Williams on Saturday, two years after reaching the NBA Finals and a year after he was the overwhelming choice as the coach of the year, two people with knowledge of the decision said.The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the decision.Williams had great success in his four regular seasons in Phoenix, winning 63% of his games. But three consecutive years of playoff frustration was likely too much for the Suns to overlook — especially after two straight years of Phoenix trailing by 30 points at halftime of elimination games at home.ESPN and The Athletic first reported the decision.The Suns had a 2-0 lead in the 2021 NBA Finals, only to lose in six games. They lost in the second round in each of the last two seasons, both times in an embarrassing finale — last year to Dallas, this year to Denver.“Neither day feels good,” Williams said after the loss earlier this week to Denver, when asked to com...

Meram scores twice as Charlotte tops Atlanta United 3-1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Justin Meram scored two goals, Karol Swiderski added a penalty-kick score and Charlotte FC breezed to a 3-1 victory over Atlanta United on Saturday night.Charlotte (4-5-3) took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute on a goal by Meram. Ashley Westwood and Jaylin Lindsey picked up assists on Meram’s first goal since scoring in a 2-2 draw with the Colorado Rapids in July of last season while playing for Real Salt Lake.Swiderski’s PK goal came in the 52nd minute following a red card on Atlanta United’s Andrew Gutman. Meram made it 3-0 when he took a pass from Kamil Józwiak and scored five minutes later.Charlotte’s Kristijan Kahlina and Atlanta United’s Quentin Westberg both finished with one save.Charlotte evens the all-time series at 2-2-0 and avenges a 3-0 home loss to Atlanta United (5-4-3) earlier this season.Atlanta United had an 11-6 advantage in shots, but Charlotte had a 4-2 edge in shots on target. Charlotte is 3-1-0 in its last four matches...

Colorado congresswoman pushes bill to confront 'zombie drug' through US House

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:51:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo put a bill through the U.S. House of Representatives to confront what some call a public health crisis.It's Caraveo's first bill ever passed by the House. If it passes the Senate and is signed into law, it would fund research to learn more about Xylaxine, a dangerous drug also called "tranq.""We're giving the National Institute of Science and Technology the ability to create testing and safe way to handle this for law enforcement," Caraveo said. Xylazine, the ‘zombie drug,’ infiltrating street supply "The danger is that it's a synthetic opioid," Caraveo said, "so Narcan which works against fentanyl and other substance does not work against this."The goal is to learn more about this drug and how to detect it in victims."To make sure that people know what they're ingesting," Caraveo said, "people know what they're coming in contact with if they're law enforcement officers."First responders would have another tool to manage the d...